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Norman Borlaug: The Greatest Man You've Never Heard Of
Feeding the world is much easier because of this man, and he represents pretty much everything the agricultural neo-luddites on the Left despise. Norman Borlaug: A Man For All Seasons is a short description of his career, which spanned 50 years and cannot possibly be more impressive. And like a true scientist, he had an open mind, and saw the possibilities of the burgeoning recombinant DNA technology.
With the world’s population continuing to increase, the need for additional agricultural production remains, and in his later years Norman turned his efforts to ensure the success of this century’s equivalent of the Green Revolution -- the application of modern genetic engineering (also known as “genetic modification,” or GM) to agriculture. As Norman and other plant scientists realized, the use of the term “genetic modification” to apply only to the newest genetic techniques is an unfortunate misnomer, because plant scientists had been using crude and laborious techniques to obtain new genetic variants of wheat, corn and other crops for centuries. Products now in development with genetic engineering techniques offer the possibility of even higher yields, lower inputs of agricultural chemicals and water, enhanced nutrition, and even plant-derived, orally active vaccines.No hysterical political stance, no hyperventilating about peak this and peak that and WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! Just a fanatical focus on the job at hand...to feed the starving. And he did it. And he did it in part because he understood better than most what science is;
“It is easy to forget that science offers more than a body of knowledge and a process for adding new knowledge. It tells us not only what we know but what we don’t know. It identifies areas of uncertainty and offers an estimate of how great and how critical that uncertainty is likely to be.”He knew what he didn't know. And that is something that our insular, good-ole-boys-club of climate scientists would do well to understand.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: pep at March 27, 2017 06:58 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2017 06:58 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 27, 2017 06:59 PM (WPSd5)
What's Chuck Schumer done?
Posted by: pep at March 27, 2017 06:59 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 27, 2017 07:00 PM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 27, 2017 07:00 PM (WPSd5)
Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2017 07:00 PM (GPaiX)
Posted by: pep at March 27, 2017 07:01 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Neil Tyson DeChicken at March 27, 2017 07:01 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2017 07:02 PM (0tfLf)
Knowledge, understanding the world around him, making it more understandable.
Nope. Not a muzzie.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 27, 2017 07:02 PM (5VlCp)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 27, 2017 07:02 PM (WPSd5)
Yes .. er .. quite.
*shiftyeyes*
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2017 07:03 PM (LTHVh)
So this is the man who invented the "frankenfoods" that all the
environmentalist luddites on the left are all shrieking and screeching
like baboons about?
Amusing, isn't it. As if the big fruits and vegetables they buy at Whole Foods for ridiculous prices are natural. Pro tip: Strawberries in the wild aren't the size of the Kohinoor diamond.
Posted by: pep at March 27, 2017 07:04 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2017 07:06 PM (GPaiX)
Posted by: Captain Ned at March 27, 2017 07:07 PM (WI6nT)
They aren't worried about people starving, they're awaiting it as a sign that humans are being punished for being evil. He upended their fire-and-brimstone.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 27, 2017 07:07 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2017 07:07 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 27, 2017 07:08 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at March 27, 2017 07:08 PM (IUgma)
Posted by: Neil Tyson DeChicken at March 27, 2017 07:09 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Floyd Heyrube at March 27, 2017 07:09 PM (I56TX)
Posted by: Diogenes
Or activists posing scientists.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 27, 2017 07:09 PM (pY+s4)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2017 07:09 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: Trofim Lysenko at March 27, 2017 07:11 PM (uuwor)
Posted by: Some idiot from a morning thread... at March 27, 2017 07:11 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: pep at March 27, 2017 06:59 PM (LAe3v)
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besides pages in the cloak room?
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2017 07:11 PM (p48kl)
Posted by: hogmartin at March 27, 2017 07:11 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2017 07:12 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: Neil Tyson DeChicken at March 27, 2017 07:12 PM (Tyii7)
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what a ridiculously outdated concept.
Posted by: The DNC at March 27, 2017 07:13 PM (p48kl)
I'm thinking that's one more school off the visit list for the kids.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2017 07:13 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: pep at March 27, 2017 07:04 PM (LAe3v)
Make sure to get those typhoid and tetanus boosters before traveling overseas.
Posted by: BignJames at March 27, 2017 07:13 PM (x9c8r)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016JE005230/full
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 27, 2017 07:14 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 27, 2017 07:14 PM (41bdC)
The guy who, for no scientific reason, banned DDT.
William Ruckelshaus, then head of the EPA, who went on to work for Pesticide companies...
Posted by: Some idiot from a morning thread... at March 27, 2017 07:14 PM (NgKpN)
Borlaug. Compare/contrast Lysenkoism, which would be a hilarious attempt
to make plants communist, if it hadn't actually starved a lot of people
to death, which is really not funny at all.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 27, 2017 07:11 PM (8nWyX)"
Yeah, but they were only kulaks. And what's the deal with the Holodomor? I mean, with all the people starving, they should have called it the Holodoless!
Posted by: Josef Sein-Stalin at March 27, 2017 07:15 PM (uuwor)
-- 44th POTUS
Posted by: colfax mingo at March 27, 2017 07:15 PM (PX+kj)
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2017 07:15 PM (p48kl)
Commie cocksuckers hate Borlaug because he single-handedly blunted their favorite weapon to exterminate recalcitrant populations. Famine and the withholding of food supplies is a powerful tool that's been used by the majority of communist/socialist regimes to control the people at large.
Also, his work exposed the lie that famine is entirely the result of weather, or blight or natural processes. Famine is in fact, almost exclusively caused by mankind manipulating the markets and production processes of food.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2017 07:16 PM (cuZZW)
Posted by: pep at March 27, 2017 06:58 PM (LAe3v)*
HATER!
/s, just to be clear.
Posted by: tbodie at March 27, 2017 07:16 PM (oZe0I)
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Thanks for the Beejer. Are we just not doing tinyurl anymore?
Posted by: The Margins at March 27, 2017 07:17 PM (FCbYE)
Just start whacking the war lords in all the shitholes where they are starving. We have the food. We have the transportation means. We don't have a way to keep it from being stolen short of killing turd world despots and war lords.
As Nike says, "Just Do It!"
Posted by: rickb223 at March 27, 2017 07:17 PM (DfQBn)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2017 06:58 PM (/tuJf)
Fair winds, flat seas, and a busty first mate.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2017 07:17 PM (rF0hx)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2017 07:18 PM (sEDyY)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2017 07:16 PM (cuZZW)
Modern famines, maybe.
Posted by: BignJames at March 27, 2017 07:18 PM (x9c8r)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 27, 2017 07:18 PM (6FqZa)
I find these terms acceptable. They are beginning the layup of my boat next week. Spring can't get here soon enough.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2017 07:19 PM (/tuJf)
Those nice, evenly sized, perfectly yellow ears of corn? Not found in the wild, those.
And the list goes endlessly into grains, vegetables, fruits, livestock and more.
All those yoga moms think their yogurt is all "natural", eh? Let's see the genetic birth certificate on those cultures, shall we?
The average SJW food warrior, would die of starvation if presented with truly natural fare.
Oh, and they'd also have to learn how to kill, dress and cook a few things now, wouldn't they.
Some of them could. Most of them could not, or would not.
But it'd be fun to watch 'em try, anyway.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 27, 2017 07:19 PM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at March 27, 2017 07:19 PM (nvMvs)
Posted by: Gideon7 at March 27, 2017 07:20 PM (d3MA1)
Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2017 07:20 PM (GPaiX)
According to whack job acquaintances of Mrs. Krebs in a stitchery group that "meets" on FB, really smart and perceptive people get their science boost by reading Scientific American every month. * eyeroll *
Funny, most cyber-scientists I encounter -- and I don't go looking for them, believe me -- get their "knowledge" put to them via I Fucking Love Science.
Grav - i - fooking - tas!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2017 07:20 PM (v1g1+)
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didn't bother Mozilla either
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2017 07:21 PM (p48kl)
But it'd be fun to watch 'em try, anyway.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 27, 2017 07:19 PM (v5iqM)
++++
I caught a fish. Once.
Posted by: washrivergal at March 27, 2017 07:21 PM (Ivjge)
Pro tip: Strawberries in the wild aren't the size of the Kohinoor diamond. Posted by: pep at March 27, 2017 07:04 PM (LAe3v)
Not to mention without the climate killing transportation network you wouldn't be able tofindthem at your local market in December
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 27, 2017 07:21 PM (lKyWE)
I have it on good authority that Lactobacillus bulgaricus's birth certificate is a fraud. It's really from Kenya! Sad!
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 27, 2017 07:21 PM (uuwor)
Posted by: DaveA at March 27, 2017 07:22 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Gideon7 at March 27, 2017 07:20 PM (d3MA1)
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these days, i'm wondering if we saved all the wrong ones...
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2017 07:23 PM (p48kl)
Pro tip: Strawberries in the wild aren't the size of the Kohinoor diamond. Posted by: pep at March 27, 2017 07:04 PM (LAe3v)
Not to mention without the climate killing transportation network you wouldn't be able tofindthem at your local market in December
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 27, 2017 07:21 PM (lKyWE)
More than once, I've been called a "fucking asshole" for asserting that the main ingredient in a loaf of bread is petroleum. Because I used to make that argument in SoCal......you know, that place where you can't throw a rock without it landing in a wheat field.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2017 07:23 PM (cuZZW)
I've read about 5 nonsense hit pieces on Nunes today. My best guess is that he's finding things that liberals want to keep hidden.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at March 27, 2017 07:24 PM (nvMvs)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 27, 2017 07:24 PM (uuwor)
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didn't bother Mozilla either
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2017 07:21 PM (p48kl)
Nor Epic.
Posted by: rickl at March 27, 2017 07:24 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2017 07:24 PM (p48kl)
Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2017 07:25 PM (GPaiX)
Wild strawberries, while small, tend to be considerably sweeter in my experience.
Wild blueberries are the bomb and my siblings and I picked them often for Mom to make them into pies when we were kids.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2017 07:25 PM (v1g1+)
Posted by: Jim at March 27, 2017 07:19 PM (v5iqM)
I'm no woodsman, so I would have a tough time of it when the burning times come.
Except...I'll be taking what I want from the progressives becaus I have lots of guns and lots of ammo.
Funny how that works.
Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2017 07:25 PM (rF0hx)
Posted by: DaveA at March 27, 2017 07:22 PM (FhXTo)
You don't have a choice in The Barrel.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 27, 2017 07:26 PM (WPSd5)
I wish he'd start dropping some information. It sounds like he's got proof of law breaking by some Obama loyalists and it's time to put those assholes on defense for a change.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2017 07:26 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 27, 2017 07:26 PM (WPSd5)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 27, 2017 07:27 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Norman Borlaug at March 27, 2017 07:27 PM (d3MA1)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 27, 2017 07:27 PM (WPSd5)
I've read about 5 nonsense hit pieces on Nunes today. My best guess is that he's finding things that liberals want to keep hidden.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT
Yep. A sure sign that he has found some damaging information.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 27, 2017 07:27 PM (pY+s4)
Posted by: The Bold Ones at March 27, 2017 07:28 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2017 07:25 PM (GPaiX)
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with opening credits, of course....
#duh
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2017 07:28 PM (p48kl)
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2017 07:24 PM (p48kl)*
S/he's right, you know.
Real plant food is organic matter delivered from the ass end of Unicorns.
Posted by: tbodie at March 27, 2017 07:28 PM (oZe0I)
Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 27, 2017 07:28 PM (/f1mm)
Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2017 07:28 PM (GPaiX)
Posted by: redbanzai at March 27, 2017 07:28 PM (FTXAT)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 27, 2017 07:28 PM (WTSFk)
I am bummed. It is the night I set aside to turn on the self cleaning oven, check all the lights in the house, and make sure the electric heaters still work. I usually find two or three burnt out bulbs.
Posted by: rd at March 27, 2017 07:28 PM (iT57s)
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2017 07:29 PM (p48kl)
4 Borlaug saved more lives than any other man in history, including than Alexander Fleming, who invented penicillin.
What's Chuck Schumer done?
Posted by: pep at March 27, 2017 06:59 PM (LAe3v)
Acted like the self-absorbed and conceited dick that he is by refusing to turn off his smart phone when politely and repeatedly asked to do so by a flight attendant.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2017 07:29 PM (v1g1+)
I've read about 5 nonsense hit pieces on Nunes today. My best guess
is that he's finding things that liberals want to keep hidden.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT
Yep. A sure sign that he has found some damaging information.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 27, 2017 07:27 PM (pY+s4)
Short response: No
Long response: Fuck off.
Posted by: redbanzai at March 27, 2017 07:29 PM (FTXAT)
Posted by: The Bold Ones at March 27, 2017 07:28 PM (Tyii7)
There are a bunch that work....
Bold = [ b ]
Italic = [ i ]
And a few others.....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 27, 2017 07:30 PM (rF0hx)
Mind you, they don't recognize the beauty of watching *their* children die of starvation.
Just yours.
Posted by: jmt at March 27, 2017 07:30 PM (I8vjj)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at March 27, 2017 07:30 PM (LheKO)
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2017 07:24 PM (p48kl)*
S/he's right, you know.
Real plant food is organic matter delivered from the ass end of Unicorns.
Posted by: tbodie
Or finely ground up green nutters.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 27, 2017 07:30 PM (DfQBn)
2 hrs
Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2017 07:30 PM (GPaiX)
The big news of the day is that Nunes had to go to a secure scif on the White House grounds to see the information from the whistleblower because the information was confidential and couldn't be brought to the House and from there he went directly to the WH to brief Trump.
Yea, it sounds juicy.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2017 07:31 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 27, 2017 07:31 PM (uuwor)
Posted by: For The Children at March 27, 2017 07:32 PM (I56TX)
When you're taking flak, you might just be on target!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 27, 2017 07:33 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2017 07:33 PM (p48kl)
Posted by: Maxi Waters at March 27, 2017 07:33 PM (Tyii7)
Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.
Blondie: You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2017 07:34 PM (v1g1+)
Posted by: Don Simpson at March 27, 2017 07:34 PM (xObJU)
Posted by: For The Children at March 27, 2017 07:35 PM (I56TX)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 27, 2017 07:24 PM (uuwor)
I can cite chapter and verse how much Ag has changed in the last 30 years.
Improved irrigation and fertilizer applications, weed abatement, improved yields from better seed, we field pack now instead of packing in a shed, sanitation has improved, vacuum cooling.
I am stating from memory what yields were 30 years ago vs today, (I may be wrong)
Cartons per acre of broccoli were 150 cartons per acre in 1980 now they are 350 per acre. This is due to better seed and improved irrigation methods(drip tape), pest control and fertilizer(introduced through irrigation).
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:35 PM (u8Ywb)
Yea, it sounds juicy.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2017 07:31 PM (/tuJf)
I don't think the term "Confidential" means what you think it means!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 27, 2017 07:35 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says... at March 27, 2017 07:35 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Deep Code at March 27, 2017 07:36 PM (I56TX)
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2017 07:24 PM (p48kl)*
When I was a young kid, I wondered how trees got so big without making the soil around them smaller. I dutifully looked it up in the encyclopedia and it floored me that plant matter is basically water from the ground and carbon dioxide from the frickin' air!
And that is how I fell in love with chemistry.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at March 27, 2017 07:36 PM (nvMvs)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 27, 2017 07:31 PM
Fify
Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2017 07:36 PM (GPaiX)
He make CCCP wheat grow even when it didn't want to....because Socialism!
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 27, 2017 07:36 PM (5VlCp)
acre in 1980 now they are 350 per acre. This is due to better seed and
improved irrigation methods(drip tape), pest control and
fertilizer(introduced through irrigation).
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:35 PM (u8Ywb)
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That's a lot of broccoli.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 27, 2017 07:36 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 27, 2017 07:29 PM (p48kl)
I liked that movie. I may have really liked it because it came out when I was a teenager.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:37 PM (u8Ywb)
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:35 PM (u8Ywb
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OMFG! FRANKENSTEIN BROCCOLI! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2017 07:38 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Donald Rumsfeld at March 27, 2017 07:38 PM (vRcUp)
Long response: Fuck off.
Posted by: redbanzai at March 27, 2017 07:29 PM (FTXAT)
Emphatic Response: FUCK OFF you wanker!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 27, 2017 07:39 PM (gwPgz)
Why couldn't they go with something tasty like tomatoes?
Posted by: Deep Code at March 27, 2017 07:39 PM (I56TX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 27, 2017 07:39 PM (IqV8l)
If I didn't know her
She'd be the lady I didn't know.
And my lady, she went downtown
She bought some broccoli
She brought it home.
She's chopping broccoli
Chopping broccoli
Chopping broccoli
Chopping broccoli
She's chopping broccoli
She's chopping broccoli
She's chop.. ooh!
She's chopping broccola-ah-ie!
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 27, 2017 07:39 PM (2VN2E)
Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2017 07:39 PM (GPaiX)
acre in 1980 now they are 350 per acre. This is due to better seed and
improved irrigation methods(drip tape), pest control and
fertilizer(introduced through irrigation).
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:35 PM (u8Ywb)
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That's a lot of broccoli.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 27, 2017 07:36 PM (dFi94)
We plant in 20 acre plots, something like 15,000 transplants an acre.
As my husband always says, we're feeding the world here.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:40 PM (u8Ywb)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 27, 2017 07:40 PM (KP5rU)
is that he's finding things that liberals want to keep hidden.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT
The flack is increasing, so he must be close to the target.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 27, 2017 07:40 PM (WPSd5)
I find that visual hilarious....I hope there's a youtube.
Posted by: BignJames at March 27, 2017 07:40 PM (x9c8r)
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Only those who actually consume broccoli.
I'm safe.
Posted by: shibumi at March 27, 2017 07:41 PM (FkAXz)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2017 07:41 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:40 PM (u8Ywb)
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And God bless you for it, too.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 27, 2017 07:41 PM (dFi94)
It's worth a read.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/msdpu7z
Posted by: rickl at March 27, 2017 07:41 PM (sdi6R)
Long response: Fuck off.
Posted by: redbanzai at March 27, 2017 07:29 PM (FTXAT)*
Sometimes you just have to spell it out.
Posted by: tbodie at March 27, 2017 07:41 PM (oZe0I)
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:35 PM (u8Ywb
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OMFG! FRANKENSTEIN BROCCOLI! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2017 07:38 PM (kTF2Z)
We also grow organic strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries.
To quote my husband, if these idiots are going to pay me 5 dollars more a box, I'll grow it for them.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:41 PM (u8Ywb)
Posted by: The Crawling Cauliflower at March 27, 2017 07:42 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Jayne Cobb's Cap at March 27, 2017 07:42 PM (8B5X3)
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Only those who actually consume broccoli.
I'm safe.
Posted by: shibumi at March 27, 2017 07:41 PM (FkAXz)
I don't really like it either.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:42 PM (u8Ywb)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 27, 2017 07:36 PM (dFi94)
We plant in 20 acre plots, something like 15,000 transplants an acre.
As my husband always says, we're feeding the world here.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:40 PM (u8Ywb)*
Heh, broccoli salad was lunch today. Thanks CaliGirl & family!
Posted by: tbodie at March 27, 2017 07:44 PM (oZe0I)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 27, 2017 07:24 PM
(uuwor)
There's a perfect answer for lefties who give you the "the world is overpopulated, there won't be enough food, we're all going to die" line. You ask them "then why are you still here?"
If you're lucky, you can get in some good snark about "think globally, act locally."
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 27, 2017 07:44 PM (WPSd5)
What's the carbon foot print of a fully loaded 18 wheeler climbing up I-8 out of Imperial Valley?
Posted by: Deep Code at March 27, 2017 07:44 PM (I56TX)
Some kill to reduce the demand. Others grow and create to increase the supply. I know which side I'm on.
Posted by: Simplemind at March 27, 2017 07:45 PM (ZuGkg)
I saw The Crawling Cauliflower in a double-feature with The Blob at the Bijou Theater in '59.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at March 27, 2017 07:45 PM (WPSd5)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2017 07:07 PM (0tfLf)
Beautifully said!
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 27, 2017 07:45 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: IanDeal at March 27, 2017 07:46 PM (teGBX)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2017 07:46 PM (LTHVh)
Some conquer their neighbors and take their shit.
Posted by: BignJames at March 27, 2017 07:46 PM (x9c8r)
I love broccoli especially when it's mixed wit cauliflower
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 27, 2017 07:46 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: wth at March 27, 2017 07:47 PM (HgMAr)
I wish I were kidding - the recipe calls for organic roses.
Really? I'm surprised that it's not also saying I should use organic salt.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 27, 2017 07:47 PM (2VN2E)
They call it a trial, they have a new seed and they'll pay someone like me to grow a small 10 acre plot to test it.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:47 PM (u8Ywb)
Posted by: Albert Broccoli at March 27, 2017 07:47 PM (bc2Lc)
I'm always reminded of the xkcd What-if about being ruled by our robotic overlords.
In short, our best weapon against the machines - stairs. They're quite tough to navigate for something that just gained sentience and isn't used to it.
We know this is true because of the documentary Robocop, where the ED-209 also cannot navigate a stairwell.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 27, 2017 07:47 PM (uuwor)
Posted by: IanDeal at March 27, 2017 07:46 PM (teGBX)*
Wait, Patrick Swayze is dead!?
Posted by: tbodie at March 27, 2017 07:47 PM (oZe0I)
Posted by: #neverskankles at March 27, 2017 07:47 PM (vsYKI)
Posted by: rickl at March 27, 2017 07:41 PM (sdi6R)
Nonsense! Wherever would they get the idea that human beings are disposable?
Posted by: Planned Parenthood at March 27, 2017 07:47 PM (WPSd5)
Posted by: Deep Code at March 27, 2017 07:44 PM (I56TX)
Shut your whore mouth!
Posted by: SJW...Always On The Lookout! at March 27, 2017 07:48 PM (rF0hx)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 27, 2017 07:48 PM (uuwor)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 27, 2017 07:48 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: Eromero at March 27, 2017 07:49 PM (zLDYs)
But can he tell me how to get rid of gophers?
Posted by: wth
Feed them some of that poisoned Quadrotriticale.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 27, 2017 07:49 PM (IqV8l)
The smart kids to a presentation about heroes, he always comes up. The kids recognize greatness before the apparatchiks get a hold of them in college.
Posted by: Joe Mack at March 27, 2017 07:49 PM (QX0Xt)
pest control and fertilizer(introduced through irrigation)."
Improved irrigation methods, when and where the water hasn't been cut off entirely due to a faraway judge ruling that some obscure bug or bait fish must be protected at all costs.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 27, 2017 07:50 PM (noWW6)
>>We know this is true because of the documentary Robocop, where the ED-209 also cannot navigate a stairwell.
Uh huh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h5qpXO3isM
Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2017 07:50 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: BignJames at March 27, 2017 07:50 PM (x9c8r)
Posted by: Nebraskan at March 27, 2017 07:50 PM (2tbcA)
Posted by: rickl at March 27, 2017 07:41 PM (sdi6R)
Thats a vicious lie!! We will be benevolent. We promise!
Posted by: Skynet at March 27, 2017 07:50 PM (pY+s4)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2017 07:50 PM (LTHVh)
I wish I were kidding - the recipe calls for organic roses.
Really? I'm surprised that it's not also saying I should use organic salt.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at March 27, 2017 07:47 PM (2VN2E)
They need to throw in all the buzzwords, sustainable, locally grown, artisanal, small batch, grown roses
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:50 PM (u8Ywb)
What's the carbon foot print of a fully loaded 18 wheeler climbing up I-8 out of Imperial Valley?
Silly. We use rechargeable batteries and plug the charger into the wall outlet! Save the earf! Whoo-hoo!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 27, 2017 07:50 PM (DfQBn)
Posted by: Captain Stubing at March 27, 2017 07:51 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:47 PM (u8Ywb)*
In my job I have on occassion done "field testing" of a different sort. I fully understand why they pay good people for accurate data.
Posted by: tbodie at March 27, 2017 07:51 PM (oZe0I)
Posted by: Jack Sock at March 27, 2017 07:51 PM (IDPbH)
Maybe they still do.....
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 27, 2017 07:52 PM (5VlCp)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 27, 2017 07:52 PM (dFi94)
Shove that f'r overboard.
Posted by: Captain Stubing at March 27, 2017 07:51 PM (BO/km)
Send him to Congress.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2017 07:53 PM (LTHVh)
pest control and fertilizer(introduced through irrigation)."
Improved irrigation methods, when and where the water hasn't been cut off entirely due to a faraway judge ruling that some obscure bug or bait fish must be protected at all costs.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 27, 2017 07:50 PM (noWW6)
Or call the puddle a wetland. Our friends have had these fights with the government. Also, the tiger salamander, aka the other white meat.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:53 PM (u8Ywb)
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:50 PM (u8Ywb) "
Don't forget fair trade, locally sourced, ethically grown, non-GMO.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at March 27, 2017 07:53 PM (uuwor)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2017 07:46 PM (LTHVh)
That was Pete Townsend and The Who
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 27, 2017 07:53 PM (auHtY)
It even "almost" makes it into the movie. Mickey Rooney, knee deep in it.
So, Korea. Right there in between Japan and China.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 27, 2017 07:54 PM (H5rtT)
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:47 PM (u8Ywb)*
In my job I have on occassion done "field testing" of a different sort. I fully understand why they pay good people for accurate data.
Posted by: tbodie at March 27, 2017 07:51 PM (oZe0I)
We just grow it, the seed companies test the product.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:54 PM (u8Ywb)
Posted by: Colonel Sandurz at March 27, 2017 07:54 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: #neverskankles at March 27, 2017 07:55 PM (vsYKI)
good-ole-boys-club of climate scientists would do well to understand."
Howso? Borlaug's goal was to feed people. The climate scientists' goal is to accumulate funding, status, and power. Accordingly, anything that they don't know is simply either wrong, or confirms - however roundaboutly - exactly what they've already said. Either way, it doesn't matter to them.
Posted by: FaCubeItches at March 27, 2017 07:56 PM (rznWS)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 27, 2017 07:56 PM (DfQBn)
Posted by: wth at March 27, 2017 07:47 PM (HgMAr)
Shovel works, gopher snakes work too.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:57 PM (u8Ywb)
Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2017 07:57 PM (GPaiX)
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Nah, it was the guy from 'Ghost', (American actor, dancer, singer, song writer) cancer or something, or maybe he just got old. Not the guy from Star Wars.
Posted by: Hap N. Stance at March 27, 2017 07:57 PM (I56TX)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2017 07:58 PM (LTHVh)
It even "almost" makes it into the movie. Mickey Rooney, knee deep in it.
So, Korea. Right there in between Japan and China.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 27, 2017 07:54 PM (H5rtT)
That's right! Thanks Stringer! Andy had his lucky hat on.....damn Norks.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 27, 2017 07:58 PM (5VlCp)
Who?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Cotton
Posted by: logprof, sports tard at March 27, 2017 07:58 PM (GsAUU)
Anything smothered in melted cheese is good.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 27, 2017 07:58 PM (DfQBn)
I'd starve before the week was out.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 27, 2017 07:58 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Skynet at March 27, 2017 07:58 PM (pY+s4)
Posted by: The Margins at March 27, 2017 07:17 PM (FCbYE)
Jeebus! The url is less than the one line of regular text that precedes it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2017 07:59 PM (WDdjT)
Posted by: #neverskankles at March 27, 2017 07:55 PM (vsYKI)
organic produce is also sprayed with stuff too.
I will eat my produce out of the field. If it was dangerous I wouldn't do that. I also wouldn't live next to where we grow produce.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 07:59 PM (u8Ywb)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 27, 2017 07:59 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 27, 2017 07:59 PM (pY+s4)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 27, 2017 07:59 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: hogmartin at March 27, 2017 07:59 PM (8nWyX)
Since there's no math on this here blog, I won't mention that that's five.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 27, 2017 08:00 PM (DfQBn)
Hmmm, no wonder they are so sympatico with the muzzies, both just declare anything they don't understand as evil.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 27, 2017 08:00 PM (eASYU)
Posted by: concrete girl at March 27, 2017 08:01 PM (fZXYQ)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 27, 2017 07:59 PM (dFi94)
My husband calls broccoli and cauliflower hardware, they last much longer than leaf lettuce or spinach.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 08:02 PM (u8Ywb)
I liked the anime its based on and I don't like anime that much. It will show up on TNT or FX sometime in the near future. Maybe I'll watch it then.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 27, 2017 08:02 PM (pY+s4)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 27, 2017 07:58 PM (Tyii7)
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Tell me about it. I'll watch the 3 kids for her and as she's walking out the door, I'll ask - what's in there for lunch? She always says, "There's tons of stuff". Yeah, tons of broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, cucumbers and yogurt. What am I supposed to do with that?? So I pile them in the car and we go get corn dogs.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 27, 2017 08:02 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2017 08:02 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: EVLINC! at March 27, 2017 08:02 PM (y3aQB)
But now that I've heard of Norman Borlaug, to whom passes the title of Greatest Man I've Never Heard Of?
Posted by: a humdrum conundrum at March 27, 2017 08:02 PM (wpC7C)
One of the few things my Dad would take his hat off for out in the woods. Blueberry basket.
Posted by: DaveA at March 27, 2017 08:03 PM (FhXTo)
I love corn dogs, Hot dog on a stick is great.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 08:04 PM (u8Ywb)
One of the few things my Dad would take his hat off for out in the woods. Blueberry basket.
Posted by: DaveA at March 27, 2017 08:03 PM (FhXTo)
I picked some blueberries today and used my hat. They were good.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 08:05 PM (u8Ywb)
I just don't care for it in raw, crunchy form. Those packages of steam-in-the-bag broccoli are good and save soooooo much time steaming the old-fashioned way.
Posted by: logprof, sports tard at March 27, 2017 08:05 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at March 27, 2017 07:30 PM (LheKO)
Fuck yeah! And get the damn ETOH out of my gasoline!
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 27, 2017 08:06 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Clockboy at March 27, 2017 08:06 PM (vRcUp)
We still can't create Natural Intelligences without an appalling sociopath rate.
Posted by: DaveA at March 27, 2017 08:07 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: rickl at March 27, 2017 08:07 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 27, 2017 08:02 PM (pY+s4)
--It's hard to believe it's been over 20 years since I saw the anime. I still recall the novelty of an anime flick quoting I Corinthians.
Posted by: logprof, sports tard at March 27, 2017 08:07 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 27, 2017 08:02 PM (dFi94)
You're awesome.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 27, 2017 08:08 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: DaveA at March 27, 2017 08:08 PM (FhXTo)
There was more dignity and good with the hoe and the hitch.
Posted by: Simplemind at March 27, 2017 08:09 PM (ZuGkg)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 27, 2017 08:09 PM (Tyii7)
Um, no. I thought not. Me > Borlaug.
Posted by: Clockboy at March 27, 2017 08:09 PM (vRcUp)
Posted by: Veggie Tales at March 27, 2017 08:09 PM (bc2Lc)
"CTRL-ALT-REVOLT" by Nick Cole
http://tinyurl.com/lhb3cc3
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 27, 2017 08:09 PM (gwPgz)
There was more dignity and good with the hoe and the hitch.
Posted by: Simplemind at March 27, 2017 08:09 PM (ZuGkg)
I'd still fondle hoes.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 27, 2017 08:10 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: logprof, sports tard at March 27, 2017 08:10 PM (GsAUU)
Um, no. I thought not.
Posted by: Clockboy at March 27, 2017 08:06 PM (vRcUp)
That's because he was too busy getting Reggie's seed all over him
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 27, 2017 08:10 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2017 08:11 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 27, 2017 08:11 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Neil deGrasse Tyson at March 27, 2017 08:11 PM (FqgrG)
Is it worth a couple of hours' viewing?
Posted by: logprof, sports tard at March 27, 2017 08:10 PM (GsAUU)
Yes. But you'll be fucking pissed by the end.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 27, 2017 08:11 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at March 27, 2017 08:12 PM (FqgrG)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at March 27, 2017 07:30 PM (LheKO)
Fuck yeah! And get the damn ETOH out of my gasoline!
NEVER pay more for octane than your engine needs on either account.
Posted by: DaveA at March 27, 2017 08:12 PM (FhXTo)
The number of people written off by Hillary and company is shocking when you see it played out. Politics first for Hillary, life not even a close second.
Posted by: Simplemind at March 27, 2017 08:13 PM (ZuGkg)
Posted by: Sergeant Major at March 27, 2017 08:14 PM (wedOa)
Posted by: rickl at March 27, 2017 08:07 PM (sdi6R)
My husband brought home artichokes from another ranch. Those are my favorite. I didn't know he was growing them.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 08:14 PM (u8Ywb)
Posted by: logprof, sports tard at March 27, 2017 08:15 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Jeffersonian at March 27, 2017 08:15 PM (xiOrX)
Posted by: DaveA at March 27, 2017 08:12 PM (FhXTo)
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I pay more for non ethanol gas. My car and 20% better gas mileage thank me for it.
Posted by: Flyboy at March 27, 2017 08:15 PM (W0MS4)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 27, 2017 08:15 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: DaveA at March 27, 2017 08:12 PM (FhXTo)
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I pay more for non ethanol gas. My car and 20% better gas mileage thank me for it.
Posted by: Flyboy at March 27, 2017 08:15 PM (W0MS4)
I can't get ETOH-free gas around here. Sucks.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 27, 2017 08:16 PM (0mRoj)
He said the yields have plateaued for the past 25 years.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 08:16 PM (u8Ywb)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2017 08:17 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: Clockboy at March 27, 2017 08:17 PM (vRcUp)
Maybe they still do.....
--
We DEFINITELY do not do that! Honest!!!
Posted by: Mexican Farms without Plumbing at March 27, 2017 08:19 PM (FkAXz)
Posted by: Simplemind at March 27, 2017 08:21 PM (ZuGkg)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 27, 2017 08:21 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Neil deGrasse Tyson at March 27, 2017 08:11 PM (FqgrG)
How do you know she wasn't a woman, though?
She created seeds. That's feminine. Women create life. Men create death.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at March 27, 2017 08:21 PM (vRcUp)
The Romans. I read an article that Roman sanitation worked great for getting the poo out of the city... but then the poo would just get trucked into the local farms, infecting the produce with the parasites to end up back on the dinner table a few weeks later.
Yay organic!!
As a result, the Romans in the city were just as plagued with nasty as the peons out in the countryside, if not worse off.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 27, 2017 08:21 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 27, 2017 08:21 PM (Nwg0u)
C) All of the above
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 27, 2017 08:22 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler!
Zen answer: Yes
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 27, 2017 08:22 PM (pY+s4)
Posted by: Jgriff at March 27, 2017 08:23 PM (gFFa5)
232 230 NEVER pay more for octane than your engine needs on either account.
Posted by: DaveA at March 27, 2017 08:12 PM (FhXTo)
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I pay more for non ethanol gas. My car and 20% better gas mileage thank me for it.
Posted by: Flyboy at March 27, 2017 08:15 PM (W0MS4)
I can't get ETOH-free gas around here. Sucks.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 27, 2017 08:16 PM (0mRoj)
Ethanol-free gas stations nationwide.
http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2017 08:25 PM (cuZZW)
Posted by: George Tirebiter at March 27, 2017 08:25 PM (/zyrl)
Posted by: Colon Kraperdick at March 27, 2017 08:25 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: arbitrary turn-back at March 27, 2017 08:26 PM (fJQAI)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at March 27, 2017 08:26 PM (vRcUp)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 27, 2017 08:26 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: freaked at March 27, 2017 08:27 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: cicero Kaboom! kid at March 27, 2017 08:27 PM (ivHkJ)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 27, 2017 08:27 PM (Tyii7)
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Posted by: ObjectionSustained at March 27, 2017 08:27 PM (EZWNE)
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For some reason, when I was young I was fascinated with George Washington Carver. My parents looked at me oddly, but I was an odd child. He was such a wild and weird genius and worked like a dog to make something out of nothing like that. Absolutely fascinated me. Of course, now peanuts are considered toxic.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 27, 2017 08:28 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: cicero Kaboom! kid at March 27, 2017 08:27 PM (ivHkJ
That info can be found on one of the Beast's hard drives. I am certain. And that means the Russians know! It's all related somehow. I just know it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon aka the Deplorable P.U.G. at March 27, 2017 08:29 PM (GrsIT)
NEVER pay more for octane than your engine needs on either account.
Posted by: DaveA at March 27, 2017 08:12 PM (
My car manual says I'm supposed to use premium. My dad told me I really don't need it unless I'm driving a race car.
I still use premium, do I really not need to?
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 08:30 PM (u8Ywb)
Really. They can't even tell when a baby giraffe is going to drop and they expect us to believe they can predict the weather 10 years from now?
Posted by: freaked at March 27, 2017 08:30 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 27, 2017 08:30 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Science at March 27, 2017 08:30 PM (Tyii7)
As far as I know, he just left Twitter. Still has a website. Doesn't post much there anymore. Maybe he missed seeing the sun. :-)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 27, 2017 08:30 PM (pY+s4)
And on gas, back in the 80s in Brazil, the gas stations smelled sweet - a distinctive aroma not like such facilities all around the world usually have. Thanks to the cane-based alcohol they used in their gasohol.
Haven't kept up on whether Brazil still has that stupid program (though it was far less economically wasteful then ours, owing to the huge "installed base" of sugar cane production, and the lack of domestic oil deposits known/reachable at that time). Thought the giants and super-giants they found in the Atlantic had made Brazil oil self-sufficient.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 27, 2017 08:30 PM (PjWy4)
Posted by: Corrupt Iowa Farmers Guild at March 27, 2017 08:31 PM (89T5c)
Posted by: freaked at March 27, 2017 08:31 PM (BO/km)
Aside from Borlaug, the absolute miracle that is modern agricultural production goes unrecognized, and is in fact under constant attack by completely useless idiots. The snowflake generation is dangerously stupid. As a fellow producer, I'm sure caligirl shares this frustration.
Posted by: Alamo at March 27, 2017 08:32 PM (E/XIS)
Thanks for the info. I thought maybe it was something bad. Whew.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 27, 2017 08:32 PM (Tyii7)
I can't even remember the last Michael Bay movie I watched. . . .
Posted by: logprof, sports tard at March 27, 2017 08:15 PM (GsAUU)
Yes. Watch it. He did an excellent job with this film, a phrase I never thought I'd utter about Michael Bay.
Posted by: Pug Mahon aka the Deplorable P.U.G. at March 27, 2017 08:32 PM (GrsIT)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 27, 2017 08:33 PM (Nwg0u)
I hope he comes back. Not being able to laugh at his tweets and James Taranto's column has pushed the 2017 suck meter into the red.
Posted by: George Tirebiter at March 27, 2017 08:33 PM (/zyrl)
Posted by: freaked at March 27, 2017 08:31 PM (BO/km)
It's a Mercedes, not a fancy one but it has a v8 engine.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 08:33 PM (u8Ywb)
Posted by: April the giraffe at March 27, 2017 08:34 PM (vRcUp)
Posted by: freaked at March 27, 2017 08:34 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at March 27, 2017 08:34 PM (/WPPJ)
Posted by: Baby April at March 27, 2017 08:35 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: wth at March 27, 2017 07:47 PM (HgMAr)
Ample application of plastic explosives molded into the shape of cute forest animals.
Posted by: Carl Spackler at March 27, 2017 08:35 PM (ivHkJ)
South Africa may do the same. Africa is huge, but the elephants and rhinos make a mess of a corn field I'd guess. One of the founders of Greenpeace left them when he saw they were political jerks, and he campaigns for "golden rice" now, which has needed beta-carotene.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 27, 2017 08:35 PM (TmCOq)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 27, 2017 08:35 PM (KP5rU)
But can he tell me how to get rid of gophers?
Cairn terrier. But the holes will get a LOT bigger.
Posted by: Alamo at March 27, 2017 08:36 PM (E/XIS)
Posted by: freaked at March 27, 2017 08:34 PM (BO/km)
It looks like only a few places in California sell non ethanol fuel. Sucks for us.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 08:37 PM (u8Ywb)
'"Effective as of Dec. 31, 2017, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted," the bill states.'
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 27, 2017 08:37 PM (97XyN)
Two of my cars are custom tuned to run on 92 octane. They do not like anything less. Most modern cars though can accommodate 87 but will run better with a higher octane fuel.
Posted by: freaked at March 27, 2017 08:37 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: freaked at March 27, 2017 08:27 PM (BO/km)
--Heh, the only "moichandising" I saw was when the VHS came out and it actually did have on the case "Spaceballs: The Video"
Posted by: logprof, sports tard at March 27, 2017 08:37 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks.
Why do you assume Nell Armstrong identified as a man?
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at March 27, 2017 08:38 PM (vRcUp)
Posted by: Kreplach at March 27, 2017 08:38 PM (+lv+r)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 27, 2017 08:33 PM (Nwg0u)
Not enough funding.
Posted by: Geffry Giraffe. Heading to the Nightclub for some long-necking time. at March 27, 2017 08:38 PM (ivHkJ)
Ethanol-free gas stations nationwide.
http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2017 08:25 PM (cuZZW)
The only one near me sells 98 octane racing gasoline for $9.00/gallon. I fill up my gas can and use it in my lawn mower, weed whacker, and snow blower. It's a little pricey to use in my car, though.
Posted by: rickl at March 27, 2017 08:38 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: April the giraffe
In another dimension
With voyeuristic intention
Secluded, I see all.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 27, 2017 08:39 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Marooned at March 27, 2017 08:39 PM (KdYVH)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 27, 2017 08:35 PM (KP5rU)
It doesn't look like I can buy non ethanol fuel in my area. I was talking about the premium fuel.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 08:39 PM (u8Ywb)
You have to find all the exits.
Posted by: navybrat at March 27, 2017 08:39 PM (rnOcr)
Posted by: freaked at March 27, 2017 08:40 PM (BO/km)
Mo Brook today introduced a full ACA repeal bill that is one sentence long (two sentences if you count the one sentence repeal of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act that is also in the bill).
Posted by: redbanzai at March 27, 2017 08:41 PM (FTXAT)
Two of my cars are custom tuned to run on 92 octane. They do not like anything less. Most modern cars though can accommodate 87 but will run better with a higher octane fuel.
Posted by: freaked at March 27, 2017 08:37 PM (BO/km)
That makes me feel better, I buy the high octane fuel, my husband doesn't like it but he fills my car with it as well.
I tell him, that's what the book says to use.
My dad said to use the middle one.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 08:41 PM (u8Ywb)
Posted by: concrete girl at March 27, 2017 08:41 PM (fZXYQ)
You have to find all the exits.
Posted by: navybrat at March 27, 2017 08:39 PM (rnOcr)
*frowns*
What'd I do?
Posted by: Yeoman Purser Burle Smith at March 27, 2017 08:41 PM (GrsIT)
You're into a time slip
And nothing can ever be the same
You're spaced out on sensation.....
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 27, 2017 08:42 PM (VRsLi)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 27, 2017 08:42 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 27, 2017 08:43 PM (Tyii7)
Cool, 13 Hours it is.
I can't even remember the last Michael Bay movie I watched. . . .
Posted by: logprof, sports tard at March 27, 2017 08:15 PM (GsAUU)
Yes. Watch it. He did an excellent job with this film, a phrase I never thought I'd utter about Michael Bay.
Posted by: Pug Mahon aka the Deplorable P.U.G. at March 27, 2017 08:32 PM (GrsIT)
Yep. Bay did a damned good job with it. And largely left out a bunch of his signature camera moves that would have taken you out of the story. Smart move.
On the other hand, he did a few drone shots flying through the firefights that were FUCKING AWESOME. You'll know them when you see them.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 27, 2017 08:44 PM (cuZZW)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 27, 2017 08:44 PM (VRsLi)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 27, 2017 08:45 PM (KP5rU)
You have to find all the exits.
Posted by: navybrat at March 27, 2017 08:39 PM (rnOcr)
My neighbor, old timer, farmer had some gas things to kill the gophers. They worked. They don't make these anymore.
He only gave us a couple, he's hoarding the rest.
We put down heavy gopher wire under our grass and every new tree, plant is planted in a chicken wire type basket.
If we find a gopher snake we put those in the holes.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 08:45 PM (u8Ywb)
Can he do something about that "moichandising" thing?
Posted by: M Brooks at March 27, 2017 08:45 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 27, 2017 08:46 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Now worse than Hitler! at March 27, 2017 08:46 PM (Nwg0u)
238 Zen question: Is Maxine Waters uglier than she is stupid or stupider than she is ugly?
Maxine is a twofer -- she anchors the bell curves for both "ugly" and "stupid".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 27, 2017 08:46 PM (v1g1+)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2017 08:47 PM (kTF2Z)
Just ask the Progressive-Left as they are the honed their expertise being the governments of destruction that created the most murderous century so far in human history. The Left is followed closely by Islam.
In terms of governance and the relationship between government and the People, the Left is far more like Islam than American.
Posted by: DrDean at March 27, 2017 08:47 PM (cP8Yw)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 27, 2017 08:45 PM (KP5rU)
That's what I thought, I follow the directions and read them.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 08:47 PM (u8Ywb)
Well her stupidity is a greater danger to mankind all living things
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 27, 2017 08:48 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: freaked at March 27, 2017 08:48 PM (BO/km)
Can he do something about that "moichandising" thing?
Posted by: M Brooks at March 27, 2017 08:45 PM (BO/km)
This is the bill I have been waiting for:-) Two sentences long.
It only took two pages because of the great big font for the bill number on the first page.
Posted by: redbanzai at March 27, 2017 08:49 PM (FTXAT)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 27, 2017 08:49 PM (VRsLi)
Don't judge a book by its cover.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at March 27, 2017 08:50 PM (vRcUp)
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 27, 2017 08:50 PM (gwPgz)
My husband started buying the dodge diesel trucks for his employees and the mileage has gone from 13 mpg to 22-24mpg.
We have a big diesel tank, he watches the price and tries to buy the diesel when the price is lower.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 08:50 PM (u8Ywb)
Doesn't this Brooks guy understand that you can't bury the really good graft in a short bill?
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 27, 2017 08:52 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: Barney Frank at March 27, 2017 08:52 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 27, 2017 08:53 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: freaked at March 27, 2017 08:48 PM (BO/km)
The corn farmers must have some great lobbyists. Everyone growing corn a while ago made the price of fertilizer or herbicides increase. The row crop farmers were mad.
We don't receive any subsidies.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 08:53 PM (u8Ywb)
Mercedes makes a fine turbo diesel. Time to upgrade?
Posted by: freaked at March 27, 2017 08:53 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2017 08:54 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 27, 2017 08:53 PM (KP5rU)
That's really stupid, I wouldn't even have made that mistake. I would read the manual and ask the dealer and my mechanic.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 08:54 PM (u8Ywb)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 27, 2017 08:54 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 27, 2017 08:55 PM (vRcUp)
Doesn't this Brooks guy understand that you can't bury the really good graft in a short bill?
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 27, 2017 08:52 PM (gwPgz)
Snort:-)
Posted by: redbanzai at March 27, 2017 08:55 PM (FTXAT)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 27, 2017 08:55 PM (KP5rU)
I called one NorCal marina and the owner said, nah bro, you can't get anything but ethanol gas here now.
I asked how that was affecting his sales. He said that his gas pump receipts were down, but the boat engine repair side of the business was going gangbusters.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 27, 2017 08:56 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 27, 2017 08:57 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: Flyboy at March 27, 2017 08:57 PM (1F9RI)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 27, 2017 08:59 PM (KP5rU)
Mercedes makes a fine turbo diesel. Time to upgrade?
Posted by: freaked at March 27, 2017 08:53 PM (BO/km)
No, I like my car. I'm ready for a new Tahoe or Escallade. They don't make a diesel version. I wish they did. Range Rover makes a diesel but I hear they are a POS.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 27, 2017 09:01 PM (u8Ywb)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2017 08:47 PM (kTF2Z)
*holds plate up to USB port*
Posted by: rickl at March 27, 2017 09:04 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2017 09:15 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2017 09:16 PM (LTHVh)
Borlaug has saved his Hundreds of Millions.
Posted by: Hobbiehawk at March 27, 2017 09:17 PM (UoJEh)
Spot on!
http://www.hho4free.com/gasoline_vs_ethanol.html
Posted by: Jeb Bush at March 27, 2017 09:20 PM (gwPgz)
Posted by: DFCtomm at March 27, 2017 09:36 PM (jmnb9)
Posted by: Flyboy at March 27, 2017 09:40 PM (fPk/Z)
Posted by: Neil Ferguson at March 27, 2017 09:45 PM (5jDAR)
yeah that is an old myth. not true in the least. It is true there is no free energy. But ethanol gets its energy from the sun. So did oil, more or less, long ago. But it has to be drilled up and refined and transported as well. it is a little more efficient to use oil, especially if prices are low.
I've dealth with several vehicles that had 100K miles and no ethanol problems ever. Cars seem to burn much cleaner now actually, but not sure if the is the ethanol or the electron ignition or whatever.
I bought my first 10 gallons of ethanol free last week thanks to someone here posting that link. For small engines like chainsaws it seems they have not transitioned and it makes a big difference. Boats as well maybe. My riding lawnmowers never had a problem using the ethanol though.
Small farms seem important to me ... not sure if ethanol will remain the best way to keep corn prices up. Grains are a major export so it helps our tradew imbalance if China pays $4 instead of $2.75. Now that we broke the back of OPEC, maybe we can keep oil down around $40/brl.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 27, 2017 09:45 PM (TmCOq)
Posted by: Steph at March 28, 2017 09:42 AM (d8GaD)
Posted by: sestamibi at March 30, 2017 09:47 PM (WusEB)
initiating " Little League Baseball " to Mexico DF .
Lastly he coached the AHS ... LLB Team himself . The team members who played under him ( and there are a bunch ) ...remember him fondly .
As a soph at AHS I dated Anita Wellhausen . Visited her one Sat night when a rather raucous party for The Rockefeller Foundation was underway . I ended up tending bar in their kitchen and mixed some pretty stiff drinks for the patrons . Living in Mexico and traveling as my parents did ... one acquires certain, important ( ahem ) life skills at very young age .
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