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| Afghanistan/South Asia |
| Pakistan and India in danger of locust attack |
| 2004-08-09 |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Jules, we got the 17-year cicadas ("locusts" in the Cincinnati area in June, right on schedule. The kids were all looking for the rare blue-eyed ones (very cool looking!!) and the birds were very happy, indeed, totally ignoring the feeders. Cicadas are nothing like real locusts, which I think are a kind of large grasshopper... swarming when their population rises to a certain point. Cicadas spend a prime number (7, 13, 17) of years as grubs, sucking the juices from tree roots. They come up only to mate, lay eggs, and die. If I understand correctly, they do not eat at all in their adult form. Nb: locusts are the only insects that are kosher to eat... I assume because when they swarm, there is nothing else. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-08-10 00:04 |
| #7 You two sound like the poster child for Multiple Personality Syndrome. Think about it. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-08-09 23:09 |
| #6 I think we should remove all troops from Europe and disengage diplomatically and economically. The world's center of gravity has moved away from Europe and it will soon be one of this planet's backwaters. Let's be civil, but cold, to Europe as a whole. Deal with each country on a case by case basis and only to the extent it benefits the US. Let us never again send 300,000 Americans to die for Europe. Remove Most Favored Nation trade status and only import what there are no substitutes elsewhere (I can't think of any but a few drugs). Let them figure in our policy as much as the Seychelles. Since I think Muslims in the US will be deported before this religious war is over, I say deport them to Europe. Probably Belgium since they will go majority Muslim first. Let's help the process along by a few years. If Europeans wake up and fix their problems, then good for them. Otherwise, let them become |
| Posted by: ed 2004-08-09 22:41 |
| #5 Yikes! Sorry! |
| Posted by: jules 2 2004-08-09 21:32 |
| #4 Yikes! Sorry! |
| Posted by: jules 2 2004-08-09 21:30 |
| #3 I have been looking for signs of the predicted locust plague in the upper midwest and have seen nothing. Perhaps I was hasty in therefore thinking we wouldn't get it this year? Doesn't everyone get them? |
| Posted by: jules 2 2004-08-09 21:30 |
| #2 I have been looking for signs of the predicted locust plague in the upper midwest and have seen nothing. Perhaps I was hasty in therefore thinking we wouldn't get it this year? Doesn't everyone get them? |
| Posted by: jules 2 2004-08-09 21:29 |
| #1 They now believe the scientific definition of a plague â a simultaneous large-scale infestation in two regions â could be applicable âwithin weeksâ if the swarms spread to Sudan Hmmmm . . . a plague of locusts. How biblical. |
| Posted by: spiffo 2004-08-09 21:25 |