Instead they sent the Istari, Gandalf, Saruman, and Radagast being 3 of the 5...
And the Blue wizards, Allatar and Pellandro, who disappeared into the East and never returned to play a part in the war against Sauron, being the other two.
Not so fast. Check this out. It has been known for over a year that pesticide producing genes can and have been transferred to human gut bacteria from ingested food.
So, has anyone that thinks it's all part of the natural order of things for us to be wearing billboards around so we can get dates considered the logical next step? My brother got a tattoo of the MGM lion on his shoulder by mistake, and all the babes think he's "dramatic, enthralling, and has dependable box office draw." I'm going to get a big GAP tattoo on the nape of my neck, and "Starbuck's" across my upper lip in kind of diffused lettering so it looks like a cappucino foam mustache... Think of all the people out there who by rights should have the Ben & Jerry's logo tattooed accross thier ass. Wow, I started out sarcastic, but this is starting to sound cool.
Already did, already did, already did, now. No car for 3 years + and oh boo hoo, my life is an absolute shambles - not. As for whether these companies and their billions of dollars of research ought to amount to a hill of (regular, honest, no fish genes, thank you VERY much.) beans, I rather think not. If you pop Little Shop of Horrors into the VCR when it's dinnertime and you're somehow not feeling quite peckish, so be it, but I for one am not impressed by all this "research", or its results, OR, vehemently, the fact that it has been foisted on not only farmers, but the eating public (that's you and me, bub) without so much as a by your leave, or a label (because, you see, we aren't in a position to judge for ourseves what we do and do not wish to eat), so that about sums it up.
Sure, flamebaiter, enviro-"wackos" are sure going to be sad if there's ever an effective way to dispose of toxic industrial chemicals, although too bad there STILL won't be any way to safely neutralize arguably the most dangerous by-products our civilization has contrived, ie. nuclear wastes. At least not unless we're eventually going to have machines on a subatomic scale with the power to effect controlled fission or fusion reactions, to stabilize radioactive elements into a more benign form. Not likely. Not without a few "oops"es we maybe can't afford. Added to which, the potential for environmental catastrophes lurking around the whole issue of nanotech is mind-boggling enough that you weren't probably going to convert too many enviro-"wackos" to the cause anyway. Not that there aren't also enormous positive possibilities in the technology as well. And sure, given the even more than ever before explicit carte blanche to play godmonkey with the intimate molecular structure of our surroundings, we'll probably pick all the right changes to make. Cause we're so smart and full of foresight and all. Consult the record of our technological progress to date, if you don't believe me. Why am I wasting my time responding to this, I could be playing freecell.:)
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Instead they sent the Istari, Gandalf, Saruman, and Radagast being 3 of the 5 ...
And the Blue wizards, Allatar and Pellandro, who disappeared into the East and never returned to play a part in the war against Sauron, being the other two.
Not so fast. Check this out. It has been known for over a year that pesticide producing genes can and have been transferred to human gut bacteria from ingested food.
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http://www.organicconsumers.org/gefood/gegut071
Or not. No, I'd say not.
So, has anyone that thinks it's all part of the natural order of things for us to be wearing billboards around so we can get dates considered the logical next step? My brother got a tattoo of the MGM lion on his shoulder by mistake, and all the babes think he's "dramatic, enthralling, and has dependable box office draw." I'm going to get a big GAP tattoo on the nape of my neck, and "Starbuck's" across my upper lip in kind of diffused lettering so it looks like a cappucino foam mustache... Think of all the people out there who by rights should have the Ben & Jerry's logo tattooed accross thier ass. Wow, I started out sarcastic, but this is starting to sound cool.
Already did, already did, already did, now. No car for 3 years + and oh boo hoo, my life is an absolute shambles - not. As for whether these companies and their billions of dollars of research ought to amount to a hill of (regular, honest, no fish genes, thank you VERY much.) beans, I rather think not. If you pop Little Shop of Horrors into the VCR when it's dinnertime and you're somehow not feeling quite peckish, so be it, but I for one am not impressed by all this "research", or its results, OR, vehemently, the fact that it has been foisted on not only farmers, but the eating public (that's you and me, bub) without so much as a by your leave, or a label (because, you see, we aren't in a position to judge for ourseves what we do and do not wish to eat), so that about sums it up.
Sure, flamebaiter, enviro-"wackos" are sure going to be sad if there's ever an effective way to dispose of toxic industrial chemicals, although too bad there STILL won't be any way to safely neutralize arguably the most dangerous by-products our civilization has contrived, ie. nuclear wastes. At least not unless we're eventually going to have machines on a subatomic scale with the power to effect controlled fission or fusion reactions, to stabilize radioactive elements into a more benign form. Not likely. Not without a few "oops"es we maybe can't afford. Added to which, the potential for environmental catastrophes lurking around the whole issue of nanotech is mind-boggling enough that you weren't probably going to convert too many enviro-"wackos" to the cause anyway. Not that there aren't also enormous positive possibilities in the technology as well. And sure, given the even more than ever before explicit carte blanche to play godmonkey with the intimate molecular structure of our surroundings, we'll probably pick all the right changes to make. Cause we're so smart and full of foresight and all. Consult the record of our technological progress to date, if you don't believe me. Why am I wasting my time responding to this, I could be playing freecell. :)