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“Your honour – he’s a professional protester!” the Assistant District Attorney called out in horror.

the Assistant District Attorney above was trying a case that Monsanto had brought and was pushing against two protesters in Iowa. The DA above had filled a motion That would have not allowed the defendants to

defend our actions by invoking the First Amendment, on the grounds that we have protested many times in our past and are therefore free speech abusers. Professional protester!

Norman Siegel, for many years the head of the New York American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), told us that in his experience this motion is without precedent. Retire a portion of the Constitution for a trial? Retroactively suspend a defendant’s First Amendment rights? What other kind of defence strategy would a protester even consider?

Monsanto’s attacks on citizens that are critical of its popular herbicide, RoundUp, and its glyphosate toxin are similar to fundamentalist religions like Scientologists, Zionists, or the National Rifle Association.

This lawsuit was brought in Iowa.

Iowa is very much a Monsanto state: It absorbs more of the herbicide, RoundUp, than any other state in the union, and Iowa’s cancer rates are said to be high.

Source: On Monsanto and the First Amendment

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad endorsed Trump, and now will be the new ambassador to China. Monsanto will like that.

:-)

37 Koi in one of my pool conversions. If you look closely you can tell that it is clear all the way to the bottom. Eight feet down. I can see goldfish swimming on the bottom on the opposite side of the deep end which means looking through a water path of 12 or more feet. This pool is out in bright sunshine and is still clear. I have had new clients with ponds that are only two feet deep that you can’t see the bottom!
These koi will already eat out of my hand. And there are more than 20 goldfish that hang out near the bottom but join their friends for dinner.
Bob www.PuraVidaAquatic.com

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At least this site is honest. Check out your swimming pools website if you own a salt pool and see if they are being honest about it just being a chlorine pool.

Understand Salt Water Swimming Pools & Salt Water Pool Systems for Inground & Above Ground Pools.

Source: Salt Water Swimming Pools: Maintenance, Systems, Filters, Testing, Benefits

WASHINGTON (AP) — New parents, get ready to feed your babies peanut-containing foods — starting young lowers their chances of becoming allergic.

Source: New advice: Peanuts in baby’s diet can prevent scary allergy

Oh my! A gift of possessed “snacks” at a pediatricians office. Could there be any better “planned obsolescence”. What a better way to start one off on the road to sickness and increased profitability by the medical community.

But this actually started me thinking about antibodies in mother’s milk. Our immune systems and antibody systems are highly regulated. Antibodies are controlled by feedback systems that work on antibodies produced. It’s likely that mothers who eat peanuts can transfer some peanut allergy _protection_ to their infants through their breast milk. The best thing you can do for your child is to breastfeed.

Best to all

Follow up post http://www.puravidaaquatic.com/wordpress/allergy-and-the-gastrointestinal-system/

And check out a recent vaccination post http://www.puravidaaquatic.com/wordpress/3195-2/

Bob

Were singing in one of my swimming pool conversions yesterday. _Before_ the big rain. How do they know? :-)
Bob www.PuraVidaAquatic.com

Bob 310 429 8477 www.PuraVidaAquatic.com

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Source: David Wolfe at Standing Rock – David Wolfe

Welcome my friends.
Please take a moment to listen to the interview in the source above.

I have been telling as many people as I know about the outrageous behavior of our big chemical companies at Standing Rock. Don’t separate oil production and agricultural pesticides they are both produced by massive chemical companies that do not have your best interest at heart.

Permaculture in my opinion is more than taking a class to allow you to name specific zones and to get a landscaping license specializing in permaculture. It is about living with our world, and protecting our world, and protecting our insects –and water –and people, and being a little less selfish.
But that’s just my opinion.

Owner is really having fun. Has got many eating from her hand!

Took a month or so longer than I thought to clear up but I just recovered a 2″ piece of 1″PVC pipe from the deep end.

I “love” trying to take pictures that really show anything. I know it just looks light green but that little piece of PVC is _10_ft down with no toxic algaecides. There are a huge number of ponds in Los Angeles less than 2ft deep that are not clear. Look at all the (anti)algae stuff for sale on any pond store site. :-)

Wait till they get big! She will have 2 to 3 ft koi!

Best to all.

I started to write a long Facebook rant :-) about a comment on aerial spraying and it got so long that I decided to write it out here and then post a link there. So everyone who reads this blog gets the benefit of another pesticide rant :-)

The initial facebook post was about all the dead and defective dragonfly nymphs that I have seen this last year.
http://www.puravidaaquatic.com/wordpress/dead-dragonflies/

Someone there asked where I have seen these effects. And my reply is as follows.

I have seen significant effects in the Escondido area, Vista area and further South towards San Diego.

And it is almost impossible to find open acknowledgment by the cities and counties of everywhere they are spraying. Do they openly let everyone know by informing the news media? Do they post Flyers more than 10 days in advance? Do they make any good-faith effort at informing the public in a timely manner? No they do not. So just because I know that they have done some localized spraying in San Diego doesn’t mean that I believe for a second that there has been no other aerial spraying in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California.

I do know that they are trying to do some more aerial spraying in the Temecula area. Say goodbye to any non toxic grapes there. And anybody’s backyard organic garden.

But if there has been aerial spraying over a commercial organic area the organic product is still sold as “organic”. Because the owner didn’t add anything themselves, and possibly didn’t even know, and all of the toxic pesticides approved by the National, State, and City governments — and vector control agencies are as pure and nutritious as vitamin water aren’t they.

Source: 2016 Marketplace and Last Tours of the Year

A fantastic place and wonderful wonderful permaculture passionate food. If you can possibly manage I highly recommend it.

Tomorrow in Fallbrook it’s not that far! Maybe see you there!

Bob