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John Toradze is the pen name of a scientist who ran an office in Tbilisi, Georgia for 5 years and traveled widely in Russia the former USSR nations and nearby. I have authored chapters for books published by the West Point terrorism center on asymmetric warfare and methods. I also have publications in epidemic modeling, assay methods, and several patents ranging from robotics to a device for the blind to bioassays.
These days my passion is microbiology and curing disease, which grew out of concerns over biological warfare. I think that biological warfare is going to shape the 21st century more than nuclear warfare shaped the 20th. Aside from that, my hobbies are hiking, cycling and orchids. My real job is that of doorman for a cat, who rules my life with an iron paw.
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Friday, March 18, 2011 at 7:08:26 PM
Article : "End Nuclear Power Before it Ends Us"
Total rubbish.
Friday, March 18, 2011 at 7:02:37 PM
Article : "End Nuclear Power Before it Ends Us"
No other field is so dominated by the ignorant
Friday, March 18, 2011 at 6:52:40 PM
Article : "End Nuclear Power Before it Ends Us"
You really have never heard of Stewart Brand?
Friday, March 18, 2011 at 6:46:23 PM
Article : "End Nuclear Power Before it Ends Us"
If people are actually exposed, like plant workers
Friday, March 18, 2011 at 6:43:19 PM
Article : "End Nuclear Power Before it Ends Us"
Sun, wind and tidal
Friday, March 18, 2011 at 1:05:49 PM
Article : "End Nuclear Power Before it Ends Us"
This article is hysterical gross misinformation
Friday, March 18, 2011 at 12:50:13 PM
Article : "End Nuclear Power Before it Ends Us"
Potassium Iodide only matters for kids and I-131
Friday, March 18, 2011 at 12:46:10 PM
Article : "End Nuclear Power Before it Ends Us"
It's Stewart Brand who is behind nuclear power
Friday, March 18, 2011 at 12:40:36 PM
Article : "End Nuclear Power Before it Ends Us"
Hundreds of millions of tons of radionuclides in Pacific
Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 2:05:12 PM
Article : "The Case for Impeachment of President Barack Obama"
Reality check? Excuse me?
Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 12:48:56 PM
Article : "The Case for Impeachment of President Barack Obama"
Oy. Vey. Gevalt.
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 11:42:11 AM
Article : "I Am Just a Dreamer and You are Just a Dream"
What advertiser demographic are Chomsky's viewers?
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 1:04:49 PM
Article : "Moving on, Next; The War of Words on Health Care"
Well, there are other considerations
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 11:58:00 AM
Article : "Moving on, Next; The War of Words on Health Care"
Ok - Here is a pretty good article from today's wire
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 11:13:51 AM
Article : "Moving on, Next; The War of Words on Health Care"
Reply
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 6:27:18 PM
Article : "Moving on, Next; The War of Words on Health Care"
Well then, let's work on that next.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 5:25:34 PM
Article : "Moving on, Next; The War of Words on Health Care"
By that logic all other rights are also abrogated
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 5:20:39 PM
Article : "Moving on, Next; The War of Words on Health Care"
Here is a more current report terminating in 2005
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 5:11:48 PM
Article : "Moving on, Next; The War of Words on Health Care"
That is not "100s of thousands per year" scott
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 4:34:42 PM
Article : "Moving on, Next; The War of Words on Health Care"
Rationing is already happening, the question is fairness
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 4:23:41 PM
Article : "Moving on, Next; The War of Words on Health Care"
I'm against the death penalty
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 12:11:45 PM
Article : "Moving on, Next; The War of Words on Health Care"
I told him I hoped that guy suffered agonies of the damned
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 8:35:28 AM
Article : "Moving on, Next; The War of Words on Health Care"
High risk
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 8:29:25 AM
Article : "Moving on, Next; The War of Words on Health Care"
I mostly agree with "Old Codger"
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 8:07:19 AM
Article : "Moving on, Next; The War of Words on Health Care"
Hospice often works better than a hospital
Monday, March 22, 2010 at 2:05:31 PM
Article : "Moving on, Next; The War of Words on Health Care"
Really? I call you out as an astroturf fake. "Progressive"
Monday, March 22, 2010 at 1:20:24 PM
Article : "Moving on, Next; The War of Words on Health Care"
The bottom line Miriam, is that health care is broken
Monday, March 22, 2010 at 12:52:48 PM
Article : "Moving on, Next; The War of Words on Health Care"
Focus on "Medicare for all" and "Private option"
Monday, March 22, 2010 at 12:34:32 PM
Article : "The White Right to Call Me "Nigger""
Bigotry increases in hard times
Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 11:28:57 AM
Article : "The Least Productive People in the World"
Suffers from massive lede-bloat - but good article.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 7:09:04 PM
Article : "In-Depth Exclusive: Diary of a Madman - Rare Mengele Memoir "
One hesitates to comment
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 10:09:50 AM
Article : "BIPARTISANLY YOURS: COAKLEY WON THE HAND COUNTS"
Good article. But I don't think Brown won
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 9:47:32 AM
Article : "Blame Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi for Coak"
There is no "misguidance" by Rahm.
Sunday, January 3, 2010 at 12:58:19 PM
Article : "The Underwear Bomber - Crushing Freedom With Phony Arab Terr"
Interesting, but probably wrong
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 10:48:32 AM
Article : "Liberals Are Useless"
I understand the position, but Nader? Dear god!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 10:02:20 AM
Article : "Blaming America - Planting Discord in Los Angeles"
I will also point out that you did not address the article?
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 9:58:23 AM
Article : "Blaming America - Planting Discord in Los Angeles"
Yes. I have, and more.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 9:51:09 AM
Article : "Blaming America - Planting Discord in Los Angeles"
Completely agree.
Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:38:13 AM
Diary : "Something Smells About Fort Hood"
What in idiotic, paranoid nut article.
Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:33:13 AM
Article : "Award-winning Journalist Dahr Jamail Analyzes Military Shoot"
The shooter was a muslim fighting for islam. No puzzle.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 11:22:36 AM
Article : "Opium, Rape and the American Way"
With Taliban out of power, they have no choice - plus ...
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 3:50:58 PM
Article : "Is this Tom Friedman's "Walter Cronkite Moment" on Afghanist"
Here's an article on Myths about Afghanistan.
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 1:37:53 PM
Article : "Is this Tom Friedman's "Walter Cronkite Moment" on Afghanist"
Based on comparison, Afghanistan should take 600,000 troops.
Monday, October 26, 2009 at 10:06:46 AM
Article : "Media Liars and Whitehouse Bad Cops Are Pimping the Trigger"
You are right Rob.
Friday, October 23, 2009 at 1:47:35 PM
Article : "What's Wrong with a Free Press"
Good article
Friday, October 23, 2009 at 1:40:01 PM
Article : "Mad as Hell Doctor Part of the Problem in America's Sick Car"
Last I checked we did have a free tuition option (ROTC style
Friday, October 16, 2009 at 10:48:40 AM
Article : "Reviving the Local Economy with Publicly-owned Banks"
Absolutely correct. The private model has proven worse.
Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 12:18:32 PM
Article : "Criminals or Police?"
You should submit that as a regular article.
Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 11:30:51 AM
Article : "Criminals or Police?"
Didn't know that bit of history.
Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 1:00:13 PM
Article : "Report: Public Option as Best Cost Control"
Absolutely correct. And public option was the fallback!
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 6:39:43 PM
Article : "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY FINANCIAL CRISIS: Not Over Yet!"
Correct, although it leaves out major items
Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 11:59:06 AM
Article : "Van Jones Resigns; Left To Hang By Obama For Cursing Republ"
On the lighter side ...
Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 12:50:24 PM
Article : "Who's Blocking Health Care Reform Now? Blue Dogs? Senate Dem"
Yes, I think the administration is killing health reform
Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 12:42:49 PM
Article : "Who's Blocking Health Care Reform Now? Blue Dogs? Senate Dem"
Yes, I think the administration is killing health reform
Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 12:20:40 PM
Article : "Cheney Running Scared, But Where's Rahm Emmanuel?"
Yes, that may be exactly what is going on.
Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 12:17:32 PM
Article : "Cheney Running Scared, But Where's Rahm Emmanuel?"
Rahm is the primary Obama admin problem - Aside from Obama
Friday, June 26, 2009 at 1:12:41 PM
Article : "Rewriting our Stories"
Good article with important points, if poor headliner. :-)
Friday, June 19, 2009 at 11:43:57 AM
Article : "The Retreat of the Shadow Lenders: Why Deflation and Not Inf"
Leaving private banking to its fate
Friday, June 19, 2009 at 11:30:46 AM
Article : "The Retreat of the Shadow Lenders: Why Deflation and Not Inf"
More intelligent than most OpEds, if misguided.
Monday, June 8, 2009 at 9:41:58 AM
Article : "The Tone and the Music; Reaction to Obama's Cairo Speech"
Obama is just a pol
Monday, May 18, 2009 at 1:00:05 PM
Article : "USING A LICENSE TO PRACTICE LAW TO FACILITATE TORTURE SHOULD"
A lot of troubling things
Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 4:13:49 PM
Article : "America's Silent Killing Fields - 2009 Update"
How do you think you are able to buy food?
Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 4:03:45 PM
Article : "America's Silent Killing Fields - 2009 Update"
Dear god this is offensive, and so utterly wrongheaded.
Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 11:37:04 AM
Article : "America Now Extremely Vulnerable to Financial Warfare"
Indeed, so why hasn't it happened already?
Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 8:38:31 PM
Article : "Averting the China Syndrome"
People don't know why someone is breaking into their home.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 11:08:25 AM
Article : "Death on the Half Shell? MRSA at the Beach? Scientists Discl"
Anti-evolutionists need look no farther.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 11:06:26 AM
Article : "Jindal the Joke"
This is bad for progressives exactly how? :-)
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 11:02:09 AM
Article : "A Modest Proposal - An Iraqi Vote on Troop Withdrawal"
We also have our own realities to deal with
Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 1:12:12 PM
Article : "You and UBS: Bush IRS Inked Deal to Aid US Tax Evaders"
Glass-Steagall was a bipartisan dismantling
Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 1:25:20 PM
Article : "How Can Terrorizing a Civilian Population be a Right?"
It is not terrorizing civilians to deliberately target them?
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 5:23:56 PM
Article : "How much uranium yellowcake is in coal versus nuclear power?"
We also have to keep in mind
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 5:19:50 PM
Article : "How much uranium yellowcake is in coal versus nuclear power?"
That's a good comment.
Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 4:12:57 PM
Article : "How much uranium yellowcake is in coal versus nuclear power?"
The costs of nuclear power are legislative/political.
Friday, February 13, 2009 at 9:37:14 PM
Article : "How much uranium yellowcake is in coal versus nuclear power?"
Mark you are spamming with this message.
Friday, February 13, 2009 at 9:32:02 PM
Article : "How much uranium yellowcake is in coal versus nuclear power?"
No, it is not a strawman, it is very realistic
Friday, February 13, 2009 at 11:00:50 AM
Article : "How much uranium yellowcake is in coal versus nuclear power?"
The facts are straight.
Friday, February 13, 2009 at 9:54:25 AM
Article : "O'Reilly refuses apology for Helen Thomas remarks"
This is how O'Reilly makes his money - you're feeding him.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 3:45:16 PM
Article : "Let's get some truth into these discussions."
The less valuable stations are, the more we see this.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 3:34:29 PM
Quicklink : "Bush Gitmo Detainee's 'Genitals Were Sliced With A Scalpel'"
I don't like it either
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 3:27:28 PM
Quicklink : "Bush Gitmo Detainee's 'Genitals Were Sliced With A Scalpel'"
Turnabout in the "war on terror"
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 3:16:14 PM
Quicklink : "Bush Gitmo Detainee's 'Genitals Were Sliced With A Scalpel'"
Again - Rendition was a Bill Clinton invention, not Bush.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 3:11:07 PM
Article : "A Call to End All Renditions"
Extraordinary rendition was created by Bill Clinton.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 3:04:36 PM
Article : "A Call to End All Renditions"
Extraordinary rendition was created by Bill Clinton.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 1:41:07 PM
Article : "Why we need nuclear power."
Another big issue with ZPF cars
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 1:30:23 PM
Article : "Why we need nuclear power."
Other problems with generator vehicles
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 1:18:14 PM
Article : "Why we need nuclear power."
Let us consider some examples of "Radiation Kills"
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 12:54:09 PM
Article : "Why we need nuclear power."
Zero point fluctuation
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 6:50:19 PM
Article : "Why we need nuclear power."
Gives a sense for what the regulatory costs are
Monday, February 9, 2009 at 8:13:25 PM
Diary : "It's getting better all the time...."
Sorry about my doing this
Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 4:00:15 PM
Poll : "Poll: Obama Should Commission An Independent 9/11 Special Pr"
Complete rubbish. There is nothing to consider.
Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 11:53:58 AM
Article : "Even Dick can be right once in a while"
Good, sensible article
Monday, December 29, 2008 at 2:42:06 PM
Article : "Is it a social justice and health issue in Gaza yet? Can we"
Why humanitarian aid feeds war.
Monday, December 29, 2008 at 2:29:12 PM
Article : "May We No Longer Be Silent"
Your title is Orwellian doublethink.
Monday, December 29, 2008 at 2:11:07 PM
Article : "Obama's Silence on Gaza Atrocities is Deafening"
Not criminal, a completely reasonable response to criminals.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at 2:06:00 PM
Article : "Where are our priorities? Boy killed by Uzi at a gun show"
Money is a big part. It;'s hard versus soft targets here.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 9:21:18 AM
Quicklink : "'I was still holding my grandson's hand - the rest was gone'"
Same method used last time
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 9:16:55 AM
Diary : "The NewFront Page and "Hot Pages" on OpedNews"
What about the following?
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 9:02:56 AM
Article : "Liberal fear of diseases and trust in science. A totalitari"
You need to be succint and clear.
Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 2:04:16 PM
Article : "Did Ghostwriters Promote Wyeth's Cancer-Associated HRT?"
Tip of the iceberg, and complex
Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 7:01:56 PM
Article : "Hoekstra: Stark Reality Will Cause Obama to Reconsider Gitmo"
No. CIA did not "create" Al Qaeda.
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