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MID-WEEK IN PICTURES: GIANT MURDER HORNETS EDITION
Powerline ^ | 6 May 2020 | Steven Hayward

Posted on 05/06/2020 5:54:14 AM PDT by Rummyfan

Giant murder hornets? As Joe Biden might say, c’mon man! Meanwhile, this, from The Week cheers my heart:

“California highway police say that while overall traffic levels are down 35 percent this year because of a stay-at-home order, the number of speeding tickets for driving more than 100 mph has increased by 87 percent, with one motorist caught doing 165 mph. Commissioner Warren Stanley warned that higher speeds can ‘significantly increase the chance of death should a crash occur.”

Rest easy Power Line readers: They haven’t caught me yet. Also, let us give a nod to the astrological signs aligning Cinco de Mayo with Taco Tuesday yesterday.


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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: dsj03; murderhornets; picsoftheweek; powerline
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1 posted on 05/06/2020 5:54:14 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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2 posted on 05/06/2020 5:56:56 AM PDT by real saxophonist (If you don't have a gun, sell some toilet paper, and go buy a gun. - Colion Noir)
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This is the kind of thread we need!


3 posted on 05/06/2020 5:57:38 AM PDT by rlmorel (The Coronavirus itself will not burn down humanity. But we may burn ourselves down to be rid of it.)
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She can sting me anytime.


4 posted on 05/06/2020 5:58:04 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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5 posted on 05/06/2020 5:59:42 AM PDT by real saxophonist (If you don't have a gun, sell some toilet paper, and go buy a gun. - Colion Noir)
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As if I don’t have enough nightmare material already!

Can you imagine the raucous high pitched screeching a nest of those thing would make?


6 posted on 05/06/2020 5:59:43 AM PDT by rlmorel (The Coronavirus itself will not burn down humanity. But we may burn ourselves down to be rid of it.)
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To: Rummyfan

This is a great facebook meme, but these things are not an issue at all.

https://local21news.com/news/nation-world/professor-asian-murder-hornets-a-non-issue-in-united-states


7 posted on 05/06/2020 5:59:52 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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Killer!


8 posted on 05/06/2020 6:00:03 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (He Hath Not Given Us A Spirit Of Fear)
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Murder hornet
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/invasion-murder-hornets-180974809/


9 posted on 05/06/2020 6:02:09 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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Meanwhile, just discovered the NYPD has a killer bee SWAT unit that's prepping for the Giant Asian Muder Hornet onslaught...

NYPD Bee Unit preps for 'murder hornets'

How long til they get accused of racial profiling?

10 posted on 05/06/2020 6:03:34 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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11 posted on 05/06/2020 6:09:46 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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From your link..

“Kimsey says that’s because some of the bees there have learned to kill the hornets first.”

Imagine that. Bees exercising their God-given right of self-defense.


12 posted on 05/06/2020 6:32:48 AM PDT by moovova
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13 posted on 05/06/2020 6:38:12 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Saw a y tube video where one of these things takes out a rat. Vicious little critters.


14 posted on 05/06/2020 6:40:17 AM PDT by semaj (We are the People!)
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Well, about those hornets:https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=41391&fbclid=IwAR0_8xNuGiSZKLKI4yVIQKduhqYRBk-4yo4ra5kWWfy3TxupBzpfjLjsga4&utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark


15 posted on 05/06/2020 7:47:25 AM PDT by SkyDancer (~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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At least they are using good Whiskey


16 posted on 05/06/2020 1:21:52 PM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.(DT4POTUS))
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