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16 hours agoImmigration does curb wage growth, while inflation continues to erode the middle class.
It is a real issue and refusing to address it won’t help centrists or the left stay in power anywhere.
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Sky news is not a reputable source.
So that he could safely relocate crocs, in the method LEAST likely to harm or kill them, and almost single handedly save the population from collapse.
His research showed that growing veggies reduces bio diversity of land
What an absolute load of shit. How dare you try to use a great man’s name to spread misinformation.
11·11 days agoYou’re the one so afraid you can’t comprehend the victim of this heinous act may actually be an innocent, which he likely is given this occurred in the West bank.
Now go rant about your poor life choices to someone who cares. If there’s still anyone left who will put up with you.
They should have been shot. North Korean soldiers have previously used such incursions to plant land mines on patrol routes.
1·24 days agoI would rather pay more for a taxi over an uber.
Last time I tried to get an uber they put the pickup zone in a bus only interchange, cancelled the ride and charged me an outrageous fee for their fuck up.
If you think people can only become racist after moving to a majority white nation then boy do I have news for you.
Many of them are racist before they immigrate.
4·27 days agoOr they found one group is less likely to lie when self reporting.
They should have had people dropping trousers for science!
No one is denying that indigenous American people were genocided.
Everyone is pointing out that others did it first, to other populations, and the USA in no way can considered the “OG”.
You dumb fuck.
the United States when talking about colonial genociders considering it’s the OG
The OG huh?
What’s OG mean you inveterate cunt?
What came before the US you dense motherfucker?
You know he doesn’t. Honestly I’m surprised he knows where the reply button is.
You complete lack of knowledge of the British empire is hilarious in the context of a discussion on colonialism.
The package contained proprietary technologies belonging not only to Syngenta but also to Bayer AG, Monsanto Co, Orynova BV, and Zeneca Mogen BV.
The sentence preceding the one you have quoted. This is also only in respect to proprietary tech that was used in the creation of golden rice and not the proprietary golden rice itself.
Regardless Syngenta has exclusive commercial rights to Golden Rice.
Syngenta retains commercial rights
So yes, I did read it, the whole article and several others. I understand the full picture and it isn’t as clear cut as some are making out.
I did. Did you see the part about it being free only for farms which earn under $10,000 annually?
Do you have any idea of the history of litigation around cross pollination from GMO crops?
What happens when a small farmer cross pollinates a larger farm? Do they get sued the same way Monsanto sued farmers for the cross pollination of GMO corn?
There are many unanswered issues that could arise from allowing golden rice and trusting Western philanthropy, which has been weaponised against developing nations in the past, is a surefire path to costly sabotage.
Big corps aren’t involved?
Heard of Syngenta?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syngenta
As for their involvement in golden rice see: http://www.goldenrice.org/Content2-How/how9_IP.php
That would be Syngenta, the big agricultural corp involved in the project.
- Syngenta retains commercial rights, although it has no plans to commercialize Golden Rice.
- “Humanitarian Use” means (and includes research leading to):
- Use in developing countries (low-income, food-deficit countries as defined by FAO)
- Resource-poor farmer use (earning less than US$10,000 per year from farming)
The key part to me is the under $10,000 USD per year from farming requirement. What happens when a larger farm gets accidental cross pollination?
What happens to farms with organic certification if their neighbours start growing golden rice and it cross pollinates?
There is a history of Western nations using “humanitarian” outreach to sabotage developing nations.
Assuming that Syngenta are entirely altruistic is a huge risk for developing nations.
This contribution was based on the understanding that Syngenta would retain commercial exclusivity for the technology, including large agricultural setups in developing countries.
Lots of claims about it being for humanitarian purposes but there it is.
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