A critter I encountered past week in Orlando. Anybody know what it is? I don’t.
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craig, looks like a cricket to me.
also found this in the image collection of crickets. this one was captioned as “gorgeous bright orange cricket insect stock image”
“It’s not easy to shop for toys for adult cats and you have to keep changing things up. “
travis, know what you mean. my solution was to adopt Bu, the lab-a-huahua who has become an unending toy of delight for Bodhi, the blue-eyed/white/flame point alpha male of the house.
after reading this from wapo, i’ll be referring to alan as mr. dershbag from now on:
The pressure on a prosecutor: How Epstein’s wealth and power steered Acosta toward lenient deal
wonder if he also knew about and aided his client epstein in this mess reported by NYTimes:
Just days after a newspaper expose last November drew new attention to Jeffrey Epstein’s predatory behavior toward young women, he wired $350,000 to two people close to him, federal prosecutors revealed on Friday.
Mr. Epstein, a financier who now faces sex-trafficking charges in New York, was using the money to try to buy the silence of possible witnesses against him, the prosecutors said.
The United States attorney’s office in Manhattan made the new allegations in a court filing asking that Mr. Epstein be denied bail while he awaits trial, saying the payments were evidence that he might try to influence witnesses if he were not detained.
Mr. Epstein wired the payments from an account he controlled to the potential witnesses in late November and early December, 2018, shortly after the Miami Herald began publishing an investigative report about a secret deal Mr. Epstein had reached with the authorities in Florida to avoid federal prosecution in 2008, the government said.
The prosecutors have not charged Mr. Epstein in connection with the new allegations, and a spokesman for the United States attorney’s office declined to comment on that possibility.
A lawyer for Mr. Epstein did not respond to a request for comment Friday on the government’s new allegations.
They maintain their client has lived a law-abiding life for the past 14 years; he pleaded guilty more than a decade ago to state prostitution charges in Florida and served 13 months in jail.
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also in wapo a timely book review considering what’s happening now at the southern border:
“I know what concentration camps are,” George Takei, the actor-activist turned social media rock star, tweeted last month to his nearly 3 million followers. “I was inside two of them, in America. And yes, we are operating such camps again.”
Takei was speaking, of course, of the immigrant detention facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border. Takei has no patience for muddied political semantics. While a small boy, during World War II, the Los Angeles-born Takei and his family were kept behind barbed wire for four years, in what became known as “Japanese internment camps” — another term that he cannot abide. According to the publisher of Takei’s new book, he believes such verbiage incorrectly suggests that Japan ran the camps, or that the U.S. government held exclusively Japanese people and not Japanese Americans like himself.
Takei, still best known for playing Sulu in the Star Trek franchise, has turned his experience into a riveting graphic novel-memoir. “They Called Us Enemy”— co-written with Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott and artist Harmony Becker — arrives Tuesday as a necessary testament to what stoked fear and federal racism looked like eight decades ago within America’s own borders.
“They Called Us Enemy” poignantly paints how Takei’s father, a longtime U.S. resident, and Takei’s mother, a Sacramento-born American citizen, suddenly were declared an “alien enemy” by a presidential proclamation that doomed thousands shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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more turmoil from within. who needs enemies or russian bots when you have “friends” like AOC & co?
The House Democratic Caucus issued a rebuke of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) chief of staff Friday evening amid a public spat between House leadership and a small group of progressive members.
The caucus hammered Saikat Chakrabarti for comments he made going after Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.), who is Native American. Chakrabarti said in the quoted tweet that Davids had taken votes that “enable a racist system.”
“Who is this guy and why is he explicitly singling out a Native American woman of color? Her name is Congresswoman Davids, not Sharice. She is a phenomenal new member who flipped a red seat blue. Keep Her Name Out Of Your Mouth,” the House Democratic Caucus tweeted Friday evening.
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Special request for some of the old timers from Arabella Friedland (Vanilla Birdie) daughter of now deceased Jim Friedland (911 Survivor Sort Of) for close friends of hers whose father is dealing with immigration problem.
Seven years ago I was so fortunate to be befriended by one of the loveliest human beings. It is unsurprising that she would have chosen a partner with the same high morals, goodness and sense of family that she has — Both born to and chosen. Two weeks ago her fiancés father was detained by immigration officers outside of his home, while walking the family dog. In custody, he has still not been provided with an interpreter to explain his case. And his family, which includes my friend have been trying to balance taking care of their finances and finding him the best lawyer they can to help him come home.
I know that we are inundated with people who are in need — Especially now. I know that these are not people who want to put onus on anyone else, would feel more uncomfortable to inconvenience anyone …But more so these are the kind of people willing to help others.
If you can help, I assure you it is for good people…Something that shouldn’t have to be said.
wow… I didn’t know that crickets could be that color… it’s pretty for a bug.
Travis… my older cat loved playing with her brother until we lost him in October. Later this week, we will be getting our new kittens (one male, one female) and that should keep Peanut busy for a while. That site looks interesting… I’ll have to browse around in it.
ps… you can call me a crazy cat person anytime 🙂
Craig, at times I confuse your crickets with immature wasps. I praise their absence of stingers
All of which compels me to get off my butt and mount my lawn mower. It’s early, the heat index is only 93.
Columbia be’s one of the hottest places I’ve ever been and that includes Foat Wuth and Las Cruces in Augusts.
It’s like it’s in the bottom of a black bowl left out in the sun.
Jamie, hope they have contacted ACLU who could connect them to someone for help.
ACLU has been running vids like these and others for awhile now on social media. 1st was produced in 2018 and 2nd in 2017
This video is part of the Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) series “We Have Rights,” a national empowerment campaign to inform immigrant communities of what to do when interacting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Narrated by Jesse Williams. For more information visit: http://www.aclu.org/we-have-rights.
Andre Segura, senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, discusses three main issues that we are particularly concerned about in the wake of the latest raids.
Patd and RR – Before Princess Leia unexpectedly came to live with us, Pam and I thought we would adopt a pair of kittens. A companion for Ms Princess isn’t out of the question, but we don’t really have a good read on her yet as to how she’d be with a new addition.
We do have further proof that she loves the new toys. Before we went upstairs last night, we picked up all the toys and put them on her kitty mat in front of the TV. This morning when we came down, toys were scattered all over the living room. LOL!
I thought it was too big to be a cricket.
Done with the yard(s). Heat Index now 104, oops 107
Today in the Mid-Atlantic is a “nice” summer day. Coolish, upper 80’s low 90’s (what used to be normal). Dry, humidity must be around 65 or 70 percent. Mostly clear sky. A nice gentle breeze. So noon report is a cold beer followed by laying in the direct blast of a fan for an hour.
Poobah, You answered my question about its size. I’d make it an Eastern Lubber grasshopper. Nasty bastards. Have smelly shit on them. Don’t screw with ‘em.
“They’ll rip your lungs out, Jim.”
You are correct Pogo. A friend and Florida critter expert confirms it is a Lubber Grasshopper.
Is it worse than the locust
I hope the woman who accused Trump/Epstein of rape feels like she can come forward now
Agree to Mr P’s ID. Additionally, it’s not mature yet, and it’s female.
acosta is Hispanic. Ergo, finding him to be a corrupt, misogynistic, pimp somehow impugns all Hispanics.
Iow, trump is playing reverse bannonism.
I don’t believe that grasshoppers are strict vegetarians. I could be wrong. I hate to impugn an entire genus.
We caught them as kids. Our hands always stunk like hell when we did. KC I’ve never seen grasshoppers swarm like locusts. Plus they aren’t entirely ugly like locusts but they get BIG. Article says up to 3”, but 2 – 2 1/2 is common.
Grasshoppers are part of the order of insects known scientifically as Orthoptera. … Grasshoppers have chewing mouth parts called mandibles but are herbivores, meaning they eat only plant-based food, not other insects.
X-R, not sure whether they eat people or other meat, but people sure do eat them according to wikihow:
Grasshoppers are a crunchy, delicious treat enjoyed around the world in countries like Mexico and Uganda. Just one grasshopper contains 6 grams (0.21 oz) of protein and many people think the world should harvest more insects to help people in need of healthy, nourishing meals.[1] As long as you cook your grasshoppers, whether boiling or frying them, they will be safe to eat and ready in minutes. If you want to know how to cook grasshoppers in a variety of ways, see Step 1 to get started.
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only $13.99 at amazon
Edible Insects Bag of Mixed Edible Bugs. Grasshoppers, Crickets, Silk Worms and Sago Worms
About the product
No Artificial Flavoring
No Artificial Colors
Boiled and Dehydrated not Fried
Great Source of Protein
Great Unique Gift
We used to have lots of lubbers that were black with orange stripes. Kinda pretty in an ugly as hell way. And their front legs grabbed very hard – to the point that it was painful – and the hind ones were impressively strong. They were yellow inside if ya get my drift.
XR
I thought the SFB saying, “he is a Hispanic man” sounded truly strange and fit with the “black man” at his rallies. It’s all part of the GOP code word naming system:
I am a big fan of silk worm larvae. Fried with a little salt they are a great snack instead of popcorn. One thing you do not want to do with them is put them on pizza. A very big no-no.
bbronc, I’ve been told cicada larva taste like shrimp. haven’t had the guts to try it tho’
one of the comments: It’s hard to find them in China and even if you find them, each ceceda will cost you at least one dollar (unless you’re in Yunnan) so those will cost approximately $80, equaling 40 bowls of well-prepared beef noddles.
I remember those huge black and red whatever’s down in Alabama…….haven’t seen one since.
Yeah, bugs fall into the same eating box as liver.
Were I to find myself in Scarlett O’Hara yanking up a yam and gnawing on it like it was a hambone mode, I might adjust my parameters.
Does one squeeze feces from the critters prior to cooking?
One would hope, eh?
Well, this thread has gone to shit.
Liver must be cooked to death, mixed with lots of eggs, onions, seasoned with salt & pepper (some coriander for variety), chopped up and served cold on crackers.
Ms Jamie,
If a republican is referring to Monica Lewinsky, the words used are ‘young girl’. In fact, any woman over the age of 21 is a girl in republicance.
If we are going to discuss insects, might as well include these.
Hey sturge, I sked your post for next Saturday. Didn’t see it when I posted. Could you update your email in your profile? The one there bounced back.
NYC Mayor campaigning for prez in Iowa just told CNN he has no plans to return home to manage blackout. Dumb Blasio.
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craig, looks like a cricket to me.
also found this in the image collection of crickets. this one was captioned as “gorgeous bright orange cricket insect stock image”
“It’s not easy to shop for toys for adult cats and you have to keep changing things up. “
travis, know what you mean. my solution was to adopt Bu, the lab-a-huahua who has become an unending toy of delight for Bodhi, the blue-eyed/white/flame point alpha male of the house.
after reading this from wapo, i’ll be referring to alan as mr. dershbag from now on:
The pressure on a prosecutor: How Epstein’s wealth and power steered Acosta toward lenient deal
wonder if he also knew about and aided his client epstein in this mess reported by NYTimes:
Just days after a newspaper expose last November drew new attention to Jeffrey Epstein’s predatory behavior toward young women, he wired $350,000 to two people close to him, federal prosecutors revealed on Friday.
Mr. Epstein, a financier who now faces sex-trafficking charges in New York, was using the money to try to buy the silence of possible witnesses against him, the prosecutors said.
The United States attorney’s office in Manhattan made the new allegations in a court filing asking that Mr. Epstein be denied bail while he awaits trial, saying the payments were evidence that he might try to influence witnesses if he were not detained.
Mr. Epstein wired the payments from an account he controlled to the potential witnesses in late November and early December, 2018, shortly after the Miami Herald began publishing an investigative report about a secret deal Mr. Epstein had reached with the authorities in Florida to avoid federal prosecution in 2008, the government said.
The prosecutors have not charged Mr. Epstein in connection with the new allegations, and a spokesman for the United States attorney’s office declined to comment on that possibility.
A lawyer for Mr. Epstein did not respond to a request for comment Friday on the government’s new allegations.
They maintain their client has lived a law-abiding life for the past 14 years; he pleaded guilty more than a decade ago to state prostitution charges in Florida and served 13 months in jail.
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also in wapo a timely book review considering what’s happening now at the southern border:
“I know what concentration camps are,” George Takei, the actor-activist turned social media rock star, tweeted last month to his nearly 3 million followers. “I was inside two of them, in America. And yes, we are operating such camps again.”
Takei was speaking, of course, of the immigrant detention facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border. Takei has no patience for muddied political semantics. While a small boy, during World War II, the Los Angeles-born Takei and his family were kept behind barbed wire for four years, in what became known as “Japanese internment camps” — another term that he cannot abide. According to the publisher of Takei’s new book, he believes such verbiage incorrectly suggests that Japan ran the camps, or that the U.S. government held exclusively Japanese people and not Japanese Americans like himself.
Takei, still best known for playing Sulu in the Star Trek franchise, has turned his experience into a riveting graphic novel-memoir. “They Called Us Enemy”— co-written with Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott and artist Harmony Becker — arrives Tuesday as a necessary testament to what stoked fear and federal racism looked like eight decades ago within America’s own borders.
“They Called Us Enemy” poignantly paints how Takei’s father, a longtime U.S. resident, and Takei’s mother, a Sacramento-born American citizen, suddenly were declared an “alien enemy” by a presidential proclamation that doomed thousands shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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more turmoil from within. who needs enemies or russian bots when you have “friends” like AOC & co?
the hill:
The House Democratic Caucus issued a rebuke of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) chief of staff Friday evening amid a public spat between House leadership and a small group of progressive members.
The caucus hammered Saikat Chakrabarti for comments he made going after Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.), who is Native American. Chakrabarti said in the quoted tweet that Davids had taken votes that “enable a racist system.”
“Who is this guy and why is he explicitly singling out a Native American woman of color? Her name is Congresswoman Davids, not Sharice. She is a phenomenal new member who flipped a red seat blue. Keep Her Name Out Of Your Mouth,” the House Democratic Caucus tweeted Friday evening.
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Special request for some of the old timers from Arabella Friedland (Vanilla Birdie) daughter of now deceased Jim Friedland (911 Survivor Sort Of) for close friends of hers whose father is dealing with immigration problem.
The link if you would like to help the link is Help Pavel Come Home
wow… I didn’t know that crickets could be that color… it’s pretty for a bug.
Travis… my older cat loved playing with her brother until we lost him in October. Later this week, we will be getting our new kittens (one male, one female) and that should keep Peanut busy for a while. That site looks interesting… I’ll have to browse around in it.
ps… you can call me a crazy cat person anytime 🙂
Craig, at times I confuse your crickets with immature wasps. I praise their absence of stingers
All of which compels me to get off my butt and mount my lawn mower. It’s early, the heat index is only 93.
Columbia be’s one of the hottest places I’ve ever been and that includes Foat Wuth and Las Cruces in Augusts.
It’s like it’s in the bottom of a black bowl left out in the sun.
Jamie, hope they have contacted ACLU who could connect them to someone for help.
ACLU has been running vids like these and others for awhile now on social media. 1st was produced in 2018 and 2nd in 2017
https://youtu.be/pW4uixi4b_E
This video is part of the Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) series “We Have Rights,” a national empowerment campaign to inform immigrant communities of what to do when interacting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Narrated by Jesse Williams. For more information visit: http://www.aclu.org/we-have-rights.
Andre Segura, senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, discusses three main issues that we are particularly concerned about in the wake of the latest raids.
Patd and RR – Before Princess Leia unexpectedly came to live with us, Pam and I thought we would adopt a pair of kittens. A companion for Ms Princess isn’t out of the question, but we don’t really have a good read on her yet as to how she’d be with a new addition.
We do have further proof that she loves the new toys. Before we went upstairs last night, we picked up all the toys and put them on her kitty mat in front of the TV. This morning when we came down, toys were scattered all over the living room. LOL!
I thought it was too big to be a cricket.
Done with the yard(s). Heat Index now 104, oops 107
Today in the Mid-Atlantic is a “nice” summer day. Coolish, upper 80’s low 90’s (what used to be normal). Dry, humidity must be around 65 or 70 percent. Mostly clear sky. A nice gentle breeze. So noon report is a cold beer followed by laying in the direct blast of a fan for an hour.
Poobah, You answered my question about its size. I’d make it an Eastern Lubber grasshopper. Nasty bastards. Have smelly shit on them. Don’t screw with ‘em.
“They’ll rip your lungs out, Jim.”
You are correct Pogo. A friend and Florida critter expert confirms it is a Lubber Grasshopper.
Is it worse than the locust
I hope the woman who accused Trump/Epstein of rape feels like she can come forward now
Agree to Mr P’s ID. Additionally, it’s not mature yet, and it’s female.
acosta is Hispanic. Ergo, finding him to be a corrupt, misogynistic, pimp somehow impugns all Hispanics.
Iow, trump is playing reverse bannonism.
I don’t believe that grasshoppers are strict vegetarians. I could be wrong. I hate to impugn an entire genus.
We caught them as kids. Our hands always stunk like hell when we did. KC I’ve never seen grasshoppers swarm like locusts. Plus they aren’t entirely ugly like locusts but they get BIG. Article says up to 3”, but 2 – 2 1/2 is common.
Grasshoppers are part of the order of insects known scientifically as Orthoptera. … Grasshoppers have chewing mouth parts called mandibles but are herbivores, meaning they eat only plant-based food, not other insects.
X-R, not sure whether they eat people or other meat, but people sure do eat them according to wikihow:
How to Cook Grasshoppers
Grasshoppers are a crunchy, delicious treat enjoyed around the world in countries like Mexico and Uganda. Just one grasshopper contains 6 grams (0.21 oz) of protein and many people think the world should harvest more insects to help people in need of healthy, nourishing meals.[1] As long as you cook your grasshoppers, whether boiling or frying them, they will be safe to eat and ready in minutes. If you want to know how to cook grasshoppers in a variety of ways, see Step 1 to get started.
[continues]
only $13.99 at amazon
Edible Insects Bag of Mixed Edible Bugs. Grasshoppers, Crickets, Silk Worms and Sago Worms
About the product
No Artificial Flavoring
No Artificial Colors
Boiled and Dehydrated not Fried
Great Source of Protein
Great Unique Gift
We used to have lots of lubbers that were black with orange stripes. Kinda pretty in an ugly as hell way. And their front legs grabbed very hard – to the point that it was painful – and the hind ones were impressively strong. They were yellow inside if ya get my drift.
XR
I thought the SFB saying, “he is a Hispanic man” sounded truly strange and fit with the “black man” at his rallies. It’s all part of the GOP code word naming system:
Underage woman = Child
Child Prostitute = Rape Victim, Assault Victim, survivor
Non-Consensual Sex = Rape Call It Rape
Sex With Minors = Rape of a child
Pat, ONLY $13.99? lol. I prefer chips & salsa.
I am a big fan of silk worm larvae. Fried with a little salt they are a great snack instead of popcorn. One thing you do not want to do with them is put them on pizza. A very big no-no.
bbronc, I’ve been told cicada larva taste like shrimp. haven’t had the guts to try it tho’
one of the comments: It’s hard to find them in China and even if you find them, each ceceda will cost you at least one dollar (unless you’re in Yunnan) so those will cost approximately $80, equaling 40 bowls of well-prepared beef noddles.
I remember those huge black and red whatever’s down in Alabama…….haven’t seen one since.
Yeah, bugs fall into the same eating box as liver.
Were I to find myself in Scarlett O’Hara yanking up a yam and gnawing on it like it was a hambone mode, I might adjust my parameters.
Does one squeeze feces from the critters prior to cooking?
One would hope, eh?
Well, this thread has gone to shit.
Liver must be cooked to death, mixed with lots of eggs, onions, seasoned with salt & pepper (some coriander for variety), chopped up and served cold on crackers.
Ms Jamie,
If a republican is referring to Monica Lewinsky, the words used are ‘young girl’. In fact, any woman over the age of 21 is a girl in republicance.
If we are going to discuss insects, might as well include these.
Hey sturge, I sked your post for next Saturday. Didn’t see it when I posted. Could you update your email in your profile? The one there bounced back.
NYC Mayor campaigning for prez in Iowa just told CNN he has no plans to return home to manage blackout. Dumb Blasio.
NEW THREAD