BringBackFergy

Should I be a Professional Beer Taster?You should have a high school degree or higher and share these traits: Team Player: You're able to listen, communicate, and work with tons of different people. (ummmmmm, No) Calm Under Pressure: You keep your cool when dealing with highly stressful situations. (ummmm, No) Levelheaded: You hold your emotions in check, even in tough situations. (lol, lol, lol)

C'mon mannnn...Genny beer has that light, clean taste that is attributable to the water source used in their recipe...the headwaters of Onondaga Lake are what source this promising seasonal brew. It's just that this year's batch has that soft undercurrent of a fisher found in a trap in mid-October...almost like the aroma of dates and figs that have been dipped in a bottle of pickle juice. Come to think of it...it has hints of a plastic container full of rotting vegetables that someone might eat for lunch.

...on second thought, it has a hint of formaldehyde and a cherrywood afterbirth.

I had some the other night...I usually buy 2 cases each winter. It had a skunky taste...almost like rotting wheat strewn across an icy road covered in vegetable oil used too long. It was a very unique taste and I'm not sure exactly how to describe it.

http://reason.com/archives/2015/05/08/chipotle-claims-integrity-but-is-actuall In May 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service issued its comprehensive report Pesticide Use in U.S. Agriculture, updating national herbicide and insecticide usage trends. The agency found that herbicide usage peaked at 478 million pounds in 1981—a decade and half prior to the introduction of the first biotech crop varieties—and fell to 394 million pounds in 2008. So instead of a massive increase in herbicide spraying, as claimed by Benbrook, the USDA actually reports a modest decline. Insecticide applications peaked in 1972 at 158 million pounds, dropping to 29 million pounds in 2008. It's worth noting that the insecticide DDT accounted for 11 percent of all agricultural pesticides used in 1972. Since biotech crops can protect themselves against insect pests, there is far less need for farmers to spray their crops. In November 2014, German researchers reviewed 147 agronomic studies and similarly reported that "on average, GM technology adoption has reduced chemical pesticide use by 37 percent, increased crop yields by 22 percent, and increased farmer profits by 68 percent." What really does cause damage to the environment? Growing low-yield crops, because that means more land must be plowed down instead of being left for nature. And organic farming generally produces lower yields than conventional farming. A 2012 review in the journal Nature found that "overall, organic yields are 25 percent lower than conventional yields."

I always pictured you as barley or hops anyway.

Well said....and you're point about genetically modifying crops and seed for thousands of years is dead on.

Oh what’s that? That isn’t good enough for you? You wanted a label so what’s wrong with that? Or perhaps now you can drop your “right to know” shtick and admit what this is really about – demonizing a technology regardless of the fact that there are thousands of scientific studies proving that it is safe. The label isn’t about informing the public, it’s about your relentless scaremongering and wanting to forcibly require a label to falsely legitimize your blatant falsehoods and appeal to nature fallacies. It’s about getting people to buy your product, due not to superior quality, but out of fear and ignorance. That’s all it ever was about. Chris Byrne sums the labeling law issue up here: “I have no problem with it voluntarily but am against it as a regulatory mandate…. and I’m against it in general as a lover of science and truth; because anti-GMO hysteria is pandering to the stupid, the ignorant, the anti-science, and to those who would manipulate them for their own personal agenda and benefit.” (Source) http://www.forwardprogressives.com/dear-anti-gmo-activists-keep-your-stupid-labels-off-my-food/

Yes. Monsanto creates a variety of seeds that have superior traits. One of those is seed corn that is Roundup tolerant. It is not the seed corn that is poison (and we still don't know if the Roundup is poisonous), but when the farmer sprays his corn rows with Roundup and the plant survives, the question is whether the plant absorbs Roundup and the affect of that chemical in our bodies. The seed itself is a good thing (much like the tomato seeds that tolerate drought in Africa, the cotton seed that can withstand the pests in the south, potato seeds that tolerate cold and fungus).

Yes. The one part that really made me go "Hmmmmmm" was when the defense atty was asking the Sheriff Depty. (Andrew Colburn I think?) did he ever call in the RAV4 license plate and he didn't think he did, then they played the tape where he did, in fact, call in the RAV4 license plate and he read it off and the dispatcher confirmed his inquiryyyyy....this was two days before the vehicle was actually found on the Avery lands. Not much was made of it...but I thought it was a huge issue and lends to some of the conspiracy theory that the cops found the car a few days before elsewhere, put blood in it, then took it to his lot and barricaded it.

Abuse of power.

In moderation, sure. I seem to recall a national outcry to stop using salt....not anymore. I also recall a 20 year debate on butter....not anymore. What most fail to appreciate is the fact that "Genetically Modified" foods involves nothing more than taking one "natural" organism crossing it (or selecting the best natural genetic traits) with another "natural" organism to yield a new product that can withstand drought, shade, intense heat, water absorption, best colors, sizes, resistance to slugs and pests, etc. No chemicals are introduced into the product.

The title is misleading...I was picturing Gugny in a car with a passenger (sayyyyy, someone from Ohio for instance) and the passenger was the one who caused Gugny to lose control.

I didn't see a PPP thread on this topic but it is all over Facebook, message boards, etc. It doesn't appear there is any middle ground on this debate: either you don't mind having fresh vegetables from the grocery store, meats from the supermarket and an occasional box of Triscuits, or you eat Quinoia shakes with fresh goat milk, homegrown brussel sprouts from a raised bed filled with fresh organic manure and unleavened bread. If you challenge someone who claims GMO's are poison, they look at you as if you are the devil. The truth is...many of the vigilant Ban-GMO crowd are really sheep, following in the footsteps of friends and relatives who have likewise fallen into the "natural foods" trap. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/01/27/most-shoppers-dont-understand-natural-food-labels/79346088/

The vial of blood had a small needle hole in the top and, from what I understood, the DA had the right to take a small sample of that blood to get Avery's DNA profile to match against the blood in the RAV4. Anyway, the biggest problem I see is the blood spatter issue: not one iota of blood spatter anywhere in the bedroom or garage. Weird.

Not bad.

The scenario (in our case) is a kicker who is generally "money" from 40 yds out but, for some unknown reason, has choked 12-15% of the time at the 30 for an extra point. This entire thread has to do with our scenario which is why I added that I want to keep Carpenter for field goals but use the 2 pt conversion more often (or always). Also, does anyone think we can convert Schmidt to a kickoff specialist like Pat McAfee? Not sure if the Bills have tried it but it certainly could free up a roster spot.

I'm not sure you limit it to just Roman...league wide the 2 pt conversion percentage was 53%. That would be a number that could be improved upon (dramatically) if Roman spent a good amount of time on it this spring and summer. The offense is already in (mostly)...this Summer we should spend more time of becoming the league leader in 2 pt conversions.

Yeah, the Giants game is a bad example. If anything, Roman would be the kind of guy I would have faith in to create a nice 10 package series of 2 pt conversion plays. Tyrod can check out of any of them. Carpenter made 88% of his extra pts last year (I said 85% above so I was off). I think I'd rather put my trust in Roman for 2 pts than Carpenter for 1 pt.

I hear ya...but taking EJ's vision impairment out of the equation for a minute and other factors, the overall point is that consistently attempting 2 pt conversions, in the long run...over 4 quarters of football, will result in a higher point total. When looking at our offense, we are built to score fast and score often (Tyrod, Shady, Sammy, Clay, etc). Our defense needs to be upgraded. But if it's a race to see who has more points when the clock strikes 0:00 at the end of the 4th, we can score more points if we simply upgrade, master and execute a series of well thought out 2 pt conversions. Those games that we lost by 2, 3, 4 or even 5 pts could become "Wins" I hear ya

Not many...but how many games have you seen where we lost by 2 pts or even 3? 2 pt conversions would seem to get us closer to closing that 2 or 3 pt gap. (See Jags game)

I think his point is: If we score 3 TD's (18 pts) and are successful on 2 of our 3 attempts at two pt conversions (4 pts) we would have 22 pts rather than 21 pts (if we make all three kicked extra pts...if we miss one of those kicks we have 20 pts). There are some games where we score 4 TD's so the score would increase as we get better at 2 pt conversions vs those teams who insist on kicking extra pts with the end result (as we have witnessed with our own eyes) of more kickers missing extra pts and losing games.

Noooooo, we still have to punt and kick field goals. I would never do that to Gugmeister.