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[Uncle Sparky]

Can God destroy Florida before the GOP presidential convention? With Trump and DeSantis eliminated, who will the GOP pick?

[Uncle Sparky]

Coup in Gabon. Bongo beaten.

[Bereta_Eder]

I'm not clicking that

[BeBMan]

‘Oh my God’: live worm found in Australian woman’s brain in world-first discovery

https://www.theguardian.com/australi...-forgetfulness

[Stantroll]

Exercise Atrain 23 Trains Cooperation in Rapidly Evolving Circumstances

Exercise Atrain 23, led by the Coastal Brigade, will be held 26 May - 2 June 2023. The exercise activities will concentrate on the coast of the Gulf of Finland and the sea areas between the Hanko Peninsula and Hamina.

Exercise Atrain 23 is the Navy's main exercise of the spring ,and it evaluates the performance of the units consisting of conscript contingents II/22 and I/23 who muster out of service in June.

In the exercise, the Navy’s units will be widely and rapidly deployed in Finnish coastal areas, to train in a rapidly evolving situation in cooperation with forces from the Finnish Border Guard and the Army. The exercise will take place at the same time with the Army’s Exercise Karelian Lock 23, which is led by the Karelia Brigade. The exercise will integrate the combat operations of the Navy and Army forces in coastal areas and in ports.

In addition to Navy units, the exercise will include troops from the Finnish Air Force, Border Guard and Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command. A Low Altitude Air Defense Detachment from the United States Marine Corps will also participate in the exercise to train in working alongside Finnish units.

The overall number of conscripts, reservists and regular personnel participating in the exercise is over 2,000 people. The Exercise Director is the Commander of the Coastal Brigade, Captain (N) Marko Laaksonen.

[Broken_Erika]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66563807

[Broken_Erika]

Baghdad advertising boards turned off over porn screening

Iraqi officials have ordered all electronic advertising screens to be shut down in Baghdad after a hacker used one to show a pornographic film.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66563678

[Stantroll]

https://pledgetimes.com/judgments-the-perpetrators-of-the-murder-used-deliberate-and-brutal-violence-to-torture-the-victim/

[Berzerker]

"While the symptoms known as chemosensory loss occurred in an estimated 50% of cases early in the pandemic, the latest research suggests a prevalence of just 3% to 4% in more recent Omicron waves."

Wow, 50%? I wonder how many of those people had their senses eventually return and did the vaccine cause any temporary or permanent problem with smell and taste?

[Berzerker]

I watched a docu on it, Lee's brother got someone to investigate all the leads, from infidelity, Triad gangs, pissed off movie directors/producers, etc.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europ...tag=YHF4eb9d17

Luigi crushed to death by his own cheese

[SlowwHand]

Seems like he would have known if he was allergic to aspirin.

[Berzerker]

old news maybe, but new to me

Bruce Lee may have died not from aspirin but Meprobomate in the aspirin

[BlackCat]

Thanks The translation was pretty easy, but my knowledge about ancient german area history is pretty vague, but it make sense.

[Berzerker]

but I dont think life could develop on or in a comet or asteroid, only that debris from a life bearing planet could harbor tiny critters trapped in large chunks of rock thrown off into space during massive collisions.

[BeBMan]

Bah, we're not southlanders! (silly GoT ref)

Bauernfeind means literally "enemy of peasants/farmers".

Might be from the middle ages or early modern times

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Peasants%27_War is the most prominent example of peasants revolting, but there are surely lots of smaller cases over a longer period.