The GMO Battle COntinues

I came across an article describing a recent legal battle between a collective of organic farmers and the GMO crop king, Monsanto. It seems as though the organic farmers (let's call them OFs for short) were trying to receive a ruling that would prevent Monsanto from suing them if their crops contained some of Monsanto's GMO crop traits (due to cross pollination of the GMOs and the organic crops). The judge ruled instead that their claim was unsubstantiated, and overstated Monsanto's sue-happy nature (based off the current opinion that they are a patent bully). The story goes on to mention that most organic crops have 0.5-2% GMO due...

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So I received an invite to a petition

So today on <social networking site>, I get this invitation to sign a petition….  First off it’s to oppose a proposed law in Maryland, which I’ve never even visited, nor do I know the laws of Maryland. Second, it’s a proposed law that will expand the definitions of nursing in order to prevent unlicensed individuals from practicing healthcare and nursing. The petition is saying it’s going to prevent all sorts of things because of how loose the definitions are, for example “Assisting in rehabilitation.” So of course, this petition is saying “OMG they’re going to make it illegal for yoga instructors and meditation instructors...

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