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lala_rawraw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:43 PM Original message |
Holy Shite: Was the polonium mechansim of delivery this simple? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Does anybody know why this story is getting so much coverage? |
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lala_rawraw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. What do you mean? You really don't understand why? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Not at all. This story hit right after the guy died, without |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Not true. The story came out when the guy ended up in the hospital |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. In my world, the top-of-the hour radio news hits |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #21 |
68. "… at a total cost of about $1 million - to have a toxic amount." |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
57. Take Wellstone's plane going down. Gosh - they got rid of |
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everythingsxen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Because it is fairly rare... |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Yeah, what you said. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. They were pounding this story before the polonium |
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everythingsxen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Well, the media is usually concerned |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Only when it suits the corporate media's agenda |
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everythingsxen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yeah, well they are not.. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. That's because he said PUTIN did it. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Spies are big stories when they are a.) outed [cf. "Plame, Valerie"]; |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. My first thought was your second guess- |
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nannah (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. the larouche folks think it was cheney |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Well, he does like to kill. |
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tulsakatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. not only was it not done in a way that seemed like natural causes.... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 04:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
65. It seems the FSB (KGB) is overt about its assassinations |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Because it implies that a global superpower is carrying out political assassinations on foreign soil |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Hmm....you mean like we do? |
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lala_rawraw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. right, but add to that |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Even worse- like we do, but with STYLE! |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I suspect becausethe guy was poisoned buy a very unusual method. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Nuclear and chemical WMDs in a terrorist attack. |
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everythingsxen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Yes and no |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Tinfoil Alert: Imagine how much more effective a London "dirty bomb"... |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Because it is a real life mystery, a bizarre method of death. |
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everythingsxen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. It seems plausable... |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 04:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
70. No, they wouldn't. |
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Bernardo de La Paz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. Polonium is a component implicated in lung cancer. |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. Reasonable. |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. It's an alpha emitter, it can be carried in a paper bag. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Can it be carried in a paper bag and not be detected in an airport? n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I doubt it. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Well, since it was found on 2 planes in an overhead |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Well, right. |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. The airport did not detect it. I don't think it was an inside job. |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Okay, I just looked up 'alpha emitter' on another site |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. It means the lead-206 doesn't decay. |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Ah, thank you. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Well, the lead's still poisonous. |
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Oldtimeralso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 01:09 AM Response to Reply #47 |
61. Lead is still poisonous |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. I have read it does not pass thru the skin. Must be ingested or inhaled. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. That's what I heard from a scientist. It has to be ingested and is not contagious |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 06:32 AM Response to Reply #51 |
66. Yes ingested or inhaled..... |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. I think I'll pass on that |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 06:34 AM Response to Reply #56 |
67. I don't blame you.... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. What was your reasoning that he didn't directly ingest the polonium? |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
46. I think he was trying to account for all the traces in differing locales... |
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lala_rawraw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
48. i think he did ingest it... via the cig in his mouth |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
29. In the movie, "The Enemy Within", the character played by |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Interesting. And Putin is EX-KGB. |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
31. I know it is a stupid question but did he smoke. |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 08:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
52. If the answer to both of those questions is yes |
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tulsakatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. that's a very likely scenario.......... |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
43. Makes a lot of sense. Scary if true. How easy to smuggle and |
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lala_rawraw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 10:57 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. i assume you mean |
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lala_rawraw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
49. Update, ciggies already have P in them |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 07:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Holy crapola! Scary stuff. nt |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. Readers Digest had an article 40 years or so ago-- |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
53. I think you might be on to the answer here |
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lala_rawraw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 10:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. thanks |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
59. I'll K&R this. |
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ralps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
60. There are a bunch of threads at firedoglake.com today writing about the |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
62. yeah, his WIFE was exposed but was not at the lunch with Mario |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
63. Quite few leaps there. But nice imagination. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 04:28 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. what leaps? |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. The idea that second hand smoke would not be enough to contaminate others. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 04:24 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. People did get sick from 2nd hand smoke |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 12:12 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I gave you one. Thought you might be able to read more critically on your own. |
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