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Police block Mexico hospital, 6 may have radiation [poisoning]
WKOW ^ | 06 December 2013 | Adriana Gomes Lincon, Emilio Lopez

Posted on 12/06/2013 11:50:56 AM PST by Lorianne

PACHUCA, Mexico (AP) - Federal police blocked access Friday to a central Mexico hospital where six people were reported to have been admitted with radiation exposure.

An official familiar with the case confirmed Mexican media reports that the six have been admitted to the general hospital in the city of Pachuca and may have been exposed to a stolen source of cobalt-60.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Mexico
KEYWORDS: amnesty; block; glowinthedark; hospital; mexico; muslims; pachuca; police; radiantbooty; radiation
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To: Lorianne

Karma has a strange way of catching up!


21 posted on 12/06/2013 12:21:04 PM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: Dysart
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/13/mexican-trucks-safety-concerns_n_897273.html

Per the article 10,000 commercial trucks per year hijacked in ol Mexicio.

22 posted on 12/06/2013 12:26:17 PM PST by Dysart (Obamacare: "We are losing money on every subscriber-- but we will make it up in volume!")
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To: Hardraade

I am not referring to the thieves. You are right, the thieves can go to hell. If somebody not connected with the theft found what appeared to be scrap metal and took it home then I feel sorry for them.


23 posted on 12/06/2013 12:31:03 PM PST by forgotten man
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To: Black Agnes

Better them than innocents. Yecchh...radiation poisoning not fun.


24 posted on 12/06/2013 12:35:46 PM PST by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Black Agnes
From the 1950s noire film, Kiss Me Deadly (Mickey Spillane)


25 posted on 12/06/2013 12:40:45 PM PST by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Dysart
Very common. There is even a series of movies about it. "Lola la trailera"

You can buy them at Walmart.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Lola-La-Trailera-Lola-La-Trailera-Lola-La-Trailera-2-El-Secuestro-De-Lola-Lola-La-Trailera-3-El-Gran-Reto-3-Peliculas-Spanish-Full-Frame/10993572

26 posted on 12/06/2013 12:45:00 PM PST by La Lydia
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To: Lorianne
The atomic energy agency said the cobalt has an activity of 3,000 curries, or Category 1, meaning "it would probably be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period in the range of a few minutes to an hour."

Some writer or editor doesn't know the difference between hot spices and radioactive materials.

27 posted on 12/06/2013 12:52:36 PM PST by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: La Lydia

My Spanish is a little rusty, but I get the essence of it, and I will probably be taking my conspiracy hat off at this point. Based on the prevalence I’m more inclined to believe these unwitting cargo rustlers simply bit off more than they could chew.


28 posted on 12/06/2013 12:54:25 PM PST by Dysart (Obamacare: "We are losing money on every subscriber-- but we will make it up in volume!")
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To: Jim Noble

My guess is that since they got radiation poisoning then they didn’t have a clue what they stole. If they were serious terrorists they would not have opened the container like these guys did.

But this incident might give some real terrorists some ideas.


29 posted on 12/06/2013 12:56:29 PM PST by RadiationRomeo (Step into my mind and glimpse the madness that is me)
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To: Lorianne

Karma for the thieves? Could be misfortune for some person who innocently happened by and investigated, I guess.


30 posted on 12/06/2013 12:57:22 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: dfwgator

“Picturing the scene in Indiana Jones when the Nazis open up the Ark of the Covenant.”
It reminds me of the Star Trek NG episode where Data is collecting the radioactive satellite pieces and the people on the planet get sick. One of my favorite episodes.


31 posted on 12/06/2013 1:02:06 PM PST by RadiationRomeo (Step into my mind and glimpse the madness that is me)
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To: Pharmboy

Also similar to a plot device in Alas Babylon. The local hood who stole the radioactive jewel loot from a high end shop just outside the nuked FL city.


32 posted on 12/06/2013 1:02:10 PM PST by Black Agnes
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To: Lorianne

I read a similar story in Robert Gales’ book Radiation - what you need to know about it. Most of those that came in contact with the cobalt 60 from the dismantled machine died - they received a fatal and unfixable dose of radiation.


33 posted on 12/06/2013 1:19:06 PM PST by Islander828
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To: Dysart
Those movies are a scream. There is a lot of scheming and thievery and bad stuff, which she defeats. What they do, unwittingly, is depict most Mexicans as larcenous bastards. Very brawny gal.

I think this latest theft was committed by a bunch of ignorant peasants who would not recognize a radioactive warning symbol if it bit them in the DNA. Very sad and very stupid. But you do have to wonder why the Mexicans chose to put their nuclear waste so near to the national capital. It is as if we put ours in a depository at Woodbridge, VA.

34 posted on 12/06/2013 1:25:03 PM PST by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia

Talk about “The Walking Dead...” Poor things.


35 posted on 12/06/2013 1:30:32 PM PST by redhead (NO GROUND TO THE DEVIL! Remember BENGHAZI!! Use Weaponized Prayer)
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To: Lorianne

I suppose it won’t be any problem finding these guys from now on. Just look for somebody who glows in the dark,


36 posted on 12/06/2013 1:43:26 PM PST by Gritty (You can't fix crazy any more than you can fix stupid. Obamacare was never going to work.-Steve Deace)
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To: Lorianne
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37 posted on 12/06/2013 1:55:00 PM PST by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: Pharmboy

Highway Patrol, Season 1, Episode 8


38 posted on 12/06/2013 4:17:15 PM PST by NonValueAdded (It's not the penalty, it's the lack of coverage on 1 Jan. Think about it.)
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To: Zeppo

“The atomic energy agency said the cobalt has an activity of 3,000 curries, or Category 1, meaning “it would probably be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period in the range of a few minutes to an hour.”

Some writer or editor doesn’t know the difference between hot spices and radioactive materials. “

Either way, the sentence rings true.


39 posted on 12/06/2013 4:29:31 PM PST by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: Lorianne

Frito Banditos.


40 posted on 12/06/2013 6:28:02 PM PST by moovova
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