Scientists Capture First Male Murder Hornet, A Sign Washington Swarm Is Ready To Hunt

Though it's still a little early in their hunting season, it appears a hive of "Murder Hornets" (the popular name for the Asian Giant Hornet, native to parts of Japan) has indeed taken root in Washington State. The live hornet was trapped near Custer, Washington on July 29 (then processed in the state Department of Agriculture's entomology lab on Aug. 13). Now scientists are saying it's official. One plausible theory is that the hornet was part of a team of 'scouts' sent out shortly before the hornet's hunting season begins to try and get a read on where the food might be.

We first introduced the concept of "Murder Bees" back in early May, when the New York Times published a story about their presence in Washington State. It's believed they arrived late last year in cargo from Asia.

To be sure, the Agriculture Department said that their initial catch back in July appeared to be an unmated queen, a promising sign that their makeshift traps might have succeeded in crippling the new colony.

But apparently, the hornets are still coming out to hunt.

We'll see what things look like in a month.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/scientists-capture-first-male-murder-hornet-sign-washington-swarm-ready-hunt

President Trump Destroys Disgusting Liar Obama with One Tweet…

President Barack Obama broke precedent and slammed his predecessor President Donald Trump on Wednesday night during his DNC speech at the Museum of American Revolution.

Obama, who led the greatest political scandal in US history and spied on the Trump campaign and Trump Transition Team, gave one of the most decisive speeches in US history.

This guy truly was the most destructive president in US history and still is.

Obama never had any respect for this country and its traditions and still doesn’t.

During his speech that was littered with lies and attacks on his predecessor, Obama even accused President Trump of sending the military in to battle peaceful protesters.

President Trump destroyed the former president tonight with one tweet.

“HE SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN, AND GOT CAUGHT!”

President Trump followed the tweet up with this.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/president-trump-destroys-disgusting-liar-obama-one-tweet/

ARE WE HUMAN BEINGS OR GOVERNMENT PROPERTY?

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So you don't want to listen to what the guy he's interviewing has to say?

Interesting

Founder and Chairman of a Multinational Investment Company and a Company Consultant Convicted of Bribery and Public Corruption are Sentenced to Prison

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/founder-and-chairman-multinational-investment-company-and-company-consultant-convicted

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kek

Facebook Removes Antifa Group That Incited Rioting Across the Country

On Wednesday, Facebook announced that it would remove the pages of groups that support violent riots, including many antifa organizations. Among many others, Facebook removed the Pacific-Northwest Youth Liberation Front, an antifa group that incited violent riots across the country on July 25. Facebook did not just remove antifa groups, but also militia organizations and organizations linked to the QAnon conspiracy.

“We already remove content calling for or advocating violence and we ban organizations and individuals that proclaim a violent mission. However, we have seen growing movements that, while not directly organizing violence, have celebrated violent acts, shown that they have weapons and suggest they will use them, or have individual followers with patterns of violent behavior,” Facebook announced in a statement Wednesday.

“So today we are expanding our Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy to address organizations and movements that have demonstrated significant risks to public safety but do not meet the rigorous criteria to be designated as a dangerous organization and banned from having any presence on our platform,” the social media company added. “While we will allow people to post content that supports these movements and groups, so long as they do not otherwise violate our content policies, we will restrict their ability to organize on our platform.”

“For militia organizations and those encouraging riots, including some who may identify as Antifa, we’ve initially removed over 980 groups, 520 Pages and 160 ads from Facebook. We’ve also restricted over 1,400 hashtags related to these groups and organizations on Instagram,” Facebook reported.

Under the new policy, Facebook will “impose restrictions to limit the spread of content from Facebook Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts.” The company will also “remove Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts where we identify discussions of potential violence, including when they use veiled language and symbols particular to the movement to do so.”

Andy Ngo, editor-at-large at The Post Millennial and a journalist on the front lines of reporting on antifa, suggested a few organizations Facebook should target.

Ngo also warned Facebook that many antifa groups do not use the word “antifa” in their names by design.

Facebook did indeed take down the Pacific-Northwest Youth Liberation Front page, one of many Ngo had identified.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2020/08/19/breaking-facebook-removes-antifa-group-that-incited-rioting-across-the-country-n812339

Air Pollution Linked to Higher Risk of Young Children Developing Asthma

Findings support evidence that fine air pollutants may contribute to the development of asthma and wheezing

Children exposed to higher levels of fine particles in the air (known as PM2.5) are more likely to develop asthma and persistent wheezing than children who are not exposed, finds a study published by The BMJ today.

Other risk factors associated with a higher risk of developing asthma and persistent wheezing were having parents with asthma, having a mother who smoked during pregnancy, or having parents with low education and low income.

These findings support emerging evidence that exposure to air pollution might influence the development of asthma, say the researchers.

PM2.5 can come from various sources, including power plants, motor vehicles and domestic heating. The particles (about 3% or less of the diameter of a human hair) can penetrate deep into the lungs and some may even enter the circulatory system.

Short term peak exposure to air pollution has been associated with worsening of asthma, whereas the risks of long term exposure and the timing of exposure for the onset of asthma is less clear. In addition, the role of air pollution combined with other risk factors, such as socioeconomic status, on asthma is unclear

So researchers in Denmark set out to identify risk factors (air pollution and family related) for the onset of asthma and persistent wheezing in children.

Their findings are based on more than three million Danish children born from 1997 to 2014 and followed for asthma onset and persistent wheezing from age 1 year to 15 years.

Of these, 122,842 children were identified as having asthma and persistent wheezing (at an average age of 1.9 years).

This information was then linked to detailed air pollutant measurements at the children’s home addresses, parental asthma, maternal smoking, parental education and income.

After taking account of other potentially influential factors, the researchers found higher levels of asthma and persistent wheezing in children of parents with asthma and in children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy.

In contrast, lower levels of asthma and persistent wheezing were found in children of parents with high educational attainment and high incomes.

Exposure to PM2.5 as well as larger particulate matter (PM10) NO2, and nitrate was associated with an increased risk of asthma and persistent wheezing. However, only the positive association of PM2.5 with asthma and persistent wheezing remained robust across the different models and after further (sensitivity) analyses.

This is an observational study, so can’t establish cause, and the researchers point to some limitations, such as a lack of information on nutrition and physical activity, and factors related to the children’s indoor environment.

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2020/08/air-pollution-linked-to-higher-risk-of-young-children-developing-asthma.html