Category Archives: Ecology

Global warming, environment, health, gaia, nature, sustainable, pollution, chemical, radioactivity

How to Catch a GMO Shill

Posted on 8. October 2015 by admin

I wrote a piece about the difference between heirloom, hybrid, and genetically engineered seeds called Should Companies Patent Life two years ago. I wrote: The problem with genetic modification is that we haven’t rigorously tested the effects of ingesting GM … Continue reading →

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Challenging the Giant GMO

Posted on 2. October 2015 by admin

At a private residence in Los Angeles this past Saturday, chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall revealed that Steven Druker, author of Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived … Continue reading →

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The United Corporations of America

Posted on 26. January 2015 by admin

Our government is completely broken. We no longer live in a country that represents the people who live here. In fact, Washington goes out of its way to hurt us. If we were living under a system made “of the … Continue reading →

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Well Meaning?

Posted on 26. November 2014 by admin

I ask you: do you expect the job creators who’ve been given massive tax breaks time and again to dole out their charity by creating a job for you? Do you expect companies to do the right thing by making … Continue reading →

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Freedom Not Thralldom

Posted on 19. November 2014 by admin

Shall we submit to a monopolistic culture, to an authoritarian government that rules by strong-arming the public into submission? Woodrow Wilson says we shall not, and yet, what is being done? He falls short on his call to action. It … Continue reading →

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Canary in a Coal Mine

Posted on 16. November 2014 by admin

Woodrow Wilson makes a case for regulating corporations. “It was no business of the law in the time of Jefferson to come into my house and see how I kept house. But when my house, when my so-called private property, … Continue reading →

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Healthcare

Posted on 20. October 2014 by admin

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on June 30, 2012 Obamacare – Affordable Care Act – ACA – Justice Roberts decision – ACA constitutional I used to own and operate a physical therapy practice from 1989 to 1996, so I know more … Continue reading →

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The Replant Problem in Orchards

Posted on 14. October 2014 by admin

Recently, while researching steam treatment of weeds, I happened upon a marvelous paper called The Importance of Soil Fumigation: California Tree and Vine Crops. Turns out that there is something called the “replant problem.” When a tree gets old (stone … Continue reading →

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The Farm Bill

Posted on 14. October 2014 by admin

Did you know that $62.5 million of the 2014 food bill goes toward identification and management of plant pests? In an announcement dated September 15, 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invited stakeholders … Continue reading →

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Superweeds: Fact and Fallacy

Posted on 12. October 2014 by admin

It has been widely reported that because of an over-reliance on Roundup and other herbicides, that a new class of “superweeds” is now thriving. The following myths have popped up as a result: Myth: Superweeds come from gene transfer between … Continue reading →

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