Bee swarm attacks Hillary Clinton

[Christopher O'Brien]

["African killer bees" on the loose? Yeah sure--I love irony--especially when it's not contrived. Charles Fort would of loved this bees-in-the-bonnet factoid.--- chris]

Article HERE:
By Justin Sink
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's tour of Malawi had an inauspicious finale on Monday as she and her detail were targeted by a swarm of bees at the airport. Clinton and her detail were headed to board her plane at Kamuzu International Airport in the capital, Lilongwe, when a swarm of bees descended on the farewell gathering. According to press reports, Malawi and American officials scampered for cover while Clinton ran onto the jet for cover.

“There was a slight panic as the bees winged across the airport. People could be seen running away to keep cover as the Secretary of State swiftly boarded her plane to avoid any stings,” a witness told the Nyasa Times.

Clinton's stay in the southern African nation was just a short six hours, part of an 11-day African tour. From Malawi, Clinton headed to Johannesburg, South Africa, where she was expected to meet with former President Nelson Mandela. She has already visited Uganda, South Sudan and Kenya. Clinton is the first high-ranking U.S. official to visit Malwai since former Vice President Quayle visited the country in 1991.

 

[pixelsmith]

damn... she got away? this is sad news.

 

[Wade]

And is it safe to assume that the diplomatic security service was "settling up" at the local whorehouse at the time of the attack ?

 

[mike]

Whats sad is the reporter missed a perfect opportunity to state she made a bee line for the plane.........

 

[stonehart]

Are the bees ok? They may need therapy

 

[ALPHA ROMEO UNIFORM]

Maybe it was a Honey Trap!

 

[trainedobserver]

This was obviously an assassination attempt utilizing remote controlled bees to lead a swam of real bees who were probably genetically modified to have "one sting, one kill" capability.

 

[Gene Steinberg]

The bees are Republicans.

 

[RenaissanceLady]

["African killer bees" on the loose? Yeah sure--I love irony--especially when it's not contrived. Charles Fort would of loved this bees-in-the-bonnet factoid.--- chris]

This is a little off topic but I love the term "African killer bees" or "Africanized killer bees", because "killer bees" on their own just aren't scary enough. Why not play on white fears a little more and say that the bees have come to take over your neighborhood, maybe making little Crips signals with their legs. I especially like this sentence from Wikipedia:

Small swarms of Africanized bees are capable of taking over European honey bee hives by invading the hive and establishing their own queen after killing the European queen.

African killers.... African killers of European queens.... Wow. Of course, we could admit that these are not purely African bees but rather African and Western hybrids but I guess "Hybrid killer bees" lacks the necessary fear factor, sounding more like they get great mileage. It's as though we only pay attention to the "African" part while completely ignoring the "Western" part. (Hmmm, come to think of it, I guess there are a few people we could say that about as well.)

 

[michelleinAZ]

Tracker Jackers!!! Somebody get Katniss Everdeen on Hillary's security detail!!!

 

[icculus]

She was probably wearing one of her bizarre Chairman Moa tunics with a floral pattern.