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Security agencies of democratic regimes (that happen to be marginally accountable to the people elected) don't have the ability to synthesize known molecules an

Security agencies of democratic regimes (that happen to be marginally accountable to the people elected) don't have the ability to synthesize known molecules and use them for political purposes? They don't have the ability to lie under the piercing eyes of lady liberty? That's sort of what they exist for. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/04/cia-director-used-fake-skripal-incident-photos-to-manipulate-trump.html https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/04/cia-director-used-fake...

JumpCrisscross 6y ago
If you ignore the evidence outside molecular signature yes, the “Moon of Alabama” hypothesis sounds plausible. Given the facts and circumstances, however, the conclusion becomes unavoidable.
- kyrieeschaton 6y ago
  The circumstances are that an english-tweeting western-sponsored Yale World Fellow with approximately zero actual Russian support found himself "poisoned" (nonfatally, of course) in a way politically useful to the west in their ongoing project of destabilizing Russia, as diagnosed by western security services.
  - lollipop90 6y ago
    > with approximately zero actual Russian support Despite the fact that the odds are stacked (media controlled by United Russia, etc...) Navalny got 27% of the vote in 2013 Moscow election. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Moscow_mayoral_election#Criteria_for_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Moscow_mayoral_election#C... That is not exactly "zero actual support". And that was before the 2018 "pension" reforms.
    - AstralStorm 6y ago
      Still not enough to force the hand of the ruling oligarchs just yet. When it's closer to half they're on to something.
  - favorited 6y ago
    If he has "zero actual Russian support," why would western security services go through the trouble of staging this?
longtimegoogler 6y ago
That site is a shit show. Do you have a better source?
- sam_lowry_ 6y ago
  This is The Lancet, dude. The single source of truth for the medical profession ;-)

JumpCrisscross 6y ago

If you ignore the evidence outside molecular signature yes, the “Moon of Alabama” hypothesis sounds plausible. Given the facts and circumstances, however, the conclusion becomes unavoidable.

kyrieeschaton 6y ago
The circumstances are that an english-tweeting western-sponsored Yale World Fellow with approximately zero actual Russian support found himself "poisoned" (nonfatally, of course) in a way politically useful to the west in their ongoing project of destabilizing Russia, as diagnosed by western security services.
- lollipop90 6y ago
  > with approximately zero actual Russian support Despite the fact that the odds are stacked (media controlled by United Russia, etc...) Navalny got 27% of the vote in 2013 Moscow election. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Moscow_mayoral_election#Criteria_for_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Moscow_mayoral_election#C... That is not exactly "zero actual support". And that was before the 2018 "pension" reforms.
  - AstralStorm 6y ago
    Still not enough to force the hand of the ruling oligarchs just yet. When it's closer to half they're on to something.
- favorited 6y ago
  If he has "zero actual Russian support," why would western security services go through the trouble of staging this?

longtimegoogler 6y ago

That site is a shit show. Do you have a better source?

sam_lowry_ 6y ago
This is The Lancet, dude. The single source of truth for the medical profession ;-)