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C0RI0LANUS

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2. Agree. Blue State health, food, labor, and safety inspectors will have to step up for the next four years.

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Thu Nov 21, 2024, 08:46 PM

Nov 2024

Red States don't seem to care about protecting their citizens from firearm deaths, air/water pollution, uninspected meats/poultries, unsafe workplaces, or labor abuse.

BTW: Methanol killed thousands during America's Prohibition Era.

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UPDATE: Methanol-Tainted Alcohol Kills Six Tourists in Laos. [View all] C0RI0LANUS Nov 2024 OP

Once Bob Kennedy is through with the FDA, this will happen here. yardwork Nov 2024 #1

Agree. Blue State health, food, labor, and safety inspectors will have to step up for the next four years. C0RI0LANUS Nov 2024 #2

Just to pick a nit: Disaffected Nov 2024 #5

Thank you for that! People did die from adulterated moonshine alcohol in the 1920s though, right? C0RI0LANUS Nov 2024 #8

YW. Disaffected Nov 2024 #11

Methanol is a cheap and popular denaturing agent jmowreader Nov 2024 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Disaffected Nov 2024 #6

True, But... ProfessorGAC Nov 2024 #7

Awful Meowmee Nov 2024 #3

The locals probably don't drink cocktails with vodka, whiskey, or gin, but stick to beer (or just tea). C0RI0LANUS Nov 2024 #4

Laos has never been on my list of places I'd like to see jmowreader Nov 2024 #10

Don't get stupid and drink anything that a person gives you rockfordfile Nov 2024 #12

That is absolutely tragic wendyb-NC Nov 2024 #13

what's an unidentified "AMCT" ecstatic Nov 2024 #14

UPDATE: Eight Arrested in Laos over Alcohol Poisoning Incident Which Killed Six Tourists. C0RI0LANUS Nov 2024 #15

It's happened before and elsewhere, too soandso Nov 2024 #16

Thanks for the info. Wow. Poisoning people is a perfect way to destroy tourism which many countries rely on. C0RI0LANUS Nov 2024 #18

I don't think in any of those cases that it was to sabotage the tourism soandso Nov 2024 #20

Because of the geographic promimity canetoad Nov 2024 #17

In 2009, China executed two executives over tainted milk powder that killed six and sickened 300,000. C0RI0LANUS Nov 2024 #19

Yes, this is unintentional sabotage. Who would ever go back? The offending hostel is already closed. C0RI0LANUS Nov 2024 #21