Linkee-poo, do you have to let it linger

Angela Lansbury, and so it goes.

"Former Hurricane Julia has dissipated, but is still drenching Guatemala and El Salvador with torrential rains Monday after it reemerged in the Pacific following a pounding of Nicaragua… At least 28 people were reported dead as a direct or indirect result of the storm."

"NASA says its mission to knock an asteroid off course — a test of planetary defense — succeeded beyond its expectations… The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) slammed a spacecraft into one asteroid to see if it could change its orbit around another asteroid."

"SpinLaunch, a California-based start-up developing a rotating arm that can fling small satellites into near-Earth space has pulled off its 10th successful test launch in less than a year." (Grokked from Dan)

"Dallas-Fort Worth residents are caught in the web of an outbreak. Caterpillars are feasting on foliage and leaving yards covered in silk." Flips through my Bible, nope, nothing about plague of caterpillars. Sorry.

"Residents of a small community in Vermont were blindsided last month by news that one official in their water department quietly lowered fluoride levels nearly four years ago, giving rise to worries about their children’s dental health and transparent government — and highlighting the enduring misinformation around water fluoridation."

"Sick kids are crowding emergency rooms in various parts of the country, and some pediatric hospitals say they are running out of beds. But this uptick in illness has largely been due to viruses other than the coronavirus, like RSV, enteroviruses and rhinovirus… While respiratory infections typically surge in the winter months, experts say that this year the season has started much sooner, and that numbers are unusually high.

"Open enrollment season is upon us, and it's time to sign up for a health insurance plan for the next calendar year. But between the alphabet soup of acronyms and all those daunting data tables, it can be hard to figure out which plan to choose."

"The DEA alert didn't mention Halloween, but fears about 'rainbow' fentanyl and the holiday went viral… In an interview on Fox News, Milgram was asked whether parents should worry about candy gathered by kids trick-or-treating… 'We have not seen any connection to Halloween,' Milgram said." Drug dealers are not handing out drugs for Halloween. Shit, candy is expensive enough. I mean, a drug dealer handing out "rainbow" fentanyl or canabis gummies would be better served (and it would be cheaper) to hand out full sized chocolate bars. And just how many people hand those out anymore?

"An ongoing strike at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, famous for its sweeping collection and cameo in the movie 'Rocky,' is emblematic of the tensions driving this movement… One common thread, union organizers say, is the contradiction that comes from working with priceless pieces of art or history while struggling to pay your bills."

"The U.S.’s third largest railroad union rejected a deal with employers Monday, renewing the possibility of a strike that could cripple the economy. Both sides will return to the bargaining table before that happens."

"An apparently coordinated denial-of-service attack organized by pro-Russia hackers rendered the websites of some major U.S. airports unreachable early Monday, though officials said flights were not affected."

"At least two sections of the bridge connecting Crimea with Russia's rail and road network have collapsed, according to Russian state media. The Russian highway authority said the road is still navigable, but it has suspended traffic for the time being."

"Explosions rocked several cities across Ukraine in the most extensive attack on the country since the early days of Russia's invasion in February. The attacks came only hours after Russia blamed Ukraine for a weekend explosion that partially damaged a strategic bridge that connects Russian-occupied Crimea to mainland Russia."

"Russia retaliated Monday for an attack on a critical bridge by unleashing its most widespread strikes against Ukraine in months, a lethal barrage that smashed civilian targets, knocked out power and water, shattered buildings and killed at least 14 people."

"North Korea warned Saturday the U.S. redeployment of an aircraft carrier near the Korean Peninsula is causing a 'considerably huge negative splash' in regional security, as it defended its recent missile tests as a "righteous reaction" to intimidating military drills between its rivals."

"North Korea’s recent barrage of missile launches were the simulated use of its tactical battlefield nuclear weapons to 'hit and wipe out' potential South Korean and U.S. targets, state media reported Monday, as its leader Kim Jong Un signaled he would conduct more provocative tests."

"A six-week abortion ban in Ohio has forced people with cancer to travel out of state for abortions that are necessary to continue with life-saving treatment, according to affidavits submitted by abortion providers in the state. In at least two cases, cancer patients have been blocked from receiving treatment until their pregnancies were terminated — and getting an abortion required them to leave the state."

"The Los Angeles Police Department officer who was killed during a training exercise, in what officials called a 'tragic accident,' was allegedly targeted for investigating a gang rape by fellow officers, according to his family." Called it.

"North Carolina police officers who shot and killed a man throwing Molotov cocktails and setting cars on fire near a police station in May won’t face charges, prosecutors announced Monday."

"A now-former San Antonio police officer was charged Tuesday with two counts of aggravated assault by a peace officer for shooting and gravely wounding a teen eating a hamburger in his car in a McDonald's parking lot. The teen had begun driving away when the officer opened fire."

"A majority of U.S. adults expect America’s relations with foreign adversaries like Russia and North Korea to grow more hostile, according to a new poll, a major shift in public opinion from four years ago under President Donald Trump." You say that like it was a bad thing.

"Vance said Ryan had supported policies that led to a 10-year-old girl in Ohio being raped. Ryan said Vance had started a “fake nonprofit” to help people overcome addiction issues. The two accused each other of being beholden to their party, with Ryan echoing a comment from former President Donald Trump in calling Vance an 'a— kisser' and Vance saying Ryan’s 100% voting record with President Joe Biden means he’s not the reasonable moderate he says he is."

"Former congresswoman and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard has announced she is leaving the Democratic party… 'I can no longer remain in today's Democratic party,' she said on an episode of her podcast. 'It's now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers, driven by cowardly wokeness...'" I'm not sure the future tense is warranted here.

"As Republicans and Democrats fight for control of Congress this fall, a growing number of conservative political action groups are targeting their efforts closer to home: at local school boards… Their aim is to gain control of more school systems and push back against what they see as a liberal tide in public education classrooms, libraries, sports fields, even building plans."

"With voting underway in Michigan’s general election, the Republican nominee for secretary of state stepped on stage as a warm-up act for former President Donald Trump and hit hard on the main theme of her campaign… Kristina Karamo repeated unfounded assertions about the 2020 presidential election that have been repeatedly debunked. She told the crowd at the recent rally at Macomb Community College that 'authoritarians' are giving millions to her Democratic opponent — Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson — in an attempt to 'corrupt battleground state election systems so they can control America.'"

"Dozens of individuals held in Washington, D.C.'s jail on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol have submitted a handwritten letter to a federal court demanding to be moved to Guantanamo Bay. The detainees say they are living in inhumane conditions." Please grant this request.

"Once shunned as a political pariah for her extremist rhetoric, (Marjorie Taylor Greene) who spent her first term in the House stripped of institutional power by Democrats is being celebrated by Republicans and welcomed into the GOP fold. If Republicans win the House majority in the November election, Greene is poised to become an influential player shaping the GOP agenda, an agitator with clout."

"The Georgia prosecutor investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election filed paperwork Friday seeking to compel testimony from a new batch of Trump allies, including former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former national security adviser Michael Flynn."

"'We’re under warfare,' one speaker told them. Another said she would 'take a bullet for my nation,' while a third insisted, 'They hate you because they hate Jesus.' Attendees were told now is the time to 'put on the whole armor of God.' Then retired three-star Army general Michael Flynn, the tour’s biggest draw, invited people to be baptized." We're going to need to launch a satellite to start measuring the whackaloon quotient here.

"Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., compared descendants of enslaved people to criminals on Saturday at a rally for former President Donald Trump, drawing intense backlash for promoting a racist narrative."