18th
May

dietkiller:

Shrimp Tacos
Ingredients:
(makes four tacos)
1 lb jumbo shrimp (I used 15 ct)
1 bunch of cilantro (stems removed)
2-3 cloves garlic
1/2 head of red cabbage
2 tbsp olive oil
Juice from 2 limes (about 2 tbsp)
1 tsp salt
Flour or corn tortillas
Bamboo skewers (6-8)
1 bunch of radish
2 mangoes (diced - I used manilla mangoes)
2 limes (cut into quarters)

Step one is to soak your bamboo skewers in water while you get the cilantro marinade going. Just place them in a lasagna pan with water and set aside.
Now you’re going to want to clean and de-vein your shrimp. It’s a very important step. If you don’t know how to de-vein a shrimp, it’s easy - simply use a pairing knife and make an incision down the back of the shrimp. You’ll easily be able to see the vein. Run the shrimp under cold water and remove the vein.

Next step is to make the cilantro and garlic marinade. Cut the stems off the cilantro and put in the food processor.
Add 2 tbsp of olive oil and pulse for about 10 seconds. Remove the top of the food processor, push the cilantro down and pulse again for another 10 seconds. Add the 2-3 cloves of garlic (whole) and the lime juice and pulse again until smooth. It should have a beautiful pesto-like consistency.

Take your cleaned shrimp and cover with the cilantro mixture.

Once the shrimp is mixed well with the cilantro, cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
This is the time when we went out to do our yard work. By the time we were done, about 2 1/2 hours later, our shrimp was perfectly marinated.
Now it’s grill time. We have a Big Green Egg which is amazing. Love it. A grill and smoker combined. Heat whatever kind of grill you have up to about 400 degrees. While your grill is heating up, get your garnishes ready.

Once your grill is heated up and ready to go, remove the bamboo skewers from the water and skewer those shrimp. Once skewered, sprinkle them with salt and pepper.

Before you put your shrimp on the grill, oil it down a bit just to be sure the shrimp don’t stick. The shrimp are only going to take 4-6 minutes to cook, so make sure your garnishes are ready to go.
Place the shrimp on the grill and flip after 2-3 minutes.

Flip the shrimp and cook for another 2-3 minutes. You do not want to overcook the shrimp so keep a very close eye on them. They should be perfectly white on the inside and beautiful tanish-peach on the outside. They shouldn’t shrink too much and look dry. The picture below are perfectly cooked shrimp moments after removing from the grill.
As soon as your shrimp are done, quickly brush off the grill and throw your tortillas on for just a few seconds until they begin to warm and have some grill marks.

Now all you have to do is load up your tacos, squeeze with a bit of fresh lime juice and enjoy!

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Shrimp Tacos

Ingredients:

(makes four tacos)

1 lb jumbo shrimp (I used 15 ct)

1 bunch of cilantro (stems removed)

2-3 cloves garlic

1/2 head of red cabbage

2 tbsp olive oil

Juice from 2 limes (about 2 tbsp)

1 tsp salt

Flour or corn tortillas

Bamboo skewers (6-8)

1 bunch of radish

2 mangoes (diced - I used manilla mangoes)

2 limes (cut into quarters)

Step one is to soak your bamboo skewers in water while you get the cilantro marinade going. Just place them in a lasagna pan with water and set aside.

Now you’re going to want to clean and de-vein your shrimp. It’s a very important step. If you don’t know how to de-vein a shrimp, it’s easy - simply use a pairing knife and make an incision down the back of the shrimp. You’ll easily be able to see the vein. Run the shrimp under cold water and remove the vein.

Next step is to make the cilantro and garlic marinade. Cut the stems off the cilantro and put in the food processor.

Add 2 tbsp of olive oil and pulse for about 10 seconds. Remove the top of the food processor, push the cilantro down and pulse again for another 10 seconds. Add the 2-3 cloves of garlic (whole) and the lime juice and pulse again until smooth. It should have a beautiful pesto-like consistency.

Take your cleaned shrimp and cover with the cilantro mixture.

Once the shrimp is mixed well with the cilantro, cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

This is the time when we went out to do our yard work. By the time we were done, about 2 1/2 hours later, our shrimp was perfectly marinated.

Now it’s grill time. We have a Big Green Egg which is amazing. Love it. A grill and smoker combined. Heat whatever kind of grill you have up to about 400 degrees. While your grill is heating up, get your garnishes ready.

Once your grill is heated up and ready to go, remove the bamboo skewers from the water and skewer those shrimp. Once skewered, sprinkle them with salt and pepper.

Before you put your shrimp on the grill, oil it down a bit just to be sure the shrimp don’t stick. The shrimp are only going to take 4-6 minutes to cook, so make sure your garnishes are ready to go.

Place the shrimp on the grill and flip after 2-3 minutes.

Flip the shrimp and cook for another 2-3 minutes. You do not want to overcook the shrimp so keep a very close eye on them. They should be perfectly white on the inside and beautiful tanish-peach on the outside. They shouldn’t shrink too much and look dry. The picture below are perfectly cooked shrimp moments after removing from the grill.

As soon as your shrimp are done, quickly brush off the grill and throw your tortillas on for just a few seconds until they begin to warm and have some grill marks.

Now all you have to do is load up your tacos, squeeze with a bit of fresh lime juice and enjoy!

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18th
May

feedingbigsexy:

Lunch’s Last Line Of Defense: Anti-Theft Lunch Bags by Sherwood and Mihoko

We’ve all been there: spend your morning making the perfect sandwich, walk over to the office fridge with a growling stomach around lunchtime, only to discover it’s gone. Now there’s a way to fight back against hungry co-workers. Introducing Anti-Theft Lunch Bags.

Designers at “the.” have created Anti-Theft Lunch Bags — a fun spin to make your lunch look less like a delicious concoction and more like a molded, inedible piece of food headed for the garbage bin. For $8, you receive 25 plastic sandwich bags with strategically placed green splotches on the surface, to make the contents inside look like something no one would want to steal, let alone eat.

The two people behind the. are a male and female duo named Sherwood and Mihoko, respectively. Many of their products are cheeky redesigns of everyday products, like Speak-er, a speaker shaped like a comic’s dialogue bubble or the Large Pocket Shirt, a T-shirt with a seriously oversized front pocket. Availability for all their items are limited, so the two can quickly make and sell any new, weird ideas that pop into their mind.

Five percent of the lunch bag proceeds will go to Freedom From Hunger.

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Media uses actors to fake the News

via Chris Roubis

“I’m not introducing that concept to you for the science only. There’s a person who claims to have I.D.’d several people who are actors in a network of people who deliberately manipulate the stories we see in the news. When “T” sent this information in he was very disturbed. He usually takes the stories we share with a grain of salt and just part of the library that’s being built here at Why O Why so for him to be shaken really caught my attention. What he’s indicated to me is that if this turns out to be real– the rabbit hole that everyone has fallen down is not a rabbit hole at all. It’s a winding Labyrinth with no clear beginning! If we don’t have a real beginning then where are we heading?

I looked at several of these clips and I was very intrigued and extremely perplexed. The first question that comes to mind is why would they manipulate the news so much and on a local level too?! We expect fabrications on the national level but those local stories just have to be real, right? Well– he lays out some compelling information, you guys. He explains that some of these “eye witnesses” are able to disguise themselves through the use of make-up, lighting, and prosthesis– just like actors who transform themselves for performances and are used over and over. When you see the claims you will automatically think– this can’t be.”

—-Why O’ Why

MASSIVE MEDIA COVER-UP! You’re Going To Be So Shocked!

Ear Recognition Better Than Fingerprints? (If that’s the case we’ve been duped more than we think!)

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Thugs of the Medical World~ The Top 6 Drug Companies

drug companies

On August 19, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller issued a call for whistleblowers to step forward and help the state and federal government crack down on health care and pharmaceutical industries that defraud the government of billions of dollars.

Announcing that the Indiana Medicaid program would recover $9.52 million from a record $2.3 billion federal lawsuit won against Pfizer, Zoeller said that fraud on Medicare and Medicaid each year is estimated to be a multi-billion-dollar problem.

He isn’t wrong: According to the Bureau of Investigative Journalists, the vast corruption that pharmaceutical companies are guilty of is fraught with fraud, cover-ups of fatal side effects, and huge kickbacks paid to doctors.

But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The real truth is that it is much, much worse.

Dr. Mercola’s Comments: via Mercola

Fraud. Kickbacks. Price-setting, bribery and illegal sales activities, including a felony count of assisting the Arab Leaguein acquiring documents on Israeli business activities. Add in all the doctored and back-dated documents, federal and civil lawsuits, and billions of dollars in government sanctions, fines, and penalties – not to mention the deaths – and you’d think it was the script for a thriller global action movie.
But no, it’s just Big Pharma at its deceitful best, dancing all the way to the bank while continuing to defraud the world of billions of dollars, and endangering the lives of regular people like you and me.

When I set out to investigate some of the criminal activities that the 12 largest pharmaceutical companies had been convicted of lately, I had a general idea of the hornet’s nest I would be stepping into.

But the amount of gross misconduct, fraud and deceit I found was so insidious, so massive, and so overwhelming that I decided to narrow my original 12 picks down to just five for the purposes of this article.

Because of the uniqueness of one particular company’s offense – a felony guilty plea to conspiring with the Arab League – I added a sixth.

‘Get Out of Jail Free’

I’m sure that each and every one of the drug companies who have had to pay fines for their criminal activities would argue that they’ve hardly been given a “get out of jail free” pass. But when you look at what they took, compared to what they’ve had to pay back, I think you’ll agree their punishment amounted to little more than a slap on the wrist.

The six companies I’m highlighting, in descending order of their annual revenues, are:

Johnson & Johnson

Pfizer

Roche

GlaxoSmithKline

Novartis

Baxter International

Size-wise, Baxter is actually way down the list at No. 17. But I felt this company’s offenses were so egregious that I just couldn’t ignore them. You may remember that last year at the height of the so-called flu pandemic, Baxter “mistakenly” mixed the lethal, live, biological weapon/virus, H5N1, with seasonal flu, then sent it to labs around Europe.

The potential disaster could have meant worldwide devastation, had it not been for the fact that the Czech Republic tested the vaccine before distributing it – and found it was a deadly cocktail.

Would it surprise you then, that Baxter is the company that, in 1993, pled guilty to the felony count of violating U.S. laws prohibiting cooperation with the Arab boycott against Israel?

At the time, the Veterans Administration was so angered by this offense that they cited it as one reason why they wanted to suspend Baxter from all VA contracts for three years. The kicker was that the catalyst to the suspension was the VA’s contention that Baxter had “knowingly misled and provided false information to VA purchasing agents, in an attempt to get them to purchase Baxter products.”

In the end, Baxter agreed to pay more than $6.5 million in civil and criminal penalties to settle the Arab “mistake.”

Mistakes, Mistakes, Mistakes

You’ll find that “mistakes” happen often with Baxter.

From dozens of recalls of products that caused deaths and injuries, to at least 11 different guilty pleas to fraud and illegal sales activity, to more than 200 lawsuits – many of them stemming from selling AIDS-tainted blood to hemophiliacs – to more than $1.3 billion in criminal fines and civil penalties, Baxter over the years has racked up a record that makes Bonnie and Clyde look like angels.

While I don’t have space to name all the Baxter products that allegedly have caused deaths and/or injuries, a more recent product is its blood thinner Heparin, the subject of a lawsuit filed by actor Dennis Quaid and his wife, who say their twins were injured by it.

Another Baxter product that caused deaths through the years was its tainted dialysis filters, which led to the company settling lawsuits of patients who died as a result of the tainted filters.

It’s no wonder why, in 1999, Baxter was named by AllBusiness.com as one of the “Top 100 Corporate Criminals of the 1990s!”

Baxter earned its No. 87 spot on AllBusiness’ Top 100 Corporate Criminals list thanks to its guilty plea to dealing with the Arab League. But that place pales in comparison to (Hoffman La) Roche, which was crowned Corporate Criminal No. 1 for its $500 million criminal fine for leading a worldwide conspiracy to raise and fix prices and allocate market shares for certain vitamins sold in the United States and elsewhere.

The conspiracy lasted nine years, federal officials said – but it was the kind of “mistake” that was oft-repeated by a slew of drug companies during that decade.

Bribery, Fraud, Illegal Activities – They Just Keep Repeating

In all, 19 drug companies made AllBusiness.com’s Top 100 Corporate Criminals List for the 1990s.

Their fines totaled nearly $850 million – and that was just the settlements, not the actual losses the government alleged, for crimes such as defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, and even the FDA, as well as international price-setting, false claims, hiding serious problems with their drugs and, in one case (Ortho, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson), obstruction of justice and eight counts of persuading employees to destroy documents in a federal investigation!

What is sad and shocking is that this was just the tip of the iceberg, AllBusiness.com said in its report.

“For every company convicted of health care fraud, there are numerous others who get away with ripping off Medicare and Medicaid, or face only mild slap-on-the-wrist fines and civil penalties when caught,”

I have to admit this literally makes me sick. If this is true – and I don’t doubt it one iota – can you imagine what the tally might be for the latest decade, which has seen record fines like the one that Pfizer was hit with last year?

Too Big to Fail?

You may recall that I wrote about this — in the largest health care fraud settlement in history, Pfizer was ordered to pay $2.3 billion to resolve criminal and civil allegations that the company illegally promoted uses of four of its drugs, including the painkiller Bextra. The other drugs were the antipsychotic Geodon, the antibiotic Zyvox, and the anti-epileptic Lyrica.

Only a few years earlier, Pfizer had paid $430 million for illegally promoting uses of its seizure drug, Neurontin.

Yet, these are just a few examples of all the “mistakes” Pfizer has made through the years, making it very clear why AllBusiness.com named this company No. 17 in the Top Corporate Criminals for the 1990s.

Technically speaking, companies found guilty of fraud like this are banned from dealing with Medicare and Medicaid again. But, as I’ve already reported, do you think that happened with Pfizer?

Nope.

Instead, in a slap-on-the-wrist move that resembled the too-big-to-fail bank bailouts, federal prosecutors allowed Pfizer to avoid being sentenced for massive fraud and deception by letting them form a sham company to take the fall.

So, in the end, Pfizer’s “imaginary friend” Pharmacia & Upjohn shouldered the conviction, even though it had never sold any drugs. As CNN found, “the subsidiary is nothing more than a shell company whose only function is to plead guilty.”

And Pfizer got off scot-free, except for that little $2.3 billion fine that amounted to just three months’ profits.

And Then There’s Merck

Merck is another branch of Big Pharma with a long list of deaths to its credit. It was five years before Merck made its $30 billion recall of Vioxx that I warned my readers that this pain killer might be a real killer for some people.

As people began to die from heart attacks, strokes, and blood clotting disorders, I didn’t like being right. But I hated that after it was over, and the drug had been pulled, that Merck appeared to pick up the pieces painlessly – pun intended – by getting a new drug fast-tracked and on the market, lickety-split.

That drug is Gardasil, a vaccine that so far has been linked to thousands of adverse events and at least 49 unexplained deaths. It’s a situation that the FDA and CDC have been denying repeatedly, keeping their heads buried in the sand even as the adverse reports mount.

Merck has had other problems through the years, with more than $5.5 billion in judgments and fines levied against it. But like Pfizer, apparently somebody thinks this company is also “too big to fail.”

Johnson & Johnson: Just Another Drug Gang Member

As I mentioned earlier, this company made the 1990s Corporate Criminal list for deliberately destroying documents related to a criminal investigation case on one its products.

You probably don’t need to be reminded of all the recalls Johnson & Johnson has had over the years with its pain products, specifically Motrin, Tylenol and Fentanyl (pain killer patches). The fact that Johnson & Johnson has paid out over $1 billion in the last few years in fines and judgments probably comes as no surprise either.

But did you know that just recently (in May) the company pleaded guilty to illegally promoting its epilepsy drug Topamax for psychiatric purposes, and in so doing, settled a civil lawsuit in the case for $75 million?

You probably didn’t realize, either, that in January the US Dept. of Justice accused Johnson & Johnson of paying tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks to Omnicare Inc to buy and recommend Johnson & Johnson drugs.

This latest scheme is the subject of a federal lawsuit that has 18 states suing not just Omnicare, but 14 other major drug companies, alleging that they ran this scheme together.

The lawsuit’s been filed under the federal False Claims Act and, yes, Merck, Pfizer, Roche, Johnson & Johnson, and GlaxoSmithKline are all in there with Omnicare. Watch for news of this lawsuit in the upcoming months – but in the meantime, think about this: in the wake of all this hassle, Omnicare’s CEO Joel Gemunder has quit, but not without remuneration.

His parting pay is a record $130 million!

But again, this is just the tip of an iceberg.

GlaxoSmithKline: 1,500 Deaths Alleged

At more than $5 billion in fines and judgments, GlaxoSmithKline is treading the same muddy waters as Merck, especially since its HPV vaccine counterpart, Cervarix, has its own share of adverse reactions and alleged deaths being reported around the world.

GSK’s most recent “mistakes” stem from its diabetes drug, Avandia, which the FDA on September 23 decided to “regulate” – a little – but not withdraw, leaving Avandia as a “mistake” that is still ongoing.

What we do know so far is that GSK spent 11 years trying to cover up trial data that showed that Avandia was a risky drug for the heart.

In my research for this article, I also discovered that Avandia topped the list of drugs linked to fatal adverse events in 2009, according to an analysis of U.S. Food and Drug Administration records. With a staggering 1,354 deaths reported to the FDA in 2009 alone, it’s hard to believe that this drug is still even in discussion!

But, like the others I investigated, GSK also has made hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements for fraud cases and pricing disputes, as well as judgments won by the federal government in Medicare and Medicaid fraud suits.

Roche: No. 1 in AllBusiness.com’s Corporate Criminal Book

Roche’s offenses have been ongoing over the years in its companies and affiliates around the world. Most recently, in March, Roche suspended a clinical trial for a rheumatoid arthritis and lupus drug after serious infections, some of them fatal, were reported with it.

Officials reported that the trial was stopped because “opportunistic” infections like those found in the trials are not normal in healthy individuals. Sadly, that information was too late for 15 Japanese patients, who died after taking one of Roche’s approved arthritis medicines, Actemra.

But that’s not the end of deaths related to Roche products: Another Roche drug, Posicor, was withdrawn in 1998 after reports of at least 140 deaths linked to harmful interactions of Posicor with other drugs.

It’s no wonder that Roche has had to pay out nearly $2 billion in judgments and fines over the years, with thousands of individuals suing them. But before I move on, let me remind you that Roche also manufactures the CDC’s and FDA’s favorite flu stand-by, Tamiflu.

And in case you’ve forgotten, Tamiflu was blamed for the deaths of 18 Japanese children in 2007, and the subject of a warning by the Japanese Ministry of Health not to give this drug to children ages 10 to 19.

With a record like this, you would think that Roche and the rest of the drug king pins known as Big Pharma would have just a little shame over what they’ve done over the years. But, since the offenses just keep coming, and since states like Indiana have to keep on begging for whistleblowers to step forward, it’s apparent that Pharma’s sense of shame is nonexistent.

It seems fitting then, to end with this New York Times headline from 1999, when Roche was the subject of the price-fixing scandal that earned its No. 1 Corporate Criminal spot on AllBusiness.com’s list:

“Roche Officers Say Scandal Is a Surprise.” Yes, they proclaimed innocence, even while the federal government was busy yanking their hands right out of the cookie jar.

Scam-Buster Efforts by States and the Feds Continue

Fortunately, states’ attorneys general like Zoeller are gaining ground in gathering support for routing out the criminal acts that Big Pharma continues to perpetuate.

More and more, organizations like the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, the False Claims Act Legal Center, and Politicol News are starting to investigate and publicize the illegal – and criminal – actions that these companies have been getting away with for years.

Thanks to the federal False Claims Act, state and federal investigators have a gun that they can use to hunt down and prosecute these heinous crimes with. If you visit the False Claims Act Legal Center website, you’ll get a hint of just how much this type of corporate has been going on.

But again, it’s just a hint, just the tip of an iceberg. What it does prove is that Big Pharma can’t be trusted – and they have the criminal history to prove it.

What’s most shocking, though, is that even when they get caught with deaths on their hands, along with the money in the cookie jar of price-fixing, fraud and deceit, is that like Pfizer, their punishments appear to be just little slaps on the wrist.

Apparently, they are too big to nail; too big to fail. So, like Baxter, instead of shutting down, they cough up a pittance in comparison to what they took, and continue onward with their government contracts for vaccines and other drugs.

It’s encouraging that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in July announced the formation of the Healthcare Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team, which together with the Department of Justice, US Attorneys’ Offices and other federal agencies will target healthcare and drug fraud.

But, as Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller said, it’s going to take more than that. So, whistleblowers, come out and help in this crusade. It’s time to hold Big Pharma’s career criminals accountable.

Chart Showing 6 Drug Companies’ “Mistakes”

The chart below shows the type of criminal activity, lawsuits and fines or judgments I was able to find for each of the drug companies featured in this article. Keep in mind that these are conservative numbers – many records are not available without a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

Also, many are not readily available online unless you know exactly what you’re looking for, and what year.

Type of criminal activity

Pfizer

GSK

Baxter

Merck & Co.

Roche

Johnson & Johnson

Guilty of fraud and/or Illegal sales activity

9

11

8

7

4

14

Federal and/or Civil lawsuits

10,000+ Individuals or together in class action suits

800+

226+ Unnamed number of persons w/AIDS

100,000 Individuals or together in class action suits

5,000+ Individual and/or class action

500+ Individual and/or class action

Dollar Amount of fines, judgments as a result of criminal or civil litigation

$4 Billion+

$5 Billion+

$1.3 Billion+

$5.5 Billion+

$1.7 Billion+

$1 Billion+

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18th
May

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18th
May

The Social Media Guide: 5 Tips for Building Lasting Online Friendships

Brandon Mendelson | Mashable

Brandon Mendelson is the co-author of Dracula And Kittens, a book that has little to do with networking and everything to do with the corporate food chain. For updates, you can follow Brandon on Twitter.

Most columns on networking are from a business perspective. These authors want you to collect cards and make as many “connections” as possible. But what are you really connecting to?

A “connection” is a poor way to refer to someone you plan to associate with for a long time. A friend is what you should be going for. Friends will help you without hesitation or compensation. A connection might help you, but may also expect something in return. It’s hard to build a fruitful relationship with that.

Without friends, your network is useless. And if you’re paying close attention to who succeeds in social media, it’s always the person with the strongest network.

Thanks to a few years as a Resident Assistant at SUNY Potsdam, I think I might be able to steer you in the right direction. RAs are trained to take a group of strangers and get them to network. If you’re successful, you have what’s called a “good floor.” These networks of friends almost always grow strong, even years after graduation.

So how can we apply the “good floor” model to online social networks? Here are some tips.

1. Avoid the Cattle Calls

cows image Floor meetings are useless for RAs. They’re mostly a dog and pony show with little substance. Online (and offline) networking opportunities are usually the same — not all of them, mind you, but many.

You’ll want to be highly specific about who you’re connecting with, so grabbing as many screen names (or business cards) won’t do you much good. Instead, follow the conversations and jump in with those discussing what you’re interested in. This is the best way to start a meaningful interaction.

2. Quality Over Quantity

It’s a cliche, and we all hate them, but this one is true. Five people who care about you and what you’re doing is far more valuable than 1,000 people who aren’t paying attention. So once you’re listening, hone in on five (and no more) people you would like to get to know.

3. Avoid the Shallow End

pool image A relationship built entirely on resharing someone else’s content may be useful in the beginning, but then what? You don’t want to get into the auto-pilot mode of “I’ll share your stuff if you share mine.”

Instead, chat with the person about which content is best suited for each to share. It’s the best way for social media friends (and roommates) to get the most out of the relationship.

4. Find Common Bonds

Do you know how RAs diffuse tense situations? It usually has nothing to do with enforcing rules. Most of the time, it’s finding a common bond between two opposing residents. The same is true for online friendships. Sure, you both love Twitter, that’s nothing special. But if you share a passion for the same sports team, or both love New Orleans’ “Krewe of the Rolling Elvi,” that’s even better. If you find that bond and stick with it, over time the discussion will lead to other things.

5. Meet Them Offline

meeting image Back in September I met @HardlyNormal in Times Square. Until that time, I had only talked with him through Twitter, but Mark is a guy I wanted to work with, and whose cause I think everyone should support. He was planning to be in New York at the same time I was, and we met up.

Meeting an online friend has many advantages. These days, people are finding their future college roommates through Facebook and meeting up with them before school. Although meeting an online friend is not always feasible, if the opportunity comes up, go for it. I know some people may find meeting strangers online creepy, but it’s an important step, and one that makes the difference between a superficial connection and a real one. Just be careful, and always do your due diligence before an in-person meet-up.

What are your steps for making lasting friendships online?

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In Case Your Pussy Is Too Brown…..

“Ahh, here’s a refreshing racist commercial straight outta India, where the Anglo standard of beauty dominates Indian culture.

If that pussy doesn’t match your freshly bleached face then try Clean and Dry Intimate wash, which, according to the commercial, will turn your brown pussy to the color of success, and your man will find it more desirable!

….SMDH.”

via Dirty Whorelebrity

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10 Home Remedies for Treating Fleas on Dogs

“Flea infestations on dogs are a very common occurrence, especially if your dog spends a lot of time outside. You’ll know when your dog becomes infested with fleas, because they will start itching and scratching a lot.”

via Lemon Beagle

Fleas on Beagles

If you do discover your pup has fleas, then you need to not only get them off of your dog, but also need to sterilize the areas around your house that your dog spends alot of time in.

For example, if your dog has a bed they often sleep in, you should make sure there are no more fleas, eggs or larvae living in the bed. The same goes for your carpets, furniture and anywhere else your dog may visit on a daily basis.

The good news, is that there are many treatment options for fleas on dogs. There are, in fact, many things you can do to sterilize your dogs living environment and body. Below is a list of ten home remedies for fleas on dogs.

1. Use a Good Flea Treatment Shampoo

Make sure to give your dog a bath using a good flea treatment shampoo. Make sure to lather it in and allow it to stay for at least five minutes, or whatever is recommended on the shampoo label. Use warm water and throughly rinse your dogs coat. Make sure all of the shampoo is out of its fur, or it may cause your dog to itch.

2. Use Flea Control Ointments & Liquids

Talk to your veternarian about what flea and tick control products they would recommend. There are many products that you can put on your dogs coat to help deter fleas and ticks from making a home. Ask him what he would recommend for your dog, before you just simply buy the first one you see at the grocery store. Frontline is currently the one that I use on my dogs. It works great!

3. Add Eucalyptus or Neem Oil to Shampoo

Adding a small amount of neem or eucalyptus oil to your dogs shampoo, is another natural remedy for fleas. Mix a very small amount into the shampoo, and use as you normally would. This will help create an environment that deters fleas from living.

4. Vacuum Your House Regularly

Vacuum your house frequently and on a regular basis. This will help pick up any eggs or larve that may have fallen off your dogs coat. Go over every area of the house that your dog spends time in, such as the furniture, carpets and rugs.

If you let your dog sleep in the bed with you, be sure to wash your sheets and pillow cases, as well as vacuum your mattress and pillows.

5. Clean the Doggie Bed

If your pup has a bed they spend a lot of time in, be sure to give this a deep wash in hot, soapy water to kill off all eggs or fleas living in the fabric. Maybe give it a second wash, if you observe a heavy infestation. Once it has been cleaned in water, put it in the dryer and turn up the heat. This will ensure that you kill off all organisms living in the bed. You can also get a flea spray, and spray down the bed, but this method isn’t as effective as washing the whole bed.

6. Keep Your Yard Maintained

If your beagle spends alot of time outside, be sure to keep an eye on your yard. Keep the grass short. Clean up any piles of sticks, leaves or other debris that your dog may get into. Try to prevent them from digging or rolling around in the grass, if possible. I can personally attest that this is hard to do with beagles, or at least my beagle.

7. Groom Your Dog Regularly

If your dog has long fur, it is recommended that you groom your dog on a regular basis. By keeping the fur short, you will help create an environment that is not favorable to fleas.Of course, every breed will need regular grooming, because they have short fur. Beagles, for example, generally have short, straight hair that doesn’t need regular grooming.

8. Make Your Own Herbal Flea Dip

Here is a recipe for making your own all-natural, herbal flea dip that you can use after giving your dog a bath. Simply get at least 3 cups of rosemary, and soak in three pints of boiling water for at least 30-40 minutes. Then, strain the leaves from the water, and mix with one gallon of warm water. After giving your dog a bath, then pour the rosemary water on your dogs coat. Do not rinse it off of your dog, just let it dry.

9. Make Your Own All-Natural Flea Control Spray

Here are a couple of ways to making your all-natural, homemade spray that will help give you a little more control over flea infestations.

Lavender – Buy a small spray bottle, and fill with warm water. Add two drops of lavender oil and shake well. Simply spray a small amount on your dogs coat to help deter fleas from living there. You can spray this mixture on them a couple times a day if needed. Be sure to avoid spraying it in their eyes.
Lemon – Cut two small lemons into eight pieces each, and add to a small jug of boiling water. Let the lemons steep for at least 24 hours. When it is ready, strain the water and add to a spray bottle. Spray liberally on your dogs coat, especially around their head, ears and tail. Try to avoid getting it in their eyes.

10. Give Your Dog Small Amounts of Garlic

Not Recommended: If you feed your dog a small amount of garlic on a daily basis, this will help treat fleas. The garlic aroma will come from the dogs skin, and will help create an environment that is not favorable to fleas. Of course, this should be one of the last remedies you try, because like the fleas, you may not find your dog smell to be that pleasing. Large quantities of garlic can be poisonous to a dog, so use this home flea remedy with caution.

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WOMEN ON TELEVISION…HOW THE HELL DID WE BACKSLIDE THIS FAR?

via The Dirt

Hello, I hope everyone is well. As you all know I’m pretty active on my Twitter account ( @thedirtblog) and I saw a barrage of tweets about the current cast of the Bad Girls Club. I think someone tweeted that “these girls act like a bunch of pit bulls fighting over a steak”, or something like that. So of course I went off to investigate because I didn’t think it could get any lower than the Season 4.

Oh my goodness! The tweeter was right, and in fact what he said was an understatement. But before I go in on these girls, I just want to say that it’s par for the course these days. . There aren’t any reality television shows that put us in a good light.

I remember, and miss shows like Living Single in which every character was a bright, articulate, brave woman living their lives. I mean they had their flaws and everything, but it showed us that four women with strong personalities could co-exist without resorting to pulling each other’s hair out, and sleeping with each other’s men. Well except for that one epic fight scene between Max and Regine!

Here is how we women are being portrayed, and the really sad part about it, is that we are the main supporters of this nonsense. I blame MTV and that damn Real World, in which seven strangers were brought together to see if they could co-habitate. It quickly became obvious that the episodes where there was some kind of drama going on, brought in the highest ratings. So over time, these reality shows became one situation after another, and that is how we came to this point . A time where it’s “cool” to lock a girl in a house full of violent teen girls and attack her over and over and upload it to YouTube.

Don’t think for one minute that this wasn’t planned, and over the years it’s been used to condition our young women to behave in a barbaric way, so that they are more likely to follow the likes of the promiscuous celebrities that are shoved down their throats through the media. It is also being used to make sure that we women will never come together and assert our power through unity. In short, it’s divide and conquer.

Back then it was taboo to fight on these shows, but not anymore. They encourage violence, because they know that is what the American television watching sheeple want to see. Just like in ancient Rome, when the people would turn out in hordes to watch gladiators fight and kill each other. There are three shows that are the most dangerous. The least harmful of the three is The Real Housewives of Atlanta, which centers around six women who reside in Atlanta, and who in one form or another have a little money in their pockets. The worse one of the lot is the infamous NeNe Leakes.

An ex-dancer who happened to luck up and marry a man with a little money. Although I have heard that she has had some money problems during the first season or two, Nene has become the most popular housewife. Why? Well, because she is loud, abrasive and is always embroiled in some drama with the other housewives.

She is classless and is a disgrace to black women across the globe. So quick to talk about how much money she has, yet she can’t get a handle on that overgrown baby son of hers. Girl, forget about Hollywood and get your family under control, one mother to another. This is my opinion.

Can we all agree that BBW’s Evelyn Lozada is absolutely ridiculous? She has no problem acting a total ass on national television for a paycheck. I don’t know who told her that she was someone to be fearful of, and yes she did have Susie skittering around like a puppy with her tail tucked between her legs. But, it was only a matter of time before someone stepped up and put Ev in her place, and that was Tami Roman who didn’t take it too well when Ev threw in her face that she’d been intimate with Tammi’s ex-hubby, and ex-baller Kenny Anderson. The two eventually made up, then Evelyn turned against her manufactured bff Jennifer Williams after Williams did an interview in which she called Ev’s fiancée Chad O an attention whore…which he is. Now she’s hitting folks in the head with purses and jumping off tables. Isn’t this woman in her forties, she better stop all that before she cracks a hip. Btw…. this pic is off. These two have no chemistry and it shows in this akward pic. I see she’s confined in whatever she’s wearing, so does that mean that she’s his property, and is he prostituting her?

Speaking of Tammi, remember when she initially came on the show, how he was sloppy drunk at a charity event with no shoes on yelling and screaming? I find it ironic that she would now be sitting there talking about how much of a mess Kenya is.
Someone needs to show her that tape. She is going to reveal that she was raped twice, no wonder why she’s so prone to act out.

In its first season, the Bad Girls Club seemed like it was going to be something worthwhile. Seven self-proclaimed bad girls came to live in a mansion in the Los Angeles hills to see if they could somehow change their bad ways, however it soon became clear that redemption was not a ratings grabber, but fighting was. This show has progressively gotten worse with each passing season. These girls are given unlimited access to alcohol and encouraged to walk around showing their asses and nipples.

This current season has girls rat-packing each other, kicking each other in the face, throwing personal belongings in the pool, and acting like wild animals. I was absolutely disgusted when several of these idiots became irate when one of th new girls was preparing to leave, and they attacked her while she was in the van. She was screaming as they pulled her hair, and was so afraid to get out of the van, that she ended up leaving her belongings in the driveway. And those cunts think it’s cute. What also puzzles me is that every last one of these “bad girls” end up hosting club nights for a hundred dollars, a bottle of generic vodka, and a free flight in coach. Please raise your aspirations!

Dear “bad girls” it don’t take a bad girl to jump anyone. That doesn’t intimidate anyone, it only makes you look weak. If you have to keep yelling how bad you are every five minutes, then chances are you’re not really bad, your just stupid. I didn’t think anyone could out-chin Natalie Nunn, but that Erica chic just may have her beat. Well at least Natalie is cute, this chic has a face not even her own mother could love. Btw… how sad is it that the twins’ father was telling them to start drama and fight and laying a guilt trip on them…” People around here are going to be so dissapointed if the two of you are sent home”” Damn daddy, you sound more like their handler than you do their father. And how sad is it that Erica Chinnagan’s own mother was telling her to jump the twins? I see where her dysfunction comes from.

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Occult Adult Swim

Everybody’s favorite adult humor cartoon segment on Cartoon Network, better known as Adult Swim, seems to be showing a recurring pattern of occult-like symbolism embedded within some of their most popular shows. I will briefly look at the shows that have been the most obvious as well as the ones they do not expect you to catch.

The Venture Bros.

One of the more popular shows on Adult Swim, The Venture Bros. is a comedic version of the well known 1960’s Johnny Quest cartoon, which surrounds two brothers, whose father is a scientific genius, that are constantly fighting off mediocre villains with the help of their steroid induced bodyguard. Harmless right? We’ll this show has alot of occult/masonic imagery used quite commonly throughout the show.

These 3 characters are known as the “Order Of The Triad”, comprised of a black magic warlock, a vampire slayer, and a Christian monk. This group is frequently seen throughout the show, provided as allies for the Venture Bros. when they need it. Now as you can already gather from the photo, there is a pyramid behind the vampire slayer (in their headquarters), but that’s not all. The “Order Of The Triad” has a symbol that they go by whenever they assemble. Guess what it is?

“Order Of The Triad” symbol

This is an obvious reference to the occult/freemason symbol of the illuminated pyramid with the all seeing eye of Horus.

There is also another group that makes occasional appearances on the show called the “Guild Of Calamitous Intent” comprised of every evil villain controlled by their secret leader known as “The Almighty Sovereign”. Here is a spoof of the group’s recruiting video: HERE

The video is fan-made, but the audio is taken from an actual episode

Weird right? It get’s weirder. In episode 26, they explain the origins of this group and its previous members, one of them just happens to be father of the occult, satanist Aleister Crowley.

Oh and the outlandish occult references in the show don’t stop there. Also in episode 26, they reveal who the “The Almighty Sovereign” is: rock singer and Crowley follower, David Bowie (played by Bowie himself).

WATCH: They Sold Their Souls For Rock And Roll

Moral Orel

Probably one of the most sac-religious cartoons I’ve ever seen. The show Moral Orel surrounds an innocent young boy named Orel that strives to be the perfect Christian amongst a very immoral hypocritical town called Moralton. Now aside from all the obvious Christian bashing that takes place in the show, there’s one character that brings out the shows’ occult influence.

Coach Stopframe, a closeted homosexual that is in love with Orel’s father and just so happens to be Orel’s school coach. What makes this character very twisted, is that he prays to both Christ and Satan depending on his mood. In the episode, “Satan”, Coach Stopframe joins a satanic occult (who would’ve thought) and tries to sacrifice Orel as a virgin offering.

And the list goes on………

The Squidbillies

and on……

Metalocalypse

and on…..

The Daughter Of The Devil

and on……

The Minoriteam

and on……

Sealab 2021

and on…….

You get the point. Adult Swim is obviously trying to push some sort of cultural acceptance toward the satanic occult and it’s practices. Make sure that you are aware of what you are watching everyday on television and the message that these programs are feeding you. Entertainment is always advertisement. But will you accept their product? That’s the question.

Open Your Mind,

Justify

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