Obama Kills Bin Ladin!

09 May 2011 14:16 #451 by ScienceChic
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This actually got me thinking about doing this kind of burial! The article not only describes research papers documenting differences in decomp (nothing too graphic) based on depth and water temp, but details one company who offers these services commercially (~10K).

http://motherjones.com/environment/2011 ... ial-at-sea
What Happens When You're Buried at Sea?
Getting tipped overboard is just the beginning. The gory—and fascinating—science of sleeping with the fishes.
— By Dave Gilson
Mon May. 9, 2011

Last Monday, at around 11 in the morning local time, Osama Bin Laden's body dropped from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson into the Arabian Sea. According to the Pentagon, the hours-old corpse had been washed and placed in a simple white sheet in accordance with Islamic practice. It was then sealed inside a weighted bag and laid on top of a board, which was tilted until "the body slid off into the sea."

Back on land, the controversy surrounding Bin Laden's last splash was just beginning. But beneath the waves, nature was taking its course, quietly and methodically turning the world's most-wanted terrorist into fish food. You could say Osama bin Laden had received the ultimate green burial, courtesy of the United States Navy.


One of the companies offering burials at sea:
http://www.newenglandburialsatsea.com/
http://www.newenglandburialsatsea.com/n ... al-shroud/

"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill

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09 May 2011 14:19 #452 by CinnamonGirl
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I have a friend who is a huge pilot. He and three friends took ashes of a dear friend of theirs up in a plane (he told me this story) and they tried throw them out of the plane over a specified spot and it all blew back in the plane all over them. It was a remembrance that is all I can say.

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09 May 2011 14:38 #453 by chickaree
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CinnamonGirl wrote: Hasidic Newspaper Photoshops Hillary Clinton from Iconic Photo

http://www.thejewishweek.com/blogs/jewi ... onic_photo

I'm thinking that if a Muslim paper had done this it would havegenerated a ton of outrage instead of tolerant amusement.

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09 May 2011 16:04 #454 by Whatevergreen

IamCoolerThanU wrote:

CinnamonGirl wrote: Hasidic Newspaper Photoshops Hillary Clinton from Iconic Photo

http://www.thejewishweek.com/blogs/jewi ... onic_photo

Open your eyes if you look both women in the picture the one in the back and hilary are gone its because a women showing her face is considered taboo


You are thinking of a different religion (Islam). This topic is from a jewish (Hasidic) Newspaper.

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09 May 2011 16:05 #455 by Whatevergreen

chickaree wrote:

CinnamonGirl wrote: Hasidic Newspaper Photoshops Hillary Clinton from Iconic Photo

http://www.thejewishweek.com/blogs/jewi ... onic_photo

I'm thinking that if a Muslim paper had done this it would havegenerated a ton of outrage instead of tolerant amusement.


I think you are correct. :wink:

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10 May 2011 12:03 #456 by UNDER MODERATION
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CinnamonGirl wrote: I have a friend who is a huge pilot. He and three friends took ashes of a dear friend of theirs up in a plane (he told me this story) and they tried throw them out of the plane over a specified spot and it all blew back in the plane all over them. It was a remembrance that is all I can say.


They should have just thrown the whole Urn out the window...It would have exploded on impact. I got a lot of stories about flying. Maybe i'll tell them here one day. I got hauled into FAA court in Atlanta one time..I got a certfied letter from the FAA acusing me of some crimes so I wrote a 4 page response, put it in the mail and called an avation lawyer in Miami (thats where I was at the time 1981) and the first thing the lawyer says is "whatever you do, do not respond to that letter"

lol

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10 May 2011 15:58 #457 by Grady
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The US Navy, ever gracious and sensitive to those who grieve, has spared no expense in a grave marker for UBL

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14 May 2011 16:55 #458 by CinnamonGirl
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Disney Seeks Trademark On 'Seal Team 6'

The Grim Reefer2 writes
"MediaBistro has learned that the Walt Disney Company has applied for a trademark on the phrase 'Seal Team 6,' the name of the special forces unit that killed the world's most wanted man. Disney now owns the exclusive rights to put Seal Team 6 on 'clothing, footwear, headwear, toys, games and entertainment and education services.' Disney made the move only two days after bin Laden's death was announced."

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/14 ... edium=feed

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14 May 2011 20:11 #459 by chickaree
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CinnamonGirl wrote: Disney Seeks Trademark On 'Seal Team 6'

The Grim Reefer2 writes
"MediaBistro has learned that the Walt Disney Company has applied for a trademark on the phrase 'Seal Team 6,' the name of the special forces unit that killed the world's most wanted man. Disney now owns the exclusive rights to put Seal Team 6 on 'clothing, footwear, headwear, toys, games and entertainment and education services.' Disney made the move only two days after bin Laden's death was announced."

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/14 ... edium=feed

:angry: How can they do that?

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14 May 2011 20:38 #460 by UNDER MODERATION
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chickaree wrote:

CinnamonGirl wrote: Disney Seeks Trademark On 'Seal Team 6'

The Grim Reefer2 writes
"MediaBistro has learned that the Walt Disney Company has applied for a trademark on the phrase 'Seal Team 6,' the name of the special forces unit that killed the world's most wanted man. Disney now owns the exclusive rights to put Seal Team 6 on 'clothing, footwear, headwear, toys, games and entertainment and education services.' Disney made the move only two days after bin Laden's death was announced."

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/14 ... edium=feed

:angry: How can they do that?



A better question is- Who'd buy clothes with that on it? It's like those big dumb FBI ballcaps you see guys wearing?

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