so, the anti-gmo movement scored another victory today.
chipotle has opted to only use non-gmo food items.. hooray for them.
i'm pretty neutral on the subject, mostly because, other than questionable treatment of farmers, i have seen no evidence to avoid gmo's for health reasons.. basically, my neutrality boils down to the stance that i'll buy non-gmo, so long as the price is reasonable.
What Frank said.
I have a son and daughter in law both working toward advanced degrees in environmental science, we've talked about this a lot. The real complaint against GMO's is not that they are dangerous to eat (as Viv pointed out, they aren't). What we don't know is how they will effect the environment, and the plants around them.
If we could insure careful handling, and move slowly in allowing them, I'm OK with it. But we need to be careful and study the problems as we go.
i think with all this change we see occurring with the watchtower corporation's to deal with things means they are in financial trouble and are seeking to consolidate their real estate holdings for easy sale if needed to stay financially solvent.. they will stop or slowly decrease the door to door work and focus on the material potential of each member young and old for what ever they can get out of them.
this will lead to more leaving under their tyranny.
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i stole this, from of all places, rick fearon.
i don't know who he stole it from.
please think of more.. things i trust more than the jehovah's witnesses governing body+ the media+ mexican tap water+ cappuccino from bill cosby+ a bigfoot sighting+ a politician who says "trust me"+ an al qaeda who wants flying lessons, but skips landing and take-offs+ a hillary clinton war story+ bill clinton wanting to give a speech at an all-female school+ gas station sushi+ a brian williams or bill o'rielly news report+ email from a nigerian prince.
Something I trust less than the GB, a three dollar bill.
Disagree, I'd paste a picture of a politician I don't like on it and frame it. That's still more useful than the GB.
i stole this, from of all places, rick fearon.
i don't know who he stole it from.
please think of more.. things i trust more than the jehovah's witnesses governing body+ the media+ mexican tap water+ cappuccino from bill cosby+ a bigfoot sighting+ a politician who says "trust me"+ an al qaeda who wants flying lessons, but skips landing and take-offs+ a hillary clinton war story+ bill clinton wanting to give a speech at an all-female school+ gas station sushi+ a brian williams or bill o'rielly news report+ email from a nigerian prince.
the setup:.
the supreme court rules in favor of gay marriage across the board, regardless of state constitutions in the next few weeks.. a gay couple get happily married.
several months go by and one of them is contacted at the door by jws.
We may all need to get some popcorn and watch this one over the next few years. I bet there will be a BOE letter out some time in the next couple of years addressing these issues. I would anticipate a bunch of mealy-mouthed nonsense trying to cover everything from all sides. It will be written by lawyers and written in a way that makes it clear to the elders that gay marriage isn't marriage so it doesn't make any difference what the government says. I'm guessing they will use this to make gay couples dissolve the relationship, they will be free to enter into a heterosexual marriage after that, maybe even have privileges; after all at that point they'll be a shinning example of how Jehovah fixes everything.
If there's a legal blowup, like a lawsuit over something; it will all be the fault of the local elders.
Edited to add: I don't know how a GLBTQ* person with the brains God gave gravel could sit five minutes in Kingdom Hall.
you can't see electricity or hear it or feel it.
well, there are sparks and lightning bolts and heating elements and the light and heat of filaments.
and somehow, it lights up neon in a tube.
things that i trust more than hillary clinton:.
mexican tap water.
any email from nigeria.
Trust her or not, she's going to beat the next Republican candidate.
Maybe, she's carrying a lot of baggage and I keep hearing rumblings from my Democratic friends that they wish Elizabeth Warren would run. The common complaints about Hilary are that she's a phony liberal who is really on a power trip, and that she and Bill like hanging out with the oligarchs she claims to running against (and are more than happy to take their money).
On the other hand, the Republicans will have to try to find some one that's not a total idiot.
Personally, I don't think we'll break the partisan mess in Washington DC until some one forms a third party that will give the current ruling class a run for its money.
on 25 march 2015 joseph mcenroe was found guilty of the 2007 mass killing of six members of his then-girlfriend's family, including two young children aged 3 and 5. a jury is currently deciding whether he should be executed.. associated press has recently reported that.... mcenroe confirmed that he felt some sort of acceptance with jehovah's witnesses until he told elders he didn't have a guilt-free conscience.
he stopped studying to be a minister.. mcenroe was quoted as stating the reason why he stopped studying being that.... "i felt that i had failed and that i had been rejected by god at that point.".
read news report here carnation killer testifies in sentencing trial.
We moved a few years before this happened, it was just up the road from our house. We may have met these people as it's a small town, but I don't remember doing so. I've been following the case since it happened. This guy is completely nuts, watching video of the trial you realize just how wacky he is.
Even if they give him the death penalty he'll be around a long time, the current governor has said that he will not sign a death warrant for anybody, for anything.
you can't see electricity or hear it or feel it.
well, there are sparks and lightning bolts and heating elements and the light and heat of filaments.
and somehow, it lights up neon in a tube.
If you don't believe what Bill said, go piss on an electric fence and see how that adjusts your feeling.
Also you can both hear and see electricity. Stand under a big long distance transmission line and less to the hum. That's electricity. Pull the plug on an electrical appliance without turning it off. That bright flash is electricity. This may also give you another chance to feel it.
