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Moostache

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38. Just like climate change....

Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:34 PM

Jul 2013

People have been talking about this for years....no one gives a damn because we have a country led by and for morons.

The Republicans may have started it and still hog the lion's share of the idiocy, but make no mistake, shithead Blue Dogs are just as much or more to blame

We get the fruits of all this idiocy now in the form of profits to their paymasters and then we will again when thE entire thing crashes down.

Makes me sick and really ruins my day thinking about how anti-rational the USA has been ever since 9-11-01. Between the embracing of idiots on the right, the lack of guts to protect civil rights and privacy on the left and the wholesale attack on all things scientific as "questionable" going all the way back to the OJ circus, we are well and goodly fucked....

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Over 30 million bees found dead in Elmwood, Canada [View all] malaise Jul 2013 OP

"You peeps need us. Totally. Wake up." - B. Berlum Jul 2013 #1

Indeed malaise Jul 2013 #2

"I heard no bee buzz when I died..." Berlum Jul 2013 #5

Indeed. We need them a hellva lot more than they need us. sarge43 Jul 2013 #10

They're just bees. Bees sting. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #75

We've got bees all over the yard and garden. Then again, we don't poison our yard. EdwardSmith74 Jul 2013 #3

If I had time and money I'd sue the lot of them... rwsanders Jul 2013 #17

you might consider doing your own little experiment by planting non-invasive reeds there. KittyWampus Jul 2013 #21

Wouldn't work here because I'm in the suburbs (of Kansas City) and the contamination is from... rwsanders Jul 2013 #52

Are you in a fracking zone? EdwardSmith74 Jul 2013 #26

Thankfully no. I think we'd move. rwsanders Jul 2013 #51

Hopefully this will come to a head soon. Blanks Jul 2013 #4

Let's hope we can oust hundreds of anti-science Republicans from office. Overseas Jul 2013 #88

More respect for the science would definitely be a good thing. eom Blanks Jul 2013 #90

what debate? G_j Jul 2013 #6

That's gotta be just about every bee in Elmwood. Octafish Jul 2013 #7

Bayer AG Hubert Flottz Jul 2013 #73

A certain stench wafts across oceans of time and space... Octafish Jul 2013 #74

Bayer had an explosion a couple of years ago about 6 miles from my house. Hubert Flottz Jul 2013 #81

Money means never having to say you're responsible. Octafish Jul 2013 #84

Sue the bastards... Gary 50 Jul 2013 #8

Bayer survived their war crime charges... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #65

Corporate greed is killing the planet and everything on it appleannie1 Jul 2013 #9

We were moving toward facing up to that when Reagan came in and told us it was Morning in America. Overseas Jul 2013 #87

For sale BlueinOhio Jul 2013 #11

here's a pertinent quote MisterP Jul 2013 #49

I picture a Tonka bulldozer pushing the bodies into a very small mass grave. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #12

ala Bergen-Belsen? NoMoreWarNow Jul 2013 #14

Now watch someone claim that diminishes the Holocaust. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #16

Interesting Factoid: bvar22 Jul 2013 #35

Pynchon talked about this in Gravity's Rainbow cliffordu Jul 2013 #69

... BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2013 #34

There, there honey. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #42

mind telling me what your goal with snark is, here? BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2013 #47

What's COOL though is the CAUSE is exposed.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #55

Whistling past the graveyard.... daleanime Jul 2013 #58

... BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2013 #59

It's some people who suck. Flame me if you want but you've seem to have met ... BlueJazz Jul 2013 #62

so very sad NoMoreWarNow Jul 2013 #13

I can't remember if it was bees or frogs, but their loss spells our own. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #15

Both.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #22

I haven't seen any bees around here since they started chemical spraying the bushes next door. Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #18

fucking TrueGreen "Lawncare" came around trolling for new customers BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2013 #32

Yep. It was TruGreen Baitball Blogger Jul 2013 #37

I've noticed that the last few summers too (about the fireflies) Volaris Jul 2013 #63

I was living in the boondocks on a mountain until recently and this time of year is MAGIC out there BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2013 #85

It isn't just the specific pesticide> It's the ENTIRE CORPORATE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM. KittyWampus Jul 2013 #19

Thanks for this link. n/t OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 #71

K&R. Overseas Jul 2013 #89

That's devastating. OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 #20

Second, critical lesson here: colorado_ufo Jul 2013 #23

truth. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2013 #31

I am living proof chervilant Jul 2013 #72

Albert Einstein said that honeylady Jul 2013 #24

It's beyond frightening malaise Jul 2013 #60

Profits over people The Wizard Jul 2013 #25

THIS IS CRIMINAL!!! We're destroying Mother Earth's blessed creatures. It's murderous. 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #27

our next door neighbors ( cuban american woman married to a gun nut) think that srican69 Jul 2013 #30

Even the "Dominion" weirdos have some notion of "stewardship" 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #36

It might very well be the end of all RATIONAL discussion, Volaris Jul 2013 #64

Is any legislation proposed? Who are our allies? mahina Jul 2013 #28

this is the kind of news that makes me SO despairing.... BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2013 #29

bees are insects? why didn't anybody TELL GEORGEE. pansypoo53219 Jul 2013 #33

Just like climate change.... Moostache Jul 2013 #38

He lost 600 hives. He had twice that. Robb Jul 2013 #39

Frightening indeed malaise Jul 2013 #40

Last year I had lots of bees arikara Jul 2013 #66

What can people do felix_numinous Jul 2013 #41

I hate reading about this, but can I do about it? Orrex Jul 2013 #43

Trouble is, it's NOT being debated. Not in Congress where we need it to be. aquart Jul 2013 #44

You really want Congress to deal with this? I cannot think of a scenario involving Congress.. Buzz Clik Jul 2013 #79

I am a big gardener, and I never use pesticides KrazyinKS Jul 2013 #45

I've been mumbling for some time now that the next SheilaT Jul 2013 #46

they call it food insecurity KrazyinKS Jul 2013 #48

"Exponentially", just like human growth. Gregorian Jul 2013 #50

I haven't seen any honey bees in Iowa this year 4dsc Jul 2013 #53

Monsanto Strikes Again While The Politicians Line Their Pockets With Corporate Campaign Donations cantbeserious Jul 2013 #54

Monsanto has nothing to do with this. Buzz Clik Jul 2013 #78

the link redirects to the gallery page of pics!!! hopemountain Jul 2013 #56

Try this link... AmyDeLune Jul 2013 #67

After the Wilsonville incident, the Oregon Dept of Agriculture instituted a temporary restriction... DreamGypsy Jul 2013 #57

Thanks for this malaise Jul 2013 #70

Is it a WovenGems Jul 2013 #61

Usually my yard is buzzing with bees. Kurovski Jul 2013 #68

What a strange article. Buzz Clik Jul 2013 #76

i'm seeing this article verbatim on blogs, but no news stories. mopinko Jul 2013 #77

So, you're a better source on this topic than the Oregon Department of Agriculture? DreamGypsy Jul 2013 #80

Corporate M$Greedia ignores lots of important stories malaise Jul 2013 #83

To me that's the most shocking thing about this article malaise Jul 2013 #82

I don't even have children and grandchildren, but I think about all of yours'. Overseas Jul 2013 #86

It's frightening malaise Jul 2013 #91

Would you please cross-post this in Environment & Energy? Judi Lynn Jul 2013 #92