Wheat Gluten-Pet Food Recall-Autism??????

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Friday April 06, 2007 · 5:01 PM PDT

2007/04/06 · 17:01

I have just been reading the diary My Son is Autistic and all the comments. Slowly the dots began drawing a line and I began to be filled with horror. The comments of parents and the outbursts of regressive behvior in their autistic children target gluten. They all suggest getting it out of the autistic child's diet. and I am thinking, these children are the canaries only they aren't dead yet like the pets. They react so violently that to parents who are superaware of any difference in their child's behavior can't miss the foods that trigger the behavior. So I am reading this diary and the light bulb goes on. We know now that it is food grade wheat gluten that is in the pet food.

In the above diary there is a long thread on gluten free foods, which is what we pet owners are now doing. Not all of the autistic parents' comment in the above diary concern gluten and the thread is near the beginning.

Jump with me.

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Saturday March 24, 2007 · 11:06 AM PDT

2007/03/24 · 11:06

Never doubt that one person cannot start a firestorm. On 1-16 Glenn Greenwald posted a small paragraph on The Authoritarians that was picked up by Mary on dkos on January 20. Then on 2-26 on kos robertdfineman . Jimmyjack on kos put up this diary on 3-1. By then I had read the intro and first three chapters and had emailed Dr. Bob. I suggested to him that since the book club (where I posted a thread on it) had asked me to do his book I wanted him to be here to check it out. He volunteered to be here for the comments and to ask John Dean to be here also. I started putting up diaries for each chapter and emailed every front pager to help (Thanks McJoan) and posting all night some nights in threads of other diaries discussing the issues of authoritarianism, fascism, Nazism here in the US and so we were on our way.

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Thursday March 22, 2007 · 10:10 PM PDT

2007/03/22 · 22:10

Chapter five begins the ultimate horror of this book as Altemeyer's research moves into investigating those high on the SD scale-Social Dominance. All previous studies of the authoritarian personality have investigated the followers. Altemeyer turns his attention to the leaders. The items in the scale are those descriptions of themselves the high SD's use to describe themselves in their own words. They are against equality and have a desire for power.

Hang on in there.

And go to http://www.theauthoritarians.com to read Altemeyer's ebook. It's FREE!

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Tuesday March 20, 2007 · 12:43 PM PDT

2007/03/20 · 12:43

Here we go on chapter 4 where you can take some more tests to put you in touch with the authoritarian mind. Please check all my other diaries on this subject to catch up if this is your first. They give you an idea of what's in each chapter. Better yet just read the free ebook Altemeyer has put online for you to save our country. The Authoritarians

I got help from diary rescue in publicizing this on the front page and this is the book of the century. John Dean and Altemeyer will be here when it is reviewed the book club on 3-24 in the early afternoon, so read it and be here wih us. It is on at the same time as the Vermont impeachment hearings are going to cave.

Some snippets for you so make the jump.

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Monday March 19, 2007 · 9:40 AM PDT

2007/03/19 · 09:40

Another trailer to get you to read Altemeyer's ebook at The Authoritarians because bookflurries is doing his book on 3-24 and Altemeyer and John Dean will be here at kos to respond in the comments part.

If anyone knows how to get the heavies in control of the front page to feature this so as many kossacks as possible will be with us in the early afternoon of the 24th, please please help us. Diary Rescue is ignoring it. I am posting trailers every day to inform and intrigue people and still under 40 people have gone to Altemeyer's ebook site to read or download.

He has published a free book of such importance to us because it confirms our worse fears as it give us the tools and weapons to confront them. If you understand what he is saying all the silly diaries can stop and we can address the real issues. So I am going to blockquote some of this chapter.

I have asked someone to post chapter two for Saturday during the day and someone will publish this chapter on Sunday during the day as I will be inaccessible to do it. Sorry I won't be able to comment but I will follow the comments on Monday and answer then.

jump forward

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Friday March 16, 2007 · 10:16 PM PDT

2007/03/16 · 22:16

Chapter one concerns the measurement of people to be authoritarian followers. It will end with a simulation game called the Global Change Game played by high authoritarians and low authoritarians. The basic measurement is a test called the RWA Scale i.e. The Right-Wing Authoritarianism scale. And you can take it yourself in this chapter for the purpose of understanding how an authoritarian thinks. You will be taken into the statistics used to establish the reliability and validity of this test.

Checkout my diary on the preface and introduction and watch for Chapter Two tomorrow.

OK time to jump!

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Thursday March 15, 2007 · 10:19 PM PDT

2007/03/15 · 22:19

I have decided to give you mouth watering diaries on each chapter of The Authoritarians so these trailers will make you run over to his site where his ebook is published. My diary yesterday resulted in no one from Kos going to the site today so I will whet your appetite again today and tomorrow and tomorrow and so on until March 24th when Bob Altemeyer and John Dean will be with us for all the millions of intelligent comments that will result from reading his ebook at http://www.theauthoritarians.com

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Wednesday March 14, 2007 · 7:05 PM PDT

2007/03/14 · 19:05

here to dailykos on March 24th as our book discussion in an ongoing series.

Important please read-we are going to be discussing Bob Altemeyer's The Authoritarians as our book on March 24th. Altemeyer has spent his academic life researching the Authoritarian Personality and going way beyond Adorno's seminal work on this subject.

And Altemeyer will be with us for the discussion and he is bringing John Dean with him to kos.

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Do you understand the authoritarian mind now?

38 votes Vote Now!

Do you understand the authoritarian mind now?

Yes I do

17 votes

I'm working on it

13 votes

No not yet

6 votes

No I don't

2 votes

Co-op Housing for the Future

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Wednesday March 07, 2007 · 8:46 PM PST

2007/03/07 · 20:46

Peak oil is here and we are going to need more and more creative ideas to deal with this change in all our lifestyles. One of my favorite themes is cohousing for those who want to share their lifestyles with others in a closer relationship than neighbors and still have their own private personal living space. How to do this? Make the jump.

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Is cohousing an option for you?

26 votes Vote Now!

Is cohousing an option for you?

Yes and I am glad to know more about it

12 votes

I'm open to all new ideas

7 votes

I'm neutral and skeptical

2 votes

Cohousing is not for me

5 votes

Thank you Kossacks for my new job!

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Thursday March 01, 2007 · 3:18 PM PST

2007/03/01 · 15:18

I responded to an ad in a small press in the city near my neon red town. They wanted journalists and were soliciting in their classifieds. I have been here at kos since that fatal election night in 04, reading, commenting, and writing a few diaries. I have developed a confidence in my ability to write about social and moral issues that are also political in nature, as well as about overtly political concerns. A little more follows as a way of thanks and to open possibilities for others.

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Think you can do it too?

191 votes Vote Now!

Think you can do it too?

Yes, now that I have the ikea.

34 votes

I'll think about it.

28 votes

Nope, no way.

28 votes

I have a great full time job.

61 votes

I might consider free lance.

40 votes

Can You Hear the Train A-comin' to Springfield MO?

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Monday January 22, 2007 · 9:08 PM PST

2007/01/22 · 21:08

The January 17 issue of Springfield's Community Free Press featured this article by John Brayfield about rail service on its front page!

Amtrak studying proposed Springfield-St. Louis passenger service that would be a daily trip.

Can you hear that Jim Kunstler? http://www.kunstler.com
Springfield Missouri usually does and gets things years later than other small cities. Now it gets the oportunity to be one of the first in the nation to start switching to trains from oil guzzling cars and SUV's. How about that? I drive to St. Louis a lot and think this is just great.

More, as I have permission to quote as much of this article as I want here.

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Can Missouri be the first to turn the tide?

20 votes Vote Now!

Can Missouri be the first to turn the tide?

Yes

2 votes

Yes if we push our representatives to do it

2 votes

Yes if we lobby for rail service

8 votes

No Missouri won't lead

6 votes

No not Missouri. It's the Show Me state.

2 votes

Great Job for a Kossack in Cohousing-Apply

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Wednesday January 17, 2007 · 5:06 PM PST

2007/01/17 · 17:06

I am intersted in cohousing so I am on their email list. Today I got an email seeking a 2008 conference organizer for the Cohousing Association of the United States. I immediately thought of someone at dailykos as the organizers for the yearly conference in Las Vegas were awesome. This is a paid position on a consultant basis with a good chance of renewal for 2009's national conference.

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