• Bomb, mortar blasts in Baghdad kill at least 75.
• AARP loses 60,000 members for its position on health care.
• Reason contributor and former intern Ryan Sager defends astroturf in the New York Times.
• Tests begin on fascinating new anti-aging drugs.
• On the rise: crayfish poaching.
• AARP loses 60,000 members for its position on health
care
and
• Tests begin on fascinating new anti-aging drugs
could conceivably be related.
"In Louisiana's St. Landry Parish, where crayfish are caught
from local wetlands, Sheriff Bobby Guidroz says he has several
reports of thefts each year. "A lot more goes on, but a lot of the
fishermen don't report it," Mr. Guidroz says. "They want to
dispense justice on their own." Several years ago, he says, a group
of suspected crayfish thieves disappeared in a nearby parish, and
people there believed angry crayfishermen "used them for
bait."
Ya gotta love the bayou...
"In caloric restriction, mice are kept on a diet that is healthy
but has 30 percent fewer calories than a normal diet. The mice live
30 or 40 percent longer than usual with the only evident penalty
being that they are less fertile."
So basically, there's a built in way to deal with overpopulation.
Awesome!
In June, a San Diego Superior Court judge handed down a
90-day jail sentence to a man who was found smuggling contraband
lobsters in his pants.
That just sounds like a bad idea.
Drink up, X. Coffee prevents cancer. Now you can get on with that life extension!
"That just sounds like a bad idea."
Well, at least they let him slide on the crabs...
Kyle,
If you have ever been out in the swamps of Louisianna and bought
crayfish, you would know never to steal from those guys. They are
some rough people. And the swamp is awfully big. You would think
thieves would be smart enough not to screw with people who spend
their days paddling around a swamp in a small boat dealing
allagators, venonmous snakes and snapping turtles the size of
tractor tires.
I've never been around a ferret I would want as a pet. My friend
Alex had one. It lived under the couch and would randomly bite
people in the Achilles's tendon.
"They were petting rats!"
I know thieves aren't the brightest people, but I don't see how
$4 a pound crayfish is worth the risk. The article even says they
only steal small amounts to minimize getting caught. Tramp around
in the bayou in the middle of the night steal $80 dollars worth of
perishable crustaceans? No way.
I'd much rather break into foreclosed houses dressed as a repairman
and steal the wiring and copper pipes.
AARP loses 60,000 members for its position on health
care
Out of a membership of 40 million. A drop in the bucket. That many
probably die every month. They'll get 'em all back on the
next round of direct-mail propaganda.
Right. They actually lost 300,000 but gained 400,000 in that time period. The 60,000 were the people who stated their reason for leaving was the health-care stance of the AARP.
IOW, makes a great headline if yr a jurnalista, but statistically insignificant.
My Detroit governance morning link.*
Detroit pension funds want to build $7.4M riverfront
HQ
Already criticized for excessive spending on travel and poor investment deals, Detroit's two public pension funds are planning to build a $7.4-million headquarters along the Detroit River.
The plans are under way even though nearly a third of the office space in the city's central business district is vacant. [emphasis added]
* This ain't even hard.
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