Re: Cause of Potato Famine & Why Its Coming Back
Posted by Mike B. on 12/30/09
There you go with your unsubstantiated, libelous and slanderous accusations, again. IF
(BIG "IF") Danny ever takes your calls, make sure you copy him with everything. Lawyers
hate surprises. I hear his son is in trouble with the Louisiana disciplinary counsel,
again. See you in court!
On 12/30/09, Deborah wrote:
> I have made only truthful statements about you and the incidents that took place.
>
> You made unauthorized entries into my apartment. You failed to tell me of defects in
> the building, including gas leaks. You used outdoor paint indoors. You asked me to
> sign another lease while I was ill telling me you would use it as collateral to
> purchase another piece of property. You replaced an Entergy gas meter after it was
> pulled by Entergy due to it failing a leak down test performed by an Entergy employee
> before any repairs were begun and without authorization by DPW and/or Entergy. You
> had previously trained as a plumber/pipefitter but were not currently employed as such
> ( I don't know if you maintained licensure, as I recall, not ). The professional
> plumbers found over a dozen leaks throughout the system. You filed an eviction
> proceeding against me based on NO LEASE. Repairs uncovered an abandoned septic tank
> still connected in some way to the house and placed a gas line directly over the open
> hole, a violation of code.
>
> My copy of the lease mysteriously vanished from the top of my refrigerator on a day I
> came home to find my door unlocked and ajar. A neighbor said that you were seen at
> the dwelling that day. I found a copy of the lease you said did not exist.
>
> I was ill, homeless, concerned for my child's health and well-being, unable to afford
> an attorney, the attorney friend who accompanied me to court later declined to be
> involved due to his prior work for many area landlords and his feeling that all
> attempts were futile as I lacked the financial resources to pursue the matter
> including filing a suspensive appeal of the eviction while paying rent on two places.
> I still pursued it on my own as long as I was able.
>
>
>
> I have contacted Daniel B and ccd the correspondence to others.
>
>
>
> On 12/30/09, Mike B. wrote:
>> You're the one who asked about the FEMA trailer litigation! Follow the thread, or
>> is that too much to ask? Oh well, it doesn't matter. You will never provide proof
>> of anything you claim on this board, including the knowingly false allegations you
>> have made about me for years. Go ahead...call Danny.
>>
>> On 12/30/09, Deborah wrote:
>>> How were any of your remarks and/or questions relevant to me and this board,
>> Mikey?
>>>
>>> Should I call Daniel B and ask him to have a look at this?
>>>
>>> Which people are you referring to that I might have a problem with, people like
>> you?
>>>
>>> On 12/30/09, Mike B. wrote:
>>>> I didn't ask why it was "relevant". I asked how being related to some lawyer
>>>> makes me somehow involved with his lawsuits? Typical of your hysteria and BS,
>>>> you don't have an answer that makes any sense.
>>>>
>>>> To address your second illogical rant, you obviously have a problem with those
>>>> people, don't you?
>>>>
>>>> On 12/30/09, Deborah wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Just as relevant as your tossing in names of people uninvolved with ANY of
>>>>> this...following your lead.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you drinking and snorting again?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/30/09, Mike B. wrote:
>>>>>> If I was, how in the world does that make me involved in any FEMA trailer
>>>>>> litigation? Are you smoking, again?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/30/09, Deborah wrote:
>>>>>>> So you are not related to Daniel B of the same surname?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 12/30/09, Mike B. wrote:
>>>>>>>> I have nothing to do with any of that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 12/29/09, Deborah wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Oh, the class action over the formaldehyde and FEMA trailers...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 12/29/09, Mike B. wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Which FEMA trailer suit are you referring to?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 12/28/09, Deborah wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> sorry, I realize that might be over your head, I just thought
>>>>>>>>>>> you'd realize it and have enough sense to let someone else
>>>>>>>>>> respond...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, maybe you were responding to Sharon's post rather than mine?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hey, how did that FEMA trailer suit work out?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/28/09, Mike B. wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> So......how do you make the leap to the conclusion that the
>>>>>>>>>>>> potato famine is coming back?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/27/09, Deborah wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Malaria, potato famine pathogen share surprising trait
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/297/malaria-potato-famine-
>>>>>>>>>>>> pathogen-share-surprising-trait
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/27/09, Sharon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.naturalnews.com/027801_potato_famine_crop_failure
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> .html
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (NaturalNews) Researchers have sequenced the genome of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fungus responsible for the Great Irish Potato Famine in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1800s, uncovering the reason that the organism continues to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> plague potato farmers to this day.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "This pathogen has an exquisite ability to adapt and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> change, and that's what makes it so dangerous," said lead
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> researcher Chad Nusbaum of the Broad Institute in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cambridge, Mass.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The organism, known as Phytophthora infestans, is a type of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> water mold that continues to cost potato farmers billions
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of dollars every year. It prefers cool, wet climates and is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> capable of destroying entire fields of potatoes and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tomatoes within only a few days. In 2003, P. infestans
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> destroyed Papua New Guinea's entire potato crop.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The mold evolves resistance to antifungal sprays with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> astonishing speed. In just the last few years, potato
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> farmers in the United Kingdom have increased chemical
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> spraying by 30 percent in an attempt to hold the organism
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at bay, and the ongoing blight in Ireland has been
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> called "the worst in living memory," according to the BBC.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> According to information published in the journal Nature,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> P. infestans' genome is especially large, at least twice as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> long as the genetic code of its closest relatives. Some
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> regions of the genome are particularly dense, containing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> many genes in a small area, while others are much less
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dense. It is these gene-light areas that may hold the key
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to the organism's adaptability: more than 700 key genes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> were mapped in these regions, some of them coding for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> attacks on potatoes' immune systems.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "The regions change rapidly over time, acting as a kind of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> incubator to enable the rapid birth and death of genes that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are key to plant infection," said co-lead author Brian
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Haas. "As a result, these critical genes may be gained and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lost so rapidly that the hosts simply can't keep up."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Modern agriculture has exacerbated the problem, said Paul
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Birch of the Scottish Crop Research Institute. Widespread
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> application of chemicals encourages pest evolution, while
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> genetic standardization of food crops makes them more
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> vulnerable to infestation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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