mama cass
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Gabe, please stop being mean to me.
Actually, I addressed *I* directly...if Gabe want to do that, I'm fine with it. And trust me, Gabe's comments to me had nothing to do with anything I said in this post. Watch...Gabe will respond to your comment, not to anything I've said.
1. We are not on a first name basis. Have I ever introduced myself to you? No. If your name is even Nick, fine, that's your choice to use that as part of your screenname. I clearly have not made that same choice. Others here use my name because we are somewhat cool. You and I are not cool, and we never will be. Thanks.
2. See? I responded directly to your comment. You are the king of disingenously using passive aggressive comments to throw shit my way, you've been doing it non-stop and you think you're cute. You're not. You're a massive pain in the ass, and as I've asked you a million times, stay the heck away from me.
3. Your argument was massively ridiculous, absurd, retarded, etc. Your argument. If you want to own that argument and label yourself those things, go right on ahead.
let it go.
I never address you except to respond to stuff like this. And even then I never respond with the name calling, vitriol and insults you regularly send my way.
Fry crying out loud, just stop. Put me on ignore if I bother you so much, but let it go.
Please. This is a patent lie and everyone knows it. You regularly use indirect ways to insult me and get your digs in.
Please. This is a patent lie and everyone knows it. You regularly use indirect ways to insult me and get your digs in.
Who gives a shit? If you had actually gone by what the mods said back when, ie YOU ignore me also, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.
Instead, we have this cutesy-poo shit that you initiate 9 times out of 10.
Now what? You drag some quotes out, compile a big list?
Let's see if you can completely ignore my posts. You've never done it, so it'll be interesting to see if you can.
yes because the corporations are just giving the money away asking nothing in return
have you even read into the issue?
and no, i don't think he has got that much power actually - but he is the face of ONE which supports the Alliance, he has publicly expressed his support for the Alliance, this is all over the media now, and you can bet, if and when the sh!t does hit the fan, that he will be in the firing line - check back in 20 years - i will hate to say i told you so
Also, if Monsanto GMO food is completely safe....
WHY DO THEY REFUSE TO SERVE THEIR OWN PRODUCE IN THEIR OWN MONSANTO EMPLOYEE CAFETERIAS?
please enlighten us then, what exactly IS Bono's agenda you mention? i would love to know! because if it's about "feeding Africa", then pushing the local rural communities off their land may not be the best way to do it...
If Monsanto isn't a problem, then why are countries wary about American food exports?
After GMO Wheat Seeds Found, EU Recommends Testing U.S. Shipments
Even Japan halted U.S. wheat. How could Bono support this, I do not know. I hate to think that he has gone power hungry, but I also hate to think he's become very blind to the people he's rubbing elbows with.
Bono needs to start ordering pizzas for people again. I hope he does that on the next tour. FEED THE WORLD!
They'll want to make money in return. They're investing, not donating.
Have you read up on the issue? There's more than one side to it. And when one side starts throwing around "imperial, colonial" they kinda show their hand. 1/2 the companies in the alliance are African.
yes, i'm very familiar with the issue of corporate land-grabbing actually - it has been going on for years, all over the world...
this is the kind of thing people are worried about (but i have a sneaking suspicion you're not genuinely interested but what the hell...)
Guatemala's sugar cane land rush anything but sweet for corn farmers | Sibylla Brodzinsky | Global development | guardian.co.uk
there are loads of oil palm plantation projects in this New Alliance as well...
Penguins support gorillas as biscuit makers respond to palm oil threat | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Penguins are coming to the aid of gorillas, according to a survey which reveals that the UK's leading biscuit manufacturers are responding to the environmental threats of palm oil production.
Many of the biggest names in biscuits including Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and United Biscuits – which makes some of the UK's most popular biscuits including McVitie's Digestive and Penguin – have pledged to reduce the amount of palm oil in their products.
The Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) and Ethical Consumer magazine together surveyed over 50 of the UK's biggest biscuit manufacturers about their use of palm oil or its derivatives.
The top scoring companies were the Co-op, M&S, Sainsbury's, Waitrose and United Biscuits. Those at the bottom of the ranking were mostly American-based companies including Asda/Walmart, PepsiCo and Kraft, makers of Ritz and Oreo biscuits.
The project was carried out in response to the increasing threat that palm oil production is posing to the world's rainforest and to the people that rely on these forests for their livelihoods. Palm oil is a core ingredient in many food products but companies are not required by EU law to label products containing it until December 2014.
Having destroyed vast areas of forest in countries including Indonesia, which is home to orangutans, the RFUK says palm oil companies are now planning to expand into the rainforests of the Congo basin in Africa, home to lowland gorillas and other threatened primates. Palm oil companies are also partly responsible for the recent devastating forest fires in Sumatra, which caused pollution episodes in Malaysia and Singapore.
Simon Counsell, executive director of The Rainforest Foundation, UK said: "UK biscuit manufacturers and retailers are showing that it is possible to outright reduce the use of palm oil, which is going to have to occur globally if large areas of Africa's rainforests are to be saved from conversion to palm plantations."
Leonie Nimmo, researcher at Ethical Consumer, added: "This survey clearly shows that environmental campaigning is having a positive impact on the palm oil policies of many companies which is something we wholeheartedly support. Consumers now have a choice in buying biscuits which are reducing the risks to both people and wildlife."
oh god no, i don't read those kind of pages...
they're also very entertaining. you should see some of the things they post.
Those pages are a staple of the anti-GMO crowd.