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Posted by seumasach on November 25, 2008
“This pesticide had been applied to rapeseed and sweet cornseeds in the Rhine River Valley. Piles of dead bees were discovered at the entrance of hives in early May 2008.”
This confirms what is well-known to beekeepers, namely, that pesticides can be lethal to bees. It also confirms that they are not the cause of CCD, which is characterised precisely by the fact that the dead bees are not found in the vicinity if the hive.
To get round this difficulty partisans of the insecticide thesis have come up with the idea that non-lethal doses of insectide can cause disorientation of the bees and therefore affect their capacity to get return to the hive. This would be surprising since bees with lethal doses manage to get back to the hive to die. As the Canadian Honey Council website notes:
“To the beekeeper, the most obvious sign of pesticide poisoning is the presence of an exceptional number of dead bees in front of the hives”
We would then have it that the affect of the toxin is in inverse proportion to the dose.
Taken together with the fact that the banning of pesticides in France was seemingly ineffective, the pesticide thesis, though fashionable and having helped fill the vaccuum left by the failure of the Penn State investigation, seems unlikely: in any event, less likely than the EM radiation thesis which has long provided a credible experimentally and theoretically verified basis for explaining CCD.
By Dr. James Howenstine, MD.
November 24, 2008
NewsWithViews.com
For several years I have been curious and concerned about reports from many parts of the world that bee colonies were vanishing or dying. Because of their ability to pollinate fruit and vegetables bees are of enormous importance to mankind. . Finally a breakthrough in understanding this problem has appeared on the scene. Whether this solves the whole bee problem or is simply one part of a more complex issue remains to be seen. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on November 25, 2008
PressTV
24th November, 2008
Former Cuban president Fidel Castro says al-Qaeda terrorists have been engineered in order to advance the Bush administration’s agenda.
In an essay published on Sunday, Castro said the terrorist group “was born from the empire’s own entrails”, using the term “empire” to refer to the United States.
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Posted by seumasach on November 25, 2008
SIMFEROPOL, November 24 (RIA Novosti) – The theory that the Stalin-era famine in Ukraine was aimed against the Ukrainian people alone was developed in the U.S. as an anti-Russian propaganda tool, a Crimean legislator and historian said on Monday.
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Posted by seumasach on November 25, 2008
MOSCOW, November 24 (RIA Novosti) – A leading Russian political analyst has said the economic turmoil in the United States has confirmed his long-held view that the country is heading for collapse, and will divide into separate parts. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on November 24, 2008
A visit to the supermarket is all that is required to see that this isn’t a conventional deflationary crisis. Unsold stock is being being sold off but new stock is coming in at higher prices or it is not coming in at all: a whole range of stuff is simply disappearing from the shelves. It is more like a complete collapse of the market where as a result of a growing concentration of wealth in a few hands there is no one left to buy. Printing more money will help bridge the gap momentarily until prices go up further. Hence, an inflationary spiral. This is accentuated in economies reliant on imports payed for with fiat currencies, such as Britain and the USA. The fall of their currencies automatically generates inflation. That’s why London and Washington want other central banks to devalue their currencies as well in a race to bottom which will preserve the dollar and the pounds privileged global tradeability.
Stephen King
Independent
24th november, 2008
For the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the world’s other leading central banks, it is time for unconventional acts of bravery. These acts are needed because the financial crisis is mutating. No longer is this a story simply about the unwillingness or inability of banks to lend. It is fast becoming a crisis of liquidation. You can see it on the high street with sudden, and aggressive, pre-Christmas sales. You can see it in the stock market, where we’re seeing renewed panic. You can see it in the property market, where prices are tumbling faster than ever before.
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Posted by seumasach on November 24, 2008
John Hoefle
EIR
Nov. 14—The Anglo-Dutch Liberal financial system has failed, the corrupt attempts to save that system through taxpayer-funded bailouts have failed, and the global financial and economic collapse is accelerating. Virtually every sector of the economy, and every part of the world, is plunging into Hell, and the world’s leaders, on the whole, are either paralyzed or rushing flight-forward into the abyss.
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Posted by seumasach on November 24, 2008
Russia Today
23rd november, 2008
While leaders in Peru grapple with the financial fallout, Americans angry at the multi-billion dollar bailout plans are protesting in Washington. They say the U.S. Federal Reserve, far from helping solve the financial crisis, is taking money out of their pockets.
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Posted by seumasach on November 23, 2008
As this analysis shows, it was fairly clear at the time that there was no evidence for the liquid bomb terror plot. A British jury have just reached the same conclusion: the Crown will now have to try again with a more amenable jury.
The Cutting Edge
21st August, 2006
I am disappointed to say that so far there has been very little serious critical discussion, grounded in factual analysis, of the alleged “Terror Plot” foiled on the morning of Wednesday, 10th August 2006. Except for a few noteworthy comment pieces, such as Craig Murray’s critical speculations published by the Guardian last Friday, the mainstream media has largely subserviently parroted the official claims of the British and American governments. This is a shame, because inspection of the facts raises serious problems for the 10/8 official narrative.
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Posted by seumasach on November 23, 2008
By Chad Terhune and Robert Berner
Spiegel
20th November, 2008
The same people whose reckless practices triggered the global financial crisis are onto a similar scheme that could cost taxpayers tons more.
As if they haven’t done enough damage. Thousands of subprime mortgage lenders and brokers — many of them the very sorts of firms that helped create the current financial crisis — are going strong. Their new strategy: taking advantage of a long-standing federal program designed to encourage homeownership by insuring mortgages for buyers of modest means.
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Posted by seumasach on November 23, 2008
John Pilger
johnpilger.com
24th October, 2008
In a report for the Guardian, John Pilger describes the deception behind the pretext for a “national emergency” declared by the Australian government in Aboriginal areas. A political cry of “save the children” can also mean the profits of uranium and toxic waste.
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Posted by seumasach on November 23, 2008
Bill Van Auken
WSWS
22nd November, 2008
The increasingly right-wing character of the transition being organized in preparation for President-Elect Barack Obama’s inauguration in January has elicited expressions of concern from the middle-class “left.” This milieu, whose views are reflected in publications like the Nation magazine, played a significant role during the election campaign in promoting Obama’s candidacy and the Democratic Party as vehicles for fundamental political and social change.
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