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March 06, 2008
Don't you love a good fraud?
I just read that Airborne, the OTC medicine that you take to keep from getting sick, is settling a class action lawsuit for $23mil..."There's no credible evidence that what's in Airborne can prevent colds or protect you from a germy environment," said CSPI Senior nutritionist David Schardt. "Airborne is basically on overpriced, run-of-the-mill vitamin pill that's been cleverly, but deceptively, marketed." NICE!!! I bought a bottle of this when I went to Italy and then again to Germany, and it didn't harm me, nor did I get sick on either visit..(well, there was that intestinal bug from Germany, but that's not airborne's fault)...If you want to get a refund for any bottles you might have bought, go here...
And apparently there's yet another memoir that was completely fabricated...Why don't these folks just write the books they want w/out lying about it? Because a memoir sells much better than fiction...according to the folks who work at the publishing companies...sigh...no wonder everyone is skeptical and cynical about what they hear...cause the winner of the Tour de France is caught with drugs in his system (Floyd Landis), cause baseball players are getting caught using drugs (technically not illegal in the baseball system, but its still cheating, just not 'illegal' cheating)...Marion Jones has 5 gold medals revoked, for using illegal enhancing drugs...good grief...its a nasty thing, lying to the public...geez...
I took a little inventory of the garden yesterday..amazingly, the parsley that I planted is still going strong- thru all the cold weather, its held up great...is it a cold weather plant? its huge and bright green and happy as can be...the blackberries are growing, the B.R. Cant rose has exploded in growth, a bluebonnet is poking thru the ground...I planted them too deep, so I'll be surprised if any more show up...next year, I'll plant them more shallow...but my biggest surprise was the Meyer Lemon and all the new growth on it...the grasshoppers did a number on it last year and its looked straggly all winter, compared to the lime, which held itself in good shape...so I wasn't sure if this guy would come back, having never had a lemon tree long enough to know how they work...but its got loads of new leaves popping up AND some new blossoms forming...I'm pleased...today its cold, windy and wet...Saturday its supposed to be warm and sunny...i think the garden will get a nice round of food and water for some serious growing...the butterflies are gonna need somewhere to stop!
Posted by Donner at March 6, 2008 09:16 AM