04-16-2013, 04:30 PM
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Letter to US Senator Tests Positive for Ricin Poison
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Last edited by Nehkara; 04-16-2013 at 04:34 PM.
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04-16-2013, 04:32 PM
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Crazy couple of days, could be unrelated to the bombing yesterday but that would be pretty coincidental.
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04-16-2013, 04:33 PM
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You forgot the word Bad after Breaking.
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04-16-2013, 04:33 PM
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deja vu to the days after 9/11.
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04-16-2013, 04:39 PM
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For those of you wondering, as I was, Roger Wicker is Republican senator from Mississippi.
He's strongly pro-gun, but did vote to end a gun control filibuster last week.
Last edited by gargamel; 04-16-2013 at 04:42 PM.
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04-17-2013, 11:01 AM
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Would the charge for this be attempted murder?
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04-17-2013, 11:04 AM
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Big time. I don't think you can be accidentally exposed to it. Getting it from the Castor seed takes work.
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04-17-2013, 11:04 AM
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In the Sin Bin
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Originally Posted by neo45
Would the charge for this be attempted murder?
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If it was addressed to Obama, wouldn't it be Treason?
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04-17-2013, 11:05 AM
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Does the person actually think this is going to work, or is it done as an ominous gesture because they know it will be found and reported?
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04-17-2013, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Big time. I don't think you can be accidentally exposed to it. Getting it from the Castor seed takes work.
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But would it be an attempted murder charge or something bigger?
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04-17-2013, 11:09 AM
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Ricin is poisinous if inhaled, injected, or ingested, acting as a toxin by the inhibition of protein synthesis
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A dose as small as a few grains of table salt can kill an adult human.
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Scary stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricin
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04-17-2013, 11:13 AM
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by neo45
But would it be an attempted murder charge or something bigger?
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I would assume with the Senator it would be attempted murder. With the President it could be treason.
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04-17-2013, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Nehkara
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The letter released a statement saying it would be fighting these false allegations, and it will be vindicated at a later date. It also refused to return its four Tour de France titles.
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Originally Posted by gargamel
For those of you wondering, as I was, Roger Wicker is Republican senator from Mississippi.
He's strongly pro-gun, but did vote to end a gun control filibuster last week.
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Look at that, domestic terrorism making a comeback.
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I would assume with the Senator it would be attempted murder. With the President it could be treason.
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How fun is treason as a word? I mean, really. It just oozes drama.
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Last edited by GreenLantern2814; 04-17-2013 at 01:03 PM.
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04-17-2013, 01:04 PM
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How exactly are these flagged as imagine senators and the president get a lot of mail? Every single letter tested? Is there some easy way to screen the mail by x-ray or dog sniffing? Pretty impressive that these are intercepted without any fatalities.
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04-17-2013, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
How exactly are these flagged as imagine senators and the president get a lot of mail? Every single letter tested? Is there some easy way to screen the mail by x-ray or dog sniffing? Pretty impressive that these are intercepted without any fatalities.
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These letters are plants, man. The government is doing it themselves to drum up more fear and take away your guns. 
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04-17-2013, 01:09 PM
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How fun is treason as a word? I mean, really. It just oozes drama.
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"I may have committed some light treason."
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04-17-2013, 01:13 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MarchHare
"I may have committed some light treason."
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Nicely played Pop-Pop!
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04-17-2013, 01:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
How exactly are these flagged as imagine senators and the president get a lot of mail? Every single letter tested? Is there some easy way to screen the mail by x-ray or dog sniffing? Pretty impressive that these are intercepted without any fatalities.
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I don't know if they scan every letter, but I've read a long list of red flags that will get a letter extra scrutiny. Apparently these letters did not have return addresses on the front, and that's definitely one of the red flags. Excessive postage stamps and addresses in block letters are two of the others that I remember, but I know there were a lot more.
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