Posted on 04/30/2016 7:32:59 AM PDT by Randall_S
Panel discussion on the week's headlines, including...
Donald Trump on Tuesday swept five states and is running away with the nomination, and followed up with a major speech on foreign policy. With approximately 1,000 delegates, he is positioned to reach the 1,237 mark before the convention in Cleveland. Meanwhile, his closest competitor Ted Cruz picked his VP candidates in Carly Fiorina. In Europe, Italian authorities arrested four would-be terrorists affiliated with ISIS, and Brussels began distributing iodine tablets (to counteract the effects of a potential dirty bomb). Finally, with the official transition of the term “convicted criminal” to “justice-involved individual,” the politically correct DOJ ushers in a new era in American Newspeak.
Topics of Discussion:
- Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy address
- The State of Republican Primary
- Europe’s Terror Continues in Italy and Belgium
- The DOJ’s Newspeak Lexicon
& more . . .
Iodine tablets would give no protection whatever from a dirty bomb.
Potassium or sodium iodide is used to load the thyroid to prevent uptake of iodine-131 which is a fission product and has an 8 day half life, as well as I-133 which has a shorter half life.
No iodine isotopes would exist in a dirty bomb because it would have already decayed away. The only way to get atmospheric I-131 is from fission, i.e. a nuclear bomb or a reactor plant release.
So, I see three possibilities:
1. The Belgian government does not understand dirty bombs.
2. The Belgian government expects a fission bomb or a reactor "accident."
3. The Belgian government is distributing iodine pills as a placebo to calm the public.
Excellent commentary. A man who knows his science.
2 and 3 seem likely.
But it is hard to overestimate the potential of bureaucratic ignorance and stupidity.
“Finally, with the official transition of the term “convicted criminal” to “justice-involved individual,” the politically correct DOJ ushers in a new era in American Newspeak.”
So Hillary will be the nation’s first “justice-involved individual” presidential candidate.
The EU is a gaggle of failed socialists dominated by the globalists, they have no intention of protecting the people or preserving thier sovereignty as individual nations
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