[Milsurplus] We Are Moving!!!!
Peter Gottlieb
nerd at verizon.net
Mon Nov 26 20:33:29 EST 2012
For pests and disease, it is a race where interdiction may give enough time to
develop mitigation measures.
On 11/26/2012 10:47 AM, J. Forster wrote:
> Interdiction just does not work.
>
> Some years ago, at a house or senate hearing on homeland security, it was
> asserted that nobody could sneak a nuke into the US.
>
> A congressman said all they have to do is hide it in a bale of weed. End
> of discussion.
>
> If you seriously think interdiction is effective as more than a
> conciousness raising measure, you are delusional. It didn't stop booze and
> hasn't stoppy any other kind of crap, from drugs to knockoff handebags.
>
> YMMV,
>
> -John
>
> =================
>
>> there is reason to worry about the pests crossing into the country or
>> across state lines...
>>
>>
>> our citrus crops are being now killed off!
>>
>> The bacterial disease huanglongbing is carried by tree sap-eating Asian
>> citrus psyllids, or jumping plant lice, which spread the feared plague.
>>
>>
>>
>> _http://www.californiality.com/2012/03/citrus-disease-strikes-california.htm
>> l_
>> (http://www.californiality.com/2012/03/citrus-disease-strikes-california.html)
>>
>> read it now... we are screwed....
>>
>> Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 11/24/2012 11:13:25 P.M. Alaskan Standard Time,
>> jfor at quikus.com writes:
>>
>> That was what CA was interested in. I had over 10 Halliburton cases of
>> electronics. They were only interested in the carry-on agricultural
>> stuff.
>>
>> Maybe they had a point. Some years earlier, a friend and I were at White
>> Sands. He wanted to bring a Yucca flower back to his wife, so cut one and
>> put it in his luggage on the way to the airport.
>>
>> When he got home and opened his bag, about a zillion critters were all
>> over the place. Everything in the bag had to be washed or thrown in the
>> trash.
>>
>> -John
>>
>> ==============
>>
>>> Chile was pretty anal about asking about fruits and nuts. I asked why
>>> and
>>> was told they were trying to protect their huge agriculture industry
>>> from
>>> pests. They completely ignored all the electronics gear I was bringing
>> in.
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> On Nov 23, 2012, at 5:17 PM, "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, there was certainly CA 'customs'. They may have given up now.
>>>>
>>>> When driving in from NV, they confiscated some fruit I had in the car.
>>>> When flying in from HI, they went through my carry-on luggage. Both
>>>> happened, 100%.
>>>>
>>>> -John
>>>>
>>>> ===============
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I've flown in and out of there tons of times and nobody ever checked
>>>>> my
>>>>> luggage or asked me about carrying things either in or out.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 23, 2012, at 2:19 PM, "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> CA is totally anal about importing anything, animal or vegetable,
>>>>>> except
>>>>>> drugs of course, into the state. They had the equivalent of customs
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> every border crossing. I got checked before leaving HI and on the
>> road
>>>>>> from NV.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -John
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ================
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You are probably right... I remember them being protected... as
>>>>>>> when
>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>> were young my bother and I wanted to bag one and take it back to
>>>>>>> California
>>>>>>> and I seem to remember something about the law being mentioned by
>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>> father.... Ed#
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In a message dated 11/23/2012 5:04:36 A.M. Alaskan Standard Time,
>>>>>>> bcarling at cfl.rr.com writes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I didn't even know that it was legal for a private citizen to Hava
>>>>>>> Na
>>>>>>> Gila
>>>>>>> monster!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
>>>>>>> unlike rattlesnakes that are like teens on crack... the Gila
>>>>>>> Monster
>>>>>>> really
>>>>>>> has to chew on you to dispense the venom.. and they are not
>>>>>>> agressive....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In a message dated 11/22/2012 5:23:11 P.M. US Mountain Standard
>> Time,
>>>>>>> jfor at quikus.com writes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I did see a Gila Monster a few weeks ago, but they are harmless
>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>> long
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> don't poke them or try to pick them up.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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