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[The Sultan]

Good news and bad news. Good news Marquette's Butler and Crowder are in the NBA Finals and scored the Heats first 8 points. Bad news heard MU is letting go of 200 more. Is that true

Looks like it

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2020/09/30/marquette-facing-deep-cuts-due-covid-19-lower-enrollment-outlook/3579205001/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot

[GooooMarquette]

Happy National Hair Day everyone!

Thanks to Covid, my hair is regaining that late-70s look I rocked in high school (albeit with a tad more gray)....

[GooooMarquette]

Potty training: NASA tests new $23M titanium space toilet

https://apnews.com/article/business-spacex-archive-moon-f06581fe70515ae7608304af8e6a44fb

Well, sh!t....

[warriorchick]

40-point buck bagged in Kansas - by a 14-year old girl:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2020/09/14/kansas-deer-hunting-paslie-werth-shoots-40-point-buck/5792815002/



Must not be that hard.

[Hards Alumni]

40-point buck bagged in Kansas - by a 14-year old girl:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2020/09/14/kansas-deer-hunting-paslie-werth-shoots-40-point-buck/5792815002/



Must not be that hard.

Not that big of an accomplishment, she wasn't even hungover.

[warriorchick]

Not that big of an accomplishment, she wasn't even hungover.

Are you sure about that?

[Hards Alumni]

Are you sure about that?

14 year olds don't get hangovers!

[warriorchick]

14 year olds don't get hangovers!

Are you sure about that?

[Hards Alumni]

Are you sure about that?

It's Kansas, so I guess anything is possible.  Well, except for NCAA football championships.

[GooooMarquette]

It's Kansas, so I guess anything is possible.  Well, except for NCAA football championships.

My daughter lived in Kansas for a year. Hungover 14-year-olds are definitely a possibility.

[GooooMarquette]

So the TV is on in the background right now and a commercial comes on for Colace. The line that caught my attention was "even birds can get constipated."

I did not need to know that.

[warriorchick]

So the TV is on in the background right now and a commercial comes on for Colace. The line that caught my attention was "even birds can get constipated."

I did not need to know that.

Definitely not an issue where I live.  Our truck looks like it is an official toilet for migrating waterfowl. And based on what shows up on our sliding glass doors, there are birds that can apparently poop horizontally.

[GooooMarquette]

Definitely not an issue where I live.  Our truck looks like it is an official toilet for migrating waterfowl. And based on what shows up on our sliding glass doors, there are birds that can apparently poop horizontally.

Maybe they take their Colace in Northern Wisconsin, and it kicks in when they get to your neck of the woods....

[mu_hilltopper]

I'm on the panel for YouGov and they send me surveys a few times per week, sometimes political, sometimes other stuff.  Today's began with a survey on attitudes on vegetarian meat products, but then it asks some random questions:



Lemme count .. About six dozen of you hosers.  Crean, John Dodds.
That Arby's guy who gave me a regular and screwed me out of the beef n cheddar I ordered.

More than 5.

[GooooMarquette]

I'm on the panel for YouGov and they send me surveys a few times per week, sometimes political, sometimes other stuff.  Today's began with a survey on attitudes on vegetarian meat products, but then it asks some random questions:



Lemme count .. About six dozen of you hosers.  Crean, John Dodds.
That Arby's guy who gave me a regular and screwed me out of the beef n cheddar I ordered.

More than 5.

The price of holding a position of great power and prestige.

[GooooMarquette]

So they captured the first live murder hornets in the US out in Washington, and now are trying to find the nest before the hornets enter the 'slaughter stage'...where they go all Little Bighorn on beehives in the area.

https://whdh.com/news/first-live-murder-hornets-caught-in-washington-state-about-to-enter-slaughter-stage/

I'm pretty sure I never want to meet a murder hornet....

[jesmu84]

So they captured the first live murder hornets in the US out in Washington, and now are trying to find the nest before the hornets enter the 'slaughter stage'...where they go all Little Bighorn on beehives in the area.

https://whdh.com/news/first-live-murder-hornets-caught-in-washington-state-about-to-enter-slaughter-stage/

I'm pretty sure I never want to meet a murder hornet....

This could honestly be a biological/ecological nightmare for the US

[GooooMarquette]

This could honestly be a biological/ecological nightmare for the US

Yep. The bee population has already been declining at an alarming rate, and having a negative impact on agriculture. If these hornets gain a foothold and then spread, it could be devastating.

Sounds like agriculture officials in WA state are taking this very seriously.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

So they captured the first live murder hornets in the US out in Washington, and now are trying to find the nest before the hornets enter the 'slaughter stage'...where they go all Little Bighorn on beehives in the area.

https://whdh.com/news/first-live-murder-hornets-caught-in-washington-state-about-to-enter-slaughter-stage/

I'm pretty sure I never want to meet a murder hornet....

What a year that murder hornets dont register  as a big story.

[Hards Alumni]

Yep. The bee population has already been declining at an alarming rate, and having a negative impact on agriculture. If these hornets gain a foothold and then spread, it could be devastating.

Sounds like agriculture officials in WA state are taking this very seriously.

Depends, honey bees are a non native to the US.  There are thousands of other NATIVE bees that can fill in for the missing honey bees.

Sure, your price of almonds and almond milk will increase, but we aren't talking about total collapse of agriculture here.

And murder hornets won't bother with the native bees, since they aren't colony bees...  Also, native bees are ten times as effective at pollinating.

Will it suck for honey production and almond production?  Yup.  Devastating if this continues.  End of Ag?  Not even close.

Speaking as someone who has active bee hives.

[GooooMarquette]

What a year that murder hornets dont register  as a big story.

No kidding. I remember a couple decades ago when we were all in a panic about the killer bees moving up from South America.

Maybe the murder hornets took them all out...

[GooooMarquette]

Depends, honey bees are a non native to the US.  There are thousands of other NATIVE bees that can fill in for the missing honey bees.

Sure, your price of almonds and almond milk will increase, but we aren't talking about total collapse of agriculture here.

And murder hornets won't bother with the native bees, since they aren't colony bees...  Also, native bees are ten times as effective at pollinating.

Will it suck for honey production and almond production?  Yup.  Devastating if this continues.  End of Ag?  Not even close.

Speaking as someone who has active bee hives.

Agree... and for what it's worth I never said (or implied) this would be the end of agriculture.

Still, the economic impact of significant disruptions in plants that use non-native species for pollination would still have a dramatic impact on the overall cost of food.

[Hards Alumni]

Agree... and for what it's worth I never said (or implied) this would be the end of agriculture.

Still, the economic impact of significant disruptions in plants that use non-native species for pollination would still have a dramatic impact on the overall cost of food.

It would certainly impact food cost.

https://siouxhoney.com/12-agriculture-crops-that-depend-on-honey-bees/

[Dr. Blackheart]

It would certainly impact food cost.

https://siouxhoney.com/12-agriculture-crops-that-depend-on-honey-bees/

Pollinators are responsible for 35% of the food supply.  I recommend this doc:
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt10187550/

Major cause for pollinator decline? Corn and soybean farming practices...aka, ethanol.

[Hards Alumni]

Pollinators are responsible for 35% of the food supply.  I recommend this doc:
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt10187550/

Major cause for pollinator decline? Corn and soybean farming practices...aka, ethanol.

Yeah, I didn't say pollinators.  I said honey bees.  Big big difference.