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Cyanide 'bomb' victim's family files petition to stop its use The parents of an Idaho boy injured by a government-planted cyanide “bomb” have filed a petition calling on the White House to ban the controversial devices, used for decades by the Agriculture Department to control predators. Canyon Mansfield, 14, was knocked to the ground last month when an M-44 predator control device spewed cyanide gas into his face and killed his dog. The family had no knowledge the device -- set by the U.S. government some 350 yards from the Mansfields' doorstep -- was there. Since the March 16 incident, Canyon has experienced headaches, nausea and numbness and has visited a neurologist for testing, his mother, Theresa Mansfield, told Fox News. "He's been struggling with some really bad headaches," Mansfield said Tuesday. "We also had to contact a toxicologist in Denver. It's scary because no one really knows what cyanide does -- we just don't deal with this stuff." Mansfield and her husband, Mark, created an online petition last week calling on the federal government to ban the devices used by Wildlife Services -- a little-known branch of the USDA tasked with destroying animals seen as threats to people, agriculture and the environment. "The USDA maintains they resolve conflict between wildlife and people 'in the safest and most humane ways possible' but the nature of the cyanide bomb is neither safe nor humane," Mark Mansfield wrote in an online petition. "Cyanide gas has been used throughout history to murder masses of people," wrote Mansfield, a physician from Pocatello, Idaho. Click here to read the petition Canyon stumbled upon the unmarked device while running up a hill behind his parents' home with his 3-year-old golden Labrador, Casey. When the M-44 detonated, the boy watched as his dog lay dying, suffocating from the orange-colored cyanide sprayed by the device. "It's an image that haunts him," Theresa Mansfield said. "And there's been no apology from the government." The M-44s, also known as "coyote-getters," are designed to lure animals with a smelly bait. When an animal tugs on the device, a spring-loaded metal cylinder fires sodium cyanide powder into its mouth. Over the years, thousands of non-target animals -- wild and domestic -- have been mistakenly killed by the lethal devices. The Mansfield dog's death follows a string of other recent incidents in which family pets and endangered species were accidentally killed by M-44s. A gray wolf was killed in February when it came upon the device on private land in Oregon's Wallowa County. Four conservation and animal-welfare groups announced Tuesday they are suing the Trump administration for "failing to protect endangered species from two deadly pesticides used to kill coyotes and other native carnivores." "Cyanide bombs are indiscriminate killers," said Collette Adkins, an attorney and biologist at the Center for Biological Diversity. "In just the past several weeks they’ve injured a child and killed an endangered wolf and several family dogs. These dangerous pesticides need to be banned, but until then, they shouldn’t be used where they can hurt people or kill family pets and endangered wildlife," Adkins said. The government, meanwhile, has called the accidental death of family pets from M-44s a "rare occurrence," and said Wildlife Services posts signs and issues other warnings to alert pet owners when traps are placed near their homes. Lyndsay Cole, a spokeswoman for the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, recently told Fox News these devices "are only set at the request of and with permission from property owners or managers." But the Mansfields claimed they had no knowledge the devices were anywhere near their home and said they were not familiar with how they work. The Bannock County Sheriff's Office, which responded to the incident, also told Fox News it found no warning signs in the area near where the devices were planted. "The next time it's going to take a life of a child," Theresa Mansfield said. "This is a hidden danger few people know about." http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/05/cyanide-bomb-victims-family-files-petition-to-stop-its-use.html

Big surprise. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/05/susan-rices-alleged-unmasking-requests-not-so-routine-ex-officials-say.html “From my direct experience dealing at this level, that is never done,” retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer told Fox News. Shaffer has experience in intelligence operations focused on foreign actors in which U.S. citizens’ involvement could surface. “The national security adviser person is a manager position, not an analyst position,” he said. “You have analysts in the intelligence community whose job is to sort through who is doing what with what. Susan Rice is a senior manager looking over the entire intelligence community. She should not have time to be unmasking individuals having conversations. It’s insane. It’s never done.” Ex-CIA analyst Fred Fleitz agreed in a Fox News op-ed. “Rice’s denials don’t add up,” Fleitz wrote. “It is hard to fathom how the demasking of multiple Trump campaign and transition officials was not politically motivated.” Former Ambassador to the United Nations and Fox News contributor John Bolton told “America’s Newsroom” that Rice’s requests may have been improper depending on what reason she gave for wanting the information. “Now I’m not naïve, a national security adviser’s gonna get her request approved. But she still has to give some reason,” said Bolton, who served under former President George W. Bush. “If she doesn’t even have to give a reason than NSA is really quite negligent. Susan Rice is obviously not gonna say, ‘I want these names unmasked so I can surveil my political opponents.’ And if she said she wanted the names unmasked for national security reasons, that’s a fraud on the intelligence system.” Shaffer said a U.S. citizen’s interaction with a foreign target is not typically reason enough to unmask an American. “These techniques, technology and procedures are reserved for potential violations of U.S. laws,” he said, adding of Rice’s alleged actions: “It’s not only legally insufficient, it’s politically insane.”

The saddest part of American politics and journalism is the hypocrisy. One side does it the other side complains. Reverse it and the same goes on. Here are some examples. Iraq and Libya and Syria Yes the scale is different but the premise was the same. Nation building. Dems hated us doing it in Iraq, Obama ran against that very thing then does it in Libya. Russia. Mitt called them out as the biggest threat. Obama poked fun at him uses Hillary and the reset button. Now Trump wants to build a relationship with the Russian's as the worlds two leading super powers and the left is screaming they are the worst thing in the world. Nominations. Left uses nuclear option, right complains, Right will use the nuclear option left will complain. Left says no nominee's to the SC in the final years of a POTUS term then wants one when it happens to them. I'm pretty sure in Trumps last year the GOP will change their tune on this if it happens. Trade. Left plays both sides of the isle and the right now does too under Trump. Immigration. Both for the most part want open borders for different reasons yet point fingers at one another for not getting anything done. Clinton and Obama for years talked about the need for stronger borders yet want to let everyone in. Remember Clinton's we are a nation of immigrants but we are also a nation of laws speech. I see it on here and its horrendous in politics and the MSM today. Complete hatred of the opposing side. MSM including Fox promotes it. Our country has never been more divided. For gods sake we have entire states, counties and cities saying they will completely ignore federal law. What is this nation coming too.

Ask yourself if there has been a change in the demographics of the top 1%. It still is loaded with small business owners but plenty of wall street and banker types in that group. We know who they support.

“If they found out how we knew what we knew about the Trump staff, dealing with Russians, they would try to compromise sources and methods [sic].” Pretty fucking clear what was going on and she quit the Obama admin in 2015. I'd like one of our resident Trump haters to rationally explain this statement considering just when she resigned (2015). Just one. Farkas and Rice will plead the fifth quicker than Lois Lerner. Get their asses in front of the intelligence committee's and make them do it.

Subsided? Basically disappeared. Trust me he is getting with the dems right now asking how much they really want to pursue this.

He was born in the former Soviet Union. Of course he is going to hate them. Beliefs[edit] In general, Boot considers himself to be a "natural contrarian".[30] He identifies as a conservative, once joking that "I grew up in the 1980s, when conservatism was cool".[2] He is in favor of limited government at home and American leadership abroad. He strongly opposed Trump's presidential candidacy in 2016[31][32] and has been highly critical of the Republican Party.[33] When proof comes out showing collusion I'll become concerned. Until then the Rice story is just as big and just as much "evidence." All of it should be investigated. Trump was under reverse surveillance since before he even decided to run and I've seen no collusion evidence.

Then whose responsibility exactly is it? We are damned if we do damned if we don't. Fuck that. UN and NATO can take care of this. Yes we will have some troops involved but much fucking less than going into a proxy war of which the world hasn't seen in decades. This goes without saying that being there simply makes more Muslims hate us even when we are trying to help Muslims. Its a no win situation. Hilarious to see the liberal war hawks coming out of the woodwork.

Just where are we doing that?

We hack them, they hack us. We fuck with their elections they fuck with ours. I'd bet good money Evelyn Farkas was fucking with Russian elections when she was with the Obama admin.

Reality is NATO should be all over this to. The mere fact that Russia is involved makes this clear. Europe with the millions of refugee's going there has plenty to be concerned about when it comes to Syria and the ME in general. Besides our boys in the UN and NATO keep them the fuck out.

Remember her. The former Obama administration official who resigned in 2015 who recently outed that they were spying on the Trump team. Ask yourself how she knew about this? Any why so often is it a secret she was working for the Clinton Campaign? “If they found out how we knew what we knew about the Trump staff, dealing with Russians, they would try to compromise sources and methods [sic].” Well turns out she just so happened to be up for a position in the Hillary administration and was working as "an advocate" for the Clinton campaign. http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/03/attn-media-evelyn-farkas-hillary-campaign-advisor-touted-clinton-admin-appointment/ From:efarkas@XXXX To: john.podesta@gmail.com CC: slatham@hillaryclinton.com Date: 2016-02-21 21:53 Subject: Re: Following up from Tony’s brunch – Ethnic surrogate work for HRC Sounds great. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 21, 2016, at 6:27 PM, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Evelyn. Good seeing you and we will follow up in the next few days. > “On Sunday, February 21, 2016, wrote: >> John, >> As I mentioned, as a second-generation (parents came here in ’56) Hungarian-American, I’d love to do surrogate work for HRC with the ethnic Eastern European communities, in addition to the foreign policy work with Jake and Laura. >> >> Let me know what I need to do to get it going. As of now I have trips planned to give lectures in the spring in Newport, RI and Seattle and London next week (I did participate in a Munich fundraiser with Melanne V. the week before last and could do something like that again.) I also do a lot of media, mainly right now on Russia and the Middle East — Amanpour probably next Monday, BBC radio tomorrow am. >> >> Attached is more info about me than you could ever need! – Evelyn Cipher Brief, December 10, 2015: One of the few places Farkas disclosed her role advising the Clinton campaign was a New Yorker report datelined March 6, 2017. In October of 2016, Evelyn Farkas, deputy assistant secretary of defense under Barack Obama, said during a global leadership panel that if Donald Trump were to be elected, he would be removed from office "quickly.” 'We have a lot of presidential historians who have put forward very coherent the argument – they have given us examples of all of our horrible presidents in the past and the fact that we have endured. And we do have a strong system of checks and balances. And actually, if Donald Trump were elected I believe he would be impeached pretty quickly or somebody else would have to take over government. And I am not even joking," she at the time after demanding that attendees vote for Hillary Clinton. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/justinholcomb/2017/04/04/obama-security-official-president-trump-will-be-impeached-or-somebody-else-will-take-overim-not-even-joking-n2308577

Yes. They did in Bosnia to create safe zones and used military force to do so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Protection_Force Croatia[edit] UNPROFOR was created by UN Security Council Resolution 743 on 21 February 1992 during the Croatian War of Independence.[3][4] The initial mandate of UNPROFOR was to ensure conditions for peace talks, and security in three demilitarized "safe-haven" enclaves designated as United Nations Protected Areas (UNPAs) located in various regions before the Republic of Croatia was admitted into the United Nations (UN) as a member but were controlled by the self-styled Republic of Serbian Krajina. In 1992, the mandate was extended to so-called "pink zones" controlling access to the UNPAs (UNSC Resolution 762),[5] some border control and monitoring of civilian access to the Pink Zones (UNSC Resolution 769),[6] and control of the demilitarisation of the Prevlaka peninsula near Dubrovnik (UNSC Resolution 779).[7] The only airplane visible on Sarajevo airport, beyond repair since the beginning of the war. The airport was on the frontline between the Serbs and the Bosniaks. Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit] In contrast to that of Croatia, the UNPROFOR mandate for Bosnia and Herzegovina was not to monitor a preexisting cease-fire, but to keep the population alive while the war ended. The mandate can essentially be divided into four phases, but it is important to note that the old responsibilities continued even as new tasks were added. Phase 1: Aid to Sarajevo - Beginning on 5 June 1992, UNPROFOR was responsible for the protection of Sarajevo airport as mandated by Resolution 758 for humanitarian purposes. UNPROFOR would run a security corridor for aid convoys between the airport and the city.[8] Phase 2: Escort of Humanitarian Aid - On 14 September 1992, UNPROFOR was given a mandate by the United Nations Security Council to protect humanitarian relief convoys as requested by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and provide ground transportation for difficult routes. Phase 3: The Protection of Safe Areas - The next expansion of the mandate was on 16 April 1993 with United Nations Security Council Resolution 819 declaring the town of Srebrenica a "safe area" free "from armed attack or any other hostile act."[9] In May 1993, Bihać, Sarajevo, Goražde, Žepa and Tuzla were also added as "safe areas".[9] Phase 4: Monitoring the Muslim-Croat Federation and Weapons Exclusion Zones - Eventually, UNPROFOR monitored a US-brokered cease-fires in Bosnia in February 1994, creating the Muslim-Croat Federation.[10]UNPROFOR was responsible for monitoring the zones of separation and weapons control points. In addition, the UNSC increased UNPROFOR's authorized strength to monitor weapons exclusion zones, but never actually altered the operation's mandate.[9] On 31 March 1995, UNPROFOR was restructured into three coordinated peace operations.[clarification needed] On 20 December 1995 the forces of UNPROFOR were reflagged under the NATO led Implementation Force (IFOR) whose task was to implement the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (GFAP – otherwise known as the Dayton Accords or Dayton Agreement). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Protection_Force United Nations Protection Force From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from UNPROFOR) The United Nations Protection Force (French: Force de Protection des Nations Unies; UNPROFOR, also known by its French acronym FORPRONU), was the first United Nations peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav Wars. The force was formed in February 1992 and its mandate ended in March 1995, with the peacekeeping mission restructuring into three other forces (the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) in Macedonia, and the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia (UNCRO) in Croatia, with restructured UNPROFOR operations ongoing in Bosnia and Herzegovina until their replacement by NATO and EU missions in December 1995).

No shit. They still defend Clinton to no end. Clinton traveled with a know pedophile even signing off from SS protection at times when he did.

"The cold war has been over for 20 years."

Don Lemon of CNN said he wouldn't cover this story of Rice unmasking Trump team surveillance for political purposes so not to insult the intelligence of his viewers. Yet he asks is a black hole theory for missing jet preposterous? These are the people libs get their news from.

Poor Vinny and liberals.

Where the fuck is the UN? http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/04/middleeast/idlib-syria-attack/index.html Dozens of people, including at least ten children, have been killed in what is suspected to be one of the deadliest chemical attacks in Syria in years, multiple activist groups say. Airstrikes hit the rebel-held city of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province on Tuesday morning, giving off a "poisonous gas," according to Anas al-Diab, an activist with the Aleppo Media Center (AMC).

Reverse parties and imagine the outrage. The best thing that could happen is to find out they were spying on the other dem candidates. That would be fucking priceless. She needs to be asked under oath to connect the dots as to why the unmasking had national security consequences. Make her prove it wasn't political purposes.

Time to subpoena the entire NSC and Obama himself. This will never get the attention it deserves because of who it was going against but this is by far the biggest political story since Watergate. Unreal a current administration can use these methods to try and protect its legacy and possibly even help a candidate beat the opposing party. This should bother every single American. I don't buy for a second this information wasn't being relayed to the Clinton team from very early on. I don't buy that Trump was the only candidate being targeted by "incidental collection." I'd bet good money even Sanders was. The only reason it didn't help them was there wasn't anything there.

Sad.

Read between or pay close attention to the statements. She now admits to the unmasking. 3:20 mark AM sets her up with a softball. http://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/-i-leaked-nothing-to-nobody-susan-rice-insists-913714243789 http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/what-would-lead-to-unmasking-913629251512

It will come down to the leak to the WP and whether or not that person wants to play ball in exchange for lesser charges. Might be really interesting. If and thats a huge if there was some coordination between the Obama admin and the Clinton campaign the dems can absolutely forget the 2020 election.

Rabbit ears is inNE part of Co. just SWof the snowies. Rode the snowies 4-5 times but never rabbit ears pass. Think that trail system is really limited but I've heard of good things regarding the off trail riding. Don't think any of that area compares to the western part of the state regarding scenery and off trail riding opportunities. Really good but not as good as the western part of wy. https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5274222.pdf

Depends on the area. The trail system around Togwotee is pretty extensive however the stops are few and far between. Grooming can be hit or miss especially on some of the main trails. If that's your thing you can put some serious miles on but you will be hitting some trails multiple times pending your starting point. Off trail riding is obviously where its at. Trails are just the means to get to them. Some of the best riding area's are 15-20 miles by trail from the lodge and many people avoid them because of that or simply don't know about them. Milages are listed between intersections. http://wyotrails.state.wy.us/pdf/ContinentalDiv2016_Small.pdf