The Morning Rant

It was once said, "It takes a village to raise a child." Unless one of the villagers is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Then the Professional Know-It-Alls cry like like toddlers having their Teddy Bear confiscated.

Over the years we have heard the mantra, "It is for the children!!!" But, it basically boils down to the cool villagers and their acolytes grifting off the rest of the village. Lording their position over the uncool villagers. The money drips here and there on children. But, most of it finds its way into a certain number of private hands and other body parts and/or orifices.

Bobby Kennedy demonstrated the hypocrisy of the left and to some extent the right to the world if they happened to tune into his testimony before congress on Wednesday May 14th.

It isn't about the children. It is about a certain group of elected and non-elected officials who cannot admit they are wrong or the science isn't settled (Unless they cling to their beliefs)

Let's examine one of these "Politicians" who questioned Secretary Kennedy. The politician in question is one U.S. Congressman Mike Simpson (R-ID).

Rep. Simpson is a dentist. But, I'm not sure how much practicing he has been doing since he has been a congressman since 1999. Before that he was busy with the Idaho state legislature where he served from 1984-1998.

As a "Dentist" Rep. Simpson should have known better than to match wits with Sec. Kennedy without doing any type of home work regarding fluoride use. Do better "Doc" Simpson, do better. Or at least your overpaid and under employed staff
could do better.

The congressman cares about the children and the need for dentists yet doesn't know about the HHS own report. The HHS which he is a member of an oversight committee. Fluoride Exposure: Neurodevelopment and Cognition.

Application
An association indicates a connection between fluoride and lower IQ; it does not prove a cause and effect. Many substances are healthy and beneficial when taken in small doses but may cause harm at high doses. More research is needed to better understand if there are health risks associated with low fluoride exposures. This NTP monograph may provide important information to regulatory agencies that set standards for the safe use of fluoride. It does not, and was not intended to, assess the benefits of fluoride.

This is maddening. The questioning/statements thrown at Mr. Kennedy by the ~~jack asses~~ democrats makes one want to throw heavy items at the screen.

And here you thought you could get by without seeing the congresscritter who identifies as a "Wicked lesbian witch of the east".

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) at 10:53 AM

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1 Early monkey!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 15, 2025 10:54 AM (2UnvF)

2 Gots stuff to do, people not to see and a lake where I want to go.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at May 15, 2025 10:55 AM (QXQ4l)

3 Patty Murray showed herself to be dumber than a bag of hammers.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 15, 2025 10:56 AM (2UnvF)

4 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2025 10:57 AM (Zz0t1)

5 I didn't know it was a secret.

CNN Panelists Lose Their Minds After Kevin O’Leary Calls Kamala Harris a “Loser”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now For a Limited Time Only! at May 15, 2025 11:00 AM (L/fGl)

6 Good morning Mis Hum

Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2025 11:00 AM (ypFCm)

7 This is maddening. The questioning/statements thrown at Mr. Kennedy by the jack asses democrats makes one want to throw heavy items at the screen.

That is why everyone around the world laughs at us. Even with Trump schlonging everyone everywhere, they STILL know we've got ignorant lunatics in control.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2025 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

8 > That is why everyone around the world laughs at us. Even with Trump schlonging everyone everywhere, they STILL know we've got ignorant lunatics in control.
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And in the media.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2025 11:02 AM (Q4IgG)

9 Very realistic gorilla painting. Would hang on my wall.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 15, 2025 11:02 AM (l3YAf)

10 I'm sure the Republicans asked Kennedy when his dept will remove Covid 'vax' from the recommended list of childhood vaccinations. No?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2025 11:03 AM (Dv3i1)

11 Can I please know who the Wicked Lesbian Witch of the East is, without having to watch ranting Democrats?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025 11:03 AM (8gvb8)

12 I'm inclinded to the Florence King version, 'It takes a child to raze a village'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2025 11:04 AM (XeU6L)

13 Can I please know who the Wicked Lesbian Witch of the East is, without having to watch ranting Democrats?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025 11:03 AM

The purple headed old scrunt Rosa DeLauro .....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2025 11:04 AM (Zz0t1)

14 Obesity in Teens Linked to Enlarged Brain Regions Associated with Memory and Emotions

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I thought it was linked to enlarged ass regions.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now For a Limited Time Only! at May 15, 2025 11:05 AM (L/fGl)

15 maddening. The questioning/statements thrown at Mr. Kennedy by the ~~jack asses~~ democrats makes one want to throw heavy items at the screen.

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"Does .22 caliber count as heavy?"

-- Zombie Elvis

Posted by: ShainS -- Elon should build Trump a Space Force One vehicle at May 15, 2025 11:05 AM (VaX+R)

16 The purple headed old scrunt Rosa DeLauro ....

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2025 11:06 AM (8gvb8)

17 Watching Rose Delauro try to question RFK just illustrates how insane the Democrat party is.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 15, 2025 11:08 AM (050Nh)

18 11 Can I please know who the Wicked Lesbian Witch of the East is, without having to watch ranting Democrats?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

The being in question calls itself Rosa DeLauro

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2025 11:09 AM (Dv3i1)

19 t isn't about the children.

Oh, trust us. It is ALL about the children...

Posted by: The CDC, DNC, Disney, and Clinton Foundation at May 15, 2025 11:10 AM (kkfAA)

20 Ghetto trash.

https://shorturl.at/6nP0A

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now For a Limited Time Only! at May 15, 2025 11:10 AM (L/fGl)

21

We put in a whole house water filter. It removes 100% of all the crap put in our water to 'make it better'. Installer told us it removes flouride, I said I didn't care. Looking at the tech specs, it removes a LOT of stuff the gummint puts in the water and was designed specifically to do so. Water tastes better right out of the tap now, and I no longer smell chlorine from the tap. Clothes feel softer after washing. Good purchase. It also reverse flushes to the yard twice a week and cleans itself. I look at the drain spot occasionally and there is usually a sludge of nasty looking shiz at the outlet that it has filtered out of my water supply.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 15, 2025 11:10 AM (MsrgL)

22 Willowed:

I've seen better art hanging in cheap motels.

I wasn't looking at the art.
Posted by: rickb223

Another in a string of tawdry, third-rate romances, low-rent rendezvous?

https://youtu.be/a1KtIJq5s4g
Posted by: Sammy Kershaw

Very much so.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2025 11:11 AM (QXOBW)

23 Leftists well versed in Marxism think they have all the answers to their questions

Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2025 11:12 AM (ypFCm)

24 Ghetto trash.

https://shorturl.at/6nP0A
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now For a Limited Time Only! at May 15, 2025 11:10 AM (L/fGl)

Again, every time they come to Trump and beg him to 'save Hollywood.' Nah, we're good.

Because THAT is what it produces.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2025 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)

25 As a "Dentist" Rep. Simpson should have known better than to match wits with Sec. Kennedy without doing any type of home work regarding fluoride use.

Most medical professionals, as with most non-medical professionals, pretty much know what was the thinking when they left school. Continuing education is based on ethics, the latest way convince your client to give you more money, and regurgitation of the same BS as always.

Very few people in the science industries have a scientific mindset. They don't look at studies which say things other than what they already "know". This, of course, is exactly the same as the people who aren't in the science industries. It's also why the government should keep it's fingers out of things.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2025 11:12 AM (ExV1e)

26 We gave fluoride supplements to our daughter when she was 3-7 and we lived in cities that did not add fluoride to the water. This move limits parents’ choice and is more government interference. But I’m sure MAGAts only care when it is THEIR choice being taken away.

More money for dentists soon as lots more kids get cavities. Kids love sugar.

I anticipate fierce backlash to this and any other revisions to FDA guidelines or rules that Makary and Bob have in their less than scientific plans.

"a scientific review ... with the aim of removing them from the market" - it's not a SCIENTIFIC review if it is intended to reach a pre-determined conclusion, whether Marty Malarky thinks so or not. That's a political review, just like if Pope Paul V ordered a scientific review with the aim of banishing Galileo for heresy.

Toothpaste is next. Get ready for very poor dental health and also black market to get ahold of these products to protect your teeth.

As soon as the MAGAs are banned from working in government every harmful thing they do now can be UNDONE. I hope we're all keeping lists.

Japan stopped fluoridating water, and seem okay?

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 15, 2025 11:14 AM (JCZqz)

27 I thought you were supposed to read tea leaves.

Greek woman wants to divorce husband after ChatGPT "read his coffee" and said he was having an affair

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now For a Limited Time Only! at May 15, 2025 11:15 AM (L/fGl)

28 Why is good weather the default of Earth and crappy weather the result of any human "intervention"?

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2025 11:17 AM (af7+R)

29 11 Can I please know who the Wicked Lesbian Witch of the East is, without having to watch ranting Democrats?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Better question would be, who can we exclude from that list?

Posted by: Dr. T at May 15, 2025 11:17 AM (EynyL)

30 3
‘ Patty Murray showed herself to be dumber than a bag of hammers.’
In her defense, ‘Dumber than a bag of hammers’ is the only choice on her menu.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 15, 2025 11:18 AM (jbnUc)

31 I'm going to guess this isn't the hot lesbian, since you mentioned she's from the East...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 15, 2025 11:18 AM (xcxpd)

32 I have it good authority that even the tiniest amounts of arsenic in water are bad and must be removed.

The bill lowering the acceptable arsenic level in drinking water was not passed by Congress as a separate bill. Instead, it was implemented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of their broader efforts under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Specifically, the EPA lowered the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for arsenic from 50 parts per billion (ppb) to 10 ppb in 2001.

If that's the case, then even tiny amounts of fluoride must be removed. In fact, we should probably all stop drinking water altogether. It's too risky.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2025 11:19 AM (s8j++)

33 Japan stopped fluoridating water, and seem okay?
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 15, 2025 11:14 AM (JCZqz)

Heresy! Heresy! Burn the witch!!

Posted by: The Party of Science at May 15, 2025 11:19 AM (EynyL)

34 I like the idea of a whole house filter. How much did it cost? I am adamant about buying clean ice cuz it enhances the flavor of my sweet iced tea. Refrigerator ice always tastes of chlorine.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:19 AM (n17eQ)

35 Toothpaste is next. Get ready for very poor dental health and also black market to get ahold of these products to protect your teeth.

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Psst! Hey, buddy. You wanna buy some primo Colgate?

- Creepy guy in a trench coat in a back alley

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now For a Limited Time Only! at May 15, 2025 11:19 AM (L/fGl)

36 The being in question calls itself Rosa DeLauro
Posted by: Chuck Martel

DON'T Google her! It's a trap!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 15, 2025 11:20 AM (JCZqz)

37 I thought you were supposed to read tea leaves.

Nope. You read the cracks in a turtle shell after it's been thrown in the fire. No, I'm not kidding. This was the favored method of divination in China and Japan.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2025 11:21 AM (s8j++)

38 Does the UK fluoridate their water?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 15, 2025 11:21 AM (63Dwl)

39 The being in question calls itself Rosa DeLauro
Posted by: Chuck Martel

DON'T Google her! It's a trap!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

THAT IS AMAZING COMING FROM YOU!!!!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 15, 2025 11:22 AM (ULKh4)

40 On behalf of the People’s Democratic Republic of Corrupticut, I apologize that some in our state elected this representative who doesn’t know how to act her age. Sorry, grannie, you ain’t one of the cool kids anymore.

Posted by: Captain Cofevre at May 15, 2025 11:22 AM (ZzAQ+)

41 I like the idea of a whole house filter. How much did it cost? I am adamant about buying clean ice cuz it enhances the flavor of my sweet iced tea. Refrigerator ice always tastes of chlorine.

Posted by: Pudinhead

About $2k roughly six years ago. Standby and I'll go get the manufacturer and model # for you.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 15, 2025 11:23 AM (MsrgL)

42 Joe Don Baker is dead.

Rest in Peace.

Mitchell!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 15, 2025 11:23 AM (xcxpd)

43 First you have to engrave the mystical symbols on the turtle shell, then you toss it in the fire, then you divine the future.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2025 11:23 AM (D7oie)

44 "Patty Murray showed herself to be dumber than a bag of hammers.
Posted by: Duke Lowell"
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At least hammers have a purpose.

Posted by: Cosda at May 15, 2025 11:23 AM (C5gZt)

45 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE ROSA DELAURO HAS A FACE THAT COULD KNOCK A BUZZARD OFF A SHIT WAGON AT A HUNDRED PACES!!!

Posted by: BEN ROETHLESSBERGER at May 15, 2025 11:24 AM (2UnvF)

46 See, the great thing about removing mandates is that whatever was mandated is no longer required.

And I know that this will confuse mast Democrats, but "not required" is not in any way the same thing as "forbidden".

Toothpaste manufacturers were already removing fluoride from their products, because there was a demand for non-fluoridated toothpaste.

Yet the fluoridated versions still exist, because there's a demand for fluoridated toothpaste too.

Fluoride isn't going away. People who want it will be able to have it, people who don't want it won't have it forced on them.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 15, 2025 11:24 AM (+JCh0)

47 41 I like the idea of a whole house filter. How much did it cost? I am adamant about buying clean ice cuz it enhances the flavor of my sweet iced tea. Refrigerator ice always tastes of chlorine.

Posted by: Pudinhead

About $2k roughly six years ago. Standby and I'll go get the manufacturer and model # for you.
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Thanks, Bif.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:24 AM (n17eQ)

48 Remember when there was the suggestion that Lithium should be added to the water nationwide to help with the mental health problems?

Then everyone started trying to figure out the variations of the dosage depending on body weight and water use? And they figured it was impossible to determine the amount of Lithium to the water system to avoid toxic levels?

But no worries about fluoride, natch.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2025 11:25 AM (D7oie)

49 Does the UK fluoridate their water?"
Some areas, plus natural fluoride in other areas. FWIW, around 20 EU and surrounding nations do not add fluoride...

Posted by: Man at May 15, 2025 11:25 AM (tubbA)

50 Somehow I doubt Mighty White Fluoride Toothpaste is set for a big reboot/rebound.

Posted by: Boston Blackie at May 15, 2025 11:25 AM (G5+As)

51 OT - I'm watching Netflix's American Manhunt, about the hunt for bin Laden.

It absolutely pastes Bush and Republicans as total failures and the only reason Afghanistan was so rough.

Every interviewee says 'Pah-kee-stahn," and they constantly take shots at W.

Then I see who produced it: Kamala Harris's husband's ex-wife.

And I understand.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at May 15, 2025 11:25 AM (nbLbZ)

52 Townhall.com@townhallcom
Chuck Schumer: Donald Trump doesn't support offshore wind because he's a dictator.

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And Germany suffers.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now For a Limited Time Only! at May 15, 2025 11:26 AM (L/fGl)

53 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE ROSA DELAURO HAS A FACE THAT COULD KNOCK A BUZZARD OFF A SHIT WAGON AT A HUNDRED PACES!!!
Posted by: BEN ROETHLESSBERGER at May 15, 2025 11:24 AM (2UnvF)

She commutes to and from her district in a large mortar and pestle. It saves on airfare.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2025 11:26 AM (D7oie)

54 It isn't surprising that a US representative would be closed to the introduction of new information or refining their view, as the same character traits are common among everyday people as well.

Most people, by nature, believe their positions on any given topic are as a result of their adoption of the proper information, and where their position aligns with the orthodox, commonly held position, they feel even more committed to defending it against any outsider from that position. This is why the process of growth is so slow, we brand any dissenting voice as a "conspiracist" or "nut-job" or other such pejorative.

COVID cracked the shell, to some extent. But many still struggle in letting go of long-held internal narratives upon which they based their worldviews, suffering from Gell-Mann amnesia.

The truth you discover through observation, experimentation and even intuition, are superior to truth relayed by authoritative sources. This is largely because authoritative sources have vested interests in being the font of truth, be they monetary, political, egotistical or psychological in nature.

Those with the most to lose are those whose narratives are existential.

Posted by: The Scales Are Falling From Eyes at May 15, 2025 11:27 AM (8hq5W)

55 Remember when there was the suggestion that Lithium should be added to the water nationwide to help with the mental health problems?

Then everyone started trying to figure out the variations of the dosage depending on body weight and water use? And they figured it was impossible to determine the amount of Lithium to the water system to avoid toxic levels?

But no worries about fluoride, natch.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2025 11:25 AM (D7oie)

It's been said that El Paso has the happiest people in the world because of the lithium content in the drinking water.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2025 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)

56 Hey- real dentist here. The congressman is correct. Every study shows fluoride in water reduces cavities. Every study shows fluoride is safe in proper doses. Water, oxygen, protein are toxic in excess amounts. In my career I've seen smooth surface cavities (the ones prevented by fluoride) explode since folks have started drinking filtered/bottled water. I can tell by xrays alone which patients have fluoride in their water and which ones don't. While Kennedy is correct that reducing sugar is the best option, until Americans stop consuming so much sugar, cavities in children are going to explode if we don't use fluoride in water. Not a single municipality has harmful amounts.

Posted by: Scott Ballard at May 15, 2025 11:27 AM (f5tYS)

57 Townhall.com@townhallcom
Chuck Schumer: Donald Trump doesn't support offshore wind because he's a dictator.

NOT because it's a shitty mass energy producer? Huh.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2025 11:28 AM (Zz0t1)

58 That gorilla picture up top just reminds me of that stupid statue they put in Times Square.

Posted by: Case at May 15, 2025 11:28 AM (Qdqx6)

59 It's been said that El Paso has the happiest people in the world because of the lithium content in the drinking water.

It's probably NYC, since it is my understanding that everyone there is on Xanax.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2025 11:28 AM (s8j++)

60 and they constantly take shots at W
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Good.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2025 11:30 AM (af7+R)

61 While Kennedy is correct that reducing sugar is the best option, until Americans stop consuming so much sugar, cavities in children are going to explode if we don't use fluoride in water. Not a single municipality has harmful amounts.
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This is heresy. Kill the witch.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:30 AM (n17eQ)

62 Hey- real dentist here. The congressman is correct. Every study shows fluoride in water reduces cavities. Every study shows fluoride is safe in proper doses. Water, oxygen, protein are toxic in excess amounts. In my career I've seen smooth surface cavities (the ones prevented by fluoride) explode since folks have started drinking filtered/bottled water. I can tell by xrays alone which patients have fluoride in their water and which ones don't. While Kennedy is correct that reducing sugar is the best option, until Americans stop consuming so much sugar, cavities in children are going to explode if we don't use fluoride in water. Not a single municipality has harmful amounts.

Interesting. Can you also tell which get fluoride based on their ability to form sentences and correctly make analogies? I'm kidding, but the question does remain if there's any measurable impact on IQ at the levels commonly found in drinking water.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2025 11:31 AM (s8j++)

63 I don't know about his number (30-40% of children diabetic or pre-diabetic), but I know what I see.

I go for walks at the local zoo. There, a lot of schools bring their classes for a field trip. I see a LOT of fat children. I remember it being very rare when I was growing up. (29 years ago...)

What's funny, do you know where I don't see a lot of fat children? (It's not zero, but low). Church. I don't see many fat children at church.

Isn't that an odd correlation?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 15, 2025 11:31 AM (N1tpc)

64 "Wicked lesbian witch of the east"

Is she ... busty?

Asking for a segment of The Horde.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2025 11:31 AM (0sNs1)

65 California has already approved the first seven building permits. The California Miracle has begun.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2025 11:32 AM (A2D3h)

66 What's funny, do you know where I don't see a lot of fat children? (It's not zero, but low). Church. I don't see many fat children at church.

Isn't that an odd correlation?

I have been told not to make jokes about religion, because some people think God has no sense of humor.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2025 11:32 AM (s8j++)

67 What's funny, do you know where I don't see a lot of fat children? (It's not zero, but low). Church. I don't see many fat children at church.

Isn't that an odd correlation?
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Fat Kids eat Pop Tarts.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:32 AM (n17eQ)

68
@Pudinhead - it's a Flow-Tech Water Conditioner, model # 109455-00. Evidently we had it installed in 2017 according to the lable on it.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 15, 2025 11:33 AM (MsrgL)

69 Ghetto trash.
https://shorturl.at/6nP0A
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now For a Limited Time Only! at May 15, 2025 11:10 AM (L/fGl)

Lawrence Taylor still looks like he could suit up and play!

Posted by: Bill Parcells, NFL HOF Coach at May 15, 2025 11:33 AM (xofCm)

70 Chuck Schumer: Donald Trump doesn't support offshore wind because he's a dictator.

To be fair, sending Eric Swalwell to Guam could be a tipping point.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2025 11:33 AM (0sNs1)

71 60
‘ and they constantly take shots at W
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Good.’

That just makes me lick the democrats’ boots harder.

Posted by: George W. Bush at May 15, 2025 11:33 AM (jbnUc)

72 21

We put in a whole house water filter. It removes 100% of all the crap put in our water to 'make it better'..........
...... I look at the drain spot occasionally and there is usually a sludge of nasty looking shiz at the outlet that it has filtered out of my water supply.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 15, 2025 11:10 AM (MsrgL)
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Probably all the calcium you should be absorbing to avoid the English tooth problem.

Posted by: Ciampino - Rosa is a pinup for David Hogg at May 15, 2025 11:33 AM (sPQoU)

73 The wind should get a job and support itself.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2025 11:34 AM (A2D3h)

74 At least hammers have a purpose.
Posted by: Cosda at May 15, 2025 11:23 AM

Preach it!

Posted by: Paul P. at May 15, 2025 11:35 AM (0sNs1)

75 California has already approved the first seven building permits. The California Miracle has begun.
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California is going to build and run its own oil refinery as well. I hope they make it accessible by high speed rail.

Posted by: Crusader at May 15, 2025 11:35 AM (TN0g+)

76 The consternation over childhood obesity is quite whimsical.

Let me ask you this: Where are you more likely to find obese adults, working at desk jobs or working on a construction site?

Follow up question: Which of the above vocations does the average child's educational routine more closely resemble?

Posted by: The Scales Are Falling From Eyes at May 15, 2025 11:35 AM (8hq5W)

77 Let me ask you this: Where are you more likely to find obese adults, working at desk jobs or working on a construction site?

DNC meetings.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2025 11:36 AM (s8j++)

78 Let me ask you this: Where are you more likely to find obese adults, working at desk jobs or working on a construction site?

Admiral Akbar's photographic submissions.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2025 11:37 AM (0sNs1)

79 ----
Probably all the calcium you should be absorbing to avoid the English tooth problem.
Posted by: Ciampino

Plausible explanation as I no longer have calcium build ups on the tap aerators.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 15, 2025 11:37 AM (MsrgL)

80 I have been told not to make jokes about religion, because some people think God has no sense of humor.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2025 11:32 AM (s8j++)

Anyone who doesn't think God has a sense of humor ought to look in the mirror.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 15, 2025 11:38 AM (N1tpc)

81 I get a fluoride treatment at the dentist once a year. No fluoride in my well water.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 15, 2025 11:38 AM (63Dwl)

82 68
@Pudinhead - it's a Flow-Tech Water Conditioner, model # 109455-00. Evidently we had it installed in 2017 according to the lable on it.
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Thanks again, Bif. Imma gonna look into this.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:38 AM (n17eQ)

83 My understanding is the rush to put flouride in the water was due to a large percentage of the population, especially children, not using a flouride toothpaste or regularly seeing a dentist to give them flouride. Giving it in drinking water was always a bit questionable - compare how you drink a glass of water versus how you brush your teeth

Anyway most children have access to a dentist and toothpaste now so flouridation does little at best.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2025 11:38 AM (t0Rmr)

84 Fat Kids eat Pop Tarts.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:32 AM (n17eQ)

Skinny kids eat Pop Tarts, too. (My kids are skinny, one VERY skinny.)

The difference is that mine get them about once or twice a week as a treat, not every day.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 15, 2025 11:39 AM (N1tpc)

85 All I want to know these days is if Democrats claim something is a good idea. If they do, I'm against it.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2025 11:40 AM (af7+R)

86 Hydric acid and Hydrofluoric acid both contain hydrogen.

Coincidence?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2025 11:40 AM (0sNs1)

87 84 Fat Kids eat Pop Tarts.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:32 AM (n17eQ)

Skinny kids eat Pop Tarts, too. (My kids are skinny, one VERY skinny.)

The difference is that mine get them about once or twice a week as a treat, not every day
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You do know Pop Tarts are hideous, rite?

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:41 AM (n17eQ)

88 There were few fat people before 30 years ago - go look at photos on shorpy or similar sites.

So the obesity epidemic isn't genetic it is caused by one of more of the changes since then:

less physical work
less physical play/recreation
more sugar and carbs
less animal fat
less smoking

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2025 11:41 AM (t0Rmr)

89 Kids eat what you give them. If you don't want them all up in sugary shit, make it an occasional treat or reward, not an every 30 minute distraction.

My daughter doesn't drink a lot of soft drinks or eat sugary foods because she wasn't raised that way and doesn't NEED them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2025 11:41 AM (Zz0t1)

90 87 You do know Pop Tarts are hideous, rite?

they're hideously delicious!

Posted by: the pop tart leprechaun at May 15, 2025 11:41 AM (sGtp+)

91 Fat gain mostly equals calories in minus calories out.

So if you are gaining wait increase physical activity or reduce caloric intake

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2025 11:42 AM (t0Rmr)

92 90 87 You do know Pop Tarts are hideous, rite?

they're hideously delicious!
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Shivers.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:42 AM (n17eQ)

93 Let me ask you this: Where are you more likely to find obese adults, working at desk jobs or working on a construction site?

Which race?
Construction site - white & black - skinny.
Hispanic - 50/50.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2025 11:42 AM (QXOBW)

94 Yeesh. If we're going to have artwork like this, I submit any of the digital compositions of my own. Even the crudest doodle.
http://mindfulwebworks.com/doodles

Posted by: mindful webworker - Sometimes funny, sometimes arty, at May 15, 2025 11:43 AM (0Es1u)

95 DON'T Google her! It's a trap!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

THAT IS AMAZING COMING FROM YOU!!!!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Well, people who don't know her might Google her based on Chuck's mention, with no fair warning of the horrors that await! You gotta warn the people, or give them a chance to avoid the brainrot.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 15, 2025 11:43 AM (JCZqz)

96 88 So the obesity epidemic isn't genetic it is caused by one of more of the changes since then:

less physical work
less physical play/recreation
more sugar and carbs
less animal fat
less smoking

hmm. perhaps it's some sort of physical law dealing with conservation of fat. less animal fat results in more human fat to keep the books balanced.

Posted by: anachronda at May 15, 2025 11:43 AM (sGtp+)

97
So if you are gaining wait increase physical activity or reduce caloric intake
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2025 11:42 AM (t0Rmr)

HERETIC! BURN HIM!!!!

Posted by: Fat Harpies On GLP-1's at May 15, 2025 11:43 AM (Zz0t1)

98 Shummy next to Pelosi is on my list to just stroke out and leave us alone

Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2025 11:44 AM (ypFCm)

99 Tapper Hires PR Crisis Guru as Biden Book Backlash Erupts

Embattled CNN anchor Jake Tapper has enlisted a PR crisis guru amid scathing criticism of his new book, which claims to expose former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline—despite spending years attacking conservatives for making the same argument. Tapper and co-author Alex Thompson hired crisis communications expert Risa Heller and her firm Heller Co., to help in their May 20 launch of Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again. Heller is no stranger to scandal.

Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2025 11:44 AM (RHGPo)

100 84 Fat Kids eat Pop Tarts.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:32 AM (n17eQ)

Skinny kids eat Pop Tarts, too. (My kids are skinny, one VERY skinny.)

what about kids who climb on rocks?

Posted by: anachronda at May 15, 2025 11:44 AM (sGtp+)

101 Fat Kids eat Pop Tarts.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:32 AM (n17eQ)

Skinny kids eat Pop Tarts, too. (My kids are skinny, one VERY skinny.)

The difference is that mine get them about once or twice a week as a treat, not every day.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Skinny kid difference? We ate them while walking a mile to school.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2025 11:45 AM (QXOBW)

102 Fat Kids eat Pop Tarts.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:32 AM (n17eQ)

Skinny kids eat Pop Tarts, too. (My kids are skinny, one VERY skinny.)

what about kids who climb on rocks?
Posted by: anachronda

Even kids with chicken pox.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2025 11:45 AM (QXOBW)

103
Pop Tarts are the devil's spawn of the cherry pies and apple pies that were brutally roasted under heat lamps at McDonalds back in the day.

"You see, Hamburgler, when a cherry pie mommy and an apple pie daddy love each other very, very much they meet under the lights to do the horizontal nasty. And then ..."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 15, 2025 11:45 AM (Tv15w)

104 Does anybody remember Chocolate Elephants, which were a ToastEm product designed in the 60s to compete with pop tarts?

Posted by: Crusader at May 15, 2025 11:45 AM (TN0g+)

105 My understanding is the rush to put flouride in the water was due to a large percentage of the population, especially children, not using a flouride toothpaste or regularly seeing a dentist to give them flouride.
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In boot camp, recruits were assembled in mess halls and given small tubes of flouride and toothbrushes, and instructed and observed while they applied and brushed. I draw no conclusion from this, it's just a bit of Americana.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 15, 2025 11:46 AM (XeU6L)

106 104 No.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2025 11:46 AM (A2D3h)

107 86 Hydric acid and Hydrofluoric acid both contain hydrogen.

Coincidence?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2025 11:40 AM (0sNs1)
----
What's Hydric acid?

Posted by: Ciampino - Rosa is a pinup for David Hogg! at May 15, 2025 11:47 AM (sPQoU)

108 Whoops, sorry. Last Comment was intended for the Ahrt Thread, but decided not to because it was too late. Slipped in here because quantum space-time fluctuations.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sometimes you'll wonder if I just did that to fill a day. (Probably.) at May 15, 2025 11:47 AM (0Es1u)

109 42 Joe Don Baker is dead.

Rest in Peace.

Mitchell!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 15, 2025 11:23 AM (xcxpd)

RIP. Also one of the greatest MST3K episodes.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 15, 2025 11:47 AM (lg881)

110 98 Shummy next to Pelosi is on my list to just stroke out and leave us alone
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Totes agree.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:47 AM (n17eQ)

111 Water contains hydrogen.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2025 11:47 AM (A2D3h)

112 The U.S. Department of Justice is carrying out a criminal investigation into UnitedHealth Group (UNH.N), opens new tab for possible Medicare fraud, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. UnitedHealth said it had not been notified by the DOJ about the "supposed criminal investigation reported," and the company stood by "the integrity of our Medicare Advantage program." The stock fell 8% in after-hours trade following the report. The health insurer has been under pressure for months. On Tuesday, UnitedHealth Group's CEO, Andrew Witty, stepped down unexpectedly, and the company simultaneously suspended its 2025 financial forecast due to rising medical costs.

Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2025 11:47 AM (RHGPo)

113 104
‘ Does anybody remember Chocolate Elephants, which were a ToastEm product designed in the 60s to compete with pop tarts?’

No. But it sounds godawful.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 15, 2025 11:48 AM (jbnUc)

114 Hydric acid is another name for water (H2O), which is essential for life

Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2025 11:48 AM (RHGPo)

115 What's Hydric acid?
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Acid with snakes on its head.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:48 AM (n17eQ)

116 26 Japan stopped fluoridating water, and seem okay?

more research is required to determine whether it's the fluoride or the tentacles.

Posted by: anachronda at May 15, 2025 11:49 AM (sGtp+)

117 Tang was the best engineered food product of the '60s.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2025 11:49 AM (0sNs1)

118 You do know Pop Tarts are hideous, rite?
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:41 AM (n17eQ)

Oh, certainly. I provide healthy, whole food for my family.

But processed crap like that is fine in moderation. (Meaning, RARELY.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 15, 2025 11:49 AM (N1tpc)

119 Thursday night 2AM is Naked Hammer Time here at the Pelosi Mansion. Come On By!

Posted by: Sponsored By Estwing at May 15, 2025 11:50 AM (G5+As)

120 117 Tang was the best engineered food product of the '60s.
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Nah, that was Snickers Bars.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:50 AM (n17eQ)

121 The U.S. Department of Justice is carrying out a criminal investigation into UnitedHealth Group (UNH.N), opens new tab for possible Medicare fraud, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. UnitedHealth said it had not been notified by the DOJ about the "supposed criminal investigation reported," and the company stood by "the integrity of our Medicare Advantage program." The stock fell 8% in after-hours trade following the report. The health insurer has been under pressure for months. On Tuesday, UnitedHealth Group's CEO, Andrew Witty, stepped down unexpectedly, and the company simultaneously suspended its 2025 financial forecast due to rising medical costs.

Just sayin'

Posted by: Luigi Mangione at May 15, 2025 11:50 AM (8hq5W)

122 Thursday night 2AM is Naked Hammer Time here at the Pelosi Mansion. Come On By!

I assume there is an emphasis on ball peen hammers.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2025 11:50 AM (s8j++)

123 they're hideously delicious!
Posted by: the pop tart leprechaun at May 15, 2025 11:41 AM (sGtp+)

Absolutely dying here.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 15, 2025 11:51 AM (N1tpc)

124 There were few fat people before 30 years ago - go look at photos on shorpy or similar sites.
Posted by: 18-1

Yeah, I've seen people mention things like Laurel and Hardy, where Hardy was "comically" fat, but doesn't look so out of place today.
https://tinyurl.com/568ktc47

Even Chauncey Morlan, who traveled with circus freak shows in the 1890s as "The Fattest Man In The World" doesn't look crazy today lol
https://tinyurl.com/3k5cdw4z

Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 15, 2025 11:51 AM (JCZqz)

125 I just renewed my prescription high-fluoride tooth paste prescription. Dentist said, brush with it at the end of the day; spit but do not rinse (kind of counter-intuitive). He thinks it helps. I'm concerned that in another fifty years I may begin to have cognitive decline as a result.

Posted by: mindful webworker - codgeritive decline at May 15, 2025 11:51 AM (0Es1u)

126 Re: the Art Thread: Clement Greenburg has a lot to answer for.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 15, 2025 11:51 AM (6YdsJ)

127 Pop Tarts are the rice cakes of ramen noodles.

Posted by: Know your food hierarchy at May 15, 2025 11:52 AM (o1Z0q)

128 109
‘ RIP. Also one of the greatest MST3K episodes.

Great moments in Mitchell:
(Bad guys stuff Mitchell into garbage can)

“Oh look, there’s a piece of rice!”
“Yuck. That wasnt rice.”

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 15, 2025 11:52 AM (jbnUc)

129 It's been said that El Paso has the happiest people in the world because of the lithium content in the drinking water.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2025 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)

I've been there quite a few times and I can categorically state that this is false.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 15, 2025 11:53 AM (/HDaX)

130 More research is needed to better understand if there are health risks associated with low fluoride exposures.

Add it to the water supply for a century and then start researching the effects? That's how you get solid data!

Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2025 11:53 AM (n9MHj)

131 Moving rice is the best rice.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2025 11:53 AM (A2D3h)

132 On May 9, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations,” addressing one of the most insidious threats to American liberty: the unchecked expansion of criminal penalties through regulatory sprawl.

The order accomplishes two key reforms. First, it limits criminal enforcement to cases in which a person knowingly violates a regulation, discouraging the use of “strict liability,” which bypasses the traditional requirement of criminal intent. Second, it compels federal agencies to publicly identify every regulation they enforce with criminal penalties, along with the statutory authority and mental state required for conviction. That such basic transparency has never been required is an indictment of how far the system has drifted from constitutional norms.

Posted by: SMOD at May 15, 2025 11:53 AM (RHGPo)

133 Tang was the best engineered food product of the '60s.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2025 11:49 AM (0sNs1)
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Tang was a huge disappoinmenr to 10 year old me.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 15, 2025 11:53 AM (6YdsJ)

134 127 Pop Tarts are the rice cakes of ramen noodles.
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Shockingly, they found a way to make Ramen taste like shit. I used to eat it as a Marine cuz filling. Now they all taste like shit.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:53 AM (n17eQ)

135 Tang was the best engineered food product of the '60s.
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Nah, that was Snickers Bars.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:50 AM (n17eQ)

Snickers was introduced in 1930.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 15, 2025 11:54 AM (5xuJ/)

136 > Tang was the best engineered food product of the '60s.
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Tab and Diet Pepsi soft drinks
Green Giant frozen veggies in butter sauce
Pringles
Gatorade

All developed in the '60's.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2025 11:54 AM (Q4IgG)

137 Pop Tarts are the devil's spawn of the cherry pies and apple pies that were brutally roasted under heat lamps at McDonalds back in the day.

"You see, Hamburgler, when a cherry pie mommy and an apple pie daddy love each other very, very much they meet under the lights to do the horizontal nasty. And then ..."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 15, 2025 11:45 AM (Tv15w)

I remember in high school my favorite time of year was the 2 for $2 big macs and 2 for $1 apple pies at McDonalds.

That would be my lunch once a week or so.

I also ran 6 miles a day, so I needed those calories.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 15, 2025 11:54 AM (N1tpc)

138 Joe Don Baker is dead.

Rest in Peace.

Mitchell!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Sheriff Buford T. Pusser.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2025 11:54 AM (QXOBW)

139 until Americans stop consuming so much sugar, cavities in children are going to explode if we don't use fluoride in water. Not a single municipality has harmful amounts.
Posted by: Scott Ballard at May 15, 2025 11:27 AM (f5tYS)

So add the fluoride to the sugary sweets favored by children, and leave it out of the water.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 15, 2025 11:54 AM (Py1O+)

140 So who died?? All the flags around here are at half mast..

Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2025 11:54 AM (PCK5/)

141 Should check the general health and tooth health of people that live in naturally high fluoride areas, thus water supply.

Posted by: Ciampino - Rosa is the pinup for David Hogg at May 15, 2025 11:54 AM (sPQoU)

142 Moving rice is the best rice.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2025 11:53 AM (A2D3h)
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You can say that again.

Posted by: Gary Hart at May 15, 2025 11:55 AM (6YdsJ)

143 I think you are supposed to to do the research before you add waste products from the aluminum industry to your water supply.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2025 11:55 AM (A2D3h)

144 42 Joe Don Baker is dead.

Rest in Peace.

Mitchell!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 15, 2025 11:23 AM (xcxpd)

Gonna watch Rambo tonight in his memory.

Posted by: Brian Dennehey at May 15, 2025 11:55 AM (stbLm)

145 Tab and Diet Pepsi soft drinks
Green Giant frozen veggies in butter sauce
Pringles
Gatorade

All developed in the '60's.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Swanson Hungry Man TV Dinner with real fruit compote!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2025 11:55 AM (QXOBW)

146 95 DON'T Google her! It's a trap!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

THAT IS AMAZING COMING FROM YOU!!!!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Well, people who don't know her might Google her based on Chuck's mention, with no fair warning of the horrors that await! You gotta warn the people, or give them a chance to avoid the brainrot.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

It's nearly as dangerous as disturbing the slumber of one of the Old Ones. I should have included a warning.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2025 11:55 AM (Dv3i1)

147 Tang is the FlavorAid of Carnation Instant Breakfast.

Posted by: Know your food hierarchy at May 15, 2025 11:55 AM (o1Z0q)

148 Yeah, I've seen people mention things like Laurel and Hardy, where Hardy was "comically" fat, but doesn't look so out of place today.
https://tinyurl.com/568ktc47

Even Chauncey Morlan, who traveled with circus freak shows in the 1890s as "The Fattest Man In The World" doesn't look crazy today lol
https://tinyurl.com/3k5cdw4z
Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 15, 2025 11:51 AM (JCZqz)

Yeah, I would say Hardy looks like the average guy now.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 15, 2025 11:55 AM (N1tpc)

149 Snickers was introduced in 1930.
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Wow. Did not know that. I do remember them available in the 60s. Prior to that availability was only Baby Ruth.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:56 AM (n17eQ)

150 I've seen a lot of people using Grok recently, so I tried it for the first time on a Rick Wilson X post.

@grok is Rick Wilson a beta male or soy boy?

The terms "beta male" and "soy boy" are subjective insults, often used to mock men perceived as lacking traditional masculinity, especially in politically charged online spaces. Rick Wilson, a political strategist and Trump critic, is targeted with these labels due to his progressive stances and intellectual approach. However, his assertive leadership in the Lincoln Project and confident media presence contradict these stereotypes. The terms reflect cultural biases and political divides, not objective truth, and are criticized for promoting toxic masculinity. Wilson's actions suggest strength and influence, not weakness.

I guess AI only learns what it's taught, so I can't be too surprised or disappointed with this answer.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 15, 2025 11:56 AM (JCZqz)

151 147 Tang is the FlavorAid of Carnation Instant Breakfast.
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Nestle Strawberry Milk powder was nasty.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:57 AM (n17eQ)

152 Hydric acid and Hydrofluoric acid both contain hydrogen.

Coincidence?

Nasty stuff, that hydric acid. It's heavier than air, too, so you have to be careful.

Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2025 11:57 AM (IxaHo)

153 Should check the general health and tooth health of people that live in naturally high fluoride areas, thus water supply.
Posted by: Ciampino

As much needs to be checked on those who grew up in the country on well water. Sans fluoride.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2025 11:57 AM (QXOBW)

154 149
‘ Prior to that availability was only Baby Ruth.’

I found one in a swimming pool once.

Posted by: Carl Spackler at May 15, 2025 11:57 AM (jbnUc)

155 143 I think you are supposed to to do the research before you add waste products from the aluminum industry to your water supply.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2025 11:55 AM (A2D3h)

Weird how they determine that kids need fluoride for their teeth so they solve the problem by adding it to water that everyone drinks in different quantities all receiving different doses. Seems like a bullshit plan to me.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 15, 2025 11:57 AM (stbLm)

156 143 I think you are supposed to to do the research before you add waste products from the aluminum industry to your water supply.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2025 11:55 AM (A2D3h)

The problem is...most everyone doesn't want to wait that long. You can get short term effects rapidly. But long term effects would take decades to know...literal decades. Usually, we just guess from long term effects on animals, which is a bad way to do this.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 15, 2025 11:58 AM (tOcjL)

157 Swanson Hungry Man TV Dinner with real fruit compote!
Posted by: rickb223

I've never seen a compote tree. Fake news!!!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 15, 2025 11:58 AM (cYBz/)

158
Didn't Joe Don show up in separate Bond movies as a hero, then a villian?

Posted by: Auspex at May 15, 2025 11:58 AM (j4U/Z)

159 Clark bars.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2025 11:58 AM (A2D3h)

160 Salisbury Steak: both a TV dinner AND Maryland institute of higher learning.

Posted by: Twofer at May 15, 2025 11:58 AM (o1Z0q)

161 Hydric acid and Hydrofluoric acid both contain hydrogen.

Coincidence?

Dihydrogen monoxide is a bitch.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2025 11:58 AM (QXOBW)

162 I'll take "Wicked Lesbians" for $2000, Alex.

Posted by: David Hogg at May 15, 2025 11:58 AM (VJc7E)

163 Anyone remember Sky Bars?

Posted by: Really Crappy Candy at May 15, 2025 11:58 AM (xofCm)

164 128 109
‘ RIP. Also one of the greatest MST3K episodes.

Great moments in Mitchell:
(Bad guys stuff Mitchell into garbage can)

“Oh look, there’s a piece of rice!”
“Yuck. That wasnt rice.”

From the MST3K Amazing Collossal Episode Guide:

"This movie fairly reeks of spilled Schlitz, Marlboros, and pizza left on the couch."

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 15, 2025 11:58 AM (/HDaX)

165 Mostly lurker coming out of the background only to say the BEN ROETHLESSBERGER posts always crack me up.

Posted by: Scarlett O'Hara at May 15, 2025 11:59 AM (efuu+)

166 Compote is a legume.

Posted by: Everybody knows that at May 15, 2025 11:59 AM (o1Z0q)

167 Joe Don Baker is dead.

Rest in Peace.

Mitchell!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 15, 2025 11:23 AM (xcxpd)

Gonna watch Rambo tonight in his memory.
Posted by: Brian Dennehey at May 15, 2025 11:55 AM (stbLm)

I almost missed the joke on that one.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 15, 2025 11:59 AM (N1tpc)

168 Didn't Joe Don show up in separate Bond movies as a hero, then a villian?
Posted by: Auspex at May 15, 2025 11:58 AM (j4U/Z)
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Yes.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 15, 2025 12:00 PM (6YdsJ)

169 RIP. Also one of the greatest MST3K episodes.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 15, 2025 11:47 AM (lg881)

Don't forget about Final Justice!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 15, 2025 12:00 PM (N1tpc)

170 140 So who died?? All the flags around here are at half mast..
Posted by: tubal

Joe Don Baker, apparently.

Posted by: Walking Tall at May 15, 2025 12:00 PM (G5+As)

171 166 Compote is a legume.
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Its an operable condition, rite?

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 12:00 PM (n17eQ)

172

Sheriff Buford T. Pusser.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2025 11:54 AM (QXOBW)

Greatness.

Posted by: Fat Harpies On GLP-1's at May 15, 2025 12:00 PM (Zz0t1)

173 Snickers was named after a beloved horse.

Posted by: You could look it up at May 15, 2025 12:01 PM (o1Z0q)

174 Didn't Joe Don show up in separate Bond movies as a hero, then a villian?
Posted by: Auspex at May 15, 2025 11:58 AM (j4U/Z)

Pretty sure he was just sidekick, both times.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 15, 2025 12:01 PM (N1tpc)

175 Snickers was introduced in 1930.
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Wow. Did not know that. I do remember them available in the 60s. Prior to that availability was only Baby Ruth.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 15, 2025 11:56 AM (n17eQ)

Growing up in the 50's, most of us kids weren't allowed to buy those candies because our parents thought of them as a waste of money. Most of the little confectionary stores in town sold either Hershey bars, those little strips of paper with tiny candy dots on them, or chocolate "breakups" at a penny a apiece. But we also didn't spend much time in the house, either. Always outdoors running around like maniacs, burning off the calories.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 15, 2025 12:02 PM (5xuJ/)

176 Anyone remember Sky Bars?

They still sell them in my area

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2025 12:02 PM (t0Rmr)

177 Incommoding. Ben and Jerry's. What is that?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2025 12:02 PM (A2D3h)

178 Tang was a huge disappoinmenr to 10 year old me.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 15, 2025 11:53 AM (6YdsJ)

I used to stir so much in that it almost made a paste.
My mom would buy it and it would be gone two days later.
I still love it.

Posted by: Reforger at May 15, 2025 12:02 PM (xcIvR)

179
Mitchell!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
_______

As good as Mitchell was on MST, I might give Final Justice the nod.

"You think you can take me? Go ahead on."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 15, 2025 12:03 PM (UBKzV)

180 174
‘ Pretty sure he was just sidekick, both times.’

He played some CIA guy, didn’t he?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 15, 2025 12:03 PM (jbnUc)

181 It's been a rough week.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2025 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)

182 Tang was a huge disappoinmenr to 10 year old me.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 15, 2025 11:53 AM

But the astronauts drank it!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2025 12:03 PM (0sNs1)

183 Pretty sure he was just sidekick, both times.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 15, 2025 12:01 PM (N1tpc)
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He was a main villain in The Living Daylights and a side character in Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 15, 2025 12:03 PM (6YdsJ)

184 7 This is maddening. The questioning/statements thrown at Mr. Kennedy by the jack asses democrats makes one want to throw heavy items at the screen.
-------------------------------
That is why everyone around the world laughs at us. Even with Trump schlonging everyone everywhere, they STILL know we've got ignorant lunatics in control.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
--------------------------

Democrats are not there to discover or understand information they are there and the questions they ask are designed to be cut for re-election sound bites.
_Be Funded Be Continued

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2025 12:04 PM (ggv1C)

185 Tang is the FlavorAid of Carnation Instant Breakfast.
Posted by: Know your food hierarchy at May 15, 2025 11:55 AM (o1Z0q)

That was an amazing Marketing campaign for Carnation, because the second I saw those words, in my head played:

"Carnation Instant Breakfast!... You're gonna love it in an instant".

Literally haven't heard that in 30 years, but it's still there.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 15, 2025 12:04 PM (N1tpc)

186 Snickers was named after a beloved horse.
Posted by: You could look it up at May 15, 2025 12:01 PM

Where's my candy bar?

Posted by: Mr. Ed at May 15, 2025 12:04 PM (0sNs1)

187 > Didn't Joe Don show up in separate Bond movies as a hero, then a villian?
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Arms dealer in "The Living Daylights." CIA agent in another one or two, forget which.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2025 12:04 PM (Q4IgG)

188 I'll take "Wicked Lesbians" for $2000, Alex.
Posted by: David Hogg at May 15, 2025 11:58 AM

I'll take $2,000 for your mother, Hogg!

Posted by: Sean Connery at May 15, 2025 12:05 PM (kgE5c)

189 User tip: open up IMDB in a new browser tab.

Posted by: This happens a lot at May 15, 2025 12:05 PM (o1Z0q)

190 But the astronauts drank it!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2025 12:03 PM (0sNs1)
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Hence the disappointment.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 15, 2025 12:05 PM (6YdsJ)

191 PI in Cape Fear.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2025 12:05 PM (A2D3h)

192 Whenever anyone says anything is "for the children," you best better guard your wallet. Literally nothing is for the children. The left views children as expendable, even sacrificial, and to be used for adult profit, political advancement, religious cultism, and sexual gratification.

Posted by: Elric Blade at May 15, 2025 12:05 PM (iFTx/)

193 In my career I've seen smooth surface cavities (the ones prevented by fluoride) explode since folks have started drinking filtered/bottled water.

Wouldn't that just as easily be the lack of topical exposure though?
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Other than that, the whole "It affects IQ" thing is... there are so many confounding factors that affect IQ. Everything from nutrition to upbringing to parents' reading habits.

Unless that meta analysis controlled for all the other confounding factors, saying that "it's Fluoride" is... not useful?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 15, 2025 12:05 PM (hB7mE)

194 Didn't Joe Don show up in separate Bond movies as a hero, then a villian?
Posted by: Auspex at May 15, 2025 11:58 AM (j4U/Z)
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Yes.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 15, 2025 12:00 PM (6YdsJ)

Imma help put some actual detail in here.

As Jack Wade, CIA dude in "Tomorrow Never Dies" and "Goldeneye".
As Brad Whitaker, American arms dealer and self-styled general in "The Living Daylights"

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 15, 2025 12:06 PM (/HDaX)

195 They didn't name so much as a K-ration after me.

Posted by: Francis the Talking Mule at May 15, 2025 12:06 PM (o1Z0q)

196 183
‘ He was a main villain in The Living Daylights and a side character in Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies.’

He was the bad guy in Fletch.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 15, 2025 12:06 PM (jbnUc)

197 The problem is...most everyone doesn't want to wait that long. You can get short term effects rapidly. But long term effects would take decades to know...literal decades. Usually, we just guess from long term effects on animals, which is a bad way to do this.

When I was trying to decide what to do about the clot shot I went to a forum for medical researchers where someone asked how they could know if the shot was safe.

The response was that to measure the safety of a drug you needed years of study, not the weeks that the shot had - the shot could give you cancer or make you grow extra fingers know one would know for years but "you should take the shot"

This is exactly what prompted me to NOT get the clot shot.

Also, there was a fight in Trump's first term about whether the FDA would let people with terminal illnesses take unapproved drugs. Trump's argument was that we should because they are going to die anyway, and the establishment argued no because, uh, the drugs might kill them.

And then these same people started mandating the clot shot not knowing what it would do for an illness that wasn't life threatening.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2025 12:07 PM (t0Rmr)

198 Didn't Joe Don show up in separate Bond movies as a hero, then a villian?
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Arms dealer in "The Living Daylights." CIA agent in another one or two, forget which.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2025 12:04 PM (Q4IgG)

Ah, so it was villain, then hero (sidekick, really)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 15, 2025 12:07 PM (N1tpc)

199 They didn't name so much as a K-ration after me.
Posted by: Francis the Talking Mule at May 15, 2025 12:06 PM (o1Z0q)

Wasn't there a 'Francis Mule Glue' at one point?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2025 12:07 PM (Zz0t1)

200 But the astronauts drank it!

It's either Tang or.... your own piss!

Posted by: Tang in Space at May 15, 2025 12:07 PM (emDE2)

201 Tang was awful.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2025 12:08 PM (A2D3h)

202 Remember at any congressional hearing the democrats are handed the questions they are to ask. They have little role in determining what they will ask or even how they will vote on a candidate.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2025 12:08 PM (t0Rmr)

203 Stay in your lane, Francis

Posted by: Gorilla Glue at May 15, 2025 12:08 PM (o1Z0q)

204 Regarding Joe Don Baker, I never did trust anyone with two first names like that. Unseemly.

Posted by: Edward Everett Horton at May 15, 2025 12:08 PM (G5+As)

205 It's either Tang or.... your own piss!/i]

That one's easy!

Posted by: Gandhi holding up a yellow glass of fluid at May 15, 2025 12:09 PM (t0Rmr)

206 I liked Grape Tang.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 15, 2025 12:09 PM (/HDaX)

207 Tang was awful.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2025 12:08 PM (A2D3h)

Don't know that I've ever had it. Mom didn't buy anything like that. She cooked all our meals from scratch and wouldn't so much let much processed anything in the pantry.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2025 12:09 PM (Zz0t1)

208 Tang was awful.

You people. I assume you sent the butler out to get you a glass of Tang so you could see how the poor people lived. We were just happy to have something to flavor the fluoride.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2025 12:10 PM (ExV1e)

209 Don't know that I've ever had it. Mom didn't buy anything like that. She cooked all our meals from scratch and wouldn't so much let much processed anything in the pantry.

Most people make semi-prepared meals now, if they don't just get take out.

And at first it seems its because the mass entry of women into the workforce but...the welfare class does it as well, hell its apparently a crime against humanity to deny them white castle burgers or fritos.

Posted by: Gandhi holding up a yellow glass of fluid at May 15, 2025 12:11 PM (t0Rmr)

210 Remember at any congressional hearing the democrats are handed the questions they are to ask. They have little role in determining what they will ask or even how they will vote on a candidate.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2025 12:08 PM (t0Rmr)

I'd be willing to bet the same is true for the Republicans.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 15, 2025 12:11 PM (ExV1e)

211 He was the bad guy in Fletch.
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Fletch was such an under-rated flick.

Posted by: Crusader at May 15, 2025 12:11 PM (TN0g+)

212 Mamas, don’t let your babys grow up to dentists. Just let them be doctors and lawyers and such….

Posted by: Eromero at May 15, 2025 12:11 PM (LHPAg)

213 Don't know that I've ever had it. Mom didn't buy anything like that. She cooked all our meals from scratch and wouldn't so much let much processed anything in the pantry.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2025 12:09 PM (Zz0t1)
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We got it because I pestered my mom. After one trial, it stayed in the cupboard for at least a decade.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 15, 2025 12:11 PM (6YdsJ)

214 I liked Grape Tang.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 15, 2025 12:09 PM (/HDaX)

There's another flavor...

Posted by: Eric Swalwell at May 15, 2025 12:11 PM (Py1O+)

215 Speaking of dentists, anybody seen NGU?

Posted by: Eromero at May 15, 2025 12:12 PM (LHPAg)

216 It's either Tang or.... your own piss!/i]

That one's easy!
Posted by: Gandhi holding up a yellow glass of fluid at May 15, 2025 12:09 PM (t0Rmr)

*meta cough*

Close your close italic tags, 18-1!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 15, 2025 12:13 PM (/HDaX)

217 Joe Don Looney > Joe Don Baker

Posted by: Crazy Mofo at May 15, 2025 12:13 PM (xofCm)

218 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2025 12:13 PM (Zz0t1)

219 There's another flavor...
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at May 15, 2025 12:11 PM (Py1O+)
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Fang Fang Tang?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 15, 2025 12:13 PM (6YdsJ)

220 *I never did trust anyone with two first names like that. Unseemly.*

Is this about me?

Posted by: Neil Patrick Harris at May 15, 2025 12:13 PM (o1Z0q)

221 Is this about me?
Posted by: Neil Patrick Harris at May 15, 2025 12:13 PM (o1Z0q)

You fit the category, too, pal.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 15, 2025 12:14 PM (/HDaX)

222 We did the Tang thing for a while, but even as kids we preferred real O.J. and juices over the powdered stuff.

Or maybe mom just would give in to us.

Either way... but I'll note that many of the so-called "thirst quenching" drinks are available in powder form now. Some, exclusively in powder form.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 15, 2025 12:14 PM (Q4IgG)

223 >>>I guess AI only learns what it's taught, so I can't be too surprised or disappointed with this answer.
Posted by: Moron Analyst
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The answers I've received cite the number of sources and little hot link icons to the source. I think that there is a way to input to the response but haven't explored it. But yeah, some of the answers reflect the most often repeated opinion.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2025 12:14 PM (ggv1C)

224 Captain Obvious - I think you mentioned the naval history channel Drachinifel when we were at the MoMee. I've been hooked on it ever since I got back.

Posted by: PabloD at May 15, 2025 12:14 PM (PydRF)

225 So who died?? All the flags around here are at half mast..
Posted by: tubal

Nobody follows flag code anymore

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 15, 2025 12:14 PM (hB7mE)

226 ang was awful.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2025 12:08 PM (A2D3h)

Don't know that I've ever had it. Mom didn't buy anything like that. She cooked all our meals from scratch and wouldn't so much let much processed anything in the pantry.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2025 12:09 PM (Zz0t1)

My Hungarian mom was the same. She knew no other way. Cooked as her mom did before her. And being that my entire neighborhood was mostly Hungarian, Polish or Slovak, either right from from the old country or 1st generation American, all my friends pretty much had the same experience. This was in the 50's, early 60's. Candy or even soda was not considered "necessary" in your diet. Occasional treat, but not a staple.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 15, 2025 12:15 PM (5xuJ/)

227 Fletch was such an under-rated flick.
Posted by: Crusader

It's sequel-Feltch-was a major disappointment.

Posted by: Uncle Pervy at May 15, 2025 12:15 PM (G5+As)

228 Not a single municipality has harmful amounts.
Posted by: Scott Ballard at May 15, 2025 11:27 AM (f5tYS)

I got to observe the results of adding fluoride to the water supply in my community when they voted to fortify the water. We went from mostly normal-sized people with plenty of skinnies to mostly fat people with much fewer normals and skinnies, just in a couple of years. Turns out that fluoride is bad for some peoples' thyroids.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at May 15, 2025 12:17 PM (rF2iL)

229 Fletch was such an under-rated flick.

Was Fletch the one that had the stunning lady in scant cladding emerge from the bear suit at the end? If so that movie was so boring I fell asleep watching it. But I did see the end.

Posted by: DanMan at May 15, 2025 12:20 PM (8uzBS)

230 I perused the John Birch Society web site years ago, drilled down on their world view. Everything made perfect sense to me. Except for one thing.

Flouridating the municipal water supply. They really did consider it a communist plot to make people docile and/or stupid or somesuch. I gave them a pass. 99 out of a 100.

Maybe they were right about that, too. In the 1950s

Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2025 12:23 PM (3hFEd)

231 The terms "beta male" and "soy boy" are subjective insults, often used to mock men perceived as lacking traditional masculinity, especially in politically charged online spaces. Rick Wilson, a political strategist and Trump critic, is targeted with these labels due to his progressive stances and intellectual approach. However, his assertive leadership in the Lincoln Project and confident media presence contradict these stereotypes.

LOL. Grok doesn't grok that involvement in the Lincoln Project definitely makes Wilson a soy boy. He'd have to be interested in women in order to be a beta male.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 15, 2025 12:23 PM (hB7mE)

232 The Gorilla has message for all you Darwinists Goofballs and Evolutionists

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