Yes, We Will Have No Bananas

Let's get ahead of the curve and talk about tomorrow's crisis today:

The Most Popular Eating Banana Might Soon Go Extinct

The Cavendish banana is succumbing to a disease that wiped out its predecessor

Ahhh! Fortunately, we have been down this road before:

A fungus is wiping out banana plantations.

The fungus, something called a Fusarium wilt, has hit Asia and Africa and has now reached Australia’s banana-growing regions, Phoebe Sedgman reports for BloombergBusiness (H/T Mark Frauenfelder at Boing Boing). The banana industry is worried, mostly because they have no other alternatives. This is a problem of the industry’s own making. And they had a similar issue before.

The banana most commonly encountered outside of the regions where bananas are native is the Cavendish, a large, yellow, hardy — and some say — bland banana. It replaced the Gros Michel, which fell from its top-banana spot on the global market due after plantations were decimated by the same fungal pathogen in the 1950s.

 

Comments

[JimNorCal]

Yum. Banana bread!

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSPrAEjU8AAK4Dy.jpg:large

President's call to al-Sisi today.

[Another Bob]

Trump always tries to own the downside too, right?

[Jim Eagle]

Oh Shit! Guess who's back?

Happy New Fear Trumpublicans!!
Posted by: Trumpet Dumpty can't reassemble. | December 29, 2017 at 04:55 PM

Trumpet Dumpty can't reassemble.
Ignazi!

Howzit!

Posted by: Trumpet Dumpty can't reassemble. | December 29, 2017 at 04:56 PM

[Jim Eagle]

When they give out the team defense awards for the bowl games, do not expect Wake Forest or Texas A&M to be there.

Now 54-52 Wake, PAT to come. 2:18 remaining.

[Extraneus]

Trump Trashes Sen. Joe Manchin’s Unwillingness to Compromise: ‘He Talks, but He Doesn’t Do Anything’

[henry]

Snowing, headed into the deep freeze (wind chill warnings on top of double digit negative temps this weekend). I have beer and firewood. I emptied my fridge before spending Christmas in Jane's 80+ neighborhood. Probably ought to get some food at some point.

[Extraneus]

Something smells.

[Jim Eagle]

Deacons win. 55-52. Now on to USC v. OSU in Yellow Rose Bowl.

Wonder if JMH or ananomom were there? I think RalphL is around those parts of Charlotte also.

[henry]

Firewood, beer and popcorn. Perfect for end times.

Plus my lead collection.

[Jim Eagle]

henry,

Considering the target all you'll need is marshmallows.

[Dave (in MA)]

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[JimNorCal]

Posted by: Jack is Back! | December 29, 2017 at 05:02 PM

Raise Shields!

[JimNorCal]

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[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Definitely classified stuff on Abedin's email.

I think Abedin was what is known technically as a SPY.

And did she have a conection to those Awan brother? And where are they, anyway?

The Lord does look after this nation, that's for sure.

[Dave (in MA)]

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[Extraneus]

I wonder whether the sword dance had anything to do with the unrest in Iran.

[Extraneus]

Everyone see the (NSFW) Taiwanese animation about the unfortunate husband with the sharp-toothed wife?

https://tw.appledaily.com/new/realtime/20171227/1267449/

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSPrAEjU8AAK4Dy.jpg:large

Statement of support for the Iranian protesters from the State Department.

UNLIKE Hillary CLinton and Obama.

[GUS]

I wonder what caused the SICK FUCK to flip out???

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Extraneus,

I think so. That sword dance has meaning.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

GUS,

Panic. I think a lot of his crew are going to be spending time down in Gitmo.

ChiTown alerted me to a Wicror thread. I am going to go find it.

[narcisoyea]

About that Al Sura story1) no one else had it 2)
Its an Iraqi outfit that doesn't cover Jordanian affairs 3) the hashdmite said zayed are ostensibly on the same side against zur and the Kosan armada, I mean Qatar Iran and turkey.

[JimNorCal]

Hmm. That didn't work. How about:

Deploy Shields!

[GUS]

Yes Lovely Miss Marple. Fear is setting in.
It's fun to watch. I wouldn't waste my time reading the shyte, but the panic is obvious.

[narcisoyea]

Yes abedin was part of a wider network that comprised Al massif and that other fellow I called the godfather of the salafi. The Closest parallel was to the ware network that recruited lager hiss.
Lo

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

https://twitter.com/ThomasWictor/status/946874429337776128

[narcisoyea]

You need to channel the ships power through the phaser banks like they did in the first trek film.

[henry]

Wictor claims most of Iran's bad ass rev guard and basin assholes received their allotments of virgins goats in Syria. Thus the mullahs can't crack down now. Makes you wonder.

[JimNorCal]

Startling. I tried posting that UN-Building meme ("Trump Library future home").

I added the text "copied from G A B dot A I" but without spaces.
It didn't post. I thought, "huh. did I forget to hit the 'post' button?"
so I posted again. Claimed to post but was lost in the void.
Posted it a third time but without the text. Came through OK.

So now I know not to use the magic phrases:
G A B dot A I, and
S h a r y l A t t k i s s o n
both of which are banned by TypePad.

Which is a shame.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

narciso,

Yes. I said on the other thread I posted that without checking. It startled me so much that I just copied it without thinking about it.

I wonder if what is really happening is that the brothers have taken troops somewhere.

This is better than bowl games for me. If Iran falls without a shot, like the Soviet Union, we will have a much better world.

[henry]

Basin = basij

[Dave (in MA)]

Sharyl Attkisson

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

henry,

There was something else I tried to post the other day and had to change the sourcing or something. Now I can't remember what it was.

Discouraging to know we get screened here as well.

[Extraneus]

Interesting, Jim. I have a GAB id but rarely go there. When I have it seems pretty interesting though. Got an email saying they've greatly improved something or other.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Military in Iran just watching and doing nothing!

https://twitter.com/THEONLY0HOUR1/status/946877374238527488

[JimNorCal]

"Remember Neda"

[Extraneus]

Here's the first thing I see when I log into GAB. It says "It's ok to be straight white and in love," which I agree with.

[Extraneus]

This is next.

[JimNorCal]

Dave(MA), try posting a link from her website.
That is what failed me before and MissM hit it recently.

I'll try right now, too.

[Dr Weevil]

At this point, it looks like the over-and-under on how long the Iranian regime will last may be the end of the year. That would be bad news for any brutal regime any time of year, but very bad news for Iran right now. Sorry, I mean very bad news for the brutal Iranian regime right now, very good news for the Iranian people.

[JimNorCal]

Posting the link to her website, or a link to one of the articles both failed for me.

[Dave (in MA)]

test #2: https://goo.gl/E8NzJ2

[Dave (in MA)]

typepad sucks cleo balls

[JimNorCal]

Ext, I just logged on to gab today for the first time in a year.
Not much jumped up. Your "greeter" images are very cool :) :)

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Jim Lokay FOX 5‏Verified account @LokayFOX5

Confirmed “court-ordered” FBI activity underway at a townhouse in Sterling, VA. Waiting for more details. Keep it on #fox5dc for more.

[Dave (in MA)]

MM, must be a Dem. If it was a Republican it would be about 9 hours from now.

[narcisoyea]

Yes that worked, and yet it might as well not been happening, in terms of media over here.

Many hezbollah operatives including a Ali fayyad and badrerddine the late mugniyahs kin bit the bullet there.

[Extraneus]

There are some weird assholes on GAB. I've just been going to "popular posts," so they may not be rare.

[Extraneus]

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[GUS]

So Comey bought the Huma story, that she sent CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS to a SEX OFFENDERS unsecure LAPTOP, so THE CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER could print them out so HUMA could pass them on to RODHAM.

Suck it Comey, not legal. Walls are closing in on LIBTARD/COMMIES. Who TALKS FIRST????

[Extraneus]

Ooops, I thought that fit. Also from GAB. Doesn't seem like a lot of people are on it. Things don't change fast like they do on twitter.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Potkin Azarmehr
‏ @potkazar
9h9 hours ago

Potkin Azarmehr Retweeted کچل موفرفری

"Reza Shah, Bless Your Soul" people chant in Qom! The bedrock of Shia clerics

[Extraneus]

http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/29/cnn-finally-solves-the-big-white-truck-mystery/

CNN on Friday finally “close[d] the loop” on its obsessive coverage of a white box truck that blocked the network’s view of President Trump golfing earlier this week.

A reporter for the network confirmed that the truck had license plates that showed it belongs to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office.

Mike Magnoli, a reporter with CBS’s West Palm Beach affiliate, tracked down the truck. He reported that the vehicle belonged to the sheriff’s department but that it was not intended to block reporters’ views of Trump golfing at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

As far as I know, they have yet to report on the POLITICO story about Obama letting the Hezbos deal coke in the U.S.

[Jane]

Boy I am so hopeful the Iranian regime falls. But I assume the protestors need help from us.

I've got a close friend who is Iranian, and who was in college here when the Shah fell. He father worked for the Shah. Actually he worked for himself which involved giving 50% of all profits to the Shah. They were fine with that given what happened. Don't forget, before the current regime, Iran was the Paris of the Mideast. I would so love to see it return to that, and to visit.

Please Potus, help the protestors.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Potkin Azarmehr
‏ @potkazar
9h9 hours ago

It was only a few weeks ago, @ThomasErdbrink had written Iranians have united with the regime against Trump! I hope people finally realise what a nonsense that was! and what a nonsense @nytimes is! #Iranprotests

[Dave (in MA)]

Tehran and Paris could be going in opposite directions.

[Extraneus]

But I assume the protestors need help from us.

They're probably getting it, through the Saudis.

[GUS]

Maybe the WHITE TRUCK had RUSSIANS inside.

[narcisoyea]

I don't know if that fayyad is the same on involved in narcotics trabsactions, relayed by Mayer.

[Jane]

BTW if you read that "25 lies to the NYTimes post" it will make you laugh. The left is so incredibly desperate. I have no idea who the new troll is, but he clearly falls into the desperate category.

[Jane]

Dave,

If true that's sad, because I love Paris.

[GUS]

Has Teeny Larry Corker been asked about this IRAN stuff yet?????

[narcisoyea]

Its zuul of pitzer fame, Jane.

[henry]

narciso, except for complete sentences which suggest a wee lad breaking a promise to disappear.

[Extraneus]

Didn't someone here just come back from Paris and say it was still nice? I asked about the invaders, and he/she thought I was talking about Japanese tourists.

(I love it, too.)

[Clarice Feldman]

The revolt should only spread to California.

[Dave (in MA)]

Seems to resemble the feather passer more than the pub never passer.

[narcisoyea]

I think it was mad jack if memory serves, azarmehr is based in London, and a very able commentator.

[henry]

Idiot either way, Dave.

[Extraneus]

I love when narciso says "if memory serves." Cracks me up every time.

[narcisoyea]

This was what steyn was referring to:
http://bbc.com/news/world-europe-42502984

[Extraneus]

California Supreme Court Set For Ruling That Could Cut Pensions For Public Workers

For decades now public pensions have been guided by one universal rule which stipulates that current public employees can not be 'financially injured' by having their future benefits reduced. On the other hand, that 'universal rule' also necessarily stipulates that taxpayers can be absolutely steamrolled by whatever tax hikes are necessary to fulfill the bloated pension benefits that unions promise themselves.

Alas, that one 'universal rule' may finally be at risk as the California Supreme Court is currently considering a case which could determine whether taxpayers have an unlimited obligation to simply fork over whatever pension benefits are demanded of them or whether there is some "reasonableness" test that must be applied. Here's more from VC Star:

At issue is the "California Rule," which dates to court rulings beginning in 1947. It says workers enter a contract with their employer on their first day of work, entitling them to retirement benefits that can never be diminished unless replaced with similar benefits.

It's widely accepted that retirement benefits linked to work already performed cannot be touched. But the California Rule is controversial because it prohibits even prospective changes for work the employee has not yet done.

The ballooning expenses are an issue that Gov. Jerry Brown will face in his final year in office despite his earlier efforts to reform the state's pension systems and pay down massive unfunded liabilities.

His office has taken the unusual step of arguing one case itself, pushing aside Attorney General Xavier Becerra and making a forceful pitch for the Legislature's right to limit benefits.

"Lots of people in the pension community are paying attention to these cases and are really interested in what the California Supreme Court is going to do here," said Amy Monahan, a University of Minnesota professor who studies pension law.

"For years, self-interested parties, overly generous promises whose true costs were often shrouded by flawed actuarial analyses, and failures of public leadership had caused unsustainable public pension liabilities," his office wrote. A ruling is expected before Brown leaves office in January 2019.

[narcisoyea]

Its to the best of my recollection:

https://mobile.twitter.com/ReutersWorld/status/946852708513968128?p=v

[Extraneus]

http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/29/sarah-sanders-mocks-nyts-paul-krugman-for-worst-prediction-of-the-year/

[Dave (in MA)]

Trump admin makes a statement in support of the anti-regime protests in Iran. https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/284619/

Unlike you know who.

[narcisoyea]

Something I hadn't considered:

https://mobile.twitter.com/SohrabAhmari/status/946864129993830405

[narcisoyea]

So how did she know Wikileaks was going to drop

https://mobile.twitter.com/dmartosko/status/946838592738951168

[Dave (in MA)]

Narciso, your links have been working. Keep it up.

[boatbuilder]

I was prepared to give Obama the benefit of the doubt, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, when he was elected.
His craven non-response to the Iranian resistance was to me an eye-opener.
Pure, unadulterated, shameless appeasement if not actual collaboration with a brazenly repressive Islamist regime in the jackbooted stomping of the mildest assertion of freedom by incredibly courageous individuals. He not only stood by but actively supported the regime. Appalling.
I have few illusions about the ability of the current protesters to succeed, though I wish them well with all my heart. What I do know is that Trump will not let them die in vain.

[narcisoyea]

I know the odds are long we know of Berlin 53 Warsaw 56 and 70, Budapest that same year, prague 68

[Extraneus]

Its to the best of my recollection:

I know, narc. Just funny since your memory is 10X better than mine.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Josh Caplan‏ @joshdcaplan

AP: Tehran police say they will no longer arrest women for failing to observe Islamic dress code imposed since 1979 revolution.
4:24 PM - 29 Dec 2017

[Jim Eagle]

Good Lord, back from dinner and its like the dogs have pooped all over the hallway and stairs.

TM really has to do something. DuDa makes Cleo seem like a reasonable cousin you'd don't mind having a drink with.

[Buckeye]

For the guitar players.

Check out Vince Gill's studio:

https://youtu.be/SjZMDqnmBsg

Impressive!

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

That was cleo.
If nothing else Ignazi is what the mental defective thinks is clever.
Perhaps even Patterico had enough of the nutjob.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--At this point, it looks like the over-and-under on how long the Iranian regime will last may be the end of the year.--

You mean like the day after tomorrow?

[boatbuilder]

Trump seems to mean business about destroying the NK and Iranian dictatorships. If he accomplishes nothing else in his presidency he will still be the greatest president in the last last 30 years.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Sarah Sanders
‏Verified account @PressSec
3m3 minutes ago

Reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with the regime’s corruption and its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad. The Iranian government should respect their people’s rights including their right to express themselves. The world is watching
==============================
Now Sarah Sanders speaks out.

[narcisoyea]

Some things are stranger than fiction:

http://.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5220765/Massachusetts-professor-accused-forging-dead-sons-will.html

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Daughter made it home. Bless her heart, sshe stopped by Kroger and got a few things which I really appreciate, particularly WINE!

Here's how bad the roads are here. I-465 is trending on Twitter! That's the interstate which rings Indianapolis!

https://twitter.com/search?q=I-465&src=tren

[narcisoyea]

They are trying to alienate every Tory constituency:
http://telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/29/exclusive-theresa-mays-new-10-downing-street-environmental-adviser

[JimNorCal]

Ext: "There are some weird assholes on GAB."

Yes though to be fair there are WA's pretty much everywhere.
I found I had a "follow" by a claimed satanist. He had one cute photo: a darling little girl in a fluffy dress with a scaly reptilian Thing in her arms, bigger than she was. The meme caption was something like "When you ask for a dog but misspell Santa"

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

http://jordantimes.com/news/local/king-sends-letters-princes-feisal-ali-talal-after-retirement-army

More on Jordan.

[JimNorCal]

Since it's been a stressful day, here is a calm soothing image to promote relaxation and good digestion!

[Jim Eagle]

Go read the Ezra Klein Vox article on Memeorandum on the left sidebar and see if you can see how the left skews everything, even someone's name and address.

[boatbuilder]

Hey Narciso--I know I shouldn't let my wishes take control of my senses, but Trump isn't playing games and doesn't care who he rubs the wrong way. Maybe this is Berlin '89.

[Jim Eagle]

Ah, Jordan. My old haunt when Abdullah and his BIL were my drinking buddies at the Marriot when we were going to bring water from Disi Ammin. Good guy. Tough dog and like his father a westernized friend of America and our world view (even Israel in a crunch).

[narcisoyea]

I know, but every captive peoples attempt for liberty is worth noting.

There should be a stronger word than backfleinich for ezra

[boatbuilder]

"...every captive peoples attempt for liberty is worth noting."

Amen, Narciso.