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TN DMCA: Calling All Nerds
Average Joe writes "Next week is shaping up to be a critical week for the defenders of digital freedom down in Tennessee. Both the Senate and House will be holding different sub-committee hearings next Tuesday and Wednesday. Opposition to SB213 & HB457(Super DMCA bills) really depends on living, breathing people coming down to attend the actual hearings and hanging around outside. Expect to see the button man handing out cheaply produced but quite to the point artifacts of the fight. Please, if you can make it do so - even if you're not quite from Tennessee. ;) Learn More at tndf.net."
A caravan is a GREAT idea! Will someone come get me in AZ.
The Oily Americans
Why the world doesn't trust the U.S. about petroleum: A history of meddling
By DONALD L. BARLETT AND JAMES B. STEELE
Monday, May. 12, 2003
(on TIME.com)
For more than a half-century, American foreign policy dealing with oil has typically been manipulative and misguided, often both at the same time. The pattern of intrigue has ranged from U.S. officials' secretly writing tax laws in the 1950s (so the Saudi royal family could collect more money from the sale of its oil and American companies could write off the added payments on their tax returns) to overthrowing a government that showed too much independence in handling its oil sales. To illustrate the dark side of American oil policy, we offer two tales, stitched together from declassified government documents and oil-industry memos, involving a pair of Iraq's neighbors, Iran and Afghanistan.
READ THE REST OF THIS STORY HERE.. TIME.com: The Oily Americans
Grease Ant Recipe
1 lb. Bacon
4 tbs. baking powder
4 packages yeast
Corn meal
Fry the bacon and collect all the grease. Save the bacon for something else! Add some corn meal to make a paste (not too much) Add the baking powder and yeast and blend everything together.
Place the mixture in jar lids Place the lids in ant paths (under the refrigerator is a good place if you have animals)
Classic Ant Recipe
This is the one that gets repeated every week on the radio show.
3 cups water
1 cup sugar
4 tsp. boric acid powder (available at the pharmacy)
Bring water and sugar just to boil and stir in boric acid. Place mixture in small jar lids and place in ant paths. Remaining mixture can be stored in a tight, well marked container in cupboard. Keep jar lids filled and out of reach of children and pets. You can place it under mesh or another can, so ants can get in but animals can't.
Organic Snail Bait
2 tbs. flour
½ tsp. Bakers yeast
1 tbs. granulated sugar
2 cups warm water
Stir all the ingredients together and place in containers in garden. If your dog is interested in the yeast, place the containers under mesh cage or gallon pots.
Deer Repellent
(Made famous by Bob Tanem)
1 cup water
1 cup skim milk
2 eggs
2 tsp. "spreader sticker" ( available at nurseries )
Blend everything well. Strain, then spray your plants every 3 to 14 days.
Rose Spray
For downey mildew only
1 gallon water
2 tbs. horticultural oil or Ultra fine Sunspray oil
2 tsp. baking soda
Mix everything thoroughly. Spray once a week, no more than two applications. This is usually needed in spring. (Note: repeated sprays of baking soda could build up to levels toxic to your roses)
Wheast
For use on infested plants, like roses with Thrip (tiny insects that hang out in rose flowers and discolor petals or stops rose from opening). Wheast is used to attract beneficial green lacewings
1 part sugar
1 part yeast
Mix sugar and yeast with water to make a thin paste. Place drops on your rose buds.
Squirrel Recipe (to deter Squirrels)
½ oz Tobasco Sauce
1 tsp. Chili Powder
1 pt. water
½ tsp. dishwashing liquid
Mix in Spray bottle and spray the soil where Squirrels dig.
Racoon Chaser
Use this recipe to create an unpleasant experience for your local racoons. They often do not refrequent a place where they have had an unpleasant experience. Try not to have accessible water nearby.
Captain Crunch Cereal(or similar sugar cereal)
Marshmellows
Hot Tai Pepper
Peanut Butter
Mix in an old aluminum pie plate and place in areas where they do the most damage.