Out of sight is not out of mind...

You've probably heard of fugu, the blowfish considered a delicacy by the Japanese that can kill you instantly if not properly prepared. Well, imagine if a tuna fish sandwich could do the same thing.

This article in the Allentown/Bethlehem PA Morning Call is not particularly timely although I think it relates to today. Worth a read.

The Army's ocean dumping of chemical weapons ended abruptly when Congress discovered what had been going on and halted an operation that could have sent a cloud of deadly nerve gas over New York City.

Also, the plan to encase ''a whole world war's worth'' of VX nerve gas in concrete before sinking the ship was flawed from an engineering standpoint, and the concrete wouldn't contain a catastrophe, scientists determined.

Scientists feared water pressure changes as the ship sank would set off an explosion that would cause a chain reaction that would blow up the entire ship, Meselson said.

That could have sent a toxic cloud high into the air, and prevailing winds could have swept it toward New York City, Meselson said.

A drop of the nerve gas can kill a person within a minute.

That was 35 years ago. If the ship had withstood the sinking, there would be tons of nerve gas lying on the bottom of the ocean. Dump the shit right at the bottom of the food chain, you fuckin' morons!

The moral of the story, I think, is: Don't let the DoD plan a goddam thing. I'm glad Rumsfeld wasn't in charge back then.