Re: Cause of Potato Famine & Why Its Coming Back

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I have had a reply from the gentleman you refer to, and he claims to not know you and
not be related to you. I have taken the liberty of saving all of your postings.

Are you hoping I'll ask the webmaster to remove the posts for you?

Everything I stated is a fact and the truth and I have no problem swearing to it any
time or place.

I have cc'd everyone, including law enforcement.

On 12/30/09, Mike B. wrote:
> 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.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>