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The One vs. Goliath

Rat Staring Contest

Bullet hitting a metal plate

GeeSussFreeK says...

>> ^grinter:
With all of those particles being ejected, it is not hard to believe that the huge amounts of lead bullets of depleted uranium shells could lead to health hazards for families living in a war zone (beyond the obvious health hazards, of course).


Heheh little misspeak there, lead bullets are lead, and depleted uranium bullets are made from depleted uranium

"In a three week period of conflict in Iraq during 2003 it was estimated over 1000 tons of depleted uranium munitions were used mostly in cities.[7] While any radiation exposure has risks, no conclusive data have correlated DU exposure to specific human health effects such as cancer.[8] Yet, studies using cultured cells and laboratory rodents continue to suggest the possibility of leukemogenic, genetic, reproductive, and neurological effects from chronic exposure.[9] In addition, the UK Pensions Appeal Tribunal Service in early 2004 attributed birth defect claims from a February 1991 Gulf War combat veteran to depleted uranium poisoning.[10][11] Also, a 2005 epidemiology review concluded: "In aggregate the human epidemiological evidence is consistent with increased risk of birth defects in offspring of persons exposed to DU."[12]"


7 ^ a b c Paul Brown, Gulf troops face tests for cancer guardian.co.uk 25 April 2003, Retrieved February 3, 2009
8 ^ Health Effects of Uranium. "Toxicological profile for uranium". http://fhp.osd.mil/du/healthEffects.jsp.
9 ^ Miller AC, McClain D. (2007 Jan-Mar). "A review of depleted uranium biological effects: in vitro and in vivo studies". Rev Environ Health 22 (1): 75–89. PMID 17508699.
10 ^ Williams, M. (February 9, 2004) "First Award for Depleted Uranium Poisoning Claim," The Herald Online, (Edinburgh: Herald Newspapers, Ltd.)
11 ^ Campaign Against Depleted Uranium (Spring, 2004) "MoD Forced to Pay Pension for DU Contamination," CADU News 17)
12 ^ a b c d Hindin, R. et al. (2005) "Teratogenicity of depleted uranium aerosols: A review from an epidemiological perspective," Environmental

A quick wiki shows it is controversial at least. One would suppose that it would be at least somewhat harmful. Did you ever hear about that illness soldiers were coming back with from the first Gulf war? It wasn't really talked about much and I remember it being later attributed to the burning oil fields, perhaps this is a more likely culprit.

Burning Methane From Frozen Lake

True love between cat and rat

14184 says...

"Toxoplasmosis - it only reproduces in the feline gut. Cat poop gets eaten by rodents, and the toxo has to find a way of getting its rodent host into a cat’s stomach.

So it seems the rodents seek out cats, rather than running in fear from them. When I first heard that idea, I thought it was unlikely - that the rodents probably are just careless around cats, or maybe they just can’t run away as effectively when they’re sick. The scientists thought of this too, and there is now a lot of experimental evidence supporting the idea that rats very specifically seek out the smell of cats.

Rodents normally avoid cat scent. Even born-and-bred lab animals that have never met a cat in their lives show an innate aversion to the scent. Except, that is, if they’re infected with toxo. There is even a dose-response curve like you would see with a drug.

And meanwhile, everything else about the rat is normal. Its sense of smell, its social behaviors, its ability to learn, and even its ability to learn to fear things. Its anxiety about other stimuli (everything dangerous except cats) is completely normal. The effect extends to the smell of both domestic cats and bobcats, but not to the scent of other animals they’ve tested, including dogs and humans."

from http://loxosceles.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/47/
I've heard that this virus is also harmful to pregnant humans

Frightened Rabbit "It's Christmas So We'll Stop" (choral)

calvados says...

It's Christmas so we'll stop
It's on with the lights to warm the dark
It can cloak elsewhere
As the rot stops for today
Let the rot stop just for one day
Only good red eyes, red suits, and faces will radiate
And the cold will hide its face
Now the cold is turned away
We can be best friends with the people we hate
'Cause we've all got blood
And it's warmer than you think
Yeah it is warm and it is thick
We all breathe out clouds
We're built to give at least once each year
Now that's better than never I guess
And life might never get better than this
With the perfect excuse for our natures to change
And wear shiny clothes
Oh it's Christmas so press pause and we'll go

Oh it's Christmas so we'll stop
'Cause the wine on our breath puts the love in our tongues
So forget the names
I called you on Christmas Eve
In fact forget the entire year
Don't reflect just pretend and you won't feel scared
You won't feel a thing
'Cause it's all been tucked away
And once you're tucked in bed
You'll hold on to the day for the last few seconds
Your gray dull face is protected from the wind
And I'll protect you I promise I will
And the rest of our lives will be just like Christmas
With fewer toys
You're a good girl I'm a good boy
So I thought

Oh it's Christmas so we stopped
Were it not for the tick of the clock
And the spinning of the Earth in space
We could always be this way
And as we sleep at the fall of the day
In the room next door the tree lights brighten the rodents' eyes
And catches a glimpse of the dust beginning to rise

The next day life went back to its bad self
The next day life went back to its bad self
The next day life went back to its bad self
The next day life went back to its bad self

Great compilation of funny dog videos

Great compilation of funny dog videos

Atheism & Christmas (Religion Talk Post)

Chucking Lemmings off a cliff for Uncle Walt.

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EDD (Member Profile)

berticus says...

The bunny one is here, and is taken from a penny arcade strip. The rat was mine, yep. I had 2, but sadly I had to give them away. Miss the mischievous little ratties!

In reply to this comment by EDD:
Hey, what happened to your previous avatar? The white one with the drawn bunny, if I'm not mistaken? I really really loved that one (then again, I'm an insufferable, biased bunny lovah), and it doesn't matter that much, because all rodents are totally cool. Is this one (rat/hamster?) yours?

berticus (Member Profile)

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