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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg not intimidated by ricin-laced letters
CBS News ^
| May 30, 2013
Posted on 05/30/2013 8:42:01 AM PDT by Zakeet
Federal investigators are trying to figure out who sent two threatening letters laced with the deadly poison ricin to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his gun-control group in Washington.
CBS News correspondent Elaine Quijano reports that authorities say responding officers who came into contact with the letter in New York suffered some minor symptoms. No one was seriously hurt, but now a joint terrorism task force, including the FBI and the NYPD, is investigating.
Bloomberg spoke with reporters shortly after the threats against him became public Wednesday evening.
"No, I'm not angry," said Bloomberg. "There are people who, I would argue, do things that may be irrational, do things that are wrong, but it's a very complex world out there, and we just have to deal with that."
On Friday, a worker at a mail facility in lower Manhattan intercepted a letter addressed to Bloomberg that was laced with ricin - a highly toxic poison.
Another tainted letter was discovered two days later in Washington at a building that houses Mayors Against Illegal Guns - a non-profit group Bloomberg helped start. That envelope was addressed to the group's director, Mark Glaze.
Both mailings were postmarked May 20 from Shreveport, La., with no return address.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bloomberg; newyorkcity; ricin
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The little guy is against gun ownership but surrounds himself with armed guards 24/7
This Libtard is so brave that he will never back down from his courageous stands on gun grabbing, homosexual marriage and Big Gulps!
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:42:01 AM PDT
by
Zakeet
To: Zakeet
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:42:42 AM PDT
by
clamper1797
(Evil WILL flourish when good men WILL not act)
To: Zakeet
Why should he be worried? He has lowly peon staff to open his mail for him.
What a brave man.
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:43:56 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Funny thing happened on the way to the Constitution burning, Lefties rights were violated...)
To: DoughtyOne
Really. Don’t see him volunteering to do a little mailroom duty...
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:46:02 AM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
To: Zakeet
I think he should lick those letters just to prove it.
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:46:28 AM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: DoughtyOne
...and another staffer to mail it to him.
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:46:33 AM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
To: clamper1797
My thoughts also.
He had it sent to himself.
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:46:58 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: Zakeet
Why would he be?
He had them sent to himself.
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:47:25 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(It is the deviants who are the bullies.)
To: Zakeet
let’s pray nobody ever sends him more than sixteen ounces of the stuff
To: gov_bean_ counter
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:47:39 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Funny thing happened on the way to the Constitution burning, Lefties rights were violated...)
To: Zakeet
He thought it was just his daily coke delivery....
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:48:09 AM PDT
by
apillar
To: TurboZamboni
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:48:12 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Funny thing happened on the way to the Constitution burning, Lefties rights were violated...)
To: Zakeet
I think someone ought to send Bloomberg a letter containing table salt! That will scare him.
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:48:12 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
(What is twisted cannot be straightened...)
To: Zakeet
If anyone REALLY wants to upset hizzoner then they just need to send him a 32oz soda cup. That’ll do it.
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:48:19 AM PDT
by
MeganC
(You can take my gun when you can grab it with your cold, dead fingers.)
To: Zakeet
A prince with a food taster would not be intimidated by a poisoner, either.
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:50:01 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)
To: Zakeet
Well, of COURSE he’s not. He has letter tasters.
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:50:49 AM PDT
by
MestaMachine
(My caps work. You gotta earn them.)
To: Zakeet
The little guy is against direct gun ownershipbut is all for himself owning guntoters.
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:51:12 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)
To: MeganC
“If anyone REALLY wants to upset hizzoner then they just need to send him a 32oz soda cup.”
Yeah, and fill it with salt, butter and a pack of Luckies. That should throw the SOB into cardiac arrest.
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:52:01 AM PDT
by
Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
To: Zakeet
If there was ever an office holder in US history megalomaniacal enough to send such letters to himself to prove his divinity to the masses, it would be Bloomberg.
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:52:34 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
(CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
To: clamper1797
Taking pointers from the Tawanas of the world.
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posted on
05/30/2013 8:52:36 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)
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