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49. No. Rich cottoners would lose money then. nt

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Mon Jun 1, 2015, 11:29 AM

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The World's Fourth Largest Inland Body of Water Has Disappeared [View all] RKP5637 May 2015 OP

For those wondering where it went... jeff47 May 2015 #1

+1 Buzz Clik May 2015 #3

+ 1,000 n/t RKP5637 May 2015 #4

It's America's fault FrodosPet May 2015 #5

Chomsky couldn't have said it better himself. Nt hughee99 May 2015 #7

You really come up with some good ones. Wish I could think that fast!! 7962 Jun 2015 #63

Exactly Aerows May 2015 #23

Yes. I actually thought it was already gone last year. NaturalHigh May 2015 #26

The Soviets' final gift to the region. At the heart of the loss of the Aral Sea? Buzz Clik May 2015 #2

It brings another meaning to the saying, "Cotton Kills." HuckleB May 2015 #13

You should read the whole article- forced labor for cotton snooper2 Jun 2015 #46

I did. I'm not sure why you though otherwise. HuckleB Jun 2015 #50

Tom Cotton anyway. nt valerief Jun 2015 #48

Don't be sad Vault Dweller! Rex May 2015 #6

That's why I prefer my dystopian nightmares underwater. Warren DeMontague May 2015 #8

The last one was in the sky and on rails. Rex May 2015 #9

Sorry for the Vault Dweller? Imagine how the Lone Wanderer must feel. NuclearDem May 2015 #11

True but without the Vault Dweller, there would have been no Chosen One. Rex May 2015 #12

Pfft. We got robots in Vegas to take care of your damn NCR. jeff47 May 2015 #24

no need for your robots Amishman Jun 2015 #72

Oh, you're one of those Independent Vegas types. NuclearDem Jun 2015 #73

I read that Nat Geo article about an hour ago BumRushDaShow May 2015 #10

No, no, no, it can't be from human activity, according to Sen. "Snowball" Inhofe. tclambert May 2015 #14

this was not climate change ProdigalJunkMail May 2015 #20

It's still humans changing God's world . . . according to scientists. tclambert May 2015 #29

So, if they just undivert the water... Helen Borg May 2015 #15

No idea. I was wondering the same. n/t RKP5637 May 2015 #17

The opposite happened in California project_bluebook May 2015 #21

And that's drying up too. progressoid May 2015 #37

yeah but the Salton Sea wasn't natural body of water CreekDog Jun 2015 #54

It would take a very long time. jeff47 May 2015 #27

Here is what happened with pictures mrdmk May 2015 #33

Note Vozrozdenhiya Island... BlueEye Jun 2015 #94

No. Rich cottoners would lose money then. nt valerief Jun 2015 #49

And thousands of Uzbek farmers starve to death Warpy Jun 2015 #78

This one you can't blame on capitalism or corporations. 1939 May 2015 #16

Yep!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2015 #18

Damned communists! project_bluebook May 2015 #19

Actually it is a result of State Based Capitalism. blackspade Jun 2015 #53

I was thinking the same thing fasttense Jun 2015 #55

Putting the decision making authority in the hands of the workers FrodosPet Jun 2015 #69

It's called democracy in the workplace. blackspade Jun 2015 #83

So, a free market enterprise with employee ownership FrodosPet Jun 2015 #87

You would have the workers, the employees decide how the businesses fasttense Jun 2015 #90

So we replace capitalist greed and bribery with socialist greed and bribery? FrodosPet Jun 2015 #95

I agree somewhat fasttense Jun 2015 #96

In that case nothing should ever be for sale. 7962 Jun 2015 #64

K & R n/t malaise May 2015 #22

Juxtaposition, ships of the desert Brother Buzz May 2015 #25

That's one hell of a photograph. nt Codeine May 2015 #28

Great picture. Paka May 2015 #30

Wow! n/t RKP5637 May 2015 #32

Great photo and title. geardaddy Jun 2015 #51

Great pic. One of those that tells a story in a single frame. pinto Jun 2015 #56

"...once-prosperous fishing industry..." Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #65

Do not become addicted to water. It will take hold of you and you will resent its absence Scootaloo May 2015 #31

Nice! Paulie Jun 2015 #45

Well played, Imperator Scootaloo. nt Codeine Jun 2015 #93

Yeah, what a good idea, Snobblevitch May 2015 #34

agreed. I'm sure Mexico would have preferred we hadn't diverted the Colorado River magical thyme Jun 2015 #41

I don't know if anyone will blame Russia Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #43

Or the Rio Grande. zeemike Jun 2015 #52

re the Rio Grande SCantiGOP Jun 2015 #61

Well, it's in the courts, but look for the last wild river in NM, in the Gila Gloria Jun 2015 #97

+1 Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #91

Kick. Agschmid May 2015 #35

Beats me why we need more cotton KentuckyWoman May 2015 #36

No, you don't get it... brooklynite May 2015 #38

Well can't the Russians just get cotton from all the stuff we send to Africa? KentuckyWoman May 2015 #39

I don't know the real reason for these canals specifically JonLP24 Jun 2015 #42

So we should stop sending stuff to Africa. Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #57

I don't know about you but I found Air Uzbekistan to be the scariest airline ever.... EX500rider Jun 2015 #79

We flew Aeroflot in and out... brooklynite Jun 2015 #80

YAk-40's first flew in 1966... EX500rider Jun 2015 #81

Yes, believe it or not the Ilyushin 114 is a lot newer than the Yak-40. BlueEye Jun 2015 #92

You can't spin thread from busted short cotton fibers Brother Buzz May 2015 #40

Not to be hardheaded but KentuckyWoman Jun 2015 #88

I suppose they could extrude it with some sort of resin to hold it all together Brother Buzz Jun 2015 #89

Hemp would make better jeans than cotton. Less water too. 7962 Jun 2015 #66

F**kin Hippy... DirtyHippyBastard Jun 2015 #77

The split-off northern portion still exists, and it has recovered a bit recently. John1956PA Jun 2015 #44

Now noted on maps as the Aral Saw. nt valerief Jun 2015 #47

That Was Rascally Leith Jun 2015 #59

We have known this was happening for decades yet none of us in the western world Cleita Jun 2015 #58

Rich folks gotta get richer and pigs gotta oink. nt valerief Jun 2015 #60

Russia diverted the water that feeds the lake for agricultrual use. Bluenorthwest Jun 2015 #62

This is an international problem. No country in the world should be Cleita Jun 2015 #74

Yes, anyone want to talk about the Colorado River and the Gulf of California? yellowcanine Jun 2015 #98

"get Russia some help"? Gimme a break. 7962 Jun 2015 #67

So I guess you would rather we throw drones at them and Cleita Jun 2015 #75

That was inevitable. NuclearDem Jun 2015 #71

This is another sad cometary on the human condition. StarzGuy Jun 2015 #68

Humans could fix that environment we broke. hunter Jun 2015 #70

If they can do it in the USA...why not the Aral Sea? Xolodno Jun 2015 #76

Hey!!! That looks just like the Salton Sea, bvar22 Jun 2015 #82

Yep, another brilliant engineering effort, NOT! RKP5637 Jun 2015 #84

But at one time, that place ROCKED. I've seen some clips from the 20s & 30s. bvar22 Jun 2015 #85

Here's an interesting link! RKP5637 Jun 2015 #86