Many people think GMO crops are less valuable than "organic" crops, so they won't pay as much for them. Because of this the GMO companies don't want labeling of their foods, so they can pass their foods off as not GMO, and therefore charge the higher rate. Most of the opposition to GMO is because of the lack of labeling, with scare mongering by "environmentalists" coming in a close second.
If you put peanut DNA into corn, then someone who is allergic to peanuts might die if they eat it. How can those with allergies protect themselves from this if peanuts are not listed on the ingredients for corn containing products? You drink a can of coke, you die of peanut allergy?
I am thinking that rich men don't get rich by spending their own money on stuff if they can avoid it. If you are already rich you don't need to get elected to loot the country.
The big question, why? Why does the IRS get thrown to the wolves while the NSA walks? And while we are jumping up and down on the IRS, how about finding out why illegal immigrants are able to work for American companies (in the USA) and get away with it.
The IRS is legally required to have those emails. If the judge wanted to, he could put her in jail for contempt, and keep her there until the emails show up in court. I don't know if that would make the emails show up, but I do know it would ensure this situation didn't happen again.
I suppose you could ask the NSA to provide a copy of it, I'm fairly sure they keep every email from everyone, forever. Of course the NSA only replies to info requests from government organizations.
Voting 3rd party isn't throwing your vote away. Most elections are only won by a few percent. When politicians see votes going to 3rd party candidates they ask how they can take those votes, and if borrowing a few ideas from the 3rd party is cheap enough they will do it. So voting 3rd party will shift the politics of the major candidates.
If the Church R's were capable of learning from experience, then they would have kicked the 1 percenters out of the Republican party years ago for not putting God first (or second). On Christian subjects (like abortion) the Republican party has done nothing but talk while the Church R's have dutifully voted as directed. The 1 percenters will throw money and a good PR campaign and the Church R's will get back in line (as they always do).
If Obama wanted to stop illegal immigration he could just order the FBI to start busting companies that hire them. He has the authority, he doesn't need congress on this.
The USA already HAS outsourced all the farm jobs to Mexico, except the taxpayers of the USA are supplying healthcare, roads, and schools for the workers and their kids. I suggest we let the Mexican government pay for all that stuff, in Mexico.
If you want your produce, meat, and consumer electronics dirt cheap then get rid of tariffs and import duties. Let the Mexicans flood the USA with cheap everything. Of course that would let all the "American" companies move to Mexico and lay off all their workers in the USA.
The Republican party consists of the rich 1 percenters, and the religious right. The reason for that disparate base is because 1 percent of the population can't win elections, even when most people don't vote. So they looked around and found some easily controlled people and shoe-horned them into the party. The tea party has apparently forgotten that fact, and wants to push them out. Those who are ignorant of history's lessons are doomed to relearn them.
We are just on the edge of being able to upload humans into the machine, and give everyone virtual reality. Once we achieve that, everyone can have anything they want, without needing to colonize or mine anything. Turn the moon into our Matrix supercomputer, upload everyone, and turn the Earth into a nature preserve. Once you have that set up and everyone starts cranking out game modules, why would you want to give that up to visit another star? You think the colony ship will support the latest VR's?
It is in Netflix's best interest to pay up. It means everyone else has to pay, and anyone trying to start a competing service won't have the cash, so they will be blocked from getting into the game.
The NSA monitors all communications, they might (probably) figure out everyone you gave keys to. I doubt they care about nationality, they will just break into the offices (or infiltrate the office) and take the keys. The device the key is stored in probably won't last 100 years, it will need to be copied onto new media periodically. Ultimately you can't trust people to keep secrets.
Use an embedded computer, designed to self destruct if tampered with. When the clock runs down it uploads the secret code to the web site. You don't "have" the code, and any attempt to get it will "destroy evidence".
Economics was apparently not his strong suite then. Mining the asteroid belt is more expensive than mining our land-fill sites. It's far cheaper to build solar power on earth, even including the batteries and extra panels. And the massive pollution from all those space launches would push global warming into the "everyone lives in LA?" zone.
The "Elites" don't want to kill off the poor huddled masses, they want to enslave them to work in their sweatshops and factories. There is no profit to be made from people dying in large numbers as they (the poor) can't afford to pay for that and would just leave the bodies in a pile somewhere. The mad cow crisis has been fixed, they now slaughter cows at a sufficiently young age that they won't show evidence of mad cow disease. Out of sight, out of mind is much cheaper than banning feeding cows animal protein or testing all cows for the disease (both would eliminate problem).
We know that plasma (hot ionized air) generates radio waves, that's how lightning can disrupt your radio reception. Yes it's mostly in the HF spectrum, but the lower VHF band is not immune to atmospheric noise.
Or you could buy 250 super hornets at the same price. The ONLY advantage of the f-35 is stealth, and given that a stealth fighter was shot down I'd not put much faith in the stealth capabilities of these things.
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Many people think GMO crops are less valuable than "organic" crops, so they won't pay as much for them. Because of this the GMO companies don't want labeling of their foods, so they can pass their foods off as not GMO, and therefore charge the higher rate. Most of the opposition to GMO is because of the lack of labeling, with scare mongering by "environmentalists" coming in a close second.
If you put peanut DNA into corn, then someone who is allergic to peanuts might die if they eat it. How can those with allergies protect themselves from this if peanuts are not listed on the ingredients for corn containing products? You drink a can of coke, you die of peanut allergy?
I am thinking that rich men don't get rich by spending their own money on stuff if they can avoid it. If you are already rich you don't need to get elected to loot the country.
The big question, why? Why does the IRS get thrown to the wolves while the NSA walks? And while we are jumping up and down on the IRS, how about finding out why illegal immigrants are able to work for American companies (in the USA) and get away with it.
The IRS is legally required to have those emails. If the judge wanted to, he could put her in jail for contempt, and keep her there until the emails show up in court. I don't know if that would make the emails show up, but I do know it would ensure this situation didn't happen again.
I suppose you could ask the NSA to provide a copy of it, I'm fairly sure they keep every email from everyone, forever. Of course the NSA only replies to info requests from government organizations.
Government officials are required to keep official records, including emails, for freedom of information requests.
Voting 3rd party isn't throwing your vote away. Most elections are only won by a few percent. When politicians see votes going to 3rd party candidates they ask how they can take those votes, and if borrowing a few ideas from the 3rd party is cheap enough they will do it. So voting 3rd party will shift the politics of the major candidates.
Bush and Obama are politically identical (middle of the road Republican) so you can't really blame people for confusing the two.
If the Church R's were capable of learning from experience, then they would have kicked the 1 percenters out of the Republican party years ago for not putting God first (or second). On Christian subjects (like abortion) the Republican party has done nothing but talk while the Church R's have dutifully voted as directed. The 1 percenters will throw money and a good PR campaign and the Church R's will get back in line (as they always do).
If Obama wanted to stop illegal immigration he could just order the FBI to start busting companies that hire them. He has the authority, he doesn't need congress on this.
The USA already HAS outsourced all the farm jobs to Mexico, except the taxpayers of the USA are supplying healthcare, roads, and schools for the workers and their kids. I suggest we let the Mexican government pay for all that stuff, in Mexico.
If you want your produce, meat, and consumer electronics dirt cheap then get rid of tariffs and import duties. Let the Mexicans flood the USA with cheap everything. Of course that would let all the "American" companies move to Mexico and lay off all their workers in the USA.
The Republican party consists of the rich 1 percenters, and the religious right. The reason for that disparate base is because 1 percent of the population can't win elections, even when most people don't vote. So they looked around and found some easily controlled people and shoe-horned them into the party. The tea party has apparently forgotten that fact, and wants to push them out. Those who are ignorant of history's lessons are doomed to relearn them.
We are just on the edge of being able to upload humans into the machine, and give everyone virtual reality. Once we achieve that, everyone can have anything they want, without needing to colonize or mine anything. Turn the moon into our Matrix supercomputer, upload everyone, and turn the Earth into a nature preserve. Once you have that set up and everyone starts cranking out game modules, why would you want to give that up to visit another star? You think the colony ship will support the latest VR's?
It is in Netflix's best interest to pay up. It means everyone else has to pay, and anyone trying to start a competing service won't have the cash, so they will be blocked from getting into the game.
The NSA monitors all communications, they might (probably) figure out everyone you gave keys to. I doubt they care about nationality, they will just break into the offices (or infiltrate the office) and take the keys. The device the key is stored in probably won't last 100 years, it will need to be copied onto new media periodically. Ultimately you can't trust people to keep secrets.
Use an embedded computer, designed to self destruct if tampered with. When the clock runs down it uploads the secret code to the web site. You don't "have" the code, and any attempt to get it will "destroy evidence".
Economics was apparently not his strong suite then. Mining the asteroid belt is more expensive than mining our land-fill sites. It's far cheaper to build solar power on earth, even including the batteries and extra panels. And the massive pollution from all those space launches would push global warming into the "everyone lives in LA?" zone.
Starvation is also linked to massive internal organ failure.
The "Elites" don't want to kill off the poor huddled masses, they want to enslave them to work in their sweatshops and factories. There is no profit to be made from people dying in large numbers as they (the poor) can't afford to pay for that and would just leave the bodies in a pile somewhere. The mad cow crisis has been fixed, they now slaughter cows at a sufficiently young age that they won't show evidence of mad cow disease. Out of sight, out of mind is much cheaper than banning feeding cows animal protein or testing all cows for the disease (both would eliminate problem).
We know that plasma (hot ionized air) generates radio waves, that's how lightning can disrupt your radio reception. Yes it's mostly in the HF spectrum, but the lower VHF band is not immune to atmospheric noise.
And where will all the Republicans move to once that happens? Bad enough having to listen to them on TV without them buying the house next door.
Or you could buy 250 super hornets at the same price. The ONLY advantage of the f-35 is stealth, and given that a stealth fighter was shot down I'd not put much faith in the stealth capabilities of these things.
If government couldn't do a better job, then why are corporations working so hard to keep them out?