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Angry Farmers From Fukushima Bring Sick Cow to Tokyo, Demand Probe
Straits Times ^
Posted on 06/24/2014 2:55:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Angry farmers from Fukushima brought a large cow to the centre of Tokyo on Friday to demand Japan's government investigate a disease they say cattle have developed since the nuclear disaster three years ago.
Operators of non-profit "Kibo no Bokujo", or "Farm of Hope", delivered a full-size black cow to the front of the agriculture ministry to demand an investigation into why it and many other animals have developed white dots on their skin since reactors went into meltdown
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cows; fukushima; japan; radioactivity
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To: nickcarraway
How is probing the cow going to help anything????
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posted on
06/24/2014 2:57:55 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
To: gov_bean_ counter
Thad Cochran said it could be fun.
To: nickcarraway
if they wanted the cow “probed”, they should have sent it to thad cochran.
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posted on
06/24/2014 2:58:50 PM PDT
by
kingattax
(a real American would rather die on his feet than live on his knees.)
To: gov_bean_ counter
Can’t scientists figure out why the dots appeared?
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/24/2014 2:59:08 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
To: nickcarraway; FAA
Probing cows?
Isn’t that the domain of the green guys at Area 51, or the BLM cattle molesters?
Ping to gov snoop faa, just because.
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posted on
06/24/2014 2:59:38 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: kingattax
GMTA. Beat you by 29 seconds.
To: nickcarraway
If the cow wanted to be probed that bad, she would have gone on her own.
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posted on
06/24/2014 3:01:36 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: nickcarraway
It looks like white spot syndrome.
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posted on
06/24/2014 3:02:48 PM PDT
by
oldbrowser
(We have a rogue government in Washington)
To: nickcarraway
It must be strange having your dinner glow in the dark.
To: oldbrowser
The cow used to be white...
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posted on
06/24/2014 3:06:18 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/24/2014 3:07:01 PM PDT
by
kingattax
(a real American would rather die on his feet than live on his knees.)
To: Gay State Conservative
It must be strange having your dinner glow in the dark.At least you'll cut down on CO2 emissions because you won't need candles for that romantic glow.
To: nickcarraway
Um, I thought aliens probed cows. Didn’t know those could be found in Tokyo... /joke
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posted on
06/24/2014 4:06:37 PM PDT
by
piytar
(The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
To: Darksheare
Dagnabit. You beat me on the aliens thing...
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posted on
06/24/2014 4:07:40 PM PDT
by
piytar
(The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
To: piytar
Sorry about that.
I got beat to the easy Thad Cochran joke.
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posted on
06/24/2014 4:11:29 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: nickcarraway
Ain't nothin' wrong with that cow!
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posted on
06/24/2014 4:14:38 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Joe 6-pack
In Japan, cow probe you!
To: Billthedrill
Would that be an angus probe?
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posted on
06/24/2014 4:19:22 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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