May 23
snoopy commented on
Portland Voters Are Stoopid.
stupid, stupid, Goldy is more like it...
As a cavity preventative the beneficial properties of fluoride are purely topical. Ingesting it serves no purpose whatsoever, in fact it's a toxin.
That's why when you're at the dentists and you're getting a fluoride treatment, you don't swallow it, you spit it back out. Or like sunscreen--you don't drink it, you apply it on your skin, topically.
No sensible person would EVER put fluoride in drinking water. Sure the fluoride manufacturers stand to benefit, but that's about it.
May 11
snoopy commented on
Lion Prince Paul Allen.
Mudede @11:
@8) i even thought "I saw lots of people..." was a dead giveaway.
maybe Charles... but then you had to go and add that lame brained hipster "and all of that circle-of-life stuff." Which totally undermined your point. Point well taken, but def not your finest semantic outing...
Nov 15, 2012
snoopy commented on
Good Job, Whatshertits (Negar Farajiani).
"She breaks the puzzles down into their pieces and begins combining and recombining the pieces to create mixed images."
...on the surface, yes, but more essentially she's appropriating (or stealing...) an idea, and running with it.
My media prof at the U of I, Mel Andringa, has been doing puzzles since the early 80's. Conceptually and visually expansive, he discovered that puzzles of vastly different imagery used the same machine-cuts...
Being way too playful, smart and un-capitalistically oriented he went under various pseudonyms: Melvino, Picazzle, etc.
Google "Picazzle's photostream".
They still, and will forever blow me away.
I can hear him softly chuckling with a glimmer in his eyes...
Gotta give due where it's well deserved.
And yes tits, - man tits.
Jul 25, 2012
snoopy commented on
Shocked and Saddened.
@56 : Nate, I considered you--I know you're out there--and purposely phrased what I said not to be absolute. I used the word "essentially". And I absolutely stand by that. Fear is essentially what drives gun sales. Current gun sales in Aurora CO thoroughly underscore that. And historic statistics bear me out (60's, 70's, 80's... surprisingly the majority of Americans were pro gun control in the 50's; interesting history).
And speaking solely for myself I approach life fairly fearlessly. If you knew me you would know. I just think gun control makes a lot of sense. I'm not going to go into the why here; the statistics are readily available to those who are open to consuming them.
I don't think it could be more "easily said" that fear drives gun control, but you're right, it's part of the equation on both sides of the coin. How we react to fear is highly personal and obviously opinionated...
Jul 25, 2012
snoopy commented on
Shocked and Saddened.
nice Paul--that is the most cogent piece I've read about this incident.
Though I sometimes wonder if, in a super fucked up way, this isn't America's version of the Roman Colosseum... just more random--and thus more paranoia and fear inducing. It's the American way. Plus fear is essentially what drives gun sales (and anti gun control).
May 9, 2012
snoopy commented on
"OBAMA FLIP FLOPS, DECLARES WAR ON MARRIAGE".
war? yeah I know it's propaganda... but since they put flip flops in the headline, obviously Fox meant:
"OBAMA FLIP FLOPS, DECLARES PEACE ON MARRIAGE"
good to see Obama growing real balls
May 9, 2012
snoopy commented on
Anarchy Is
Boring.
I wish everyone were a thoughtful anarchist... respectful of the respectful: honoring the right to live and let live.
Anarchy needed this article, thanks Brendan.
As a cavity preventative the beneficial properties of fluoride are purely topical. Ingesting it serves no purpose whatsoever, in fact it's a toxin.
That's why when you're at the dentists and you're getting a fluoride treatment, you don't swallow it, you spit it back out. Or like sunscreen--you don't drink it, you apply it on your skin, topically.
No sensible person would EVER put fluoride in drinking water. Sure the fluoride manufacturers stand to benefit, but that's about it.