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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:53 AM Original message |
US Supreme Court lifts ban on sale of GM crop |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. I can't tell you how sad this makes me, but thanks for the news. nt |
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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. i was on france24 and saw it - and had to read twice. i thought i had misread really. n/t |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. 6/21/10 - Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. I have a feeling that we are going to miss him dearly. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
55. Agreed. n/t |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. Kagan is going to be a major league disappointment. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. sadly, no surprise from this corporate-owned court |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Good point - what was I thinking? nt |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. This isn't right... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. It was only a temporary hold, too-until the law (requiring an environmental impact statement) was |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Great point, and we couldn't even hold sales that long? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. recommend |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
7. so the supreme court wants to poison us too? |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. I posted an article regarding the decreasing effectiveness of Roundup right before reading this |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
10. 7 - 1 decision - only Stevens in dissent. |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. It's so much worse than sad. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. That's the hidden piece of bad news ... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
52. on the other hand stevens joined with the conservative wing in another case today |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. Unbearable. It will take longer than our lifetimes to reverse Monsanto's deadly impact. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Monsanto has a TERRIBLE reputation in the world |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
14. We will be living under the cloud of GWBush for decades. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Please see Reply ##s 10 and 43.. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
15. I hope the Supreme judges get to eat it everyday |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
16. OMG !!!!.....Is anyone ever going to stop these EVIL DOERS???? |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
18. kick |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
20. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Why do you have a question mark in front of war? |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
60. The question mark is beside both war and pestilence. I put them there because, |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. Duplicate, please delete |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. What I've never understood is why don't NON-GM farmers sue Monsanto for |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Because they cannot afford to battle it out with Megasanto |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I'd love to be that one country lawyer who would fight Monsanto. It's the cost of motion |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Monsanto has an annual budget of $10 million dollars and a staff of 75 devoted solely |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. I thought Geerston Farms did sue Monsanto? |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. That's my question too |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. They could, if they could make a case for it. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #47 |
63. That's not true at all. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. So how long before we see horses with two heads? |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. For those who don't think this is a big deal |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
48. Bunch of kneejerk lunacy |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I Read It |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. You are correct. Kneejerk lunacy by DUers who didn't read the opinion. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
61. But it is okay to sell it BEFORE those findings come in????? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 12:04 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. No, it's not okay to sell it before findings come in. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. 7-1? damn. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Can't you see Kagan vascilating on this one? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. No, I can't see Kagan vacillating, Please see Replies #36 and 34. |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Monsanto Source Watch profile |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. who was the dissenting voter? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. A Nixon appointee--and the most liberal Justice on the Court at the time. See Replies 8 and 10. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. if stevens is the "most liberal" member of the court how do you explain his vote |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. I wonder who the one "no" vote was n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. See Reply 41. |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Breyer recused himself. Jon Paul Stevens was lone disenting vote. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. A Nixon appointee was the only dissent and a Clinton appointee was the only one who had to recuse. |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. because the Supreme Court has a degree in biochemical science & genetics |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. SCOTUS overturned because the lower court didn't wait for the science. |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
44. Corporations win again |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
54. Let's genetically modify everything. We are teh Supreme Overlords! |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
56. Take a look at Monsanto's blog on the ruling: |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
57. Fucking great. The Evil Empire of Monsanto wins again. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-10 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
59. This is really sad. Even sadder that our Courts are corrupt. |
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