Rabbi Declares Genetically Cloned Pig Meat Kosher If it’s cloned, it’s not treyf, apparently. Rabbi Yuval Cherlow claims that pork from genetically cloned pigs is not only OK, it is not meat! GMO pork, he says, should be considered kosher, even with dairy products. Cherlow pushed for rab[...]
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Harvard Biology Star To Cure Aging and Resurrect Dinosaurs
From Jurassic Park to The Fountain of Youth MIT’s alumni magazine often hypes tech, The latest is the announcement that George Church, a major geneticist given to self promotion worthy of Jurassic park, now is starting a company that will reverse aging. GMO DOGS MIT’s Technology Revi[...]
March 5th, 2019 - 9:20 am § in The Ave Scene
How Much Taxes Has Bill Gates Paid?
I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Ask Me Anything. Vox just published a roundup of questions and answers from a REDDIT session hosted by Bill Gates. Here is an abstract of parts of the Vox Roundup I felt were most interesting: Bill Gates: “If you’re won[...]
November 16th, 2018 - 12:55 pm § in Uncategorized
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Revisiting abortion on FACEBOOK
Avi Ibrahim Balser, a dear Facebook friend, and I have been debating the 1973 Roe vs Wade decision on abortion. Avi says he stands by Byron White’s opposition opinion. Avi may be surprised that I agree with Justice White that the decision was certainly not in the intent of the authors of[...]
June 16th, 2017 - 12:29 pm § in Misc.
AMAZON TO BUY WHOLE FOODS
AMAZON TO BUY WHOLE FOODS David Brewster So Amazon is buying Whole Foods. Does this mean, as this article argues, that Amazon wants to take over the whole world? “The grocery stocks are down today, but they shouldn’t be the only companies trembling: Google, Apple, and even Uber are threatene[...]
June 7th, 2017 - 7:23 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: 6/8
Hawaii Becomes America’s First State To Join The Paris Climate Accord Faced with violence, Evergreen College moves graduation ceremony to Tacoma Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart is dropping his bid to unseat Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers , Lisa Brown likely to run. GEORGIA RACE: GOP̵[...]
March 1st, 2017 - 6:46 am § in Donald Trump
Kellyanne Conway Blames Reporter For Picture Of Her Straddling Oval Office Couch
“I especially want to note that if the picture had captured one of those men staring between my wide-open legs, this would be a totally different conversation.” Conway said: “‘This came from a journalist who is not happy that Donald Trump is the President, but I just want peopl[...]
February 21st, 2017 - 1:20 am § in Misc.
Chinazor: Of Racism and Bigotry in Tunisia
Chinazor Onianwah Thank you for this Chioma. Tunisia was one of the places I dreamed of visiting before my time expired. Tunisia, which used to be Carthage, was where Catholicism evolved from an African religious ritual of the burning of incense, the breaking of kola nut and the pouring of libatio[...]
What is an “unauthorized” immigrant
David Preston Not trying to start a fight, but what’s with this new term “unauthorized”? That makes it sound like they’re trespassing or something. . I like “illegal immigrants” because it’s both descriptive and neutral. They are immigrants and, yes, they[...]
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