“says she needs to open up and be warmer”

Hybridization crosses the genes of two plants that are very closely related-so closely related in fact, that they can interpolinate. Genetic modification places DNA from an organism that is from an entirely different family into the plant-nonplant DNA into a plant (for example- botulism DNA inserted into corn DNA). To…

I think it was Isaac Asimov that once calculated how long it would take at some given (small) growth rate for the entire mass of the planet earth to become human skin.

Yes that is it, and it was famously employed by the tobacco industry, among others. The sad thing is that, although this strategy always seems to fail, it can delay action for a very long time.

The man-made climate change denial just looks like another iteration of the four dog defense to me.

Oh now come on....”If you are doing nothing wrong, then you have nothing to fear!” said all the Stasi assholes working for the security apparatus.

There ya go then!

Not sure if this is true, or if it has changed, but I read a while back that the Sanders campaign is the only one that is not using unpaid interns, so there is that. I have always seen unpaid interns as nothing other than exploitation.

I have no idea how true this is, but I read a while back that Sanders’ was the only campaign not using unpaid interns.

I just found it and amusing response to the original comment I replied to.

It seems like Jim Webb might not vote his party either.

You mean the woman who was secretary of state for 4 years and helped direct foreign policy failures in Libya, Ukraine, Honduras, etc. resulting in the death, destruction, refugee crises, all the while whipping up support for potentially disastrous treaties such as the TPP, TTIP, and TISA, and using her position to…

The president can choose to prosecute financial crime (or not, as in the case of Obama), appoint agency heads, and direct military action (or choose not to take military action, which frankly, I would love to see). The President also has the power of the bully pulpit, and there is also a candidate here that has…

I am always good for a rant ;) but I am totally flattered. You are more than welcome- no credit needed.

I could not care less if she releases them or not. She was planning to run for a public position from which she would have immense influence over regulatory structures. She accepted vast sums of money from those who would like her to influence those regulatory structures, and whether or not she actually does exercise…

Thou shalt not elect anyone who does not espouse neoliberal economic policy.

After seeing Clinton endorse Cuomo over Zephyr Teachout, who could have been the first woman governor of NY, this kind of thing sort of rubs me the wrong way.

I am not going to do an economic discussion here, but if you are interested, I suggest reading about modern monetary theory. The debt is an illusion used to leverage austerity policies, and is not an issue in a demand constrained, monetarily sovereign nation with debt denominated in its own currency. The surplus was…

“Raise taxes and triple the debt” Republican talking points. You are attacking from the right-nice job. Higher taxes sure, but no more health insurance or health care costs...for everyone. There are currently something like 30 million people without insurance in the country. How many of those are women do you think?…

Maybe not explicitly, but.....