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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

(Excerpt) Read more at straitstimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cows; fukushima; japan; radioactivity
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1 posted on 06/24/2014 2:55:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

How is probing the cow going to help anything????


2 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)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Thad Cochran said it could be fun.


3 posted on 06/24/2014 2:58:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

if they wanted the cow “probed”, they should have sent it to thad cochran.


4 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.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Can’t scientists figure out why the dots appeared?


5 posted on 06/24/2014 2:59:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
HA!!!

No doubt.

6 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)
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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.


7 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!)
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To: kingattax

GMTA. Beat you by 29 seconds.


8 posted on 06/24/2014 2:59:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

If the cow wanted to be probed that bad, she would have gone on her own.


9 posted on 06/24/2014 3:01:36 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: nickcarraway

It looks like white spot syndrome.


10 posted on 06/24/2014 3:02:48 PM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: nickcarraway

It must be strange having your dinner glow in the dark.


11 posted on 06/24/2014 3:03:07 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Rat Party Policy:Lie,Deny,Refuse To Comply)
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To: oldbrowser
The cow used to be white...
12 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)
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To: nickcarraway

lol..you sure did !


13 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.)
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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.

14 posted on 06/24/2014 3:29:24 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: nickcarraway

Um, I thought aliens probed cows. Didn’t know those could be found in Tokyo... /joke


15 posted on 06/24/2014 4:06:37 PM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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To: Darksheare

Dagnabit. You beat me on the aliens thing...


16 posted on 06/24/2014 4:07:40 PM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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Sorry about that.
I got beat to the easy Thad Cochran joke.


17 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!)
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To: nickcarraway
Ain't nothin' wrong with that cow!


18 posted on 06/24/2014 4:14:38 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Joe 6-pack
In Japan, cow probe you!
19 posted on 06/24/2014 4:16:21 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill

Would that be an angus probe?


20 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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