Comments on: STEVE MROCZKIEWICZ GETS THE FJM TREATMENT

By: pissed off ginger

pissed off ginger — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:50:37 +0000

YOU GUYS CAN SUCK MY FUCKING COCKS!!!1!!

By: SKE

SKE — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:17:11 +0000

I know Steve Mroczkiewicz and have worked with him in the agriculture business. He is intelligent and frankly a good guy.
To read the hateful bashing reminds me of FoxNews.com. Seriously, just because you don't agree, doesn't mean you attack his character and intelligence. Are you following the Ann Coulter/Rush Limbaugh school of thought?

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:35:05 +0000

Randy: All right, boys, I know it's Halloween, but you can't summon dead rappers in the mirror.

Cartman: How do you know?

Randy: I'm a geologist!

By: Mr. Wonderful

Mr. Wonderful — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:48:11 +0000

Thanks, beau. I'm like that Moliere character who is stunned to learn that all his life he has been speaking "prose." I've been FJM-ing Brooks, Noonan, and other worthies all my life for the past couple years!

By: Bugboy

Bugboy — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:18:56 +0000

@Entomologista, yeah i'm aware of the move away from inorganics, at least in mosquito control we are even moving past organophosphates now to botanicals…which are really hot (toxic) and very expensive.

I prefer having spend over 25 years in operational programs to have low toxicity, safe to handle materials that have a consistent track record than some cutting edge material the distributor is pushing you to "test" for them…real story that has happened over and over to me. There is also the problem of having high toxicity material and low rates…it means lower droplet count in the field and for mosquito control its a numbers game, we aim for about 15 micron droplets and if you don't have the material to do that in sufficient numbers your probabilities of contact go down. The newest tech we are using is high pressure systems that produce more uniform droplet spectra…which is ticking off the chemical companies because it allows us to use less material.

Squeezing old materials off the market only results in stronger, more toxic, and harder to handle materials replacing them. Nicotine is bad shit, Pyrethroid derivitives are as well. Just because they are "natural" is meanlingess…organophosphates are made from what? Petroleum based chemical stock? What is "unnatural" about that?

Bt is great but relies on ingestion for delivery…so you have a whole host of problems there. GMO's with this proteins expressed are still a questionmark after the reports of GMO corn pollen contaminating wild butterfly populations. If it can happen, it will. I have alway felt we rely entirely too much on monoculture.

I've been pretty focused on the mosquito control field, I'll have to check out the Society.

By: beau

beau — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:29:58 +0000

@Mr Wonderful –

http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/04/18/david-brooks-gets-the-fjm-treatment/

By: Entomologista

Entomologista — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:38:41 +0000

@bugboy: From what I know, we're moving away from inorganic pesticides. They are useful in limited ways, but there are other products that work better and are less harmful. Many pesticides now are made from plant extracts (neem, chrysanthemum, tobacco) or bacteria (Bt). Bt does exist in a spray form and is certified for use in organic crops. Why? Because it's simply a protein extracted from a bacteria commonly found in soil – which is also why we can make plants express this protein.

Also, I know that there are a lot of fellowships available in entomology if you're looking to go back to school. If you're a member of the Entomological Society of America, that's a good place to look for grad student openings.

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By: Mr. Wonderful

Mr. Wonderful — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:54:08 +0000

Our children deserve to hear this information so they don't believe that there's only one truth about this important issue.

He deserves to have his degrees nullified, his employment ended, and his head and shoulders severely beaten with a wet noodle cat o' 9 tails for that sentence alone.

And will someone pls. tell me what FJM means? TIA.