Recent Comments
Re: “Fluoride 2013: Let's Just Start Drinking a Poison We All Agree On (Hint: It's Alcohol)”
NH3 (ammonia) and HOCl (hypochlorous acid) (and the carbon tetrachloride and other carcinogenic byproducts resulting from this "chloramination") and NaOH (lye) are all poison, too. And they're all in Portland's H2O (another potentially dangerous chemical). Weirdly, I'm going to kind of miss all the screaming this has generated.
Re: “Gallagher Was a Dick to Us While We Were on Mushrooms.”
Best piece of writing on the Merc site in, like, forever. The only thing that would make it better would be if you'd asked Galg how he felt about fluoridation and he'd gone off on a rant and then the comments would fill up with screaming ninnies, and....
Re: “20 Phrases to Write on Your Anti-Fluoride Sign”
It's obvious the Merc has hated the Dandy Warhols for a very long time. Why else would the be goading Zia McCabe like this? Fluoride will totally mess with the efficacy of my homeopathic medicine, yo.
Re: “Someone's "Burning" Dislike for Fluoridation: Witness a Torched Lawn Sign”
Never mind decades of segregation, racism and other rampant social injustice in Portland. We're going to fucking burn shit over ERMAHGERD PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE IS POISONING OUR WATER!!!1!!
Re: “The Sanest Arguments Against Fluoride...”
I'd be curious to know how many fluoridation opponents:
* already own expensive water filtration systems
* spend 100s on unproven nutritional supplements
* believe childhood vaccinations cause autism
* believe in homeopathy
* have their kids in charter schools
* call themselves progressive while espousing hard-core libertarianism
Re: “The Sanest Arguments Against Fluoride...”
Whoever posts the highest word count wins?
RSSGoing to Seattle?
Re: “Fare Thee Well, Ian Karmel!”
Yeah, gosh, why would an entertainer leave this show biz mecca for the backwaters of LA?