Althouse: Waking up to the hot news this morning.

October 2, 2020

Waking up to the hot news this morning.

Just woke up and wow, huge news https://t.co/Ez6GgZkeaJ
— Kat Rosenfield (@katrosenfield) October 2, 2020

22 comments:

MikeD said...: Must of escaped from those horrible Liberty Mutual ads!; 10/2/20, 1:18 PM
chuck said...: At least is wasn't a cassowary.; 10/2/20, 1:21 PM
Sella Turcica said...: Reminds me of the Doors song:

There’s an emu on the loose
There’s an emu on the loose.
He’s bigger than a goose
But smaller than a moose.
If you lure him with a pear
You can return him to his lair...; 10/2/20, 1:29 PM
zipity said...: Were they able to locate Doug....?; 10/2/20, 1:36 PM
gadfly said...: LiMu is now free to join the Progressive crew.; 10/2/20, 1:48 PM
gilbar said...: oh Come on! this is not news! emus escape and are recaptured EVERY DAY
wake me when a Rhea gets loose! Or a Moa... Now that Would be news!; 10/2/20, 2:18 PM
Michelle Dulak Thomson said...: The last few weeks our block has acquired a population of three wild turkeys. They mostly just wander around people's yards and drive the local dogs bonkers. Weird. Not so weird as an emu, though.; 10/2/20, 2:32 PM
mikee said...: With emus, as with ostriches, laying on one's back and pedaling one's feet in the air will attract the beasts. Yes, it is true, and I have no idea why. They also sort of play fetch .; 10/2/20, 2:43 PM
JAORE said...: The lured him with a pair of what?; 10/2/20, 2:51 PM
Lucid-Ideas said...: This is a very serious situation. Emus are spectacularly cunning. They even won a war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War

DON'T MESS WITH EMUS.; 10/2/20, 2:53 PM
stevew said...: Liberty Mutual is, after all, a Boston based firm.

The Maine Press Herald reported the capture of a Moose in South Portland the other day. Headline informed us that said moose had been "on the lam" for two days.

2020 just gets weirder and weirder.; 10/2/20, 3:28 PM
FullMoon said...: Reminds me of the time I saw a little black pig with a collar walking on the sidewalk in the neighborhood.
Was on my way to a job and didn't notice any obvious open gates so wasn't much I could do.
When I see loose dogs, I give 'em a stern "Go home, you bad boy".
When I see a kid chasing their loose dog, brings back memories, and stirs sympathetic feelings,'cause they can follow it all day until it gets bored and allows you to catch up, or goes home.; 10/2/20, 3:37 PM
Bob Boyd said...: Are you sure that wasn't an emu you heard this morning?; 10/2/20, 4:24 PM
gilbar said...: The Maine Press Herald reported the capture of a Moose in South Portland the other day. Headline informed us that said moose had been "on the lam" for two days.

I'm On The Lamb But I Ain't No Sheep; 10/2/20, 4:26 PM
Magson said...: The Aussies lost a war to the emus....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War; 10/2/20, 4:38 PM
Bunkypotatohead said...: I want to live in a town where the big news each morning isn't some journ-o-list complaining about the president. Even when he's sick, they complain about that.; 10/2/20, 5:48 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: mimicking a tardy emu = emulate

... they ARE tasty though!; 10/2/20, 5:58 PM
KellyM said...: I've been to Haverhill, MA and depending on the neighborhood, that emu was likely looking to get out fast!; 10/2/20, 6:44 PM
rcocean said...: Looks very emu-motional with that pear.; 10/2/20, 7:07 PM
stephen cooper said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/2/20, 9:43 PM
stephen cooper said...: emus are Very photogenic. I thought I remembered an old-time poem with an emu in it, but I went to allpoetry.com and although there are at least five emu poems there, I could not find the poem (Victorian?Edwardian? translated from another language) .

Oh while proofreading the previous paragraph I just remembered - it was Walter de la Mare, and it was not an emu, it was another large bird (sadly, not a live one - it was a display in a museum). I thought before I remembered that the poem was written by a woman, but it wasn't, although it features a loving young couple (male and female).; 10/3/20, 8:23 AM
Sam L. said...: EMUS INVADE CITY!!! Citizens run for their lives!!!! "Look at those DRUMSTICKS!!"; 10/3/20, 9:29 AM