I can't imagine a situation in which a judge would EVER made statements, to the press, before or during a trial. That would be the quickest way to get yourself thrown off a case. He never declared him intention to acquit them all, or anything of the sort. He asks questions during the trial and closing arguments -…

I'm relatively new. I don't think Jez is promoting misinformation, but I just think this article is lacking. The case is one where a lot of people have already made up their minds about it. However, I still think it's worthwhile, with respect to the judge, to try to explain WHY he ruled as he did. The same judge, I…

Yeah, I know. I don't like the case, but I also dislike reporters with little to no legal experience reporting on something without presenting the full picture. Absent evidence that Rice knew about the SOP change, I see how the judge felt bound to make the ruling he did. Now, it's totally possible that Rice DID know…

(citation needed).

Might be an unpopular opinion, but -

Clearly, you are thinking only of the United States (which is, cute, I suppose). Obviously, you weren't aware that Monsanto had a finding issued against it in February, 2016 in India for finding that it illegally manipulated the market to obtain a monopoly over the cotton trade there. I was speaking internationally,…

Except plenty of people totally get that GMOs are not a terrible thing but that Monsanto is an awful corporation that has used GMO technology to cripple its competitors and force smaller companies into ruin. You really presume that all GMO opponents think the same way. And just makes you look like the fool in the…

Maybe you're projecting? Yeah, I know what dog whistles are. But to be an effective dog whistle, the alternate meaning needs to be commonly known. Not the case here. Like I said, it's more a metaphor than anything else, and you're just projecting onto it.

Again, dude, she's writing figuratively. Like I said, art doesn't seem to really be your thing, but you're stretching at this point trying to make arguments about "dog whistles" without showing any actual, you know, evidence that she's "anti-science" and not just anti-Monsanto.

Well, given that the arts don’t seem to be your forte, there’s this thing called a metaphor, which is basically not meant to be taken literally. So when she says “poisoned” she is probably not talking about literal poison. It could as easily mean “dangerous” or “bad” or something like that. So again, what is the…

So...you haven't actually listened to what she actually says, you kind of presume that she has these particular beliefs and motives. Then you complain about anti-science methods. Okay.....

But if you look at Bag's statements above, that's not what she says. She makes points about how Monsanto strongarms farmers into using not only their seeds, but their pesticides as well. So you're kind of responding to a point this OP isn't making....

Except Monsanto holds what is disturbingly close to a monopoly when it comes to the GMO seed market. Heck, a lot of GMO seeds are actually patented by them. So buying non-GMO is, economically speaking, one of the best ways to actually undercut Monsanto. So while your point is correct in theory, it's less so in…

I feel I should just add that as bad as Freelee is with her starting crap, her boyfriend is equally, if not just as bad. Her boyfriend started with a Youtuber named Furious Pete and basically accused him of giving himself cancer. Furious Pete is a guy whose channel focuses on bodybuilding, for the most part. He admits…

It’s a mixed bag. I was “full vegan” for about 5 years, prior to my pregnancy. Around the 2nd trimester, I developed horrific heartburn. And when I say horrific, please know that I am not being dramatic. Like, I would lie in bed and writhe from it, it was that bad. I tried everything within the confines of veganism to…

I don’t think it’s a matter of compensation - it’s a matter of damages. Most people forget the most important part of the story. The second biopsy that removed the cells that formed the basis of the HeLa line were removed without her permission. This is why your blood-drawing analogy fails. In your example, you are…

But if it's not banned, then they can get legally married and there would be no fraud, so you're talking in circles. I'm talking about fraud in an abstract sense. They are abusing a program that is intended to be used as short-term aid for those in bad situations to ensure basic needs are met. These people use it as a…

ETA: When I said "fraud" I did not simply refer to the claiming of single parent status. I also meant fraud in the sense of using the welfare system for a purpose it is not meant to do - namely, the intentional utilizing of funds that are supposed to be temporary and supplemental in order to subsidize an intentionally…

This is as best as I can understand it: