Big Spiders: Joro Spider Scares Scaredy Cats

The big harmless spider, the Joro spider, famously in Georgia and working its way around the South, continues to freak out people who like being freaked out. It's a harmless spider, like I said, But some people go out of their way to be afraid of things they don't understand. They banned books they don't read, dislike people they don't know, and are afraid of anything bigger than their pinky.

It might be that they don't know that the Black Widow is a very very small spider.

There's this guy, and we know him personally, trying to counter all this nonsense. He knows his stuff on mean he's trying to get other people on board. There's a lot of wacky people out there, but he's not one of them. Those people are afraid of a big spider instead of a small spider.

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Jumping from a Plane at 104

It's a mixed up world. Up and down are one of the few things we understand. Or not. Can we even count on gravity? 

Dorothy Hoffner of Ottawa, Illinois was counting on gravity when she jumped from a plane. If it didn't work, her age would be the least interesting part of the story. It did work, so here we are. She was 104. That's news. She was hoping to crush the record owned by Linnéa Ingegärd Larsson of Sweden. Dear Linnéa was a mere 103 for her record. 

Unfortunately, the upbeat and enthusiastic jumper has been lifted into Heaven only a week after the big step. That's 100% unrelated to her now famous parachute jump. 

A 104-year-old woman dies before Guinness can confirm her record as oldest skydiver

I don't know how hard it for the Guinness people to verify such things. Either she jumped or she didn't. And, as it relates to her age, a quick peak at her driver's license will clear that up. Though, frankly, we suspect she's not driven in a a few years.

Live in the Chicago area and want to jump? See https://skydivechicago.com/ 

If you want to leap into the unknown, we've got you covered there as well.

https://leapintotheunknown.com/

Whatever you do, look before you leap.

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Fame, Fortune, and Learning English

Looking to find fame and fortune? You're on your own. If you are looking to learn to speak English better, take a look:

https://englishconversationtable.com/

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Man gets prison for NY self-help speaker's death

You have a guy who kills another guy for the insurance. The only thing is, the dead wanted to be killed.

The Joel Osteen lookalike was only scamming readers with books and presentations on stress. Obviously, he was a liar. He had no idea, so he paid a guy to off him. And that guy, the murderer, gets 20 years in the clink.

 
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Man gets prison for NY self-help speaker's death

Black Friday: A Brighter Day

The word already is that Black Friday sales are hot, and, being a capitalist pig, I want to ride that coattail. Below are ads for places I do business with. Click and buy, click and buy.

Black Friday is here. Black Monday is coming.

Late-term Abortionist Gunned Down in Cold Blood

While no one thinks of an abortionist as men of integrity, say, like a casino operator or government official, but none should be gunned down. This was done inside a church, but there's no news yet whether either late-term abortion specialist George Tiller or his killer believed in God.

There's a smaller group of Americans that support baby killing through the day before birth, but George Tiller, the man murdered by apparently someone who is prolife (no point in demonstrating the obvious irony) was only doing what the law allows. Besides, President Barack Obama supports abortion.

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Abortion Doctor Shot to Death in Church

Whack Job "Lord's Resistance Army" Brutally Murders Church Members

Punk rebels claiming to be working for God hacked up the congregation at a Catholic Church in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

These weak men, armed with weapons call themselves pretentiously, "Lord's Resistance Army." Which lord? Apparently one which hates and kills. This would not be the lord in Heaven, of course, who tells his followers to love their enemies.

This is serious stuff. Hopefully, the authorities will catch these chumps and dump them into prison. Toss in a Bible. Maybe this time, they will read it. Look at Matthew 5:44, boneheads.

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Ugandan army says rebels kill 45 people in Congo church
KAMPALA (AFP) – The Ugandan army on Sunday accused Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels of hacking to death 45 people in a church in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

An aid official speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity confirmed Friday's massacre, saying the killings took place in a Catholic church in the Doruma area, around 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the Sudanese border.

"There are body parts everywhere. Inside the church, the entrance and in the church compound," the aid official said.

"We got information the rebels cut 45 people into pieces," added army spokesman Captain Chris Magezi.

"They were cut with pangas (machetes) and hit with clubs...

When Scientists Go Bad, They Get Whacked by the FBI?

Bruce E. Ivins seems to have been one bad scientist, the kind you do not want to take to a laboratory and leave alone. How bad? Hard to say. They are looking into this. The guy killed himself, making new interviews impossible.

"Since his death, a number of scientists have said that the limited forensic evidence that the F.B.I. made public in linking the attacks to Dr. Ivins is inconclusive."

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FBI Details Anthrax Case, but Doubts Remain
New York Times
By ERIC LICHTBLAU and NICHOLAS WADE WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON — Federal Bureau of Investigation officials on Monday laid out their most detailed scientific case to date against Bruce E. Ivins, the military scientist accused of being the anthrax killer, but they acknowledged that the many mysteries of the case meant an air of uncertainty would always surround it.

“I don’t think we’re ever going to put the suspicions to bed,” said Vahid Majidi, head of the F.B.I.’s weapons of mass destruction division. “There’s always going to be a spore on a grassy knoll.”

At a two-hour briefing for reporters, Dr. Majidi was joined by seven other leading scientists from inside and outside the bureau. They discussed in intricate detail the halting scientific path that led them from two main samples of anthrax used in the 2001 attacks, to four genetic mutations unique to the samples, to 100 scientists in the United States who had access to that particular strain, and ultimately to Dr. Ivins.