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kas125 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 01:53 AM Original message |
Egypt imports 21 tons of tear gas from the US, port staff refuses to |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Omfg. |
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kas125 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I know. I can't even begin to put my disgust at this into words... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 03:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. +1000000 Horrifying. nt |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. just Wow! |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. K&R |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
5. we need to find out what corporation |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 02:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I think they did find out who the manufacturer was. It was on Twitter |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Well, at least we are still making something in this country. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I was wondering last week, when there were reports of "different" |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
53. We only make weapons. We are the death merchants. nt |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
46. You got the cash |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
6. Disgusting, the protesters were gathering the evidence |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
8. K&R, Obama has plenty of words of support for the people over the military... |
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kas125 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 02:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I'm surely not going to hold my breath waiting for him to actually |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Egypt and US |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. I don't think he could stop a for-profit company from selling |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. There are export licenses that can be denied. Try shipping a cutting edge microchip to China |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. 21 tons...21 tons...21 fucking tons! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I want to know who the fucking shipper is. Badly. |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 02:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. The pic shows: Combined Tactical System, Jamestown, PA |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I read earlier in the week that the TG is made in PA |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Reading about CSI is chilling: |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Thermite |
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seeviewonder (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
57. It takes a lot of activation energy to |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. It just takes burning metal. |
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seeviewonder (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Oh I didn't know they used the "ate" |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. Guess who owns CSI, the weapons maker? |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. The Carlyle Group was associated with GHW Bush during the time |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 02:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. 21 tons should be enough to keep gassing the Egyptians |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 03:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Mouthing support on one hand, while.... |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. 42,000 pounds.... |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
58. that's... just in one week. 21 tons in one week. |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
11. Tear gas, pepper spray. The only difference: location. |
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canuckledragger (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
12. Glad to see someone standing up against this kind of thing |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
15. k&r |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
17. K and effing R |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
18. We Still Make Tear Gas Here? |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. Doctors treating the victims of it are saying it is different, much more |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 03:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Good god. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
24. Gee, did "Operation: Paperclip" bring IG Farben over, too? |
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backtoblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
25. K & R ... WTF??? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
28. So, where would a company in Jamestown ship from? |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #28 |
72. Excellent question |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
32. American foreign policy in a nutshell. n/t |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. See how much we support Democracy! |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
37. "Bringing democracy" to countries one at a time. n/t |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
38. DId they need an export license to send this stuff out of the country? |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. Jesus Fucking Christ |
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Aaria (238 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. Greed |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. !! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
41. Kicked and recommended. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
42. So at the same time that the Prez is asking the authorities to chill out... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
43. But, we do have an embargo on medicine to Cuba. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. American stupidity knows no bounds |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
44. Kick |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
45. Ahh, can you smell it, the smell of freedom, USA's most important export. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
47. what an evil way of making money and doing business |
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ghurley (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
51. DUers scare me... so i don't post here a whole lot... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
66. Don't worry. We don't eat much. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
52. Bravo, Egyptian port staff! nt |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
55. US is the arms supplier of the world. How dare they interfere with our right to make $$$ |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
56. But it's making jobs! |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
59. This is SO MUCH worse than backing Hussein's fight with Iran!! |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
60. War profiteers...arms dealers....a lot of money to be made. |
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Betsy Ross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
61. K&R n/t |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
62. State Department Approved Export of U.S.-Made Tear Gas to Egyptian Gov’t |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
65. Hey, Obama's working hard on that export business. |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
67. Is this being shipped by the U.S. Government |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
68. The Egyptians who refused the shipment are awesome! |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. +10000 |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
69. Last week's gas? CS gas – 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile – |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
71. It makes total sense |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
73. k |
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