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May 13 Pate commented on Cultured Meat.

As someone who eats a plant-based diet, I'm all for this. I don't think that this meat is comparable to current "fake meats" since this is actual meat grown in a lab, and not some soy bean reformulated to resemble (vaguely?) meat.

It takes the unnecessary suffering and cruelty out of industrial meat, and it will vastly improve the lives of workers who currently work in slaughterhouses, which are one of the most dangerous work environments around. Also I don't believe that one can kill animals day in day out without it having an effect on one's psyche. Good for the environment, good for the animals, and good for the workers. Good job science!

Mar 20 Pate commented on Hospital Calls Police on Patient for Possessing Pot Legally.

@5 The humble bicycle, eternal friend of the pot fiend.

Jan 16 Pate commented on NRA Hits a New Low.

@26
The NRA plans to pay for the armed guards by cutting public school spending and givng tax breaks to the wealthy of course!

Dec 13, 2012 Pate commented on Barbara Walters Asks Chris Christie If His Weight Means He Shouldn't Be President.

@ Taft

The electoral map from 1908, when Taft was elected is pretty interesting. The whole South was voting Democrat. So not only has the big honkin' walrus mustache changed, but much of the electoral map has flipped on its head.

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Dec 7, 2012 Pate commented on Love Makes a Family.

The oponents of same-sex marriage really make me sad. I just fail completely to understand their point of view, probably due to the fact that I am in no way religious myself. I think that this issue as well as women's rights and social justice are just proxy issues. The world is changing (as it does, should and always will), which can be a scary prospect, I get it, but trying to combat the fear by grasping onto "how things were" is very counter productive. I don't think that most opponents of SSM really oppose SSM per se, but the change that it represents. The opponents have a hard time expressing their concerns constructively and their fear manifests itself in, for example, opposition to SSM. The real tragedy, however, is that in doing so, the opponents are unnecessarily and unfairly complicating the lives of others, as demonstrated by the story of the couple in this post. The fight for equality and embracing change must go on. Thank you to all of the supporters.

Dec 7, 2012 Pate commented on "What we are doing today is living up to the founding ideals of this country.".

Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!

Nov 26, 2012 Pate commented on Lawsuit Accuses SPD Chief of Withholding Dash-Cam Video of Brutal Police Beating.

Good thing for dash cams. It's really frustrating though that these cops can beat people with complete and total immunity. It's time to throw the fuckers in jail where they belong.

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Mar 5, 2011 Pate commented on I Just Spent a Week In Canada....

I am European. The reason for the difference is that Americans, in general are stupid. Studies show that the more educated a person is the less likely he is to be overweight, so simplifying a bit smart people are fit and stupid people are fat. Often here in Europe, when we encounter American tourists they make us Europeans exclaim "Stupid Americans!", thereby proving that Americans are dumb. The Canadians, on the other hand, never merit a "Stupid Canadians!" exclamation. The concept doesn't even exist, and we would never imagine calling a Québécois "stupide" despite his strange accent. Canadians, then, are not stupid like Americans, and therefore Canadians are fitter than Americans. Donc, l'explication est très simple, non?