Excess in Moderation

Arrowhead Journey

Seeded on Wed May 13, 2009 12:23 PM EDT (arrowheadjourney.wordpress.com)

this journey makes one wonder if they are doing anything worthwhile with their own life.

travel, journey, adventure, canoe, birchbark-canoe

Honey laundering: A sticky trail of intrigue and crime

Seeded on Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:18 AM EST (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Over half the honey consumed in the USA is foreign sourced. Many packers distort the picture by packaging their honey under a dizzying array of labels to hide the fact the honey is imported and not local, regional or even national sourced.

china, food, health, honeybees, bees, honey, imported

mini ice age predicted

Seeded on Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:45 PM EST (griffith.edu.au)

Before his death in 2006 Rhodes Fairbridge predicted the sudden and swift reversal of global temp trends in 2007 based on lack of Solar Activity. He goes on to predict a basically 40 yr long mini-ice age. How ironic if this holds true.

global-warming, science, climate-change, sunspots, fairbridge

YouTube - KTUU 2008 Sarah Palin turkey interview

Seeded on Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:57 PM EST (YouTube)

words cannot explain this video

politics, 2012, weird, palin

Palin: a view from the Bush in Alaska

Seeded on Tue Oct 7, 2008 7:31 PM EDT (orionmagazine.org)

I went back out on the land, crept up to caribou in crazy blazing hot sun. I thought about this person being President, this person who filed suit against the polar bears, tried to put a bounty on wolves, this Alaskan who doesn't believe in Global Climate Change.

alaska, politics, presidential-race, palin, clean-water

Ecuadorians to vote on constitution making its nature a rights-bearing entitiy |

Seeded on Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:54 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

the legal rights of the environment. interesting concept.

ecuador, environment, world-news

USATODAY.com - Greenspan says ARMs might be better deal

Seeded on Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:14 PM EDT (USA Today)

"American consumers might benefit if lenders provided greater mortgage product alternatives to the traditional fixed-rate mortgage," Greenspan said check out the date on this article 2-23-2004

economy, bailout, housing-collapse, credit-crisis

FDA proposes approval process for genetically engineered animals - Los Angeles Times

Seeded on Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:39 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

let me guess this is already being seeded with doomsday comments from people who probably could not pass a high school science class.

science, farming, gmo, tin-foil-hat-crowd

Honeybees Could be Wiped Out in 10 Years, Warn Beekeepers

Seeded on Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:01 PM EDT (Gulf human rights hero Thomas B. Manton falsely imprisoned, murdered)

This online rag which portrays itself as a source of news concerning environmental and health issues has lately gone the route of a tabloid.

science, uk, honeybees, bees, ccd

Alaska biologists kill wolf pups to help caribou herd population

Seeded on Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:48 PM EDT (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)

Beholden to the hook and bullet rank and file, the state of Alaska is now in the business of killing defenseless wolf pups. The killing of wolf pups and adults is done to offset the killing of Caribou by big game and subsistence hunters.

alaska, hunting, us-news, wolves

Gas could fall to $2 if Congress acts, analysts say

Seeded on Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:55 AM EDT (MarketWatch.com)

Speculators now account for about 70% of all benchmark crude trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, up from 37% in 2000, said Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., chairman of the investigations subcommittee. Stupak introduced a bill on Friday that would limit index speculation.

energy, oil, gas, us-news, futures-trading, speculators

Cooking Popcorn with Cell Phones

Seeded on Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:22 PM EDT (freepage.twoday.net)

Watch any of the 3 videos to see how this is done. This is what they are teaching our Cub Scouts today. To heck with the campfire B.S.. cooking with 3 or more cell phones is the way to hone your survival skills

cancer, popcorn, health, cell-phone-emf

These steps could lower oil prices, but nobody'll take them

Seeded on Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:27 AM EDT (McClatchy)

These sound like reasonable measures - wonder why none of them are being done?

gas-prices, us-news

Farm bill complicates plight of honeybees

Seeded on Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:40 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

another nail in the coffin for honeybees. few people realize that when the honeybee industry collapses in the USA, that NAFTA allows for importation of Mexican honeybees that are all Africanized genetics for the use in pollination.

us-news, honeybees, permaculture, farm-bill, pollination

New Hagen Daaz Flavor

Seeded on Tue Apr 8, 2008 1:24 AM EDT (khnl.com)

The new flavor is called Honey & Apistan and its already on a shelf near you! Ignore the illegible text version and watch the video. The pesticide strip is called Apistan that the beekeeper inserts bare handed (what a genius) into the hive. the strips manufacturer:

environment, us-news, honeybees, bees, ccd, permaculture

Dying Bees Explained - IT'S THE RUSSIAN "Honey Plot"!!!

Seeded on Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:28 PM EDT (godlikeproductions.com)

The tin foil hat crowd brings us the latest theory regarding the missing honeybee mystery. Only problem is Russian bees are by far the least common strain of honeybees in the USA and have actually been singled out as being resistant to CCD !

science, honeybees, ccd, russian-honey-plot

The Truth About Honeybees Provide Clues to Their Disappearance

Seeded on Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:42 PM EST (Independent news on natural health, nutrition and more)

"Honeybees are disappearing. Searching for likely causes leads us to find out about adulterated honey, poison in beehives and other shocking realities that few of us recognize. "

us-news, honeybees, bees, ccd, permaculture, disappearing-bees

Honeybees Wiped out in Ten Years

Seeded on Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:30 AM EST (Telegraph)

"Honeybees will die out in Britain within a decade as virulent diseases and parasites spread through the nation's hives, experts have warned.

environment, world-news, honeybees

Scientists See Prime Suspect in Mass Deaths of Bees

Seeded on Thu Sep 6, 2007 6:28 PM EDT (The New York Times)

One bee disease, called Israeli acute paralysis virus, seems strongly associated with the beekeeping operations that experienced big losses.

science, bees, nytimes, viruses

Help protect Native Wild Rice in Northern MN

Seeded on Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:01 PM EDT (Duluth News Tribune)

The Minnesota Environmental Quality Board is seeking public comment as it considers revising rules for its environmental review program and how the process may affect the state's wild rice industry.The 2007 Legislature directed the board to adopt rules requiring the preparation …

food, science, gmos, native-people, wild-rice, northern-culture

Update on CCD bee losses which occurred last fall: LAT

Seeded on Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:59 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Since the media still has the bad habit of framing the honeybee story as an ongoing loss I took the liberty to alter the headline from "Suddenly, the bees are simply vanishing" to simply an update on CCD ....etc.

science, honeybees, bees, ccd, colony-collapse-disorder

Who killed the honeybees?

Seeded on Tue May 29, 2007 9:21 AM EDT (Salon.com)

Now that the hysteria has started to dwindle, we're gettting into more rational and useful discussions of what that the issues are behind the honeybee crisis and some insight into the solutions.

global-warming, environment, science, honeybees, bees, permaculture, greenvine, colony-collapse-disorder

Bees are going missing, yes, but the crops are just fine - Los Angeles Times

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2007 12:27 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)

If you are familiar with my column you would know that I have been quite vocal about the overblown media coverage on the Great Honeybee Loss of 06/07. Seems now the media is also waking up.

science, honeybees, bees, ccd, permaculture, honeybee-loss

What does Orson Welles and the Great Honeybee Loss of 06/07 have in Common?

Sun May 13, 2007 6:50 PM EDT

Now that some time has passed from the initial honeybee loss hysteria lets look at some of the facts.

Continue reading this entry ...

web-2-0, science, honeybees, ccd, hysteria, permaculture, greenvine, honeybee-loss, urban-myths

Cleaning up China's honey - Los Angeles Times

Seeded on Thu May 3, 2007 9:23 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Big Honey in the USA, defined by the packing houses which take advantage of the fact that honey is not included in Country Of Origin Labeling laws, blend cheap foreign honey with American product and then pass it off as made in the USA.

fda, health, honeybees, permaculture, honey, greenvine, chinese-imports

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