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2022-06-02 -Great Cultural Revolution
Bees Now Identify as Fish
[PowerLine] A BUMBLEBEE NEEDS FINS LIKE A FISH NEEDS A...

An appellate court in California has held that bumblebees are fish:

The issue presented here is whether the bumble bee, a terrestrial invertebrate, falls within the definition of fish, as that term is used in the definitions of endangered species in section 2062, threatened species in section 2067, and candidate species (i.e., species being considered for listing as endangered or threatened species) in section 2068 of the Act.
We live in Heinlein's Crazy Years.
It takes 35 pages of tortured logic in an opinion that reads like a parody, but the court concludes that bumblebees indeed are fish within the meaning of California’s environmental laws. I take it that all other insects, by the court’s logic, are also fish.
I identify as a Martian. It says so on my last census form.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2022-06-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 ...I identify as a non-commissioned officer. My pronouns are 'Staff Sergeant'/'Sir'.

Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-06-02 06:32||   2022-06-02 06:32|| Front Page Top

#2 An appellate court in California has held that bumblebees are fish

..but, but they're not biologists.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-06-02 06:41||   2022-06-02 06:41|| Front Page Top

#3 

Wait for it
A person will claim they are "Trans-Visible".
Thus allowing them to walk around naked.

An, I can guarantee it won't be a pretty sight.
Posted by NN2N1 2022-06-02 07:25||   2022-06-02 07:25|| Front Page Top

#4 We haven't heard from the "femen" lately...
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-06-02 07:26||   2022-06-02 07:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Meh. Rabbits and capybara have identified as fish for centuries.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-06-02 08:22||   2022-06-02 08:22|| Front Page Top

#6 #3 Already the norm in SF. Ahhh Cali, America's festering appendix.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2022-06-02 08:26||   2022-06-02 08:26|| Front Page Top

#7 The reasoning is that they lied previously so now truth is impossible.
Posted by Super Hose 2022-06-02 13:43||   2022-06-02 13:43|| Front Page Top

#8 So, now, honey is caviar?
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2022-06-02 16:41||   2022-06-02 16:41|| Front Page Top

#9 I Fvking Love Science!
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-06-02 18:54||   2022-06-02 18:54|| Front Page Top

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