R.I.P. Scout26
Asked about the incident, Philadelphia Police only told Fox News that the property owner was "advised of a tenant and landlord issue" and no arrests were made."The police told us that they get three to four calls a day similar to this," real estate agent Bob Cervone told Fox News. "I certainly had heard of this happening from other agents, from landlords. But it was my first experience with it."A few days later, Harte said, the squatters reached out to Cervone to arrange a meeting. They said they had found somewhere else to live and would leave Harte's house if he gave them $2,000. He said that was too much but ultimately paid them $1,200 after walking through the house."The house was super dirty, trash everywhere," he said. "Luckily, there was no damage."The squatters left. He immediately changed the locks and hired a cleaner. All told, he estimates the incident cost him $2,000 and endless stress over the holidays until the sale finally closed last week.
Also, the natives aren't just getting restless in PA, they've got a moon beef going as well:https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/05/world/peregrine-moon-mission-navajo-nation-objection-human-remains-scn/index.htmlhttps://www.space.com/moon-navajo-nation-objection-human-remains-ula-vulcan-centaur-celestis-elysium-spaceI'm guessing if some Christians complained, there wouldn't be a "last-minute meeting" at the White House. Also, what if some religious group in say Zambia, said that laying human remains on the moon was honoring the moon god? Also, if this was a Chinese lander, they wouldn't GAF.
The Navaho have an extreme religious phobia of human corpses. That probably explains why they are upset about remains being placed on the moon.
For the Navajo, it is important to live in hohzo, a state of order with the universe which recognizes the beauty of all living things. Navajos follow rituals and bury the dead in unique ways to maintain this order:Navajos select family members to mourn. Mourners bathe and dress the body in special garments.The mourners bury the deceased far away from the living areas, along with their possessions and the tools used to bury the body.
Not only the Navajo but also the Apache and a few other tribes.https://www.alivehospice.org/news-events/culture-and-death-native-american-heritage/#:~:text=Navajos%20follow%20rituals%20and%20bury,used%20to%20bury%20the%20body.I think the moon would qualify as far away from living areas but that may be just me. bob
"At what point are we going to stop and say we need to start protecting the moon as we do the Grand Canyon?"
Founder of Pennsylvania's statue to be removed for Pennsylvania. https://twitchy.com/amy/2024/01/07/national-park-service-plans-to-remove-william-penn-statue-from-the-site-of-his-philadelphia-home-n2391479
The Navaho spokesperson asked what I'm sure he thought was a rhetorical question:My reply would be "Not before millions of sightseeing tourists start visiting it every year."Considering the sheer cost of lifting mass past orbit and achieving escape velocity, I really don't think the Moon is going to see significant dumping for a long, long time.
And by the time we get the cost down enough to make shipping trash into space reasonable, we will likely find a better place to put it.
Canadian cop shoulders a reporter, then arrests said reporter for assault on a police officer. With the video, I think this would be thrown out pretty quick in the US, and the cop likely disciplined. Who knows how it will work out in Canada.https://twitchy.com/coucy/2024/01/08/david-menzies-canada-n2391531
We'll throw it into the sun an incinerate it in nuclear fire. And if it's too hot to approach closely enough to make the dump . . . we'll just make the drop at night.
