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2015-12-07 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
ups.com Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh Great Do you mean *between* "fear" and "trust"? You see, we seem to agree on this as well. I would consider these two words virtual opposites. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoog

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2015-12-07 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Fear can be irrational. Trust can be out of wisdom, experience or being naive. From: "emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh Great   Do you mean *between*

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2015-12-06 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I think he sees you as a Djinn: https://youtu.be/Kw6rj4k85Ek https://youtu.be/Kw6rj4k85Ek Interesting creature but I don't think so. He sees me as the doting, enslaved wife of the jihad dude; I'm basically barefoot and pregnant and being fitte

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2015-12-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh Great My point exactly. We agree on that point. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Are you afraid of guns? What's this fear thing that

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2015-12-06 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
I think he sees you as a Djinn: https://youtu.be/Kw6rj4k85Ek Available on Neflix. From Tobe Hooper ("Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Poltergeist") On 12/06/2015 06:43 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : */Empty, babyy! Long

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh Great....

2015-12-06 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Empty, babyy! Long time no see. I perceive you've been having a jolly lead up to the Christmas season - all jocular and stuff. Good for you. Now, take it easy on the strong stuff (Blah Blah) - Good to hear from you again; don't be a strange

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2015-12-06 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I like it. "It's a time to unite." Like what he said about "the right to bear arms" also. :) I liked the expression, "hijacked our faith" in reference to the extremists (Sayed and his wife) who happened to be Muslims and who believed in a

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2015-12-06 Thread emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Empty, babyy! Long time no see. I perceive you've been having a jolly lead up to the Christmas season - all jocular and stuff. Good for you. Now, take it easy on the strong stuff (Blah Blah) - Good to hear from you again; don't be a stranger, okay? :-) Dear Back4Somepin You are more h

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2015-12-06 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Em&M sez: Gun sales always increase (in the US) after mass shootings; fear is the great motivator. Exactly true. People like you make me fearful. You are a somnambulist that would willfully strip us of all guns – just like Australia. Th

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2015-12-06 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
-reform-myths Preview by Yahoo From: "emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 11:24 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh Great Gun sales always increase (in the US) after mass shootings; fear is

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2015-12-06 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
There is a big difference in fear and trust. From: "emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh Great   My point exactly.  We agree on that point.   ---In Fai

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2015-12-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I like it. "It's a time to unite." Like what he said about "the right to bear arms" also. :) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : While were at it let's have Field Marshall Von Empty comment about this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ruVmJs01eo https://www.youtube.com/wa

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2015-12-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
unday, December 6, 2015 12:58 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh Great O.K. I can only laugh...I've been to Australiaperhaps we could learn from the legacy of convict settlers:) Gun Deaths The rate of gun-related suicides and homicides per 100,000 residents in

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2015-12-06 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Are you afraid of guns? What's this fear thing that you have? Fear leads to irrational behavior. From: "emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 12:58 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh Great   O

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2015-12-06 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It's not the fear of mass shooters, it's the fear of an over reactive federal government that would size guns. From: "emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 12:38 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh Gr

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2015-12-06 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
While were at it let's have Field Marshall Von Empty comment about this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ruVmJs01eo (For those afraid to click it is an interview with some members of the mosque that the San Bernardino shooter attended speaking out in support of the community and recogni

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2015-12-06 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
You'll feel better after a stay in one of our re-education camps. :-D On 12/06/2015 11:20 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: O.K. I can only laugh...I've been to Australiaperhaps we could learn from the legacy of convict settlers:) Yep, convicted or not, lets allow them

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2015-12-06 Thread emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
O.K. I can only laugh...I've been to Australiaperhaps we could learn from the legacy of convict settlers:) Yep, convicted or not, lets allow them boyz and gurls of Chicago all the guns they can steal. After all - gang murders help thin out the "lower classes". Commissar Bari2 would be

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2015-12-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
O.K. I can only laugh...I've been to Australiaperhaps we could learn from the legacy of convict settlers:) Gun Deaths The rate of gun-related suicides and homicides per 100,000 residents in Australia has fallen sharply since gun ownership restrictions were tightened in 1996. 4

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2015-12-06 Thread emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Em&M sez: Gun sales always increase (in the US) after mass shootings; fear is the great motivator. Exactly true. People like you make me fearful. You are a somnambulist that would willfully strip us of all guns – just like Australia. This is the real road to a 1933 style Ermächtigungsge

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2015-12-06 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
. Can you say that about a thug or terrorist? From: "emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2015 11:24 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh Great   Gun sales always increase (in the US) after mass shootings; f

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2015-12-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Gun sales always increase (in the US) after mass shootings; fear is the great motivator. It always floors me that some people think the answer is more guns, more people carrying guns. Here's another one President of Liberty University Urges Students to Get Gun Permits http://www.nytimes

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-22 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Monsanto was started by an idealistic scientist who thought he could keep the world from starving. Then his marketing department got a hold on things and now it's all about making money, not helping feed the world. Keep in mind that Monsanto started out almost a century ago when no one would

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-22 Thread jason_gre...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Lack of diversity can kill us. Any form of monoculture is dangerous. Nature uses diversity as an insurance to ensure that species survive capricious environmental changes and diseases. Scientists say that the Irish potato famine was caused by monoculture. http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evol

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2015-02-20 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I'm still a meditator (2x daily for 20 minutes since 1975). Used to do the Siddhis, but the time investment got way to large for the return. Does this put me in the TB camp. Fine. I don't really care one way or the other. This topic came up

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2015-02-20 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I've been enjoying "Empire" which plays on FOX. It's a very good representation of the politics of the music industry of which I was a part for many years. I've also been watching episodes of the original Australian version of "The Slap" on Hul

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2015-02-20 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
I've been enjoying "Empire" which plays on FOX. It's a very good representation of the politics of the music industry of which I was a part for many years. I've also been watching episodes of the original Australian version of "The Slap" on Hulu+. I'll be comparing episode two of the NBC ver

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2015-02-19 Thread ultrarishi
I'm still a meditator (2x daily for 20 minutes since 1975). Used to do the Siddhis, but the time investment got way to large for the return. Does this put me in the TB camp. Fine. I don't really care one way or the other. Lately, I'm here for the book, film and tv recommendations since this

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2015-02-19 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
taste also in the farm raised shrimp you get in the grocery store and the wild caught ones we get from the buyers in McClellanville SC who get them from the shrimpers who operate day boats. Big difference in flavor for sure. From: ultrarishi To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wedne

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2015-02-19 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
What you have to realize Mr. Rishi, is that after the recent FFL schism, I'm the only True Believer posting to this forum with any consistency - all the other TBs were chased off due to the crude insults of the atheists. There are one of two TMers still trying to get in a word or two edgewise

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2015-02-18 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, just to admit it, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven (I mean "dropped the body") when I had my first heirloom tomato also. Since then, I've discovered they aren't all bursting with succulent flavor and meaty texturenot the one's in the stores that is, but that first one had me hoo

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2015-02-18 Thread ultrarishi
This conversation is fun! So, now I'm being needle for making a large, carbon footprint for traveling all over God's creation in pursuit of my GMO and Organic goodies. Number 1: if you look at the pdf. I posted of the Tri County Area Farmer's Markets, I pretty much can't travel in any directi

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2015-02-18 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
ate day boats. Big difference in flavor for sure. From: ultrarishi To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 6:04 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US You are right, I have not provided any links to show the safe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-18 Thread ultrarishi
Food Deserts are definitely a serious problem in this country. We are very spoiled here in Oregon where the expansion of the local chain markets and independents who are offering good food are going into those areas that are left untouched by the Kroegers, the Safeways, the Vons, the Albersons,

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2015-02-18 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I will never forget the first time I tasted heriloom tomatoes. My God! I thought I was going to drop the body! It sounds like you had a religious experience! I wonder how much fuel you burn up searching out for all those organic foods? Do you

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2015-02-18 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
get them from the shrimpers who operate day boats. Big difference in flavor for sure. From: ultrarishi To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 6:04 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US You are right, I have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-18 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : You are right, I have not provided any links to show the safety of organic vs. non organic and I'm not going to. I have researched this enough over the decades that I am quite comfortable with what I have seen, experienced and learn. So, you do

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2015-02-18 Thread ultrarishi
I will never forget the first time I tasted heriloom tomatoes. My God! I thought I was going to drop the body! These films come and go from Netflix and Amazon Prime, but I highly recommend them. They are well put together, engaging, and entertaining. Food, Inc. King Corn The Botany of Desi

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2015-02-18 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
flavor for sure. *From:* ultrarishi *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Wednesday, February 18, 2015 6:04 PM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US You are right, I have not provided any links to show the safety of

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2015-02-18 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
store and the wild caught ones we get from the buyers in McClellanville SC who get them from the shrimpers who operate day boats. Big difference in flavor for sure. From: ultrarishi To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 6:04 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re

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2015-02-18 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
Isn't that just like a TMer - say something they don't agree with and they call you a name and try to get everyone else to shun you. Go figure. Note: The term 'Internet Troll' is frequently abused to slander opponents in heated debates and is frequently misapplied by those who are ignorant of

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2015-02-18 Thread ultrarishi
Cool. It was a slow day anyway. I just need to keep my anti-astroturfing skills honed! LOL.

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2015-02-18 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Richard is a troll. He even contradicts a lot of his own posts regarding healthy eating. Most of us just ignore him. On 02/18/2015 03:04 PM, ultrarishi wrote: You are right, I have not provided any links to show the safety of organic vs. non organic and I'm not going to. I have researched

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-18 Thread ultrarishi
Can Pesticides Be Rinsed Off? | NutritionFacts.org http://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-pesticides-be-rinsed-off/ http://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-pesticides-be-rinsed-off/ Can Pesticides Be Rinsed Off? | NutritionFacts.org http://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-pesticides-be-rinsed-off/ R

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-18 Thread ultrarishi
You are right, I have not provided any links to show the safety of organic vs. non organic and I'm not going to. I have researched this enough over the decades that I am quite comfortable with what I have seen, experienced and learn. Have you seen who is behind the geneticliteracyproject.org.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-18 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
We eat organic natural foods because we enjoy them and can afford them and we live within walking distance of a Whole Foods Market, a Trader Joe's, and a week-end Farmer's Market. The vast majority of people cannot access these food sources or afford the higher prices. You are considered part of

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2015-02-18 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Farmers markets are year round here. The produce selection this winter has been pretty dismal due to the drought. When I was living in Seattle I shopped the co-op. Some of our supermarkets, like Raley's, have large organic produce sections and it's sometime worth checking prices because some

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2015-02-18 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
icare and my pension plan for as long as I can. From: "richard@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:00 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US The last time I checked this forum, I was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-17 Thread ultrarishi
And I forgot the Farmer's Markets (as in plural)! They are seasonal, obviously, so the don't come readily to mind, especially this time of the year. In addition to the people also subscribe to Food Cooperatives. Many of our friends split a subscription because the bounty is so large. Here's

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2015-02-17 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
No farmer's markets? That where I can buy certified organic goods for a reasonable price. On 02/17/2015 02:31 PM, ultrarishi wrote: turq wrote: Oregon is a great place, east or west, but you are not even making any sense, Ultra - how are you going to provide reasonably priced food to your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-17 Thread ultrarishi
turq wrote: Oregon is a great place, east or west, but you are not even making any sense, Ultra - how are you going to provide reasonably priced food to your family without "big agra"; and how are you going to make service calls to earn money without "big oil"; and without laws passed by "feder

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2015-02-17 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
SS, Medicare and my pension plan for as long as I can. *From:* "rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]" *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:00 PM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for

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2015-02-17 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
can.   From: "rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:00 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US   The last time I checked this forum, I was the only informant that c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-17 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Bhairitu: that really blew my mind when I moved here in 1992: Oregon is 2/3's desert! I had been coming all my life since I have relatives here (my mom was born here). But, all I ever saw was the western portion which is rain forest. When

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-17 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Turq - I lin Hillsboro, Oregon. Took a job transfer here 20 years ago and moved from San Mateo, California. Last year, we had a GMO labeling requirement on the ballot. It was Oregon's most expensive election issue EVER. That tells me somethi

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2015-02-17 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
er when I got stuck being TMO State Coordinator for Oregon and Washington. Loved it, except for the constant rain, and now I live in the Netherlands...with near-constant rain. :-) From: ultrarishi To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 1:49 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-17 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
The last time I checked this forum, I was the only informant that claimed to be on an organic natural foods diet and shopped at Whole Foods Market. Apparently I'm the only guy on FFL that can afford to shop at whole Foods and that's because I am not a big eater. Correct if I'm wrong about this.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-17 Thread ultrarishi
Bhairitu: that really blew my mind when I moved here in 1992: Oregon is 2/3's desert! I had been coming all my life since I have relatives here (my mom was born here). But, all I ever saw was the western portion which is rain forest. When I moved here I started making service calls in centr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-17 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
Thanks for the reply, but I was requesting a definition that didn't contain hypothetical or anecdotal explanations. Where exactly is the science on geneticaly modified foods? I can't find a single study on PubMed that indicates that GMO foods are any kind of danger to humans. Would someone ple

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2015-02-17 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
trarishi mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 4:40 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US Turq - I lin Hillsboro, Oregon. Took a job transfer here 20

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2015-02-17 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 4:40 PM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US Turq - I lin Hillsboro, Oregon. Took a job transfer here 20 years ago and moved from San Mateo, California. Last year, we had a GMO labeling requirement on the ballot. It was Ore

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2015-02-17 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
g to tip me over the edge.  :-) From: ultrarishi To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 4:40 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US   Turq -  I lin Hillsboro, Oregon.  Took a job transfer here 20 years ago and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-17 Thread ultrarishi
Turq - I lin Hillsboro, Oregon. Took a job transfer here 20 years ago and moved from San Mateo, California. Last year, we had a GMO labeling requirement on the ballot. It was Oregon's most expensive election issue EVER. That tells me something. The labeling requirement lost, but they were o

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-16 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
: ultrarishi To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 1:49 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US   The really sad thing about this gene update to apples is that it will kill the export market for US apples. Many

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2015-02-16 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Some companies have started "no-GMO" labeling on their own. These are mostly for products that Monsanto and their ilk have not intruded on such as coconut oil. And according to Jeffery Smith, the GMO expert, only yellow corn is GMO. Popcorn, white corn, red and blue corn have not yet been int

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-16 Thread ultrarishi
Maybe we need to define "GMO" - according to what I've read, there is no difference between GMO and non - GMO foods. Can you please explain to us what a GMO food is. Please use factual scientific terms. Try to avoid hypothetical, speculative or anecdotal explanations. Thank you. It should be pr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-16 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
Maybe we need to define "GMO" - according to what I've read, there is no difference between GMO and non - GMO foods. Can you please explain to us what a GMO food is. Please use factual scientific terms. Try to avoid hypothetical, speculative or anecdotal explanations. Thank you. "In its recen

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-16 Thread ultrarishi
BTW, please listen to the Friday, Feb 13th episode of Science Friday on public radio. The first hour has a great interview with a professor who has uncovered incredible fraud in the FDA. Medical Fraud Missing From Public Record http://www.sciencefriday.com/segment/02/13/2015/medical-fraud-miss

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-16 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
Maybe you have not thought this through. Are you suggesting that GMO labels must appear on all strains of cannabis? What exactly does the acronym GMO mean? We already have the "USDA Certified Organic" label, which certifies that the product is free of GMOs. There is a reason that both Oregon an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-16 Thread ultrarishi
The really sad thing about this gene update to apples is that it will kill the export market for US apples. Many countries will not accept them. I believe Japan is already rejecting our non GMO apples as part of the trade wars in Free Trade. Now this wrinkle. Here's a fun article: http://li

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-16 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
Wouod you post some scientific reports that prove that GMO foods are harmful to my health? Also, please post a definition of "GMO" and what it should say on the apple label. Thanks. Also, would you please tell us how you plan to get ANY apples distributed during the strike by the Teamsters Un