"Organic" Is The Latin Word For "There's One Born Every Minute"

Just a cynical pres playing to the groundlings.
You can be sure that billionaire crony capitalists, of both the nominal RINO and nominal
DemocRat genre plus the "unaffiliated", are well aware that forgetting to tip the signing
pen in the oval office plus many others is not part of doing business in Washington.

I figure the reason the donkeys are so obsessed with the KOCH brothers is they are trying to distract attention away from the Kennedys, Soros, Buffet, Bloomberg, Steyer, Gates, Hewlett and so forth..........

Yummy German sprouts for them all.

I don't want any of these people to vote.

I guess if they really wanted to educate people, they would label GMOs...:-) But, for some reason, they want to hide it.

Hey. This is the turdo la doo / obammy generation. What did you expect? Depth?

You would get the same stupid, shallow responses if you asked about any subject that really mattered. Oilsands, petro-fuels, nuclear energy, The West eradicating ISIS. They would all know it was "wrong", but wouldn't be able to make, let alone sustain an argument.

Yeah well, I treasure a dropline I picked up here from Kate...or lance.....

"Want to eat non GMO wheat?......EAT GRASS!

That makes 'em blink.

Everything edible living is genetically modified

Everything edible living is genetically modified

Uh, no, the genetic information was there to start with. Unlike plants modified in a lab, where new information previously foreign to the plant, is added.

Not that there's anything necessarily wrong with that, but why do they try and hide it?

If you ask me its not that GMO,s are bad, its the crime I think to make food only to be grown by preditory propitiatory agri businesses controlling plants for only there use . Suing people when some of these crops move to other fields. It a scam to restrict use of certain foodstuffs. Making crops a corporate monopoly

Well, I haven't read your blog for about a year though I used to be a regular. I see that you are still living, Kate, with cognitive dissonance. You don't believe anything the scientists tell you about climate change but you believe EVERYTHING they say to you about GMO crops. Something doesn't add up here. I think the lack of consistency indicates that your opinions are not shaped by truth but by what's good for the economy of Saskatchewan. If you took the trouble to read some informed contrary opinion about GMO's, you'd have reason to pause and consider your opinion. There's more to the issue than the mega-corporations will tell you. Also, some of your readers are clearly ignorant of even the basic features of GMO seeds. A GMO seed is not the result simply of plant breeding which humans have been doing for a very long time. It involves the introduction into the genome of a specific plant of totally foreign genes into a plant while plant breeding involves selecting for already existing traits in the gene pool. Big difference with big consequences. In any case, now you know why I don't drop by too often anymore. You are not telling truth but just making up caricatures and ignoring evidence.

Cyncic ... we've missed you

Agribusiness resists GMO labeling because it is state-coerced pandering to the green theocracy.

Most people, when they're proud of their product, voluntarily advertise it...yeah, something is not adding up.

Yeah, no evidence at all, just "because I say so" dire warnings.

Hey Cynic from BC, if you're in BC, where they have dedicated internet providers, why are you using a proxy site in the Netherlands that's known for hosting spam?

Is it perhaps because you're actually in Toronto like your "supporter" (*cough-cough*) michael st. paul's?

What a luser.

I don't have a problem with them labeling GMOs. I have no problem with GMOs either. Happy to buy them. I can imagine that they will be driven off the market by scare tactics aimed at idiots, but the answer to that is more speech.

Freedom to know things is more important to me than GMOs.

I am sure that the GMO banner types sleep fine at night knowing how many deaths they cause, and would further cause if they got their way because, you know, there are too many people on the planet.

Years ago...
" The Man Show" was one of those shows that most said only appealed to those who scraped their knuckles when they walked.

I though it was great.

Today, Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla are 2 of the most influential voices in America.

" Ziggy Zaggy, Ziggy Zaggy, Oi, Oi, Oi", and girls on trampolines.
It's all good.

Obviously, some people are walking around with a genetically modified brain!

" plant breeding which humans have been doing for a very long time "

I think you are confusing corn-holing with actual science.

Not that there is anything wrong with it,well, depending if you are the corn or the hole, and if incarcerated or not. But,I digress.

GMOs feed more people than ever before.

You may feel better about yourself because you paid a $100 for a turkey this thanksgiving. But the reality is, $100 would feed a family pf six in most countries for a month.
Not only countries in Africa, but Mexico,Haiti,Guatemala, etc.
Those countries that are only a day or two drive away.

GMOs are not killing the poor, idiots like you are.

'It's not that they try to hide it, it's more like there are a plethora of foods that may or may not have GMO's in them, it's nearly impossible to keep track of which is which'
That's right. If it has something in it as common as corn fructose it's GMO. Companies are well aware of the moral dilemma of selling a product where the genetic material has been removed in production and hence anything at all can be claimed about the product. Canola oil is one example.

GMo's are actually are more green and environmentally friendly crop than non-gmo's. Not that the folks against GMO's consider the environment important.

It's not that they try to hide it, it's more like there are a plethora of foods that may or may not have GMO's in them, it's nearly impossible to keep track of which is which.

In the age when the critter a steak came from can be tracked, that sounds like an excuse...

Cynic from BC and Michael st. Paul, having been outed and spanked, had now returned to his usual websites and is playing with and by himselfs.

Asking if GMO foods are safe is like asking if machined metal is safe.
In the end, it depends what genes are implanted into the chimeric plant.
In the USA, it was decided by the state that adding some DNA to a plant that already has lots of DNA is by definition safe.
This is foolishly wrong, as one could put the gene for the botulism toxin into corn and make poison corn quite easily.
Also, when GMO plants cross pollinate with non-GMO strains, you often get non-viable mules.
Like any technology, it has it's pros and cons.

'In the age when the critter a steak came from can be tracked, that sounds like an excuse...'
Not really.
Take for example that slice of toast I just ate for breakfast. It contains 2% of my daily fat requirement. That fat comes from the oil that was placed in the mix to act as a binding agent and to keep the bread moist and flavourful.
The oil comes from a plant that was genetically modified so to be accurate the bread is a GMO even though GM wheat is not grown in Canada.

As far as labelling is concerned the patent number for the GMO should be on the package.
A GMO ? Y/N is not enough information to make an informed decision.

As far as noid above, in bread it's usually vegetable, canola and/or soy oil, not necessarily modified.

Let me be the first to offer a one time limited offer of a GMO test kit. Just send 9.99 and I will throw in a free lettuce knife.

The oil comes from a plant that was genetically modified so to be accurate the bread is a GMO even though GM wheat is not grown in Canada.

It would seem pretty simple to list that in the ingredients. Well, unless they want to hide it, which they obviously do.

'Well, unless they want to hide it, which they obviously do'
The point is because GM has become so ubiquitous in food products it has become impossible to guarantee that some of the ingrediants used were not grown using GM methods; especially if the product contains oil.
What would GM labelling look like other than an exercise in redundancy?
The GMO scare originated in Europe where it was used by politicians as a non-tariff barrier to keep North American products out of their markets.

The point is because GM has become so ubiquitous in food products it has become impossible to guarantee that some of the ingrediants used were not grown using GM methods; especially if the product contains oil.

Looks like a great way to get cut out of the European market. Pretty smart...not.

GMO is a first world problem. Ban it and be responsible for many third world deaths from starvation.
http://theprogressivecontrarian.com/2013/03/19/the-dark-side-of-the-anti-gmo-movement/

There's never been a shortage of food, ever.

What there has been is an excess of dictators and totalitarian governments. GMO is just a red herring.

These people are a tribute to education under capitalism. They work, they consume, they go to war when called upon. They don't know how to think.