Libertad's Journal

01/19/2009 13:54 #47448

Moochas Gracias Paul

Thank you so much for fixing my mess of a computer last night. I really thought that I was going to lose almost all of my digital photo files and that would have made me so sad. I am sorry you were so allergic to my rabbit dandered computer. I didn't even think of that happening and am so happy that I at least spent the time carefully vacuuming out the inside because I can't even imagine what you would be like if I didn't. I always thought you would be able to come over to my house as long as you didn't go in the rabbit room but now I know that you really never could come over. Anyways, I am most greatful. Thanks again!

paul - 01/19/09 23:20
Oops, that is so funny. I just meant (e:hodown) no pun intended.

mike - 01/19/09 22:55
whoa! (e:godown) ,does jessica approve of that nickname?

paul - 01/19/09 14:55
I am happy to have helped, however, I now hate rabbits as much as cats. At least you can see how alerguc I am to animals. People always think I am exaggerating when I tell them how allergic I am. Rabbits and hay are at the top of that list and so is dust. So add rabbit and hat dust and it's like my kryptonite.

My only other experience with rabbits was (e:godown) and I went to my blockbuster coworkers movie night party in the mid 90s. Since then I have managed to avoid them.

01/11/2009 09:27 #47364

Hot Bean Dip

Here you go (e:leetee) and (e:ladycroft). I'm glad you both enjoyed it. For any of you who may want to make this to serve to veggies make sure that you check the refried bean ingredients as they often have animal fat in them. Usually the fat free ones are OK. Recipe from

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

* 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
* 1 cup sour cream
* 2 (16 ounce) cans refried beans
* 1/2 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
* 5 drops hot pepper sauce
* 2 tablespoons dried parsley
* 1/4 cup chopped green onions
* 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Cheddar cheese
* 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Monterey Jack cheese

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a medium bowl, blend the cream cheese and sour cream. Mix in the refried beans, taco seasoning, hot pepper sauce, parsley, green onions, 1/2 the Cheddar cheese and 1/2 the Monterey Jack cheese. Transfer the mixture to an 8x12 inch baking dish. Top with remaining Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses.
3. Bake in the preheated oven 20 to 30 minutes, until cheese is slightly browned.

ladycroft - 01/12/09 08:44
woohoo! thanks lib!

leetee - 01/11/09 13:58
Thank you!!! I am lookng forward to making it!!

tinypliny - 01/11/09 09:32
Oh man. I was at the party and still didn't try it. I think I had around 5 potato chips the entire time I was at (e:PMTs). Hahaha

janelle - 01/11/09 09:29
Wow, that looks really good Libertad. I'm sorry I wasn't at the party to try it. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

01/10/2009 14:45 #47353

CO-OP sells toxic tomatoes

My roommate bought these tomatoes from the Lexington CO-OP the other day. I just noticed that the sticker says H2GRO on it which I have previously posted about. Anyways, these tomatoes are grown in a green house that Waste Management converts methane gas from their dump site into electricity to power it. My main problem with this is that the green house is adjacent to where all the radioactive material from the Manhattan Project is being stored as well as where all the toxic chemicals of the North East region are disposed of by Chemical Waste Management. The only reason I really ever found out about it was from when I drove around the site and fell upon it. I felt so sick after being around these dump sites that I can assure anyone that these are not tomatoes that should be consumed. Here is the link to my journal where I take a tour of the Lake Ontario Ordinance Works site in Ransomville NY.

So I know some people at the CO-OP and am definitely going to bring this to their attention. Seriously people, DON'T buy these tomatoes!

Thankfully Artvoice has been keeping up on this continuously developing story. They haven't ever made mention of these tomatoes as far as I know. Here is their latest story.

Meanwhile, In Lewiston: Dangerously High Radiation Levels

by Geoff Kelly & Louis Ricciuti

Chemical Waste Management proudly reveals dangerously high radiation levels

On the Friday after Christmas, whence all news stories go to die, Chemical Waste Management released the results of a radiation survey of its landfill in the Town of Lewiston.

The survey was performed by the URS Corporation, and CWM spokesperson Lori Caso proudly claimed that no significant hotspots had been detected: More than four million samples were taken and evaluated, and 99.85 percent of the samples had registered less than 16,000 counts per minute, which is the self-determined standard CWM uses to decide whether a spot warrants further investigation or remediation.

Doing the math, that means more than 4,000 samples registered above 16,000 counts per minute.

And in any case, 16,000 counts per minute is quite high-640 times what most health physicists would consider a normal level of radioactivity. It's even high by landfill standards: A few years ago, at the BFI-Allied (previously CECOS) landfill on Pine Avenue in Niagara Falls, the maximum acceptable radiation level was set at 1,000 counts per minute. That standard was later raised by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to accommodate "asphalt fill" materials from a Porter Road repaving project that set off BFI-Allied's radiation detection gate alarms at 1,500 counts per minute.

In 2002, defense contractor SAIC performed a radiation survey of the Lewiston Porter Central School District Campus, not far from CWM. SAIC used a standard of 8,000 counts per minute to determine whether a hotspot warranted further investigation. SAIC found levels ranging between 7,000 to 13,000 counts per minute of radioactive emanation, with an anomalous "rock" found on the property behind the elementary school that registered at 38,222 counts per minute. Health physicist Dr. Rosalie Bertell said of the Lew-Port findings, "Rather than calming the public, this should cause outrage."

To put CWM's 16,000 counts per minute in context, we called Tedd Weyman of Toronto's Uranium Medical Research Center. Weyman said "normal" radiation levels in Toronto are 35 to 45 counts per minute. In Baghdad, which the US military has contaminated with depleted uranium munitions, radiation levels range from 25,000 to 75,000 counts per minute.

"What's being found around the schools at Lewiston Porter is, from a scientific perspective, extreme, shocking, and profound," Weyman said. "These rates are higher than what is allowed at any nuclear facility."

He added, "This is a catastrophically serious situation and a human health crisis. These rates are against the law."

-geoff kelly & louis ricciuti

libertad - 01/11/09 09:12
(e:joshua), we live in Buffalo and it really isn't possible for me to grow my own produce. I did try to grow tomatoes on my porch this summer but it was a bad year for them and I only got to eat about two of them. The green house is across the street from the dump and a little further down the street maybe 200 yards or so is where all of the tons of radioactive effluent was dumped into the earth and later "cleaned up". Maybe a 1/4 of a mile or so from that is where Chemical Waste management receives and treats all of the toxic waste from the entire N.E. region. If you want to go and eat the tomatoes by all means eat your heart out.

I admire Geoff Kelly and Louis Ricciuti for their continuous reporting of something that has been going on in our region since WWII. To call him an asshole when he is just trying to make people aware of the dangers this poses to the area does not really speak so much of yourself. Why don't you take a drive out there Josh and take a trip around the LOOW, you just might learn for yourself why these guys are so passionate about this issue and you might not treat them as if they were crazy alarmists making it all up. I am telling you Josh that I felt sick from being there. Nobody can tell me that it is safe to eat the tomatoes they grow there, live around the border or attend classes there. No, it is not a death sentence, as we know from many fine (e:strip)pers who are alive and well, but it just does not make any sense to be so close to toxic chemicals and radioactive waste no matter how well they say they have disposed of it.

ladycroft - 01/11/09 08:42
p.s. ditto leetee, can i have that bean dip recipe too!?

ladycroft - 01/11/09 07:49
you know, growing up I was always convinced that our property was contaminated and I would end up growing a sixth toe or something.

joshua - 01/11/09 01:38
(e:lib) - how far is the H2GRO greenhouse from this dump? Depending on the fuel being stored there, particularly if it is depleted, it may not be effected at all.

joshua - 01/11/09 01:33
Ok this has nothing to do with the tomatoes - (if you are really scared, grow your own for Christ's sake) -

What drives me crazy about this, is this:

"In Baghdad, which the US military has contaminated with depleted uranium munitions, radiation levels range from 25,000 to 75,000 counts per minute."

Geoff Kelly has a point about Waste Mgmt, but as far as Iraq goes, he needs to qualify this shit or shut the fuck up. I am absolutely, 100% tired of assholes like this. It is well known that the US has coated anti-armor munitions with depleted uranium - it is very effective - but to suggest that if you visit Baghdad, Iraq and can expect to encounter 25,000 to 75,000 counts per minute? Nonsense. Geoff Kelly can't prove it either.

People are so extraordinarily ignorant about latent radioactivity with depleted uranium, and radiation in general. Take a look at the exposure you get from an x-ray - if this absurd crap makes you panicky, then surely you'll never use modern medicine again to diagnose an injury you can't see. Get a CT scan on your chest and it is equivalent to natural radiation exposure for 3 years - OH MY GOOOOOODD!!!!!!!! one one one :::link:::

Generally speaking - if people are afraid of radiation they should hope to die ASAP, as they are exposed to it every single day.

paul - 01/10/09 21:47
I will definately never buy them. Thanks for the notice.

01/06/2009 19:49 #47312

Suze Orman

Suze you are my hero. You used to live in a van and now you are rich and famous and wear designer space outfits. I am on page 207 of your book for the Young Fabulous and Broke and I just love you for helping people in humanistic terms. As you always say Suze, people first, then money, then things.

Thanks (e:mike) for the book. I love it! BTW, I like to say her name in a Spanish accent as demonstrated below.

james - 01/07/09 00:11
No, you are pretty damn fabulous.

imk2 - 01/07/09 00:00
and she's gay!

imk2 - 01/06/09 23:54
young, fabulous and broke?...hmmm....sounds like this book was made for me. (not that i'm all that young, nor that fabulous, but definitely broke.)

libertad - 01/06/09 20:54
So I had to go find the skit on SNL so here you go for your Suze enjoyment. :::link::: You have to watch a commercial first but it is worth it if you know who she is.

libertad - 01/06/09 20:40
I have seen her show many times that is how I got so addicted to her. I have also seen the skit on SNL and it is right on.

kathryn - 01/06/09 20:32
I love her as well! Have you seen her show?!?! She is hilarious. Also, SNL has this girl that does a spot on impression. fantastic.

01/05/2009 22:31 #47295

813-111-111

Who is calling me from this number? I really had no idea what she was saying and this same number called me last night at 3am! That's right 3am! I didn't answer it because I really didn't know who the hell would be calling from such a number at such a time but they left a voicemaiil which really was just them hanging up. So now they call me at 10:12pm and I have no idea what they are saying. I googled the number and I came up with giberish numbers and this website for escort advertising called rare-escorts.com

Then I also got a call earlier from "Verizon Wireless". The number was 1-800-600-5092 and her name was Heather. I totally didn't understand why she was calling me but she wanted me to authorize something which seemed very vague and I just said please send it to me in writing. So she says she can't do that and pleads with me to do it on the phone right there or I wouldn't ever be able to get some feature which happened to be the same cost as my current plan. Again, I repeated to her that it wasn't a good time and I couldn't deal with it right now and asked if I could call back at another time and she gave me the number. I am so suspicious of people in general but this seemed shady. So I ended up googling the number and found this from callercompalints.com.

Caller Complaints
N
Filed by N at 1/5/2009 1:01:04 PM
Caller Type: Unknown
Phone Number Report: this number is unknown and caller never leaves a message..I haven't picked up the calls, as they come duing week days and on my cell phone...ridiculous, what are these calls for?

K
Filed by K at 1/2/2009 2:59:36 PM
Caller Type: Unknown
Phone Number Report: This number shows up as unknown ..They don't leave message ..ANNOYING

Heather
Filed by Heather at 1/2/2009 1:21:26 PM
Caller Type: Unknown
Phone Number Report: The number was 800-600-5092. They did not leave a message, and I do not know who this number belongs to.

phil
Filed by phil at 12/31/2008 8:34:34 AM
Caller Type: Unknown
Phone Number Report: returned call. no one answers. annoying...

Filed at 12/30/2008 9:37:59 AM
Caller Type: Unknown
Phone Number Report: call recieved but caller hung up during my recorded message went out to caller.

Filed at 12/29/2008 2:14:30 PM
Caller Type: Telemarketer
Phone Number Report: calls my number repeatedly without leaving a message.

iz
Filed by iz at 12/27/2008 3:09:48 PM
Caller Type: Unknown
Phone Number Report: called my personell cell. no permision - no information

yot
Filed by yot at 12/22/2008 6:03:45 PM
Caller Type: Unknown
Phone Number Report: called my cellphone and left no message.

AD
Filed by AD at 12/22/2008 2:23:50 PM
Caller Type: Unknown
Phone Number Report: called and left no message. when i returned the call there was no voicemail to find out the caller's name/business.

mbn
Filed by mbn at 12/22/2008 1:15:05 PM
Caller Type: Unknown
Phone Number Report: cALLING AD HANGING UP WITH NO MESSAGE!!

Why do I get the most bizarre calls? This one time this lady would call me ever single day and say "oH i sorry wong number." When I went away for four months and came back home they were still calling the number every day. My phone was out of service for four months!