“My take on it now is genetically modified food is actually, in general, — genetically modified plants, in general, — are not only not harmful, they’re actually a great benefit.” Bill Nye Bill Nye Explains Why He Changed His Mind About GMOs Bill Nye made waves last Marc[...]
Archive for July 10th, 2015
Those Oregon bakers weren’t fined $135,000 for refusing to sell a cake
Aaron and Melissa Klein, owners of Oregon bakery Sweet Cakes By Melissa, have been ordered to pay $135,000 to Laurel and Rachel Bowman-Cryer, but not for refusing to sell them a wedding cake. The $135,000 is compensatory damages for harassment and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The K[...]
Kentucky governor tells holdout county clerk to resign
This jerk is using a public office to impose his personal beliefs on the people of an entire county. He’s refusing to issue marriage licenses, not just to same-sex couples, but to all couples, which means no one in his county can get married. The governor told him that violates his oath of off[...]
Trump the flip-flopper
What a difference 16 years makes. When Donald Trump ran for the centrist Reform Party’s presidential nomination in 2000, he was pro-choice, open-minded about gay marriage, endorsed single-payer health care, and supported a wealth tax on billionaires and millionaires. Like wine, some people imp[...]
Fragrance retailer dumps Trump
Perfumania, which operates a chain of retail outlets in malls, has joined the growing list of entities who want nothing to do with the GOP’s loose cannon candidate. Click here for story. Photo: Kiss ’em goodbye; America’s largest fragrance retailer won’t be selling these Trum[...]
Confederates finally surrender and haul down their flag in South Carolina
But some diehards are expected to continue holding out in the hills and hollows. [...]
Military experts ‘troubled’ by Trump’s ISIS strategy
Can Donald Trump win at “Battleship”? It doesn’t look good. Click here for story. [...]
“The Devil’s Dung”
“Pope Francis delivered a fiery denunciation of modern capitalism on Thursday night, calling the ‘unfettered pursuit of money’ the ‘dung of the devil’ and accusing world leaders of ‘cowardice’ for refusing to defend the earth from exploitation. Speaking to [...]
To my Brother in Law in SC: Did YOU show up?
Black Crowd Cheers as StarsnBars comes down. My brother in law chose South Carolina as his home and castigates me for criticizing his chosen home. This photograph explains why I will continue to do so. Bill and my sister are Jews, as am I. Unlike them I refuse to be called “white” [...]