I took the last part of his statement and entered it into Google, "adverse health effects on any humans caused by BPA.". The results are interesting. Search the results page for ".gov" sites.

Yes, and the reliable sources contradict what he's said. Which makes me think that solipsism was not out of line to call him out for making stuff up.

For example from WebMD:

>The federal government is now funding new research into BPA risks. We don't know the results of these studies yet. Recommendations about BPA could change in the next few years.

>For now, there are no restrictions on the use of BPA in products. The Food and Drug Administration does recommend taking "reasonable steps" to reduce human exposure to BPA in the food supply. The FDA has also expressed support for manufacturers who have stopped using BPA in products for babies and for companies working to develop alternatives to the BPA in canned foods.

http://www.webmd.com/children/environmental-exposure-head2to...

Or the top .gov hit (for me):

>There are data showing that exposure to BPA, as well as other endocrine disrupting chemicals with estrogenic activity, may have e ects on obesity and diabetes. These data, while preliminary and only in animals, indicate the potential for endocrine disrupting agents to have e ects on other endocrine systems not yet fully examined.

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/materials/endocrine_disrupt...

So in summary it seems that the FDA is acting appropriately, not out of the ordinary. They are studying the issue, but there's not yet documented harm.

The brand isn't really important as long as it's plain soap.

I like Dr. Bronner's for the very short ingredient list and the crazed ranting.

I tried MATE recently, I wanted to like it too but found it to be slower than Xfce.

> too but found it to be slower than Xfce.

Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if Mate is slower than Xfce, since it's traditionally considered more featureful. Besides, even using a cheap $200 netbook, desktop environment speed is just not an issue for me as long as I use linux + any reasonably fast DE.

LibreOffice should go back to its Java roots. It was a dumb decision to move away from an excellent language and platform.

This doesn't make much sense, since Staroffice predates Java by quite a number of years.

You forgot the /s at the end of the line :-).

23 3rd party Ad site's cookies were blocked (unless my count was off). :-) Glad the FDA wised up, anti-bacterial soap was causing skin rashes for us in my personal opinion.