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Comment Re:I guess he crossed the wrong people (Score 3, Insightful) 320

there's nothing wrong with hating monsanto, the corporate behemoth with unclean intentions

there is everything wrong with questiong GMO, the science

the science and the corporation are not the same thing

to confuse the two is ignorance and dangerous propaganda

besides, people were disgusted by his quackery and snake oil salesmanship independent of and long before monsanto

Comment in my opinion this guy is like Jenny McCarthy (Score 5, Insightful) 320

he's irresponsibly pandering to ignorance to raise his profile

ignorant think he's informing them and giving them "choices"

but this is merely a logical fallacy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...

a choice between quackery and sound science is not a choice

it's preying on the science illiteracy of many and steering them to make uneducated bad choices that hurt their health. all to turn a quick buck and bask in the blessings of idiots

Submission + - Columbia University doctors ask for Dr. Mehmet Oz's dismissal from faculty

circletimessquare writes: Dr. Mehmet Oz serves as vice chairman of Columbia University Medical Center's department of surgery. He is a respected cardiothoracic surgeon but his television show has been accused of pushing snake oil. Now other doctors at Columbia University want Dr. Oz kicked off the medical school faculty. Dr. Oz has responded on his Facebook account: 'I bring the public information that will help them on their path to be their best selves. We provide multiple points of view, including mine which is offered without conflict of interest. That doesn't sit well with certain agendas which distort the facts. For example, I do not claim that GMO foods are dangerous, but believe that they should be labeled like they are in most countries around the world.' In their letter, the doctors accuse Dr. Oz of quackery: 'Dr. Oz has repeatedly shown disdain for science and for evidence-based medicine, as well as baseless and relentless opposition to the genetic engineering of food crops. Worst of all, he has manifested an egregious lack of integrity by promoting quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain.'

Comment Re:there's a strange bias on slashdot (Score 1) 192

all markets degenerate into monopolies and oligopolies naturally. all of them

unless they are regulated, they stay that way. smaller competitors are unfairly treated (just undercut prices until the upstart goes bankrupt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P... one of a thousand ways to abuse a market unfairly with no competition) and consumers are gouged

of course, there are corrupt regulations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...

so the point is to remove the corruption

remove the regulations and what you have is far worse

the statement

I think healthy capitalism is where the competition is so strong that regulations aren't needed

is a religious belief (free market fundamentalism?)

there is zero evidence in reality for your statement

in fact, simple economic history proves the opposite

Comment Re:there's a strange bias on slashdot (Score 1) 192

did the person who voted the lying moron up hover over his links?

the first is an unrelated bing advertisement come on and the second is an xls that no one security aware is going to click on

here are the real facts:

http://www.nationmaster.com/co...

great time to be a kiwi

then there is this assertion:

"They are no longer richer then most of Europe primarily because most of the region periodically insists on throwing the foreign corporations out."

any serious economist or historian would assert a couple dozen reasons for latin america's problems, nevermind the fact that the temper tantrums of venezuela over the past few decades is not germaine to 1900 nor can it be extrapolated to a dozen other countries, which is where this "fact" about "throwing foreign corporations out" seems to come from, some propaganda addled mind

this guy comes across as an alex jones HURR DURR blowhard spouting low iq "facts" and he gets modded up?

this guy is a moron, a liar, and a troll. and someone modded him up because he provided "links"

i can do the same

here is my link proving that fusion power has been blocked by the illuminati in the year 1970

fact!

pfffft

Comment Re:there's a strange bias on slashdot (Score 1) 192

In 1900 Latin American was richer per capita then most of Europe. They are no longer richer then most of Europe primarily because most of the region periodically insists on throwing the foreign corporations out.

i stopped reading there. that's not history. that's not a remotely accurate or true statement. i don't know if you think you are a clever liar or if you mindlessly believe some ignorant crap shoveled at you, but you can't present a coherent and credible argument by saying such dumb shit. your words serve as a pretty good example of the kind of feeble ignorance some low iq types depend upon to defend the moronic pap they believe in

Comment Re:there's a strange bias on slashdot (Score 1) 192

there doesn't even have to be any malice

abuse can happen simply as a function of market dynamics where one player is so suffocatingly dominant

the eu might want to make some corrections to that

it's their right. and they have a plausible case

yes, microsoft may have some obsessive grievances about google's dominance and might be cheer leading

and?

the real story here is microsoft just doesn't fucking matter. it's yahoo or aol. a geriatric has been puttering along to mediocrity and obsolescence

wang computer. sony. ibm. microsoft

middle age and elderly

oh they'll eke out a respectable slow fade for a long time. they should try to fade away with some dignity i suppose

Comment Re:there's a strange bias on slashdot (Score 3, Insightful) 192

the eu can do whatever the fuck it wants

in the eu

frankly, i admire a society that brings corporations to heel

rather than the sick pathetic american society where corporations buy the government, corrupt it, and then propagandized morons think that's actually ok. as the middle class shrinks more and they work harder for less. the morons think that's "capitalism". no it isn't, it's cronyism. healthy capitalism is a strictly regulated market, not the biggest players in the market buying the government, regulatory capture, and then abusing smaller players and consumers

i really don't know why there are so many americans so eager to suck plutocrat cock

exactly as they are robbed and raped by them. and think it's the governments fault. because the corporation controlled media channels tell them that. when it's the corporations corrupting their government

fucking morons

Comment there's a strange bias on slashdot (Score 4, Insightful) 192

microsoft is eternal evil , it always does wrong, and google is eternal good, it can never do wrong

this might have made sense 15 years ago, but google has immense power ripe for abuse

google needs to be reigned in and bought to heel on issues where it's power is too complete

i'm glad someone is doing it. i don't really care if microsoft is along for the ride or not, and it doesn't really matter

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