Locusts

Locusts are grasshopper were-beasts.

Two reddit posts of interest:  what one fact pisses you off and what scam do you think more people should know about.

NRA President’s Son Convicted For Road Rage Shooting, Nears End Of 10-Year Jail Sentence

How the US public was defrauded by the hidden cost of the Iraq war

Wow!  A journalist actually practicing journalism.  This Is What Happens When A Journalist Forces A Banker To Actually Answer A Question

Jaw-dropping quote of the day:

When asked by ThinkProgress if he’d accept a society where African-Americans were permanently subservient to whites, he said “I’d be fine with that.” He also claimed that African-Americans “should be allowed to vote in Africa,” and that “all the Tea Parties” were concerned with the same racial problems that he was. 

At one point, a woman challenged him on the Republican Party’s roots, to which Terry responded, “I didn’t know the legacy of the Republican Party included women correcting men in public.”

OMG! Omens and portends!

It's the end of days.....

Edmonton, Alberta (AHN) - The woes of Alberta's farmers continue to multiply. Even as they struggle financially with losses arising from one of Canada's worst drought, parts of the province are under threat of a grasshopper attack.

The farmers expressed apprehension that the insect may even damage whatever crop will be spared by the ongoing dry spell. Areas where farmers have reported grasshopper invasions are the Peace River zone, southwest of Edmonton and Alberta's southeast.

These are the same areas identified by Alberta's Agriculture and Rural Department as having elevated grasshopper infestation risk in 2009. The department warned that the extended hot fall will provide sufficient time for the mother grasshoppers to lay eggs in the infestation-prone areas. Aside from the warm weather, other factors identified as conducive to a grasshopper surge include light soils and south-facing slopes.

Or maybe not... with the way the economy is going, it's good to know that locusts are an edible source of protein!