Mitt did not pay any taxes for 10 years!
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asked and answered already numerous times in this thread.
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odd that you're avoiding obama's grades thread......
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What do you think happened to them?
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right again...thanks rune
Read and learn;
UNITED NATIONS -- A move to ban international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna will go before the U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) for discussion and a possible vote, officials announced today.
The CITES office in Geneva confirmed that Monaco has submitted a formal bid to add bluefin tuna to the Annex I list of threatened species and that the proposal will be part of the formal agenda at the next general conference in Doha, Qatar, in March 2010. An Annex I listing grants species the highest level of protection, allowing for the continuation of a domestic market but banning all imports or exports of animals and their parts on the list. Today is the deadline for nations to submit their proposals.
Bluefin tuna are the source of the highest grade of sushi and sashimi, known to aficionados as maguro and toro. The fish is also prized in Mediterranean cuisine. Japan is by far the world's largest consumer, with fleets from Spain, Italy and France largely supplying the market there.
If adopted, the proposal would be the first time a major commercial fishery was targeted by CITES for restriction and would arguably be one of the most visible and far-reaching interventions by the convention ever. CITES is most famous for its protections of African elephants and Asian tigers, and proposed protections for marine animals have only recently come up.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bluefin-tuna-stocks-threatened-cites-japan-monaco
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Bluefin tuna certainly faces severe existential threats. That much is no longer in doubt. Sure, Pacific bluefins are not officially endangered -- but Southern and Atlantic ones are. Indeed, bluefin experts are quickly shifting their conversation away from the question of whether or not the species are endangered to the more difficult one of what to do in light of the fact that they are.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/12/bluefin-tuna-extinction_n_924957.html
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See a video of huge floating tuna farms.)
"Bluefin tuna is near ecological and commercial extinction," said Sergi Tudela, head of the fisheries program at WWF in Barcelona, Spain.
An annual quota set by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) restricts tuna catches across the Mediterranean to 32,000 tons (29,000 metric tons).
But WWF estimates that the quota is being violated by about 50 percent and that real catches of bluefin tuna are around 50,000 tons (45,000 metric tons).
The main offenders are France, Libya, and Turkey, the organization says.
"The deliberate underreporting [of tuna fishing] by certain [countries], like France, and the impunity with which most industrial fleets are contravening the international legislation points to a situation of virtually unregulated fishing," Tudela said.
Disappearing Act
According to the WWF report, traditional tuna-trap fishermen in the Gibraltar Strait between Spain and Morocco have in the last three years caught 80 percent less fish than they did in the late 1990s.
Ubiquitous tuna schools in the waters off the Croatian coast in the Adriatic Sea were once a tourist attraction. Today no wild tuna is to be found. One problem, Tudela says, is that the Mediterranean Sea now supports fishing over its entire surface. This means there is no refuge for bluefin tuna to spawn.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/060724-bluefin-tuna.html
endangered species list. Unhampered by threat of extinction, possible poisoning by toxins and metals, or even anti-poaching volunteers and laws, poachers and consumers continue to hunt and serve up the expensive delicacy. Each catch may be the last BlueFin on earth or may tip the scales of balance in the ocean food chain.
BlueFins Role in the Ocean Food Chain
BlueFin are slow growing, late to mature, and long-lived compared to other tropical species of tuna. Found from the Gulf of Mexico, Newfoundland, east Atlantic, Canary Islands, Iceland, and even in the Mediterranean, they live in the Open Ocean and migrate long distances - likely following seasonal food stock. Their long migrations that take them nearly around the Atlantic mean that each school is regularly fished in many different locations; this is depleting all breeding stocks rapidly.
Bluefin tuna is at both the top and bottom of the food chain. Bits of dead plant and fish matter coupled with sunlight and the runoff from human sewage and industrial waste become the foods for plankton-microscopic algae and animals - which live at the surface of the oceans. The spawn of fish and other juveniles eat this plankton, including the young BlueFin tuna.
Other fish feed on the tuna from birth through adulthood including marine mammals. In the meantime, the sewage and industrial runoff causes toxins and metals to accumulate to dangerous levels in the Bluefin's body.
BlueFins Role on the Plate
BlueFin is a dark colored fish and very high in fat. Because of its high fat content, it is especially sought after for sushi and sashimi. The higher the fat content, the more prized and valuable the fish, but cooking it is not advised because the high fat content gives off an unpleasant fishy taste and odor.
Although BlueFin has been a commercially caught fish for thousands of years, western worlds are also exploiting them for high profits. This is resulting in further depleting the global stock. Further, the dangerous toxins and metals from urban run-off accumulate in the fat deposits in the tuna, making them a diner's slow poison.
Fishing Restrictions on BlueFin
It comes as no surprise that BlueFin tuna is fast becoming extinct. With the massive increase in human populations and increased popularity of sushi and sashimi, it is becoming a prized catch, fetching higher and higher market prices, which fuel its hunt down. As of 1982, fishing of the species was restricted. By 1998, a rebuilding program was initiated with the intent to rebuild stock in the North Atlantic.
In 1999 and 2006 further restrictions on driftnets, catching methods, limits and hunting methods were restricted, and careful planning on preventing the total extinction of the species was implemented. Public interest groups became involved in 2010, even sending out boats that follow tuna fishing boats to monitor their fishing methods and to ensure they do not catch more than their yearly or seasonal limits. These actions barely stem the tide of massive kills for fish markets globally.
The Fate of the BlueFin is in Our Hands
Back just a few hundred years ago overfishing was not an issue as inland imports of fish were unheard of. New methods of storage for long distance shipping furthered the exploitation of the fish by land-bound countries.
We can prevent the extinction of yet another species on our planet. While the BlueFin is part of the diets of several countries, we can substitute with other farmed or renewable fish sources. The secret to saving the BlueFin lies in eating local, rather than imported, foods. Or go vegan or vegetarian.
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/029383_tuna_endangered_species.html#ixzz22pCw1ZMi
BlueFins Role in the Ocean Food Chain
BlueFin are slow growing, late to mature, and long-lived compared to other tropical species of tuna. Found from the Gulf of Mexico, Newfoundland, east Atlantic, Canary Islands, Iceland, and even in the Mediterranean, they live in the Open Ocean and migrate long distances - likely following seasonal food stock. Their long migrations that take them nearly around the Atlantic mean that each school is regularly fished in many different locations; this is depleting all breeding stocks rapidly.
Bluefin tuna is at both the top and bottom of the food chain. Bits of dead plant and fish matter coupled with sunlight and the runoff from human sewage and industrial waste become the foods for plankton-microscopic algae and animals - which live at the surface of the oceans. The spawn of fish and other juveniles eat this plankton, including the young BlueFin tuna.
Other fish feed on the tuna from birth through adulthood including marine mammals. In the meantime, the sewage and industrial runoff causes toxins and metals to accumulate to dangerous levels in the Bluefin's body.
BlueFins Role on the Plate
BlueFin is a dark colored fish and very high in fat. Because of its high fat content, it is especially sought after for sushi and sashimi. The higher the fat content, the more prized and valuable the fish, but cooking it is not advised because the high fat content gives off an unpleasant fishy taste and odor.
Although BlueFin has been a commercially caught fish for thousands of years, western worlds are also exploiting them for high profits. This is resulting in further depleting the global stock. Further, the dangerous toxins and metals from urban run-off accumulate in the fat deposits in the tuna, making them a diner's slow poison.
Fishing Restrictions on BlueFin
It comes as no surprise that BlueFin tuna is fast becoming extinct. With the massive increase in human populations and increased popularity of sushi and sashimi, it is becoming a prized catch, fetching higher and higher market prices, which fuel its hunt down. As of 1982, fishing of the species was restricted. By 1998, a rebuilding program was initiated with the intent to rebuild stock in the North Atlantic.
In 1999 and 2006 further restrictions on driftnets, catching methods, limits and hunting methods were restricted, and careful planning on preventing the total extinction of the species was implemented. Public interest groups became involved in 2010, even sending out boats that follow tuna fishing boats to monitor their fishing methods and to ensure they do not catch more than their yearly or seasonal limits. These actions barely stem the tide of massive kills for fish markets globally.
The Fate of the BlueFin is in Our Hands
Back just a few hundred years ago overfishing was not an issue as inland imports of fish were unheard of. New methods of storage for long distance shipping furthered the exploitation of the fish by land-bound countries.
We can prevent the extinction of yet another species on our planet. While the BlueFin is part of the diets of several countries, we can substitute with other farmed or renewable fish sources. The secret to saving the BlueFin lies in eating local, rather than imported, foods. Or go vegan or vegetarian.
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/029383_tuna_endangered_species.html#ixzz22pCw1ZMi
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I doubt any of that, I'm sure it is all true. So maybe their best hope for survival is to say that they are full of toxins.
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Says who? You? the Leftist trash like Harry "a Little Birdie told me" Reid? Nancy "Repubs want dirty air, and dirty water" Pelosi?
Show where Romney is obligated to show you anything?
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Where's Obama's admitting forms for Columbia? Wouldn't be good for Barry the foreign exchange student to be releasing that now would it?
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he is? where does this obligation stem from? also, you said obama is not obliged to release his birth certificate. do you feel obama is obliged to release his grades?
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and yet you take an anonymous source as gospel and demand romney release his taxes.
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The obligation stems from custom. And no, Obama is not obligated to release his grades as there is no similar custom for a candidate's college grades.
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liberals demanded bush release his grades....both gore and bush produced their grades....ooooops
custom is not an obligation. it is merely custom. he is not required to release his grades to be eligible to run for office. you also believed obama was not obligated to prove his eligibility, the contrast is stark.
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Custom? Are you kidding me? That's it? Get outta here with that weak ass shit. There is no set amount that is customary, nor is there any law that states that a candidate must. Giving you turds on the left more ammo to twist and use against him would be a stupid move if you ask me....There is NO indication that should he release say 10 years of returns that anyone calling for them would change their vote, or do anything but use them to smear, and ask for yet even more....
It's a desperate move for Obama to be going down this road...
To my knowledge, neither Bush nor Gore released their grades. The Washington Post obtained their transcripts, though. Kerry released his grades after the election. Like I said, contrary to the release of tax returns, there is no custom for candidates to release their college transcripts.
Custom can give rise to an obligation and, in this instance I believe it has. That does not mean that is is required to do it to be eligible to run for office. And I believed that Obama proved his eligibility upon the release of a certified copy of his birth certificate.