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Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies
Aspen Publishers, 2003 - Law - 377 pages
For clear and accessible step-by-step instruction on the basics of legal research, you can count on this thorough revision of a popular paperback text, Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies, Second Edition.In addition to teaching critical legal skills, the author fosters confidence through:a building-block approach that breaks the material into discrete and comprehensible partsself-contained chapters on individual research sources and the research process that remain useful regardless of how a professor teaches researchcomprehensive coverage of electronic research that allows professors to introduce as much - or as little - of the topic as they chooseend-of-chapter checklists, clear examples, and summary charts to reinforce learning and facilitate teachinghelpful graphics -such as sample pages and examples of research sources - throughout the textThe Second Edition responds to both user feedback and developments in the field, with several significant changes:revised and updated coverage of electronic legal research, reflecting the many developments in this areaupdated citation sections now include the ALWD Citation Manualmore information on state statutesnew coverage of procedural rules
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TUSCALOOSA | A highly decorated Vietnam veteran will be the keynote speaker during Monday's Memorial Day ceremony at the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
TUSCALOOSA | A highly decorated Vietnam veteran will be the keynote speaker during Monday's Memorial Day ceremony at the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
James M. Burch, who earned the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and a Purple Heart medal during his 22 years in the Marines, will speak at the ceremony, which will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at the sports atrium in Building 137 at the center, 3701 Loop Road.
The ceremony is open to the public and will include the posting and retiring of the colors by the Paul W. Bryant High School JROTC, along with the placing of a memorial wreath by representatives of veterans' service organizations.
Burch, who grew up in Greene County, is past commander of Chapter 2211, Military Order of the Purple Heart, and first commandant of the Mike Spann Detachment of the Marine Corps League in Tuscaloosa.
He enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve in 1962.
After graduating from Livingston State University, he attended Officer Candidate School and was commissioned an Officer of Marines in 1964.
In 1965-66, during his first combat tour of duty, he served as an infantry platoon leader and company commander in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Silver Star, the third highest military decoration for valor. The medal is awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States.
In 1969, he returned to Vietnam as an adviser to Republic of Vietnam forces. He earned the Bronze Star, which is awarded for acts of heroism, acts of merit, or meritorious service in a combat zone, the Navy Achievement Medal, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry and the Purple Heart for wounds received in action.
His Bronze Star and Navy Achievement Medal also include the combat "V" symbolizing his exposure to personal hazard during direct participation in combat operations.
Burch retired from the Marine Corps in 1984.
He and his wife, Jean, live in Tuscaloosa.

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Marine veteran Jon Hammar, freed from Mexican prison, arrives home
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The Marine veteran from Palmetto Bay who was detained for months, chained to his bed in a Mexican border prison for bringing his great-grandfather's shotgun into the country, arrived home Monday, just in time for Christmas.
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Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin wins dispute for cheapmichelintires.ca
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin wins dispute for cheapmichelintires.ca
The registrant was Jason Hughes.
You can read the full details below :
Domain in Dispute: <cheapmichelintires.ca>
Complainant: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
Registrant: Jason Hughes
Registrar: Go Daddy Domains Canada, Inc.
BCICAC File: DCA-1812-CIRA
1. The Parties
Complainant is Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin of Clermont-Ferrand, France,
represented by Sharyn Costin and Nathan Haldane, of Bereskin & Parr LLP, of Toronto, Ontario
According to the Complaint, the Registrants identity is shielded on the CIRA WHOIS record,
but [b]ased on information obtained from CIRA pursuant to a request for disclosure of
registrant information, the owner of the Domain Name is the individual Jason Hughes.
2. The Domain Name and Registrar
The disputed domain name is <cheapmichelintires.ca> (the Disputed Domain Name), which
was created on March 19, 2015.
3. Governing Policy and Rules
This is a proceeding under the CIRA Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, Version 1.3
(August 22, 2011) (CDRP) and the CIRA Domain Name Dispute Resolution Rules, Version
1.5 (July 28, 2014) (Rules). Paragraph 1.8 of the Policy states: The version of the Policy in
effect at the time a Proceeding is initiated will apply to the Proceeding. And, paragraph 1.2 of
the Rules states: The version of the Resolution Rules in effect at the time a Proceeding is
initiated will apply to that Proceeding.
4. Procedural History
The history of this proceeding, according to the information provided by BCICAC, is as follows:
a. On August 24, 2016 the above-named Complainant filed a Complaint pursuant to the
CDRP and the Rules.
b. In a letter dated August 25, 2016, the Centre as Service Provider, confirmed compliance
of the complaint and commencement of the dispute resolution process.
c. Complaint with the attachments was filed exclusively online, therefore, the Centre
delivered the Complaint to the Registrant only by email.
d. The Registrant has not provided a Response. As permitted given the absence of a
Response, the Complainant has elected under Rule 6.5 to convert from a panel of three to
a single arbitrator.
e. BCICAC appointed Douglas M. Isenberg as sole arbitrator on September 20, 2016. The
undersigned executed a document on the same date titled Acceptance of Appointment as
Arbitrator and Statement of Independence and Impartiality.
f. Absent exceptional circumstances, and pursuant to Rule 12.2, the Panels decision is to
be delivered to BCICAC by October 11, 2016.
The Panel finds that it was properly constituted and appointed in accordance with the Policy and
the Resolution Rules. Based upon the information provided by the BCICAC, the Panel finds that
all technical requirements for the commencement and maintenance of this proceeding, unless
otherwise noted, have been met.
5. Canadian Presence Requirement
Paragraph 1.4 of the Policy states: The person initiating a Proceeding (the Complainant) must,
at the time of submitting a complaint (the Complaint), satisfy the Canadian Presence
Requirements for Registrants (the CPR) in respect of the domain name that is the subject of the
Proceeding unless the Complaint relates to a trade-mark registered in the Canadian Intellectual
Property Office (CIPO) and the Complainant is the owner of the trade-mark. Paragraph 2 of
the CPR sets forth a list of individuals and entities that may hold and maintain the registration
of, a .ca domain name, which list includes the owner of a trade-mark which is the subject of a
registration under the Trade-marks Act (Canada) R.S.C. 1985, c.T-13 as amended from time to
time. The Complaint states, and provides evidence to support, that Complainant is the owner of
Canadian Trademark Reg. No. TMA214191 for the mark MICHELIN (registered June 11, 1976).
As a result, the Panel is satisfied that the Complainant meets the Canadian Presence
Requirements and is eligible to initiate this proceeding.
6. Factual Background and Parties Contentions
Complainant states that it was founded in 1889 and is one of the worlds largest tire
manufacturers with a presence in 170 countries, 112,300 employees and 68 production plants in
17 different countries, including in Canada. Complainant further states that its stock is traded on
the Paris Stock Exchange, commonly known as EuroNext Paris. Complainant further states that
it has been part of the tire industry in North America since 1907 and built a manufacturing
plant in Nova Scotia, which opened in 1971. Complainant further states that its worldwide
revenue was over $30 billion CAD in 2012, which included extensive sales throughout Canada.
Complainant states, and provides evidence to support, that it is the owner of numerous
Canadian trademark registrations and applications comprised of and containing MICHELIN,
including Reg. No. TMA214191 (discussed above) for use in connection with, among other
things, repair services and retreading of tires. These trademarks are referred to herein as the
MICHELIN Trademark. Complainant further states, and provides evidence to support, that it is
the registrant of the domain names <michelin.com> (created December 1, 1993) and
<michelin.ca> (created October 6, 2000).1
Complainant states, and provides evidence to support, that the Registrant of the Disputed
Domain Name is also the registrant of many domain names containing registered trademarks of
third parties, including and in particular, well- known marks in the automotive industry,
including, to cite only a few, <cheapaudiwheels.ca>, <cheapmercedeswheels.ca>,
<cheapbmwwheels.ca> and others that follow a similar pattern.
Complaint states, and provides evidence to support, that the Disputed Domain Name resolve[s]
to a separate website at <getcheapparts.ca>, which advertises the sale of, and operates as an ecommerce
site for, a wide variety of auto parts, including Michelin tires, alongside the products
of Michelins direct competitors.
As stated above, the Registrant has not provided a Response.
Complainant contends that the Disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to the MICHELIN
Trademark; and that Complainant has rights in this mark that pre-date the registration date of the
Disputed Domain Name and that Complainant continues to have such rights. In support thereof,
Complainant cites Canadian Trademark Reg. No. TMA214191 and states that the [Disputed]
Domain Name incorporates the whole of the Complainants MICHELIN [T]rademark, only
adding descriptive words, namely cheap and tires to the [Disputed] Domain Name, which
only add to the likelihood of confusion. Complainant adds that [t]he word tires in the
[Disputed] Domain Name describes the very goods for which the Complainants MICHELIN
[Trade]mark is well- known and protected.
Complainant further contends that Registrant has no legitimate interest in the Disputed Domain
Name because, inter alia, Respondent has never been licensed or authorized to use the
MICHELIN mark in any manner, in Canada or otherwise, including in, or as part of a domain
name, nor has the Complainant provided its consent to the use or display of its MICHELIN mark
on the Respondents <getcheapparts.ca> website; Respondent does not own any trademarks
that include MICHELIN or any similar mark; as an auto parts retailer, there is no plausible
way that the Registrant was not familiar with and knowledgeable of the Complainants business
and trademarks; MICHELIN does not have any clearly descriptive meaning in either English
or French in regards to tires, and rather is the last name of the Complainants founders; the
[Disputed] Domain Name is not the geographical name of the Registrants activity or place of
business; MICHELIN is not the generic name for anything in any language, nor is it
understood to be the generic name for any goods, services, or business in Canada;
MICHELIN is also not the legal name of the Respondent, Jason Hughes, nor is it a name,
surname, or other reference by which the Respondent, or its retail operation Get Cheap Parts, is
commonly identified; and there is no evidence that the Respondent has used, is using, or is
preparing to use, the [Disputed] Domain Name in good faith in connection with legitimate noncommercial
use because the Respondent is using the [Disputed] Domain Name to attract users
to its e- commerce website through consumer confusion with the Complainants well- known
MICHELIN trademark, brand and website(s), and to obtain revenue by directing prospective
customers to the Respondents own retail website and business.
Complainant further contends that the Registrant should be considered as having registered the
Disputed Domain Name in bad faith because, inter alia, there is a reasonable inference of bad
faith when a Registrant uses a domain name featuring a well-known trademark; registering a
domain name to redirect Internet traffic to a commercial website does not constitute a use in
good faith; Respondent registered or acquired the [Disputed] Domain Name primarily for the
purpose of disrupting the business of the Complainant, who is not affiliated in anyway with the
Respondent; Respondent is taking advantage of the reputation of the Complainant and the
goodwill associated with the MICHELIN [Trade]mark by exploiting the Internet traffic that was
intended for a domain name corresponding to the Complainants mark and business; and
Respondent plainly registered and maintained the [Disputed] Domain Name registration to
prevent the Complainant from registering the [MICHELIN Tradem]ark or its close variant as a
domain name, as demonstrated by the Respondents engagement in a pattern of registering
domain names consisting of third-party trademarks.
Complainant requests that the Disputed Domain Name be transferred from the Registrant to the
7. Discussion and Findings
To obtain a transfer of the Disputed Domain Name, Complainant must, as set forth in paragraph
4.1 of the Policy, prove on a balance of probabilities that:
(a) the Registrants dot-ca domain name is Confusingly Similar to a Mark in which the
Complainant had Rights prior to the date of registration of the domain name and
continues to have such Rights; and
(b) the Registrant has registered the domain name in bad faith as described in paragraph
and the Complainant must provide some evidence that:
(c) the Registrant has no legitimate interest in the domain name as described in paragraph
Rights and Confusingly Similar
With respect to paragraph 3.1(a) of the Policy, it is obvious based on Complainants reference to
its Canadian trademark registrations, including Reg. No. TMA214191, that Complainant had
rights prior to the date of registration of the domain name and continues to have such rights.
As to whether the Disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to the MICHELIN Trademark,
paragraph 3.3 of the Policy states: In determining whether a domain name is Confusingly
Similar to a Mark, the Panel shall only consider whether the domain name so nearly resembles
the Mark in appearance, sound or the ideas suggested by the Mark as to be likely to be mistaken
for the Mark. It is apparent that the Disputed Domain Name contains the MICHELIN
Trademark in its entirety plus words that are either generic (cheap) or closely associated with
the MICHELIN Trademark (tires). Accordingly, the Panel agrees with the decision cited by
Complainant, Oakley v. Zhou Yayang, CIRA Case No. 00188, in which the panel found the
disputed domain name <discount-oakleysunglasses-sale.ca> confusingly similar to the trademark
OAKLEY because [b]y incorporating the whole of the Complainants well-known and widely
used and publicized mark, the Disputed Domain Name is likely to lead persons visiting the
website to believe that it is associated with Complainant and [t]he additional phrases
discount, sunglasses and sale do not distinguish the Disputed Domain Name from the
OAKLEY Mark, and the inclusion of the word sunglasses adds to the likelihood of confusion
since the manufacture and sale of sunglasses is a major part of the Complainants business.
Accordingly, the Panel finds that Complainant has met its burden of proof with respect to
paragraph 3.1(a) of the Policy.
No Legitimate Interest
With respect to paragraph 3.1(b) of the Policy, regarding a lack of legitimate interests, the Panel
is satisfied that the Complainant has established, on a balance of probabilities, that the Registrant
does not have a legitimate interested in the Disputed Domain Name. The Registrant, by failing
to submit a Response, has not made any attempt to rebut Complainants allegations or argue that
it has a legitimate interest in the Disputed Domain Name under any of the six elements described
in paragraph 3.4 of the Policy. Under these circumstances, the lack of a response is fatal to the
Registrant. See, e.g., Cointreau v. Netnic Corporation, CIRA Case No. 00180 ([t]here is no
evidence from the customer about its interest in the Domain Name); and General Motors
LLC v. Tony Wilson, CIRA Case No. 00182 (the Complainant has provided some evidence that
the Registrant has no legitimate interest in the Domain Name and this evidence has not been
rebutted by the Registrant).
Accordingly, the Panel finds that Complainant has met its burden of proof with respect to
paragraph 3.1(b) of the Policy.
Bad Faith
With respect to paragraph 3.1(c) of the Policy, regarding bad faith, the Panel agrees with
Complainants observation that the enumerated list of bad faith examples in paragraph 3.5 is not
exhaustive, as the Policy specifically says that the examples are in particular but without
limitation. Accordingly, a Panel may find bad faith even in the absence of any of the examples
set forth in paragraph 3.5(a)-(d).
Pursuant to paragraph 3.5 of the Policy, the following shall be evidence that a Registrant has
registered a domain name in bad faith:
(a) the Registrant registered the domain name, or acquired the Registration, primarily
for the purpose of selling, renting, licensing or otherwise transferring the
Registration to the Complainant, or the Complainants licensor or licensee of the
Mark, or to a competitor of the Complainant or the licensee or licensor for
valuable consideration in excess of the Registrants actual costs in registering the
domain name, or acquiring the Registration;
(b) the Registrant registered the domain name or acquired the Registration in order to
prevent the Complainant, or the Complainants licensor or licensee of the Mark,
from registering the Mark as a domain name, provided that the Registrant, alone
or in concert with one or more additional persons has engaged in a pattern of
registering domain names in order to prevent persons who have Rights in Marks
from registering the Marks as domain names;
(c) the Registrant registered the domain name or acquired the Registration primarily
for the purpose of disrupting the business of the Complainant, or the
Complainants licensor or licensee of the Mark, who is a competitor of the
Registrant; or
(d) the Registrant has intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet
users to the Registrants website or other on-line location, by creating a likelihood
of confusion with the Complainants Mark as to the source, sponsorship,
affiliation, or endorsement of the Registrants website or location or of a product
or service on the Registrants website or location.
Here, Complainant has provided evidence and arguments with respect to three of these factors,
that is, under paragraphs 3.5(b), (c) and (d). While the Panel has no hesitation agreeing with any
or all of these arguments, the Panel is especially persuaded by the fact that the Disputed Domain
Name is being used in connection with a website that offers for sale products from
Complainants competitors. Such use of the Disputed Domain Name clearly demonstrates an
intention by the Registrant to attract Internet users for commercial gain by creating a likelihood
of confusion with the MICHELIN Trademark. See, e.g., Americana International Ltd. v. Bench
Clothing Store Inc., CIRA Case No. 00238 (transfer of < benchclothing.ca>). In that case, the
panel found bad faith where the disputed domain name was used to sell clothing in competition
with complainant. As a result, the panel there wrote that the Registrant would appear to be
motivated by commercial gain to attract to its websites internet users who are searching for the
Complainants products and that [i]t has done so by creating a likelihood of confusion not only
in its choice of domain name, but also in the presentation of information on its website. The
same is true here.
In light of the above, as well as the registrants failure to respond to Complainants
communications or the Complaint in this proceeding, the Panel finds that Complainant has met
its burden of proof with respect to paragraph 3.1(c) of the Policy.
8. Decision
For all the foregoing reasons, in accordance with paragraph 4.3 of the Policy, the Panel orders
that the Disputed Domain Name <cheapmichelintires.ca> be transferred to Complainant.
Douglas M. Isenberg, sole arbitrator
Dated: October 9, 2016


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Her motherly instinct was always very strong. She always had her calf by her side no matter what time of day we went to see the herd. Once, a few years ago, she had a calf at the same time as another cow in her herd. We went to check on the herd and she had her new calf at her side all cleaned up after the birth, evidenced by the lick streaks all over the calf�s fresh coat. The new arrival was nursing vigorously, and Double Blank was keeping her looking sharp.
Meanwhile, there was another newly born calf nearby in the herd mooing for her mother, who was nowhere about. None of the other cows in the herd seemed alarmed at this lonely, needy calf.
Dad and I waited, thinking perhaps her momma was grazing hungrily nearby. The next day, no momma had claimed this lonely little heifer calf. Dad and I brought her to the barn and gave her a 2-quart bottle of warmed calf/baby formula, which she drank hurriedly. After some consideration, we decided to return her to the herd so she could pursue her real mother. The abandoned calf seemed determined enough that we knew she�d try and nurse on any cow out there until she found her mother.
I trudged out to the herd thinking bad thoughts about this anonymous mother in our lovely cow herd who had abandoned her newborn calf. In my mind I was thinking, �How could she? She has no place with us.� Imagining how quickly I would be removing her from the herd once I figured out who she was, I spotted the calf sneaking up to Double Blank from the back to try and nurse. Calves typically nurse from the side of their momma and momma will turn and give them some loving licks as they do. Sensing the nursing, Double Blank looked around and saw her own calf nursing at her side as well. I guess she knew there were actually two calves back there getting filled up but she didn�t budge. Being the super mom that she was, she stood still and let them both get their fill.
�I�ll be darned,� I thought. That little orphan found a foster mom. Thanks to her determined nature, she tried every momma in the herd and finally found Double Blank was willing to take her on. There aren�t too many cows who will allow that. Most cows will kick off a calf trying to nurse that isn�t theirs. They know their calf by their smell, and it�s a sure thing that Double Blank knew this was not hers but let her nurse anyway.
Double Blank raised that calf like it was her own, all the way up to weaning. Her own heifer calf got a surrogate sister in the deal. Those two calves stayed together on every pasture all the way through their days. Where we found one grazing, the other was always nearby. Since they didn�t have tags during those first few days of birth, I never knew which was her natural calf and which was the adopted one!
APPRECIATING THE ORDINARY DAYS: Double Blank was �easy keeping,� as cattlemen say. She could get by just fine on a little or a lot. In her later years, she struggled through the winters, and I worried over her making it through each one.
She had been lame on and off over many months, and her pain was apparent in her slow movements. It took her longer to come around when called. She didn�t eat with the same vigorous appetite and seemed unable to keep up with the movement of the herd. We allowed her to stay in one large, heavily grassed pasture with another older cow instead of moving over many acres with the herd.
The day she died, we knew it was time. Another winter was on its way, bringing with it harder times that are more demanding on an older cow than others.
This is the hardest part of the job for sure. Great days on a farm are any day we go to check on the herds and everything goes as planned. This is what happens most days. But like any job, you will inevitably have days that are just plain bad. We do what needs to be done, get through it, wash our hands, maybe shed a tear, and we wake up the next day knowing it will be a good day when everyone is grazing heartily and all are safe and healthy. The farmer must move on because the rest of the herd still needs you.
Once again, Dad is right when he says, �Makes you appreciate the ordinary days when everything is just as it should be, in every pasture and herd that you check on.�
I am glad Double Blank will not struggle through another season of cold and wet. No more trudging up and down hills, no more tending to others � just calm and peace. She so earned it. Her time with us was productive, memorable, and she was very unique. Her posture was always unassuming, inviting and she seemed to always be ready to comply with any request her farmer might have.
What more could be asked of any cow?
Shelley Eagan offers a glimpse of the triumphs, tears and toils of farming in her column. She raises grass-fed beef with her husband, Brian, and father, Steve Proffitt, on their Kings Mountain farm.


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Read this report from Friends of the Earth: Follow the Honey: 7 ways pesticide companies are spinning the bee crisis to protect profits
Read the article in The Independent about the BBKA pesticide endorsement scandal and how the BBKA Executive has buried the truth
Read the history of the BBKA's endorsement of pesticides
Read the report that finally shocked the BBKA into dropping their endorsement of pesticides
Read about how BBKA censored their own web site
Download the full Open Letter to the BBKA
Key Facts1. Insecticides are designed to kill insects. Bees are insects. Insecticides kill bees. 'Bee-friendly insecticide' is an oxymoron.
2. Modern insecticides are extremely powerful. Some of them are capable of killing bees in dilutions that are barely detectable by the latest analytical equipment, and have been shown to cause disorientation in bees, likely to result in death, in dilutions that cannot currently be measured.
3. Of the four insecticides endorsed by the BBKA as 'bee-friendly', three are among the top five most toxic in their class. (see Dr Doeser's report). Deltamethrin was introduced around 1984. The 48-hr contact LD50 for honey bees is 1.5 ng/bee (highly toxic). Cypermethrin was introduced around 1977. The 48-hr contact LD50 for honey bees is 20 ng/bee (highly toxic).
4. In the UK, annual spraying of the 4 endorsed pesticides covers an area one and a half the times the size of Wales.
5. The BBKA appears never to have issued any public statement that is critical of any pesticides or pesticide manufacturer.
6. The BBKA has never issued any statement in support of the organic movement in general or the Soil Association in particular, despite the apparent logic of allying themselves with those who are working for an overall reduction in the use of pesticides in agriculture. Instead, they have allied themselves with those who have a vested interest in increasing the use of pesticides.
7. The BBKA failed to support their colleagues in Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Belgium in a call for the systemic, neurotoxic, neonicotinoid insecticides Imidacloprid, Fipronil, Thiamethoxam and Clothianidin to be removed from the European list of permitted agricultural chemicals.
8. The BBKA failed to support their German colleagues following the disastrous incident in May 2008, when millions of bees were killed by Bayer's neonicotinoid pesticide Clothianidin.
9. The BBKA did not consult its members before accepting donations from agri-chemical companies in return for use of the BBKA logo.
The BBKA is not the only organization that Bayer has bought and subverted to its own agenda. See this PDF for another example of how the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust published a leaflet with Bayer's 'help' about 'insects as pollinators' and somehow forgot to mention the massive damage done to insects (and therefore, the birds and fish that live on them) by insecticides...
28 Jan 2012 In response to damning evidence from top US researchers that tiny amounts of neonicotinoids kill bees, the BBKA published this limp and gutless response.
28 Feb 2012
In a move to distract attention from the growing mountain of evidence that their neonicotinoid pesticides are poisoning bees and contributing to the widespread destruction of many species of insects, birds and other wildlife, Bayer is cynically debuting a so-called Bee Care Program in a lame attempt to persuade people that they actually care about the health of bees, rather than their own obscene profits.
See article
Open Letter to the British Bee Keepers Association
January 10 2011Since 2001, the British Bee Keepers Association has been receiving in the region of £17,500 per annum from pesticide manufacturers Bayer, Syngenta, BASF and Belchim in return for the BBKA's endorsement of several insecticides as 'bee-friendly'.
The BBKA policy of accepting money from such corporations, taken without consulting the membership, has been condemned by many of its members, other European bee keeping associations and some NGOs as unethical.
While the Executive have now changed their mind again and claims to have dropped the direct endorsement of pesticides, they have not ruled out accepting money from pesticide manufacturers under other pretexts.
And there are still some very important questions that remain unanswered for British beekeeping.
We call on the BBKA to sever all financial ties to manufacturers, sellers and promoters of any substance known to be or likely to be toxic to bees or other insects.
Philip Chandler, Friends of the Bees
Dr. Hugh Salvesen, Trustee, Natural Beekeeping Trust
This letter is supported by:
(A number of other people wrote to indicate their support, but were unable to include their names here due to conflicts of interest, or for other reasons.)
These are the key questions that need answering if the BBKA wishes to be seen as fairly representing the interests of British beekeeping:
(1) When the BBKA Executive made the decision to endorse the initial four insecticides, what due diligence procedures did it employ that led to the conclusion that these insecticides were 'bee-friendly'? Did the manufacturers provide peer-reviewed, independent research to back up their claims?
(2) Was the Executive aware, for example, of the research (i) published in 1995 - 6+ years before the decision - that demonstrated deltamethrin (one of the endorsed pesticides) to be deadly to bees, even in extremely small doses? And the research (ii) published 1993 that clearly states 'Cypermethrin is highly toxic to bees'?
(3) If the Executive was aware of this research, what led it to ignore or override its findings?
(4) If the Executive was not aware of this research, does it still consider that it undertook due diligence before endorsing these pesticides?
(5) Did the Executive, during the subsequent years of endorsement, keep a review on published research about the endorsed pesticides?
(6) And is the Executive familiar with the research (iii) published in 2005 that shows both cypermethrin and deltamethrin to be 'highly toxic to honeybees'? If not, please review your answer to Q5.
(7) It is clear from Dr Bernie Doeser's review of the science (sent to BBKA November 2 2010) that the very pesticides the BBKA endorsed are very far from being 'bee-friendly'; in fact three of them are among the five most toxic pesticides in their class.(iv)
In the light of this review, do you still think you made the right decisions? And will you be taking up Dr Doeser's generous offer of expert help and advice in such matters?
(8) In the light of the above, the BBKA executives who were responsible for the endorsement policy appear to have been either:
(a) negligent in their assessment of published research, or
(9) Why did the BBKA Executive fail to support their colleagues in Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Belgium in a call for the systemic, neurotoxic, neonicotinoid insecticides Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam and Clothianidin to be removed from the European list of permitted agricultural chemicals? (v)
(10) What measures do you propose to put in place to ensure that:
(a) BBKA takes a firm stance against the introduction into our environment of unnecessary toxic chemicals, especially the widely-condemned neonicotinoids? (vi)(vii)
'When the logic of history hungers for bread and we hand out a stone,
we are at pains to explain how much the stone resembles bread.'
Aldo Leopold, The Land Ethic, 1948
Update 16th January 2011Following the ADM on 15th January, BBKA spin doctors posted this message on their site. What they failed to mention was that the executive pre-empted the motion from Twickenham BKA and forced a change to the wording, which, had it been voted through, would have stopped them accepting money from pesticide companies under any pretext. They have thus demonstrated that they have no intention of cutting financial ties with these corporations.
The questions above remain un-answered, along with the following:
Update 29th February 2012Due to persistent spamming and hacking attempts, the guestbook has been removed. Here are some of the comments received in support of our letter to the BBKA. PLEASE NOTE - In the entire time this message board was active, we did not receive a single comment in favour of the BBKA position.
Justin Hemus Surrey U.K I've been chatting to Bayer via facebook... unsure how to proceed, after deleting two of my posts on their facebook page I suggested I might not give up... they were very defensive but did offer to put me in touch with an 'expert' mmmm if I prvide contact details... mmm concerned beekeeper January 19, 2012
Marisa & Renato Italy http://www.rfb.it/bastaveleni Hallo, we are two italian beekeeper, and we have start an hungry strike from the 4 of july in Turin against neonicotinoids that kill our bees. We cannot go on with this situation, it is from 2005 that we have problems, and now we are sure, we have done analisis and we have foud thiamethoxam on bees, larvaes, beebread! We ask for an international mobilitation to ban this kind of insecticides. Please help us with a signature on our website!!!
Thanks also for your work for the campaign to ban neonicotinoids. Marisa, Renato August 1, 2011
Emily Norfolk I have just become a beekeeper and joined the bbka. I read the excellent book "A spring without bees" so you can imagine my confusion when in my membership pack from bbka there was a leaflet called "bee safe bee careful when using insecticides" sponsored by the Crop Protection Association. Apparently they..."represent members active in the manufacture, formulation and distribution of pesticide products in the agricultural, horticultural, amenity and garden sectors."
The leaflet is like a wolf in sheeps clothing.
They sound so concerned about the problems bees are having and talk about how important they are. They make sure to say that the problems are due to varroa destructor and nosema, and their wording in places is so manipulative "the stewardship of such products (seeds covered with insecticide) is being closely monitored across Europe to CONFIRM (my caps) that there are no undesirable effects associated with the correct use of this development".I thought that there was quite a lot of evidence that these treated seeds ARE harmful to our bees.
I think it is shocking that I have received this leaflet from the bbka! and i'm shocked at what I'm finding out here. July 18, 2011
Simon Quinton Poole, Dorset I fully support this open letter to the BBKA July 8, 2011
Dr Robaire Beckwith Wales I fully support the perspective presented in the letter regarding the involvement of pesticide manufacturers in the sponsorship of the British Beekeeping organisation.
Dr Robaire Beckwith BSc. PhD March 25, 2011
Max Kennedy Ontario Canada As an Environmental Toxicologist I support this letter fully. For an organisation purportedly designed to promote beekeeping accepting money from pesticide suppliers is an abhorrent conflict of interest. The science of these types of chemicals directly contravenes the idea that they are "bee friendly". Indeed they are bee killers! Furthermore the backroom dealing, not brought to the membership of the organisation, is the worst type of skulduggery. If this executive refuses to correct the issue and cannot be ousted members not in agreement need to break away and form a new governing body. February 15, 2011
Tim Hall Devon Any individual or organisation that truly cares for the honeybee and it's wellbeing would work to ensure that the use of these chemicals is, at least, suspended. For BBKA to support the company that produces these is at best naive and worst insidious and amoral. January 27, 2011
Jules Christie UK I can't understand how the BBKA has been accepting funds from pesticide manufacturers. What have they been using the money for? Trying to bring dead bees back to life? January 25, 2011
Bethany Oprie Maine, USA I fully support this open letter and am against the use of any pesticides for farming or chemicals to treat bee diseases. January 17, 2011
Luis Ongay London In order to get to the bottom of this matter and in order for the executives to clear their names and find out whether or not they acted outside their remit when they signed a contract that may have been damaging to the bees, THEY SHOULD DISCLOSE THESE CONTRACTS to the membership. Failure to do so may force us to draw negative conclusions as to the good conduct of the executives. Maybe one day another whistleblower or wikileak may help us! January 17, 2011
Keith Bowes Great Massingham, Norfolk email@example.com I cried when I read the Open Letter to the BBKA.
This world needs easily available and widely publicized facility for Whistle Blowers January 15, 2011
Jane Carr Withyham, UK This is why I have not joined BBKA. I personally feel they are behaving in a dispicable manner in their disregard for such an obvious danger to our bees. Surely, even without the proof which I feel we have in abundance, endorsing these chemicals is totally irresponsible. I call to all bee enthusiasts to look at joining a natural beekeeping group and to adopt natural beekeeping methods. January 14, 2011
Seets London I am shocked at how BBKA can accept funds from such a company. Is there no policy on this or any concern for conflict of interest? January 13, 2011
Phil Chandler Devon While the current Executive will, no doubt, try to brush off these questions as 'no longer relevant', I hope that they will one day be held accountable for their actions. BBKA members need to keep an eye on the people they elect - especially those who have close connections with the pesticide industry. January 12, 2011
Barry Wingrove London Thank goodness for the sanity of the people associated with the NBKT in a world of madness populated by people who support the BBKA January 11, 2011
annie cornwall I learned my basic skills from BBKA 25 years ago. It was getting too scientific even then. but this really tops it. I AM UTTERLY DISGUSTED. January 11, 2011
Bil Harley Rhone valley, France The BBKA has thoroughly discredited itself and it is difficult to see how it can continue to pretend to represent the interests of beekeepers anywhere. January 11, 2011
Fran Rogers SE London I fully support this open letter and am against the use of any pesticides for farming or chemicals to treat bee diseases. Nature provides its own immunities against disease if bees are allowed to live in a natural way without being so controlled by humans. It seems that the BBKA is more concerned about safeguarding profits from honey rather than the health of the bees. As declining bee numbers show, this policy clearly does not work. January 11, 2011
Adrienne Campbell East Sussex This is one of the reasons why I and many others have steered well clear from the BBKA for some years. January 11, 2011
Colin & Jan Bartlett Cornwall This is why we have not joined the BBKA. January 11, 2011
Terryl Bacon Bristol Please could we have a petition to be sent directly to the BBKA Executive? January 11, 2011 Natasha Coombs Montgomeryshire firstname.lastname@example.com Bees and pesticides don't mix. January 11, 2011
Michael Phillips Sturts farm Dorset I believe that as has been said,- the only way to make BBKA act,(this goes also for any other unethical Co.)
in a responsible/moral way, is to withdraw from such undertakings, then at the least our money does not then help support such criminality. January 10, 2011
Gabriella Kapfer Oxfordshire It seems to me that an association representing bee-keepers and bees should have their best interest at heart. To find the opposite is true is really a betrayal of members and bees as well as the welfare of the natural balance of the planet. I have not renewed my membership and will not unless policies and leadership of the BBKA changes to be in alignment with the true needs of who it represents and with the Common Good. January 10, 2011
Adrian Fox http://www.loire-gites.eu As beekeepers in France we are well aware of the massive harm pesticides do to bees. There are products proven to be very harmful to bees but which are still being used due to the weak policy that says old stocks can be used up even though the product is now banned!
Many French farmers just ignore guidelines about spraying in the evening and continue to spray crops in flower during the middle of a sunny day. When you protest to the local Mairie they don't want to get involved, especially in rural areas.
The only way to stop this irresponsible behaviour is for beekeeping organisations to show more solidarity in opposing products which kill bees and many other types of pollinating insect, as well as contaminating the water table and doing harm to public health. January 10, 2011
Bill Behrend Georgia, USA Pesticide use worldwide urgently needs mitigation immediately. January 10, 2011
Kevin B Wales This is about as ethical as cancer reserch endorsing a tobacco company for a donation towards a cure for cancer. "COME ON" get with the rest of the modern real world. I know of many of us bee keepers, like myself, who will not now have anything to do with the BBKA because of their generally out dated unethical views, practices and endorsments. January 10, 2011
Nicki Penaluna France As long as the BBKA has any connection with any pesticide company such as Bayer or their like, they are not representing the British beekeeper or the bees. Their only connection with these companies should be in the mode of protest letters and representation of beekeepers in getting these toxins banned outright.
I call on them to sever all relationship with any toxic producing company to take immediate effect January 10, 2011
Petra Knowles Scotland Now that it has been shown that the BBKA's policy of endorsing pesticides was based on (a) maliciously inaccurate information from the manufacturers, and/or (b) a willingness by the BBKA executive to ignore toxicity data in favour of money, it is time to hold them to account.
Which were they - greedy or stupid? Or possibly both?
Did they blindly accept the pesticide salesmen's word that the pyrethroids they were asked to endorse were 'bee-friendly'? Or were they so keen to grab the money that they didn't ask too many questions?
We also need to be told why the BBKA's chief technical advisor, Norman Carreck - believed by many to be the prime mover behind the pesticide endorsement fiasco - is so very keen on biotechnology, GM and pesticides, and so anti organic farming? Is this in any way connected with the sources of funding with his research?
And talking of vested interests, what exactly is ex- president Tim Lovett's connection with pharmaceutical company Dermapharm, which has links with Bayer?
This sorry mess has undermined the credibility of Britain's oldest beekeeping charity, and it seems to me that nothing short of the resignation of all parties involved will repair the damage done. January 10, 2011
Jewels Orton Derbyshire "We call on the BBKA to sever all financial ties to manufacturers, sellers and promoters of any substance known to be or likely to be toxic to bees or other insects." And that they should be more open and transparent in their dealings. January 10, 2011
Kate Canning Hampton UK below is what I've sent to all the UK beekeeping associations before the BBKA Annual Delegates Meeting on Sat 15 Jan 2011. Many beekeepers who will read it are firmly entrenched in a 'pro BBKA & pesticide endorsement' mentality despite all the evidence and ethical considerations, though quite a number have shifted their views in recent months.
"On behalf of T&TVBKA and all the BKAs who have supported the cessation of pesticide endorsement by the BBKA, we are pleased to read in Jan 2011 Beecraft, that at last the BBKA have taken note of the members views and say that they are removing themselves absolutely from pesticide endorsement. However in 2010 alone, the Executive have issued at least 4 differing public announcements stating they were/werent/were/werent continuing with pesticide endorsement.
Martin Smith goes on in the Beecraft article to repeat his Nov 16 statement we do not preclude ever entering into a paid relationship with a crop protection company .. which can easily lead us back to having yet more bee research paid for by agrichem companies and thus compromising that research, the BBKA & its members integrity yet again.
Therefore any association relationship the BBKA may have with pesticide companies in the future needs to be clearly defined, discussed and assessed with regard to safeguarding against further loss of integrity.
It is likely that the BBKA Executive will now say regarding their ADM proposition (which comes before ours) that they have publicly announced their withdrawal from pesticide endorsement and so our motion need not be debated at the ADM.
However, we feel strongly that our proposition should still be debated as:
· The BBKA Executive have shown for over 10 years to be completely incapable of objective, good, long term policy making and stewardship in regard to endorsement for cash, the use of the BBKA logo and the reputational damage which the BBKA has sustained as a result of its blinkered thinking regarding to pesticide endorsement.
They should have supported UK bees and beecraft and put their best interests first. They did not. Instead we now know where the BBKA led us. UK are Dirty Beekeepers of Europe indeed.
· Constitutionally it is important for members of the BKAs to express their views on the pesticide endorsement issue and for these to be recorded so that the Executive have a clear mandate for a new strategic direction from the membership. The time has come for transparency and there are a number of questions which need answering about this issue.
We look forward to the formal debate of our proposal at the forthcoming BBKA ADM on 15 Jan 2011 and to an outcome where the views of the body of individual members and the strategic thinking of the organisation become more aligned."
Very best wishes for your bees in 2011
Kate January 9, 2011
Rupert Stewart Cox South west France http://www.rustique.biz It is difficult to imagine the leadership of a national organisation, purporting to look after the interests of their members, being more duplicitous and incompetent. January 9, 2011
Amanda Williams UK http://www.buzzaboutbees.net There is a misunderstanding that the BBKA will discontinue endorsing pesticide products. However, a statement outlining their position on the matter reads:
The Trustees do not preclude accepting funds in the future from either the crop protection industry in the guise of the CPA or individual companies nor other organisations involved in horticulture and agriculture, which are beneficiaries of honey bee activity.
(Note, the "crop protection industry" is actually the pesticide industry).
In signing this letter, I do hope the BBKA will reconsider any future relationship with this industry, which actually has strategic implications, and instead, align themselves with conservation organisations such as those represented on this letter, and the likes of Buglife. January 9, 2011
Steve Mitchell Cornwall It's a travesty that an organisation that is supposed to be supporting bees & beekeeping in the UK should have ever taken up these endorsements in the first place.
See sense & start supporting the environmental lobby instead of taking the agrochemical shilling. January 9, 2011
Colin Moss Derby England It is time this stops whilst it still can be stopped May 16, 2010
Barry Jackson London Now that Hilary Benn has not banned Neonicotinoids, it is fairly obvious that the BBKA has failed to support its members by remaining quiet, even sitting on the fence over this serious matter. Outrageous.
New Beekeeper
B.Jackson April 29, 2009
Ernest J.P. Muhly Maryland, U.S.A. Too many years of viewing salvation somewhere else than in the earth's biocultural diversity has left mankind too ignorant to realize what it is loosing until it has disappeared. Its past time to teach the children whats at stake so they can lead us to a better future! October 17, 2008
professor West Virginia, USA The Bayers, Monsantos, their fellow cohorts and minions, will have the planet and it's creatures unrecognizable within a decade or so. Let us hope that some of us are still here to witness and correct their mistakes. June 15, 2008
SeaCrow Seattle, WA USA Brilliant, Bayer (not :mad: you should all be invited to drink clothianidin-spiked tea, stripped nekkid, tarred & feathered, sued for triple damages, have your corporation decertified & assets sold by auction to competitors, and thrown in Guantanamo for triple-lifetime sentences. Fair enough? June 6, 2008
David Stover Richmond, VA USA http://www.davidstover.com This is my first year as a beekeeper. I'm using a Top Bar Hive and live in the inner city. I've noticed a few bees lately dying and struggling to fly. This does not seem to be an age related death though I am too unknowledgeable to really say what it may be. I watched the German video on this site and my bees here in the US have the same symtoms as the German bees in the video. Hopefully what I am seeing is not death by pesticide poisining. I want to thank BARB and Biobees.com for helping in my education of the lives of bees and how we humans can interact successfully with them. I applaud your work.
David June 1, 2008
Ronnie Tyneside Would it be too strong a measure to call for the BBKA to cease and set up a new assoc free from the taint of the, at best, naive actions of the BBKA Executive? June 1, 2008
Frank Egan Dear Misters (Chamberlain) Smith & Turner,
Your collaboration with Bayer over the "donations"to the BBKA are about to see daylight. We will see the the meetings, phone calls, minutes and the money trail soon. Your despicable behavior regarding the acceptance of poisons on behalf of British beekeepers, hopefully, will earn you a special place in the new "Spandau". May 29, 2008
Gordo Kingston, ON, Canada http://blog.cruachan.ca I fail to see how this can possibly be a good thing for the BBKA to become involved in. Having the Executive Committee actively working against the best interests of the membership is wrong on so many levels. May 29, 2008
Greg Hounsell Kingston, Ontario,Can I am flabbergasted at their actions. Let alone condone products that are not in the best interests of the groups mandate and sustainability of the honey bee. And taking money for it?? That totally destroys any credibility in my view.
I find what is even worse how it came about and the fact they are not owning up to it and doing the right thing.
Resign or be impeached! May 29, 2008
Brian Jordan Hampshire, UK I fail to see how BBKA can claim to represent beekeepers and bees in this country while at the same time having such cose ties with the purveyors of insecticides. This is an unacceptable position. May 29, 2008 beekeeper Scotland Dr Miles Thomas of the Central Science Laboratory reports that Imidacloprid was used on over 1.4 million acres of crops in the UK in 2004. The chemical is a systemic insecticide and pecifically attacks the nervous system; as a neuro-toxin it has a lethal effect on bees at just 5-10 part per billion in nectar and pollen. However, one
independent French study found it had sub-lethal behavioural effects on bees at just 0.1 ppb - a dosage of 50-100 times less than the lethal effect.
The pesticide is dusted onto the seeds of oilseed rape and other crops but it migrates throughout the growing plant and is found in: sap, leaves, nectar and pollen. Imidacloprid is neuro-toxic - it attacks the nervous system of all animals including invertebrates: worms, insects, bees, butterflies, ladybirds etc. It also poisons birds. The 'target' species are aphids, flea beetles and any soil invertebrates which attack seeds and roots. However, Imidacloprid also kills on-target-species including bees, earthworms, woodlice, caterpillars, moths etc. May 28, 2008
Dragonia England How tragic that the organization that should be protecting the bees has sold out for peanuts to the industry least likely to care about bees. May 28, 2008
Archaeopterix Varg Directors of Bayer should be held personally responsible for the crimes of their company. May 18, 2008
(i)May 1995, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Volume 14, Issue 5, pages 855860, the summary of which reads:
Foraging activity of bees is currently disturbed by treatments with pyrethroid agrochemicals. To discover eventual troubles of spatial orientation of the foragers, we exposed bees to sublethal doses of deltamethrin sufficiently low to avoid motor inco-ordination or muscular troubles. In an insect-proof tunnel, bees were trained to forage at a feeder 8 m from their nucleus. When temperature and global radiance conditions were optimal, some foragers were caught, exposed to a deltamethrin dose 27 times lower than its LD50, and released after 20 min of recovering. Among the contaminated bees, 54% took flight toward the sun and 81% did not come back to their nest within 30 s (which is 3 times longer than the mean time of control bees). Because pyrethroids are known to disturb learning and memory, we cannot conclude if this disorientation is due either to a trouble of information storage (wrong spatial perception or phototropism increase), or to a trouble of information retrieval (bad comparison of actual and memorized patterns). Routine chemical analysis of exposed bees does not detect residues of deltamethrin 3 hours after bee sublethal exposure, although bees evidenced alteration in the flight.
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(ii) Alpha-cypermethrin is the active ingredient in BASF's 'Contest', one of the endorsed pesticides. See: Pesticide Information Profile (A Pesticide Information Project of Cooperative Extension Offices of Cornell University, Michigan State University, Oregon State University, and University of California at Davis), 1993
NB - "The recommended application rates of alpha-cypermethrin are lower than those of cypermethrin because the former is biologically more active." http://tinyurl.com/337clxy
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(iii) Contact Toxicity of Some Insecticides to Apis Mellifera and Apis Cerana, J. Asia-Pacific Entomol. 8(1): 113-115 (2005)
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(iv) Dr Bernie Doeser, Observations on the Effectiveness of the BBKA endorsing Four Pesticides Also with ref to Bulletin of Insectology 56 (1): 103-109, 2003 ISSN 1721-8861
(v) http://www.cbgnetwork.org/1736.html
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(vi) Concern over Imidacloprid, Graham White
'According to James Frazier, PhD., professor of entomology at Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, "Among the neonicotinoids, clothianidin is among those most toxic for honey bees; and this combined with its systemic movement in plants has produced a troubling mix of scientific results pointing to its potential risk for honey bees through current agricultural practices. Our own research indicates that systemic pesticides occur in pollen and nectar in much greater quantities than has been previously thought, and that interactions among pesticides occurs often and should be of wide concern." Dr. Frazier said that the most prudent course of action would be to take the pesticide off the market...'
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(vii) Dr Henk Tennekes, A Disaster In The Making (2010)
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The 2014 NFL Draft has been the most unpredictable in recent memory, but that hasn't stopped NFL Media draft analyst Mike Mayock from taking a stab at prognostication with his freshly released mock draft.
Mayock's biggest surprise involves college football's marquee attraction of the past two years staying in his home state of Texas to star for America's Team. Following the lead of Around The League's Dan Hanzus, Mayock is not buying Jerry Jones' protestations to the contrary on Johnny Manziel as a first-round possibility.
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Some people just don't like magicians. In our opinion, writer Chiara Atik may be a member of that group, so don't try to impress her with your new application for Lego figures in card magic. (Lookin' at you, Pancakes.)
Atik was mystified why a pink-tied magician would be performing at Ivanka Trump's launch party Monday night for her fine jewelry collection. She seemed bothered by his knack for showing up in a lot of the party pictures (taken by Sonny Norton of Guest of a Guest) with a fan of cards in hand. The only good part about him, Atik said: At least he's not an electric violinist. Apparently, those — like the phrase "for the win," LOLcats and flourishing videos with the performer's crotch in the background — are played out.
We looked at the party pics, and it looks like he's killing it. Because we have a background in photojournalism, we can easily see why the photog would take pictures of him, instead of stuffy socialites drinking drinks more expensive than our card collections.
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President Obama might be a fan of all the high profile endorsements he receives from Hollywood actors and famous musicians, but something tells me he would have rather Madonna kept her mouth closed during her concert last night. The fifty-four-year-old entertainer was in Washington DC playing a gig to a sold out crowd Monday when she launched into a speech about the history of the United States.
From Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King Jr to President Obama, the Material Girl talked about how far we've come as a country before bizarrely imploring the crowd to vote for the "black Muslim in the White House". Her comment was obviously meant to be an endorsement, but given how clear the President has made it over the years that he's a Christian, it wasn't exactly a net positive.
You an take a look at a video clip of the incident below, which is NSFW…
Madonna has long expressed her admiration and support for Obama. She's done everything from campaign for the President to get temporary tattoos of his name on her back. You would certainly think she would know his religion, and in the hours since, she's released a statement saying she was trying to be "ironic". Maybe. Maybe not.
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