HerbertWest Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 It's a GLOBAL CONFLICT!!! Fucking retards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 what a coincidence that article is number 130013 on their site. cause if you write 130013 so the 1 and 3s are very close togethert it looks a lot like B00B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraysovereign Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 They shut down the main subway line in Toronto for a few hours because someone noticed a fine white powdery substance in one of the bathrooms - specifically at the "Baby Changing" station. After shutting down the whole subway line and evacuating the surrounding area, they brought in the HazMat squad to contain the threat, at which time it was determined to be... talcum powder, just like you would expect to find scattered around at a Baby-Changing station. Runaway paranoia knows no national boundaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbertWest Posted February 18, 2004 Author Share Posted February 18, 2004 WOLF!!! WOLF!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbertWest Posted February 18, 2004 Author Share Posted February 18, 2004 Meanwhile... Allow death and human deprivation in countries without oil, while invading oil-rich countires in the name of preventing death and human deprivation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badvoodoo Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 what a coincidence that article is number 130013 on their site. cause if you write 130013 so the 1 and 3s are very close togethert it looks a lot like B00B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alasdair Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 They shut down the main subway line in Toronto for a few hours because someone noticed a fine white powdery substance in one of the bathrooms - specifically at the "Baby Changing" station. After shutting down the whole subway line and evacuating the surrounding area, they brought in the HazMat squad to contain the threat, at which time it was determined to be... talcum powder, just like you would expect to find scattered around at a Baby-Changing station. Runaway paranoia knows no national boundaries. Although you may think it is easy to identify sugar from anthrax or other possible terrorist weapons, it is not. Keep in mind that touching it or tasting it are not an option, so you have to do other things to identify it. Sugar happens to be one of the more difficult things to identify without scientific equipment. Talcum powder however is very easy to rule out. Also it is somewhat understandable that their are so many incidents given the medias hype of antrax, and the general publics complete lack of knowlege of anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinkyclimber Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Although you may think it is easy to identify sugar from anthrax or other possible terrorist weapons Let's also not lose sight of the fact that the anthrax attacks in the US in 2001 and 2002 were the actions of a disgruntled US government scientist (or so the FBI believes), and NOT the actions of "global terrorists". Why they are worried about anthrax attacks in Brussels or Toronto is beyond me, unless they think this disgruntled scientist type likes vacationing in cold, dark, icy and gross cities in mid-winter. Sure, it may be difficult to distinguish anthrax from harmless baking ingrediants, but why immediately jump to the worst potential outcome? Why not just think, "hey, maybe this is sugar...I will wipe it up". Otherwise, we might as well start questioning everything..."holy shit, that empty shoebox in the garbage can might contain a thermonuclear device...we better evac the city". Mindless paranoia and fear is just WEAK...but it will help re-elect Bush and other warmongering neo-con authoritarians, so I suppose it is working (hey, it worked for Hitler...people elected HIM!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 is ricin white? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 I never got an explanation about why the anthrax scientist would be disgruntled. The FBI's whole case was based on his access to the material. They had absolutely nothing else on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 well why was the unabomber disgruntled? maybe they figured out what a gruntle was and blamed the govt for taking theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alasdair Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 is ricin white? Probably, but it is not a very effective weapon in a solid form, so it is most often found as a liquid. Until someone comes up with an effective dispesion tool then ricin is not a very scary weapon. The exact colors of these types of compounds is kept somewhat quiet so the stupid masses dont start sending talcum powder in envelopes. Oh they do that anyway. For example anthrax is almost certainly not a white powder. There for allowing first responders a very quick tool for figuring out most hoxes. Although anyone with even the slightest scientific back ground would know where to look to find out the answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_Puget Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_W Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 what a coincidence that article is number 130013 on their site. cause if you write 130013 so the 1 and 3s are very close togethert it looks a lot like B00B That is some funny shit, BV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tele_nut Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 By the same token, most of you will be screaming complacency when a terrorist attack does happen. It's a catch 22. My suggestion as a altered quote would be "Pick up a weapon and stand a post, or simply thank the government for the blanket of security they ATTEMPT to provide" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 you can't SCREAM complacency...you gotta be chilled out and mellow about it - bad vibes and loud noises are harshing my Zen dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_b Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4143594/ Was positive reading in Senate office caused by paper byproducts?NBC News and news services Updated: 8:13 p.m. ET Feb. 18, 2004 WASHINGTON - Investigators seeking the source of the ricin detected two weeks ago in a Senate office building have raised the possibility that the positive test that forced the evacuation of lawmakers and staff members may have been caused by paper byproducts, not the deadly poison, NBC News has learned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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