Seed sabotage

[AmmoManAaron]

China has been at war with the US for several years now. This is just their latest volley. The US needs to take concrete action. The trade fight is not enough, but it is better than what any Dem President would have given us.

 

[PistolBob]

If I get any of the seeds in the mail, I will mail them back some choice nuggets from my cat littler box.

 

[Tombs]

China has been at war with the US for several years now. This is just their latest volley. The US needs to take concrete action. The trade fight is not enough, but it is better than what any Dem President would have given us.

The perfect solution would be a propaganda campaign to expose the human rights abuses and pillaging of Africa.

Then blockade their imports from Africa, blockade imports from Australia, and sanction allies who are getting out of line and befriending China.

Without a single shot fired, they would be forced into collapsing or becoming the aggressor in a war.
We would suffer severe economic decline, but in the long run, it'd prevent us from drowning in the global economic market.

I think we're going this direction already, but there's a lot of ground work we must put in place before this would be a survivable war for us. Trump's recent actions with bringing home pharmaceutical manufacturing is a good example of essential things that must be done otherwise China could easily win the war without firing a shot.

 

[IndyBeerman]

The perfect solution would be a propaganda campaign to expose the human rights abuses and pillaging of Africa.

Then blockade their imports from Africa, blockade imports from Australia, and sanction allies who are getting out of line and befriending China.

Without a single shot fired, they would be forced into collapsing or becoming the aggressor in a war.
We would suffer severe economic decline, but in the long run, it'd prevent us from drowning in the global economic market.

I think we're going this direction already, but there's a lot of ground work we must put in place before this would be a survivable war for us. Trump's recent actions with bringing home pharmaceutical manufacturing is a good example of essential things that must be done otherwise China could easily win the war without firing a shot.

Blockade, of anything, you do realize that in itself is a act of war. A really stupid no win war.

 

[Tombs]

Blockade, of anything, you do realize that in itself is a act of war. A really stupid no win war.

So was releasing an engineered virus on the rest of the world, that you were barely affected by.

 

[bwframe]

Arrived today...

These really look like the pole beans I ordered from Amazon months ago?

 

[BugI02]

I am reading some academics saying the seeds don't even need to be bio-engineered, that the damaging content could be bacteria or fungus spores on or in the seeds. So much of agriculture is monoculture. Think potato blight, I would not plant anything from China. If the USDA didn't want them I would probably burn them in the unopened package

It doesn't make sense that Amazon would source seeds from half way around the world, plus the people saying the shipments in many cases are unsolicited and labeled jewelry as well as being many different types of seeds

 

[1775usmarine]

I am reading some academics saying the seeds don't even need to be bio-engineered, that the damaging content could be bacteria or fungus spores on or in the seeds. So much of agriculture is monoculture. Think potato blight, I would not plant anything from China. If the USDA didn't want them I would probably burn them in the unopened package

It doesn't make sense that Amazon would source seeds from half way around the world, plus the people saying the shipments in many cases are unsolicited and labeled jewelry as well as being many different types of seeds

I would think if covered in something burning might release a noxious gas or particles that may contaminate nearby areas.

 

[BugI02]

Well, folks at the USDA (not official USDA policy but researchers associated with them) are saying don't just throw them away, that if there is something dangerous about them it might only change the epicenter to the landfill. They are some of the ones saying don't even open the package

 

[Phase2]

Here is a news release from Purdue including where to send any seeds:

Unsolicited seeds could wreak havoc on agriculture, environment, state officials warn

Reminder for anyone who receives these seeds.

 

[Hkindiana]

​i think I will put mine on eBay

 

[Skinner]

Allow me to don my hat, it's made of tinfoil.
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and red herrings comes to mind.
The ChiComs sporadically send innocuous packets to random U.S. citizens. The media picks this up. Everyone kinda freaks out...for a minute. We all become numb to these silly little packages...which keep showing up by the way. We all start to ignore them like any other junk mail. But, we open them anyway. Why, because "free stuff".
Innocuous little packages...until the ChiComs have a reason for them not to be. Just another sneaky little weapon in the arsenal, already primed and ready to use.
I'm taking my hat off now, gotta go get the mail.

 

[Phase2]

OK folks. I believe we have a new winner in the longest member before posting contest...

 

[JettaKnight]

Allow me to don my hat, it's made of tinfoil.
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and red herrings comes to mind.
The ChiComs sporadically send innocuous packets to random U.S. citizens. The media picks this up. Everyone kinda freaks out...for a minute. We all become numb to these silly little packages...which keep showing up by the way. We all start to ignore them like any other junk mail. But, we open them anyway. Why, because "free stuff".
Innocuous little packages...until the ChiComs have a reason for them not to be. Just another sneaky little weapon in the arsenal, already primed and ready to use.
I'm taking my hat off now, gotta go get the mail.

Those packages that just show up are likely part of Amazon (or other online retailer) ratings scams.


The seeds, that's got to be something else.



PS - Welcome to INGO! ...which seems odd since you've been a member two years longer than me.

 

[Skinner]

OK folks. I believe we have a new winner in the longest member before posting contest...

I hope you enjoyed the post and are looking forward to my next. See ya'll in 2032.

 

[Thor]

I think the ag agencies are more worried about something like the Cryphonectria parasitica fungus introduced from Asia around 1900 that destroyed the Chestnut tree population in the US.

Chestnut used to be a major food source in the forests for both humans and animals, this fungus that lives in the roots ensures that no Chestnut in America will ever reach maturity. Imagine that now with wheat, corn and soybeans.

The ChiComs are our enemies. They would do this...much like they'd use their people as the global delivery device for an infectious disease.

 

[IndyBeerman]

I think the ag agencies are more worried about something like the Cryphonectria parasitica fungus introduced from Asia around 1900 that destroyed the Chestnut tree population in the US.

Chestnut used to be a major food source in the forests for both humans and animals, this fungus that lives in the roots ensures that no Chestnut in America will ever reach maturity. Imagine that now with wheat, corn and soybeans.

The ChiComs are our enemies. They would do this...much like they'd use their people as the global delivery device for an infectious disease.

^^^^^^
THIS!

Low tech way to destroy a country and it's plant based food supply that could have a far and wide reaching consequence.