THE RETURN OF A GHASTLY NIGHTMARE

I go along with a simple vessel probably made of pottery.

lily wrote:I go along with a simple vessel probably made of pottery.  

He was a carpenter which is why I said wood. have you seen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? The villian drank from the gold cup and died a hideous death, Indiana and hiks fatgher both drank from the plain cup. One of the few times when a piece of film made sense. LL

Possible, LL. However I think that pottery would be more easily cleaned? They have always had strict cleanliness rules.

I know what the Holy Grail really is, Dan Brown told me. So there.   

lily wrote:Possible, LL.  However I think that pottery would be more easily cleaned?   They have always had strict cleanliness rules.

Indeed, either pottery or wood, not gold and studied with precious gems! LL

I think that they had dishonest sales people back then.   "Come and get your genuine Grail cups.  Only 50 shekels."

       

Be afraid, be very afraid...



Enormous! This rat caught by Mark Willmot's Jack Russell in a Tunbridge Wells park was frightening

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Giant rat the size of a cat cornered and killed by pest control in Dublin home after terrorising family
Giant rodent caught in the home of family in Dublin, Ireland
Measured 24inches and had to be removed by hand after trap failed


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  That's scary.

Well, that was a fascinating, if scary, documentary. Seems the strain of Black Death that wiped out most of Europe in 1348/9 is the same one that's on the loose in Madagascar just now.

But don't worry, that particular strain isn't antibiotic-resistant. Yet. But some strains are.

Society didn't collapse, the way the dead were buried showed order and planning.

Lots of shots of modern London, strangely empty, except for a dark figure in a shroud standing on top of buildings. Are they trying to tell us something?   

Is it the PM on there?    

Not Black Death this time, but do you ever get the feeling you've slipped into a parallel universe? That's going backwards?

http://rt.com/news/syria-unesco-castle-reclaim-481/

The Syrian army secured the Crac des Chevaliers – one of greatest medieval castles in the world – on Friday after Assad's forces reclaimed the UNESCO World Heritage site from rebel fighters a day earlier.

The seizure of the castle is the latest in a number of successes for the Syrian army over recent weeks, including the capture of Yabroud on Sunday. Close to the Lebanese border, Yabroud is considered a key supply line to and from Syria. Syrian forces have also seized at least four towns and villages near the Lebanese border in the past two weeks, AP reported.

"Our efforts, those of the Syrian Arab Army and the National Defense Forces, were crowned today by raising the Syrian flag on the Crac des Chevaliers," an unnamed Syrian army colonel told Al Mayadeen TV, a Lebanese broadcaster that aired footage of Syrian soldiers at the site. "The battle had been going on for more than a month during which several nearby villages were liberated."

Syrian state television reported that troops "wiped out terrorists who were entrenched in the castle,” according to AP.



A view shows the damage inside the Crac des Chevaliers fortress in the Homs countryside, after soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad took control of it from rebel fighters, March 21, 2014. (Reuters/Khaled al-Hariri)

In 1999, the 21st century was supposed to be all whizzy and cool. People weren't supposed to be fighting to the death over Crusader castles.

The world's gone mad.

   and    That is so so sad.

OMG You are right, Bonny. The world has gone mad. What next?

What's even worse is that it's pretty much the same flaming fight as nearly 1,000 years ago.

I know Bonny. It was not lost on me.

Today's Apocalypse News:

http://www.infowars.com/report-ebola-suspected-in-europe-broken-through-all-containment-efforts/

quote:

The outbreak of Ebola Virus in seven west African countries has broken through all containment efforts and is spreading like wildfire. According to Christian Relief groups working in Guinea and Liberia, the number of confirmed infections jumped 15% in just the last 24 hours. In addition, 40 illegal alien migrant workers from the outbreak area, who came ashore in Pisa, Italy, are showing signs of Ebola infection and are being isolated in Pisa Italy because of fever and “conjunctivitis” (bloody around the eyes). According to the World Health Organization, this strain of Ebola is entirely new and although it is close to the Zaire strain, it is different, thus accounting for false-negative test results . . . . . for weeks!
Those false-negative results meant people who were actually infected with Ebola, were returned to their families and neighborhoods to recover from what they believed was the Flu or a case of food poisoning, only to spread the Ebola further.
The result has been a complete loss of containment of this Ebola outbreak.
With the likely arrival of Ebola in Pisa, Italy, the European continent is now at severe risk.
Italian officials deny the reports, but alternative media in the country suggests this is the reason for a complete lock down of a hospital in Pisa, where it is believed to have infected some 40 individuals. Other reports trickling in from various sources like social media indicate the virus may have also appeared about 50 miles from Pisa in Tuscany, Italy.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-11/deadliest-rarest-form-of-plague-contracted-near-denver.html

A Colorado man is infected with the rarest and most fatal form of plague, an airborne version that can be spread through coughing and sneezing.

It is the first case of pneumonic plague seen in the state since 2004, said Jennifer House, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The man, who hasn’t been identified, may have been exposed in Adams County near Denver, health officials said in a statement. While House said the man has been hospitalized and treated, she wouldn’t release other details about his situation.

“He’s on treatment long enough to not be transmissible,” House said in a telephone interview. He may have contracted the illness from his dog, she said, which died suddenly and has also been found to carry the disease.

“We don’t think it’s out in our air,” House said. “We think it’s in our dead animal populations and dead rodent populations.”

Plague in all of its forms infects only about seven people yearly in the U.S. The disease occurs when a bacterium named Yersinia pestis infects the body, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The difference between the pneumonic and bubonic varieties is that the bacteria take hold in the lungs in the first case, rather than underneath the skin through insect bites. Both types are treated with antibiotics.

The state is working “to investigate the source of exposure and to identify those who may have been exposed through close contact with the individual,” the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said in its statement. “Any individuals exposed will be recommended for antibiotic treatment.”


Colorado has had 60 cases of all types of plague since 1957, and nine people have died, the state said.

“The reaction is leaning toward people who are tired of the protection of prairie dogs on some level,” said Jim Siedlecki, director of public information of Adams County. “Most people look at them as cute little dogs on the side of the road, but in rural Adams County they are looked at as a rodent who damages crops and is potentially plague-ridden.

Adams County, home to 470,000 residents, with 425,000 living in the Denver metro area, is one of Colorado’s fastest-growing counties and among the 20 fastest-growing counties in the nation.

Untreated plague is fatal, and antibiotics have to be given within 24 hours of the first symptoms to reduce the chance of death. Symptoms of the disease include fever, headache and chest pain, along with a pneumonia that develops rapidly causing shortness of breath, chest pain and bloody mucus, according to the CDC.

There is no vaccine available for plague in the U.S. The bubonic form is the most common, best known for its outbreaks in the Middle Ages.

Colorado officials recommend that residents keep pets away from wildlife, especially dead rodents. The plague can spread from animals after a large die-off of prairie dogs, when fleas with the bacteria seek new hosts, according to the state.

“The message we’re trying to get out is that the plague bacteria is present here in Colorado, and to take necessary precautions to avoid getting infected,” House said.

I can't cope with plague-bearing dogs.