The unimportant news thread

[Karl Henning]

I kind of feel like that should be cross-posted on Cato's thread!

(* chortle *)

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I kind of feel like that should be cross-posted on Cato's thread!

lol Good idea!  Will do. 

PD

p.s.  The great thing about it:  lots of cats have been adopted since she started the event (has changed a bit over the years.  If interested, read the article).

[Pohjolas Daughter]

When trying to find out a bit more about the two sisters and the son who had passed away in Colorado, I stumbled across this sweet story:

'The genesis of this year's Cat Fest is a typo.

Former co-founder and co-owner of the Denver County Fair Dana Cain was doing an interview in 2015 in which she mentioned the "kitchen pavilion" as a fair event. The reporter accidentally printed "kitten pavilion," and Cain had no choice but to locate some cats.

"They printed we had a kitten pavilion," Cain said. "So I said 'OK well, we have to do it!'"

More here:

https://gazette.com/arts-entertainment/cat-fest-shangri-la-for-all-things-feline/article_9df8e3ca-2672-11ee-81fa-ebd9484db2ef.html

PD

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

A family pocketed $7.6 million by taking cans and bottles from Arizona and recycling them in California. That's fraud, prosecutors say.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-family-pocketed-7-6-221318711.html

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Legendary computer hacker Kevin Mitnick dies at 59. A link to his memoir is below the link to article.


https://us.cnn.com/2023/07/21/us/computer-hacker-kevin-mitnick-obit/index.html

https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Wires-Adventures-Worlds-Wanted/dp/0316037729/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=616863122367&hvdev=t&hvlocphy=9012850&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=12638807623431654711&hvtargid=kwd-30121502750&hydadcr=24657_13611735&keywords=ghost+in+the+wires&qid=1690554854&sr=8-1

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

The 34 y/o chair of Federal Trade Commission is a dedicated anti-trust warrior.


https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/25/investing/premarket-stocks-trading/index.html

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Oyster bars in Boston look gorgeous!


https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230630-a-tour-of-bostons-five-best-oyster-bars-with-chef-michael-serpa

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Scientists have revived a worm that was frozen 46,000 years ago and it started having babies.


https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/28/world/worm-resurrected-frozen-siberian-permafrost-intl-scli-scn/index.html

[LKB]

Scientists have revived a worm that was frozen 46,000 years ago and it started having babies.


https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/28/world/worm-resurrected-frozen-siberian-permafrost-intl-scli-scn/index.html

Making up for lost time? It certainly had waited long enough...

[Spotted Horses]

A family pocketed $7.6 million by taking cans and bottles from Arizona and recycling them in California. That's fraud, prosecutors say.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-family-pocketed-7-6-221318711.html

That's because it's fraud.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

That's because it's fraud.

Yep!  According to that article, they also brought containers that had previously been redeemed back.  How the heck?  My guess is that they purchased them somewhere as scrap metal (post-redemption) and then brought them back to a California redemption site to cash in on them.

Sad that there are still so many states that don't have a redemption program. 

PD

[AnotherSpin]

It is said that Putin's attempt to destroy the Cathedral in Odessa on 23 July was not accidental. The cathedral contained a very important icon. Believers consider this icon not only miraculous, but that it has the ability to protect the town where it is located. That was allegedly established already during the Crimean War of 1854, when Odessa was shelled by the Anglo-French naval fleet. Putin, like Hitler, is fond of all kinds of occultism, so the version is not without some plausibility. Although it is not quite clear how a person who believes in the power of icons can try to destroy one of them and not bring all sorts of trouble on himself.

P.S.: It is reported that the icon was not damaged, although the room where it was located was almost completely destroyed.

[Florestan]

a person who believes in the power of icons

Putin believes in no other power than his own. His posturing as a devout defender of Orthodox Christianity is disgusting.

[AnotherSpin]

I don't know what Putin believes, and frankly, I don't want to know. I feel sorry for this little inhibited man. Klein Zaches genannt Zinnober...

[Todd]

Is Ukraine winning yet?

[Todd]

Don't overstate 1.5 degrees C threat, new IPCC head says

[AnotherSpin]

Is Ukraine winning yet?

Ask Trump.

[Todd]

Ask Trump.

I am asking the geopolitical and military experts on GMG.

[AnotherSpin]

I am asking the geopolitical and military experts on GMG.

I hope you get the answers you want sooner or later.

[Todd]

I hope you get the answers you want sooner or later.

Since it is a simple yes/no question, and GMG is filled with geopolitical and military experts, I do too.