famine Archive

Bananas, Famine, Hoover, Cannibalism, and GMOs

Posted on July 13, 2012 | 11 Comments
Remember when I told you about the ever-popular Banana? Besides being an ironic argument against “intelligent design,” the banana is the most popular fruit in the world, dominating international trade and domestic consumption....
Continue Reading...

Rules of Engagement:
A Million innocent bystanders can’t be wrong!

The Ministry of Battlefield Propaganda has dropped copies of the Manifesto behind enemy lines. [View Stats]
Join the Fight:
RSS - Posts
RSS - Comments
Subscribe to BorderWars via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
Buy Dublin a Frisbee

$96.55Raised47.00Target

Choose donation amount:
Anonymous donation
Latest donations:

2013/04/12 6:59 PM Raegan Walter donated $ 2.00

2013/04/05 11:48 AM $ 10.00 donated

2013/02/10 10:14 AM $ 10.00 donated

2013/01/01 2:05 PM Dorothea Penizek donated $ 2.00

2012/12/05 6:29 AM Karen Carter donated $ 2.00

2012/10/05 1:12 AM Susan Gregson donated $ 16.95

2012/09/09 3:50 PM Beverly Hebert donated $ 5.00
Powered by Donation Can.

Letters from the Front Line:
- “Health Testing” in Dogs is Limited (10)
  - Jess: Yes. It’ll be interesting to see where Genoscoper goes with their new testing service. We also need a better understanding of the limitations of individual phenotypic tests. How the hip x-rays continued to change over the...
  - Jen Robinson: There are (or could be) meaningful, simple, health indices: for example, age of death and cause of death are useful indicators. It certainly wouldn’t hurt for breeders to put a premium on stud dogs who remain active...
  - Christopher: It’s not a problem until there is a test for it. DUH!
  - Christopher: Whole genome sequencing for $100 that is updated with all new discoveries for life is the ticket, just like 23andMe does for humans. None of this paying for single disease tests nonsense.
- Münchausen by Harley (62)
  - retrieverman: The interesting thing is that Germans are also applying for hunting licenses more than they have in many decades: http://www.dw.de/hunting-in-ge rmany-stealthily-gains-in-popu larity/a-2335758
  - Kali: That the pibble mixed with a pibble? lol
  - retrieverman: Bill Burr said he got a free dog. He didn’t rescue it. His wife said she rescued it, and he said, “You mean you charged through a burning building to save it?”
  - Kali: What about Karma canvassing? You can’t give politicians a worse name than they get themselves.
- Conformation at Westminster (12)
  - Kali: I saw the wrong spelling before the dresses. Hmm…
- The Herding Bulldog (3)
  - Lori Ziemba: Olde Boston Bulldogge first time with sheep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =gm0mNybsORM
- Luisa, Get Help! (17)
  - Jes: I’d hazard looking at him in those that he does have SOME aussie (you’re right, probably no heeler and it might not be recent), but that’s likely to just make him an even better dog.
Incoming!
Allied Communication:
- Tougher than you thought May 21, 2013
  [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2md82YEXeE?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent&w=640&h=390] Source. […]
  retrieverman
- May weekend in the garden May 21, 2013
  The first long weekend of the Summer, weather was wonderful, we were able to get soooo much work done in the garden. Most all of my seedlings are in the ground now, that was a feat. We worked non-stop from morning to dinner time. Dogs feel slightly ignored, but, once we have this done we can relax a bit and enjoy the summer. I added a couple of bean tee […]
  dinsdaledogs
- How soft is a golden retriever’s mouth? May 20, 2013
  [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9y_zCOu0MI?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent&w=500&h=312] Source. Also the hazards of trying to crack an egg using just one hand! This is an old golden retriever parlor trick, and I one that would actually bring me wild turkey eggs out of th […]
  retrieverman
- What to do with a sunk beaver May 20, 2013
  [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMeRWhYPFPk?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent&w=500&h=312] Source. This guy needs a TV show. […]
  retrieverman
- White Pelican May 19, 2013
  A week ago Saturday, Connie and I went up to Barr Lake State Park, a local birding hot spot. I thought you might enjoy this picture of a white pelican we saw there, one of the many who visit here in the summer. It seems every time I see them I am astonished anew at how big they are. […]
  Reid Farmer
- Horses and hounds May 19, 2013
  Hattie and I spent the day at the Colorado Horse Park today watching my guy Zed in a show. It is an unbelievable facility!I don't get a chance to ride Zed as much as I'd like, so I have half-leased him to a girl from my barn and they are having a great time. My trainer rides Zed on my half of the days that I can't make it...which is often... […]
  Marcy
- Conker Food Update May 19, 2013
  Conker has been very enthusiastic ab out food lately. So much so, that he'll eat whole pieces of raw bone-in chicken! Yay! I dunno if it's just him deciding to be a normal dog for a change, or that I'm gone for 8 hours every weekday now, but now that he's eating big chunks without picking things out I'm not mincing and mixing his foo […]
  Losech
Theatres of War
ABCA AKC animal shelters autobiography border collie border war breeding breed rescue Celeste Christmas dogs dog shows double merle Dublin ethics etymology Gemma genetics german shepherd health history holidays humor inbreeding language Mercury merle meta blogging nathan winograd No Kill PeTA Pet Overpopulation Myth photography photo of the day politics puppy rich and famous rough collie sheeple sheep trials stanford third estate video war whelping
Archives of Past Battles:
- May 2013 (3)
- April 2013 (2)
- March 2013 (13)
- February 2013 (3)
- January 2013 (2)
- December 2012 (1)
- September 2012 (1)
- August 2012 (3)
- July 2012 (6)
- June 2012 (6)
- May 2012 (2)
- April 2012 (6)
- March 2012 (11)
- February 2012 (14)
- January 2012 (7)
- December 2011 (5)
- November 2011 (5)
- October 2011 (8)
- September 2011 (5)
- August 2011 (8)
- July 2011 (11)
- June 2011 (9)
- May 2011 (4)
- April 2011 (4)
- March 2011 (9)
- February 2011 (5)
- January 2011 (3)
- December 2010 (8)
- November 2010 (14)
- October 2010 (8)
- May 2010 (1)
- April 2010 (2)
- March 2010 (2)
- February 2010 (3)
- January 2010 (3)
- December 2009 (1)
- October 2009 (1)
- September 2009 (1)
- July 2009 (1)
- May 2009 (2)
- April 2009 (5)
- March 2009 (2)
- February 2009 (4)
- January 2009 (15)
- December 2008 (39)
- November 2008 (14)
- October 2008 (3)
- September 2008 (5)
- April 2008 (3)
- March 2008 (7)
- February 2008 (14)
- January 2008 (11)
- December 2007 (23)
- November 2007 (33)
- October 2007 (11)
- September 2007 (17)
- August 2007 (14)