River In China Mysteriously Turns Bloody Red Overnight

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But it's fine they say that they can catch fish.... <sigh>

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Posted by Herb7734 10 years, 4 months ago

It is obvious. Since the Chinese population is becoming more capitalistic, their government decided to put on a demonstration in order to emphasis their communist form of government. What better symbolism than turning a river red? Soon you'll see the return of the little red books, red flags, red-eye flights, and an abundance of red fruits and vegetables. Can a rhubarb festival be far off?

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  Posted by jbrenner 10 years, 4 months ago
  
  My university's president and provost came back from a trip to China a couple of years ago where they formed a couple of partnership agreements for their students to come to my university for their last couple of years. When they came back, they invited me to play golf, and the major topic of discussion was how China seemed more capitalistic than America. I was doing most of the listening.
  
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    Posted by Herb7734 10 years, 4 months ago
    
    Wouldn't it be ironic if China became the beacon of capitalism, and America became a communist state. You'd have people from America fleeing to China, and crossing over their borders illegally.
    
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  Posted by johnpe1 10 years, 4 months ago
  
  is this like the green river in chicago? I drank some
  "green river" there, once, and it wasn't bad!!! -- j
  
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    Posted by Herb7734 10 years, 4 months ago
    
    Eurrrggh!
    
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      Posted by johnpe1 10 years, 4 months ago
      
      it was a fruit juice concoction at a hotel where we
      were staying! -- j
      
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        Posted by Herb7734 10 years, 4 months ago
        
        Oh.
        Never mind.
        
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        Posted by johnpe1 10 years, 4 months ago
        
        remember Emily Litella (Gilda Radner)? "violins on
        television?"
        
        "No, Emily; violence on television."
        
        "Oh. Never mind." -- Gilda was great! -- j
        
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        Posted by Herb7734 10 years, 4 months ago
        
        You picked up on that? Great memory!
        Preserve our natural racehorses?
        No, Emily, natural resources.
        She was a comedic genius.
        Then there was Rosanna Rosannadanna.
        Or Baba Wawa.
        Really miss her.
        
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        Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 4 months ago
        
        I do! She was funny. She was married to Gene Wilder. I just saw him co-hosting a week or two ago on TCM with Robert Osborne. He is still quite a character.
        
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        Posted by khalling 10 years, 4 months ago
        
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1myF6szt...
        
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        Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 4 months ago
        
        Boo hoo... not available here.
        
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        Posted by johnpe1 10 years, 4 months ago
        
        "the uploader has not made this video available
        in your country." -- where are you, K??? -- j
        
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        Posted by khalling 10 years, 4 months ago
        
        Lo siento. I found the exact skit...you 'll have to help me out I guess
        
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        Posted by johnpe1 10 years, 4 months ago
        
        how 'bout this:
        
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz0z3J-v...
        
        the sound is low, so turn it up! -- j
        
        p.s. de nada!
        
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Posted by Susanne 10 years, 4 months ago

Didn't the Rouge in Michigan have the same phenomenon from dumping about 70 or so years ago?

Paper plants use all kinds of fun hazmat, and who knows what they're using for the red food coloring? Depending (notice the residents detected a "smell") on what's in that water, I wouldn't eat a fish caught in it. IIRC... Some sulfur compounds combine with Mercury and turn red. Since paper mills use sulfuric acid, well...

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of rivers of China...

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  Posted by Herb7734 10 years, 4 months ago
  
  My wife swam in the Rouge as a teen. Contracted a fungus damn near killed her.
  
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Posted by DaveM49 10 years, 4 months ago

Okay....there's a food coloring company and a clothing manufacturer (which may work with dies) upstream. I wonder who "dumped".

Then again....it may have been a protest. John Galt may well have walked off the line at the food coloring factory.

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  Posted by DaveM49 10 years, 4 months ago
  
  Did anyone see a dollar sign?
  
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Posted by Notperfect 10 years, 4 months ago

I also read the comments: like the one about frogs and locusts.

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Posted by allosaur 10 years, 4 months ago

Holy Moses!

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Posted by LarryHeart 10 years, 4 months ago

Moses... you silly boy.

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Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 5 months ago

The shade of red is disturbing.
The area where the river turned red... what kind of clay is in the soil upstream?

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  Posted by khalling 10 years, 5 months ago
  
  This is a bad miss marple. There are three manufacturing facilities. One is a food coloring plant.
  
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    Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 4 months ago
    
    huh?
    
    There are manufacturing facilities all around here. When it rains, the streets run red... because of the red clay, not manufacturer dumping.
    
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Posted by jbrenner 10 years, 5 months ago

The catching of fish was before the sudden color change. Someone definitely dumped illegally.

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