I'm not calling objection hysteria. I'm calling statements like "untold acres" when one plot was found hysteria.

Nonsense. The idea that Monsanto has a monopoly is flat out wrong.

There are several major crops where Monsanto has a lot of competition, and others where Monsanto doesn't even offer products. Corn, which is Monsanto's biggest product has a 40% market share.

In only soybeans could you say they have a monopoly. And the first generation patent that gives Monsanto the edge in this market expires in 2014.

http://www.monsanto.com/newsviews/Pages/roundup-ready-patent-expiration.aspx

> One may well argue that dynamite contributed to world peace in the same way the Green Revolution, with its focus on massive crop monocultures, contributed to global food production.

You can argue that if you want. But then you have to explain away the fact that Borlaug saved more lives (now estimated in the billions) than any man to walk the earth.

Good luck with that.

Countless acres: One site in Oregon
Around the world: 2 countries in Asia

What is it about GMO that drives people to this sort of hysteria?

Here's one that's a little less slanted:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/business/monsanto-executive-is-among-world-food-prize-winners.html

Also, Robert Fraley holds a National Medal of Technology, awarded by Clinton in 1999.

I'm surprised the House admits to the existence of Mars and the Moon as separate bodies in space rather than being lights in a crystal sphere around the Earth.

> BRIC is set to replace the dollar.

Yeah, right. A bunch of emerging market countries have no possibility of replacing the dollar. Brazil, Russia and India are far too small and unstable, and China's has a managed exchange rate.

The only other alternatives are the Euro and the Yen. Well forget the Yen, there are not enough of them. The Euro is the only other thing that has a chance, except it does not have a sovereign backing.

And what exactly have Bush/Obama done to Assange?

That's not the impression I get at all. This story suggests at least one of the accusers is unhappy with the lack of action.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au//in-depth/wikileaks/rape-accuser-urges-action-on-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange/story-fn775xjq-1226649027660

> There was no Congressional authorization for Libya.

Eh? What is this then?

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

> Therefore, markets are all inefficient _on all timeframes_.

You obviously have no idea what you are talking about.

The efficient market hypothesis is perhaps the most studied financial analysis of equity markets ever done.

A LOT of important work, like Black-Scholes is based on it.

The fact that markets are efficient cause exactly the opposite of what you claim. Since all public information is already accounted in the price, successful trading becomes very difficult, and success relies either on use of non-public information or random chance.

The prime originator of it is University of Chicago Professor Fama who was the first recipient of three major prizes for research in Finance; the 2005 Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics, the 2007 Morgan Stanley American Finance Association Award for Excellence in Finance, and the 2009 Onassis Prize in Finance. His other awards include the 1982 Belgian National Science Prize (Chaire Francqui), and the 2006 Nicholas Molodovsky Award from the CFA Institute for his work in portfolio theory and asset pricing.

He's been nominated for the Nobel Memorial in economics several times. There is little doubt he will eventually win it.

You forget how slashdot moderation works.

Insightful -> I agree with your opinion
Flamebait -> How dare you disagree with my opinion

Nah. The Federal inflation numbers are checked by all sorts of external studies like the MIT Million Price Index. Look it up.

Any reasonable validation efforts have shown that they are correct.

Shadowstats is known to be wrong.

http://blog.jparsons.net/2011/06/shadow-stats-debunked-part-ii.html

Real Time Quotes European Exchanges:

Just use Google.

http://news.stockmarketvideo.com/google-adding-real-time-quotes-on-european-exchanges/4546/

http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/01/31/google-finance-adds-real-time-stock-quotes-for-the-uk-germany-and-italy/