This is a misunderstanding of what 'organic' means in the context of food. I find it frustrating on both sides. "Organic" does not mean it is healthier. Most often, when used to refer to food, it refers to farming practices, ones that might be more beneficial to the environment or in some countries (like the US), it…

Eh-hem...perhaps "debunked" should have been on this list, since you just used it incorrectly.

The article didn't "debunk" organic food, just that word, versus what that word means. I don't think pesticide/herbicide free, sustainably grown food is a bad thing, and that you could possibly "debunk" something that is clearly better for the planet.

By jove, you're insufferable.

I don't think that's what just happened there. It was just a comment on terminology.

I'm not being picky about the way that you phrased that (especially since smugly 'correcting' people for their use of common colloquialisms contributes nothing to this discussion), I'm just pointing out that she did not use this discussion to attack the concept of organic food as a whole, like you did. It's perfectly…

It didn't. It wasn't even discussed, only the term "organic" was talked about.

Well the term 'debunked' is problematic in itself, particularly in this circumstance, given that this is not what Gwen Pearson is saying.

Man I was way off

"The best theories (in which I include special relativity, quantum mechanics, and evolution) have withstood a hundred years or more of challenges, either from people who want to prove themselves smarter than Einstein, or from people who don't like metaphysical challenges to their world view."

I'm glad he's doing better but I wish we could have saved his mama. I feel so powerless with this crap. We can't even treat each other humanely and we want people to treat animals humanely.

Thanks China and Thailand and Vietnam. Y'all obviously really need your rhino horn to cure impotence, hangovers and flat feet. you know what I heard last week? Testicles of men who consume rhino horns are known to enlarge penises.

I'd gladly go hang out in Africa with a giant knife and cut off the "horns" of these fucking poachers when I saw them.

Well I am a black woman so let's talk. I don't get why sooooo many black women consider bleaching to be this racial Rubicon that should not be crossed when they endorse hair bleach, hair from the heads of Europeans, South Americans and Asians, even contact lenses as all okay and empowering. I also think that it is…

I understand why people are upset about skin bleaching - I really do. But I'm sick and tired of the double standard here. Scarlett Johanssen, Angelina Jolie, and Halle Berry are always described as physically beautiful (including here on Jezebel) but they all had plastic surgery! If the issue is encouraging women and…

Cute.. Now remind me again why cows are food and dogs are not? Shouldn't we just go ahead and fire up the grill for Milkshake.. After all she is only a dumb cow....

2007-2014 15th and Dolores (Mission District)

Rent control, far from being an outrageous demand, is merely a common-sense solution to the obscene, Biblical-level greed of the landlords.

It all depends on what was there before gentrification. If it was an abandoned warehouse that was populated with rats, then yes, gentrification is good. If people lost their homes due to this, then it's not so good.

For cherry picked examples, these aren't very good. Most of them show abandoned buildings, empty lots, or recently started build sites. I can't really spot any where the existing buildings were in good condition and where a neighborhood got worse as a result.