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To: lurqer who wrote (29348)	10/2/2003 12:59:23 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 89467

I think Buckeye pollen is poison to the larva. It doesn't seem like they go after the Buckeye, tho, cuz there is usually lots of other stuff around. Honey changes with the season. Our spring honey was dark; probably manzanita, madrone, wildflowers, the orchard, and berries. Later on, it gets really light, from star thistle and I think pennyroyal; gets darker again in the fall. My friends with the platform had spring honey that looked like oil; really dark and strong. A's just missed good chance. Rat

To: lurqer who wrote (29348)	10/2/2003 1:11:56 AM
From: lurqer	Respond to of 89467

Bush about Putin: "I like him. He's a good fellow to spend quality time with," Mr. Bush said, standing in the warm sun of Camp David after two days of talks. from cbsnews.com In case anyone was wondering how Bush's pal, former KGB agent, Putin is fostering "democracy", consider: A Russian cinema Wednesday dropped a scheduled series of films about Chechnya that had packed in audiences in New York and organizers accused the security forces of being behind the move. The festival, which has also run in Washington, London and Tokyo, was to open Wednesday, days before a Kremlin-sponsored poll to elect a new leader in the rebel region where Russian troops have been fighting separatists for a decade. "They did not tell us what films they were going to be," Vladimir Medvedev, manager of the Krasnaya Presnya cinema near the Russian government buildings, told Ekho Moskvy radio. "We have no objections to Russian films, but these foreign films have an anti-Russian bias, and we will not have this in our theater. We do not get involved in politics." from reuters.com and more Two Russian news magazines, the first victims of a draconian election media law, have received warnings from the press ministry about their coverage of voting in Moscow. Russia has amended its election laws to forbid the media during an election campaign reporting on candidates' personalities or background, or analysing their policies. The law was explained as an attempt to crack down on the black-PR campaigns of previous elections, when candidates paid journalists to smear their competitors. But its blanket ban on basic political analysis and debate has drawn the criticism that the Kremlin's vision of a "managed democracy" has spilled over into outright censorship of the press. from guardian.co.uk And still more Even before the Kremlin called, Malik Saidullayev got the message. As a candidate for president of Chechnya, Saidullayev had seen his campaign workers harassed, attacked, even kidnapped. Someone, he concluded, did not want him to stay in the race. Then a top aide to President Vladimir Putin summoned him to the Kremlin. "He suggested I withdraw," Saidullayev recalled. He refused. More meetings followed, along with offers and threats, Saidullayev said, but he stood firm. Then a court complaint was filed against him, and within 48 hours, his name was struck from the ballot. Saidullayev's story, according to analysts and human rights groups, shows how an election that was supposed to propel Chechnya along the road to what Putin calls "normalization" has instead turned into a one-sided affair that almost certainly will confirm the rule of Kremlin-appointed administrator Akhmad Kadyrov. Violence, pressure and the strategic use of a compliant court system, they say, have sidelined the strongest three challengers to Kadyrov, making Sunday's vote more coronation than competition. from washingtonpost.com Maybe during that "quality time", Putin gave Bush some tips on how to "handle" the upcoming election. JMO lurqer