"Why not both a decent hourly wage *and* the tips the servers have earned? I just don't get this idea among the American Right, who seem to believe they are owed a wage-slave class to exploit for their own personal profit. Talk about *entitlement.* America's workers don't owe them a living. And the businessfolk don't owe the Permanent Leisure Class which exploits them in turn a living, either."
helpadingoatemybaby on Vermont could be first US state to mandate GMO food labeling - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"> My entire point is to remove all of that and actually say what was done to the organisms. Nobody's against that -- except Monsanto. But you asked why label it with "GM" and I gave you reasons. Then you didn't like the reasons."
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"Unfortunately they've been castrated by Monsanto in the most recent amendment passed. But yes, if they had strong regulatory testing and enforcement, then I'd support the USDA as well."
"Just keep cracking open that wallet. It's $2,400 per person per year for the military alone -- because, hey, $2,300 would leave you unsafe -- and now you get to pay to be Monsanto's bitch."
"> Because confederate and neo-confederate are totally different things. Not according to Lew Rockwell in his book "Speaking of Liberty." > but when you call someone neo-Confederate don't be surprised when you are you taken seriously ever after Is this a compliment?"
red_nuts on Found an old computer thing (Elf II). Anyone know more about it? (x-post from VintageComputers) - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"Only in America does selling products that lock starving people in to buying herbicides to fight the superweeds that America helped advance become "helping starving people.""
helpadingoatemybaby on Taxpayer dollars are helping Monsanto sell seeds abroad. - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"Well, on the one hand you present a compelling picture of modern industrialized farming practices and the lack of business ethics of a company that controls a massive amount of seed, that has been convicted in a court of law for lying, games the courts, and fights against having its products tested by the FDA. On the other hand, this guy says you're just some crazy and I shouldn't listen to you. Hmm... well, I guess his argument makes sense."
"> Furthermore, the government is going to know an organism is "GMO," anyway, so it does no good to put that on the label. Are you implying that someone will be in the stores looking for "GMO" foods from the government or any regulating body? That would be even more hilarious. Yeah, you should write to the guys who already do that and tell them that they're a fucking joke: Office of Nutrition, Labeling, and Dietary Supplements, HFS-800, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740 I'm sure they'll be happy to hear from you. > Explain to me how export compliance is clearly beneficial in relation to food on store shelves? Because the country makee the money off da exports, and the more monee da country haz, more foodeees for you. Capeche?"
RandsFoodStamps on My friend's (and my) thoughts on Adam Kokesh and the violation of his civil liberties. - http://www.reddit.com/r...
Ambiwlans on WacoTrib: SpaceX reminds residents that the company is planning a louder-than-usual test that could occur as early as today. It will last 10 seconds (twitter) - http://www.reddit.com/r...
RandsFoodStamps on 2 former Army officers try and use their service to manipulate investors on the "Shark Tank" show. (31:48) - http://www.reddit.com/r...
""But . . . but . . . ressling is the American Way!!1!" [This is a parody of Amy's now deleted Facebook comment in which she tried to invoke the glories of "re-selling," after inadvertently admitting online that all of the baked goods she claimed were her own and made on-site were in fact the produced by some other company that specializes in desserts.] She lied to Gordon at least three times during the episode, saying that the desserts were all hers/she made them all/accepting his compliments on their quality. I bet he knew from that moment that Amy was full of crap: her "kitchen" had no professional baking equipment in it."
seltaeb4 on AMA. I worked on the Kitchen Nightmares TV crew at Amy's Baking Company. - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"Maybe "fat donkey cunt" is the secret ingredient of Amy's "Blue Ribbon Burger," along with the bleu cheese, marinated mushrooms, garlic aioli, overdone bacon bits, and (of course) the white truffle oil to top it off."
"Georgia ranks 47th worst in the nation for dentists per capita. Mississippi now ranks 51st worst in the nation. That's right, not even 50th -- 51st -- below DC. A new level of failure for the red states."
"So accurate. George ranks 47th worst in the nation for dentists per capita. Maybe you'd better concern yourself less with what is original, than what isn't."
"Journalistic integrity- now in l33t speak. Seriously, I'm as goddamn liberal as they come, but can we *STOP* linking dailykos? It looks as bad as Fox."
RandsFoodStamps on How many of you men or women needed waivers or what not to enlist? - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"Other than the lack of sleep, I enjoyed it, and that's not just nostalgia talking. When you're SGT MrRickAwesome, you're going to look back fondly on it. No critical thinking, you just do what you're told. It's easy."
"They really aren't. The Taliban were students trained by the Pakistan intelligence service who then pushed the Mujhadeen out of power and took over. The Northern Alliance that Karzai was part of is the successors of the Mujhadeen. Though since membership is fluid, the actual rank and file probably do not reflect this."