Sensible Erection | Was Arafat Poisoned?

Thursday, 5 July 2012

quote [ Experts found what Bochud characterized as "very small" quantities of polonium, an isotope that is naturally present in the environment. But there were higher quantities of polonium in Arafat's underwear and hospital clothing.

Polonium is best known for causing the death of Alexander Litvinenko, a one-time KGB agent turned critic of the Russian government, in London in 2006. ]

Hmmm

Follow up to this from '04

http://sensibleerection.com/entry.php/41833

[politics] [by pleaides@4:14amGMT] [+4 Interesting]

Comments

structured_spirits said @ 4:19am GMT on 5th Jul
Clearly Arafat had a secret nuclear weapons program in his underwear.

pleaides said @ 4:23am GMT on 5th Jul
That's where I hide MY weaponry :)

leareth said @ 7:24am GMT on 5th Jul [Score:3 Funny]
Amazing what they can do with miniaturization these days...

:P

Sorry, sorry couldn't resist.

pleaides said @ 9:04am GMT on 5th Jul
I'll pay that, mate :)

brat#3 said @ 6:47am GMT on 6th Jul
It's ok, you can always move to NZ where we celebrate you for a whole month every year.

happiest_sadist said @ 9:13am GMT on 6th Jul
For those of us in the northern hemisphere who are too drunk to properly use google('s fucked-to-death interface which has removed all useful features it once had /rant)- what is this celebration, and why an entire month?

pleaides said @ 10:02am GMT on 6th Jul
I'm pretty aer

pleaides said @ 10:02am GMT on 6th Jul
I'm pretty awesome.

pleaides said @ 10:16am GMT on 6th Jul
I blame the new ipad for this aberration

brat#3 said @ 10:40am GMT on 6th Jul
The Maori Matariki festival celebrates the appearance of the cluster of stars elsewhere known as the Pleaides :P

pleaides said @ 11:26am GMT on 6th Jul [Score:1 Funny]
Is there a high percentage of Subaru owners at this festival?

brat#3 said @ 5:45am GMT on 7th Jul
Of course. We are a nation of legacy drivers.

happiest_sadist said @ 10:05am GMT on 7th Jul
Only seven, and they are all sisters.

pleaides said @ 10:25am GMT on 7th Jul
Well played

sua_sponte said @ 7:27am GMT on 5th Jul
I think Ringo Starr just got tired of leading a double life.

pleaides said @ 9:05am GMT on 5th Jul
I do not understand this reference.

captainstubing said @ 10:27am GMT on 5th Jul
It might be a D Gen Late Show reference? I can't find the video but Rob Sitch did a very good Arafat impersonation waaaay back and used the Ringo thing.

pleaides said @ 10:35am GMT on 5th Jul
I hadn't considered that angle. I didn't have Sua Sponte pegged as an Aussie, is he/she?

captainstubing said @ 10:56am GMT on 5th Jul
No idea, but I'd love to see that video again and can't find it.

pleaides said @ 11:46am GMT on 5th Jul
*first world problems ;)*

captainstubing said @ 10:56am GMT on 6th Jul
Indeed. But still, even those matter. They all matter.

pleaides said @ 12:02pm GMT on 6th Jul
You don't have to tell me dude. I have no end of trouble fitting two laptops and my iPad on my desk.

Seneki69 said @ 6:42am GMT on 6th Jul
"No it is not a tea towel, it is a traditional headdress!"

I can't find it online either...

Seneki69 said @ 6:46am GMT on 6th Jul
Found a still:

Champagne Comedy! :P

Seneki69 said @ 6:49am GMT on 6th Jul

Clicky.

lilmookieesquire said @ 3:09pm GMT on 5th Jul [Score:1 Informative]
An old skit from Saturday Night Live:

WEEKEND UPDATE ANCHOR
Good evening, I'm Jane Curtin. Our top story tonight: for the second year in a row, PLO leader Yasser Arafat has been awarded first prize in the annual international Ringo Starr look alike contest. He turned down the prize, which was a weekend in Tel Aviv.
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0694923/quotes?qt=qt0547894

And from the Mike Meyers Biography:

1988:
Yasir Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist.

I recognize my right to think Yasir Arafat looks exactly like Ringo Starr.
http://www.esquire.com/_mobile/features/movies/mike-myers-0708-2

scojam said @ 2:52am GMT on 6th Jul
second prize, two weeks in Tel Aviv.

sua_sponte said @ 5:20pm GMT on 5th Jul [Score:2]

Remember, they were never seen together...

Mel Gibson said @ 10:21am GMT on 5th Jul [Score:1 Insightful]
It's the Jooooz

Mel Gibson said @ 10:46am GMT on 5th Jul [Score:1 Funny]
Did you know they named orange juice after them? Before that it was called 'orange liquid.' Every time you drink orange juice, the Jooooz get a percentage.

tickaz said @ 3:04pm GMT on 5th Jul
IN this case you are probably correct.

sanepride said @ 10:32pm GMT on 5th Jul [Score:1 Insightful]
Arafat had plenty of enemies in the Arab world as well.

citizenQ said @ 3:01pm GMT on 5th Jul
The guy was 130. He could've died eating a bowl of cheerios.

citizenQ said @ 3:02pm GMT on 5th Jul
Eh, wikipedia tells me different. I guess he just looked 130. A poorly-preserved 130.

Naruki said @ 3:23pm GMT on 6th Jul [Score:1 Funny]
I think the more important question is: was Arafat poisoned... enough?

half said @ 5:11pm GMT on 6th Jul
for the smokers around here : traces of polonium can be found in small quantities in cigarettes smoke

mrcucumber said @ 1:53pm GMT on 7th Jul
did you read the article?

half said @ 4:35pm GMT on 7th Jul
quickly but yes I did. why ?

when the russian guy was poisenned in 2006 I read some articles about polonium poisening. those articles informed me about presence of polonium in cigarette smoke too (due to some pesticide used in tobacco culture if I remember well). this was a great help for me to stop smoking. I did not smoke a cigarette in 3 years.

mrcucumber said @ 5:00pm GMT on 7th Jul
So that means you still smoke?

I asked if you read the article only because they mention it (that polonium is in cigarette smoke) in the article - and we know 'dem palestinian/arab types chainsmoke....

half said @ 9:40pm GMT on 7th Jul
no I meant no cigarette in the last three years. and yes I read too fast. and thanks for the info.