Following up on a report in The Telegraph that uranium was discovered in an al-Qaeda base in Afghanistan, but that the uranium was U-238, Alex Knapp at Heretical Ideas writes: if al-Qaeda’s uranium was U-238 then they got scammed, because U-238 is virtually non-radioactive. The reader also points out that there are con-men who make a living selling U-238 and depleted uranium (non-radioactive) to terrorists. Nice to know that Dark

Following up on a report in The Telegraph that uranium was discovered in an al-Qaeda base in Afghanistan, but that the uranium was U-238, Alex Knapp at Heretical Ideas writes: if al-Qaeda’s uranium was U-238 then they got scammed, because U-238 is virtually non-radioactive. The reader also points out that there are con-men who make a living selling U-238 and depleted uranium (non-radioactive) to terrorists. Nice to know that Dark

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Tariq Raja and the Sri Lanken death stare. Plus some info on C-4. (If you want to read the stuff about the naked hippies, you’re on your own. I’ll take no part in linking to such debauchery…)

Thanks to the kind soul who with a single Amex swipe lopped off this site’s Blogspot Advert. Clean, too. Right at the neck. Your plastic was sure and true. [Update — Thanks to Brian Linse at AintNoBadDude. Is he liberal? Sure. Is he bad? Nah…]

Thanks to the kind soul who with a single Amex swipe lopped off this site’s Blogspot Advert. Clean, too. Right at the neck. Your plastic was sure and true. [Update — Thanks to Brian Linse at AintNoBadDude. Is he liberal? Sure. Is he bad? Nah…]

Update: The Shoe-abomber’s been identified by French authorities as a 28-year old Sri Lanken, traveling on a British passport, named Tariq Raja. Preliminary tests suggest this crazy fucker had C-4 plastic explosives in his shoe. American Intelligence agencies say it’s too soon to tell if he had a song in his heart, as well…

Update: The Shoe-abomber’s been identified by French authorities as a 28-year old Sri Lanken, traveling on a British passport, named Tariq Raja. Preliminary tests suggest this crazy fucker had C-4 plastic explosives in his shoe. American Intelligence agencies say it’s too soon to tell if he had a song in his heart, as well…