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[Aristio]

http://rt.com/usa/monsanto-gmo-us-protest-797/

From Alaska to Florida: Americans take to streets against Monsanto and GMOs

I'm not sure what the hell to make of this. What's wrong exactly with genetically engineered food? Bunch of people just mad about science?

[Bardicrune]

Mostly, their reasoning is that there aren't any long term studies on the effects of genetically modified foods designed for direct human consumption.

[Ragnus]

Also, Monsanto is putting small farmers out of business by suing for use of their products even on the off chance that the farmer's crop gets cross pollinated by a different farm that does have permission to use them. Monsanto is basically a tyrannical megacorp that has a stranglehold on seeds. I'm not sure what this is gonna do anyway since the US has the Monsanto Protection Act in play with no chance of it going away.

[Blubbartron]

That's always bothered me about those people. If you want to hate Monsanto because they're a prime example of corporate greed run amuck (and clearly need more restrictions placed on their business), then by all means, hate away. I agree with that. But the fear mongering against science is bewildering. I've had to re-educate a number of acquaintances on Facebook that don't understand genetics at all. Motherfuckers don't understand that there's nothing stopping our current fruits and veggies from evolving into something inedible to us except our own interventions. Even better is when its our own intervention that makes our favorite fruits even possible to cultivate (see every orange tree is a clone). Genetic modification just takes the guesswork out of the process.

Anyone that trusts "nature" over science is a fool - nature is trying to kill us.

[Psion]

Very well put. When you think about it, everything in nature either wants to eat us, use us as their home, or is mooching off something of ours, whether its local wildlife or the bacteria in our guts digesting some of the food we eat and spiting out waste that happens to be helpful to us (such as certain vitamins)

Sure, science occasionally winds up killing us, but for the most part, it's unintentional. Science in general is trying to make life better, and a lot of times when it goes wrong it's not the science at fault, its the people who cut corners to save costs.

[Byrd]

Man drove drunk while having sex.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico man faces multiple charges after police say he was having sex with a woman while driving drunk and crashed, ejecting the woman from the vehicle.

The Albuquerque Journal reports 25-year-old Luis Briones was found with one shoe on and his shorts on inside-out Monday night after he wrecked his Ford Explorer in Albuquerque.

Police say Briones' female passenger was found naked outside the SUV after being ejected. She had deep cuts to her face and head.

Authorities allege Briones tried to drive away after the crash and leave his passenger behind, but a witness grabbed his keys from the ignition. He also allegedly tried to hide from responding officers behind a cactus.

Briones is charged with aggravated DWI, reckless driving and evading police.

No attorney was listed for him.

--The Associated Press

[Tajin]

^ My nigga.jpg

On the science topic above, slightly related, I'm surprised at the amount of people against vaccines these days.

Edit:
Yesterday a guy on a quad-bike got impacted by a taxi (VW), the passenger of the taxi goes to help the bike guy, another taxi (Nissan) runs over the passenger and crashes into the VW killing its passenger. The guy on the bike is alive, and so are both drivers.

[Kerberoz]

Also, Monsanto is putting small farmers out of business by suing for use of their products even on the off chance that the farmer's crop gets cross pollinated by a different farm that does have permission to use them. Monsanto is basically a tyrannical megacorp that has a stranglehold on seeds. I'm not sure what this is gonna do anyway since the US has the Monsanto Protection Act in play with no chance of it going away.

Bullshit.

These stories mostly originate from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsant...._v._Schmeiser , where the poor widdle farmer "accidentally" had their fields "contaminated" with glyphosate-resistant seeds they didn't pay for, then "accidentally" sprayed their fields with glyphosate, "accidentally" killing off all the non-resistant seeds they planted, then "accidentally" saved only the resistant seeds for the next planting.

[Kerberoz]

On the science topic above, slightly related, I'm surprised at the amount of fucktarded anti-science child-murderers against vaccines these days.

fix't

related, long:

Spoiler: show

[Ksandra]

Not its own threadworthy because no one was hurt, but god damn this pisses me off:

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...,3470977.story

A 22-year-old Disneyland employee has been arrested in connection with the detonation of a so-called dry ice bomb in the park's Toontown, Anaheim police said Wednesday.

Long Beach resident Christian Barnes, an outdoor vending "cast member," was booked on suspicion of possession of a destructive device and is being held in lieu of bail of $1 million.

The explosion in a trash can on Tuesday evening forced the evacuation of Toontown. No one was injured, but the explosion caused some brief chaos in a portion of Disneyland popular with young children.

"Barnes is cooperating with investigators and has indicated this is an isolated incident with unanticipated impacts," Anaheim police Sgt. Bob Dunn said.

Police described Barnes as a vendor who peddled sodas and water on a mobile cart. They did not give a motive for the incident, which did not cause any significant damage.

"We take matters like this very seriously and are working closely with local authorities," Disneyland spokeswoman Suzi Brown said in a statement.

The dry ice appeared to have been placed in a plastic bottle that was left in a trash can in Toontown. The explosion was confined to the can, according to the Anaheim Police Department.

It does not appear to be connected to similar dry-ice explosions in Anaheim in recent months, Dunn said.

The mixture exploded about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, forcing officials to evacuate people from the area for two hours, police said.

"You wouldn't expect situations like that coming to a place like this. That is crazy, that's wild," said West Covina resident Jonathan Rosario, who was at the park with a toddler as music to the "It's a Small World" echoed in the background. "It reminds us we all need to do our part to be safe."

[Kerberoz]

Dry-ice bomb: the "bomb" you practically have to swallow to be injured by.

unrelated... err, well, related to swallowing:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...ticle-1.164923

Get out of jail free: because you're too fat.

A 600-pound Florida man, arrested for scamming restaurants in 2007, was offered a plea deal when prosecutors discovered it was too expensive to incarcerate him, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

George Jolicoeur, 38, is infamous for ordering food and then complaining about the quality and refusing to pay after he eats it.

The obese thief once devoured five milk shakes before finding a hair in the shake and refusing to pay.

Jolicoeur was arrested in 2007 after downing nearly $50 of beef jerky from a 7-Eleven, then claiming the last few scraps were moldy.

Police tracked him down at home and arrested him.

"The beef jerky got me," Jolicoeur said on his way to prison.

After Jolicoeur was charged with five counts of felony petty theft, he became ill and bedridden. He now resides in a nursing facility and relies on a respirator to breathe.

After prosecutors discovered that the state would have to foot the bill for Jolicoeur's medical care they offered a plea deal.

"He's in his prison cell," said Assistant State Attorney Kyan Ware. "He's not getting out of that bed."

[Byrthnoth]

Dry-ice bomb: the "bomb" you practically have to swallow to be injured by.

Yeah, we hide "dry-ice bombs" around the lab for fun every time we get a shipment on dry ice. BRB, hiding under my bed from the cops that want to arrest me and hold me on 1 million dollars bail? What the fuck?

[Ksandra]

You guys are missing the point. That's pretty retarded to frighten children with at a place you are working at.

[Moss]

Dry-ice bomb: the "bomb" you practically have to swallow to be injured by.

unrelated... err, well, related to swallowing:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...ticle-1.164923

of all the ironic last names...

[Tajin]

Judge should've gone the creative route and put the fat fuck in a fitness regime inside jail. And no he gets no human rights.

[Aristio]

You guys are missing the point. That's pretty retarded to frighten children with at a place you are working at.

I know I'm intentionally missing the point.

[Byrthnoth]

I just don't think scaring kids is worth a 1million dollar bail. Intention to incite panic and cause a stampede? Maybe I could see going up there if the guy was well off and there was any evidence to that effect. He is a freaking food vendor at Disney though.

[Melena]

Rumor has it on a disney forum i frequent thinks the bail is due to the fact 3 years ago a 19yo in florida who has the same first and last name of this dumb shit did the same exact thing at another location (not disney). I look at it more as a retard tax for doing something so fucking retarded after the boston marathon bombing.

[notorious bum]

Damn, Monsanto's lobbyists are effective as fuck. Brb, moving to Europe where I can die old, chowing on tomatos that taste like something and chugging down plentiful honey.

[Ksandra]

I just don't think scaring kids is worth a 1million dollar bail. Intention to incite panic and cause a stampede? Maybe I could see going up there if the guy was well off and there was any evidence to that effect. He is a freaking food vendor at Disney though.

On a completely irrational level, I have no problem with setting the precedence that you just don't fuck around in Disney parks.