News of the Weird: The Week That Was
News of the Weird: The Week That Was
Osage oranges. Military trainings. DNA damage. X Files. Lee Greenwood. Songfinch. Johnny Cash.
We admit we have been preoccupied lately with trying to get Richard on the road to seek a second opinion in North Carolina concerning Greg's new brain tumor. The duo safely arrived and are awaiting the doctor's appointment Monday. Prayers, healing juju and white light appreciated.
Family always comes first and we are sorry if our coverage has been slower than usual the last few days. ICYMI:
Remember we are just two people uncovering the truth one layer, one FOIA request at a time.
We will start the Weird with this Osage orange Suzi spotted in South Arkansas.
Now what is an Osage orange? Apparently it's inedible, according to the man who has this tree in his yard.
Speciality Produce notes: “Osage oranges are foraged by fruit enthusiasts as a natural air freshener, decorative element, natural insect repellent, and the seeds are extracted and roasted as a culinary snack.”
A very mysterious fruit.
We saw this Sunday morning on Facebook as we were writing this week's News of the Weird. Visit the Arkansas Department of Transportation's Facebook page to watch the video.
Click here to read the original press release.
A lot of people may not realize that Suzi has written for a lot of national and international publications. She's earned her journalism stripes. She doesn't like the door slammed in her face like Republican Party of Arkansas Chairman Joseph Wood did to her recently. Read that here:
Looking through her files, Suzi found this story that she wrote for Reuters when she was their Arkansas correspondent in 2011 about Arkansas’ hillbilly image, an article written long before J.D. Vance published his book.
That brings us to this week's poll:
You may have missed this news.
“A collaboration between researchers at the Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London and the Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge, has solved a decades-old mystery which could pave the way to better cancer treatments in the future.”
Read more here.
We were reminded of this 1998 episode from “The X Files” this week. Its title is in reference to the Pine Bluff Arsenal, which once housed 12% of the country's chemical weapons. What else does it house?
Not South Arkansas but worth a mention.
Is anything real anymore? Does anyone put much work into doing anything? Like writing a real love song without the aid of some app? Maybe we've become jaded by technology. Love songs should be written from the heart, don't you think?
Singer Rod Stewart shared this on his Instagram. Sir Rod is not for MAGA folks, obviously.
In turn, there's this.
That’s as deep as we’re getting into the political waters this week. But rest assure, more is coming.
We leave you with this Johnny Cash song that has a Cleveland County mention.
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Osage oranges aka horse apples of the bowdark tree. I have heard they've been planted as natural fences and their wood is what Indians used for their bows. I think Fred bear, famous bow maker, was from arkansas and used bowdark for his traditional long bows. Maybe I just theorized it and now it's true... in my mind