Re: She's Back!

zendejo <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 6/4/26 11:47 AM, chine.bleu wrote:
>> Lee wrote:
>>> pothead <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> news:[email protected]:
>>> 
>>>> On 2026-06-04, Bradley K. Sherman <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Good thing Trump fired all those USDA employees:
>>>>> |
>>>>> | Flesh-eating screwworm returns to U.S. after 60 years,
>>>>> | threatening cattle herd
>>>>> |
>>>>> | The case of New World screwworm was confirmed in a
>>>>> | 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico
>>>>> | border, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said late
>>>>> | Wednesday.
>>>>> | ...
>>>>> <https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-world-screwworm-case-detected
>>>>> -texas-calf-cattle-food-supply-usda-rcna348414>
>>>>> 
>>>>> | ...
>>>>> | Screwworm females lay 250-500 eggs in the exposed flesh of
>>>>> | warm-blooded animals. The larvae hatch and burrow into the
>>>>> | surrounding tissue as they feed. Should the wound be
>>>>> | disturbed during this time, the larvae burrow or "screw"
>>>>> | deeper into the flesh, hence the larva's common name. The
>>>>> | maggots can cause severe tissue damage or even death to the
>>>>> | host. About three to seven days after hatching, the larvae
>>>>> | fall to the ground to pupate, reaching the adult stage
>>>>> | about seven days later. Female screwworm flies mate four to
>>>>> | five days after hatching.[11]
>>>>> |
>>>>> | The entire life cycle is around 20 days. A female can lay
>>>>> | up to 3,000 eggs and fly up to 200 km (120 mi) during her
>>>>> | life. Males mate up to ten times. They remain relatively
>>>>> | isolated and hide in vegetation until they spot a female
>>>>> | ...
>>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochliomyia_hominivorax>
>>>>> 
>>>>>      --bks
>>>> 
>>>> The Screwworm?
>>> 
>>> 
>>>     Stormy Daniels?
>>> 
>>>     She never left.
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> Melania? First Lady of the Evening.
>> 
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukptMif-9Xw>
>> 
> Intervention work on you yet?
> 
> https://youtu.be/uwpwW2n98tY?t=15
> 

I am more worried about the imminent shortage of pistachios

I have more than one Persian cookbook

Absolutely critical food item

Poor Americans won’t be able to afford their baklava,