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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Enraged passenger 'chokes flight attendants while screaming
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] An enraged passenger choked and attacked flight attendant in a chaotic mid-air meltdown after a weekend at Disneyland.
Disneyland always does that to me too.
Charles Angel Salva, 30, of Fremont, has now been charged with interference with flight crew members and attendants following his actions, after appearing in court on Thursday.
Among other peccadilloes...
On Monday, Salva was on board the Frontier Airlines Flight 3581 that departed John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana bound for San Francisco International Airport before he had his meltdown.
"I'm melllllting!"
Just after the plane had taken off and remained under 10,000ft, flight attendants noticed that the oxygen masks in one row of the middle of the aircraft were out of the overhead compartment.

Authorities said when they began to investigate what was going on, they discovered Salva with his hand in the compartment while appearing claustrophobic and distressed.

A passenger told investigators that the man had pulled down the oxygen masks from the overhead holding area before his hand became lodged.
"I need air! Air! My hand! It.... it's.... become lodged!"
He then chillingly began yelling 'We are all going to hell' and 'This plane is going down', according to court documents.

As Salva continued to unleash chaos, a flight attendant attempted to restrain him as he tried to grab other passengers, authorities said.
"I'd grab you, you father mudger, if my hand wasn't lodged in tthis oxygen compartment!"
Salva then allegedly ran down the aisle towards the back of the plane before yanking a lanyard around a flight attendant's neck while saying: 'I'm going to choke this b****,' as he attempted to choke her.

Prosecutors added that the enraged man also shoved another flight attendant 'with force' and claimed he was going to kill everyone on the plane.
"Piss off, fatty!"
"I ain't fat! Not that fat, anyway..."

Brave passengers tried to restrain Salva as he threw kicks - with one hitting the second flight attendant in the leg.
"Ow! My leg!"
Due to the violent outburst, the flight was diverted to Ontario International Airport, California, where authorities boarded the plane and saw passengers pinning him down.
"Clancy! Quick! The net! Muldoon! The horse tranquilizer! Mtubu! My elephant gun!"
Salva was apprehended at the airport and restrained with soft cuffs before being taken to a local hospital.

A passenger told officers that Salva had been flying back to San Francisco after spending a weekend at Disneyland with his three-year-old daughter.
Oh, my gawd! Not a three year old!
But on Sunday, Salva left his toddler with the unnamed passenger and their family before disappearing, court documents revealed.
"Ummm... What's your name, little girl?"
"Iodine, bub."
"Wuzzat yer daddy?"
"We think so."

He allegedly admitted to taking ecstacy before boarding the plane
"It was just a snort..."
and reportedly told police 'I'm a child molester' and that he had molested his daughter multiple times before losing custody rights, reports Fox News.
"I stopped when she gave me clap though..."
Salva now faces up to 20 years in federal prison with the FBI and the Ontario Police Department investigating the matter.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/13/2024 09:58 || Comments || Link || [11136 views] Top|| File under:

#1  admitted to taking ecstacy

I think it's time that drug was renamed....
Posted by: Mercutio || 09/13/2024 13:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Ref. 14CFR91.11 - Interference with a required crew member: "No person may assault, threaten, intimidate, or interfere with a crewmember in the performance of the crewmember's duties aboard an aircraft being operated."

and
With this notice published in the Federal Register, the FAA is again advising the public of the FAA's June 1, 2011 interpretation of section 91.11 in an effort to increase awareness that: (1) Directing laser beams towards aircraft operating on the ground or in the air so that it interferes with a crewmember in the performance of the crewmember's duties is a violation of section 91.11; and, (2) persons violating section 91.11 are subject to a substantial civil penalty. (print page 76612)"

Mr. Salva, owing to his "status", will probably skate though.


"
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 09/13/2024 21:06 Comments || Top||


Two dead and three injured in mass shooting as gunman goes on the run in Virginia
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Two people have been left dead and three were injured in a mass shooting before the gunman fled the scene in Virginia.

The five victims were shot near downtown Suffolk at around 11:25pm in the 800 block of East Washington Street, outside the HM White Bus Service garage.

According to a news release from local police, officers found multiple people with gun wounds when they arrived on the scene.

One adult male was pronounced dead at the site, while another died from his injuries at a local hospital.

Three other victims were transported to a local hospital and are currently receiving medical treatment for their wounds.

Suffolk cops spent hours overnight combing through the scene in their hunt for evidence but have not yet released any details of a possible suspect or motive in the case.

The names, ages of the victims, and the severity of their injuries have also not been released as police claim the investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information regarding the incident has been encouraged to contact Suffolk Police or Suffolk Crime Line at 888-LOCK-U-UP.

It comes after a linebacker at Division II West Virginia State was fatally shot during what the university said Thursday is being investigated by police as a home invasion.

The body of Jyilek Zyiare Harrington, 21, of North Carolina, was found inside an apartment Wednesday night in Charleston, police Lieutenant Tony Hazelett said in a statement.

Posted by: Skidmark || 09/13/2024 09:56 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ...outside the HM White Bus Service garage

Well, if you stand around waiting for the White Bus, someone's bound to get upset with you...
Posted by: Mercutio || 09/13/2024 13:54 Comments || Top||


Motorcycle-riding gunman in custody for deadly Alpharetta shooting, police say
[FOX] ALPHARETTA, Ga. - A 21-year-old Milton man is accused of opening fire while riding a motorcycle through downtown Alpharetta, killing one person.

Jaden Lewis was arrested on Thursday afternoon and charged with murder and aggravated assault.

The Alpharetta Police Department released several images of the shooter riding a motorcycle wearing a black jacket with white patches, black pants, helmet, and gloves. In one image, he is seen pointing a gun. Police say the images of the suspect came from a witness's dash cam.

Justin Mourning, 46, was struck by that gunfire. He was taken to an area hospital, but he later died.

Police say they found multiple shell casings and spoke to several witnesses after the shooting. Investigators believe the shooting stemmed from an argument.

"It appears that this shooting incident escalated from an argument that occurred between the victim and a motorcycle operator," said Captain Andrew Splawn of the Alpharetta Police Department. "The altercation and incident occurred in the roadway."

SHOOTING IN ALPHARETTA SHAKES RESIDENTS
Wednesday night’s shooting happened in the normally quiet area of downtown Alphareta.

"We're just always disappointed when we hear about any kind of crime in the area and this is particularly bad," said Mark Bundy.

"It makes you a little uncomfortable, but it definitely makes you keep your guard up when you're out and about," said Lydia Tessfaye.

Detectives say shootings in downtown Alpharetta are not common.

"This incident is unusual," Spawn said. "Based on the argument that occurred before the shooting, we do believe that it's isolated."

Bundy has a son who works in the area and says this violence is upsetting.

"Anger was my first thought that I don't want that happening in my city," he said. "There's nothing going on that's worth dying for."

Mourning worked at Lumen Technologies. The company sent FOX 5 this statement: "We deeply mourn the tragic loss of a member of the Lumen family. We are doing what we can to comfort his family and those who worked with him."
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/13/2024 06:22 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A member of the entitlement class residing in Milton, one of the wealthiest communities in Fulton, County.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/13/2024 6:27 Comments || Top||

#2  The self-satisfied smirk looks familiar. Maybe there should be a stop and frisk for smarmy smiles.
Posted by: Mercutio || 09/13/2024 11:24 Comments || Top||

#3 
I am sure everybody noticing the up tic in public and group related shootings, as we get closer to Nov 5th?
Posted by:  NN2N1 || 09/13/2024 12:24 Comments || Top||


Bodycam shows woman with 'fur on her lips' booked for eating Ohio cat - like Trump said
BLUF: Yes, the Haitians are reportedly eating pets and Canada geese in Springfield, Ohio, but in Canton, Ohio ‘twas a nutter that did the dirty deed.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Police in Ohio have released grisly footage of a crazed woman who allegedly stomped on a cat's head before feasting on the feline in full view of horrified witnesses.

Allexis Ferrell, 27, was found with 'fur on her lips and blood on her hands' when police were called by shocked neighbors in the town of Canton on August 16.

Authorities have now revealed bodycam video of the suspect after Donald Trump's extraordinary claim that Haitian migrants are killing and eating their neighbors' pets.

'Officers were able to determine that Allexis had smashed the cat's head with her foot and then began to eat the cat,' police wrote in their report.

The GOP candidate platformed rumors that Haitian newcomers in the town of Springfield have been feasting on its domestic animals. The claim electrified the presidential debate on Tuesday.

However, Ferrell - the only person known to have eaten a cat in the state recently - was identified as an American born woman in Canton, a town 170 miles away.

The bizarre footage opens seconds after police arrived to find a 'female squatting on a cat which appeared to have its head smashed in and the female with her hands on it'.

Ferrell is being held in the Stark County Jail on a charge of cruelty to companion animals, a fifth-degree felony.

She graduated from Canton McKinley High School in 2015 and has a lengthy criminal history, with previous charges including cocaine possession, receiving stolen property and endangering children.

'The suspect in this case is not a Haitian immigrant,' Canton police spokesperson Dennis Garren said. 'She is a lifelong Canton resident.'

Her bond has been set at $100,000 and she is due to face a competency hearing in front of Stark County Common Pleas Judge Frank G. Forchione on October 15.
Sounds like an upstanding man!
She has entered a plea of not guilty due to insanity.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/13/2024 00:30 || Comments || Link || [11135 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Crowd chants 'we're not eating cats' at Tim Walz rally in Michigan
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/13/2024 0:41 Comments || Top||

#2 
Another issue is how to re-educate the 5+ Millions that heard it from Harris' lips i the debate, and still blindly believe her.

BTW: The officer asking for gloves due to the Blood. Kinda makes it clear the CAT was eaten pretty RAW and not med-Well.🙀
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/13/2024 4:45 Comments || Top||



#5  Strike a nerve with the cat ladies?

'It is very clearly on a path of inciting violence, and they and these claims very often have a history of that,' the progressive (AOC) continued.


Meee-yow!
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/13/2024 10:47 Comments || Top||

#6  I seen people who hate Trump sharing the cat meme, and I don't think ironically. Wild.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/13/2024 14:33 Comments || Top||

#7  And The Kiffness weighs in

Twitt/X

Sure seems to be a lot of secondaries after "Trumps Big L".

H/T Ace, who notes that the NYT attempt diffuse actually walks into The Bee's Meme 'media rushes to assure immigrants are just killing women and children, not cats.'
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/13/2024 14:48 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
U.S. M109A7 155mm SPG gets hit by a train while under transport in South Carolina
[Telegram]

Ooops
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/13/2024 09:00 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/13/2024 9:02 Comments || Top||

#2  The truck pulling the M109A7 took a wrong turn and got hung up on the tracks. Those trains can't stop on a dime. I worked for CSX as a taxi driver and I know the engineer and conductor. Scared the beejeebus out of them. The engine was not badly damaged.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 09/13/2024 10:05 Comments || Top||

#3  The Daily Mail is on it.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/13/2024 11:59 Comments || Top||

#4  OMG they didn't call it a tank. lol
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/13/2024 12:41 Comments || Top||

#5  Was the driver a chick DEI hire?
My sources say yes.
Posted by: mossomo || 09/13/2024 12:47 Comments || Top||

#6  Well, there goes $14.4M...
Posted by: Mercutio || 09/13/2024 13:58 Comments || Top||


Los Angeles rocked by 5.0 magnitude earthquake in Malibu
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/13/2024 00:39 || Comments || Link || [11134 views] Top|| File under:


#2  Hit it.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/13/2024 11:48 Comments || Top||

#3 

5.0 for Southern Cal is interesting. But because it is Cal., the earthquake capital of the North America, I know they can do much better.

All Joking Aside.
If they had a serious 7.0+., that could be the excuse the LSD's want, to play games with the election.
Posted by:  NN2N1 || 09/13/2024 12:34 Comments || Top||


A strong magnetic storm has begun on Earth
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] On the evening of September 12, a magnetic storm of level G2 began on Earth. Then it increased to level G3. This was reported by the solar astronomy laboratory of the IKI and ISTP RAS.

G1 storms are considered to be the weakest, while G3 storms are strong storms that cause disruptions to satellite navigation and radio communications.

The geomagnetic situation began to change at about 06:00 Moscow time. The solar wind speed increased sharply from 350 to 450 km/s. Around midday, the solar wind was already blowing at a speed of 530 km/s and a weak magnetic storm began, then its level increased to G3.

As reported by IA Regnum, earlier scientists predicted with almost 100% probability that a new plasma cloud would hit the Earth on September 12. Calculations showed the arrival of solar matter around 22:00 Moscow time. The peak of the storm is expected at 03:00 - 04:00 Moscow time, when the dense core of the cloud reaches the planet. A high probability of polar lights, including in mid-latitudes, cannot be ruled out.

Posted by: badanov || 09/13/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Sun fires off X-class solar flare, increasing aurora viewing chances into weekend

Wonder what that's done for our space walkers.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/13/2024 0:22 Comments || Top||

#2  space.com article on this is here
Posted by: Lord Garth || 09/13/2024 0:36 Comments || Top||

#3  Is all this solar activity part of climate change cooling or climate change warming?
Posted by: Bobby || 09/13/2024 7:49 Comments || Top||

#4  SUVs on the Sun
Posted by: Frank G || 09/13/2024 7:50 Comments || Top||

#5  We're watching the outcome of past events.

A rough estimate is of order 10,000 years for a photon packet to go from center to photosphere of the Sun

so slightly slower motion than a man when asked by his wife to take out the garbage.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/13/2024 8:21 Comments || Top||

#6  P2K...I'm offended that you over generalize the laziness of the male of the species. I religiously take out the garbage every year! Speaking of male, do trans pseudo-males exhibit this tendency or is it strictly an XY thing?
Posted by: Warthog || 09/13/2024 9:52 Comments || Top||

#7  Have you ever heard about the correlation between solar activity and large earthquakes?

Here's the paper: linky

Conclusion: This paper gives... strongly statistically significant, evidence for a high correlation between large worldwide earthquakes and the proton density near the magnetosphere, due to the solar wind.
Posted by: mossomo || 09/13/2024 12:52 Comments || Top||

#8  mossomo - interesting.
Posted by: 3dc || 09/13/2024 13:44 Comments || Top||

#9  Wonder what that's done for our space walkers.

One has turned invisible, one stretchy, one of rock, and one of fire, and the billionaire has become a master of dark magic.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/13/2024 14:56 Comments || Top||

#10  Thanks Mo.
Great paper, good abstract, strong claim:

The significance of such correlation is very high, with probability to be wrong lower than 10–5.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/13/2024 15:19 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
U.S. Army has graduated 25,000 soldiers through pre-basic training prep course
[JustTheNews] The program helps low-performing recruits meet Army physical and academic standards
If they want it badly enough to do the hard and painful work needed to meet the standards necessary to do more hard and painful work…
Nearly 25,000 recruits have graduated from the Army's Future Solider Prep Course and become soldiers. The program, which started in 2022, helps low-performing recruits meet the Army's standards to attend basic training.

Run primarily out of Fort Jackson, South Carolina, the program helps new recruits improve when they do not meet the Army's physical or academic standards, Army Times reported.

The program provides recruits with up to 90 days of support to "learn how to sleep, how to take a test, to meet the standards of the Army that have not been lowered," said Gen. Gary Brito of Training and Doctrine Command.

Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond Harris, the command's senior enlisted soldier, also stressed that the Army had not lowered its standards.

"We met them where they're at and they meet our standard," Harris said. "We did not lower a single standard to bring a single recruit into our Army."
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/13/2024 01:24 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Back in the 50s and 60s, the Army actually had to engage in remedial instruction for many draftees who lack educational skills. Even in the 70s, I saw a platoon's worth of soldiers march off after PT/breakfast to attend GED classes on the installation I was on. By the 80s and 90s those disappeared as the service was able to attract enough qualified individuals as to end those programs. Gee, what has happened since then.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/13/2024 7:23 Comments || Top||

#2  Probably remedial english
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 09/13/2024 12:01 Comments || Top||

#3  Used to be called High School but whatever it takes I am for.
Posted by: Penguin_of_the_Best_Desert || 09/13/2024 13:47 Comments || Top||

#4  AS long as it is PT related and not a coaching course for ASVAB CAT IV recruits (lowest scoring on written tests).
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 09/13/2024 14:52 Comments || Top||

#5  During Desert Shield/Storm they sent the division out of Georgia but without its National Guard round out brigade. Much politics followed. Finally, the Army decided that the brigade could go if it completed a rotation at Fort Irwin NTC. They failed the first one. Mother nature doesn't give a damn about your mobilization plans. Weekend training and two weeks in the summer didn't cut it for the physical requirements needed in combat. They finally passed the second rotation, just as things wrapped up in Kuwait. That was nearly 30 years ago and well before digital entertainment time ate into young people's daily life and when schools still had physical education curriculum.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/13/2024 15:25 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ Ft.Bragg was full of non-deployers about that same time. Well intended monthly meeting goers, just a bit over on the weigh-in and under on the PT.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/13/2024 15:44 Comments || Top||


Economy
Boeing workers to strike as 25% pay rise rejected
[BBC]
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/13/2024 01:09 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule


#2  Maybe they think they can go to work for Airbus when Being crumps under the current pressures.
Posted by: Mercutio || 09/13/2024 11:19 Comments || Top||

#3  Because they are doing such a smashing job.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/13/2024 11:19 Comments || Top||

#4  in 2023, the Boeing CEO, David Calhoun, made $30M or so

blue collar type jobs $15-40/hr

white collar type jobs $25-70/hr
Posted by: Lord Garth || 09/13/2024 13:17 Comments || Top||

#5  Boeing CEO, David Calhoun, made $30M or so

At that level his pay should be mostly stock options against company performance… so he should be making less this year.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/13/2024 13:59 Comments || Top||

#6  Calhoun resigned in early August. He will get a big severance package - at least $20M, maybe much more
Posted by: Lord Garth || 09/13/2024 16:28 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
More CCP agents acting in the US gov in NYNY
[X]




Posted by: 3dc || 09/13/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11136 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  If they round up all of the CCP agents every ones taxes will go up because the bags of unmarked bills gold bars and cars will vanish could effect their economic numbers.
Posted by: Jack+Creanter7508 || 09/13/2024 9:06 Comments || Top||

#2  Former CIA, FBI Employee Gets 10 Years for Spying for China
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 09/13/2024 9:27 Comments || Top||


Olde Tyme Religion
Malaysia police rescue 402 minors in care homes over abuse claims
[BBC] Malaysian police have rescued 402 children and teenagers that they suspect were physically and sexually abused across 20 care homes.

The victims, aged between one to 17, were said to have endured various forms of abuse, with some allegedly forced to perform sexual acts on other children, said Police Inspector-General Razarudin Husain at a press conference.

Police have arrested 171 suspects, including religious teachers and caretakers.

The care homes are allegedly linked to a prominent Islamic conglomerate which has issued a statement denying any wrongdoing.

Police raids on Wednesday across 20 welfare homes in the states of Selangor and Negeri Sembilan were prompted by reports earlier this month of child exploitation, molestation and sexual abuse at another facility in Negeri Sembilan state.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Insp Razarudin told reporters that some of the suspects - aged between 17 to 64 - would allegedly touch the children, claiming it was part of a religious treatment. Some children were also reportedly taught to perform similar sexual acts on other children at the home.

Children were also "punished using heated metal objects" and those who were ill were not allowed to seek medical treatment until their condition turned critical, he added.

The children will be temporarily housed at a police centre in the capital Kuala Lumpur and will undergo health checks, said Insp Razarudin.

Initial investigations found that many children were placed in these homes by their parents so they could undergo religious education, according to state news agency Bernama.
Madrassas. Got it.
The raids come days after police opened an investigation against the Islamic Global Ikhwan Group (GISB) business group
…any connection to the local branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Ikhwan?
over child exploitation. The police has since confirmed that the two cases are linked.

Deputy Inspector-General of Police Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said initial investigations have revealed that GISB's modus operandi is to set up welfare homes to collection donations, said a report by the New Straits Times.

The group denied the allegations in a statement posted to Facebook on Wednesday.

"The company will not compromise with any activity that goes against the law, particularly regarding the exploitation of children," it said.

GISB has hundreds of businesses across 20 countries, operating across sectors from hospitality, to food, to education.
Sounds like an evil version of the Gulenist schools.
Benar News adds:
They were rescued during a nationwide police operation Wednesday from homes linked to the banned al-Arqam sect, Malaysian officials said.

Malaysian religious authorities have accused al-Arqam of promoting deviant Islamic teachings.
Splitters!!
Razarudin Husain, Malaysia’s police inspector general, identified six key suspects including a female religious teacher and five males in supervisory roles, as among those detained.

He said many of the children were coerced into soliciting donations under the guise of Widows & Orphans Ammunition Fund.

GISBH has been tied to the al-Arqam sect. Malaysian authorities have alleged that the sect promoted deviant Islamic teachings, including the veneration of its founder, Ashaari Muhammad, as a quasi-divine figure. Although banned in 1994, al-Arqam’s followers are believed to have continued their activities underground, often rebranding under different names.

Razarudin told news hounds that many of the rescued children were not orphans, as previously claimed, but were the children of GISBH members who were placed in these homes as part of indoctrination efforts.

"From what we’ve gathered, the modus operandi of GISBH was to exploit these children for financial gain while indoctrinating them with deviant religious teachings," Razarudin said, calling the group’s use of religious sentiment to gain public sympathy "particularly insidious."

Misconduct allegations have dogged GISBH for years — since 2011, over 40 complaints have been lodged against it, according to police records.

Meanwhile,
...back at the barn, a little lightbulb figuratively appeared over Bossy's head...
Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, a political science professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia who has written extensively on al-Arqam, questioned the targeting of GISBH.

Ahmad Fauzi said that while the sect had been proven to promote deviant teachings, GISBH may not be directly linked to it.

"Global Ikhwan is not really from Darul Arqam but rather an intersection from Rufaqa, a splinter group," Ahmad Fauzi told BenarNews, using another name for al-Arqam.

He acknowledged that while some individual members may continue to follow the old teachings, GISBH agreed in 2013 to abandon those practices as part of an agreement with the government.

"If some members are still adhering to the old ways, then it’s appropriate for the government to take action," he said.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/13/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11135 views] Top|| File under: Devout Moslems


Science & Technology
Watch: Key moments from first non-professional spacewalk
[BBC] Bringing closer the day when non-billionaires get to go into space.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/13/2024 10:48 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under:

#1  BBC provided the frame but not the video... blocking Musk/SpaceX?
or network addressing services blocking SpaceX?
Posted by: 3dc || 09/13/2024 13:38 Comments || Top||

#2  Frankly, I'm underwhelmed. too ala Branson - send a billionaire into space for the publicity instead of serious work. Yeah I know - space walk, real high. Still not doing it for me.
Posted by: Mercutio || 09/13/2024 13:47 Comments || Top||

#3  Bringing closer the day when non-billionaires get to go into space

Yes. Space not to Springfield.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/13/2024 14:11 Comments || Top||

#4  The can have my slot, no problem. We still got two up there somewhere floating around. Could be 3 by the time they finally get home.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/13/2024 15:52 Comments || Top||


Common prescription drug taken by tens of millions massively raises risk of a mental breakdown
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] People who take Adderall may be at a much greater risk of having a mental breakdown, a study suggests.

Those with a prescription for the ADHD drug or other stimulants were over 60 percent more likely to suffer psychosis or mania than people not using the meds.

Stronger doses raised the risk further - people who took the max dose recommended by the FDA were at a fivefold higher likelihood.

The research looked at two groups of people who had a history of depression, anxiety or other mental health issues that put them at risk of psychosis.

Study author Lauren Moran, a researcher at Mass General Brigham, said: 'Our results show that it is clear that dose is a factor in psychosis risk and should be a chief consideration when prescribing stimulants.'
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