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Octafish

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1. If a dirty bomber terrorist did to America what Fukushima is doing to the planet...

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 12:41 PM

Feb 2014

...more people might grok the situation kick.

Remember Jose Padilla? The guy -- allegedly -- wanted to contaminate a city with a "dirty bomb" made up from some kind of irradiated or nuclear medical waste. Unfortunately, we may never know the details of his plan, let alone the truth, as the United States government proceeded to torture the guy so bad that his mind is fried. And Padilla only thought* about doing something with a dirty nuke.

Nothing to debate when one's brain's been reduced to oatmeal.

How U.S. Interrogators Destroyed the Mind of Jose Padilla

* And there's questions about where he got that idea. Cough. FBI.

"We now know much of what Jose Padilla knows, and what we have learned confirms that the President made the right call and that that call saved lives." -- James Comey, then-Deputy Attorney General now head of...the FBI; press conference

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50 Reasons We Should Fear the Worst from Fukushima [View all] Octafish Feb 2014 OP

If a dirty bomber terrorist did to America what Fukushima is doing to the planet... Octafish Feb 2014 #1

sigh, i had forgotten comey was w's front man in the padilla case questionseverything Feb 2014 #54

That's some scary stuff, Octafish RobertEarl Feb 2014 #2

At sunrise or sunset? MineralMan Feb 2014 #5

Sunsets are beautiful. RobertEarl Feb 2014 #8

Near the horizon? Sure I've seen it. Same reason. MineralMan Feb 2014 #11

Pale blue? RobertEarl Feb 2014 #17

No. Many have not seen Cherenkov radiation in the atmosphere. MineralMan Feb 2014 #64

'what do you think of the 50 ways in the op?' MineralMan Feb 2014 #12

400 similar nuclear waste sites RobertEarl Feb 2014 #26

Anomaly hunting again? longship Feb 2014 #45

There was a time when Los Angeles has the reputation of gorgeous sunsets Cleita Feb 2014 #13

There are no mushroom clouds in the skies these days. MineralMan Feb 2014 #15

You missed the point of my post but carry on. n/t Cleita Feb 2014 #19

No, actually, I didn't. MineralMan Feb 2014 #21

Thanks for caring, Cleita. Octafish Feb 2014 #90

'Chernobyl Was Transparent Compared to Fukushima': Harvey Wasserman on Ongoing Crisis Octafish Feb 2014 #7

Wasserman is a sage and a patriot RobertEarl Feb 2014 #10

FFS, this again? nt Logical Feb 2014 #3

Hide thread by keyword is your friend. Also, remember all that silly fuss over the ChisolmTrailDem Feb 2014 #4

Thats all you got? RobertEarl Feb 2014 #6

Didn't know TEPCO had solved the ongoing catastrophe. Octafish Feb 2014 #9

this again? //\\ G_j Feb 2014 #16

Apparently, the World Health Organization is now part of the cover-up... SidDithers Feb 2014 #20

The IAEA seems to be, per The Tokyo Shimbun. Octafish Feb 2014 #112

We all know that the World Health Organization is just a tool of the BFEE...nt SidDithers Feb 2014 #113

Interesting that you have to ridicule the BFEE, SidDithers. Octafish Feb 2014 #116

Really. Chan790 Feb 2014 #107

Yes but it is a slow death, and you can't prove anything. zeemike Feb 2014 #14

I'm getting on in years... Octafish Feb 2014 #91

I think we and the world at large need changes in leadership that Cleita Feb 2014 #18

We have the means to make those changes, Cleita. MineralMan Feb 2014 #22

No we need strong and dare I say heroic leadership and we don't have it and we Cleita Feb 2014 #23

OK. Well, then, don't bother to participate. MineralMan Feb 2014 #24

There was a hero RobertEarl Feb 2014 #28

He needs to come out from the shadows. Cleita Feb 2014 #31

He has come out RobertEarl Feb 2014 #37

Heroism is not easy. Cleita Feb 2014 #38

Also, I live downwind from a nuke plant sitting on three Cleita Feb 2014 #39

Sen. Boxer is doing it RobertEarl Feb 2014 #40

Barbara is my hero and she accomplishes so much. Cleita Feb 2014 #41

The reasons we have nuclear power generation MineralMan Feb 2014 #32

Eh? RobertEarl Feb 2014 #42

Yes, well, so do I. And my opposition and yours have had identical MineralMan Feb 2014 #46

You are so wishy washy RobertEarl Feb 2014 #47

No, I am not. MineralMan Feb 2014 #48

Yes you are RobertEarl Feb 2014 #51

'Just stop.' MineralMan Feb 2014 #53

another reason nuclear power plants are no longer viable...insurance madrchsod Feb 2014 #102

Sorry... that's almost entirely wrong. FBaggins Feb 2014 #104

That's true, too. MineralMan Feb 2014 #106

If any at all? FBaggins Feb 2014 #109

Looking forward. MineralMan Feb 2014 #110

Plenty in the planning stages... but not as many as you'll see there. FBaggins Feb 2014 #111

Oh, I participate all right. Cleita Feb 2014 #29

OK. You work on that. MineralMan Feb 2014 #33

In 1986, in France mylye2222 Feb 2014 #25

someone found some new words on the Intertubes LOL snooper2 Feb 2014 #27

That's what idiots do. Octafish Feb 2014 #92

This article needs citations Shivering Jemmy Feb 2014 #30

Sorry. The original has links to supporting documentation. Octafish Feb 2014 #34

Where there's heat, there's fire marions ghost Feb 2014 #35

As long as you exclude bananas, you'll be okay. closeupready Feb 2014 #36

So much fail in this screed. dbackjon Feb 2014 #43

The Implications of The Massive Contamination of Japan With Radioactive Cesium Octafish Feb 2014 #85

Here are the geiger counter readings in the Fukushima area and further north. VERY low stevenleser Feb 2014 #87

I do understand radiation dbackjon Feb 2014 #88

Thanks. Octafish Feb 2014 #93

A magnificent example of the Gish Gallop FBaggins Feb 2014 #44

Hahaha RobertEarl Feb 2014 #50

You continue to point to threads that make you look foolish FBaggins Feb 2014 #52

It's ok "Cores are not hot", Baggins RobertEarl Feb 2014 #56

Wouldn't a sock puppet say that? FBaggins Feb 2014 #61

That's all you got? RobertEarl Feb 2014 #63

Nope. I've got much more than that. FBaggins Feb 2014 #67

Every point Wasserman makes is sourced. Octafish Feb 2014 #55

GIGO FBaggins Feb 2014 #59

So, you're too busy to do more than smear the article. Octafish Feb 2014 #62

That's the point of a Gish Gallop. Throw so much nonsense out there people dont have the time to stevenleser Feb 2014 #69

Thank you for explaining. Octafish Feb 2014 #76

Lol! FBaggins Feb 2014 #70

So, it's my fault for sharing an interesting article. Octafish Feb 2014 #75

Well... only to the extent that posting a similar 9/11 conspiracy gallop would be your fault. FBaggins Feb 2014 #84

No need to smear, just show where I'm wrong and I'll apologize. Octafish Feb 2014 #86

Show where you're wrong? FBaggins Feb 2014 #89

Yeah, a lot of those sources are from woo and conspiracy theory websites. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #118

Really? Name one. Octafish Feb 2014 #119

Ecowatch, for one. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #121

You don't know Harvey Wasserman. Octafish Feb 2014 #128

Which has absolutely ZERO bearing on the credibility of his claims here. NuclearDem Feb 2014 #129

Wasserman is using info from naturalnews?... SidDithers Feb 2014 #131

Yes he is. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #132

"So much for credibility." For Wasserman and for the OP...nt SidDithers Feb 2014 #133

Indeed. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #134

And the one conclusive reason why you shouldn't... stevenleser Feb 2014 #49

But what about the starfish??? Common Sense Party Feb 2014 #57

What about the starfish? RobertEarl Feb 2014 #58

What do you KNOW about the starfish? Common Sense Party Feb 2014 #60

Starfish eat mussels. RobertEarl Feb 2014 #65

And as has been pointed out to you multiple times... FBaggins Feb 2014 #68

Plutonium from where? Naturally occurring or man-made? Common Sense Party Feb 2014 #71

Man-made FBaggins Feb 2014 #72

Plutonium from nuclear reactions RobertEarl Feb 2014 #99

But not from Fukushima FBaggins Feb 2014 #105

What do we know? FBaggins Feb 2014 #66

What we know - take two FBaggins Feb 2014 #108

Thanks. But Geiger counters don't tell the whole story. Octafish Feb 2014 #115

WOW catbyte Feb 2014 #73

Wasserman put together a very important compilation... Octafish Feb 2014 #79

Goddamnit, not this crap again. NuclearDem Feb 2014 #74

No need to get angry. It's a different article. Octafish Feb 2014 #77

Terrific. NuclearDem Feb 2014 #78

Since you were 12? Octafish Feb 2014 #80

13 years ago. And no, my only DU username has been NuclearDem. NuclearDem Feb 2014 #81

You're no expert on nuclear meltdowns? Not quite what I got out of it. Octafish Feb 2014 #96

What a bunch of crap. I in no way defended nuclear energy. NuclearDem Feb 2014 #98

They're your words. Octafish Feb 2014 #114

And yet I've said here and elsewhere that I'm opposed to nuclear energy. NuclearDem Feb 2014 #117

Correct. However, you were saying something else there and then... Octafish Feb 2014 #120

You know why I keep myself away from threads like this one? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #122

No I wasn't. NuclearDem Feb 2014 #125

A Free Press One_Life_To_Give Feb 2014 #82

Hit democracy right in the lede. Octafish Feb 2014 #97

Like flies to honey. Good job. K&R n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #83

Check out the New York Academy of Medicine conference... Octafish Feb 2014 #124

There was no NYAM conference. FBaggins Feb 2014 #126

So what? It's their stationery. Octafish Feb 2014 #130

Their stationary? FBaggins Feb 2014 #135

That's not what flies do, as you well know. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #127

excellent post frwrfpos Feb 2014 #94

Thank you. The One Big Thing... ''US RADIATION PANEL RECOGNIZES: NO SAFE RADIATION DOSE'' Octafish Feb 2014 #123

About once a week we get one of these. But nothing on the MSM. The MSM loved Chernobyl and TMI...... Logical Feb 2014 #95

Here's some news RobertEarl Feb 2014 #100

Do you remember the coverage of TMI? nt Logical Feb 2014 #101

Barely RobertEarl Feb 2014 #103