UPDATE Honey Bee Down :: "Confabbing Insanity: US Approves Bee Death"

Can It be any more Obvious?
Another Internet Pawl and Ratchet by Pat Darnell  |  May 20, 2013  |  Bryan TX

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Insanity: US Approves Bee Death Pesticide as EU Bans It: "Corporate politics is business as usual inside the United States, as I am once again shocked to report the EPA has sided with industry lobbyists over public health in approving a highly dangerous pesticide that the European Union recently decided to ban over fears of environmental devastation. Not only have neonicotinoid pesticides been linked repeatedly to mass bee deaths, also known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), but the continued use of such pesticides threatens other aspects of nature (and humans) as well."

Recruiting is the name of the game. Especially in politics, a person is recruited by professionals for as little reason as his face. Recruiting the face puts a lot of pressure on a normal person, who thinks he is being recruited for his testimony, or his brains, or something other than just his face. The likelihood of one "pretty" person being recruited over another "less pretty person" in today's media blitzed, cacophonous, rabble is not a long shot.

Such broad strokes of a critical brush beg explanation. Or does it? For you who have been recruited, why do you think it was? Was your recruiter smarter than you? Did you have some similar attribute shared with your recruiter? Was the other person "the competition," fat or balding?

Let's say you are a patron at a whore house. The whores line up for you to pick one. You are with your friends, so you feel an edge to pick out the "best" candidate for your party, eh? You are also under pressure because the "matron" doesn't have all night. What are your criteria?

• Cleanliness, background check
• stature, good bone structure
• pretty face, symmetry
• Reminds you of some one, similitudes 

There you have it. That is how politicians are picked out. Can you think of other professions that are recruited this way?

So, now your politics has a face. Industry lobbyists get behind those faces. They make money less scarce for those faces. Remember that the faces still think they have reached their political office because they are smarter than you and me. So their ego's grow to out of proportion. Their faces start to swell up, flesh falls off their faces; it is painful to watch.

Back to the topic: " ... Not only have neonicotinoid pesticides been linked repeatedly to mass bee deaths, also known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), but the continued use of such pesticides threatens other aspects of nature (and humans) as well. (Anthony Gucciardi. May 12, 2013. LINK) ... "
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CONCLUSION
Bees are dying because political recruiters are playing stink finger with egomaniacal politicians who can't help themselves.


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http://naturalsociety.com/us-approves-bee-deathpesticide-as-eu-bans/#ixzz2TH8YyFZB
http://billmoyers.com/2013/05/02/honey-bee-die-off-caused/
http://grist.org/article/food-2010-12-10-leaked-documents-show-epa-allowed-bee-toxic-pesticide/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/04/honeybees-entomb-hives
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/02/us-bee-report-pesticide-eu
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/eu_ban?akid=7850.4919288.PHED7_&rd=1&t=2
http://billmoyers.com/segment/%E2%80%9Cdance-of-the-honey-bee%E2%80%9D/
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/05/catching-my-reading-ahead-pesticide-industry-confab http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2007/08/open-source-some-follow-up-on-honey-bee.html http://www.hcn.org/issues/342/16891http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2007/06/breaking-story-honey-bee-down.htmlhttp://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2008/03/honoring-honey-bees-with-yellow-and.htmlhttp://pollinator.org/multimedia.htmhttp://pollinator.org/Resources/TotalWheel%20v6%2005%2010%2007.pdfhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070125115707.htmhttp://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/02/05/bees_ani_02.html?category=travel&guid=20070205144500 

http://treehuggerbarbie.com/2012/02/29/why-is-monsanto-bad/http://www.newfrontier.com/asheville/bad_seed.htmhttp://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/monsanto_movie080307/ 

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/efsa_bees/?r_by=53880-4989855-MeplPix&rc=confemail
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2012/05/moopig-wisdom-environmental-leading.htmlhttp://act.credoaction.com/campaign/efsa_bees/?r_by=53880-4989855-MeplPix&rc=confemail 
1. "Pesticides and Honey Bees: State of the Science," Pesticide Action Network North America
2. " Insecticide 'unacceptable' danger to bees, report finds," Guardian, 1/16/13
3. "European Agency concludes neonicotinoid pesticides too dangerous for bees," NRDC, 1/16/13
4. "Leaked document shows EPA allowed bee-toxic pesticide despite own scientists' red flags,"Grist, 12/10/10 
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070125115707.htm
https://www.facebook.com/pages/California-Hex-Hives-SAVE-THE-BEES/109376852441931
http://rt.com/usa/new-pesticides-linked-bee-deaths-130/
http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572

UPDATE Honey Bee Down :: "Bee Colonies"

The Invisible Romantics

Compendium by Pat Darnell  |  May 9, 2013  |   Bryan TX 

Honey Bee Die-Off Caused By Multiple Factors Including Pesticides | News & Notes, What Matters Today | BillMoyers.com: "A federal study released today attributes the massive die-off in American honey bee colonies to a combination of factors, including pesticides, poor diet, parasites and a lack of genetic diversity. Nearly a third of honey bee colonies in the United States have been wiped out since 2006. The estimated value of crops lost if bees were no longer able to pollinate fruits and vegetables is around $15 billion." (May 2, 2013. by Theresa Riley. LINK)

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Hey everybody on the Internet... here's a challenge for you. Let's occupy Bee Colonies. How about it? As a single voice from the heart of America, we could write songs about the disappearing Bee colonies, we could write posts, we could camp out near Bee Colonies... I don't know... maybe we could save the BEE's.

While you watch Dancing With the Stars on Mondays, you could make a call during a commercial.

Is there any other creature more impassioned than your average Worker BEE? I ask you to drop the veil of gadgetry for a second: is there a thing on earth more efficient than a honey BEE?

What is it America? You don't want almonds on your salads anymore? You want to have lemonade without lemons?

Hey, INTERNET, GET off your ASS!





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http://billmoyers.com/2013/05/02/honey-bee-die-off-caused/
http://grist.org/article/food-2010-12-10-leaked-documents-show-epa-allowed-bee-toxic-pesticide/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/04/honeybees-entomb-hives
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/02/us-bee-report-pesticide-eu
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/eu_ban?akid=7850.4919288.PHED7_&rd=1&t=2
http://billmoyers.com/segment/%E2%80%9Cdance-of-the-honey-bee%E2%80%9D/

MooPig Solutions Department :: "2008 Copenhagen Consensus"

Review of World's Best Solutions 2008
Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Dec 30, 2012 | Bryan TX

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The Top Ten Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems - Reason.com: "Copenhagen, May 30, 2008 Ronald Bailey — " ... Where in the world can we do the most good? Supplying the micronutrients vitamin A and zinc to 80 percent of the 140 million children who lack them in developing countries is ranked as the highest priority by the expert panel at the Copenhagen Consensus 2008 Conference. The cost is $60 million per year, yielding benefits in health and cognitive development of over $1 billion."

'via Blog this'

The tasks of solving problems requires developing economies of developing countries to play leap frog. For instance, " ... proposals to reduce outdoor air pollution in developing country cities by installing technologies to cut the emissions of particulates from diesel vehicles. Other ... solutions included a tobacco tax, improved stoves to reduce indoor air pollution, and extending microfinance. ... "

The leap frog tactic would allow developing economies to start with 'state-of-the-art' technologies at the beginning of their development, thus leap frog over the existing problematic carbon spewing technologies. China could start building low emission automobiles from the start, and bypass wasteful years of making carbon cannon cars.

Those are lofty installations. In most installations of new technology, the cost is recovered over twenty to ninety years in returns on investing in the welfare of developing countries. In other words, each solution is evaluated on its initial cost, usually in billions, and its return on investment.

" ... In fact, the climate change analysis presented to the panel found that spending $800 billion until 2100 would yield just $685 billion in climate change benefits. (Ronald Bailey | May 30, 2008. HERE) ... "

Whereas, " ... [e]ight leading economists, including five Nobelists, were asked to prioritize 30 different proposed solutions to ten of the world's biggest problems... " this included problems with balanced distribution of the world's remaining resources. (ibid.)

Each solution, or opportunity, posted in the chart above could be historically a reason for war. Epidemics, migrations, trade deficits, regional catastrophe, and starvation all have caused war in our first 12,000 years of recorded history. What makes this era different? [Chart Source LINK]

Also, we still have a thousand year history of boom/bust cycles in economy. It is still going on. Japan has been in a bust cycle now for twenty-five years, although they say it is just a recession. Our USA has ceased being a developing economy, and now is in a twenty year period of "stagflation;" a term used in economics to describe a situation where an inflation rate is high, the economic growth rate slows down, and unemployment remains steadily high. (wiki)

Hopefully the developing economies can 'leap frog' over and past those hurdles we 'developed' economies now wallow in.

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http://reason.com/archives/2008/05/30/the-top-ten-solutions-to-the-w
http://www.masterresource.org/2009/09/even-the-generals-are-worried-can-you-spell-m-i-s-s-i-o-n-c-r-e-e-p-climate-change-and-national-security-part-1/
http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2008/06/saving-the-world-for-75-billion-the-copenhagen-consensus/

Feature "BLOGS that hit a Pleasant Tone:" A little THAI tonight, Dear?

Braised pork belly. "This was -- brace yourself -- actually too rich for me [foodie in denial]. It was maybe 90% fat, with 10% of meat nestled in. Super unctuous, and maybe with a bowl of rice it would have been the perfect balance, but I wasn't about to waste any space on rice. I had two slices anyways."

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