Not a newt

Boeing would do nothing except post a notice on a board in a damp cellar of one of their offices, and then blame airlines for not following their instructions.

Zordon cosplay.

According to the Wikipedia article I just read (which now makes me an expert), calico is a specific kind of tortie. All calicos are tortoiseshell but not all tortoiseshell are calico.

I was going to make a “I said tortie, not turtle” joke, but ya beat me to it.

Mercury is used during gold mining operations. By seizing it they are doing more to prevent damage from the illegal operations than they would by seizing the gold that would have been extracted.