Almost Hallowe'en

1. First and foremost:  Welcome to the folks from Crooks and Liars' Mike's Blog Round Up.  I am honored.  Warning:  I do snark.  All the time.  You may have noticed.
2. Whistleblower punished for connecting Hive Collapse and pesticides.  Because bees don't make campaign contributions the USDA doesn't want to get in trouble with large corporations and large corporations don't need food.  By Susie Madrak in Crooks and Liars; longer article at the StarTribune.  Dr. Kelsey is spinning in her grave.
3. Whenever I read or hear about the Republican debates, two thoughts float to the surface:
   
   1. When listening to professional liars politicians, my mental mendacity meter has three levels:  Largely true/what I remember as true; true-ish but exaggerated; poppy seed of truth surrounded by prevarication and weaselling; and bullshit.  Four levels.
   2. Six Characters in Search of an Author
   Also, why aren't the candidates also publishing a Republican version of The Onion? That would actually be funny.