Comments on: Polonium found in three more London locations

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:33:53 +0000

Vizzini: But it's so simple! All I have to do is divine from what I know of you. Are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet, or his enemy's? Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I'm not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool; you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

By: Catseye

Catseye — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:21:43 +0000

Yossarian said:”I think whoever poisoned Litvinenko didn’t expect the doctors to realize it was polonium.”

That’s probably not accurate. There’s a good probability that they would take x-rays to help with diagnosis/autopsy. Either way, if he’s scattering detectable amounts throughout his trip around down, it would also expose the x-ray film with odd patterns. They would know something radioactive was involved and start looking from there. Also, urine would probably excrete it quickly and it would show up in gas chromatographic tests.

By: The Coalition of the Swilling

The Coalition of the Swilling — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:32:11 +0000

So the Government Says ‘No Worries’, Eh?…

Right. I can do the math. + + The guy on the right orders a + a pinch o’ and Voilà! Everyone in the diner winds up looking like………

By: MoonbatMedia

MoonbatMedia — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:06:19 +0000

It’s interesting how this case has losed headline status at BBC, with immediate effect, when evidence pointed to Berezovsky. Expect no wild accusations where Berezovsky is concerned — instead, the BBC may well manage to turn around even this reality in order to continue throwing mud at Putin.

By: MoonbatMedia

MoonbatMedia — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:12:31 +0000

I think Berezovsky is guilty as hell. We’ll see what is revealed … whilst I don’t trust British media and politicians, I do believe the police have some integrity left. If Berezovsky is found guilty it will be a terrible indictment on the anti-Russian British press, and their tendency to jump to conclusions as far as Putin is concerned. Berezovsky is, in my view, far more likely to commit such a crime than Putin. He is a crooked criminal who is sheltered by the West, whilst he supports Islamic terrorism.

By: Nethicus

Nethicus — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:43:36 +0000

Everything you wanted to know about polonium-210 can be found at The Autopsy.

By: Yossarian

Yossarian — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:26:47 +0000

I think whoever poisoned Litvinenko didn’t expect the doctors to realize it was polonium. They probably thought the doctors would be stumped…if they wanted the world to know exactly how Litvinenko had been killed, why not use a well-known poison (or simply whack him in a dark alley?). that’s just my guess

By: LegendHasIt

LegendHasIt — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:47:02 +0000

I wish I could send several of y’all an Occam’s Razors for an early Christmas gift.

By: Kralizec

Kralizec — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:26:11 +0000

I don’t see why the American President could not have served notice on the enemies of the liberal democracies by rescinding Executive Order 12333 on September 12, 2001. Here’s another opportunity to use an event as just cause to undo what should never have been done in the first place. For if one cannot be both loved and feared, it is better to be feared, inasmuch as others choose whether to love you, but you choose whether they fear you.

By: Buzzy

Buzzy — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:03:04 +0000

It’s entirely possible that Putin had his buddies in Tehran do it. Iran has been producing polonium 210 by irradiating Bismuth metal for over a year (although they still deny the allegation).

By: insomni

insomni — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:54:32 +0000

Where's Poirot when you need him?

By: NEMETI IN SYRACUSE

NEMETI IN SYRACUSE — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:46:27 +0000

Everything that I have read says that the body would recognize Polonium 10 as a destructive foriegn agent and would do everything in its power to rid itself of it; via urine, feces or presperation. Therefore virtually anything that he touched, any place he went to the bathroom etc. would test positive for Polonium. I wish Scotland Yard well with this investigation but I fear it will be long and very difficult.

By: laelaps

laelaps — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:35:44 +0000

I’m leaning toward the suicide-as-Islamic-martyr theory. Litvinenko lingered for three weeks before pointing directly at Putin. He must have had a pretty clear idea of who actually slipped it to him, yet mentions no one else. I know the usual martyrdom mission is quick, but if the goal is gathering a media circus, he might do it slowly and in such a bizarre fashion. (Also, he’s Russian, not Arab … )

By: lorien1973

lorien1973 — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:07:45 +0000

And a Russian billionaire is in a coma today after a car accident. Suuuure; that’s what happened. That’s he is part of the opposition party shouldn’t be too relevant. I know. I know ;)

By: bbz123

bbz123 — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:50:59 +0000

Why don’t you consider this a small scale dirty bomb in itself? Surely the perps knew enough about this stuff that there would be traces left everywhere he went after the initial contamination.

By: lorien1973

lorien1973 — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:47:46 +0000

what would a dirty-bomb attack be like?

Fear mongering as usual. Typical of the VRWC ;)