Fire Ant Invasion

Fire ant It's on!

Imported Fire ants were introduced into the United States in 1918 from South America. The Black imported Fire ant was the first of two species to be introduced via shipping into Mobile, Alabama. This species remains limited to northeastern Mississippi, northwestern Alabama and southern Tennessee. The Red import Fire ant also became established in Mobile in the early 1940's. It now infests more than 318 million acres comprising most of the nine southeastern states and Puerto Rico, with small infestations in Tennessee, Oklahoma, New Mexico and California. A large population of Hybrid Fire ant a cross breed with The Black and Red can be found in southwestern Tennessee, northwestern Georgia, northern Alabama and Mississippi. 

Fire ants can travel long distances when newly mated queens land on cars, trucks, or trains or when winged forms are carried by the wind. Fire ants have high reproductive rate and disperse easily. Thousands of reproductive females are produced per colony and the mated females begin a colony wherever they land. Queen ants can fly up to one mile on their own, or even further when assisted by favorable winds. The ants eliminate competing insects and then rapidly overwhelm an area. It's estimated that 40 million people are in potential conflict with Fire ants almost on a daily basis.

Fire ant mound

Seen one of these Fire ant mounds in Georgia, stuck a stick into and as I pulled it out these buggers came flowing out like water.  If you were to stand there the ants would surely take you out!  It's on! (they're pissed!).  They respond rapidly and aggressively to any disturbance of the colony or to a food source.  They will bite the victim with their powerful jaws while arching their backs and stabbing the victim with a stinger from the rear of their abdomen.

Unvi of MN Times Art Jeff Gortzen

UT Fire ant website

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Ethics in The Marketplace

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Markets are a system, and systems have structure. The structure of a well-functioning market is defined by the theory of perfect competition. Well-functioning markets of the real world are never perfect, but basic structural characteristics can be approximated for real world markets.

There exists a popular thought that free markets would have a structure of a perfect competition. The logic behind the thought is that market failure are thought to be caused by other exogenic systems, and after removing those exogenic systems ("freeing" the markets) the free markets could run without market failures.

As an argument against such a logic there is a view that suggests that the source of market failures is inside the market system, so the removal of other interfering systems would not result in markets with a structure of perfect competition: capitalists don't want to enhance the structure of markets, just like a coach of a football team would influence the referees or would break the rules if he could while he is pursuing his target of winning the game. The capitalists are not enhancing the balance of their team versus the team of consumer-workers, so the market system needs a "referee" from outside that balances the game. The role of a "referee" of the market system is usually given to a democratic government. (We're still learning)

The Mind of The Market Place is a book by Michael Shermer,  he considers the morality of markets in a discussion of what he calls virtue economics. Although we are selfish and altruistic, cooperative and competitive, peaceful and bellicose, in the main the balance is heavily on the side of good over evil. For every random act of violence that makes the evening news, there are 10,000 nonrandom acts of kindness that go unrecorded every day. Markets are moral and modern economies are founded on our virtuous nature. The Enron model of business is the exception and the Google motto of 'Don’t Be Evil' is the rule.

Google Code of Conduct:

"The Google Code of Conduct is one of the ways we put 'Don’t be evil' into practice. It’s built around the recognition that everything we do in connection with our work at Google will be, and should be, measured against the highest possible standards of ethical business conduct. We set the bar that high for practical as well as aspirational reasons: Our commitment to the highest standards helps us hire great people, build great products, and attract loyal users. Trust and mutual respect among employees and users are the foundations of our success, and they are something we need to earn every day".

Many companies use the phrases 'ethical code' and 'code of conduct' interchangeably but it may be useful to make a distinction. A code of ethics will start by setting out the values that underpin the code and will describe a company's obligation to its stakeholders. The code is publicly available and addressed to anyone with an interest in the company's activities and the way it does business. It will include details of how the company plans to implement its values and vision, as well as guidance to staff on ethical standards and how to achieve them.

Our market is evolving as much as we are, New York was inhabited by various tribes of Algonquian and Iroquoian speaking Native Americans at the time Dutch settlers moved into the region in the early 17th century. Henry Hudson's 1609 voyage marked the beginning of the European involvement in that area. Sailing for the Dutch East India Company and looking for a passage to Asia, he entered the Upper New York Bay on September 11 of that year. After his return word of his findings quickly spread and Dutch merchants began to explore the coast in search for the profitable fur trade.

We've come a long way and not to have it ruined by a couple of bad apples. Remember, we're once a tribe, all of us, anywhere. 

Enjoy this clip.

Cameron Michael

FIDOCKAVE213

LUKE 21:28
 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws near.

 Man, the way all this is unfolding you would think end times, nations rising against nation, the rebellions all around the globe, extreme weather patterns and FIDOCKAVE213 a YouTube user has been editing video of such magnitude of global events.  FIDOCKAVE213 is from the UK and since Feb of 2011 has uploaded 26 videos with 7 million views nearing 8 million, rather you believe in prophecy or not the events taking place here in his films play out a role we have not seen before.  Is this truly more drama towards an end date or are we living history?

 I found a forum at Preparedness Homesteading and Survival and a user (faithmarie of Poughkeepsie New York, Biography: wife, mother and grandmother) there with a most sharp reaction to FIDOCKAVE213 vids.

 From faithmarie:

 Unfortunately, most Americans seem perfectly content with the "infotainment" that they are getting from the major news networks, so major changes to the mainstream media are not likely to happen anytime soon. For those wanting something different, you will have to seek out alternative sources of news (such as this website) that are willing to discuss the truly earth shattering events that are continually taking place all over the globe. So what are some of the things that the mainstream media has been ignoring?

 The following are 19 things that the talking heads on television have been strangely silent about....

 #1 Strange Things Happening On The Sun A lot of really weird things have been happening on the sun lately. For example, recently there was a tornado on the sun that was five times larger than the earth. The following is how this solar tornado was described by a recent Wired article.... Over the course of three hours, this behemoth reached up from the sun’s surface to a height of 125,000 miles or roughly half the distance between the Earth and the moon. The hot gasses were whipped up to nearly 186,000 miles per hour. In comparison, the wind speed of terrestrial tornadoes generally reaches a paltry 100 miles per hour.

 #2 Fukushima Fukushima has turned out to be the worst nuclear disaster in human history and it is far from over. In fact, there is still the potential that an earthquake or an explosion could cause the crisis at Fukushima to become far more dangerous than ever. In fact, some officials have even discussed the possibility of evacuating Tokyo if a worst case scenario plays out. Mitsuhei Murata, a former Japanese ambassador to Switzerland, wrote the following in a March 25th letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.... I was asked to make a statement at the public hearing of the Budgetary Committee of the House of Councilors on March 23. I raised the crucial problem of the N0.4 reactor of Fukushima containing 1535 fuel rods. It could be fatally damaged by continuing aftershocks.

Moreover, 50 meters away from it exists a common cooling pool for 6 reactors containing 6375 fuel rods! It is no exaggeration to say that the fate of Japan and the whole world depends on the NO.4 reactor. This is confirmed by most reliable experts like Dr. Arnie Gundersen or Dr. Fumiaki Koide. Please allow me to inform you of an initiative being taken by a former UN official who is endeavoring to have the Nuclear Security Summit take up the crucial problem of the N0.4 reactor of Fukushima. He is pursuing the establishment of an independent assessment team. I think his efforts are very significant because it is indispensable to draw the attention of world leaders to this vital issue. So just how serious is the threat posed by the spent fuel pool at reactor number 4? Well, just check out the following assessment from a Japanese news source.... One of the biggest issues that we face is the possibility that the spent nuclear fuel pool of the No. 4 reactor at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant will collapse.

 The storage pool in the No. 4 reactor building has a total of 1,535 fuel rods, or 460 tons of nuclear fuel, in it and the storage pools are barely intact on the building’s third and fourth floors. If the storage pool breaks and runs dry, the nuclear fuel inside will overheat and explode, causing a massive amount of radioactive substances to spread over a wide area. The worse-case scenario drawn up by the government includes not only the collapse of the No. 4 reactor pool but the disintegration of spent fuel rods from all the plant’s other reactors. If this were to happen, residents in the Tokyo metropolitan area would be forced to evacuate.

 #3 Mount Fuji In Japan About To Erupt? Mount Fuji in Japan had been dormant for about 300 years, but in recent months there have been a lot of signs that the volcano is waking up. If Mount Fuji were to experience a full-blown major eruption, millions of Japanese could potentially die and the Japanese economy would immediately collapse. The following is from an article that was recently posted on The Extinction Protocol.... Reports are appearing about unrest and signs of a possible awakening of Mt Fuji volcano in Japan. According to a report which includes an unclear photo of the area, a row of new craters, the largest 50 m in diameter, has appeared on the eastern flank of the volcano at 2200 m elevation. Steam was observed erupting from these vents.

 The observation joins other signs suggesting a gradual reawakening: A swarm of earthquakes including 4 of magnitude 5 have occurred northeast of Mt Fuji on and after 28 January. An earlier 6.4M quake occurred under the volcano on 15 March 2011. The report also mentions increased activity from a fumarole vent at 1500 m elevation and hot spring areas at the eastern flank observed since 2003. These locations seem to be aligned geographically and are probably connected. Dr. Masaaki Kimura of Ryukyu University is quoted to admit that there is an increased risk of an eruption on the eastern flank and that the status of the volcano should be closely monitored. 

#4 Stunning Rise In Volcanic Activity Around The World All over the world major volcanoes are showing signs of awakening. We are especially seeing a rise in volcanic activity along the "Ring of Fire" that encircles the Pacific Ocean.

 #5 Global Food Prices Rising Again According to Reuters, global food prices have risen for three months in a row and are rapidly approaching record levels. The food riots that we have seen in the developing world during past summers could be even worse this year. 

#6 U.S. Government Debt Downgraded Again Credit rating agency Egan Jones downgraded the credit rating of the United States from AA+ to AA last week. There was barely a peep about this on the major news networks.

 #7 500 Million Dollars To Help The IRS Implement Obamacare The Obama administration is giving the IRS 500 million extra dollars "outside the normal appropriations process" to help them implement the provisions of Obamacare that they are in charge of overseeing.

 #8 Go To Jail If You Offend Someone On The Internet In Arizona? A proposed law in Arizona will actually make it a very serious crime to annoy or offend someone on the Internet. So if you live in Arizona, you might want to be very careful about what you say if you leave a comment at the end of this article.

 #9 Passport Suspended For Not Paying Taxes? A bill currently going through the U.S. Congress would allow the federal government to suspend your passport if you have unpaid taxes. If you are not able to pay the taxes that you owe, you could end up stuck in the United States indefinitely.

 #10 Preparations For War In The Persian Gulf A second U.S. aircraft carrier is on the way to the Persian Gulf. Tensions with Iran continue to increase, and over the past several months there have been all kinds of signs that military preparations are being made for an eventual conflict.

 #11 Mysterious Mass Deaths Large numbers of birds, fish, dolphins and whales continue to die all over the globe and scientists do not have any explanation for why this is happening.

 #12 The Federal Reserve Monetizing U.S. Debt During 2011, the U.S. Federal Reserve bought approximately 61 percent of all U.S. debt that was issued according to an article in the Wall Street Journal. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke promised that he would never monetize the debt, but that is exactly what he is attempting to do.

 #13 Giant Sinkholes Enormous sinkholes continue to open up all over the planet. For example, a mammoth 200-foot wide sinkhole recently opened up near a town in Sweden.

 #14 Increase In Global Earthquakes As I have written about previously, we have seen a substantial increase in the number of major earthquakes around the globe in recent years. So far in 2012, we have seen four earthquakes of greater than magnitude 7.0, and all four of them have been along the "Ring of Fire".

 #15 Increase In U.S. Earthquakes Scientists are acknowledging that there has been a huge increase in the number of earthquakes in the center of the United States, but they are blaming this increase on fracking.

 #16 Evacuation Drills At U.S. Public Schools All over the United States, public schools are conducting "evacuation drills" which involve putting children on buses and taking them to alternate locations. Sometimes the alternate locations are "undisclosed" and parents are only told what the undisclosed locations were after the drills are over.

 #17 Strange Sounds In The Sky All over the planet, people are hearing strange noises in the sky. People have come up with all sorts of theories and explanations for why they are happening, but so far the mystery has not been solved and reports of these strange sounds continue to pour in from all over the globe.

 #18 Crazy Tornado Outbreaks So far in 2012 the United States has had a very unusual number of tornadoes. In fact, so far we have seen about twice as many tornadoes as usual. The 2011 tornado season was one of the worst ever, and the 2012 tornado season could end up being even more traumatic.

#19 Obama Signs Disturbing Executive Order A few weeks ago, Barack Obama signed an executive order that would allow him to take control of all food, all energy, all health resources and all transportation resources. This was an update to an old executive order, but the Obama administration made a change that would allow Barack Obama to do this even in "non-emergency" situations. Sadly, the talking heads on television were strangely silent about this.

 The world that we live in is becoming increasingly unstable. The political order is being shaken, the financial world is being shaken, the social fabric of our society is being shaken and even the ground under our feet is being shaken. Previous generations never had to deal with the world that was changing at blinding speed. The rate at which things are moving is almost unimaginable, and it just seems to keep accelerating with each passing year. We are privileged to live during one of the most exciting times in human history, but it is also likely to be one of the most dangerous times in human history. The talking heads on television are going to keep telling us that everything is going to be okay and that everything will "return to normal" very soon, but that simply is not going to happen. Our world has reached a critical juncture, and a time of great shaking is at hand.

 So what do you think is going to happen next? __________________

“Read Everything , Listen to Everybody , Don’t Trust Anything Unless You Can Prove It With Your Own Research “ -William Cooper

You know something we are informed, thanks, faithmarie!

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