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| Creepy-Crawly Cargo Halts 'Spider Ship' |
| 2010-07-21 |
| Authorities in the US territory of Guam have turned away a ship after thousands of spiders overflowed from its cargo. Hundreds of large spiders and thousands of smaller ones scurried into the open when dock hands began offloading insulation materials from the ship, the MV Altavia. The cargo was returned to the ship, and the Guam Department of Agriculture turned the vessel away. It was last in a South Korean port. "When you get this many from this many various sizes, it's definitely an infestation," said the department's director Joseph Torres. Officials said the spider was a type not normally found on Guam and there was concern they could damage the island's environment. "We don't want it here," said Mr Torres. However, the types of spider were not identified. The ship was carrying housing units and accessories to make a village for up to 18,000 temporary workers. 18,000 temporary workers? Exactly what are they building on Guam that needs that many workers? Joe, we need a on-site report. Guam customs officers had cleared the Altavia to unload its cargo but the containers were ordered back on the ship. |
| Posted by:Bright Pebbles |
| #6 With that many spiders, Guam could tip-over and capsize. |
| Posted by: Hank Johnson 2010-07-21 20:45 |
| #5 SSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH, "Spiders" are a matter of US NATIONAL, now GLOBAL + SPACE, SECURITY NOW! FTLG, don't force me to tell US-Global DHS to tell BOSTWICK + CARUSO TO ANGRILY TAKE OFF THEIR SUNGLASSES IN RIGHTEOUS GLOBAL WARMING INDIGNATION! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-07-21 20:23 |
| #4 The "18,000" is just a Number among many in GOVT. BUSNESS + ECON DECISION-MAKING > IMO, the more important factor is GUAM's FORMAL POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP WID THE USA, i.e. as a de facto US STATE VERSUS SOVEREIGN NATION INDEPEDENT FROM THE US. Anything in-between is just ELECTION-HAPPY GOVT-CRITTERS + PROFIT CAPITALISTS, ETC. PLAYING MIND GAMES WID GOD OR THE INEVITABLE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-07-21 20:11 |
| #3 "Exactly what are they building on Guam" > the Locals I've personally spoken or discussed this with don't say anything new than what has already been described or inferred on the Net. CORPORATE = CONTRACTOR PROFIT MOTIVES ASIDE, IMO Guam doesn't need that many foreign temporary workers given how many Locals per se needs jobs themselves. UNLESS the USMC, etc. are only expected to stay a SHORT TIME on Guam after any withdrawal from Oki, in relation to CONUS-based PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE, SPACE = LUNAR PLANES, + OFFSHORE BASING OPTIONS [MOAB = Rapid Reaction Forces FROM the US]. IOW, POST-2030 or 2050? "POLITICALLY CORRECT/DENIABLE" US STRATEGIC = GEOPOL WITHDRAWAL from ASIA + WESTPAC, etc. back towards HAWAII STATE + US WEST COAST/CONUS??? CHINA PERTS + BLOGGERS > broadly or specifical ly recognize that the USMC redux from OKI will induce JAPAN's GOVT [+ ROK, etc.] to DEV INDIGENOUS NUCLEAR WEAPONS + NUC MILITARY ARSENALS [ Treaty?] WHICH CHINA NOR OTHER ASIAN NATIONS INCLUD US ALLIES ARE READY FOR YET. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-07-21 20:04 |
| #2 Those spiders had to be eating something besides each other if there were that many of them. So if there was a spider infestation of that size, then there must also been a spider food infestation that was even larger. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-07-21 18:56 |
| #1 Sthpiders! |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-07-21 10:43 |
