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  • Taxes at work: Government to use hundreds of quail carcasses as love nests for endangered beetles

    Faux academic propaganda journal PhysOrg put out this little gem:

    First-ever release of endangered burying beetles in Missouri

    Beetles slated for release will be paired and marked by notching the elytra—the hard, modified forewings that encase the thin hind wings used in flight.

    Sounds time consuming.

    The beetle release process involves digging holes, or plugs, at specially selected sites, placing the carcass of a quail and a pair of notched beetles in each cavity and replacing the plugs. This process simulates a natural underground setting for the beetles’ life cycle.

    Now that’s touching.  Who’s paying for this?  Oh, right. TAXPAYERS.  The IRS has to seize your property so the Dept of Fish and Wildlife can bury beetles with bird carcasses.

    If the FDA would immediately de-approve the use of pesticidal GMOs, and aerial crop dusting with synthetic pesticides, that would go a long way toward preserving insect populations.  Instead the government automatically approves whatever Monsanto comes up with, and flies around spraying entire towns with pesticide without public consent, then acts surprised when insects die.  This is a pathetic band-aid fix to a problem of corruption and legislative failure.

    The beetles died for a reason the first time, and it’s not like beetle farming is going to rid the environment of pesticides, or whatever caused them to die in the first place.  If we control the use of dangerous pesticides, then we can ALL benefit, not just some beetles.  Save the Humans!

    Related: 3 New Studies Link Bee Decline to Bayer Pesticide

    Also related: $205,075 to ‘Translocate’ One Shrub from Path of Stimulus Project

     

  • Michigan Farmers Defy Order to Kill Pigs

    Fascist government attempting to crush family farms out of existence on behalf of big agribusiness.

  • How to save two minutes in the morning

    Blow dry your hair and brush your teeth at the same time.  I tried this yesterday and it worked fine.  The easiest way I found is to do the blow drying in the same direction and side as the toothbrush, but if you’re really clever you could use two distinct patterns.

    I don’t usually blow dry my hair, but maybe now I’ll start doing it more often.

  • Study: Water fluoridation provides no detectable benefit in rural populations

    West Virginia Rural Health Research Center published a population study in January of 2012 which shows that municipal water fluoridation provides no benefit to children’s teeth.  In areas where water fluoridation was less prevalent, and dental care was also less accessible, there was no statistically significant difference in the number of cavities when compared to urban populations.

    “For children’s dental health measures, it was found that fluoridation rates were not significantly related to the measures of either caries or overall condition of the teeth for urban or rural areas.”

    Read the study here: 2011 fluoridation policy brief (PDF)

    While their conclusions seem rather desperate to soften the blow against the crumbling fluoride dogma, the data is consistent with World Health Organization statistics which show little to no benefit to fluoridation when comparing countries that do and do not fluoridate water and/or salt.

    That’s right, it’s all about brushing, flossing, the foods you eat, and genetics.  No amount of toxic fluoride makes up for inadequate dental hygiene especially after consuming sweet and acidic foods.

  • Acquisitions of Organic Food Companies visualized, 1995 to 2007

    Philip H. Howard Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

    (watch in full screen mode a few times)

    This movie depicts organic processing industry changes from 1995 to 2007. The small green circles indicate organic brands, the medium blue circles indicate investment firms, the large yellow circles indicate multinational food processors, and the small red circles indicate introductions of organic versions of mainstream brands. Gray lines denote ownership ties. The gray text in the upper left displays the year, which advances as the animation is played.

  • A Marijuana Bud A Day Keeps The Stroke Away

    Fox is predictably deceptive on this issue.  Throwing the apple in the garbage can was very dramatic, but I don’t hear the doctor saying to throw apples away.   If indeed he did then please produce some kind of evidence of him saying this.

  • 70 Percent of Ground Beef at Supermarkets Contains ‘Pink Slime’

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  • Video: Killer T Cell kills a cancer cell

    Shot by Alex Ritter, University of Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.  Speed was increased 92x.