How California’s GMO Labeling Law Could Limit Your Food Choices and Hurt the Poor - Freakonomics Blog [via think on this]
The American Medical Association, the National Academy of Sciences, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., the European Commission, and countless other national science academies and non-governmental organizations should just change their name to MONSANTO because they’re the all part of the Illuminati and new world order and Alex Jones was right.
GMOs & California & You
I want to thank Tina, one of my favorite people, for drawing my attention to two blogs posts by David Zilberman, a professor of agriculture and resource economics, on the potential impact of the California proposition to label genetically modified (GM) products.
- Why labeling of GMOs is actually bad for people and the environment [Berkeley Blogs]
- The GMO labeling debate continued: It’s about the ‘benchmark’ [Berkeley Blogs]
I was reminded of Pamela Ronald’s ‘Genetically Engineered Crops - What, How and Why’ for Scientific American,
In 2008, the most recent year for which statistics are available, 30 genetically engineered crops were grown on almost 300 million acres in 25 countries (nearly the size of the state of Alaska), 15 of which were developing countries (James 2009). By 2015, 120 genetically engineered crops (including potato and rice) are expected to be cultivated worldwide (Stein and Rodriguez-Cerezo 2009). Half of the increase will be crops designed for domestic markets from national technology providers in Asia and Latin America.
Read them and let me know what you think.
The University of California is a hotbed of leftist faculty and politically correct thinking where many students are receiving a weak and unbalanced education, according to a report by a conservative organization of professors and administrators.
The study by the California Assn. of Scholars repeats objections conservatives have had for decades over what they see as an overwhelmingly liberal academia that stifles dissent. Especially in UC humanities departments, study of classics and rigorous analysis have been replaced by advocacy of a leftist agenda and teaching about the grievances of various minorities, the report says. Let’s open up this post to discussion.
”Los Angeles Times: Leftism at UC leaves many with unbalanced education, study says
My professor friend told me that the CAS and NAS has been one of the biggest jokes in higher ed. There are many many many bitter scholars in those ranks.Furthermore (and I agree 100% here), the UC is very conservative in many areas. In addition, faculty and student diversity at the UC is pitiful. The NAS/CAS doesn’t see the reality of the campuses.
They’re also tied to heavyweight conservative donors, they’re the kind of people that believe David Horowitz has something important to say.
Courtesy of shortformblog,
“Eh, he is a pissant,” the man said, proceeding to spew about how an “illegal alien” killed the son of a friend down in L.A., and how it was Villaraigosa’s fault. “He is a Mexican. That is what he claims. He is always defending illegal Mexicans and Mexico. … I have no qualms about saying anything to him.”
The fellow’s name is Davi Rodrigues. From where? “Right here in Sac,” he said. “I’m an American. Period.”
By the way, it’s worth noting that Villaraigosa (who’s been mayor of the second-largest city in the country since 2005) is a born-and-raised American citizen. Just like Mr. Rodrigues.
As this Absolut Vodka ad (now scientific tool) shows,
He is in Mexico! In all seriousness, Mayor Villaraigosa responded in a way that would have made any Mexican madre proud, he laughed and walked away. The Dave Rodrigues’ of the world don’t deserve a minute of your time, they’re what my mom refers to as una bola de pendejos. Although that’s a bit unfair to pendejos, tbqh.
This video was e-mailed to alumni, students and friends with the following message,
This is a critical moment for the University of California, Berkeley. Though we face challenges, we are moving forward with confidence to ensure that Berkeley remains the crown jewel of public higher education, the driver of innovation, the brains behind our knowledge economy, and the fuel of upward mobility.I want to share this short video with you. I hope that it inspires you to join us in supporting the future of Berkeley, the world’s greatest public research and teaching university.
I’m worried that an institution of this caliber would even put out such a video (well, Yale did this) but I understand that the university wants more donations and that the voters of the state of California want increased funding for schools but they don’t want to pay for it… This is the official link for the site.
UCLA Medical School’s drive to graduate Latino doctors
The UCLA Medical School started the IMG program which seeks to address the linguistic and cultural barriers that stand between most U.S. doctors and their Latino patients. (Courtesy of UCLA International Medical Graduates)
What do you do when your state has a 39 percent Latino population but Latino physicians are only 5 percent of doctors?
Very interesting, I haven’t explored the program too much but I know a few Latin@’s at UCLA’s medical school. I have the opportunity to go to medical school but I’d rather attend graduate school (I once had the pleasure to listen to Jasper Rine rant against MD/PhD programs.) That decision is personal but my collegiate Latin@ network is dominated by those of us in the medical field. With that said, we need more doctors.
