plant patents have existed for a long time and were part of legislation, e.g., Plant Patent Act of 1930, strongly supported by Thomas Edison. They are not the result of court decisions.

Translation: I don’t like facts so I’ll ignore them. Nobody is denying rape. However, ignorance of where rape falls within other violent crimes is not only misleading, but actually encourages women not to report their crimes. So thanks, you are enabling rapists!

Monsanto has about 35% of the corn seed market and 26% of the soybean market. DuPont Pioneer actually has a larger share in both.

“including suing them for product infringement if they plant their seed“ They have never done this.

A number of companies made Agent Orange for the military during a war. Most of those companies don’t really exist anymore including Monsanto. Do you hold current DOW in as much contempt for their actions? Do you hold German automakers responsible today for WWII conduct?

or well any large company whose purpose is to make profits. I get that they don’t act altruistic because that is not the system we have. So much that when a company like Costco gets lots of press for treating their customers decently. I just think singling out Monsanto has more to do with views on GMO’s than anything…

First, there is little data on the “happened but unreported” category which makes up the bulk of the graph.
However, victimization surveys by the DOJ provide some data. Let’s just take Robbery. There are a bit more than 400,000 estimated victimization a year. In 2009 there were 2123 convictions. That is a conviction…

It does bear noting that you can make a similar graphic for most felonies.

except even most claims about Monsanto being “evil” fall apart under scrutiny.

Many doctors recommend the occasional drink to help relax during pregnancy because stress is shown to be much more harmful than the occasional drink

However, these absolutes on women’s behavior while pregnant seem to be very centered on the US rather than other countries. That suggests a certain level of social attitude towards women at play.

this is a terrible comment. There is a reason you can’t prove the cleft palate was caused by the occasional glass of wine. They probably had organic food too, maybe that caused it? Need a class or a) anecdotes are not data and b) correlation is not causation. Oh, and C, maybe they lied about the “every now and then”…

historically a little beer in the bottle was quite common to help babies sleep

“And FYI, if someone is blackout drunk, chances are ZERO that they leave the bar, so by default they can’t drive.”
What? Blackout drunk doesn’t mean you blacked out, it means you don’t remember what is happening.

they can cut you off under certain circumstances, namely if you are highly intoxicated. But I can’t sue the bartender of the bar I go to for years when I get cancer

“Drinking any amount of booze while pregnant can cause serious birth defects”
Making a statement as fact that has no basis in science is also fucking stupid

both factcheck.org and politifact have rated the claim false

Yes, that is Trump’s claim...but we know how reliable he is.

Castro? Sandinista? Communist party membership? Teen sex lit? Wife forced out of job for mysterious reasons with 200k severance? There is a little history to exploit

The slate article yesterday gave a pretty good list. Not just socialist, but they will call him a communist. His support for Castro and the Sandinistas as well as membership in the Socialist Workers Party (basically communist) will be used to support this. While, yes, young people are not scared by “socialism,” older…