In a ploy to rid Guam of its population of invasive brown tree snakes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is bombing the island with drugged frozen mice, military news outlet Stars and Stripes reported.

Using Naval Base Guam as a starting point, scientists drop mice packed with acetaminophen from helicopters into the jungle canopy.

The drug — commonly found in Tylenol — provided a regulatory advantage because it had already undergone extensive testing, Dan Vice, assistant state director of USDA Wildlife Services in Hawaii, Guam and the Pacific Islands, told Stars and Stripes.

Guam’s snake problem began in the 1980s, when the creatures arrived on the island accidentally in military cargo. The mildly venomous snakes can grow up to 10 feet long and, according to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the State of Hawaii, are the leading cause of endangerment for some of Guam’s native animals.

“The discovery that snakes will die when they eat acetaminophen was a huge step forward,” Anne Brooke, conservation resources program manager for Naval Facilities Command Marianas told Stars and Stripes. “The problem was how you get the snakes to eat it.”

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The solution was to drop the mice into the snakes’ natural habitat, the branches of trees in the jungles of Guam. By outfitting the mice with cardboard wings and green party streams, the bait could float down to the jungle and catch on the branches. The result is a hanging, deadly snack for the snakes.

Researchers began testing the system at the beginning of September, dropping 200 mice into 20 acres around the base, Stars and Stripes reported.

The effectiveness of the drop will offer insights into how well it might work elsewhere on the island — and whether it might be a key to solving a longtime ecological problem, Vice said.
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I hope it works.

Hafa Adai

Anna

Farah

Most of us realize that the Republican Party is playing politics with Israel’s safety. We see their maneuvering as an attempt to cause explosive violence between the non-peace seeking forces of the Middle East and Israel.

The Republicans seems to be willing to expose the people of Israel to death and destruction in order to make your President look weak in the eyes of the American people in the Foreign Policy arena and to syphon votes from his Jewish support.

Our own leaders are caught between trying to support your President and having to please a party who may win back the White House in the 2012 election or the House and Senate in your upcoming election in November.

These are very scary times for us as we watch your politics play out and pray. Some of us are hoping that the events that your Madaline guaranteed you for the success of the election of your President Obama and the “long coat tail” was not a fluke.

We hope that you will take into consider her recent request to guarantee the success of the Democratic Party in the upcoming November election and say yes.

We fear that if the Republican Party gets any encouragement from their recent actions of demonizing your President and his party they will only continue it through the 2012 election process.

If that happens, your country and the rest of the world will suffer. Your hesitation to interfere with the will of the people could cause your country and countries like Israel to suffer irreparable harm.

When a people have been brainwashed into believing lies, how is that different than any con played on the unsuspecting or innocent? It would be a sin and a crime for the knowing to stand idly by and do nothing.

Hence, it is our belief that you should order Madaline to insure a large Democratic victory. We are not asking for a landslide, just a significant victory.

Dafne

Dafne

Qalat

Dear Patriot:

During the Primary, the people were heard. In the Delaware US Senate Race it’s now Harry Reid’s “pet” vs. the People’s Voice.

They were heard over the loud cries of the DC elite, and the liberal media. Our tone-deaf Washington “leaders” want their people in DC to protect their bloated budgets, insider deals, and special interest money.

But the night of September 14th, the people said differently. They want THEIR voice in DC.

I won’t agree to those deals, so let’s be honest- I won’t get their money. As a result, I’m truly going to need to be the “people powered” candidate.

My opponent once referred to himself as a “bearded Marxist”. I refer to myself as a true conservative.

Harry Reid called my opponent “my pet” and my opponent can count on his money. I can only count on conservatives like you.

I mean, have you ever seen DC power players as disappointed as they were when we were victorious in the Primary? I’ll stand up against their schemes, so they won’t stand with me. I’ll stop their shenanigans so they want to stop me.

But I have a powerful weapon they don’t. You.

They depend on dirty money from the liberal special interests in Washington, DC. I’ll depend on support from Main Street in Bridgeville, Delaware.

They depend on supporters from MoveOn.org. I’ll depend on supporters from the little league and from parents.

So, while my opponent will surely run to his well heeled donors, I will make my appeal- to you.Will you support me financially today?

Even $100, $50 or $35 would make a big difference.

In return, I’ll pledge to you to stand up against the bailouts, the government run health care scheme, the onerous new taxes coming from the Democrats, and DC’s politics as usual.

Will you stand with me?

It’s urgent considering the election is literally weeks away. I’ll need to begin my advertising immediately and I just spent my available funds on the Primary.

An urgent contribution would be appreciated.

Together, we can stand up against the DC ruling class and send a loud message to Capitol Hill: We’ve had enough!

For the cause,

CHRISTINE
Republican Nominee for U.S. Senate, Delaware

P.S. The election is just a few weeks away. We know Harry Reid’s “pet” will be ready to unleash his negative ads against me. Will you stop what your doing RIGHT NOW and constribute today? A donation of $50, $100 or $250 would make a big difference.
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These guys have no shame.

Mike