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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]I use MS and still have butterflys, moths, bees, lightning bugs, etc. Keep ip the good work, MS!!  BTW, do I get a discount next year for defending you?[/quote]

As many of you will remember, we previous identified Mosquito Squad representatives sock puppetting a thread on DCUM. In addition, I subsequently identified a second thread in which sock puppetting occurred prior to that incident, so there have been two previous known cases of sock puppetting. I am not making any accusations against MS or anyone else, but I will simply point out these facts:

1) This user is not from the DC area and, as far as I can tell, never posted on DCUM before;

2) This poster has posted four (4) messages in this thread in support of Mosquito Squad;

3) This poster has not posted any other messages on the site that I can identify;

4) This poster arrived at DCUM, not by going to the home page and not by going to the main forum page, but by coming directly to this page.
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Wow, thank you, Jeff. I am really uncomfortable with MS as a company. While I do think permethrin is needed in limited, targeted situations (impregnated bed nets and clothing in malaria-stricken areas, barrier spray for lyme prevention), I think it's a travesty that they are using it profligately, especially since CCD has been linked to its use, and it's so toxic to aquatic life. The fact that MS constantly comes to DCUM to sock puppet threads is just the nail in the coffin, though -- I'll never even use their garlic spray. I just don't trust a company with such deceptive practices.

BTW: totally off-topic, but I cut my garlic scapes off my garlic crop this year and wove them into little braids and tied them around the bannister of my deck. No mosquito bites in the backyard yet, and you can't smell the garlic unless you actually pick up the scape. They dried a few weeks ago but apparently they are still strong enough to confuse the mosquitoes. So if you grow garlic, don't throw out your scapes! [/quote]

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