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The Peanut Butter Lawsuit
This is a twisted, and sad case, that’s in the news these days. Some people have been getting quite sick from a particular brand of peanut butter. Lawsuits are pending apparently.
Story…
When Krystina Brugh fell ill in January, her parents thought it was the stomach flu. They fed her crackers and her favorite sandwich, peanut butter and marshmallow fluff, to give her strength. She didn't get better. Soon, the 11-year-old couldn't even keep down water, and her kidneys started to fail.
Krystina's parents believe they know the cause of her illness - salmonella-contaminated peanut butter - and on Thursday, they filed a federal lawsuit against food maker ConAgra Foods Inc. They are seeking unspecified damages.
"She's tired of the illness, she's also tired herself," said Krystina's mother, Christina. "She's not got the energy like she used to."
ConAgra recalled all its peanut butter in February after government investigators linked an outbreak of salmonella to the company's Peter Pan and Great Value brands. More than 600 people in 47 states reported becoming ill, and the company faces lawsuits in several states.
ConAgra spokes-woman Stephanie Childs said she couldn't comment on the Brughs' lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, because she hasn't seen it.
"Any consumer that may have been made ill or harmed by our product is of deep concern to us," she said. "We do take consumer safety and health very seriously. It's why we initiated the recall as quickly as we could."
Krystina had been eating Peter Pan peanut butter from a jar that had a product code starting with the number 2111, the lawsuit states. In February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration advised people to avoid jars bearing that code due to the salmonella risk.
The warning came too late for Krystina, who has been on dialysis for five months, her parents said. Her illness has forced her parents to miss work, and medical costs are adding up. On Monday, she is set to receive a kidney from her father.
"I just set my bills aside right now because I'm more concerned about my daughter and her surgery," her mother said.
Christina and John Brugh Jr. say they want the government to do more to test food and make it safer.
ConAgra plans to reintroduce Peter Pan to store shelves in July and is having another company make it until factory renovations are complete, Childs said.
Company officials have said they can't be certain what caused the contamination. They believe moisture in the company's peanut butter plant likely helped salmonella bacteria grow. They say the salmonella likely came from raw peanuts.
[Via AP]Friday, May 25, 2007
United States Against G8 Proposal Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The United States is bieng accused getting cold feet regarding Greenhouse gas emission reform. They’ve been accused of trying to buck many of the measures by stalling and amending the draft proposals.
Story….
The US appears to have rejected draft proposals by Germany for G8 members to agree tough measures in greenhouse gas emissions, leaked documents have shown.
Wide-ranging US amendments to a draft communique prepared ahead of June's G8 in Germany summit cite a "fundamental opposition" to the proposals.
Germany wants all G8 members to agree timetables and targets for major cuts.
Greenpeace, who leaked the document, said it showed UK PM Tony Blair failed to persuade the US to alter its stance.
In the document, US officials make major changes to the communique.
In comments printed in red ink, the US negotiators express disappointment that earlier concerns have not been taken on board.
 |  We have tried to 'tread lightly' but there is only so far we can go given our fundamental opposition to the German position  US comments on leaked communique |
"The US still has serious, fundamental concerns about this draft statement," a red-inked note reads.
"The treatment of climate change runs counter to our overall position and crosses 'multiple red lines' in terms of what we simply cannot agree to," it continues.
"We have tried to 'tread lightly' but there is only so far we can go given our fundamental opposition to the German position."
However, in Washington, senior US lawmakers have written to President Bush expressing their dismay at the administration's position, the AFP news agency reports.
US 'isolated'
Correspondents say the document hints at a looming struggle over the issue of climate change at the G8 summit, to be held on 6-8 June in Heiligendamm, Germany.
Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to use Germany's presidency of the G8 to secure a major climate change deal, including:
- Agreement to slow the rise in average temperatures this century to 2C
- A cut in global emissions by 50% below 1990 levels by 2050
- A rise in energy efficiency in power and transport by 20 percent by 2020.
Greenpeace Director John Sauven described the US position as "criminal".
"The US administration is clearly ignoring the global scientific consensus as well the groundswell of concern about climate change in the United States," he said.
Mrs Merkel should make it clear the US was isolated on the issue among G8 members, he added.
Speaking on 24 May, British Prime Minister Tony Blair suggested the US - could be on the verge of altering its climate policy.
The US has not signed the 2001 Kyoto Protocol, which sets out targets for lowering emissions until 2012.
"I can't think that there's going to be many people running for presidential office next time round in the US who aren't going to have climate change in their programme," said Mr Blair.
"I think it is possible that we will see action - and at least the beginnings of that action at the G8 - I hope so. That's what I'm arguing for."
[Via BBC News]Rosie Did Not Call American Troops Terrorists
Contrary to the bullshit we’re hearing from so called experts on Rosie’s comments on the Iraq fatalities, she did not call American troops terrorists.
I admit that Rosie is not my favorite celeb, but she was just making a point about how the Iraq people must “view” Americans after 655,000 Iraq people have died since the conflict in 2003.
Let’s face it – this war sucks and the people that led us into it are incompetent and pathetic – not to mention they’re liars.
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O'Donnell Quits The View Short of Contract
Rosie O’Donnell quits the view short of her contract deadline for exit. Many speculate it’s due to the last few feuds she’s had. One with Hasselbeck and one with “The Donald”.
Story From AP…
Rosie O'Donnell has fought her last fight at "The View." ABC said Friday she asked for, and received, an early exit from her contract at the daytime chatfest following her angry confrontation with co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Wednesday. She was due to leave in mid-June.
It ended a colorful eight-month tenure for O'Donnell that lifted the show's ratings but no doubt caused heartburn for show creator Barbara Walters. O'Donnell feuded with Donald Trump and frequently had snippy exchanges with the more conservative Hasselbeck.
O'Donnell said last month she would be leaving because she could not agree to a new contract with ABC executives.
"Rosie contributed to one of our most exciting and successful years at `The View,'" Walters said. "I am most appreciative. Our close and affectionate relationship will not change."
In a statement, O'Donnell said that "it's been an amazing year and I love all three women."
No one was feeling the love on Wednesday, when the argument with Hasselbeck began over O'Donnell's statement last week about the war: "655,000 Iraqi civilians have died. Who are the terrorists?"
Talk show critics accused O'Donnell of calling U.S. troops terrorists. She called Hasselbeck "cowardly" for not saying anything in response to the critics.
"Do not call me a coward, because No. 1, I sit here every single day, open my heart and tell people what I believe," Hasselbeck retorted, and their riveting exchange continued despite failed attempts by their co-hosts to cut to a commercial.
According to a New York Post report, O'Donnell's chief writer, Janette Barber, was allegedly led out of the building on Wednesday after she was caught drawing mustaches on photographs of Hasselbeck in "The View" studios. ABC executives didn't return repeated calls for questions on the incident Friday.
On Thursday O'Donnell had asked for a day off to celebrate her partner's birthday. "The View" aired a taped show on Friday.
On her Web site, O'Donnell posted a scrapbooklike video on Friday with pictures and news clippings of her tenure at "The View." Cyndi Lauper's "Sisters of Avalon" played in the background.
A day earlier, she posted messages on her Web site indicating she might not be back.
"When painting there is a point u must step away from the canvas as the work is done," she wrote. "Any more would take away."
[Source AP]
BORAT loves Pamela Anderson UNCENSORED
[Via YouTube]http://www.ngtv.com An EXCLUSIVE and UNCENSORED celebration of naughty, naughty "Borat." This episode of NO GOOD TV original series "Up Close" hosted by Carrie Keagan shows everyone's favorite Kazakhstani journalist the way he was meant to be seen (body thong not included).
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