Caught in the act - with evidence he couldn't deny.
Posted on 02/09/2009 12:36:11 AM PST by nw_arizona_granny
Yahoo ran an interesting article this morning indicating a rise in the number of survivalist communities cropping up around the country. I have been wondering myself how much of the recent energy crisis is causing people to do things like stockpile food and water, grow their own vegetables, etc. Could it be that there are many people out there stockpiling and their increased buying has caused food prices to increase? It’s an interesting theory, but I believe increased food prices have more to do with rising fuel prices as cost-to-market costs have increased and grocers are simply passing those increases along to the consumer. A recent stroll through the camping section of Wal-Mart did give me pause - what kinds of things are prudent to have on hand in the event of a worldwide shortage of food and/or fuel? Survivalist in Training
I’ve been interested in survival stories since I was a kid, which is funny considering I grew up in a city. Maybe that’s why the idea of living off the land appealed to me. My grandfather and I frequently took camping trips along the Blue Ridge Parkway and around the Smoky Mountains. Looking back, some of the best times we had were when we stayed at campgrounds without electricity hookups, because it forced us to use what we had to get by. My grandfather was well-prepared with a camp stove and lanterns (which ran off propane), and when the sun went to bed we usually did along with it. We played cards for entertainment, and in the absence of televisions, games, etc. we shared many great conversations. Survivalist in the Neighborhood
He does take care of any mice that dare come in!<<<
There you are, give up, declare him the “Taster” and reward him for going after the mice.
LOL, I can see it now, a steel vault, to protect your supplies from the Taster.
A previous cat loved green beans out of the can.
Cats are weird little beasties..
;)
Seems to be alot of ‘chatter’ these days, Granny.
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UNDIAGNOSED POISONING, EQUINE - USA (03): (FLORIDA)
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Date: Wed 22 Apr 2009
Source: The Miami Herald, Palm Beach Post report [edited]
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1012081.html
Polo captain: tainted vitamin killed 21 ponies
Biodyl is a French-made supplement that contains vitamin B, selenium, and
chromium, La Nacion reported. Nero said that Biodyl “is what the horses are
always given. For us, the suspicions are that there was something bad in
the laboratory,” Nero said. “They’re common vitamins that aren’t given to
improve performance but rather to help them recover from exhaustion.”
Dr Scott Swerdlin, a veterinarian at the Palm Beach Equine Club who helped
treat the animals as they were dying, told the Post that Biodyl is not
approved for use or sale in the United States. But a licensed veterinarian
could obtain Biodyl by submitting a prescription to a pharmacy containing
the recipe for the supplement, he said.
If Biodyl shows up on the tests, now being done in Kissimmee and
Gainesville, an independent lab should determine if the Biodyl mix was
correct, said Swerdlin. “Biodyl is routinely used in Europe as a vitamin
supplement,” Swerdlin said. “My practice does not use it.”
“It’s dangerous,” Kentucky-based veterinarian Fernando Garcia told La
Nacion. “Ordering it from France isn’t an easy task because you have to
specify what its use will be and in what animal. In the case of the polo
ponies’ deaths, I don’t think it was Biodyl but it could have been an
imitation.”
Well-known Wellington polo patron Neil Hirsch, who co-owns the
Bridgehampton Polo Club on Long Island, said vitamins are commonly used but
rarely administered on a game day. “Everybody gives their polo horses
vitamins,” Hirsch said. “But they’re given on a Monday or Tuesday when no
one’s playing. You just don’t give them the day of a match.”
Dr Christie Ward, a veterinarian at the University of Minnesota, said that
supplements are generally unlikely to harm horses but that some contain
substances that could prove harmful in large quantities. Selenium, a
substance found in Biodyl, “can be toxic when administered at too high a
level,” she said. But she added that “in general, there does not seem to be
any high incidence of adverse reactions.”
As the investigation into the horses’ deaths presses on, a swirl of
speculation is surrounding the renowned polo team’s Argentine veterinarian.
Felix Crespo, a former competitive polo player, was the Lechuza Caracas
team’s top man in charge of the horses’ health, and he would have been the
one to oversee their diet and any supplements or injections they may have
received, people familiar with the team say. A call to Crespo’s cell phone
in Argentina was answered by his daughter, who said he was still in Palm
Beach County.
[byline: Andrew Marra, Bill DiPaolo]
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[Biodyl is manufactured by Merial in France. The product is not sold in the
US, but it is believed that the team purchased a generic brand in the US.
If that is the case, then it may be a compounded (specifically made by a
pharmacy) product. This is mentioned in the article above.
Even if the product is a compounded product it does not mean the pharmacy
is at fault. Any person seeking to maliciously harm the team or the animals
could have injected the bottles. Although the team captain seems certain it
was the supplement, it remains unproven as of this writing.
There is also the possibility of a mixing error, and that there is too much
or too little of a substance in the mixture. The moderator understands that
University of Florida at Gainesville, completed the gross necropsies and
that now the task of testing tissues and examining them histologically will
begin. Perhaps the university will reach out to other diagnostic
laboratories to help diagnose and confirm what has happened. There are a
number of good toxicology and veterinary drug testing laboratories across
the country.
We remain hopeful that urine on these animals was collected as it is an
excellent sample for testing for drugs, in the event the bottles of vitamin
mix were tainted with something. - Mod.TG
The state of Florida can be located on the HealthMap/ProMED-mail
interactive map at http://healthmap.org/r/009*
CopyEd.MJ]
[see also:
Undiagnosed poisoning, equine - USA (02): (FL) 20090422.1512
Undiagnosed poisoning, equine - USA (FL) 20090420.1494]
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Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese LLC Announces the Recall of Oaxaca Cheese due to Possible Listeria Monocytogenes Contamination
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — April 22, 2009 — Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese of Reading, Michigan announces the recall of Oaxaca soft Mexican-style cheese due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause Listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially fatal disease. Listeriosis can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea. Listeriosis can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths. The very young, the pregnant, the elderly and persons with compromised immune systems are the most susceptible to infection. People experiencing these problems should seek immediate medical attention.
Products were distributed to the following states: Illinois and Minnesota.
The recalled Oaxaca cheese product was distributed to retails stores and delis in 10 pound balls, labeled with the name “Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese LLC”
The recall encompasses production dates 3/17/2009, with an expiration date of 5/20/2009.
No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with the recalled products.
Consumers and retailers are urged to return all unused recalled product to the manufacturer.
Consumers with questions may contact Salvador Torres, Manager, Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese LLC at 517-368-5990.
Granny is raging and this is a post of granny’s opinion.
I have always hated Larry King, and like a fool I listened to him interview the family of the ex-Palin finance of the daughter.
[Forgot names, I don’t remember my own when I am mad...]
Larry King is egging the family into suing for custody of the grandson...
It appears that the Palin’s do not allow Levi to take the baby away with him, to where ever 18 year old fathers take a new born.
They did admit that some of the sister’s ex boyfriends might be part of the reason....
Sisters lowlife boyfriends, a mother arrested for dope and an 18 year old father, right, it would be a cold day in hell before they got control of my baby or grandbaby......if it were me.
When Levi acted the gentleman and refused to talk about un-protected sex that got her pregnant, king went in for the kill.
I kept waiting for something about the boy’s mother being arrested for dope, not a word and the idiot spoiled brat of a sister, does not hesitate to spew her hate of the Palin daughter.
The mother was decent, not far out, they let the daughter do all the ugly words, maybe she is still a minor.
They did not give strong enough comments on the proposed lawsuit against the Palins, so at the break they found a bunch of messages, urging him to fight.
It is important to the liberals that Bristol and Sarah get drug through the dirt in court.
King just asked the mother about being arrested, she said no comment, when he pushed hard, she said “talk to my lawyer”!
She has not gone to court as yet.
If the liberals are this dirty, so early in the game, then it is going to be a rough election.
I do smile at the thought of a mere small town beauty queen, sending the biggest commies in our country into battle mode and strong fear.
granny
It’s good to keep remembering what they’ve tried in the past - it will surface again and again until they get their way.<<<
Yes, they will keep attempting to hide it in the big bills that no one reads.
Or obama will write another executive order.
Get them they will, we have already lasted longer than the rest of the world.
An ordinary paper plate, glued to the bottom of the paint can, is much more convenient than spreading newspapers which must be moved every time the can is shifted from one place to another.
Well, isn’t that smart! I’ll be doing that...<<<
LOL, there are so many neat tricks to be learned.
I read them and then forget them.
Or folks think I am nuts for all the wild solutions I do come up with.
A previous cat loved green beans out of the can.
Cats are weird little beasties..<<<
LOL, if you think cats are weird, live with a parrot.
My brother shared his beer with mine, and for years if you opened a can, there was Dink and if it did not have beer in it, he would bite you, hard/bloody bite.
Since I rarely opened beer, I had lots of scars.
I have noticed that there is a working threat in every country and coming from names I have not heard before.
Thanks so much for the ping at #6819. I’ve been thinking of you lately...and said to myself, “I’ve got to get to granny’s “survival” thread and catch up...but you and I both know there’s no “catching up” with you! Thanks for the info on the bottom of the paint can and the post on the reasons the horses may have died...(very sad & interesting). Thanks for the chatter warning Velveeta! Thanks to all posters.
BUMP-TO-THE-TOP...for an OUTSTANDING thread!
April 22, 2009
Big Agriculture takes umbrage at Mrs Obama’s organic garden
America’s powerful agribusiness lobby has hit back at Michelle Obama’s decision to make her new White House kitchen garden entirely organic, urging her to consider the use of appropriate “crop protection products”.
Wearing her finest Jimmy Choo boots, Mrs Obama broke the ground on her vegetable plot on the White House lawn last month, enlisting the help of local schoolchildren to help make a point about the need to tackle childhood obesity.
The kitchen garden is White House’s first since Eleanor Roosevelt “dug for victory” in the Second World War, and pictures of the photogenic First Lady getting to work gained massive worldwide coverage.
To the anger of Big Ag, however, Mrs Obama has aligned herself with the growing movement of “locavores”, people who grow their own fruit and vegetables at home or try to buy only locally-grown food. The principles of organic gardening, which focuses on building healthy soil, mean that she will not be able to use chemical products to tackle pests or give her plants a boost.
Shortly after she got to work on the plot, Mrs Obama received a letter from the Mid-America CropLife Association (MACA), which represents the companies producing the pesticides and fertilisers underpinning “conventional” American agriculture.
Addressed to “Mrs Barack Obama”, the letter congratulated the First Lady on “recognising the importance of agriculture in America”. Farming is America’s largest industry, generating 20 per cent of GDP and directly or indirectly employing 22 million people.
The letter does not mention the word “organic”, nor even “pesticide” or “fertiliser” but highlights the role played by farmers in preventing soil erosion and the massive yields achievable thanks to technological advances - technologies that can see a single acre produce almost 20 tonnes of strawberries of 110,000 heads of lettuce in a season.
“Today, an average farmer produces enough food to feed 144 Americans who are living longer lives than many of their ancestors. Technology in agriculture has allowed for the development of much of what we know and use in our lives today,” MACA wrote.
“If Americans were still required to farm to support their family’s basic food and fibre needs, would the US have been leaders in the advancement of science, communication, education, medicine, transportation and the arts?
“We live in a very different world than that of our grandparents. Americans are juggling jobs with the needs of children and ageing parents. The time needed to tend a garden is not there for the majority of our citizens, certainly not a garden of sufficient productivity to supply much of a family’s year-round food needs.”
The letter “respectfully” encourages Mrs Obama to recognise the role played by conventional agriculture in feeding America’s growing population and is carefully worded not to be provocative.
But Bonnie McCarvel, the MACA executive director, was not so diplomatic in an e-mail forwarding the letter to MACA supporters and members, in which she said: “While a garden is a great idea, the thought of it being organic made (us) shudder.”
More than 100,000 people have signed an online petition supporting Mrs Obama and asking MACA to stop its “propaganda about pesticides”.
“Stop asserting that the First Lady is somehow disserving our nation’s citizens by encouraging them to grow their own food locally, sustainably and without your industry’s chemicals,” the petition says. “We know better and you should, too.”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6146396.ece
The irrational fear of this petite lady means only one thing to me: God is with her, guiding her, and the enemies of God hate it and her.
This has been a bad week. 0bama sucking up to fascist dictators like Chavez and Ortega; socialized health care on fast track (not good news for you or me, Granny), threats to prosecute lawyers for giving their opinion on how to legally get information from terrorists who refused to talk; the cap and trade bill that will destroy our industries and chase jobs overseas, and on and on.
We need to pray, and pray hard. We are pressed on all sides. And the average guy is only concerned about who’s being thrown off American Idol. They have no clue what’s happening in our country.
That sounds like an awful lot of strawberries... 20x2000= 40,000 pounds?? Hmmmm... Does this sound right to you guys?
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