GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! They say “Why are you dressed like it’s Halloween? You look so absurd, you look so obscene.” LET’S GO TO PRESS.
New York City and New Jersey struggle to get back on their feet today, as power outages are still being repaired, the airports are slowly coming back on line, fires rage in Jersey, Wall Street gets back to work, and traffic? IT’S A GODDAMN NIGHTMARE.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie—who had some prickly words to say about the President during the GOP convention—is now in looooooove with Barack Obama.
Despite all the problems brought upon the northeast by Hurricane Sandy, election day is expected to proceed as planned—though things do look a tad dicey.
A Chinese think tank is urging the government to drop their one-child policy and allow parents to have two kids. DON’T DO IT!!! IT’S A SLIPPERY SLOPE!!! (Just ask Octomom.)
According to a new report, an executive at Apple was fired because he refused to apologize for their sucky and disastrous maps application.
In case you missed it yesterday, Disney has acquired all of George Lucas’ Star Wars toys—which made the nerd world poop and squirt all at the same time.
Locally the (sigh) anti-fluoride people cleared another hurdle to put good dental health to a public vote. VOTE “NO” ON HEALTHY GUMS!!
Oregon authorities are advising motorists to not swerve when a deer runs out in front of you. Sooo… you’ll have to find a new way of killing us, deer!
Here’s what’s going on in your neck of the woods: A rainy Halloween (BOOOOOOO!) but prepare for an honest-to-god DRY weekend!
Now that the worst of Sandy has passed, Obama and Romney hop back on the campaign trail for one final—and probably extremely annoying—push. HOWEVER! At least one four-year-old girl in a battleground state is sick and tired of “Bronco Bama” and “Mitt Romeney.” WATCH.
Chris Christie has realized that Barack Obama is about to get reeeeeeelected.
Locally the (sigh) anti-fluoride people cleared another hurdle to put good dental health to a public vote. VOTE “NO” ON HEALTHY GUMS!!
No kidding, these people are the worst. Wish they’d go back to decrying the staged moon landing and vaccines.
More bias garbage form the anti-science, pro-special interest, children hating, bullshitter brigade. Frankly, adding poison to public drinking water shouldn’t even be up for any vote whatsoever in a sane society.
Harvard Study – Published in National Institute of Health Journal finds fluoride lowers children’s IQ:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/…
“The average loss was only half of one IQ point, but some studies suggested that even slightly increased fluoride exposure could be toxic to the brain. Thus, children in high-fluoride areas had significantly lower IQ scores than those who lived in low-fluoride
areas. The children studied were up to 14 years of age, but the investigators speculate that any toxic effect on brain development may have happened earlier, and that the brain may not be fully capable of
compensating for the toxicity.”
2006 National Academy of Science reviews the scientific studies which have been performed on fluoride, and concludes: “It is apparent that fluorides have the ability to interfere with the functions of the brain and the body by direct and indirect means.” (bottom of page
222). – http://www.actionpa.org/fluoride/nrc/NRC-2…
A list of studies finding association between fluoride and reduced IQ from countries that don’t have a vested political and financial interest in fluoridating their water (the practice is banned in most countries): http://www.fluoridealert.org/studies/brain…
PhD fetal pathologistDr. Vyvyan Howard, who is a professor of developmental toxico-pathology at the University of Liverpool and University of Ulster, president of the International Society of Doctors for the Environment and former president of the Royal Microscopical Society and the International Society for Stereology, and general editor of the Journal of Microscopy – said in a 2008 Canadian television interview that studies done in several countries show that children’s IQ are likely to be lower in high natural water
fluoride areas.
He said that these studies are plausible because fluoride is known to affect the thyroid hormone which affects intelligence and fluoride is also a known neurotoxicant. Such studies have not been conducted in
countries that artificially fluoridate the water such as the US, UK and Canada, but should be, he said.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/experts-disagree-on-…