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(Florida) Teen Girl Expelled, Charged With a Felony After Science Experiment Goes Awry
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| May 2, 2013
Posted on 05/02/2013 9:48:34 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Elderberry; Boogieman
"I didn’t know that! I had used Sodium Hydroxide and aluminum in the past to generate hydrogen for balloons."
The posted article said that "the top popped off when a small explosion occurred." "8-ounce water bottle," and making a safe assumption that it was plastic? Was there any spark near it? I'd be much more concerned about a lead-acid battery.
Anyone driving a car is trying to blow people up! And we know that any explosion caused by a car battery would be no accident! Car battery blows up, go to jail! ;-)
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05/02/2013 12:33:51 PM PDT
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familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
To: familyop
“You haven’t seen so much as news of any good evidence or testimony that it wasn’t an accident. And the news media are often hysterical and incorrect.”
Hence why I prefaced the comment with “if it’s true”.
“It’s not well known, because most people aren’t interested.”
It’s well known, just not to you, but it is certainly well known. I’m sure I could ask 10 leftie college students what a “drano bomb” was, and at least 3-4 of them would know. I’d say that is “well known”.
“People combine all kinds of hazardous mixes without knowing what results will be.”
Sure, but they don’t follow the exact recipe and steps contained in popular bomb-making manuals, unless they are trying to follow the instructions to make a bomb.
To: Burkean
The experiment was conducted in a school yard away from the building and away from students. No one was injured in the incident. That detail is from Fox News.
NOT in the classroom. Not under teacher supervision.
I'm sorry. I can see the school's point of view on this one.
To: Boogieman
"It’s well known, just not to you, but it is certainly well known."
"...just not to" me? So you've been omnipresent for a long time, too. Very interesting.
" I’m sure I could ask 10 leftie college students what a 'drano bomb' was, and at least 3-4 of them would know. I’d say that is 'well known'."
Impressive assumption and sample.
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05/02/2013 1:45:05 PM PDT
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familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
To: Elderberry
Yep, a ban on all expanding/exploding experiments. Volcanoes were specifically mentioned.
“Where will that lead to next?”
If the barbarians don't destroy civilization first, it will eventually lead to people being enclosed in “bubbles” and only interacting with each other in a completely realistic virtual world. All the “real world” tasks would be performed by robots while humans reside in “the matrix”, a virtual utopia with no consequences and infinite "lives".
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05/02/2013 2:04:47 PM PDT
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varyouga
To: familyop
“So you’ve been omnipresent for a long time, too. Very interesting.”
I don’t need to be omnipresent to know if something is “well known”.
To: Red Badger
Public School is to education what a Public restroom is to hygiene........... That is a perfect analogy.
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