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Comment on Sleeping with my cellphone by Nephi

Nephi — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:19:42 +0000

I guess finding useful, relbalie information on the internet isn’t hopeless after all.

Comment on Reclaiming Democracy by itisindeedhg

itisindeedhg — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:37:43 +0000

There is a distinct sense that the author is making a rhetorical move akin to the Occupy movement. Both are offering platitudes – how can one disagree with statements like “power to the people” or “reclaim democracy” ? Both are certain that the lot of them outside St. Pauls are making a difference to the way the discourse of capitalism operates. But the very vagueness of Occupy will be its ideological downfall. I sympathize with them. But if they do not make specific and reasonable demands, then they will 1. be all too easily written off by all sides 2. have their ’cause’, whatever it is, -like what notlucas has alluded to- co-opted by any number of analysts and interpreters scrambling to understand what these protesters mean and what they want. The Occupy movement needs a stronger ontological position most, though, for the benefit of the protesters themselves. They are sacrificing so much for something that is the political equivalent of an emotion.

In short, the situation is far too complex. It’s not as simple as the author makes it out to be, and for things to change, the Occupy movement needs to be more than a disorganized bunch of tents – it needs to also be an organized list of tenets.

Comment on Reclaiming Democracy by NotLucas

NotLucas — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:12:39 +0000

“Power to the people”?! “big money for the public”?! The author is clearly nothing more than a commie pinko trying to twist the minds of our women and children! I say hang ‘im high! On a side note I may have become illiterate again recently but “hard-pressed not to say no to big money” sounds like an unintentional double negative. As for the actual content I feel that the comment made by India’s prime minister is perhaps only a function of his countries economic ties with the west and ‘wall st.’ which remain more in line with exploited than exploiter despite its growing wealth, I suspect he can see more advantages to co-opting the protesters ‘goals’ than any western nation would but of course seen in the less dramatic terms of more equality of trade and not the restructuring of the democratic-capitalist system the protesters seek. His remarks then would not, I think, be a sign of whats to come in India or the west beyond perhaps more empty words. I’m not going to comment on the rest except to say you seem to have more faith in democracy than I.

Comment on Julian Assange: Journalists are war criminals (video) by Opinion: Assange’s Petty Revenge on Journalism | Jason Z. Li

Opinion: Assange’s Petty Revenge on Journalism | Jason Z. Li — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:26:06 +0000

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Comment on Excuse me, there’s fluoride in my water by debojit

debojit — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 02:15:03 +0000

say no to fluoride in water, is the govt saving usor killing us?

Comment on Cambodian Genocide, Thirty Years On… by randomischief

randomischief — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:31:11 +0000

Hey Jason! This is really cool stuff

Comment on Cambodian Genocide, Thirty Years On… by kelndr

kelndr — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:30:29 +0000

viewed it..cool..way to go!

Comment on Fox (News?) Channel: Why Obama is wrong by sharethisurlaboutglenbek

sharethisurlaboutglenbek — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:48:38 +0000

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Comment on Who is Jason Z. Li? by Claudia

Claudia — Sun, 02 May 2010 02:44:22 +0000

Thank you for taking the picture and writing about our campaign!

Hopefully we’ll run into you again.

Claudia

Comment on Excuse me, there’s fluoride in my water by nyscof

nyscof — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:46:40 +0000

You go girls! That’s probably the funniest response I’ve heard about fluoride. Most people don’t know it’s in the water or why it is there. But when they find out they invariably want it out of the water.

Over 2,750 professionals (including over 260 dentists) urge the US Congress to stop water fluoridation until Congressional hearings are conducted, citing scientific evidence that fluoridation, long promoted to fight tooth decay, is ineffective and has serious health risks. See statement: http://www.fluorideaction.org/statement.august.2007.html

Fluoride chemicals added to public water supplies, boosts lead absorption in lab animals’ bones, teeth and blood, report Sawan, et al. (Toxicology 2/2010). Earlier studies already show children’s blood-lead-levels are higher in fluoridated communities, reports Sawan’s research team.

“…exposure to increased amounts of lead and fluoride occurs at about the same age (1-3 years)… Therefore, this is a critical time when systemic exposure to fluoride should be minimized since fluoride may increase lead accumulation,” the researchers caution.

Low-level lead exposure is associated with lower IQ, ADHD and many health and behavior ailments.

NSF International is a private company that regulates public water supply additives. February 2008 NSF reported that 2% of the 245 fluoridation chemicals sampled from 2000 to 2006 had detectable levels of Lead. (There are approximately 155,000 US public water supplies.) Lead is an allowable trace contaminant in fluoridation chemicals along with antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, copper, mercury, selenium, and thallium. See:

http://www.nsf.org/business/water_distribution/pdf/NSF_Fact_Sheet.pdf