Quote:A mind-controlling fungus spreading among insects has been identified by researchers in West Virginia. According to a study recently published in the journal PLOS Pathogens, the fungus called Massospora found in cicadas contains similar chemicals to those in hallucinogenic mushrooms.

Once the fungus takes over, the cicadas lose their limbs and parts of their bodies are eaten away. While harmless to humans, the "zombie cicadas" are a threat to each other as the males become infected and are capable of flying around and continuing to spread the fungus to other cicadas.

The fungus causes the males to flick their wings to make the familiar cicada humming sound that is typically made by females. The flicking attracts other males as they think it is a female making a mating call, thus spreading the fungus to the attracted males. 

Quote:Albert Most, founder of the Church of the Toad of Light and a proponent of spiritual use of Colorado River Toads, published a booklet titled Bufo alvarius: The Psychedelic Toad of the Sonoran Desert[23][24] in 1983 which explained how to extract and smoke the secretions.

(08-04-2020, 08:28 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: So . . . zombie cicadas . . .

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/03/zombie-cicadas-spread-psychedelic-fungus-kill-off-each-other/5578417002/


Do you think the coronavirus has similar mind controlling properties that makes some people think, "masks are for sissies"?

And how long before someone licks one of these hallucinogenic cicadas to get high like those Colorado River Toads?

Edited to add:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_toad


Wow! Church of the Toad of Light?

Just when you thought you might have heard/seen it all . . .

(08-04-2020, 09:25 PM)jason Wrote: I'm not sure, but it seems to me these cicadas are pushing the homosexual agenda.

NEW: Trump campaign emails supporters to wear masks... seemingly trying to appeal to mask skeptics, but also not fully endorsing them?:

"I don’t love wearing them either. Masks may be good, they may be just okay, or they may be great...My feeling is, we have nothing to lose..." pic.twitter.com/7tmzMY0nLt

— Will Steakin (@wsteaks) August 3, 2020

(08-04-2020, 11:24 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Not sure if this was posted, but

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/510376-trump-campaign-emails-supporters-encouraging-mask-wearing-we-have-nothing

NEW: Trump campaign emails supporters to wear masks... seemingly trying to appeal to mask skeptics, but also not fully endorsing them?:

"I don’t love wearing them either. Masks may be good, they may be just okay, or they may be great...My feeling is, we have nothing to lose..." pic.twitter.com/7tmzMY0nLt

— Will Steakin (@wsteaks) August 3, 2020

6 months into the pandemic, the Trump campaign has finally asked its supporters to wear masks, even if he suggests they may only be "ok".

(08-05-2020, 10:12 AM)Mer Wrote: And people are more likely to touch their eyes, nose, and mouth when they wear a mask. 

Quote:An all knowing message board dictator should know all this. But I keep having to explain it to you.

Quote:And if I get banned for telling the truth it'd be just like society. "Silence those that don't think the way we do". You're probably one of those fools that believes BLM is really about black lives. Oh! Now I'm banned.

(08-05-2020, 11:49 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-pandemic-task-force/index.html

Trump had his first task force meeting since April... anyways, apparently he did not take the pandemic seriously and started talking about other random topics.

(08-05-2020, 12:03 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: How does one touch their mouth or nose when there is a physical barrier preventing them from touching their mouth and nose?

You mean they touch their face more often. You got any evidence to support your claim besides conjecture?

Because as a person who is required to wear PPE for my job, I can tell you it doesn’t make me touch my eyes, mouth, or nose more frequently.


Why don’t you explain what a biological MD is? Then explain why you don’t know basic biology?


In your last post you wrote “we really don’t know if any of these procedures truly work.”

Really?

We don’t know if stuff like hand sanitizers, wand washing, and Clorox wipes don’t work to disinfect surfaces? Really? You’re gonna roll with that as “telling the truth”?

Don’t drag BLM into your coronavirus virus misinformation spamming.

(08-05-2020, 12:50 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/510648-virginia-gop-official-posted-personal-info-on-people-who-reported-mask?fbclid=IwAR1RPg_i3c5563BJgyn9umI6WrlWwdxqGI0Wg03BwHWYSC625tdE-ZIKrw8

The head of the Arlington County Virginia GOP posted the personal information of citizens who reported mask violations, urging action against the "snitches" for trying to "destroy businesses". Arlington County borders DC.

(08-05-2020, 12:50 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/510648-virginia-gop-official-posted-personal-info-on-people-who-reported-mask?fbclid=IwAR1RPg_i3c5563BJgyn9umI6WrlWwdxqGI0Wg03BwHWYSC625tdE-ZIKrw8

The head of the Arlington County Virginia GOP posted the personal information of citizens who reported mask violations, urging action against the "snitches" for trying to "destroy businesses". Arlington County borders DC.

(08-05-2020, 02:46 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: How does reporting an individual for not complying with a mask mandate destroy a business?

And how can Republicans be the “just do what you’re told and there won’t be any problems” party, but also be the “don’t tell me what to do or we’re gonna have a problem” party?

(08-05-2020, 12:50 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/510648-virginia-gop-official-posted-personal-info-on-people-who-reported-mask?fbclid=IwAR1RPg_i3c5563BJgyn9umI6WrlWwdxqGI0Wg03BwHWYSC625tdE-ZIKrw8

The head of the Arlington County Virginia GOP posted the personal information of citizens who reported mask violations, urging action against the "snitches" for trying to "destroy businesses". Arlington County borders DC.

Quote:Viral photo of crowded Georgia high school hallway lacks context, superintendent says




Otott claimed in his letter that the pictures were taken out of context to criticize the school’s reopening, saying that the school of more than 2,000 students will look like the images that circulated for brief periods during the day. The conditions were permissible under the Georgia Department of Education’s health recommendations, he said.

The school district informed parents and guardians that its schools would enforce social distancing when possible but also noted that it would be almost impossible enforce in classrooms and on buses.

(08-05-2020, 09:47 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Trump has attended 1 pandemic task force meeting since April. He has golfed 18 times since Memorial Day.

(08-05-2020, 08:15 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/viral-photo-of-crowded-georgia-high-school-hallway-lacks-context-superintendent-says/ar-BB17BPVk?ocid=ientp


So other than buses, classrooms, and hallways; schools will enforce social distancing.