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Need some help from some Nukie types. (How) Could a person, in US, wirhout any clearences, have obtained radioactive Cesium? How dangerous? What instrument would detect presence of same. How long does a doseameter take to respond, or would film badge be better? Background: I'm an old retired newsie. Have an inkling that some physics teacher with a little (?)knowledge may have obtained some cesium for a project and now her class room is a little "hot" I have a little radiation experience from covering Chernobyl stories. See bio. Stay tuned - thanks.

A Canadian man undergoing treatment for prostate cancer ran afoul of airport security while traveling to the United States in October 2003. A Canadian man undergoing treatment for prostate cancer ran afoul of airport security while traveling to the United States in October 2003. According to the Canadian Medical Association Journal, the businessman was passing through customs when a guard with a pager-sized radiation detector accosted him. "He was taken into a separate room where he was asked to stand against the wall and refrain from speaking while workers examined his luggage," the man's doctors wrote in a letter to...

The large, black SUV passed the woman on the left, abruptly slowed down, and then dropped behind her. Suddenly, flashing red and blue lights lit up her rearview mirror. "Ma'am, you were pulled over because you set off a nuclear radioactive alarm," a man dressed in a blue jumpsuit-type uniform and a baseball cap said in a monotone. It sounds like a scene from the movie "Men in Black." A select group of state troopers and inspectors from the state Department of Motor Vehicles now wear ultra-sensitive, portable radiation detectors on their belts to check for dangerous materials inside large...

The Stunned Beeber thread, The thread that started lots of fun and sillyness this could be a hugh and series day so stop by and wish this one year old Happy Beeber day

Many argue that communism will never be possible because of "human nature". The essence of this false argument is the belief that a communist society would consist of an all-powerful central government that would tell everybody what to do--and would therefore undermine the creative initiative of individuals and the search for happiness. • This argument is based on two false assumptions: (1) It assumes that a communist society will look like the former Soviet Union, or the current China, North Korea, etc (ie: corrupt police states with a feudal-style ruling class) (2) It assumes that people will only work in...

<p>Buh Bye former great Freerepublic, home of wannabe conservativ idiots, GESTAPO-like Mods and NAZIs. This once great forum has been trashed over the past three years like never before and I’m GLAD that these fucking MOD’s banned me today. If we loose this Election, then FR will be a part in this disaster. No freedom of speech, no real conservatives anymore, it’s a catastophical failure like our President said correctly, hehe… Just like fucking Germany back in 1933, Brownshirts all over the place. I’m puking, little boys.</p>

why do people keep banning me everytime I put up interesting articles? I work for a website I think some of you are familiar with called phantirath weekly world news and each time we put somthing up on FR no matter how conservative it is it keeps getting banned. Whats the matter with it?! Damn man what are you marxist socialists communists? I just got a call this mroning from a Juwish friend of mine who said that you banned an important article about Zionism and Noam Federman and about how we were to support israel. I thought you guys...

My hard drive crashed! It was a simple and effective program that you right click to spell check. A FR poster recommended the program and it was great. Any help will be appreicated

Can any Freeper shed some light on this A Buddy of mine was down in T. J. this weekend, That being tiajunna Mexico Upon his return as he was going though customes he showed his I.D. and that of his wife that was with him The customes Agent looked at a beeber like device. And asked which one of them had a stress test "He had one the week before He was stuned and asked how the agent knew and the agent said its best you dont know and he let them cross no big deal