Giant hornets

You’re tired of the Tea Party and Ted Cruz.  You wish the whole idiotic shutdown of the government would end.  Right?

OK, I’ll give you something totally different to worry about.  Here’s a headline in today’s New York Times:  “Giant Hornets Kill Dozens in China.”  This is the “Vespa mandarinia.” the world’s largest hornet species, up to two inches long with a stinger that can extend a quarter inch.  

Swarms of these hornets have so far killed 42 people in Shaanxi Province.  If you see one, run.  (Or catch it and send it to Ted Cruz.)