'The bastards got me, they won't get us all'

The Times ^ | November 24, 2006 | Richard Beeston

[MadIvan]

Alexander Litvinenko died less than an hour ago.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[Jet Jaguar]

Bump.

[KyHammer]

dRUDGE SAYS HE DIED.

[MadIvan]

Yes, I put that in the comment.

Scotland Yard has taken over the investigation.

Regards, Ivan

[GSlob]

Barbari sunt, barbarice egit.

[Defender2]

Yahoo news and AP, also:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1743196/posts

More news of Litvinenko's death.

[villagerjoel]

“The bastards got me,” he whispered. “But they won’t get everybody.”

What a great line. RIP

[MadIvan]

This ends any consideration we should have for Putin. It's "talk to the hand" time for him.

Regards, Ivan

[cowtowney]

"This ends any consideration we should have for Putin. It's "talk to the hand" time for him."

I wish. Unfortunately, naive Bush keeps pacifying Putin and Putin keeps stabbing him in the back.

Here's the good news. Russia is losing 700,000 people a year. Ha Ha Ha.

[MadIvan]

I was more than a little puzzled by Bush's trust in Putin. If it was some elaborate bluffing game, we have yet to see that bluff called.

Regards, Ivan

[Billthedrill]

RIP for a brave man. The Mail reported a positive toxicology test for thallium two days ago but that was evidently in error. Whatever it was, it was very effective.

[Txsleuth]

Thanks, Ivan.

What a pity....my gosh, and so soon after that journalist was murdered.

[bjs1779]

"Ricin: Poison derived from the beans of the castor oil plant and devel-oped as a toxic weapon during the Second World War. Fast-working biological toxin, it decomposes rapidly, making it a hard-to-detect weapon for assassinations."

[FlingWingFlyer]

Communism seems to be rising from the dead faster than DemocRATic "voters" at election time. When one looks at all of the anti-America rallies taking place and at who is footing the bill for the rallies, it appears that we might have been a bit premature in writing Communism's obituary.

[Txsleuth]

I think that President Bush is effusive in praise for other people..especially world leaders, as he probably feels a POTUS should be...

Also...I think he deemed Putin a "good guy" LONG ago....and probably has changed his mind...but is not going to say much, because he is trying to keep Russia from totally signing on with Iran and China.

These are guesses on my part....based on hope. I have to believe that Pres. Bush is a better judge of character than to still think Putin is anything other than a thug in a suit.

[Txsleuth]

What are the symptoms of ricin poisoning?

[MadIvan]

If you recall, there was a substantial lobby of people on here who loudly supported Putin and would hear no evil about him. I hope now that those of us who said he was bad news are now seen to be correct - as we were.

Regards, Ivan

[Txsleuth]

NO WAY....I keep reading on FR and hearing on Sean Hannity that Ronald Reagan got rid of communism.

[Txsleuth]

I don't think I was here at the time...maybe I was, I just don't remember entering any debates.

I am a Bushbot..so I probably would have been inclined to trust Pres. Bush...but, not totally, because I have NEVER really believed that "The Soviet Union" was GONE...

I always figured it was still there, with different names.