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by jqm 11y ago
Maybe we don't need as many "roundup ready" crops? Before the blanket use of herbicides there was cultivation. Some farmers are rediscovering it.
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Steel In The Field: A Farmer’s Guide to Weed Management Tools (1997)(archive.org)
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This is hilarious!
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I don't know. The quotes are referenced. It's irrelevant anyway as there are no shortage of religious references to the practice.
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by jqm 11y ago
"Lots of people are doing it" is never a good argument. That aside, I find the hypocrisy of _your_ flaming of my post and general lack of content... amusing. Unless you are actually a moderator, I'd feel better if you kept yo
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by jqm 11y ago
That is only partially true. A casual Google check shows there is a religious basis for FGM. http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Qur'an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Female...
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by jqm 11y ago
That's not intended as flamebait. I think it's a legitimate question. What if a religion is the root cause of this behavior? What are the appropriate steps to take at that point? I'm not condemning Islam necessarily and certa
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by jqm 11y ago
I'm not an expert on the subject, but according to Wikipedia... yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation#Dist...
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by jqm 11y ago
What if the conditions that beget such practices are a religion? Then what do we do?
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by jqm 11y ago
When I was about 13 my grandfather died in Jacksonville Florida. He lived in the same house for maybe 50 years and the racial makeup of the neighborhood changed during the time he was there. I remember walking out of the funeral home and do
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by jqm 11y ago
Question: You don't think the behavior of minorities (groups of blacks in this case) sometimes makes white people feel alienated? You know what.... all races behave badly sometimes and make others feel bad. It's not a white phenom
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by jqm 11y ago
Except down voting isn't denying the right to speech. It's simply expressing _your_ opinion of the value of said speech.
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by jqm 11y ago
The problem with that idea is that there wasn't an orderly way to replace rulers when they ceased to govern effectively. So you might get one good king then a string of bad ones. Example: Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus. Being bre
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by jqm 11y ago
The thing about computers is they aren't easily charmed. Interviewers sometimes are. So on occasion get people who shouldn't be in a job based solely on looks, attitude or ability to smooth talk. Very often these types of hires do
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by jqm 11y ago
"The group is wicked, of that there is no doubt. But after all that happened to me, I still don’t feel Isis is the priority. To my mind, Bashar al-Assad is the priority." What a ridiculous piece of propaganda.
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by jqm 11y ago
(From TFA)... "Given the scale of farming today, treating weeds chemically is really the only practical way for humans to keep them under control" That's not true. Cultivators have been used for a long time to keep weeds unde
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by jqm 11y ago
I always figured it would be North Korea. But it is going to happen. Hand wringing and moral concerns aside.
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by jqm 11y ago
Possibly after being bitten by a brand people are leery of products under that brand name? Disclaimer: no hate for MS nor VS. I'm sure its a fine tool. I just don't need it and probably won't use it.
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by jqm 11y ago
Did Assad actually use mustard gas? Is stockpiling mustard gas better or worse than stockpiling nuclear missiles? Just things to think about. As for human rights... KSA is considerably worse than Assad.
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by jqm 11y ago
"As for Saudi Arabia, their government is just about as bad as Assad on human rights" They are a whole lot worse.
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by jqm 11y ago
Exactly. I haven't figured out the true aim of terrorists. Unless it's to give license and cause for government to do outrageous things. Which seems to cause more problems for society than the initial terrorism. So maybe that is t
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by jqm 11y ago
My SO is scared to death of sharks, alligators and snakes. Always on the lookout. Can hardly go out in the water. Talking on the phone and shuffling through papers while driving is nothing to be concerned with though.
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by jqm 11y ago
Well.. that doesn't say he didn't have ties to Western intelligence. But I followed the links and sent an email to Syrian ambassador for the UN appealing for Khartabil's release. http://www.amnestyusa.org/get-
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by jqm 11y ago
Yep. It also borders Israel and sits directly on the main trade route between the oil/gas rich Sheikdoms and Europe.
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by jqm 11y ago
Maybe part of the reason we won't, (and shouldn't), do anything about Assad is because of the outcomes of our last military "fixes". What we left behind is a lot worse than what was there originally.
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by jqm 11y ago
"flying to Syria and taking up arms" meh... why not? everyone else seems to be doing it.
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by jqm 11y ago
Does anyone know what specifically he was accused of doing? If he had ties with Western intelligence his detention is understandable (I don't support death penalty in this case, nor Assad, and it would be cool if they released the guy
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by jqm 11y ago
Cool factor aside there are very legitimate reasons not to use Facebook. I've never had a Facebook account, refuse to let my GF post pictures of me there and block it's trackers. Not necessarily against the idea of social networki
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by jqm 11y ago
I'm sorry you think I'm playing superior. That's not my intent. I'm also sorry you feel as you do. I think I've made my point. You seem to be deliberately ignoring it. You appear to have heard something and are parr
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by jqm 11y ago
Why? are computers going away or something? If that happens we have bigger problems than no jobs in the tech sector. The world has collapsed at that point. If it doesn't happen then guess what... there will be jobs in the tech sector.

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