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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Felt like it should be posted here too,
The Bahamas have issued a travel warning to citizens visiting the United States.
Advising black citizens abroad, especially young males, to "exercise extreme caution" when interacting with American police. This warning was issued in light of the current racial tensions and the rash of black Americans being killed by police.
edited 10th Jul '16 4:27:32 AM by LeGarcon
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Whatever happened to the Future Planning Committee?
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiotThe reunification of Germany effectively annulled agreements, and a verbal agreement is not a legally binding document. Results of the GDR disappearing included Finland breaking off from the Paris Peace Treaty for example.
There was no agreement whatsoever, on further NATO enlargement. What was discussed related to Eastern Germany and placement of troops. It has been followed up till now (or a few years back when the Ukraine mess started).
I wouldn't blame US foreign policy on this.
edited 10th Jul '16 7:30:43 AM by TerminusEst
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It's not legally binding, but everyone involved was perfectly aware moving NATO eastwards would be seen as a threat by Russia. Now, the fact that Russia didn't immediately protest NATO's expansion when it happened is a big part of why things have reached this point; it's not a one way thing by any means.
edited 10th Jul '16 7:32:50 AM by CaptainCapsase
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The green leadership isn't anti-GMO or anti-vaccine, just pro-labeling, which honestly isn't a particularly big deal. If people care whether or not their food contains GMOs, they're well within their rights to spend more money on organic food. A lot of the more unreasonable elements of the green platform have been getting tossed out as it's starting to look more and more likely that the GOP will completely collapse, leaving an opening for a new party to take their place.
edited 10th Jul '16 8:08:45 AM by CaptainCapsase
Labeling GM Os just fuels the fear that they're some kind of scary frankenfood.
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I disagree. GMOs aren't inherently harmless despite what certain parties insist; the potential for dangerous oversights exists, just as it does in every other field, and labeling of GMOs would allow such an oversight to be noticed far more quickly than it would otherwise, assuming of course that people reported as much to their doctors. That means a quicker recall, and fewer damages in such an eventuality. It wouldn't be a huge difference, but I'm extremely skeptical that labeling would drastically alter consumption patterns.
Dude, we've been eating GMOs since humans discovered crossbreeding. It's just the means of modification that is different.
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I'm perfectly aware of that; biology (molecular biology) is my area of expertise. The same potential for oversights in selective breeding also exist, perhaps even to a greater extent than with contemporary techniques. Current GMOs are indeed harmless (compared to their unmodified counterparts), and have been verified as such by extensive studies. That being said, there is a general consensus in the scientific community that new GMO products need to be evaluated for safety on a case by case basis since, as with pretty much every other field of applied science, the potential exists for dangerous oversights.
edited 10th Jul '16 9:13:24 AM by CaptainCapsase
Most people assume that GM Os are inherently unsafe in some manner-labeling them feeds into that myth.
Another thing is that GM Os aren't much different than traditional breeding in terms of safety. You can intentionally expose crops to a mutagen to bring about genetic traits you want to breed. This doesn't require FDA approval or labeling.
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Yeltzin's reign as President was marked by corruption but best I can tell he wasn't terrible on human rights stuff as such. Gorbichov before him as the last Soviet leader who led the way for reform. There were probably also some tzars that weren't terrible.
edited 10th Jul '16 12:42:56 AM by Elle