Politics Feds charge Japanese Yakuza leader with nuclear materials trafficking

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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    • Federal prosecutors in New York said they had charged a Japanese Yakuza leader with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Burma to other countries.
    • Prosecutors said the accused gangster Takeshi Ebisawa “and his confederates showed samples of nuclear materials in Thailand” to an undercover agent from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
    • “A U.S. nuclear forensic laboratory later analyzed the samples and confirmed that the samples contain uranium and weapons-grade plutonium,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan said
    https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/21/fed...eader-with-nuclear-materials-trafficking.html
     
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    While not perfect, here is one more reason why we need to continue being the police force for the world.
     
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    Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan uncovered this plot, right?
     
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    Almost certainly.
     
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    Agreed. Unfortunately the tougher time the average American has economically the less they seem to understand this.
     
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    Or give a shit. Like me. Hell, i’m doing pretty well and I can’t bring myself to give two fucks about “policing the world”. Sounds like some bullshit that has proven itself to be a failure every single time.
     
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    You take out a major US port city with a dirty bomb you'll feel the economic repercussions in Wyoming.

    You take out a major city in Wyoming with a dirty bomb the rest of the US economy won't miss a beat.

    So your worldview makes sense.
     
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    I was hoping to join the Yakuza and live my final days in Japan. I want to be an honorary member and first non-Japanese to join them. Maybe they're looking to add now...
     
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    Well, it's worked out pretty well for us since WWII... But that's when the rest of the world was more grateful for our help and we acted more... Noble? Responsible? Not sure what the right word is... Less corrupt?
     
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    Get me an authentic Katana and I'll change your moniker to YakuzamirIcon.
     
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    Going to ask my friend Hanzo Hasashi from the Shirai Ryu. I'll let you know what he says.
     
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    BOOGA BOOGA! The dirty bomb!
    Is that what happened to Portland? The Yakuza detonated a dirty garbage human feces heroin needle tent shopping cart bomb?
    What competent government bureau can i give money to on order to prevent this?
     
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    I bet you don't wash your hands before flying.
     
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    I leave upper deckers at the airport.
     
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    Just been told what this means, yikes!

    Is there a vaccine to protect people that read jonnyboys posts?
     
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    I had to urban dictionary this. It’s the GOPs platform for America ladies and gentlemen.
     
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