Oregon Bomb Plot Suspect Arrested, Second Hand Smoke

Preview for Sunday 112810

Hey folks,

First and foremost, a shout out to the FBI and the Investigators that stopped and arrested Mohamed Osman Mohamud. According to the AP - Oregon bomb-plot suspect wanted 'spectacular show' By Tim Fought And Nedra Pickler, Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. – A Somali-born teenager plotted "a spectacular show" of terrorism for months, saying he didn't mind that children would die if he bombed a crowded Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, according to a law-enforcement official and court documents.

He never got the chance. Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, was arrested Friday in downtown Portland after using a cell phone to try to detonate what he thought were explosives in a van, prosecutors said. It turned out to be a dummy bomb put together by FBI agents. Authorities said Mohamud was acting alone.

The alleged plot followed a string of terrorist attack planning by U.S. citizens or residents, including a Times Square plot in which a Pakistan-born man pleaded guilty earlier this year to trying to set off a car bomb at a bustling street corner. Last month, another Pakistan-born Virginia resident was accused in a bomb plot to kill commuters.

In the Portland plot, Mohamud was not being directed by any foreign terrorist organization, according to a law-enforcement official who wasn't authorized to discuss the case publicly and spoke on a condition of anonymity.

Congratulations on a Job well done Agents. Thank you for keeping Americans safe this Holiday Season. For more, clink the LINK.

What a great way to start the Big Sunday Edition of the OPNTalk Blog. It IS Sunday. Hello. Glad to have ya. I'm fine. You know what this is and who this is. Just Four {Three and a half or so} days removed from Thanksgiving. Hope you are feeling better than I. {Laughing} Guess what I had for Dinner last night? Yup Turkey Sandwiches and Chips. Pie for Breakfast for the past Three days as well. {Smile} Feel Like I gained fifty pounds. I'll be spending more time at the Gym this Week.

Anyway, we have a FULLY loaded day ahead, and a lot to cover. Coming right up?

DREAM Act hunger strike spreads
Presidency and the Constitution
QE2, China, Russia quit dollar
Green Christmas for My Liberal Friends.
Active Kids Mean Healthier Kids
DLA For Sunday 112810
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First, did you hear about this? Now you know that I quit Smoking some time ago. I'm not a smoker anymore, nor do I have any allegiance to the Tobacco Industry. I do not advertise for them, nor receive any compensation of ANY kind for them. But stories like this just really tick me off. According to the AP - More than 600,000 people killed by 2nd-hand smoke By MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer Fri Nov 26, 1:29 am ET

Now if you just read the Headline, you can easily see why the Anti-Smoking Nazi Groups out there will be quick to jump all over this. Sound HORRIBLE does it not? Problem is, it's NOT real. It's NOT based on REAL Science, nor is there any ACTUAL PROOF that it is INDEED Second Hand Smoke causing the deaths. Here is what I mean.

LONDON – Secondhand smoke kills more than 600,000 people worldwide every year, according to a new study.

In the first look at the global impact of secondhand smoking, researchers analyzed data from 2004 for 192 countries. They found 40 percent of children and more than 30 percent of non-smoking men and women regularly breathe in secondhand smoke.

Scientists then estimated that passive smoking causes about 379,000 deaths from heart disease, 165,000 deaths from lower respiratory disease, 36,900 deaths from asthma and 21,400 deaths from lung cancer a year.

Altogether, those account for about 1 percent of the world's deaths. The study was paid for by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare and Bloomberg Philanthropies. It was published Friday in the British medical journal Lancet.

So how was the Data formulated and by whom. Is there any other possibilities involved in the "heart disease, lower respiratory disease, and asthma?" Who WAS the Smoker involved in these cases? Does the "Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare and Bloomberg Philanthropies." stand to gain from this study?

"This helps us understand the real toll of tobacco," said Armando Peruga, a program manager at the World Health Organization's Tobacco-Free Initiative, who led the study. He said the approximately 603,000 deaths from secondhand smoking should be added to the 5.1 million deaths that smoking itself causes every year.

Oh. Armando Peruga, a program manager at the World Health Organization's Tobacco-Free Initiative, who led the study. Yeah, no bias there. {Smile}

Peruga said WHO was particularly concerned about the 165,000 children who die of smoke-related respiratory infections, mostly in Southeast Asia and Africa.

"The mix of infectious diseases and secondhand smoke is a deadly combination," Peruga said. Children whose parents smoke have a higher risk of sudden infant death syndrome, ear infections, pneumonia, bronchitis and asthma. Their lungs may also grow more slowly than kids whose parents don't smoke.

Peruga and colleagues found the highest numbers of people exposed to secondhand smoke are in Europe and Asia. The lowest rates of exposure were in the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean and Africa.

secondhand smoke had its biggest impact on women, killing about 281,000. In many parts of the world, women are at least 50 percent more likely to be exposed to secondhand smoke than men.

Why? I guess Women are just helpless Victims. Most likely big bad Evil Men are to blame. {Sigh}

While many Western countries have introduced smoking bans in public places, experts said it would be difficult to legislate further.

"I don't think it is likely we will see strong regulations reaching into homes," said Heather Wipfli of the Institute for Global Health at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, who was not connected to the study. She said more public smoking bans and education might persuade people to quit smoking at home.

In the U.K., the British Lung Foundation is petitioning the government to outlaw smoking in cars.

Helena Shovelton, the foundation's chief executive, said smoking parents frequently underestimate the danger their habit is doing to their children.

"It's almost as if people are in denial," she said. "They absolutely would not do something dangerous like leaving their child in the middle of the road but somehow, smoking in front of them is fine."

Uh yes, more Government Control and interference in your Private and Personal Lives. They have to protect non-smokers, mostly helpless Women and Children from you. Forget the fact this is all gobblygook. Sound good Liberal nonsense that is NOT backed by REAL Science. It's a bunch of assumptions and interjections of opinion to formulate something that sounds Logical and correct.

Like I said, and as you can see, we have a BUSY day ahead of us today, so lets get to it. Going to fill my cup, be right back.
Peter

Sources:
AP - Oregon bomb-plot suspect wanted 'spectacular show'
AP - More than 600,000 people killed by 2nd-hand smoke