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The deterioration of our major cities has been a matter of concern for some time now. While we write a lot at RedState about the left-coast cities of Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles as examples, and those are pretty compelling examples, now we turn our attention to the East. If you own or have an interest in a historic building in downtown Baltimore... Urine trouble.Many of downtown Baltimore’s buildings are slowly being washed away. The problem is less flooding and rain, more golden showers.That’s right, pee is eroding thousands of historic buildings downtown, the exterior bases corroding with every...

Many Minnesotans on social media seemed slightly confused about the manure-like odor that wafted through the state this week. “Every fall, I pretty much smell it. And just because of my nature, the nature of my work, I noticed that pretty quickly,” said Melissa Wilson, associate professor at the University of Minnesota, who specializes in manure nutrient management and water quality. Experts like Wilson say it’s a fairly straightforward phenomenon, and it actually happens quite often. Come fall, farmers across the region lay out fertilizer in anticipation of the winter. “We’re actually taking the nutrients that are generated from the...

The Consumers Building, 220 S State St., (left), and the Century Building (right), 202 S. State St., would be demolished by the federal government as part of a security plan for the neighboring Dirksen Federal Building The buildings’ demolition would create an economic and pedestrian dead zone on State Street. And it would be a shameful waste of some really good Chicago architecture. So why would the U.S. General Services Administration now raise a hind leg to this legacy by wrecking the Century and Consumers buildings, two early 20th Century skyscrapers at 202 and 220 S. State Street? The Berghoff...

Reports of the putrid smell have been flooding in from residents of coastal communities for weeks, the newspaper said. “The stench was crazy, just terrible,” said Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina. “We’re just going into our round robin of endless openings and closures because of the residual sewage in the river.” Hundreds of millions of gallons of toxic water has flowed north from Mexico over the past several decades.

The younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fired back at the White House on Monday with a vague warning about what would happen if the Biden administration got off on the wrong foot with Pyongyang. CNN reported that Kim Yo Jong, who officially holds a high-ranking position in North Korea's only political party, issued a statement warning the White House against "causing a stink with its first step," an apparent reference to any attempt by the Biden administration to reverse moves made by President Trump...

They sure don’t build ‘em like they used to. Entrepreneur Michael “Matt” Maroone moved his family into a brand new $3.75 million townhouse in Williamsburg in 2018, only to discover that his dream home was a proverbial “pig in a poke” that smells to high heaven because of shoddy bathroom ventilation, court papers allege. The family discovered major plumbing problems at the 131 S. 1st St. home, including “substantial” rain and shower leaks that required walls to be torn down, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in Brooklyn Supreme Court. Worst of all was an “awful odor” that turned out...

The Philadelphia 76ers just learned that a high-pressure situation like the NBA Playoffs can cause the body to do weird things, like dropping stink bombs on the bench. Midway through the fourth quarter of Thursday night's game between the 76ers and the Brooklyn Nets, TNT's camera cut to the bench for a glimpse of Philadelphia star Joel Embiid, who was out with a knee injury. But instead of finding Embiid and teammates deep in thought, the camera found a group of players reeling from what was probably one hell of a bad fart.

Bovine carcasses come from ships transporting cattle from South America The bovine bodies come from ships transporting cattle from South America which throw the corpses of animals overboard if they die during transit. The cadavers may have been thrown from the Polaris 2, a cattle ship operating under a Panamanian flag... Such a move “is prohibited by international law”, the general director of livestock... In 2016, the Polaris 2 had to request to dock in the Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife after it ran out of food for the animals. A veterinary inspection also forced the slaughter of 300...

A case of a form of schoolyard squabbling arrived at a Court of Appeal in Australia on Monday. The court is tasked with deciding whether flatulence is a form of bullying. According to 56-year-old David Hingst, a former employee at Construction Engineering, it certainly is. Hingst sued the firm for bullying in 2017, accusing supervisor Greg Short (whom Hingst referred to as "Mr. Stinky") of being a serial offender who regularly "thrusted his bum" at him, news.com.au reported quoting The Australian Associated Press. Hingst is seeking damages of AUS$1.8 million ($1.28 million). "I would be sitting with my face to...

Levi’s CEO Chip Bergh admitted on CNN Business’ Markets Now that he still hasn’t washed his now decade-old pair of jeans. And he doesn’t plan to, either. He also slammed the old wives’ tale about freezing your jeans to preserve the color and shape. “If it’s the pair I’m thinking of, he will spot treat them or worst case hand wash if needed. But never in the washing machine,” a Levi’s spokesperson said.

[Mr.] Adler was then told other people had complained about his family's body odor, and that his family would have to leave. They think it was less about their hygiene and more about them being Jewish. Yossi Adler tried to remain calm as his family picked up its luggage, but he's furious about what happened. “They take me off and say we've gotten complaints about you having body odor and we have to take you off the plane," he said. "I'm, like, 'Seriously? Body odor? What does that mean? We take showers every day. Do you want me to go...

A family on vacation in Florida says that they were kicked off their American Airlines flight home to Detroit because fellow passengers were complaining about their body odor. Yossi and Jennie Adler say they were removed from the flight, along with their 1-year-old daughter, from Miami on Wednesday because passengers told the crew they smelled bad. ABC News reports that airline staff escorted the family off the plane and told them to book another flight after several passengers complained. “All of a sudden, as soon as they took us off, they closed the gate and then they said, ‘Sorry, sir,...

What was supposed to be a flight to paradise turned into a smelly debacle when a problem arose with the plane’s restrooms. A woman aboard an American Airlines flight to Kona, Hawaii, from Phoenix said passengers were being asked to urinate in plastic bags and bottles. She took video of a flight attendant asking her to go in a plastic bag.

Two weeks ago, archaeologists in Egypt found a massive black granite sarcophagus in Alexandria, untouched for 2,000 years - and fleet-footed rumour quickly got to work. Could it contain the remains of ancient Greek leader Alexander the Great, or (less appealingly) a deadly curse? According to experts who have now unsealed it, it's a no to both. Instead, it revealed three skeletons and red-brown sewage water, which gave off an unbearable stench.Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities had appointed a committee of archaeologists to open the relic, which was unearthed at a construction site. According to Egyptian news outlet El-Watan, they initially...

The plane landed safely at San Jose Mineta International Airport, about 50 miles south of San Francisco. The airline says the passenger accused of smoking was turned over to law enforcement. The remaining 32 passengers were placed on other aircraft to continue their trips. Passengers reported smelling smoke, and one said he smelled marijuana. “It looked like that someone needed to smoke a joint on a plane, and he went into the bathroom, smoked his blunt, and set off the fire alarm,” passenger Jonathan Burkes said.

Michelle Obama's life is on cruise control ... and yes, we're jealous as hell. The former First Lady boarded this SICK yacht in Mallorca, Spain where she was visiting an American diplomat and his partner. She later boarded the same yacht and from the look of things, a ball was had by all. The Obamas knew how to do just about everything right in their time at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. ... and they're slaying again as private citizens. They've been just about everywhere, too -- Indonesia, Bali, and Tuscany, just to name a few. Again ... jelly as hell.

Police were kept from the crime scene for roughly three hours while a mysterious smell was investigated by a hazmat teamA man covered in blood directed police to the 11th floor of the Miami Beach Resort late Saturday night, saying he had just witnessed the shooting of a friend. But after responding to a 911 call from the hotel on Collins Avenue around 10 p.m., authorities were interrupted on their way to the crime scene by an alarming and very strong odor. A hazmat team was dispatched, and an estimated 1,000 guests, many part of a wedding party underway on...

THROOP, N.Y. (AP) -- How hot is it in upstate New York? So hot that horse manure is bursting into flames. The state Department of Environmental Conservation says it received multiple complaints July 5 about the smell and smoke emanating from a burning pile of horse manure at a property in the town of Throop, in the Finger Lakes region 20 miles west of Syracuse.

Inspectors say they found the bat feces this week in the area right above the ceiling of Ken Lawson's office. Lawson is secretary of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. State legislators in the new state budget ordered that state workers leave the Tallahassee offices where the department is housed. The new budget says no money can be spent on lease payments for the offices, but that provision does not take effect until this summer.

SAN FRANCISCO — An attorney representing a group of civic organizations has sent a legal claim letter to the city of San Francisco threatening to sue if an open-air urinal in Dolores Park is not removed in 20 days. The concrete circular urinal, which is out in the open and screened only through plants for privacy, was installed in the iconic park last month to the approval of some. They said the park's meager three toilets led some to relieve themselves in bushes and on buildings. But the backlash has already started with six civic groups teaming up in a...