Ricin Tainted Letter Sent to Senator and Possibly the President 461
An anonymous reader writes "A letter addressed to Senator Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) was tested and found to contain ricin, a highly toxic, inexpensive, and easily produced substance derived from castor beans. The letter was intercepted at the U.S. Capitol's off-site mail facility and nobody has been injured. The letter was postmarked Memphis, Tennessee, but listed no return address. Sen. Claire McCaskill told reporters that a suspect has been identified."
And, this morning, a letter addressed to the President was discovered containing a suspicious substance. Update: 04/17 16:25 GMT by U L : And the substance is ricin. Apparently, air filters at another facility have also tested positive for ricin.
Pres letter does have Ricin. (Score:5, Informative)
Source. [nbcnews.com]
Re:Here we go again (Score:5, Informative)
If we could create legislation that could keep unstable people from bombs, we would. Since we can with guns, we will.
Really? The owner of the guns in the CT killings would have passed any of the newly proposed background checks. She owned the guns legally. They were stolen from her by someone not allowed to have the, who killed her before moving on to kill other people and himself. Which restraint on the 2nd being tossed around would have prevented that crazy guy from being crazy? Please be specific. Thanks.
Re:Profile of attacker already available.. (Score:5, Informative)
Also... what exactly does skin contact with ricin do?
According to this, nothing:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/17/ricin-scare-in-washington-fast-facts-about-the-deadly-poison/ [theblaze.com]
Re:Here we go again (Score:2, Informative)
No, they aren't far right wing. And if you can't tell the difference between the neo-Nazi Stormfront and the Daily Beast, you need a depot level recalibration of your political sensibilities - something is fundamentally broken, malfunctioning, or miscalibrated. I understand from the far left the distance between them may seem to vanish, but it is a trick of [maniacworld.com] perspective [smosh.com], they aren't even close... at all.
I'll get you started: In lieu of anything else, think of the difference between the Greens and Pol Pot's regime and apply. (And I think this is a generous narrowing of the difference.)
One other thing you might keep in mind: In American politics, the right did something the left has never been willing to do - drive out the dangerous fringe [commentarymagazine.com]. Actual Nazis and neo-Nazis (including Stormfront), generally fringe nut cases in the United States in the last 75 years*, have not been, and are not part of the right in America. They are an offshoot of progressive & socialist politics. (Hence the Socialist in National Socialist.) Who Is 'Fascist'? [jewishworldreview.com]
You might benefit from occasionally indulging in material from a viewpoint that challenges your views from a center-right perspective, and no, that doesn't include EDL or Stormfront. Since you comment regularly on American politics, some examples might include: National Review [nationalreview.com], The Weekly Standard [weeklystandard.com], Commentary [commentarymagazine.com]. You might try some reading on the first link in the previous post as well.
*Overlooking the regrettable and long gone German American Bund [youtube.com] organization that had a hold in the German-American immigrant community for a time.