Comments on: Late Nite FDL: Who is “Vladislav” and Who Was He Working For? http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:25:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Karl Lembke http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-468448 Karl Lembke Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:11:14 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-468448 <p><a href="#comment-467612"><em>Professor Foland @ 140 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p><a href="#comment-467476"><em>marksb @ 24 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>The polonium heated the tea after being added to the cup? Hmmm…that seems a little far-fetched. Any physicists or chemists in the house tonight?</p></blockquote> <p>It’s not completely implausible, insofar as plutonium metal, for instance, is noticeably warm to the touch. It’s impossible to say anything definitive without knowing the mass of polonium involved. That said, everything I’ve heard about the likely mass of polonium involved suggests that it is too small to heat much. But I’ve not done the calculation.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/01/22/a-nuclear-canard/">I have</a>.<br /> It fails for two reasons: the amount of polonium needed for a lethal dose isn’t enough to heat a cup of water to that extent, and if you used enough to heat water that quickly, the heat it generated when packed in a vial would make the vial too hot to handle.</p> Professor Foland @ 140

marksb @ 24

The polonium heated the tea after being added to the cup? Hmmm…that seems a little far-fetched. Any physicists or chemists in the house tonight?

It’s not completely implausible, insofar as plutonium metal, for instance, is noticeably warm to the touch. It’s impossible to say anything definitive without knowing the mass of polonium involved. That said, everything I’ve heard about the likely mass of polonium involved suggests that it is too small to heat much. But I’ve not done the calculation.

I have.
It fails for two reasons: the amount of polonium needed for a lethal dose isn’t enough to heat a cup of water to that extent, and if you used enough to heat water that quickly, the heat it generated when packed in a vial would make the vial too hot to handle.

]]> By: verna http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467931 verna Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:13:07 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467931 <p><a href="#comment-467930"><em>verna @ 147</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>waccamaw..strata was/is an italian way of using stale bread. you can put just about anything in it..and it is best when warm, not hot.</p></blockquote> verna @ 147

waccamaw..strata was/is an italian way of using stale bread. you can put just about anything in it..and it is best when warm, not hot.

]]> By: verna http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467930 verna Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:11:28 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467930 <p>waccamaw..strata was/is an italian way of using stale bread. you can put just about anything in it..and it is best when warm, not hot.</p> waccamaw..strata was/is an italian way of using stale bread. you can put just about anything in it..and it is best when warm, not hot.

]]> By: verna http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467875 verna Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:35:00 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467875 <p>waccamaw…strata was originally an italian way to use stale bread. you can put many things in it… sausage, veggies,lots of herbs. it is best served warm, rather than really hot.</p> waccamaw…strata was originally an italian way to use stale bread. you can put many things in it… sausage, veggies,lots of herbs. it is best served warm, rather than really hot.

]]> By: Rayne http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467634 Rayne Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:01:25 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467634 <p>TREX!!! Oh foo, I missed this thread!!! Have you been following Larisa on this? She’s still pretty skeptical, seems there’s a play on names involved that may have muddied the picture.</p> <p>But it sure does look like the multiple poisonings theory held up, as does the oral ingestion theory. </p> <p>The Scaramella poisoning needs to be looked at more closely, though, as do multiple but singular deaths of Russians. Too many heart attacks and bloody noses…</p> TREX!!! Oh foo, I missed this thread!!! Have you been following Larisa on this? She’s still pretty skeptical, seems there’s a play on names involved that may have muddied the picture.

But it sure does look like the multiple poisonings theory held up, as does the oral ingestion theory.

The Scaramella poisoning needs to be looked at more closely, though, as do multiple but singular deaths of Russians. Too many heart attacks and bloody noses…

]]> By: cbl http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467619 cbl Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:43:32 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467619 <p>Mornin’ Firedogs,</p> <p>fyi - last year’s SOTU mentioned Iraq only 15 times, 7 of which were ‘generic’ - “Iraq and the Iraqi people”. yup, even the lizard brains knew things weren’t going swimmingly and thought it would be better to concentrate on switchgrass</p> Mornin’ Firedogs,

fyi – last year’s SOTU mentioned Iraq only 15 times, 7 of which were ‘generic’ – “Iraq and the Iraqi people”. yup, even the lizard brains knew things weren’t going swimmingly and thought it would be better to concentrate on switchgrass

]]> By: Blank Kludge http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467618 Blank Kludge Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:40:13 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467618 <p><a href="#comment-467611"><em>twolf1 @<br /> 139 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>For Mac OSX users - <a href="http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/justforfun/bushcountdown.html">Bush Countdown</a></p></blockquote> <p>Ya gotta rub it in, eh? Using this XPprobox w/Firefox ain’t the same as my aged PB running Caminio (very old cpu wouldm’t support 10.3 and above so the version of Safari was liminted w/Google maps, etc)</p> <p>First thing I downloaded was Firefox. Second was an XP version of something like your link. Backwards Bush.</p> <p>Sorry folks, no link. Google might help ya find one. Iirc there’s a few out there.</p> <p><b>Everybody’s</b> counting.</p> twolf1 @
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For Mac OSX users – Bush Countdown

Ya gotta rub it in, eh? Using this XPprobox w/Firefox ain’t the same as my aged PB running Caminio (very old cpu wouldm’t support 10.3 and above so the version of Safari was liminted w/Google maps, etc)

First thing I downloaded was Firefox. Second was an XP version of something like your link. Backwards Bush.

Sorry folks, no link. Google might help ya find one. Iirc there’s a few out there.

Everybody’s counting.

]]> By: looseheadprop http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467617 looseheadprop Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:39:22 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467617 <p>Good Mornning Firepups!</p> Good Mornning Firepups!

]]> By: twolf1 http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467614 twolf1 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:33:07 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467614 <p><a href="http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/22/bush-as-lincoln-spinning-the-commander-in-chief/">new thread</a></p> new thread

]]> By: Professor Foland http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467612 Professor Foland Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:33:01 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/21/late-nite-fdl-who-is-vladislav-and-who-was-he-working-for/#comment-467612 <p><a href="#comment-467476"><em>marksb @ 24 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>The polonium heated the tea after being added to the cup? Hmmm…that seems a little far-fetched. Any physicists or chemists in the house tonight?</p></blockquote> <p>It’s not completely implausible, insofar as plutonium metal, for instance, is noticeably warm to the touch. It’s impossible to say anything definitive without knowing the mass of polonium involved. That said, everything I’ve heard about the likely mass of polonium involved suggests that it is too small to heat much. But I’ve not done the calculation.</p> marksb @ 24

The polonium heated the tea after being added to the cup? Hmmm…that seems a little far-fetched. Any physicists or chemists in the house tonight?

It’s not completely implausible, insofar as plutonium metal, for instance, is noticeably warm to the touch. It’s impossible to say anything definitive without knowing the mass of polonium involved. That said, everything I’ve heard about the likely mass of polonium involved suggests that it is too small to heat much. But I’ve not done the calculation.

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