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#600 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Thu Jun 3, 2010 1:35 pm
Subject: BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER - BEWARE!
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From: Bruce F
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 8:08 AM
To: Bruce F
Subject: FW: Fw: BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER - BEWARE!

 

Just wanted to remind you to wear your gloves when working outside this year

 
THIS GUY WAS BITTEN BY A SPIDER LIKE THIS IN ONTARIO 2 YEARS AGO AND IT LITERALLY EATS YOU AWAY
 
SO BE WARNED THEY ARE HERE
 
 
 
 
If you don't look at but one picture, be sure you take a look at the last one so that you will know what the spider looks like!
It's springtime & cleanup is going on. Be careful where you put your hands. They like dark spaces & woodpiles.

This guy was bitten by a Brown Recluse spider.

Day 3

The following illustrates the progression of a brown recluse spider bite.  The affected skin actually dies on his body!







Day 5


Some of the pictures towards the end are pretty nasty, but take a look at the last one - it is a picture of the spider itself.


Day 6


The Brown Recluse Spider is the most dangerous spider that we have in the
USA  & CANADA

Day 9


A person can die from it's bite. We all should know what the spider looks like

Day 10

Send this around to people you love, because it is almost summertime.

People will be digging around, doing yard work, spring cleaning, and sometimes in their attics.



The Dangerous Brown Recluse Spider


Please be careful. Spider bites are dangerous and can have permanent and highly negative consequences.

They like the darkness and tend to live in storage sheds
or other areas that might not be frequented by people or light.

If you have a need to be in your attic, go up there and turn on a light and leave it on for about 30 minutes before you go in to do your work!

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO YOUR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS!


 


   

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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#601 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Sun Jun 6, 2010 12:04 am
Subject: Sarah Palin Blames Environmentalists For Gulf Oil Disaster
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Just when someone thinks she couldn't be any stupider.......This is more than incredible!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/03/sarah-palin-blames-enviro_n_598977.html

#602 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Wed Jun 9, 2010 5:13 pm
Subject: Texting a friend when he crossed the centerline! - gross but needs to be sent
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 From: sheila mahon
Subject: Texting a friend when he crossed the centerline! - GET THE MESSAGE NOW?
To: penzelda@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 12:07 PM


This is repulsive but needs to be sent. STAY OFF YOUR DAMN PHONE -
TEXTING OR TALKING - WHILE DRIVING. GET THE MESSAGE!

 
 
Sheila Mahon

I am only one but I am still one. I cannot do everything but I can still do something

If the screams and moans of the animals used to provide for us could be heard, the sound would be deafening. If their misery and suffering could be felt by us, it would be unbearable. --- "Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." ~ Albert Schweitzer

  
 


 



This is a real...but unsightly...wakeup call
 
 
THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NOT BE TEXTING OR USING YOUR CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING.  
This is the last few feet of a car that hit a semi head on!!













 If you have a weak stomach  
you may not want to scroll any further !!!!!
 
 
 
 











This is not the way you want your picture to be taken.  Every time you make a call or pick up the phone while driving, think about how this guy's day ended.

STAY OFF THE DAMN PHONE!  HANG UP AND DRIVE!

Send this to everyone you care about, even those that aren't driving yet.
 





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#603 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:39 pm
Subject: EU Politician Castigates Us & Israel Bashers! It's ABOUT TIME
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This is interesting and encouraging because it comes from a far left European. 

 

Spanish Politician castigates US and Israel bashers.

Pilar Rahola




Pilar Rahola is a Spanish politician, journalist and activist and member of the far left.   Her articles are published in Spain and throughout some of the most important newspapers in Latin America . 


"Why don't we see demonstrations against Islamic dictatorships in London ,   Paris ,    Barcelona ? 

Or demonstrations against the Burmese dictatorship? 

Why aren't there demonstrations against the enslavement of millions of women who live  without any legal protection? 

Why aren't there demonstrations against the use of children as human bombs? 

Why has there been no leadership in support of the victims of Islamic dictatorship in     Sudan ? 

Why is there never any outrage against the acts of terrorism committed against   Israel ? 

Why is there no outcry by the European left against Islamic fanaticism? 

Why don't they defend Israel 's right to exist? 

Why confuse support of the Palestinian cause with the defense of Palestinian terrorism? 

And finally, the million dollar question:  Why is the left in Europe and around the world obsessed with the two most solid democracies, the United States and Israel, and not with the worst dictatorships on the  planet? The two most solid democracies, who have suffered the bloodiest attacks of terrorism, and the left doesn't care. 

And then, to the concept of freedom. In every pro Palestinian European forum, I hear the left yelling with fervor: "We want freedom for the people!" 

Not true. They are never concerned with freedom for the people of Syria , or Yemen , or Iran , or Sudan , or other such nations.  And they are never preoccupied when Hammas destroys freedom for the Palestinians. They are only concerned with using the concept of Palestinian freedom as a weapon against Israeli freedom. The  resulting consequence of these ideological pathologies is the manipulation of the press. 

The international press does major damage when reporting on the question of the  Israeli-Palestinian issue. On this topic they don't inform, they propagandize. 

When reporting about   Israel , the majority of journalists forget the reporter code of ethics. And so, any Israeli act of self-defense becomes a massacre, and any confrontation, genocide. So many stupid things have been written about Israel , that there aren't any accusations left to level against her. 

At the same time, this press never discusses Syrian and Iranian interference in propagating violence against Israel ; the indoctrination of children and the corruption of  the Palestinians. And when reporting about victims, every Palestinian casualty is reported as tragedy and every Israeli victim is camouflaged, hidden or reported about with disdain. 

And let me add on the topic of the Spanish left. Many are the examples that illustrate the anti-Americanism and anti-Israeli sentiments that define the Spanish left. For example, one of the leftist parties in Spain has just expelled one of its members for creating a pro-Israel website. I quote from the expulsion document: "Our friends are the  people of Iran , Libya and Venezuela , oppressed by imperialism, and not a Nazi state like Israel ." 

In another example,  the socialist mayor of Campozuelos changed Shoah Day, commemorating the victims of the Holocaust, with Palestinian Nabka Day, which mourns the establishment of the State of Israel, thus showing contempt for the six million European Jews murdered in the Holocaust. 

Or in my native city of   Barcelona , the city council decided to commemorate the  60th anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel, by having a week of solidarity with the Palestinian people. Thus, they invited Leila Khaled, a noted terrorist from the 70's and current leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a terrorist organization so described by the European Union, which promotes the use of bombs against Israel . 

This politically correct way of thinking has even polluted the speeches of president Zapatero. His foreign policy falls within the lunatic left, and on issues of the Middle East , he is unequivocally pro Arab. I can assure you that in private, Zapatero places on Israel the blame for the conflict in the    Middle East , and the policies of foreign minister Moratinos reflect this. The fact that Zapatero chose to wear a kafiah in the midst of the Lebanon conflict is no coincidence; it is a symbol. 

Spain has suffered the worst terrorist attack in Europe and it is in the crosshairs of every Islamic terrorist organization. As I wrote before, they kill us with cell phones hooked to satellites connected to the Middle Ages.
And yet the Spanish left is the most anti Israeli in the world. 

And then it says it is anti Israeli because of solidarity. This is the madness I want to denounce in this conference. 

Conclusion: 

I am not Jewish.  Ideologically I am left and by profession a journalist. Why am I not anti- Israeli like my colleagues? Because as a non-Jew I have the  historical responsibility to fight against Jewish hatred and currently against the hatred for their historic homeland,   Israel . To fight against anti-Semitism is not the duty of the Jews, it is the duty of the non-Jews. 

As a journalist it is my duty to search for the truth beyond prejudice, lies and manipulations. The truth about Israel is not told. As a person from the left who loves progress, I am obligated to defend liberty, culture, civic education for children, coexistence and the laws that the Tablets of the Covenant made into universal principles. 

Principles that  Islamic fundamentalism systematically destroys. That is to say that as a non-Jew, journalist and lefty, I have a triple moral duty with   Israel , because if Israel is destroyed, liberty, modernity and culture will be destroyed too. 

  

 

 



#604 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:30 pm
Subject: Baby Carrots==Read this
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            The following is information from a farmer who grows and packages carrots
>           for  IGA, METRO, LOBLAWS, etc
>
>           The small cocktail (baby) carrots  you buy in small plastic bags are made
>           using the larger crooked or deformed carrots which are put through a
>           machine which cuts and shapes them into cocktail carrots - most people
>           probably know this already.
>
>           What you may not know and should know is the  following:
>
>           Once the carrots are cut and shaped into cocktail carrots they are dipped
>           in a solution of water and chlorine in order to preserve them.  (this is the
>           same chlorine used in your pool). Since they do not have their skin or
>           natural protective covering, they give them a higher dose of chlorine.
>
>           You will notice that once you keep these carrots in your refrigerator for
>           a few days, a white covering will form on the carrots. This is the
>           chlorine which resurfaces..  At what cost do we put our health at risk to
>           have esthetically pleasing  vegetables?
>
>           Chlorine is a very well-known carcinogen, which causes Cancer.  I thought
>           this was worth passing on.
>
>           Pass it on to as many people as possible in hopes of informing  them
>           where these carrots come from and how they are processed.
>
>           I used to buy those baby carrots for vegetable dips. I know that I will
>           never buy them again!!!!
>
>
>           Confirmed by Snopes
>           1. snopes.com : Baby Carrots ....
>           Are baby carrots made from deformed full-sized carrots that have been
>           soaked in chlorine?
>            ...Carrot  and Shtick Claim: Baby carrots are made from deformed
>           full-sized  carrots that have been permeated with chlorine. Example:
>
>           [Collected via.......carrots that you buy in grocery stores come from
>           deformed crooked big carrots. They are put through a machine to become
>           small cocktail carrots. This part.......I think after reading this we will all start
>           making our own carrot sticks out of fresh carrots and keep them in the
>           fridge (a few at a time), right?... Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:42:31
>
>           GMT http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/carrots.asp
>
 

#605 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:32 pm
Subject: The Stella Awards
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Stella Awards

It's time again for the annual 'Stella Awards'! For those unfamiliar with these awards, they are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued the McDonald's in New Mexico , where she purchased coffee. You remember, she took the lid off the coffee and put it between her knees while she was driving. Who would ever think one could get burned doing that, right? That's right; these are awards for the most outlandish lawsuits and verdicts in the U.S. You know, the kinds of cases that make you scratch your head. So keep your head scratcher handy.


Here are the Stellas for this past year  --  2009:


*SEVENTH PLACE*

Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas was awarded $80,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The store owners were understandably surprised by the verdict, considering the running toddler was her own son.

Start scratching!


* SIXTH PLACE *

Carl Truman, 19, of Los Angeles , California won $74,000 plus medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hubcaps.

Scratch some more...


* FIFTH PLACE *

Terrence Dickson, of Bristol , Pennsylvania , who was leaving a house he had just burglarized by way of the garage. Unfortunately for Dickson, the automatic garage door opener malfunctioned and he could not get the garage door to open. Worse, he couldn't re-enter the house because the door connecting the garage to the house locked when Dickson pulled it shut. Forced to sit for eight, count 'em, EIGHT days and survive on a case of Pepsi and a large bag of dry dog food, he sued the homeowner's insurance company claiming undue mental Anguish. Amazingly, the jury said the insurance company must pay Dickson $500,000 for his anguish. We should all have this kind of anguish. Keep scratching. There are more...

Double hand scratching after this one..


*FOURTH PLACE*

Jerry Williams, of Little Rock, Arkansas, garnered 4th Place in the Stella's when he was awarded $14,500 plus medical expenses after being bitten on the butt by his next door neighbor's beagle - even though the beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced yard. Williams did not get as much as he asked for because the jury believed the beagle might have been provoked at the time of the butt bite because Williams had climbed over the fence into the yard and repeatedly shot the dog with a pellet gun.

Pick a new spot to scratch, you're getting a bald spot..


* THIRD PLACE *

Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania because a jury ordered a Philadelphia restaurant to pay her $113,500 after she slipped on a spilled soft drink and broke her tailbone. The reason the soft drink was on the floor: Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument. What ever happened to people being responsible for their own actions?

Only two more so ease up on the scratching....


*SECOND PLACE*

Kara Walton, of Claymont , Delaware sued the owner of a night club in a nearby city because she fell from the bathroom window to the floor, knocking out her two front teeth. Even though Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the ladies room window to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge, the jury said the night club had to pay her $12,000....oh, yeah, plus dental expenses. Go figure.


Ok. Here we go!!


* FIRST PLACE *

This year's runaway First Place Stella Award winner was: Mrs. Merv Grazinski, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who purchased new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home, from an OU football game, having driven on to the freeway, she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go to the back of the Winnebago to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the motor home left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Also not surprisingly, Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not putting in the owner's manual that she couldn't actually leave the driver's seat while the cruise control was set. The Oklahoma jury awarded her, are you sitting down?
$1,750,000 PLUS a new motor home. Winnebago actually changed their manuals as a result of this suit, just in case Mrs. Grazinski has any relatives who might also buy a motor home.


Are we, as a society, getting more stupid....
or are more members of Congress serving on juries these days?














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#606 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:48 pm
Subject: When Elephants Retire worth seeing all over again : )
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#607 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Sat Jun 26, 2010 2:54 pm
Subject: What's in your Orange juice?
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#608 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:14 pm
Subject: AMAZING! Cat follows owners 2,000 miles/Scientists create 'sick pigs'
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#609 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Sat Jul 3, 2010 8:24 pm
Subject: Adventist church followers are vegetarian -- Position Statement on Vegetarian Diet
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Whatever reason they offer to be vegetarian, that's alright with me! : ) 
http://www.sdada.org/position.htm

#610 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Sat Jul 3, 2010 9:39 pm
Subject: ASPARTAME --Sweet Poison...........this is a serious health warning..............
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Aspartame and the affects it has on our health has been
an issue for sometime but do not look for it to be removed
from products anytime soon. Try to enjoy fresh produce and fruit from
your local farmers market this summer. 



 
-----= Sweet Poison
This is a very helpful  email…. Something to be aware of.
 
 
 
 SWEET POISON!

 

 

 
     A   MUST READ!  

 

 

 
In October  2001 my sister started getting very sick.  She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around.. Walking was a major chore...It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain. 

 

 

 
By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not determine what was wrong with her.   She was in so much pain, and so sick she just knew she was dying.  

 

 

 
She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance,  etc...in her oldest daughter's name, and made sure that her younger children were to be taken care of. 

 

 

 
She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd. 

 

 

 
On March 19 I called her to ask how her most recent tests went, and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS. 

 
 
 

 
I recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed to me and I asked my sister if she drank diet soda?  

 
She told me that she did. As a matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that moment. 

 

 

 
I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet soda!     I e-mailed her article my friend, a lawyer, had sent.    My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could walk! 

 

 

 
The muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% but, she sure felt a lot better.  

 
She told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would call me when she got home. 

 

 

 
Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed!     He is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners of any kind.    In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by t he Aspartame in the diet soda...and literally dying a slow and miserable death. 

 

 

 
When she got to Florida March 22, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning!     She is well on her way to a complete recovery.  And she is walking!  

 
No wheelchair!  

 

 

 
This article saved her life. If it says 'SUGAR FREE' on the label;    DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!   I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on 'ASPARTAME,' marketed as  'Nutra Sweet,'   'Equal,' and  'Spoonful.' 

 

 

 
In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in  the United States, in 2001, there was an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus.  It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing this to be rampant.

 

 

 
I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject.  I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous:  

 
When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis... Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants.   The methanol toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus.   

 

 

 
Many people were being diagnosed in error.  Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, Methanol toxicity is! 

 

 

 
Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with  Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers.  

 

 

 
The victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit.    He or she continues its use; irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening condition.   We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas. 

 

 

 
In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases where vision loss returned and hearing loss improved markedly. 

 

 

 
This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia.

 

 

 
During a lecture, I said,   'If you are using ASPARTAME ( Nutra Sweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc. ) and you suffer from fibromyalgia  symptoms, spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs,   Cramps,   Vertigo,   Dizziness,   Headaches,   Tinnitis,  

 
Joint pain,   Unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks,

 
slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss

 
you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!'

 

 

 
People were jumping up during the lecture saying,   'I have some of these symptoms..  

 
Is it reversible?' Yes!    Yes!    Yes!    STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for Aspartame on food labels!

 

 

 
Many products are fortified with it!  This is a serious problem.    Dr. Espart (one of my speakers) remarked that so many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his recent visit to a hospice; a nurse stated that six of her friends, who were heavy  Diet Coke  addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence! 

 

 

 
Diet soda is  NOT   a diet product!  It is a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates.  

 

 

 
It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight! 

 

 

 
These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. 

 
 
 

 
Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve 'tissue specimens.'  

 

 

 
Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body! 

 

 

 
Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once  free of the    ' diet products ' and with no significant increase in exercise; his patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period. 

 

 

 
Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics.  

 
We found that some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame.   The Aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control.  

 
Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken  without the other amino acids necessary for a good balance. 

 

 

 
Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE.  

 
Especially with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and it then deteriorates the neurons of the brain; causing various levels of brain damage, Seizures,   Depression,   Manic depression,  

 
Panic attacks,   Uncontrollable anger and rage. 

 

 

 
Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics as well.    Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when these chemicals have been removed from their diet.  

 

 

 
So called 'behavior modification prescription drugs' (Ritalin and others) are no longer needed.  

 
Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the first place!  

 

 

 
Most of these children were being 'poisoned' on a daily basis with the very foods that were 'better for them than sugar.' 

 

 

 
It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of  diet Coke and diet Pepsi  consumed by men and  women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well known Gulf War Syndrome. 

 

 

 
Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e., mental retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early pregnancy.  

 
Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners.  

 

 

 
There are many different case histories to relate  of children suffering grand mal seizures and other neurological disturbances talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this deadly poison.' 

 

 

 
Herein lies the problem:  

 
There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was included in 100 different products and strong objection was made concerning its use. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been done.    The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. 

 

 

 
Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED!    There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced..  

 
Everybody wants a 'piece of the Aspartame pie.'  

 

 

 
I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is. 

 

 

 
And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the American Diabetes   Association, the American Dietetic Association and the Conference of the American College of Physicians? 

 

 

 
This has been recently exposed in the New York Times.  These [organizations] cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and are required to endorse their products. 

 

 

 
Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would require label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant women, children and  infants.  

 

 

 
The bill would also institute independent studies on the known dangers and the problems existing in the general population regarding seizures, changes in brain chemistry, neurological changes and behavioral symptoms.  

 

 

 
The bill was killed. 

 

 

 
It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are responsible for this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting and uninformed public. Well, you're informed now!  

 

 

 
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!  

 

 

 
Please print this out and/or e-mail   To your family   And friends.

 
They too have a right to know!
 



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#611 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Mon Jul 5, 2010 8:03 pm
Subject: PLEASE BE AWARE!
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There are sophisticated software in the market that allows SPAMMERS to use bogus emails without being tracked down. They could be coming from abroad or from your neighbor -- you will never know.  These spammers go around stealing email addresses, specially the ones that are well known and has a large audience such as the Anti-Fur Society email addresses.  So, the AFS emails are used all the time by these scumbags.  When one gets an email like the one below, the person opens it without paying attention and voila!  It is a scam! People who don't know about these software, may think we're advertising sex drugs and other worse stuff.
 
In the case of this message, it could've been used maliciously against AFS to discredit our work.  So, if you get any such email--just know that it DID NOT COME from the Anti-Fur Society!
 
PS:  when you send out emails to lots of people - be sure to put their email on BCC so as to protect them from these vicious spammers.  Also, all our groups are protected from these because people's emails are NOT shown to non-members.
 
Thanks,
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#612 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Thu Jul 8, 2010 6:50 pm
Subject: BP Embraces Exxon’s Toxic Dispersant "Corexit 9500", Ignores Safer Alternative
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Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 11:19 AM
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Subject: BP Embraces Exxon’s Toxic Dispersant "Corexit 9500", Ignores Safer Alternative

Corexit 9500 is four times as toxic as the oil itself...

Gulf Oil Spill: BP Trying To Hide Millions of Gallons of Toxic Oil?

BP Embraces Exxon’s Toxic Dispersant, Ignores Safer Alternative

It has been confirmed that the dispersal agent being used by BP and the government is Corexit 9500, a solvent originally developed by Exxon and now manufactured by Nalco Holding Company of Naperville, IL.  Their stock took a sharp jump, up more than 18% at its highest point of the day today, after it was announced that their product is the one being used in the Gulf.  Nalco’s CEO, Erik Frywald, expressed their commitment to “helping the people and environment of the Gulf Coast recover as rapidly as possible.”  It may be that the best way to help  would be to remove their product from the fray.  Take a look at some of the facts about Corexit 9500:

A report written by Anita George-Ares and James R. Clark for Exxon Biomedical Sciences, Inc. entitled “Acute Aquatic Toxicity of Three Corexit Products: An Overview” states that “Corexit 9500, Corexit 9527,  and Corexit 9580 have moderate toxicity to early life stages of fish, crustaceans and mollusks (LC50 or EC50 – 1.6 to 100 ppm*).  It goes on to say that decreasing water temperatures in lab tests showed decreased toxicity, a lowered uptake of the dispersant.  Unfortunately, we’re going to be seeing an increase in temperatures, not a decrease.  Amongst the other caveats is that the study is species-specific, that other animals may be more severely affected, silver-sided fish amongst them.

Oil is toxic at 11 ppm while Corexit 9500 is toxic at only 2.61 ppm; Corexit 9500 is four times as toxic as the oil itself.  Sure, a lot less of it is being introduced, but that’s still a flawed logical perspective, because it’s not a “lesser of two evils” scenario.  BOTH are going into the ocean water.

The lesser of two evils seems to be a product called Dispersit, manufactured by Polychem, a division of U.S. Polychemical Corporation.  In comparison, water-based Dispersit is toxic at 7.9-8.2 ppm; Dispersit holds about one third of the toxicity that Corexit 9500 presents.  Dispersit is a much less harmful water-based product which is both EPA approved and the U.S. Coast Guard’s NCP list.  So why isn’t it being used?

We spoke with Bruce Gebhardt at Polychem Marine Products, asked him if Dispersit was being used in the Gulf Oil Spill situation.  “Very little,” he replied.  When asked why, the impression was that the government had used Corexit 9500 in the past, and was going with what they know — no matter how dangerous that might prove to be.

Dispersit has a demonstrated effectiveness of 100% on the lighter South Louisiana crude, and 40% on Pruhoe Bay’s heavier crude.  Exxon’s Corexit 9500 is just 55% effective on SL and 55% effective on PB.  On an average, Dispersit is 70% effective, and may prove 100% effective, while 9500 is an average of 50% effective, with a maximum effective use of just 55%.  Corexit 9500 is a harsh petroleum-based solvent which is dangerous to people and sea life.  Dispersit’s human health effect is “slight to none.”  Whether or not a dispersal agent is a wise move, the question remaining unanswered is: Why is Corexit 9500 is being used at all, when the water-based Dispersit is available, markedly more effective and less toxic?   Follow the money.

Dispersal of the oil does not eliminate it, nor does it decrease the toxicity of the oil.  It just breaks it up into small particles, where it becomes less visible.  It’s still there, spewing toxicity at an even greater rate (due to higher surface area.)  But now it’s pretty much impossible to skim or trap or vacuum or even soak up at the shoreline, because most of it will never make it to the shoreline.  Instead, that toxic crude oil AND the dispersant will be spread all over the ocean’s waters.   This is why introducing such a product into the crude oil as it comes out from the pipe is a very bad idea for the ocean.

It may not be pretty, but if the oil makes it to the shore, it can be soaked up, cleaned up.  To “disperse” it means it will NEVER be cleaned up.  It will just stay out there, polluting and poisoning the ocean, her inhabitants, and all the food we take from it.  It’s unwise to be using Corexit 9500 at all, but introducing it to the oil as it leaves the broken pipe is approaching madness.  Mr. Gebhardt agrees that the oil should be contained, and what has been leaked should be allowed to come to shore where it can be removed from the ocean by less toxic means.

BP’s use of Corexit 9500 on the oil before it rises to the surface seems to be a deliberate attempt to mask the poison, to cover up that it continues to flow out from the ocean’s floor, while making it impossible to recover.  In short, BP and Exxon want to spread the toxic oil throughout the oceans of the world, pollute everywhere, rather than allow it to be seen coming to shore where BP would have to pay for its containment and clean-up.  It’s our job to keep them from getting away with sweeping this ugly mess under the surface.



#613 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Fri Jul 9, 2010 3:11 pm
Subject: Obama Roughing It in UK
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And we wonder where all the money is going (hint: it's not all going to China ...)
 
You and I may never see health care again the way it used to be, but "Emperor Obama" took six (6) doctors with him for a three (3) day visit to  London  -- along with 494 other essential staff. 

 
If you're not sure what "big government" implies, take a look at this . . ..
                           
But you have already read all about this in your local newspaper ...
Oh no, you didn't?  OK then, you saw it on CNN... No?... INTERESTING!!!
 
 
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#614 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Sat Jul 10, 2010 3:25 pm
Subject: Nutritional value of fruits, veggies is dwindling - Health - Diet and nutrition - msnbc.com
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It is high time  people start growing veggies on their backyards.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37396355/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/

#615 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Sat Jul 10, 2010 4:09 pm
Subject: 7 tricks to suppress your appetite - Health - Diet and nutrition - msnbc.com
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For protein and other high nutrients, eat flaxseed flour--THE PERFECT FOOD!   http://flaxfood.com/nutrients.htm
 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38154637/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/

#616 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:10 pm
Subject: Why Am I Always Hungry?
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#617 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:11 am
Subject: WASH THEM FIRST---IMPORTANT INFO..THIS IS NOT A JOKE
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WASH THEM FIRST Please Don't Erase this message before forwarding on! Same applies to Beer.

2.471176199@web54007.mail.re2.yahoo.com

This is Serious!

This incident happened recently in North Texas .. 
A woman went boating one Sunday taking with her some cans of coke
which she put into the refrigerator of the boat. 
On Monday she was taken to the hospital and placed in the Intensive Care Unit.
She died on Wednesday. 

The autopsy concluded she died of Leptospirosis.
This was traced to the can of coke she drank from, not using a glass.
Tests showed that the can was infected by dried rat urine and
hence the disease Leptospirosis
.

Rat urine contains toxic and deadly substances. 
It is highly recommended to thoroughly wash the upper part
of 
all soda cans before drinking out of them.
The cans are typically stocked in warehouses and transported straight to the shops without being cleaned.. 

A study at NYCU showed that the tops of 
all soda cans are more contaminated than public toilets (ie.). full of germs and bacteria. So wash them with water before putting them to the mouth to avoid any kind of fatal accident. 

3.471176199@web54007.mail.re2.yahoo.com

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#618 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:36 pm
Subject: Octopus slain in revenge attack |
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There is no limit for man's ignorance, cruelty and STUPIDITY!  If I had any desire to go to Argentina for a tango bar evening, that does it for me!
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3050894/Octopus-slain-in-revenge-attack.html



TALENT of 'psychic' Paul the octopus sparks revenge killing by Argentine TV host


#619 From: "Bonnie Snider" <bvelvet@...>
Date: Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:43 pm
Subject: RE: WASH THEM FIRST---IMPORTANT INFO..THIS IS NOT A JOKE [4 Attachments]
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Sorry guys.  This is a scam/false.  Here is the info from Snopes about it. 
 
 
 


From: AR_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AR_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of planetanimal@...
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 8:11 PM
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Subject: [AR_Open_Discussion] WASH THEM FIRST---IMPORTANT INFO..THIS IS NOT A JOKE [4 Attachments]

 

WASH THEM FIRST Please Don't Erase this message before forwarding on! Same applies to Beer.

2.471176199@web54007.mail.re2.yahoo.com

This is Serious!

This incident happened recently in North Texas .. 
A woman went boating one Sunday taking with her some cans of coke
which she put into the refrigerator of the boat. 
On Monday she was taken to the hospital and placed in the Intensive Care Unit.
She died on Wednesday. 

The autopsy concluded she died of Leptospirosis.
This was traced to the can of coke she drank from, not using a glass.
Tests showed that the can was infected by dried rat urine and
hence the disease Leptospirosis
.

Rat urine contains toxic and deadly substances. 
It is highly recommended to thoroughly wash the upper part
of 
all soda cans before drinking out of them.
The cans are typically stocked in warehouses and transported straight to the shops without being cleaned.. 

A study at NYCU showed that the tops of 
all soda cans are more contaminated than public toilets (ie.). full of germs and bacteria. So wash them with water before putting them to the mouth to avoid any kind of fatal accident. 

3.471176199@web54007.mail.re2.yahoo.com

Please forward this message to all the people you care about.
 
I JUST DID


 
 


#620 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:53 pm
Subject: Re: TAKE ACTION: CONFLICT OF INTEREST SABOTAGING FUR BAN BILL IN ISRAEL
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PLEASE FORWARD TO THE WORLD.  THANK YOU.
 
If you cannot see the newsletter, click on this link:
 

DENMARK INVOLVED IN ISRAELI FUR CONFLICT + PRO-FUR LOBBY

PRO-FUR LOBBY AND SOME ISRAELI MP's
WWW.ANTIFURCOALITION.ORG
 
A Knesset member, Yohanan Plesner, is being accused of favoring Denmark’s fur trade because he is related to Liselotte Plesner, Denmark’s Ambassador in Israel. 
 
Over 85% of Israelis, who want to see the fur trade gone from Israel, are seeing their efforts sabotaged by this conflict of interests, and the intense lobbying of the fur industry from other countries as well.  To make matters worse, the Trade Minister, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer has caved in to the fur industry's demand that he votes against the ban, thus becoming against it.
 
The Israeli Parliament will vote the bill for a total ban on fur trade September 2nd,  but without the Trade Minister’s approval, it may never take off.  Therefore, it is of absolute urgency that people worldwide write to the Israeli Trade Minister to persuade him to vote for the ban.
 
To learn about this conflict of interest scandal involving an Israeli Knesset member and his relative, Ambassador of Denmark, please read the translation on this link: http://www.antifurcoalition.org/denmark-involved-in-fur-conflict.html
 
 
Here’s why fur producing countries are afraid of this bill:
 
 
PLEASE TAKE ACTION:
Please send a letter today to Israel’s Trade Minister telling him that you support this bill as it is vital to save countless number of innocent animals in the fur trade. This act of compassion will make Israel loved by millions of people on the planet.
 
LETTER SAMPLE & EMAILS BELOW
Note:   Since Israeli Knesset members are not in the habit of reading or responding to emails, to be sure you’re heard, please make an effort to fax the letter, telephone or both.
 

Mr. Benyamin Ben Eliezer
Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor
Phone: +972-2-666-2252/3
Fax:       +972-2-666-2908 
Emails: lishka.sar@...
           binyaminb@...
 
Dear Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
 
The Israel bill to ban fur trade is an important advancement in humanity for mankind and Israel, and I fully support the bill and the International Anti Fur Coalition’s efforts.
 
The fur trade is one of the most superfluous industries in the world. The killing of countless millions of innocent fur bearing animals involves cruelty that goes beyond human decency and one that brings shame to the human race. There are plenty of cruelty free and sophisticated choices available, making this industry even more unnecessary and despised.
 
If the ban is approved, then Israel sets a world precedent and other nations shall follow you and view Israel as a global leader in compassion over commerce.
 
Please, do not miss this very important step in making Israel the first fur free nation in the world! 
 
Sincerely,

[Your Name]
[City, Country]
ANTI-FUR SOCIETY HELPING FUR BEARING ANIMALS WORLDWIDE
ON A BETTER NOTE! KUDOS FOR ANITA NEVILLE OF CANADA!
REMOVING ONE EVIL AT A TIME...

Neville Introduces Bill to Ban Cat and Dog Fur Products in Canada

OTTAWA – Anita Neville Liberal MP (Winnipeg South Centre) introduced a Private Members Bill that if passed will ban Cat and Dog Fur products in Canada.
 
“Products that use Cat and Dog Fur products are banned in countries all over the world,” said Ms. Neville. “Yet these products remain legal and can be imported, exported and sold in Canada without any labels.  This is a deplorable practice and must be stopped that is why I introduced this bill today." More>>>http://www.anitaneville.ca/2009/09/16/1/
 
Please send her a note of support! 
 
Finally last but not least, don't miss the AR-2010 conference starting this Thursday!  Please check us out on "Sponsors"www.arconference.org
 
 
 
The Anti-Fur Society • P.O.Box 10183 • Greensboro, NC 27404-0183
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#621 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:37 am
Subject: JUST A REMINDER : )
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Just a reminder .. pass it on.    


 

      


#622 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:47 pm
Subject: NC TRIAD: SKIN TRADE THE MOVIE PREMIERE AT THE COLISEUM?
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Hi all,
Anyone from North Carolina triad area interested in helping host (or just attend) Skin Trade the Movie at the Coliseum in Greensboro, NC?  If so, please send me a note.  About the movie: www.skintradethemovie.com

Thanks!
Rosa Close  
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"All beings tremble before violence. All fear death. All love life. See yourself in others.
Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do? ~Buddha"

#623 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:17 pm
Subject: $765-a-bottle beer sold in dead animals
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 HOW SICK HUMANS CAN BE?  WE NEED TO FIND INFO TO BOMBARD THESE SICK CREEPS WITH PROTESTS. 

 
Uuuugh! 
 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38376048/ns/us_news-weird_news/

#624 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:18 pm
Subject: GULF SPILL? CHECK NIGERIA OIL SPILLS, A LONGTIME SCOURGE - DEVASTATING & NOBODY CARES
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That's the four decades of oil spills in Nigeria's Niger delta. The spills have wreaked havoc on the crops and livestock, despoiled the land, water and the air, and posed a monumental health hazard to thousands of residents in the region.

These spills have been ignored by the oil giants, governments, and sadly many of the world's top environmentalists. The prime offenders are Shell and ExxonMobil. They have more than 600 oil pumping sites in the delta. A spill from a broken pipeline in May dumped more than a million gallons into the delta for seven days. It drew fleeting media and government attention only after demonstrators were attacked by security forces. ExxonMobil repaired the line but ignored the protestor's demand to shell out $1 billion for damages.

The mix of oil industry indifference, silence and stonewalling has been their standard pattern to the spills that number in the thousands. From 1970 to 2000 there were a staggering 7,000 spills. That may be a gross underestimate of the actual number. There are 2,000 oil sites in the delta that leak continuously and they have been labeled "major spillage sites." In 2009 there were 132 spills. This was a drop from prior years. The average annual number of spills each year is 175. Shell admitted that it spilled 14,000 tons of crude into the delta last year. There is no record that Shell paid out a penny in damages to the residents for the losses.

The Nigerian government's national oil spill detection and response agency says 2 and half million barrels spilt into the delta between 1976 and 1996. But this may also be a gross underestimate. Environmental and government watchdog agencies must rely on oil companies to get complete figures on the amount of the spillage. The skimpiness in safety and environmental rules, regulations, and the lax enforcement by the government insure that the oil companies operate virtually as a nation onto themselves with no real checks by the Nigerian government or international agencies on their safety and operations.

It also means that Shell and ExxonMobil can ruthlessly cut corners, skimp, and chinch in spending on even the most elementary safety equipment, repairs and safety procedures. They don't have an enraged White House, congress, and the public filing lawsuits, and threatening Justice Department prosecutions against them. They don't have an aroused media relentlessly hounding and hammering their officials.

Shell and ExxonMobil even add insult to injury, turn the tables and blame the victims for the damage. The oil companies attribute the spill damage from wells and pipelines not to their horrendous safety and environmental practices but to vandals, guerrilla attacks, and sabotage. They claim that residents continually shake them down for money and this hampers their efforts to make repairs and clean-up the spills.

The delta oil nightmare is not solely a textbook case of the greed, indifference, and environmentally destructive practices of two oil giants who flaunt rules and destroy lives in an impoverished region. There's another part to that story; a part that sadly involves the US in the complicity in silence on the oil giants shameful practices in the delta. While Nigerian exports account for only 4 percent of US imports, the U.S. buys 40 percent of all of the country's oil exports.

The irony is that with BP under fire, and Obama's six month moratorium on offshore drilling in place, U.S. purchases and dependency on Nigerian crude could climb. This insures that the delta oil saga will continue to be a horrendous tale of two oil spills and even more horrendous for the land and people of the Niger delta.

 
 

#625 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Sat Jul 24, 2010 3:15 am
Subject: The Canvas Prison
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#626 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:37 pm
Subject: REPS PASS BILL TO STOP ANIMAL CRUSH VIDEOS
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THANK GOD!!!!!  Finally something decent on behalf of animals!   We need to thank all these Reps, please send a thank you note to your reps!!! 

Representatives Pass Bill to Stop Animal Crush Videos

http://www.animallawcoalition.com/animal-cruelty/article/1314

By a vote of 416-3, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R. 5566 which would make it a federal crime to sell or distribute, or offer to sell or distribute, animal crush videos for commercial gain in interstate or foreign commerce.

An animal crush video is defined as "any obscene photograph, motion-picture film, video recording, or electronic image that depicts actual conduct in which one or more living animals is intentionally crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, or impaled in a manner that would violate a criminal prohibition on cruelty to animals under Federal law or the law of the State in which the depiction is created, sold, distributed, or offered for sale or distribution."

The bill specifically excludes depictions of "customary and normal veterinary or agricultural husbandry practices" and "hunting, trapping, or fishing".

A violation can mean fines and up to 5 years in prison.

U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly (D-CA) introduced the legislation to address the Supreme Court's decision to strike down 18 U.S.C. Sec. 48 which prohibited the creation, sale and possession for commercial gain of illegal animal cruelty

WHAT YOU CAN DO

The bill now goes to the U.S. Senate. Find your 2 U.S. Senators here, and write (faxes or letters are best) or call and urge them to support this important legislation! Also, sign Animal Law Coalition's petition to Congress to pass legislation overturning the Supreme Court decision.


#627 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:25 pm
Subject: The Power of the lemon
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Wow!  I'll a lot more respect for my lemons now.  If they give me lemons, I'll also make a whisky sour!
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2010/7/25/sundaymetro/6597462&sec=sundaymetro

#628 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:28 am
Subject: SWEET!!!Little girl animal rescuer
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From: sheila mahon

Wonderful...she is our future...gives you hope
  
 
 

 

  
 

 


#629 From: <planetanimal@...>
Date: Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:28 pm
Subject: AMAZING HUMMING BIRDS ON VIDEO!
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