Pepperoni vandalism at N.J. home leaves residents cheesed

The charges may come by the pound for a pair of vandals that left a Manville porch peppered with pepperoni last week, the woman who lives at the home said.

Heather Dougherty awoke to a virtual deli counter on her doorstep and car after the salami assailants were caught on a neighbor’s surveillance camera slicing up and tossing about two pounds of the spicy stuff across her yard.

“I opened up the front door Wednesday morning and said, ‘What the hell is this?’” Dougherty told NJ Advance Media in an interview.

Dougherty said she reported the incident to police and was helping them identify the suspects.

https://www.nj.com/somerset/2024/01/pepperoni-vandalism-at-nj-home-leaves-residents-cheesed.html

NY man arrested for allegedly spray-painting squirrels red after trapping them

By NBC New York Staff

A 62-year-old New York man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly spray-painted some squirrels at his Putnam County home, the SPCA announced Monday.

The county's probation department alerted animal welfare authorities to the bizarre crime after Mark Kuhn, a Patterson resident, allegedly admitted to trapping squirrels in metal cages and then coloring them "Apple Red" using a Rust-Oleum Paint + Primer spray can. Kuhn then released the animals somewhere else in town, according to the Putnam County SPCA.

Detectives and Department of Environmental Conservation police interviewed Kuhn on Saturday, Jan. 13, and he was later charged with three counts of poisoning or attempting to poison animals, which is a misdemeanor in the state of New York, as well as other violations under environmental conservation laws.

Authorities found the paint and two traps at Kuhn's property, both appeared to be covered in the red paint.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny-man-arrested-for-allegedly-spray-painting-squirrels-red-after-trapping-them/5041321/

Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of weirdness

Jeffrey Epstein: Prince Andrew and Clinton named in Epstein court files

BBC

Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew are named in court documents detailing people connected to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A New York federal judge has ordered the release of the files as part of a lawsuit related to Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

She is serving a 20-year jail term for crimes she committed with Epstein.

The BBC is currently reviewing the 943 pages of documents, which were released on Wednesday evening.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67865190

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Your New Year's Day weirdness!

Queen of Denmark Margarethe II announces abdication live on TV

Source: BBC

Denmark's Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise abdication in a new year TV address.

She will abdicate the throne on 14 January, which will be 52 years to the day since she became queen.

Her eldest son Crown Prince Frederik will take the role of king following Margrethe's departure.

The 83-year-old is the longest serving monarch in Danish history, taking the throne after the death of her father King Frederik IX in 1952.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67854395

Soothesayer's 2024 forecast excerpts on TFG

TRUMP’s planetary configurations (Saturn and Mars in Aquarius and Pisces) during the coming legal trials in March/April/May do not favor him. If they are not postponed, juries are likely to convict him, effectively removing him as a candidate. Trump, the former “star” of The Apprentice and Wrestle-Mania, will likely go crazy (not unusual) as the Libra lunar eclipse on March 25th hits his Neptune and the April 8 Solar Eclipse is opposite his Jupiter. He has already called immigrants “vermin” and stated he will become a “dictator” on day one if he is re-elected. Last month, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled him ineligible to be on the ballot due to his leading the insurrection on Jan. 6. The State of Maine followed. The Supreme Court will likely overturn these rulings.

Trump’s progressed Moon in Scorpio will square (conflict with) his progressed Saturn in May while transiting Neptune (illusions and disillusion) will inconjunct (destabilize) his ascendant. Uranus (disruption) in his 10th House of Career will square his progressed Mercury, trine his Solar Arc Mercury, and sextile his natal Saturn. He will keep on ceaselessly talking. His progressed Sun is sextile his Natal Mercury, further reinforcing his diatribes. The transiting planets in the chart of the Republican Convention in July 2024, are also very unfavorable for Trump. Transiting Uranus and Mars in his 10th House of Career are square his Mars. However, if he is removed from the ticket, there may be violent protests.

https://soothesayer.com/

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