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1. (1) Landwasserschlepper
   (2) … can’t remember.
   (3) IDK for sure, but looks like a pre-WW2 Brit light tank.
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   Not good with movies, but that’s the Wild Wild West TV show in the middle.
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   – Kle.

   1. Good – keep going.

2. Identify the Vehicle:
   1. Landwasserschlepper
   2. Pz. Sfl. IVc
   3. experimental Light Tank Mk. 1A
   Identify the Feature Film/TV Series:
   A. Casablanca
   B. The Wild Wild West
   C. Excalibur

   1. SNAP!

      1. “We’re not worthy”…nice…like not even a bit of hesitation. (I did get WWW & Excalibur and was guessing at Casablanca based on the crisp attire.)

3. Your opening bullet point brought back memories from a long time ago. I was just out of high school and got a job as a roughneck offshore Louisiana. As the ‘worm’ on the drill floor it was my job to keep the driller’s coffee mug full. He would tell me ‘that if the spoon fell over and hit the inside of the cup, it wasn’t strong enough’. Good times

   Stringshot

   1. A lot of people these days go for a cup-o-pudding (sugar, milk, carmel syrup, etc.)

4. IDA:
   1. Landwasserschlepper
   2. Pz. Sfl. IVc
   3. Experimental Light Tank Mk. 1A
   IDFF:
   A. Casablanca
   B. The Wild Wild West
   C. Excalibur

5. “The exploding pagers in Hezbollah country still tickle me.”
   Did more than tickle them.
   What to do with their 72 virgins now?

   1. Old school but effective. Wont be able to satisfy 72 virgins with there dicks blown off. hahaha

   2. Based on accounts, many of these Hezbollah operatives holding secret com devices kept the pagers in their pockets and ended up with their courting tackle being explosively removed.

      1. I also read there was a ten second beep that caused some to look at it.
         Like that Iranian terrorist advisor, I mean, ambassador.

         1. “Silence, I keel you”
            Achmed the Dead Terrorist

            1. Heh

6. Can Somebody Explain this – use small words.
   (Ms. HogbreathSS )
   First time we had a bacon cheddar burger together I stopped the waitress and said, “What the!!!” Think the cook forgot something maybe? Ms. HogSS graciously told the waitress that it was perfect and then informed me of her gluten allergy. I couldn’t help but laugh at this awesome burger with all the trimmings with no bun? Apparently she has a bad reaction but seen here eat plenty of gluten…I’ve said too much.

   1. A bunless burger is A Thing these low-carb days (I get the purpose was no gluten in MRSHBSS’s case). The thing that made me double-take was hearing an Indian guy order “one Big Mac, no meat please”.
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      As for saying too much: yeah, probably? A young woman told me she is lactose intolerant. Then literally less than five minutes later that she drinks lots of chocolate milk. And not the “Lact-Aid” kind with the enzyme added to break down the lactose for you. I figured that “okay” followed by silence was the best response. That said, the prevalence of all sorts of allergies and intolerances is going up. While there is self-diagnosis for various purposes (attention seeking, being “fashionable”, victimhood culture, etc) it’s probably real. I have no idea why, though I can think of a number of tinfoil hat theories (half of which will turn out to be true in five years).

      1. Broadcasting your victimhood while ordering food is a woke trend. It’s like ordering a vat-grown hamburger. In much the same way as announcing pronouns, it lets everyone around you know that you’re a turd.

7. Ka oom. That’s what they get for not liking dogs. One bomb sniffer would have helped. I won’t suggest they start taking the cars apart to see what is behind the door panel or inside the tires.

   “We’ll always have Paris” well, not if Hidalggo and Macron stay in charge.

   1. The phones they used to carry just transponded and broadcast GPS coordinates for a JDAM dropped from 25K overhead.

8. The onset of a pile of modern “allergies” for a larger portion of society is the foodie side of social media: Attention…”I have this allergy or condition”. That said, for those who do have some problem with certain foods, this could be caused by too many vaccines, Big Pharma’s peddled garbage for every ailment, corporate farms using all manner of chemicals, food additives (like that imitation crab made from drywall paste)…or the likely culprit…heavily processed foods. Maybe people have developed weak constitutions from a combination of the above, but certainly have developed weak mindedness from listening to the peddled pablum as if it’s mother’s milk.
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   A burger without a bun is…sacrilegious…how do you keep the pickle, bacon, lettuce, and tomato in place without one? (heh)
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   Ducati…I’d kill myself on that land rocket ship.

   1. BTW, just realized I didn’t use small words…guess I don’t follow instructions very well (especially as a kid making models, went by the picture). Small Words version: “Frail”.

9. Exploding pagers. Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of guys.

   1. I came on a hajji once who was screaming and bleeding, trying unsuccessfully to staunch the flow from his groin. It wasn’t that which disturbed him most. A feral dog had snatched up his dick, part of his nuts, and ate it. I realize that it may seem insensitive of me, but the only thing that would have been funnier was if a pig had eaten them. I’m not a friend of the hajjis. Live and let live, yes. But once it goes kinetic, all I feel is the need to double-tap. If you accuse me of being a heartless pipe hitter, ok.

      1. On his podcast Bongino showed the video (was listening) with “color” commentary…very similar to your anecdote. Read a meme that yesterday Ilhan Omar left her pager at home.

      2. Seen similar. BrokenToys are built lethal and heartless.

         1. What can you do, pry the dog’s jaws open, reach in and recover the pieces from the stomach? If you did, you could toss them in his lap, but I guarantee his morale won’t improve. One think the hajji won’t get is my fentanyl lollypop to ease his journey.

10. Small words: When you look at crowd pictures from 50 years ago, and look around now, something broke, dietarily, in the population in general. If it was a simple cause and easy solution, our culture wouldn’t be grasping at so many fad diets and weight loss meds. Gluten-free has lasted longer than most, to the benefit of the few actual celiacs, but it’s not the cause or the cure.
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    I have an easy way to distinguish on the allergies: if they don’t mention it until food comes up, ask where we’re going ahead of time to check the menu, are polite and looking for a way to work around it, will have alternate food available… I believe them.
    If they have hair colours not found in nature, and try to proselytize socialism as well as “allergy” du jour at me, I don’t believe them, but will politely play along with their insanity and inanity as needed for minimum possible interaction.
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    I say this as someone whose purse contains dedicated places for the inhaler, the epi pen, the chewable benadryl (for when swallowing doesn’t work, but sublingual still does… it usually turns epi pen use from a hospital admission into an ER catch and release), the pistol, and the spare mags. I keep my epi trainer right next to my blue gun, for practicing muscle memory, because it’s amazing how stupid I can get and how fast fine motor control goes.

    1. I’m not saying the food allergies are not real. They are. BUT everywhere I go now, if I want a pizza, they’re offering cauliflower or non-gluten crust, sometimes exclusively. For those who are not swayed by trends and want a pizza – the old-fashioned way – humor us. If you want a burger protein wrap style, go for it. Don’t consign me to your woke food hell in the process. If you’re going to order mochalattechino with whipped cream (pup cup) on top at the local beanery, go for it. I don’t care. But woke isn’t for everyone.
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       It’s not unlike what you were saying, Dorothy – I had a narcan pen pushed on me the other day (not administered). “You should carry it all the time.” – “But I’m not an addict.” – “What if you come across somebody that took an opiate and is suffering respiratory failure?” – “I’ll wish them a smooth transition to the Happy Hunting Grounds. One thing I won’t do is CPR and risk infection from one of a dozen STDs, hepititus, parasites, etc. that they’re likely carrying. You act like death is a tragedy for those poor tortured souls. Let ’em go.”

       1. I expect to deal with the world with all its rough bits, not expect the world to make itself soft for me. And while a good cauli crust pizza is a nice keto option, progressive ideologues adopting the dietary restrictions part of other religions in order to feel smugly virtuous while being asses is nobody else’s idea of a good time.
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          I won’t carry a narcan pen, either. Unlike having an immune system with a malfunctioning IFF, addicts willingly got themselves into it, and stayed there. Frankly, if it weren’t for the kids that are hostages to fortune and end up victims of their parent’s vices, I wouldn’t support ambulances having ’em. Frankly, there are too many idiots already who chase the ultimate high relying on the goodwill of strangers and on the EMTs as their failsafe… and what you subsidize, you get more of. Why reward them?

          1. I know people on long-term pain management. With opioids. One of the side effects of long-term pain management on opioids is funky kidneys, which means the user can go into an overdose situation without knowing it. But do long-term pain management doctors prescribe Narcan knowing that eventually the patient is going to have an overdose issue? Nope. So the patient goes to the ER and the ER staff treats the patient like some street-drug user, usually very negatively. And when they find out the person is on long-term pain management their attitude actually gets worse, because the patient ‘should know better.’
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             I hate the modern medical system.

11. Ducati… art on wheels that goes fast.
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    Rand study … “Both China and Russia hold starkly different views from most U.S. and western officials and analysts ..”. Yes. Worse, we ignore those different views when making foreign policy decisions and then are puzzled at the results of said decisions.
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    Jim and Artie saved the day… as it should be. Do you suppose they read the Rand study? Then promptly laughed, pulled out their revolver and verified they were loaded. Put on their hats and left the train car.
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    I never liked that particular Camelot movie. Casablanca on the other hand was excellent.
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    Imagine the fun you could have with that German amphibious tracked vehicle. Ed …better than just boating.

12. Exploding pagers: That is something that Dr Fate* or Sir Ware-Armitage would have though of.
    *The Great Race
    **Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines

    Burgers and buns: Those who are old enough will remember when Burger King started advertising “Have it your way!” and the smarty pants guys would order a Whopper, hold the bun. Now that’s no longer a joke.

    Gluten: American wheat is now highly hybridized. This is the result of several factors including reducing the height of the wheat stalk to allow easier harvesting, reducing field waste of the tall stalks and desiring more laboratory verified nutrition. The result is that the gluten in each grain is increased significantly giving a greater impact on the body. This is similar to the more powerful marijuana that is being produced today instead of that which was popular decades ago. Some folks like the social standing gained by saying they are gluten free and others have physical reactions from eating too much gluten. The latter are usually polite and don’t tell you.

13. Identify the Feature Film/TV Series: Well, shoot. “B” is me, of course!

    1. I thought you might recognize yourself.

14. WSF advises you to be brave enough to suck at something new.
    Good judgement comes from experience; experience comes from bad judgement.
    Living the dream.

    1. A friend of mine recently suggested that he might become a politician. After discussing the filthy nature of that profession, and suggesting that male prostitution in the Bay Area (serving the likes of Mr. Pelosi) might be a more honorable pursuit, I quoted Animal House to him.

    2. If it weren’t for embracing the sucking at something new, I wouldn’t have managed any of the awesome things I’ve pulled off over the years. Good advice.

       After all, if we’re all gonna end up with slow, shaky, and deaf, why not make it worth it?

15. Explain it in small words. The wheat we eat now is not genetically the same as the wheat everyone ate years ago. The gluten isn’t the same.

    Today’s wheat has been genetically modified to grow shorter, more club-shaped which allows (or causes) it to put more energy into producing food than a long stem. The ancient wheat (called Einkorn) looks different: the grains are smaller, and when you see them side by side it’s obvious they’re different. The vast majority of the wheat grown now is Borlaug wheat, named for Norma Borlaug, “invented” in the 1960s and is credited with saving billions of lives. He won the Nobel Peace Prize and more for saving so many lives.

    I have no doubt that a lot of the complaints about gluten are “I’m so special” egotism, and the “gluten-free!” labels on things that never, ever contained gluten are insane. But the Einkorn vs. Borlaug wheat is the germ of truth behind it. (See what I did there? And I didn’t even say the “wheat bred” that way.)

    1. I still laugh at the “gluten-free lap dances” sign, but I’ll admit what you’re saying has a single grain (ein korn) of truth to it…

       Have you ever baked with einkorn? There’s a couple of farms in Italy growing it for export, and it’s fascinating! Also, dealing with the weak gluten does a lot to explain why most old breads were disk-shaped, and why we put 10,000 years of selective breeding into evolving it to the pre-Borlaug wheat we had.

       1. Full disclosure – I buy Polselli, Classica, Type 00 Flour imported from Italy for baking pizza crusts and bread at home. It leads to SIGNIFICANTLY better results than the best flour I can buy from the US market.

          1. Where would one buy Polselli Classica flour? I bake my own bread and I like trying different brands of flour.

             1. I buy it on Amazon.com

16. “Can Somebody Explain this – use small words.” Mental Illness, small enough words?

    1. Those are small words.

       1. Never use a big word when a diminutive one will work.

17. Gluten. Not an issue for us. That said, wife and I do enjoy the “Protein Wrap” at In-N-Out, inspired by my wife’s recent medical adventures that dictated a low sodium diet. I am following suit just for G.P. I find the less salt I use, the less I want. A nurse told us that our taste buds are replace about every 10 days. I encourage everyone to read food labels and do the math. My wife is small in stature and lost 20lbs while in the hospital, all retained fluid water weight. She feels far better now than in the past couple of years.
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    “Excalibur”. The line that stuck with me–Lancelot: “It is the old wound, my King. It has never healed”.

    1. When I returned from Asia, I found Western food inedible for a while because of the salt. The only salt in Asia comes from soy sauce.

    2. Forgot to add: As already noted, our wheat today (with rare exception) is not our grandparents wheat, which follows on to the flour and bread sold in stores. I would really like to try a loaf of bread made from fresh stone ground flour from unmodified wheat.

       1. See my comment on Polselli, Classica, Type 00 Flour from Italy that I buy for use here.

          1. Ah. Thank you.

             1. Available on Amazon.com. If you’re a Prime member, it arrives the next day.

       2. Here…coolest place: https://oldmillofguilford.com/

18. Another interesting day in the Middle East:
    https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/09/second-wave-of-blasts-hits-hezbollah-devices-walkie-talkies-and-other-gear-now-exploding/

    1. Comments on that from VM are already carved in stone on tomorrow’s blog. The hits keep coming.

19. The bread thing? I’m thinking it’s an experiment in genetic engineering of the food.

20. Gluten – weird chemicals, with names too big per this request, that have been added to growing plants. Something previous generations didn’t have to deal with.

21. Explain in small words” not a small word but one word “Monsanto”

    1. Exactly

22. Gluten; recently entered my eighth decade. Ate wheat bread from the time I was old enough to hold and eat half a sandwich. March 2021; took two alleged Covid vacs. Within six months had Celiac disease and lost 20% of my body weight ( didn’t need to lose any). Stopped eating away from home because hitting the restroom was imperative before the meal was over and that’s always risky. None of this is fun and being trendy is of no value. Non-gluten buns suck so I eat burgers bunless. Wheat beer is out of the question. I’m pretty much done with vaccinations except for tetanus, when needed.

    1. Your vax tragedy is shared by many.

23. I remember Boorman’s Excalibur when it was in theaters. I was not impressed, but I was a teenager then and I think a bunch of stuff went over my head. For example, I remember thinking Arthur was an idiot to hand over his sword to Uryens, trusting in his honor to knight him instead of killing him. But now I might understand the moral force of that (admittedly still whacko but also crazy brave) act.
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    Explody pagers and cell-phone guided JDAMs are all well and good, but I have no doubt the Israelis would not cheerfully use the same on any of us if we became sufficiently … inconvenient. And I have below zero doubt that our own beloved fedgov wouldn’t do the same if they thought there was a reasonable chance of getting away with it.
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    As to there goes the neighborhood. Well, yeah. But it wasn’t exactly classy to begin with, what with all those Billy-Jeffs, Epsteins, Pelosis, Swalwells and the like swanning around. In less than 200 years we went from Thomas Jefferson to William Jefferson. Sigh.

24. Regarding modern bread, I remember as a kid, that when a loaf was left out it would get moldy fairly quickly. When my mom had to go into a nursing home, I was getting her stuff in order and I found an unopened loaf of whole wheat that still looked fresh, even after it had been sitting about a month. I found it interesting that I could not see any mold so I set it aside to watch its progress. Two and a half years later I was able to bring mom home and I showed her the miracle bread. We decided to open the bag and check it out. No mold at all. The bread had dried out, but was visually perfect. If mold can’t live off it, I could see where humans might have difficulty digesting it. It was in a standard bread bag with a twist tie and was kept at room temperature.

25. Nice photo of Vladimirovic and Rocket Man visiting your apartment.. Oh well, two’s company, three’s a crowd?

    And what’s with the “we’re allergic to bread” thing? Maybe because US factory bread is pumped full of chemicals, or something? Huh.

26. [channeling Fred Reed] Rand is a major part of an intelligence establishment that failed to predict the collapse of its principal object of study, the Soviet Union. Meanwhile the Socialist Calculation Debate 1920-1930 had long-before figured out that central planning couldn’t produce results as described. This was too large to be a failure, therefore it must be the desired result.
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    Rand knew there was no reason for involvement in Vietnam; William F. Buckley Jr. claimed in _The Party and the Deep Blue Sea_ in 1952 that domestic central planning is necessary to oppose foreign central planning; JFK claimed a nonexistent missile gap; Colin Powell claimed nonexistent WMDs; J.D. Vance is now talking about Iran. I think the intelligence establishment exists to claim there is no militarily competitive alternative to centralizing power.

27. Ah, “Excaliber.” Its only main fault was that it was based off of “Le Morte de Artur” and thus was a dark tale of doom and gloom.
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    On the other hand, one of its best features was that it was based off of “Le Morte de Artur.” Because, overall, The Tale of Arthur is a dark tale full of doom and gloom.
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    Conceived by deceit, a true bastard, becomes king with magic sword and then loses his way, causing the kingdom (and the world) to slide back into darkness (being tricked by his half sister to conceive a bastard son who’s purpose was to kill Arthur, great…,) only to have a redeeming moment and then die with the promise that greatness would return when needed. A dark tale, a good fairy tale, full of morals and examples good and bad in order to teach people to behave. And then have the whole Grail quest added in just adds perfection to a great story.
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    As to the movie, the music, ah, the music. Good use of “Oh, Fortuna” correctly. Great piece of music all about how the wheel of fortune rotates constantly, so sometimes fortune is up, sometimes fortune is down. Good use of various pieces from Wagner’s “Percival,” how appropriate. And other Wagner pieces.
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    Photography during dark sections is, well, dark. When the mood is lighter or gooder, the lighting is lighter.
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    Special effects are great, too. Armor looks good for fantasy plate (yeah, fiberglass with spraypaint) but the armor works, along with the weapons. Stuff is believable.
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    And anyone who doesn’t get energized when Sir Kay is going through Camelot shouting “Guards, Knights, Squires, Prepare for Battle!” isn’t alive. So many notable quotes from that movie.
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    And a young Helen Mirrim. Ain’t bad to the eyes…
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    Seriously, I’ll put up “Excaliber” to any other Athur movie and it will stand out better and stronger, especially against the crap modern movies.

28. Gluten Free? Yes, it is an issue. And it’s become an issue due to the (insert obligatory conspiracy theory) fluoridation of our water and food supply. Which has resulted in lots of people developing thyroid issues. Why? Because you use fluoride to suppress or destroy thyroid function. What does the thyroid help control? Auto-Immune Disorders, like… allergies. So that’s why some food allergies have become more prevalent in the last 50 years.
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    And then there are the self-serving jerkwads with ‘allergy/symptom of the month’ who have to do what some retarded star/starlette is spouting and, well…
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    Now, my wife has Celiac’s, due to both a dead thyroid and way too many blood transfusions (which changes your body chemistry and you can develop auto immune disorders like allergies…) So all of the ‘popular’ people that suddenly developed Gluten Intolerance in the last 30 years really helps. Trust me, gluten-free products back 30 years sucked bigly. So horrible that my wife just couldn’t eat most of the stuff.
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    Now? I highly recommend Pamela’s Products. You can buy them from scAmazon or from the company directly. Their ‘Bread’ flour makes excellent bread. Their ‘Pancake and Baking Mix,’ which is a self-rising flour, makes the best pancakes and quick breads I’ve ever tasted. The ‘Pizza’ flour is finer than the bread flour and acts mostly like real pizza flour.
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    Using the unique “Beans’ Family Gluten Recipe” I can make bread and pizza dough that has good ‘sponge’ formation, isn’t rock-hard or crumbly, and actually can get real bubbles and imperfections like real bread. It’s a little sweeter than ‘real’ flour, but it works.

29. Bread: Fluoride and Monsanto – plausible, but not convinced. We’ve been fluoridating since the ’50s,
    IDK why it would have taken so long to show up. Plus, we only really do it in the cities, I don’t think
    I ever met anyone who fluoridates their own well water. As for Monsanto and the admittedly somewhat
    sketchy engineered wheat, well, it’s not as though “natural” food is really any better, automatically. Or
    that anyone has eaten “natural” grains in many thousands of years. When we domesticated that stuff,
    we bred for yield and hardiness and all sorts of things. I don’t think any grains have resembled their
    wild ancestors since we figured out how to work bronze, anyway. A reasonable culprit in the fancy modern
    grains would be the built-in pesticides, but Humans are scavengers and considering all the crap we eat,
    IDK why this one would be a big bother.
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    OTOH, a lot of kids used to die, as recently as a hundred years ago. Maybe they included all the ones who
    were allergic to everyday life. Maybe since we started saving all those kids, and they started passing along
    their survival-challenged genes, after a few generations we are starting to get noticeable populations of
    really fragile people wandering around? IDK for sure, but no good deed goes unpunished, and we don’t hear
    about these sorts of 1st World problems, outside the 1st world…
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    We’ve also destroyed our culture since WWII. Used to be, everyone wanted to look tough, even if they weren’t.
    Nowadays, whining about shit is a fucking badge of honor.
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    – Kle.

    1. Hypothyroidism diagnosis exploded in the early 1960s. It takes years of low-level fluoride treatment to kill a thyroid. So fluoridation starting in the late 1950s, hypothyroidism showing up hugely in the early 60’s, timeline works out.
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       As to your hypothesis about modern medicine keeping kids and marginal people alive better, that is a factor. We have people alive here in the US that would be dead anywhere else in the world. So our marginal people are skewing our national statistics.

       1. I’m not knocking the idea really, Beans. Like I said, plausible. The previous standard of
          “don’t be a whiner” could also have suppressed the obviousness of the potential effects
          for a lot of decades.
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          – Kle.

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