Jerry Bott filling in for Jay Weber
MILWAUKEE, WI [ JG ] Today, for the first time in quite a while, I felt empathy for the outrage that liberals progressives feel when listening to WISN-AM conservative talk radio.
Jerry Bott is filling in for Jay Weber this week, and this morning he gave air time to some Australian-sounding scam artist offering “homeopathic medication” to ease your dog’s anxiety about fireworks displays. For about $18, you get 10 ml of water. That’s right, water. $6,813 per gallon for friggin’ water.
If you’re unaware of how these homeopathic tinctures are created, here’s a quick run-down, using the “ingredients” listed on the box for the advertised HomeoPet Anxiety formula:
- Chamomilla 6c & 30c
- Valeriana 6c & 30c
- Borax 6c & 30c
- Cypripedium Pubescens 6c & 30c
- Ignatia Amara 6c & 30c
- Colchicum Autumnale 6c & 30c
- Veratrum Album 6c & 30c
in 20% USP alc. in purified water.
The letter “c” designates a dillution of the ingredient at 1/100th. But lest you think “6c” means 6/100ths, think again. 6c means the ingredient was diluted to 1/100th six times! In other words, it’s 1/100th to the sixth power (1/100th x 1/100th x 1/100th…).
Why do they have two measurements of the same ingredient? It’s because their unique brand of quackery insists that the more you dilute something, the more general its efficacy. The “lesser” dilutions offer more targeted, specific relief.
Mind you, the “lesser” dilution of the Chamomilla above amounts to 0.000000000001 parts per every 1 part water. If you want to see 30c in decimal notation, you’ll need to type sixty leading zeros before the “1″. I don’t have that kind of energy, or I’d do it for you. Maybe I need a quadrillionth of an amphetamine.
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1 Ole Frend // Jul 3, 2008 at 9:17 pm
There must be SOMETHING in this stuff. That quack…er…(pet) snake oil salesman said HE took this stuff on 9/14/01 while stranded at some airport, worried about 9/11 et al. 9/14? Weren’t the planes grounded then? Maybe he took something else… cuz he said it calmed him right down. Probably some of that `60s “Placebo” wonder drug that Steve Martin raved about.
2 Saturday Afternoon - Late Start - Laundry Time , An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings // Jul 5, 2008 at 7:58 pm
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