A Monsanto lobbyist interviewed on French television made claims that the flagship Monsanto herbicide, Roundup, is safe for humans to drink. Little did he know that the interviewer actually had a glass of Roundup right there ready to drink. Here’s what happened: “You can drink a whole quart of it and it won’t hurt you,” […]
Continue reading →A small British Columbian company named Okanagan has just received approval to commercially plant and harvest genetically modified apples that do not brown when sliced. These apples join a few other GMOs in a fairly tight circle of commercially produced frankenfruits: The so-called Arctic apples — which will be available in the Granny Smith and […]
Continue reading →Portland, Oregon has proposed legislation for labeling GMO foods, and the party opposing the labels has raised nearly twice as much money as those in favor of it. I bet you can’t guess who the biggest donor against labeling is… I couldn’t be Monsatan—er, I mean Monsanto—could it? Of course it is. Monsanto has given […]
Continue reading →Wow. Richard Dawkins has had a way recently of expressing his evolutionary ethics in pretty much the most tactless way possible. A few weeks ago, he was in hot water for his defense of “mild” pedophilia. Now, he’s in the hot seat again for saying it was immoral not to abort an unborn baby with […]
Continue reading →New research has concluded that man’s involvement has nothing to do with the murderous habits of chimpanzees. It had been assumed that human encroachment on chimp lands and resources had caused them to become more aggressive and homicidal. But a new study overturns that theory. Chimpanzees are just bloodthirsty killers by nature: The researchers pored […]
Continue reading →The common understanding among big-government proponents (which includes pretty much anyone who has ever voted Republican or Democrat) is that the civil government actually protects its citizens from greedy corporate interests. But what if regulation is actually one of the ways big business is screwing its customers? Consider the recent net neutrality debates swirling around […]
Continue reading →Desmond Hague, A CEO in Vancouver, British Columbia, has resigned after a video surfaced of him kicking a dog in an elevator. Once the video surfaced on the internet, a public outcry against Hague resulted in an investigation by his company which eventually resulted in him losing his job. Hague was filmed by a security […]
Continue reading →We hear a lot of talk about “rape culture” in the media. And American universities, where allegations of rape are rampant, are trying very hard to define consensual sex, making laws that would both reduce rape and make it clear when consensual sex has occurred: Defining consensual sex is a growing trend by universities in […]
Continue reading →In a recent speech regarding a $16 billion shot in the arm to the VA, Obama recently had these words to say about whistleblowers: If you blow the whistle, you should be thanked. You should be protected for doing the right thing. You shouldn’t be ignored and you certainly shouldn’t be punished. Great words. I […]
Continue reading →Atheists like to talk a good game about morality in a God-free world. But consistent atheists recognize that morality in an evolving materialistic universe is relative and arbitrary. Richard Dawkins, famed apologist for atheism and Darwinism, just proved this point most spectacularly when he defended what he called “mild” pedophelia: In a recent interview with […]
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