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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 02:11 PM Original message |
Radiation risks from Fukushima 'no longer negligible' |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. EPA: New Radiation Highs in Little Rock Milk, Philadelphia Drinking Water |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. So that's why the Repukes want to gut the EPA |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R n/t |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Question: will Reverse Osmosis water filter this out? |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Depends on the system |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. THIS system filters radiation particles: |
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animato (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Thanks for the link, where does it say it can filter radiation particles? |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Here: |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Probably. |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
89. I've had one for years |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm sure that the corporate media will have extensive coverage of this. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. They were never negligible. |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. The saying used to be that no amount of radiation is safe. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. One of the more informative articles I've read |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. Vancouver, Canada radiation tests show iodine-131 in rainwater |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. Update from TOD on today's aftershock: |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
64. so NOW they're injecting nitrogen, I suggested this option when it 1st |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #64 |
84. They're not injecting nitrogen to cool anything, they're just doing it to... |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R! |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. Coverup continues |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Interesting info in searching on terabecquerels |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. Fresh milk and leafy vegetables now bad for you. |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. There are plenty of alternatives to fresh milk and vegetables. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I'd laugh at your reply, if it wasn't so damn depressing. |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. agreed |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. See! And everyone MOCKED that recommendation of powdered milk & tuna under the bed thing |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
69. Noted! |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #69 |
77. They will be silent |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #25 |
76. hmm |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #76 |
83. I think of it as a broken clock thing, only though if the clock is one of those old analog round |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. wow. all this mess from just one nuke plant. Imagine if there were several that were leaking. nt |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Well, Shagbark, to be honest and fair about it |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Dude. There's all kinds of half assed countries building nuke plants. |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. The name is robdog |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #27 |
71. Love it. You are actually blaming the Environmentalists!!!! |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Sorry, I am not blaming environmentalists |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Fukushima would not be hard to duplicate when it comes to disasters |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. haha, 4 reactors have been breached and all the spent fuel has never been protected by a containment |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
20. That's Europe. Where is the USA positioned in this warning? |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Will this suffice? |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. The levels are still really, really low. Too low to pose an actual risk. |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. People shouldn't give false assurances. Please provide a source. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. The levels measured are dangerous if exposed for a 70 year lifespan... |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Sigh. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Is that seriously your response? |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Better question: Is that seriously your post? |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Yes that is seriously my post. What exactly do you find wrong with it? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. it doesn't prove his point? |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. For a few days I was the same way. Until one of my friends who's a biology major showed me. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #48 |
67. "We would have to be exposed for years (possibly decades) before these levels had any measurable" |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #48 |
73. "But they are currently safe." |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. NO BRIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, now they're pissing me off |
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nilram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
66. You Will SIT in the CORNER and you will have AGED CHEDDAR and you Will Be HAPPY. Now Sush! |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. Thanks for posting this helpful information. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. Thank you United States (NOT!!!) |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
88. Don't you get it - instead of giving us all a pony, |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
32. I just finished reading this article... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. Link in article links to this pdf, translated some via babelfish... |
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right2bfree (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Lucked up and found a cheap bottle of Potassium Iodide. Take one pill every day. Dont wait until its |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Terrible advice. Taking potassium iodide can cause damage. |
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right2bfree (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
55. I am fine. My thyroid was always a bit on the low side anyhow. So far, no problems. nt |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. "So far, no problems" - uhhh yeah you go ahead and believe that. |
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right2bfree (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I am not telling anyone to do anything. The information is there. Use it as you will. nt |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. "Dont wait until its too3late" ? Take KI too long and lose your thyroid! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. If your thyroid is low, you can induce severe hypothyroidism if taken too long. link here... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. That is really bad advice. Here is some info on why... |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. You might want to pick up canned spinach, saurkraut, and the like... |
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right2bfree (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Thanks! Good advice is worth its weight in gold. No problems with the PI so far. nt |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. psst, it is "KI" not PI, unless you are talking private investigator. Potassium is K. |
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right2bfree (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Is Porassium a new element? nt |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. No, thank you for pointing out the T is by R on my keyboard. PoTassium is K, not P |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
85. Except that you'll have to make the powdered milk with radioactive drinking water. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
65. You're killing your thyroid! stop taking them right now. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
50. Someone will be along soon to scold you and tell you that gerbils and bananas are more dangerous. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. A gerbil armed with a banana pouring cement! oooooooooo |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Any time anyone starts talking about radiation, the helpful nuclear industry defense league |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Are peaches also, or is it just something associated with bananas? How about zucchinis? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #53 |
79. I think it's the potassium in bananas, which is mildly radioactive. nt |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Thank you. List of K content of some fruits/veggies |
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JSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
63. Don't scoff at the souce of this link |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
68. After this latest episode in nuclear power follies, |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Have felt that way |
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davidthegnome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
70. I'm confused... |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #70 |
75. What, you don't have a TV? a radio? You have been gone somewhere? |
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davidthegnome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Honestly |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. The drumbeat message from the media has been thus, regardless: |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
80. And where is MY government? |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #80 |
86. Sniffing veejay-jays AND trying to up the EPA radiation exposure limits :S |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. That is NOT fair. That is NOT all our government is doing. |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
90. I remember how sick I felt after the Valdez episode |
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