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No one's going to bite? How about their favorite color of lycra? Maybe their favorite near beer?

What are the sorts of things that DFA and Dwayner might agree on?

There's a collaboration made in hell!

The next incremental step will be customizable "filters" that can be applied to Google that preselect hits based on their scientific relevance. You could have a site that ranks other sites on their adherence to scientific priniciples. The ranking would influence the order that hits come up in your searches.

As an adult who has excellent home dental care and access to a good dentist, you might not derive any personal benefit at all from fluoridation. You personally might not wish to incur any risk at all, no matter how inconsequential because there is no benefit. It then comes down to whether you would wish to confer its benefits on the less fortunate.

I didn't know that the Fido's name would get replace by a _____. That's pretty funny. Nice work Jon.

That statement was a bit cryptic to me. I was thinking back on ____'s attempts to tarnish Kellogg's reputation by spreading misinformation on as many web sites as possible so that information seekers come up with mostly negative hits- his. There are lots of people who do this with medical issues, because they feel so strongly about their opinions that they want to influence others.

Oly, don't look now, but you forgot to wear your foil helmet!

I think it was Trogdortheburninator who pointed out in another thread that on these super straight routes, the main purpose of longer draws is simply to get you past the piece. The angle the rope makes as it comes away from the rock to your body has a tendency to pull out on pieces. This is why I'll extend a tripled sling to full length on a cam, but just put a draw on a nut that is set nicely.

That's a good one, Jay. Certainly you can point to regions of the world that have excessively high natural concentrations of fluoride and yes it can be toxic. I believe Colorado is one such place. Of course the therapeutic levels are much lower than this.

Yes, Libby will go to trial and it will drag out for a couple years. He'll avoid jail until 2008 at which time the pardon will be doled out.

If you have to technology to produce mercury free vaccine that is also completely free of pyrogens then I agree it should be done if it doesn't raise costs excessively.

Our receptionist tells me that Valery Plame was not in fact an undercover operative for the CIA. I asked her were she got that information. She asked me where I got my information and I said The New York Times. Finally she said Fox News and the Internet. I said well, there you go.

If you are that heavy, I'd have a hard time recommending Denalis. I like how they perform but they just don't hold up under heavy loads and don't provide enough floatation at times.

Well Dru, your answer is the sort that I am looking for. The fact that mercury has been removed is not proof that it was ever dangerous, but rather proof that science was not able to convince enough people that it wasn't dangerous.

Many of you have by now heard about the row over the proposal to add fluoride to the drinking water in Bellingham. Opponents have gone so far as to leave dead rats at the door of the dentist who made the proposal. Fluoridation has been around for 100 years and numerous scientific studies have proved it safe at concentrations used to protect teeth. But, as the author of the Times article pointed out, if you Google "Fluoridation" you'll get 8 out of 10 articles from wackos saying it will poison you. Bellingham Fluoride Debate Now my aim is not to debate the issue of fluoridation but rather the "trivialization of science" by the Internet. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Maybe RC.com has had a visit from Uncle Trickey incognito?

Bush is grasping for anything that can divert attention. Now it's Bird Flu. This issue has been smoldering for a couple years. Just coincidence that he brings it up now?

Fred will take them.

Well the Dems just turned it around again by calling a closed session to question why investigations are not being conducted into the false pretenses under which the Iraq War was waged.

You have it, but do you WEAR it?

Any hotter and all the mods will be out in force...oh wait. They already are here.

You meant dungeon, didn't you? You were just being charitable. Where's the Attic?

I'll just throw out an old-fashioned word. Impressive.