WTC asbestos
Gawker posted this 1981 magazine ad ("...around the time that asbestos manufacturers were starting to take serious heat for their cancer-causing product") four or five days ago; I didn't happen upon it until earlier today.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 15, 2007 at 12:38 AM
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BurmaShave
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Creepy.
Posted by BurmaShave
at July 15, 2007 1:06 AM
comment #2
D.Z.
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Escape from New York was also once postponed on dvd because of what happened at Ground Zero.
Posted by D.Z.
at July 15, 2007 1:48 AM
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jeffmcm
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"What happened at Ground Zero"? You mean the Sept. 11 attacks, right?
Posted by jeffmcm
at July 15, 2007 3:08 AM
comment #4
jeffmcm
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And man, do I feel stupid now for giving DZ an entry point for hundreds of words to describe that it was all a conspiracy. Apologies to everyone.
Posted by jeffmcm
at July 15, 2007 3:09 AM
comment #5
BurmaShave
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Seriously, what have you done?!
Posted by BurmaShave
at July 15, 2007 3:26 AM
comment #6
York "Budd" Durden
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No steel building has ever collapsed due to fire.
Posted by York "Budd" Durden
at July 15, 2007 5:06 AM
comment #7
Movie Watcher
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Is it too late to hope that 9/11 won't go the way of a JFK conspiracy-type situation? I think so.
Posted by Movie Watcher
at July 15, 2007 5:33 AM
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le corbeau
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No celebrity has ever collapsed due to conspiracy theories.
Posted by le corbeau
at July 15, 2007 7:34 AM
comment #9
le corbeau
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"Is it too late to hope that 9/11 won't go the way of a JFK conspiracy-type situation?"
Yes.
The only consolation is, we can finally stop hearing how Oswald couldn't possibly have shot Kennedy-- how could anyone think that a crazy ex-Marine sharpshooter who once defected to the USSR was the person who would have shot an anti-Communist president? Obviously it must have been the entire CIA and Pentagon working together with the Mafia and Jimmy Hoffa-- and instead we can spend the rest of our lives hearing how Bin Laden couldn't possibly have been behind 9/11 instead.
Posted by le corbeau
at July 15, 2007 7:38 AM
comment #10
George Prager
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I anxiously await John Stossel's Asbestos is good for you report.
Posted by George Prager
at July 15, 2007 8:30 AM
comment #11
The Winchester
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My favorite JFK conspiracy theory is that there were multiple teams in various places, each with different motives, entirely unaware of each other. Just an amazing coincidence they were at the same place at the same time.
Posted by The Winchester
at July 15, 2007 8:35 AM
comment #12
nemo
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Sounds like the "Murder on the Orient Express" version of JFK assassination theories.
We look forward to the movie version starring Dane Cook and Jessica Alba.
Posted by nemo
at July 15, 2007 8:39 AM
comment #13
Hickenlooper
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Guess what, guys? Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and Islamic Fanatics flews planes into the World Trade Center. One mad man in Dallas got lucky with a headshot and nineteen, satanic Muslims went to fly school. Sometimes life is just that simple and not an Oliver Stone movie.
Posted by Hickenlooper
at July 15, 2007 9:30 AM
comment #14
George Prager
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And some people dare to dream. That is why you're Hickenlooper and Oliver Stone is Oliver Stone.
Posted by George Prager
at July 15, 2007 9:39 AM
comment #15
vansmith
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oswald wasnt a sharpshooter, he wasnt the shooter watch the footage.. those guys flew those planes for sure but did you know the world trade had a power outage the weekend before the 11th, all security cameras were knocked out..ahha conspiracies exist because people dont believe... hiding in plain sight..
Posted by vansmith
at July 15, 2007 10:15 AM
comment #16
Hickenlooper
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Thank you, George Prager, for reminding me who I am...Just as I am sure you're glad that you're George Prager and not Oliver Stone.
Posted by Hickenlooper
at July 15, 2007 10:27 AM
comment #17
Hickenlooper
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By the way, here is an very interesting website for all of you imaginative conspiracy geeks. It might be worth you time, especially if you have lots of it...
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm
Posted by Hickenlooper
at July 15, 2007 10:38 AM
comment #18
vansmith
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thanks for the link hickenlooper..
Posted by vansmith
at July 15, 2007 10:49 AM
comment #19
George Prager
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All I'm saying Hickenlooper, is that some people have a gift for spinning tales and some people should've learned a trade, like plumbing or accounting.
Posted by George Prager
at July 15, 2007 10:54 AM
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Hickenlooper
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Sorry to disappoint you, Mssr. Prager. And what may I ask is your glorious profession?
Posted by Hickenlooper
at July 15, 2007 11:04 AM
comment #21
George Prager
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You're a man of contradictions. On one hand you dismiss all conspiracy theories about 9/11 and JFK like a hard-core realist and yet, on the Iraq War you are a wide-eyed fantasist. I work for a website, and right now I'm looking at a photo of an Iraq War veteran who is burned over 97% of his body. And I'm waiting for the AP to make this available to me to publish.
Posted by George Prager
at July 15, 2007 11:33 AM
comment #22
George Prager
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Let's cut the crap, Hickenlooper. I've read the EDIE bio three times. I've been to the Sedgwick Pie in Stockbridge. And I'm going to rent FACTORY GIRL this week, so you win.
Posted by George Prager
at July 15, 2007 11:48 AM
comment #23
Hickenlooper
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Hey man, peace. Why can't we all just get along?
Posted by Hickenlooper
at July 15, 2007 12:19 PM
comment #24
D.Z.
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Mgmax: Even Castro doesn't think Oswald shot Kennedy. Also, it's not his background that's the issue as much as the logistics.
From http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070701/ts_nm/cuba_castro_dc
Castro also reiterated in detail his long-held belief that U.S. President John F. Kennedy, assassinated in 1963, was the victim of a plot involving elements of the CIA and militant anti-Castro Cuban exiles.
Castro, a master sharp-shooter with a telescopic rifle, insists Lee Harvey Oswald could not have been the only shooter in Dallas.
"You loose the target after every shot even if it is not moving and have to find it again in fractions of a second," he said.
Posted by D.Z.
at July 15, 2007 12:52 PM
comment #25
Hickenlooper
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Ah yes, Castro, such a reliable source. A man who also promised free elections to Dwight Eisenhower when the United States was willing to recognize his new July 27th government. That is until, guess what, no free elections... What a surprise... I'm sure Castro is a reliable source on all things...
Posted by Hickenlooper
at July 15, 2007 1:56 PM
comment #26
George Prager
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Daniel Zeltin, you're a little too young for this thread, go watch some Japanamation and let the grown-ups talk.
Posted by George Prager
at July 15, 2007 2:12 PM
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D.Z.
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Hicken: "A man who also promised free elections to Dwight Eisenhower when the United States was willing to recognize his new July 27th government. That is until, guess what, no free elections..."
Did Ike recognize his government? But hey, if you're going to play that game, why are we doing business in China, even though they don't admit any wrongdoing in Tiananmen Square?
Posted by D.Z.
at July 15, 2007 2:32 PM
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LYTrules
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I wonder if Fred Thompson was lobbying for the asbestos companies at that point?
If so, this could sink his campaign before it starts.
Posted by LYTrules
at July 15, 2007 5:08 PM
comment #29
le corbeau
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"Mgmax: Even Castro doesn't think Oswald shot Kennedy."
Even? I'm supposed to regard Castro as an ultimate authority (as opposed to, say, a senile, filthy rich, possibly already deceased Commie thug?)
Today, I decree that all men must wear underwear on the outside!
Posted by le corbeau
at July 15, 2007 7:07 PM
comment #30
D.Z.
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Mgmax: "I'm supposed to regard Castro as an ultimate authority (as opposed to, say, a senile, filthy rich, possibly already deceased Commie thug?)"
Hey, he out-lived Strom Thurmond.
Posted by D.Z.
at July 15, 2007 7:44 PM
comment #31
le corbeau
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And if we'd elected him, we wouldn't have had all these problems?
Posted by le corbeau
at July 15, 2007 7:48 PM
comment #32
D.Z.
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Mgmax: "And if we'd elected him, we wouldn't have had all these problems?"
Well we didn't elect Bush...
Posted by D.Z.
at July 15, 2007 9:34 PM
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christian
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"when life depends on it, you use absestos."
The precise mechanism that causes asbestos-related diseases is unknown. Asbestos is extremely dangerous if inhaled because it is indestructible and can result in lung disease. It appears that even low levels of exposure to asbestos can cause the fatal cancer mesothelioma. The inhalation of asbestos fiber has been associated with numerous other types of diseases such as lung, colon and gastrointestinal cancer as well as with fibrotic diseases in the lung such as asbestosis and pleural disease.
http://www.asbestosoregon.com/pages/about_asbestos.html
Posted by christian
at July 15, 2007 10:04 PM
comment #34
BurmaShave
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It was Keith Hernandez!
Posted by BurmaShave
at July 15, 2007 10:45 PM
comment #35
le corbeau
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Random medical facts, brought to you as a public service by Hollywood Elsewhere. Tomorrow: preventing diverticulitis in your colon!
Posted by le corbeau
at July 16, 2007 6:46 AM
comment #36
Movie Watcher
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Hickenlooper, of course you breezed past the "Magic Bullet Theory." If you can explain about that, it would be interesting. Also, if there was no 9/11, would our troops be fighting a war in Iraq? That I would like to hear.
Posted by Movie Watcher
at July 16, 2007 7:32 AM
comment #37
christian
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"Random medical facts..."
the ad stats that absestos will save your life.
of course the facts are the opposite.
it's called irony, mgmax -- or "lying" depending on what pr firm is in charge.
but i know you repubs don't do irony...
Posted by christian
at July 16, 2007 9:39 AM
comment #38
le corbeau
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Yes, and we know you pinko commies don't do logic.
It is possible-- and in the case of asbestos, perfectly logical-- that something can both save lives one way (preventing fire) and kill people another way (causing cancer).
Let me know if your head is hurting from the contradiction and I'll explain it more gently.
Posted by le corbeau
at July 16, 2007 8:22 PM