http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200706-sealand-a-peculiar-nation-off-englands-coast

“Our story still fires people up,” Prince Michael concluded. “We don’t live in a society where people like being told what to do, and everybody loves the idea of liberty and freedom from government"

 

One way to REALLY social distance...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle...hed-tv-from-the-sky/ar-BB16nJeK?ocid=msedgntp

 

https://www.kptv.com/general/psa-pl...cle_64cbed1e-ef94-514b-b03f-324143869b29.html

 

Two drivers in separate stolen vehicles were arrested following a crash in Newberg over the weekend.

https://www.kptv.com/news/police-ma...cle_ad35b336-bfa5-11ea-b60c-efe6f50c24dc.html

On Sunday morning, officers responded to a report of a suspect that had just stolen a person's Toyota Land Cruiser. The stolen vehicle was located minutes later as it went through town, according to police.

The suspect attempted to elude police through downtown Newberg, then crashed into an occupied Buick Regal near East Franklin and College Street.

The driver in the Toyota, identified as Randy Lee Cooper, 27, of Portland, was arrested for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, attempting to elude police, third-degree assault, reckless driving, and other related crimes.


According to police, officers learned the Buick was reported stolen three weeks ago.

The driver in the stolen Buick, identified as Kristin Nicole Begue, 25, of Newberg, was found to be under the influence and was arrest

 

Two drivers in separate stolen vehicles were arrested following a crash in Newberg over the weekend.

https://www.kptv.com/news/police-ma...cle_ad35b336-bfa5-11ea-b60c-efe6f50c24dc.html

what goes around comes around...

 

Capturing two birds with one stone?

 

 

 

https://www.foxnews.com/world/speed-camera-ford-focus-437-mph-ancona-italy

An Italian woman driving a Ford Focus down a coastal highway received a ticket for going hundreds of miles an hour over the limit .... The camera recorded her speed at 703 kmph, or almost 437 mph, according to a translation of an article on the Italian car site Autoappassionati. That’s closer to the speed of an airliner than it is to a race car.

 

Life imitates art.

 

https://nextshark.com/cat-honored-japanese-police-save-elderly-man-canal/

 

Cameras atop beetles:

https://www.newscientist.com/articl...kpack-cameras-stream-footage-to-a-smartphone/

 

A parrot beats 21 students in a classic memory game:

https://www.foxnews.com/science/this-parrot-beat-21-harvard-students-in-a-classic-memory-game

African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) can live more than 50 years, memorize dozens of words in English and, if given the chance, outsmart a flock of Harvard students in a classic Shell Game.

 

Another example backing up the experiments among a selected species on ability to reason, some species of birds were amazing in the tests.
Again, refuting the term 'Bird Brain'!
Max.

 

Another example backing up the experiments among a selected species on ability to reason, some species of birds were amazing in the tests.
Again, refuting the term 'Bird Brain'!
Max.

Definitely .... some species are more reasonable than the average human...

 

some species are more reasonable than the average human...

Actually our memories are slowly being destroyed by cell phones. I can't remember a single friends phone number. Only two numbers I know are mine and my wife's. Beyond that - if I'm out, stuck, and need assistance and I don't have my phone - I'm boned!

It's that way with far more people than you might think.

 

phone - I'm boned!

What happened to carrier pigeons?

 

What happened to carrier pigeons?

They flew the coop!
Max.

 

What happened to carrier pigeons?

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

kv

 

What happened to carrier pigeons?

Not forgotten, they now indulge in the sport of pigeon racing.
The rest went feral and are 'adorning' statues such as Lord Nelson, Trafalgar square, et-al.
Max.