Another happy thread?

^^^^^


Nail Monsanto and the cronies to the wall and forever remove their ability to finance ANYMORE land grabs!

I knew you wanted to take this discussion nowhere

Canada: There were 158 homicides committed with a firearm in 2011, 13 fewer than the previous year. The 2011 rate of 0.46 firearm homicides per 100,000 population was the lowest in almost 50 years.


Texas: 2.91 gun murders per 100 000 population (2011)

0.46 < 2.91


I know, I know.... It'a lil awkward now eh?

30 May 2013 9:36 AM



Illegal Monsanto GMO wheat found in Oregon
By John Upton

Shutterstock
A farmer in Oregon found a patch of wheat growing like a weed where it wasn’t expected, so the farmer sprayed it with the herbicide Roundup. Surprisingly, some of the wheat survived.

The startled farmer sent samples of the renegade wheat to a laboratory, which confirmed something that should have been impossible: The wheat was a genetically engineered variety that had never been approved to be grown in the U.S., nor anywhere else in the world.


From The New York Times:

The Agriculture Department said the wheat was of the type developed by Monsanto to be resistant to the herbicide Roundup, also known as glyphosate. Such wheat was field-tested in 16 states, including Oregon, from 1998 through 2005, but Monsanto dropped the project before the wheat was ever approved for commercial planting.

The department said it was not known yet whether any of the wheat got into the food supply or into grain shipments. Even if it did, officials said, it would pose no threat to health. The Food and Drug Administration reviewed the wheat and found no safety problems with it in 2004.

Still, the mere presence of the genetically modified plant could cause some countries to turn away exports of American wheat, especially if any traces of the unapproved grain were found in shipments. About $8.1 billion in American wheat was exported in 2012, representing nearly half the total $17.9 billion crop, according to U.S. Wheat Associates, which promotes American wheat abroad. About 90 percent of Oregon’s wheat crop is exported.

It’s not clear when the discovery was made. In a statement on its website, Monsanto said it was contacted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding its investigation “earlier this month.” The USDA announced the discovery on Wednesday and said nine investigators are trying to figure out how the freak wheat wound up growing on the unnamed farmer’s land. Reuters reports that there were eight field trials of Monsanto’s GMO wheat in Oregon from 1999 to 2001.

While the federal government and agriculture industry scramble to investigate and manage fallout from the escaped wheat strain, there is one company that doesn’t seem too concerned. You can guess who that might be. From a statement posted on Monsanto’s website:

Over the past decade, an annual average of 58 million acres of wheat have been planted in the United States. This is the first report of the Roundup Ready trait being found out of place since Monsanto’s commercial wheat development program was discontinued nine years ago. …

Accordingly, while USDA’s results are unexpected, there is considerable reason to believe that the presence of the Roundup Ready trait in wheat, if determined to be valid, is very limited.

Well, if it’s “very limited,” then, I suppose there’s no need for concern. Try telling that to America’s wheat trading partners.

Don't think we claimed anything like that...

Rapes, carjackings and murders still out of control in yer parts Sir.

Now what?

PS: Criminals get their easy supply of guns from dumazzes who keep their loaded weapons in their vehicles.

It's art?

Keep guns in their cars? Does anyone not see the dangers of that alone?

"And you could have come here! Four golf
courses within a 20 minute drive, and FREE
at the Casino one where krupa works.
And you can vacuum all you want." ~Soufie

"I'll pay yer gas and cook dinner.....
and even leave the dishes for ya" ~Z

"Also, if my guest cleaned my house while I was away, I would be thankful, and express that" ~Luv2 AKA Kitten

"Hey now you can come clean my house anytime and plenty of yard work too ...I would even treat ya to a steak dinner and leave ya the dishes so you want feel unwelcome" -TxsGal



I think I figured it out Men... Chances are
If you vacuum, You'll get,
free golf, Gas, 2 dinners and probably an awesome friggin time with awesome ladies who would surely appeciate you for it!

We're all on the same page with this???

X 100


As if I stayed there because of the freeness of it gawd!

Let them GMO cotton...
Aspartame should be taken off the market.... period
and everything edible should be off limits to GMOs and Hydrogenation IMO

I'll hook you up bro... don't mention it

Deep!

Seriously, I wasn't trashing anyone... It was what it was,

Here's some of the other things I did... While I was bored.

-Paid for, and replaced a shower head for them
-trimmed a dead hanging branch in the yard
-Paid for most dinners (PS:the kid picked food out of my plate 2 out of 3 dinners at the restaurant) Not a word from mom.

All of which she was cool with before I did it. Oh and I fixed the puckin vacuum too... had a sock in it.

It wasn't rosy... I'm glad it wasn't on my last dime, now you spill some stories instead of bashing me?