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Moostache

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91. I noted it in this year's fruit harvest...

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:34 PM

Jul 2013

Nectarines and Peaches have been awful...
Blueberries this year were bland and flavorless or exceedingly soft and mushy...
Strawberries have seemed to be decent...

It's the end of the world as we know it (it is started and is gaining momentum every week)...bee colonies, crop failures, wildfires, droughts, diseases emerging, oil spills that cannot be stopped, natural gas fires that cannot be put out, Republican politicians (trying to convince themselves that everything would be better if only we make things a little MORE draconian for dark skinned people) out of control and incalitrant, Democratic politicians doing what they do best (capitulating and selling out the progressive agenda) and all the while, rich smug asshats like the Koch brothers (custom made from central casting for 'bad guys' like the Duke Brothers from Trading Places) are sitting on high fiddling as the world burns...well, at least I have the small comfort of knowing something that seems to have eluded them - all the money in the world can't save you or make you live forever.

And I had hoped to be dead before the worst of it started...looks like I better get busy dying or I am not going to miss it after all...best wishes to you all in the coming apocalypse. Sorry to say to my fundie relatives that there will be no rapture of them

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Scientists discover what�s killing the bees and it�s worse than you thought [View all] Renew Deal Jul 2013 OP

K&R! Segami Jul 2013 #1

K&R MotherPetrie Jul 2013 #2

Nuclear radiation? Nah. RobertEarl Jul 2013 #3

Are you attempting to argue that your apple tree is sick because of Fukushima? Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #4

Fukushima? What happened? RobertEarl Jul 2013 #10

You really seriously have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to this subject. Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #12

He's being obtuse, like a good Amurikan siligut Jul 2013 #17

He or she once suggested that Fukushima was heating the Pacific. Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #18

So instead of god's will, everything is the fault of nuclear waste? siligut Jul 2013 #20

Ever seen such? RobertEarl Jul 2013 #22

Sure, two flowers on one plant, but not two heads on one stem siligut Jul 2013 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Lordquinton Jul 2013 #27

This woman agrees with you on your theory: DRoseDARs Jul 2013 #26

" We as a nation have to ask ourselves: 'What the hell is going on?'" Volaris Jul 2013 #31

Yeah, I remember seeing them as a kid jumping through sprinklers... JHB Jul 2013 #64

Let me guess.... AsahinaKimi Jul 2013 #89

I knew it! zappaman Jul 2013 #111

Well, if you saw hardly any dandelions this year AtheistCrusader Jul 2013 #32

Dandelions are nearing extinction where I live. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #39

"Dandelions are nearing extinction where I live." greiner3 Jul 2013 #40

You fail to understand. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #45

It's more likely that other plants are taking over their niche. Chemisse Jul 2013 #112

No. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #128

Two headed flowers happen all the time. bunnies Jul 2013 #72

Come to my house...I have thousands. OnlinePoker Jul 2013 #116

Nothing to see here, move along folks. reusrename Jul 2013 #85

LOL! Enthusiast Jul 2013 #36

you're ridiculous. and I'm a nuclear power skeptic for what it's worth. CreekDog Jul 2013 #93

There is proof that on the Bikini atoll that coconuts still are and have siphoned up radiation... L0oniX Jul 2013 #80

So, this is an article about pesticides and fungicides JayhawkSD Jul 2013 #13

Two headed dandelions RobertEarl Jul 2013 #14

I found a clover with four leaves Lordquinton Jul 2013 #21

Mud daubers RobertEarl Jul 2013 #24

Links to the research? Lordquinton Jul 2013 #28

Chernobyl RobertEarl Jul 2013 #29

Correlations with nuclear are of course studied. delrem Jul 2013 #30

Oh, so you're close to Chernobyl Progressive dog Jul 2013 #65

Correlation is not causation. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2013 #82

Habitat destruction plays a part. alfredo Jul 2013 #95

+1. Thanks for reminding of its huge role. nt. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2013 #103

Hey, Robert, Enthusiast Jul 2013 #41

Welcome to the world of climate change. NT NickB79 Jul 2013 #61

Not quite accurate. LanternWaste Jul 2013 #88

Heh RobertEarl Jul 2013 #90

Those observations are fine, but you can't draw your Chernobyl-Fukushima conclusions Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2013 #105

You need to grow some vegetables and/or melons. Bees love them. I think if there is just one thing WCLinolVir Jul 2013 #126

Yeah, they do know is causing CCD but just can't fight the chemical lobby - Europe did this year Hestia Jul 2013 #42

You've never seen 2-headed dandelions before? NickB79 Jul 2013 #60

We should see concentration effects if that were the case. D23MIURG23 Jul 2013 #70

Your post is really stupid. I say nothing about you, but your post is really stupid. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2013 #81

Funny, I saw RoccoR5955 Jul 2013 #83

Worse than you thought pscot Jul 2013 #5

. XemaSab Jul 2013 #38

Rub the lamp pscot Jul 2013 #68

Duh! KT2000 Jul 2013 #6

Yep...it seems bees are the canary in the coal mine... tex-wyo-dem Jul 2013 #15

I believe you might have something there. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #44

there are lots of places KT2000 Jul 2013 #49

Thanks. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #51

Just throwing this out there, but woolldog Jul 2013 #7

"Domesticated" bees are dying. MsPithy Jul 2013 #8

around here sweetapogee Jul 2013 #71

Sane agriculture would scrap monoculture and practice polyculture/rotation. This increases yields KittyWampus Jul 2013 #9

You are so right! Enthusiast Jul 2013 #46

That's crazy talk! NickB79 Jul 2013 #62

There was an article I read a few months ago entitled "peak soil" Javaman Jul 2013 #74

Explain how to do that with fruit orchards Sgent Jul 2013 #77

Grow more than one kind of fruit and intersperse w/veggies. Interplant clover. KittyWampus Jul 2013 #84

Be happy with not perfect fruit? nt. druidity33 Jul 2013 #118

Mind you, we're ingesting those pesticides & fungicides too. SunSeeker Jul 2013 #11

And gain weight and get autoimmune diseases siligut Jul 2013 #19

The connection looks tenuous at best. reformist2 Jul 2013 #16

Well that's not good. Egnever Jul 2013 #25

Note all the use of monetary values as part of the argument. For some, that's all that matters. gtar100 Jul 2013 #33

You and I participate in that monetary value argument JayhawkSD Jul 2013 #69

Well put. The most succinct summary of our contribution to the human/nature problem. Thanks. ancianita Jul 2013 #131

Well. we certainly wouldn't want to enact new regulations-willy nilly. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #34

Yes. laundry_queen Jul 2013 #57

And how in the world would we know that fungicides were at truedelphi Jul 2013 #108

Whoda thunk?-bees dying from insecticides! Wait, arent bees INSECTS? ErikJ Jul 2013 #35

The major message of the research is that *fungicides* can lower their immunity to parasites muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #67

well, doesn't it reason that weakened immune systems from hopemountain Jul 2013 #122

Not insecticides, fungicides. FogerRox Jul 2013 #101

Yes, my bad. The Dirty Dozen foods. ErikJ Jul 2013 #102

Bought some Strawberries from a local farm FogerRox Jul 2013 #104

There are no GMO strawberries on the market mathematic Jul 2013 #110

I stand corrected FogerRox Jul 2013 #117

k&r n/t RainDog Jul 2013 #37

I have a garden full of many kinds of lavender defacto7 Jul 2013 #43

Plus one. "Look around. What do you see?" It isn't only the honey bees. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #47

That probably has a different cause Lordquinton Jul 2013 #50

We try our best but it's in everything- Enthusiast Jul 2013 #52

My Mother just went Gleutin free Lordquinton Jul 2013 #56

I have dozens of bee plants XemaSab Jul 2013 #48

I fear they are the new canary in the coal mine...........nt Enthusiast Jul 2013 #53

Do you get lots of bumblebees? leftyladyfrommo Jul 2013 #75

Some, but not lots XemaSab Jul 2013 #78

How about butterflies? leftyladyfrommo Jul 2013 #98

Butterflies are regular XemaSab Jul 2013 #129

We have a hummingbird moth. leftyladyfrommo Jul 2013 #130

We're screwed sakabatou Jul 2013 #54

Hmm, let's see, what's changed in farming over the last decade or so........ thelordofhell Jul 2013 #55

+1 nt laundry_queen Jul 2013 #58

+ 1 and I'll raise you one. n/t truedelphi Jul 2013 #107

Here in North Arkansas, chervilant Jul 2013 #59

Here in SE PA, enough Jul 2013 #63

Humans malaise Jul 2013 #66

Farm chemical soup! When I was pregnant with my oldest daughter the well I drank out of for the jwirr Jul 2013 #73

We keep dumping poisons into the environment thucythucy Jul 2013 #76

When I carried mail I could feel a real difference between the monoculture lawn and the alfredo Jul 2013 #97

Interesting observation. thucythucy Jul 2013 #123

They don't winter well either. alfredo Jul 2013 #127

You are right, worst than I thought nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #79

It's odd, but I've seen almost no bees or birds postatomic Jul 2013 #86

Let's have the CEOs drink that fungicide if they claim it's safe. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #87

I noted it in this year's fruit harvest... Moostache Jul 2013 #91

Welcome to the Monsanto century. nt valerief Jul 2013 #92

OMG!!!! Fungicides, pesticides, herbicides, and GMO's are bad for the environment . . . Richard D Jul 2013 #94

I'd say that 90% of the pollinators I see in my neck of the woods is the bumblebee. Very few alfredo Jul 2013 #96

In 2006, My Wife & I moved FAR from Urban, Suburban, and Big Ag pollution, bvar22 Jul 2013 #99

Beautiful work, Bvar. toby jo Jul 2013 #100

Wow! chervilant Jul 2013 #114

Has anyone seen the documentary "More Than Honey"? Laffy Kat Jul 2013 #106

Look what science has done for us. DeSwiss Jul 2013 #109

The big question is whether or not we will reach the computer/robot singularity before rhett o rick Jul 2013 #113

KNR DirkGently Jul 2013 #115

This is bad Federosky Jul 2013 #119

Pesticides and fungicides harming the ecosystem is hardly worse than I though :p RedCappedBandit Jul 2013 #120

I thought that everyone knew this.... Tumbulu Jul 2013 #124

Propiconazole mixed with a pyrethroid insecticide was 16.2 times more toxic to bees than the lovuian Jul 2013 #121

Doesn't surprise me. nt BootinUp Jul 2013 #125