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Spokane Valley Man Arrested For Allegedly Making Biological Weapon
By KOMO Staff & News Services ^ | June 19th 2002

Posted on 06/19/2002 1:10:32 PM PDT by Aric2000

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Well, ain't this fun?
1 posted on 06/19/2002 1:10:33 PM PDT by Aric2000
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Is making ricin against the law?
2 posted on 06/19/2002 1:16:24 PM PDT by Charge Carrier
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Agents were also searching Olsen's vehicle and workplace on Wednesday, Brown said.

I wonder what his job is?
Could he be Kenneth R. Olsen, Coast Guard Commander?

3 posted on 06/19/2002 1:22:18 PM PDT by PRND21
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To: Black Agnes
Bio alert
4 posted on 06/19/2002 1:24:55 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: Aric2000
This is nothing. They should look into the stuffing that my father-in-law makes. Bread, fruit, beans, giblets, etc.. All to be mixed and left out overnight. Then stuffed into the bird and cooked at a low temp for a day.

I start taking antibiotics a day or so before Thanksgiving every year just to get ready.
5 posted on 06/19/2002 1:27:40 PM PDT by El Sordo
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Here's another Kenneth R. Olson, the author of this article: http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hc n.Article?article_id=2313
6 posted on 06/19/2002 1:29:14 PM PDT by Catspaw
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Is making ricin against the law?

If it is then every single castor bean plant is guilty.

7 posted on 06/19/2002 1:29:22 PM PDT by coloradan
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when i eat white castles, with a side of onion chips.........well, you can imagine...
9 posted on 06/19/2002 1:34:20 PM PDT by isom35
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Some thread just digress... lmao
10 posted on 06/19/2002 1:36:24 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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There was no sign of a bomb in the house and agents do not know what Olsen intended to do with the chemical, Brown said.

I'm thinking he had problems with his neighbors' pets. Or, more likely, marital troubles that necessitated an untraceable cause of death.

11 posted on 06/19/2002 1:38:27 PM PDT by r9etb
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Traces of ricin? Aren't several of the plants in the same family popular indoor plants?
12 posted on 06/19/2002 1:45:36 PM PDT by Cachelot
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ricin causes diarrhea so severe that victims can die of shock

Gah! Good Lord- and I thought only Schlitz beer did that!
13 posted on 06/19/2002 1:57:32 PM PDT by Neckbone
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What the heck is a "castor plant?" Never heard of such a thing!
14 posted on 06/19/2002 2:01:19 PM PDT by Henrietta
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Castor Bean plants are pretty common here in the south, they grow wild along the road in some places. They are used for landscaping. Ricin is a poison that has been used by the gov't for covert ops & assasinations. In fact one of the Arkancides was similar to a Ricin poisoning.
15 posted on 06/19/2002 2:12:15 PM PDT by chuknospam
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Too funny! My mother-in-law thinks that a canned ham is the only thing to make at thanksgiving. It always tastes like pressed board....
16 posted on 06/19/2002 2:16:32 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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They have great big, huuuge lobed leaves. They get relly big, really quick!The plants are beautiful!
17 posted on 06/19/2002 2:16:37 PM PDT by Betty Jo
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I just read your link. i would guess you nailed the right one.
18 posted on 06/19/2002 2:21:19 PM PDT by Betty Jo
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The Spokane County Sheriff's Office began investigating Olsen last August, before the terrorist acts of Sept. 11, Brown said. The FBI later entered the case.

I wonder what prompted the investigation. What the heck is going on in spokane Valley, of all places? Weren't there some whacko brothers there (or nearby) arrested and convicted for various run-ins with the law, including placing a nail bomb on steps of Spokane library? They had car names...Chevy someone....Wonder if there's any connection to this case?

19 posted on 06/19/2002 2:23:26 PM PDT by PoisedWoman
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Courtesy of : http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ plmar99.htm

The castor bean or castor plant belongs to the Euphorbia Family (Euphorbiaceae), a diverse and economically-important family of flowering plants. Although the castor plant has a watery sap, many members of the family contain a poisonous milky sap or latex that exudes copiously from cut stems or leaves. In fact, the most important world source of natural rubber comes from several members of the Euphorbia Family, especially the para rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis). Other economically important plants include tapioca from the large storage roots of the tapioca plant (Manihot esculenta), and tung oil from the seeds of the Chinese tung tree (Aleurites fordii). Tung oil is one of the world's finest and most durable finishes for wood. Another species of Aleurites (A. molucanna), is called the candlenut tree because the oil-rich seeds were used for candles in Hawaii and other Polynesian islands.

The seed of candlenut (Aleurites molucanna) contains about 50 percent oil and burns like a candle. The ancient Polynesians brought this tree to the Hawaiian Islands where it has become naturalized. The dried nuts were cracked open and the seeds were skewered onto the midrib of a coconut frond (or slender bamboo stem) and set on fire. [Since they contain about 50 percent unsaturated oil, the seeds ignite readily.] The Polynesians used them for candles that burned for about 45 minutes. Hawaiians also extracted the oil for many other uses: to shine and waterproof wooden bowls, to mix with charcoal to make black canoe paint, to burn as torches, and to burn in stone lamps for light.

The candlenut is also known as the kukui-nut in Hawaii, and the large seeds are polished and strung into beautiful necklaces and bracelets. In fact, this tree has so many uses that it is the national tree of Hawaii. Throughout the islands the light green (silvery-gray) foliage decorates lush canyons and valleys. The light-colored foliage is easy to spot from the numerous vistas on these lovely islands.

The fruit and seeds of candlenut (Aleurites molucanna). In the Hawaiian Islands, the large seeds are polished and made into beautiful kukui-nut necklaces and bracelets. The shiny black or dark brown seeds resemble polished gemstones.

There are many native members of the Euphorbia Family represented in the southwestern desert region of the United States and Mexico, including a shrub that produces the famous Mexican jumping bean (Sebastiana pavoniana) and the Arizona jumping bean (Sapium biloculare). Like the castor bean, the Mexican jumping bean also has capsules composed of 3 carpels, except some of these are occupied by a robust moth larva rather than a seed. A related roadside plant of southern Arizona and Mexico (Cnidoscolus angustidens) superficially resembles a young castor plant, except it is covered with very painful, stinging hairs (trichomes). Its appropriate name of male mujer or "bad woman" is quickly realized if one makes the mistake of touching it.
20 posted on 06/19/2002 2:24:32 PM PDT by AgentEcho
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