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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein 'threatened to expose Bill Gates' 2010 affair with a Russian bridge player unless he continued to participate in a multibillion-dollar charitable fund'
[Daily Mail] Jeffrey Epstein used his knowledge of Bill Gates' 2010 affair with a Russian bridge player to threaten the Microsoft billionaire, a bombshell new report claims.

The pedophile, who "killed himself" in 2019, wanted Gates to participate in a multibillion-dollar charitable fund in 2017 and heavily implied that unless he did he would reveal his infidelity.
Ahem...about that "killed himself"..
Gates, who has said that bridge is one of his favorite hobbies, met player Mila Antonova at a tournament in 2010 and had an affair with her at around the same time, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Epstein met her later in 2013 when she was trying to raise money to start an online bridge platform. Though he didn't bankroll he project he did later pay for her to attend a software coding school.

The 'threat' was not made until 2017 when Epstein wrote to Gates asking for reimbursement for Antonova's coding school in a tone that implied he knew about the affair and could expose it.

[Here's a WSJ link to the story, but it's behind a pay wall.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/21/2023 13:54 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [17 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Access fostering indebtedness.
That's the name of that game.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/21/2023 15:00 Comments || Top||

#2  The pedophile, who killed himself 2019 was arkancided. FIFY
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/21/2023 15:43 Comments || Top||

#3  The pedophile, who killed himself in 2019, wanted Gates to participate in a multibillion-dollar charitable fund in 2017 and heavily implied that unless he did he would reveal his infidelity.

More on the "multibillion-dollar charitable fund" please.

Posted by: Besoeker || 05/21/2023 15:46 Comments || Top||

#4  I'd love to have been a fly on the wall on the private jet carrying Epstein, Gates and Prince Andrew to the fantasy island.
Posted by: jpal || 05/21/2023 16:34 Comments || Top||

#5  "Don't worry, nobody will find out"
Posted by: Frank G || 05/21/2023 16:53 Comments || Top||

#6  Gates' usually incontinent yap has been rather quiet lately.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/21/2023 17:17 Comments || Top||

#7  General Petraeus fell victim to a similar urge. No telling how far he might have risen in gov't had it not happened. I will always believe he was targeted for removal from the public stage, just as Gates may have also been targeted.

Posted by: Besoeker || 05/21/2023 20:34 Comments || Top||

#8  Epstein Island was an all purpose vehicle. Good thing the FBI was able to recover all the tapes and lists when they sanitized it.
Posted by: KBK || 05/21/2023 22:19 Comments || Top||


Tranny set fire to Atlanta area Target store
Black tranny playing a female has been charged with Domestic Terrorism & Arson.
[WSBradio] A suspected arsonist has been arrested after police said they set a fire inside a metro Target store.

Firefighters were called out to the Druid Hills location shortly after 1:15 p.m. Thursday for reports of the fire.

The person who called 911 said “A subject had just set one of the dressing rooms ablaze,” Brookhaven police said in a news release.

Emergency responders got to the store quickly and put the fire out.
Patch adds:
Police identified Fonzail Lorenzo Woods Jr., 29, as the man accused of setting a North Druid Hills Target store dressing room on fire Thursday.
Fonzail. Fail.
Brookhaven Police said Friday Woods is charged on suspicion of first-degree arson, obstruction and possession of drug-related objects.

Officers responded around 1:15 p.m. Police said the call came in through Live911, a system that live-streams emergency calls directly to officers in the field.

After hearing the call, officers arrived on the scene four minutes later and were directed to the suspect's location, police said.

Woods was booked into the DeKalb County Jail.
MSN has a bad photo of the miscreant.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [17 views] Top|| File under:

#1  While the media is playing it down for agenda reasons. According to Deklab co. officials at the scene. He (IT) was dressed like, attempt to play the role of, and done up like a female.

Arson is a FELONY in Ga. and doing it in a crowded dept. store elevates it to Domestic Terrorism.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/21/2023 4:48 Comments || Top||

#2  Well, they are actively courting this "demographic," aren't they?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/21/2023 6:50 Comments || Top||

#3  Somebody needs to explain to Fonzail that that’s not what people meant when they called him a flamer.

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/21/2023 8:30 Comments || Top||

#4  ^^^^thats funny^^^
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 05/21/2023 8:35 Comments || Top||

#5  If the clothes don’t fit, you can drop them in the basket like everybody else, please.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/21/2023 9:35 Comments || Top||

#6  Here's a vote for #3 for Snark of the Day.
Posted by: AlanC || 05/21/2023 9:52 Comments || Top||

#7  Second that SOTD nomination.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/21/2023 9:59 Comments || Top||

#8  Target was a target of flamer.
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/21/2023 10:34 Comments || Top||

#9  Another news article reported that Target has women's clothing for "the ones" who require a "tuck and roll" for crotch comfort.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 05/21/2023 12:47 Comments || Top||

#10  When you encourage mental illness, you get mental illness.

And if you deny that it is mental illness, they will keep on going until it is undeniable.
Posted by: Tom || 05/21/2023 13:18 Comments || Top||

#11  Who tries on clothes at Target? Why Black Tranny Terrorists, they have their own stall.
Posted by: Regular joe || 05/21/2023 14:02 Comments || Top||

#12  He was just upset that they didn’t have a bra that fit him.
Posted by: Glenmore || 05/21/2023 14:21 Comments || Top||


Florida man kills grandma with hammer, calls housekeeper to clean 'real mess': police
[NYPOST] A Florida man who allegedly beat his grandmother to death with a hammer was caught after he asked his housekeeper to clean up the bloody scene of the crime, according to police.

Anthony Michael Corrado, 34, is accused of attacking the 82-year-old woman — and "severely beating" his grandfather — inside their Naples gated community home Wednesday.

The grandmother had an active order for protection against Corrado — who was released from prison last year — for prior violent mostly peaceful history

After allegedly bludgeoning his grandmother, Corrado called a housekeeper around 2:30 p.m. to help him clean a "real mess" inside the Golden Gate Estates home, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by the Naples Daily News.

A blood-soaked Corrado reportedly led her through the blood-spattered home to a bedroom where his grandmother’s mutilated corpse lay wrapped in a tarp.

She also had a bag wrapped around her head. When the housekeeper tried to remove it, Corrado allegedly stopped her and said it "would get blood everywhere," the documents state.

The man then allegedly asked her to take the body out of the home.

The housekeeper tried to convince Corrado to call the police, but he reportedly refused, stating "I’ll go back to prison."
So he was clairvoyant as well...
Under the guise of retrieving cleaning supplies from her car, the housekeeper escaped the bloody scene and flagged down a Collier County Sheriffs’ deputy.
Posted by: Fred || 05/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [16 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Trespassing charges in NYC.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/21/2023 8:36 Comments || Top||

#2  A Face that even looks Evil .
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/21/2023 10:46 Comments || Top||

#3  Should have called Mr. Wolfe.
Posted by: KBK || 05/21/2023 22:25 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
NAACP issues travel warning in Florida: the state ‘has become hostile to Black Americans'
[Hill] The NAACP issued a formal travel advisory for Florida on Saturday, saying the state has become "hostile to Black Americans" under Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) leadership.

"On a seeming quest to silence African-American voices, the Governor and the State of Florida have shown that African Americans are not welcome in the State of Florida," the travel advisory reads.

"Due to this sustained, blatant, relentless and systemic attack on democracy and civil rights, the NAACP hereby issues a travel advisory to African Americans, and other people of color regarding the hostility towards African Americans in Florida," the group added.
That will help the crime rate
The advisory points to several of DeSantis’s controversial policies, including legislation he signed on Monday to prohibit colleges from spending public funds on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/21/2023 00:09 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [24 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The advisory points to several of DeSantis’s controversial policies, including legislation he signed on Monday to prohibit colleges from spending public funds on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/21/2023 0:15 Comments || Top||

#2  So Florida goes after groomers and leftist NAAACP responds with charges of racism. They are a predictable function box.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/21/2023 8:24 Comments || Top||

#3  Sounds like a win for Florida to me.
Posted by: Chris || 05/21/2023 9:08 Comments || Top||

#4  Who knew the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was still a thing! Also, can you still say 'colored people' or is that racist now?

This is actually a good thing. The people who will fall for this nonsense are probably not people you want to have around, bless their hearts.

Posted by: SteveS || 05/21/2023 9:16 Comments || Top||

#5  Oh, the ones that will fall for this will still be seen in those great "family melee" videos from DizneyWurld.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/21/2023 9:19 Comments || Top||

#6  I see the NAACP is already running another Race Baiting donation drive.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/21/2023 10:42 Comments || Top||

#7  Well, let's see. In 2010 black people were 15.3% of Florida's population of 18.8mm, or roughly 2.9mm blacks living in Florida.

In 2021, well into the DeSantis era, black people were 15.5% of Florida's population of 21.8mm, or roughly 3.4mm blacks living in Florida. An inrease of 500,000 in just 11 years.

Good thing our black brothers are learning to think for themselves and ignore the race hustlers at the NAACP.
Posted by: Tom || 05/21/2023 13:22 Comments || Top||

#8  Is the NAACP a hate group? They sure sound like one.
Posted by: Regular joe || 05/21/2023 13:57 Comments || Top||



Found Footage: Anheuser-Busch explains, ‘we're still 40 percent women, and 60 percent men, still predominantly white: so there's still work to be done.’
[NationalPulse] Anheuser-Busch, the parent company of Bud Light, has pledged to purge its white, male employees in an effort to have a “more diverse and inclusive environment,” according to footage found on the company’s website. The company has seen its sales collapse since the disastrous Dylan Mulvaney advertisement campaign which wiped billions off the firm’s value, and chased millions of customers away.

In the video, one employee of Anheuser-Busch explains, “we’re still 40 percent women, and 60 percent men, still predominantly white: so there’s still work to be done.” The “work” to be “done” is apparently replacing white male workers with alternatives.

In doing this, another employee says, “I feel like I finally found my voice as a black woman, and I’m not prepared to lose it.”

Discussing the #CheerstoDiversityAndInclusion campaign, Anheuser-Busch’s European Diversity and Inclusion Manager, Lara Laila Gärber explains, “at AB InBev, what we wanted to do is ensure that diversity and inclusion is fully integrated in our business strategy.”

Anheuser-Busch has lost billions of dollars as a result of its decision to embrace diversity by partnering with Dylan Mulvaney for the now infamous ad campaign. The stock has also since been downgraded by HSBC.

Posted by: NoMoreBS || 05/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [19 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1  Wanta bet the new figures for the Straight customer population are in the lower teens?

Example: Our rural area mom & pop corner store just had BUD removed the floor display cases to use the floor space for something actually selling.

Spoke with the sales driver, asked if it was happening elsewhere. He pointed to the semi trailer and said I have to make another back to warehouse to unload.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/21/2023 6:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Looks like they will have a big opportunity to do some work on those ratios as it will soon be layoff time. If they were talking about union personnel, their ratios will end up worse.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/21/2023 8:40 Comments || Top||

#3  Forget Modelo, Pacifico, Corona, Stella Artois, all InBev owned. Go local craft beer!
Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672 || 05/21/2023 9:00 Comments || Top||

#4  They just can't leave it alone, can they?
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/21/2023 9:36 Comments || Top||

#5  @#3 - Yes, good point Slav. There are lots of beers out there under the AB/InBev umbrella, and they need to be identified and boycotted.

Becks, Hoegaarden, Jupiler, Leffe, among others.

From AB-Inbev dot com:

Learn more about our products at Tapintoyourbeer.com and from our local family of brands.
Anheuser-Busch (US)

Anheuser-Busch Brewers Collective

Ambev (Brazil)

Budweiser APAC (Asia Pacific)

Budweiser Brewing Group UK & I (United Kingdom and Ireland)

Grupo Modelo (Mexico)

South African Breweries (South Africa)

ZX Ventures
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/21/2023 11:46 Comments || Top||

#6  Transheuser Busch
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/21/2023 11:46 Comments || Top||

#7  With regard to #5 and #3, AB seems to have an awful lot of brands under their control.

Antitrust time, anyone?
Posted by: Tom || 05/21/2023 13:24 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Laura Ingraham Issues On-Air Correction For Hoax She Covered: ‘Turns Out the Group Behind the Claim Made it Up'
[MEDIAite] Fox News host Laura Ingraham issued a correction on The Ingraham Angle, Friday after a story she covered about homeless veterans being kicked out of hotels to make way for migrants turned out to be false.

Toward the end of her Friday show, Ingraham announced, "Alright, before we go, a little update on a story we brought you this week about homeless vets being displaced from hotels so that illegals could move in."

"Turns out the group behind the claim made it up," she said. "We have no clue as to why anyone would do such a thing, but we’ll bring you any updates should they come."

The false story, which was initially reported by the New York Post, received air time on The Ingraham Angle and other Fox News shows before it was ultimately debunked.

Fox News issued an update earlier on Friday during the 2 p.m. time slot. Correspondent Nate Foy revealed at the time that the network was "now looking into new reports that a veterans advocate misled lawmakers and media outlets about the story and that some homeless men may have been hired to pose as veterans."

Watch above via Fox News.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [13 views] Top|| File under:

#1  No Clue why????
To me, it's simple ...anything to bait and discredit a Conservative Media source.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/21/2023 8:20 Comments || Top||

#2  Too good to check.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/21/2023 8:25 Comments || Top||

#3  Maybe both.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 05/21/2023 8:28 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Tennessee man charged with felony reckless endangerment after returning fire on armed auto thieves
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/21/2023 08:27 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  WHOOPS! I'd say I was squirrels hunting and my eye-sight must be slipping. Guess I better get my eye sight checked.
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/21/2023 10:23 Comments || Top||

#2  Mistake was saying ANYTHING to the police. Get a lawyer first.
Posted by: Glenmore || 05/21/2023 14:16 Comments || Top||

#3  Didn't he shoot at the perps when they were driving or running away? You're not supposed to do that, IIRC.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 05/21/2023 15:21 Comments || Top||

#4  Where it's legal to defend yourself at all, the usual litmus is, you can defend yourself from an advancing threat (in immediate fear for your life is the vague yardstick).

The concept of a receding threat (that puts you in immediate fear for your life) is somewhat oxymoronic.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/21/2023 15:25 Comments || Top||


Britain
Britain's plan to hand over 'unsinkable aircraft carrier' island in the Indian Ocean to Chinese ally Mauritius sparks row with US
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Diego Garcia is likely to be handed to Mauritius as part of a sovereignty transfer

  • The US has raised concerns about the plans due to the island's military hardware

  • The base, leased to the US Navy, is home to some 1,700 military personnel
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/21/2023 05:13 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [9 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Absolutely shocking! Perfidious Albion at her very best. Yet another territorial abdication to the communists ?

If only former PM Harold Wilson could be here. He'd be so very proud.

Posted by: Besoeker || 05/21/2023 7:36 Comments || Top||

#2  It's their property, it's their choice.
Posted by: magpie || 05/21/2023 8:08 Comments || Top||

#3  /\ Right you are, and yet another in a long list of pi** poor choices.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/21/2023 8:10 Comments || Top||

#4  Guess the brits get the last laugh: we get Harry and Princess Attention Whore AND kicked off DeGar.
Hope we are smart enough to de-mil the entire base when we leave.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 05/21/2023 9:18 Comments || Top||

#5  WebNov 17, 2016 · The British government has extended the lease of the US military base on Diego Garcia, an Indian Ocean island, for a further 20 years. Tell the UK to go f itself. A deal is a deal.
Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672 || 05/21/2023 10:36 Comments || Top||

#6  "Foreign Office lawyers have advised that an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice saying that the UK should return the islands to Mauritius, which has been endorsed by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, means that a negotiated settlement will need to be found.

A source said: 'The legal advice is that we have to roll over to avoid a prolonged legal case..."

In sum, strategic military and defense bases and assets needed to counter China's growing regional dominance, which threatens the balance of power worldwide, must be subordinate to avoiding prolonged legal wrangling in meaningless world court proceedings! YJCMTSU, but it is proof the West is now led by ignorant, frightened children.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 05/21/2023 10:54 Comments || Top||

#7  The British government has extended the lease of the US military base on Diego Garcia

Not too different than the lease on Cuba, eh?
Transferable with ownership.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/21/2023 15:03 Comments || Top||

#8  In the U.S., any lease or rental agreements survive a sale.
Posted by: Crusader || 05/21/2023 15:29 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Nebraska senator flips out debating ban on sex change surgeries for minors, screams 'we need trans people'
More on this story from yesterday — stupidity on the floor of the legislature as well as the visitors gallery, but the good guys won in the end. This is no longer a portent, but an accelerating trend.
[FoxNews] 'Transgender people belong here, we need trans people, we love trans people,' state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh shouted.

A Friday morning session in the unicameral Nebraska legislature devolved into chaos after one Democratic lawmaker began shouting her support for transgender people amid a debate on a bill to ban sex change procedures for minors in the state.

The bill, which was ultimately approved by lawmakers and sent to Republican Gov. Jim Pillen's desk to become law, bans sex change procedures for minors, as well as abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy.

In voicing her disapproval to the measure Friday morning, state Democrat Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh slapped the lectern and repeatedly shouted: "Transgender people belong here, we need trans people, we love trans people."

"You matter. You matter and I am fighting for you. I will not stop," exclaimed Cavanaugh, who displays she/her pronouns in her Twitter bio. "I will not stop today, I will not stop tomorrow. You are loved. You matter. You belong here."

Republican lawmakers wrangled just enough votes to end a filibuster and pass a bill with both measures. Gov. Pillen, who pushed for the bill and met with various lawmakers to shore up support, has promised to sign it into law.
And that’s the bottom line. Go Nebraska!
The 12-week abortion ban in the measure has exceptions for rape and incest. The bill wouldn’t allow transgender people under 19 years old to undergo gender surgery, with a few exceptions.

The state’s chief medical officer — a political appointee who is currently an ear, nose and throat doctor — would set rules for puberty blockers and hormone therapies for transgender minors in the state. There will be some exceptions for minors who were already receiving treatment before the ban was enacted.

Several Republicans voiced approval for the measure during the debate, including state Sen. Steve Erdman, who drew inconsistences in the arguments made by Democrats.

"Saying abortion is healthcare is like saying being raped is lovemaking," Erdman said at one point.

Friday's debate was briefly stopped when protesters in a chamber balcony stood and yelled obscenities at conservative lawmakers while throwing what appeared to be bloody tampons onto the floor. As lawmakers began voting, chants of "Shame! Shame! Shame! Shame!" could be heard coming from outside the chamber.

At least six people were arrested at the Nebraska state capitol building after lawmakers passed the bill.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/21/2023 00:47 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So weird.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/21/2023 9:34 Comments || Top||

#2  Cavanaugh will help you transition if you make it through the abortion window.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/21/2023 9:41 Comments || Top||

#3  'Transgender people belong here, we need trans people, we love trans people'

No.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/21/2023 10:00 Comments || Top||

#4  Trans...port the bastids !
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/21/2023 10:04 Comments || Top||

#5  The death of shame as a valuable social management mechanism. We have gone from rigid conformity, to reasoned tolerance, to timid acceptance, to mandatory support for perverse, divisive "norms".

There was a time when much of society self-regulated behavior based on the simple axiom, "would I be OK with my mother seeing me do this".
No longer. Now, we see things that would have prompted my grandfather to load his shotgun!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 05/21/2023 11:43 Comments || Top||

#6  I gladly do "go along / get along." I don't do "whatever you say because you are in my face."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/21/2023 11:45 Comments || Top||

#7  Why the police is not arresting that crazed fat woman ! It is mutilation of the external sex organs of a minor. And that by the law it’s a crime .It should be a prison term for the parents. Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is what it is. The parents are mentally ill and should be put in prison for child abuse. The parents that do that need attention and use the child as a venue to get attention from others. The kids are too young to now what they want. Any politician pushing for deforming children need to be executed Julius ….caesarean style 40 stubs. Fuck her and the Jews journalists criminals pushing this trash.


Posted by: ACA JOE || 05/21/2023 14:09 Comments || Top||

#8  I'm amazed that they still let you in.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/21/2023 15:05 Comments || Top||

#9  Only to remind why he's Smokeyed
Posted by: Frank G || 05/21/2023 16:48 Comments || Top||

#10  Why the police is not arresting that crazed fat woman

If the police arrested every fat crazy woman in America, they would have no time for revenue generating jobs like issuing traffic tickets.
Posted by: SteveS || 05/21/2023 17:09 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Are you a mosquito magnet? It might be for one unpleasant reason
[FoxNews] New study published in Cell Biology reveals insights into what attracts biting mosquitoes.

New research has found that smelly armpits may turn some people into a mosquito magnet.

This is apparently the reason that some people are so plagued by the annoying critters — while others get off scot-free, according to scientists.

The pesky insects are drawn to body odor, also known as BO — and mosquitoes can find us from 350 feet away once they get a whiff, according to SWNS, the British news service.

The new findings are based on the African malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae, which was let loose in an ice rink-sized outdoor testing arena in Zambia.

Said the study's lead author, Dr. Diego Giraldo, a neuroscientist, "This is the largest system to assess olfactory preference for any mosquito in the world. And it is a very busy sensory environment for the mosquitoes," as SWNS reported.

The team from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, released 200 hungry mosquitoes each night and used infrared motion cameras to observe how often they landed on evenly spaced pads heated to 35ºC — mimicking human skin, the report said.

The aromas of six volunteers sleeping in surrounding single-person tents were piped onto the pads over six consecutive nights.

It was a good sign they were ready to bite.

Body odor was apparently a more attractive bait than CO2 — a known cue for mosquitoes.

But further tests showed that the swarm of 200 individuals were also choosy. The aromas of six volunteers sleeping in surrounding single-person tents were piped onto the pads over six consecutive nights.

The study also identified 40 chemicals that all of the humans emitted — though at different rates.

Said lead co-author Dr. Stephanie Rankin-Turner, an analytical chemist, "It is probably a ratio-specific blend they are following … We don't really know yet exactly what aspect of skin secretions, microbial metabolites or breath emissions are really driving this, but we are hoping we will be able to figure that out in the coming years."

The study drove home "just how powerful these mosquitoes are as host seekers."

People who were more attractive to mosquitoes consistently emitted more carboxylic acids produced by skin microbes, the study said.

By contrast, the person who was least attractive to the mosquitoes gave off fewer acids but triple the amount of eucalyptol, a plant compound.
Good to know, since the local mosquitos consistently prefer me to Mr. Wife, even though he is bigger and warmer.
It is found in oils, herbs and spice — and elevated levels may be related to diet.
Also mouthwashes...
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Posted by: Skidmark || 05/21/2023 0:54 Comments || Top||

#2  :Heh: As a kid I noticed that sitting near my older sister was the solution as they swarmed her instead on muggy Oklahoma nights.
Posted by: magpie || 05/21/2023 8:15 Comments || Top||

#3  Eating food with garlic always helped me.

They don't seem to like that.
Posted by: Mullah Richard OTR || 05/21/2023 8:52 Comments || Top||

#4  It's true. Only time they bother me is after yard work. If I am clean and go out in the driveway to enjoy a cigar, they don't touch me.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/21/2023 9:18 Comments || Top||

#5  Too much breeze on this old mountain for most insects.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/21/2023 9:47 Comments || Top||

#6  "outdoor testing arena in Zambia."

Which must be in the top 10 in the world in personal hygiene (circumstances noted).

"The team from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland...."

Like I said.

Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/21/2023 11:31 Comments || Top||



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