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CDC Recruiting efforts under way.

Exclusive: U.S. confirms nation's first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak 

Reuters - BUENOS AIRES/CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, from an outbreak-affected country.

 

The case, investigated by the Maryland Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was confirmed by the CDC as New World screwworm on August 4, and involved a patient who returned from travel to El Salvador, HHS spokesman Andrew G. Nixon said in an email to Reuters.

 

When asked, the worm replied, "Yes, my cousin works in the head of the CDC and said he can get me a job there..."   

 

I'm so sorry (not), I read the story and all I could think of were "RFK Jr's brain worms were hiring..."

 

Still giggling...  

 

He Just Can't Wait to Be King! - Randy Rainbow Song Parody

So... many... idiots.

 

  

ABC reported last evening that an American Airlines jet had an on-board fire when someones personal electronic device (Phone? Tablet? Computer? Dildo?) caught fire and they diverted to National Airport to have it addressed.  Yes, there ARE rules about storage of personal technology on board planes.  But to add.. a subtle layer... to this story, as an aside, ABC Whirled News Tonight curated a video taken during the incident. It was by a young adult… seated in the plane… posting to a TikTok video. As I am watching it unfold, I am thinking "...this young “functional” (air quotes) adult… had made a decision that it was important to put stickers on her forehead before going out in public?" 

 

As this segment conclude, my only thought was; "She is why we have warning labels on everything…”.  Hey! But you be you!  And then this morning I browsed... Wonkette!      

Doktor Zoom (DZ) of Wonkette had a great posting this morning about the Trump administration now gunning for the Consumer Product Safety Commission. In “Will Trump's Anti-Fun Goons Kill The Best Government Social Media Account Ever? “, DZ went on to post examples of the humor that the CPSC uses to get various points across: 

 

 and went further to to include a hint at the Administrations expect first rules of order once they take over the commission;

“As part of applying only the very best science, the CPSC announced it’s cancelled six proposed rules. Among them are a proposal to improve the safety of table saw blades, and another to reduce the risk of rollovers of “recreational off-highway vehicles” (ROVs) “

For as much as I would hate to see agencies gutted, especially by the supreme morons in the current administration, personally, I would love to see the rules set forward by the CPSC be curtailed... revisited... in some instances, removed; if anything, to all to allow the human gene pool to filter out those who just… don’t have a clue.  My feeling is, I cannot stop some jackass if he wants to ignore all warning labels and shove a bottle rocket up his ass and light it on fire, or some moron wants to take a “Tide Pod” challenge, or lick restroom door handles (yes, that was a thing), or sit in the emergency row of a jet and feel compelled try and open the hatch mid flight or carry some altitude-sensitive, toxic battery pack on board a jet.  But we need more warning labels.  

 

My point is… YES! How ABOUT we remove the guidelines and the warning labels and let nature take its course!  It’s time to empty the gene pool and perhaps return some functional adults to the room. Let me conclude that, it speaks volumes about our society when a major media outlet feels that “Forehead Sticker Girl” represents the best of humanity in the moment of crisis, but then again, considering the current state our country is in, she probably is about the best of the best.

 

 Darwin, we hardly new ye. 

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Into another week of this shit-show, we go. 

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The Anti-AI Blog: Workforce - Thank you, Wiley!

 Brilliant! Thank you, Wiley! 

 

 

 

Sunday Morning Sip

One more week of this infernal month... one more week...

...and my interpretive dance would be woefully lacking.

 

 

 

Curious on how he mid-term elections will go.

Looking at you, Texas.  

Mm-Hmmm. 

Yes, just thinking about Trump dead works.

 

Cat herding. 

 

I can so, totally relate. 

 

Fabulous! Just add glitter... 

...and my mind just went somewhere else, entirely... 👹

 

...and came back. BTW - LOVING Joanna Lumley in 

this season of "Wednesday". 

 

Joanna Lumley FABULOUS as "Grand Mama" 

 Tim Burton has been dropping Easter eggs and nods all through the series.  It would be

a hoot to see Jennifer Saunders show up in a crowd scene at "Nevermore".

 

About how we feel on flying. 

Glad the National Guard are there. 

 

 

 

 

...just... make.. it... stop. 

 

Don't bitch to me, I voted for HER! 

 

 And let's wrap it up with this little ditty...

 

 

The Great Wave Off Kanagawa

A wonderful series of posts by Debra of "She Who Seeks".  "The Great Wave" is one of those iconic images that has survived the test of time.  Debra offers an interesting collection work that honors that imagery.  

"The Great Wave Off Kanagawa, also known as The Great Wave or simply The Wave, is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai. It was published sometime between 1829 and 1833 in the late Edo period as the first print in Hokusai’s series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. I was fortunate enough to see an original print of The Great Wave at the Japan Ukiyo-e Museum located near Matsumoto when we were there in 2012."

Thank you, Debra!  

 

Saturday Morning Sip

Good Morning, folks!  

 

I'll even take $1M. 

 

 

Yeah... it's football season... already... again... 🙀 

 

 

 

And now... wiener mathematics with Ginger Billy.

 

Doesn't change when you retire, either.  

 

Actor Logan Marshall-Green.  OMG posted a nice photo 

of his posterior, but honestly... they had me at him holding a cat.

 

 

 

When palindromes attack. 

 

 

 

My art.  Feel free to share!! 

 

Time to light a candle. 

 

Damn, worthless phone... 

 

Really! Like what the fuck, man? 

Not. One. Peep. 

Our house, defined.   

Thank you, Garry Trudeau!  Brilliant! 

I listen to the news when they interview people, and they are just 

SOOOO bewildered, wondering what, EVER, is going on. 

 

 

 Let's take another spin through Xanadu.

 

 

  

 

Memes and MEN!!

 

 

 

Broadway bares - Opening Number. 

Morning Coffee Round-up - August 21 2025

 Morning chuckles while having my first sip... 

 

Thank you, Wiley! 

 

 

 

 

 

  

One of the minor joys I have been reading about are the 

tweets from CA Gov. Gavin Newsom's office using 

the SCROTUS ALL-CAPS format.  Love them! 

He can offer a Master Class to the rest of the Dems on how to 

get under the skin of Agent Orange. 

 

 

 

He just can't let it go.  Disgusting. 

And finally... 

PAINT THAT WALL! PAINT THAT WALL! PAINT THAT WALL! 

And Crispy Gnome made sure to get a photo op of her holding a paint brush.   

(...my art, feel free to share)