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Sunday Overnight Open Thread (10/13/24) Minimal Content Edition
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The Quotes of The Day
Quote I
"When I seen the guys up there, I'm like, 'Eh, this doesn't look right. As we were coming down, we saw the gentleman on Cicero itself, opening up the freight train." Princess Shaw
Quote II
“We were so happy, we almost cried. “He showed honor.Many people wouldn’t pass that test.” Truong Huynh
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The Comments of The Week
The toughest job for Sunday's ONT is picking them out.
Doomscrolling Is Slowly Eroding Your Mental Health
Checking your phone for an extra two hours every night won’t stop the apocalypse—but it could stop you from being psychologically prepared for it
If you're going to eat a bear, make sure it's not rare.
You'd be forgiven for thinking that once the beast has been subdued, all danger has passed. But you might still be in for a scare. The animal's flesh can be riddled with encased worm larvae, which, upon being eaten, will gladly reproduce in your innards and let their offspring roam the rest of your person, including invading your brain and heart. To defeat these savage squirmers, all one must do is cook the meat to at least 165° Fahrenheit.
But that simple solution continues to be ignored, according to a report today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. In this week's issue, health officials in North Carolina report that rare bear meat was served at a November 23 gathering, where at least 22 people ate the meat and at least 10 developed symptoms of a worm infection. Of the 10, six were kids and teens between the ages of 10 and 18.
OCTOBER 11--After pulling over suspects driving a stolen car, Oregon police found a large drug stash inside a bag with “Definitely not a bag full of drugs” printed on it, according to court records.
Early Wednesday morning, a Portland cop ran the plates on a 1994 Ford Taurus that “came back as stolen,” according to a probable cause affidavit. The officer subsequently arrested the driver, Reginald Reynolds, 35, and passenger Mia Baggenstos, 37.
Reynolds, cops say, was carrying a loaded .357 handgun in his pocket, a bag of methamphetamine, and $1360 in cash. Baggenstos had “three white pills she said were oxy...as well as a meth
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