[SGVLUG] OT - super rich paranoids kill balloonists w lawsuits

[Rae Yip]

I love the detailing on that fence. If I were a mad biologist, that's
what I'd have on the gate to my lab compound.

-Rae.

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 9:51 PM, matti <mathew_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> wow, this is a crazy story...
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> "Hot air balloon businesses had thrived in the Coachella Valley for decades. Then came new neighbors on an 80-acre property, who began filing lawsuits. Lots of them."
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> http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-balloons-20110817,0,1840808,full.story
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> and
> "Who is JCM Farming and what are they doing?"
> http://www.mydesert.com/article/20110130/NEWS01/110130002/Who-JCM-Farming-what-they-doing-
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> ..
> Another patent refers to “methods and compositions for improving plant growth.”
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> The patent application refers to “spore-forming microorganisms, present in soil, plants and other forms of organic matter, (that) survive excessive heat of a fire within soil or carbonized wood.” The microorganisms are purported to enhance plant growth and plants’ nutritional value, and can be useful in “producing DNA-enhanced plants which may be consumed by human individuals for enhancing human DNA.”
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> wow, very cool crazy sci-fi stuff...
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> got me wondering a bit more about this story...
> so google maps:
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> 33.653548,-116.223378
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> wow.. multiple fences, probably electrified, guard dogs,
> gun towers, moats,.. ( did you find a way in yet?? )
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> now I am thinking of the evil super villians from james bond movies...
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> now I am just wanting to fly one of those defcon/blackhat spy drones
> around that valley ...
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> funny how crazy people can get sooo much $$$.. man
> I should have been born crazier!!!
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