Random News and Notes 10 April
We start off the coast of California where Artemis II is expected to splash down about 2007 EDT.
Look for live coverage of the splashdown and recovery here at MVAP later today.
On April 3, U.S. Border Patrol arrested Ali Mohammed Ali Abdullah, Hameed Mohammed Nagi, Ibrahim Ayyub Khan, and Mohammed Sultan Saleh after they crossed from Canada into Somerset County Maine near the St. Zacharie port. A GoPro video captured their excitement upon reaching U.S. soil, with cellphone data showing plans for Bangor to Boston and New York. The four are reportedly British Nationals and they face misdemeanor charges and remain detained without bail ahead of June trials.
Agents also nabbed two U.S. citizens nearby who are linked to an earlier drop-off for one of the men. The quick tip from local workers highlighted community watchfulness in the vast forested area.
The CBP at O’Hare international airport seized a dessicated monkey corpse from a Cameroonian traveller. On April 8, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at O’Hare International Airport discovered the dead non-human primate, known as bushmeat, during a routine luggage inspection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention got involved due to risks from pathogens like Ebola and monkeypox, leading to its immediate destruction.
Bushmeat from wild animals remains strictly illegal in the U.S. to protect public health and agriculture, with CBP noting these seizures happen regularly from West and Central African flights.
Sorry, any-and-everyone who gets caught bringing bushmeat into this country needs to be on a return flight to whatever 3rd world shithole they came from as soon as they pay wherever fines are involved. I mean, they don’t even get to leave the airport. Or the Customs area of the airport.
I teased an update on the situation in Ireland in Friday Fun. Well, it seems to be getting serious. On this, the 4th day, protesters have blockaded the Whitegate refinery in County Cork. Whitegate is Ireland’s only refinery and produces about 40% of Ireland’s fuel.
Protesters have also locked down Galway Port. The protests expanded after the Minister of Defense, Helen McEntee, announced the Irish Defense Forces (the Irish Army) would be used to break up the protests. I have seen unconfirmed reports that several Army commanders have refused to act against the protesters.
There is a meeting scheduled for today between the protest leaders and the government. If the protesters do not get at least some concessions from the Dail, this protest will only grow. And if the Dail doesn’t move, it is not going to end well for the Government. The anger over fuel prices, immigration and other Government policies is boiling over.