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Caught On Tape: Another Huge Chemical Warehouse Explosion Rocks China

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Who could have seen this coming? 

Just a little over a week after a powerful explosion killed 114 and injured more than 700 in the Chinese port of Tianjin, it appears as though a second blast has occurred at a chemical warehouse, this time in China's eastern Shandong province. A residential area is reportedly located just 1 km away.

We'll await the details which we imagine will suggest that, as was the case in Tianjin, many more tonnes of something terribly toxic were stored than is allowed under China's regulatory regime which apparently only applies to those who are not somehow connected to the Politburo. Indeed, The People's Daily is reporting that the plant contained adiponitrile, which the CDC says can cause "irritation eyes, skin, respiratory system; headache, dizziness, lassitude (weakness, exhaustion), confusion, convulsions; blurred vision; dyspnea (breathing difficulty); abdominal pain, nausea, [and] vomiting."

There are two videos shown below. As of now, there's some confusion as to which is authentic.

From BBC:

An explosion has been reported at a chemical plant in China's eastern province of Shandong.

 

Large flames can be seen from the site of the blast in Zibo County. There are so far no reports of any casualties.

 

The People's Daily said a warehouse at the plant exploded and firefighters are at the scene. There is a residential area about 1km from the plant.

 

Earlier this month blasts in the northern city of Tianjin killed at least 116 people, with hundreds hurt.

 

Unverified YouTube footage showed a massive explosion at the Shandong plant.

 

It is not yet clear if homes in the Shandong area have been damaged.

And from Reuters:

The factory produced adiponitrile, a colorless liquid that releases poisonous gases when it reacts with fire, the People's Daily said, citing the state-run Beijing Times.

 

Seven fire brigades consisting of a total of 150 fire fighters and 20 fire engines were sent to the scene and fire brigades that are trained to work with fires involving chemicals are being dispatched, Xinhua said.

 

Windows shattered in the village where the blast occurred, state media said, and tremors reverberated within 2 kilometers (1 mile) of the site of the explosion.

 

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Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:11 | 6455544 Tinky
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“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.”

– Ian Fleming

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:38 | 6455814 bid the soldier...
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In this case both and all subsequent ones are CIA

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:12 | 6455547 EurGold
Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:12 | 6455549 Captain Queeg
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Hard to tell if this is just the broken window/warehouse theory at work or the locked-out short-sellers extracting revenge. 

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:16 | 6455562 general ambivalent
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Get your Dow 20,000 Hats! I hear they act as a Hazmat, so it's all good.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:17 | 6455564 Atomizer
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Sorry Pope, you'll be laughed upon under Christian values. Ask Benedict XVI who resigned. He didn't support your communist bullshit. 

 

Catch 22 

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:23 | 6455574 Gringo Viejo
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Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the 3rd time is enemy action.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:05 | 6455701 J Jason Djfmam
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So what do they call it the fourth time, Dumb Luck?

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:34 | 6455586 henry chucho
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That's just the Home Depot drywall imploding,from the chemical reaction between the "Proudly made in the USA" sticker,and the radioactive materials used in the sheetrocks fabrication..

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:35 | 6455602 Atomizer
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2007 Cape Coral,FL Chinese drywall variant. 

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 15:35 | 6456197 petroglyph
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Don't forget the asbestos from the vermiculite

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:29 | 6455588 Keynesians say ...
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"We blew up some folks" Obummer from the 16th green after the sheeple and yes we cans elect him for a 3rd term

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:31 | 6455595 Atomizer
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Global warming to aid in a CCX carbon tax index to keep the ponzi scam fluid. 

Here are the details from Obama administration. Read and acknowledge it's now 2015. Too bad they won't receive royalty payments. 

 

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL...

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:45 | 6455603 roadhazard
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China may not have to be nuked at this rate. Those little Asians (China/Japan) are killing themselves as fast as they can. The Yen and the Yawn may become so contaminated no one will want to touch them.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:56 | 6455667 PoasterToaster
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Why would China have to be nuked at all, you little racist shithead?

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:00 | 6455682 Village-idiot
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It's called sarcasm. A type of humour that, it seems, few understand these days.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:49 | 6455860 Benjamin123
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"Racist" is not an insult among all of zerohedgers "race realists", except when describing those racists they dont like for an unrelated reason.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:05 | 6455702 falconflight
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What was the nature of  the "racist" comment?  Seriously

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:06 | 6455706 roadhazard
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poastertoaster, *member* = 28 weeks.

wHy s0 seRioUs, son.

PS: I didn't down vote you, you are still trying to figure out how it goes.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:54 | 6455883 Son of Captain Nemo
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Why would China have to be nuked at all, you little racist shithead?

Poaster

What were you expecting from a Zionist Kike???!!!

Always the most hypocritical as well when it comes to racism!

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 14:35 | 6456037 roadhazard
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"zionist kike", heh

 

Just don't call me late for dinner.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 14:51 | 6456080 Son of Captain Nemo
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Just don't call me late for dinner.

Got the dinner bell and your seat at the long end of the table ready to go...

Can't wait till you bust the biggest of moves after your feast in September!!!

Sun, 08/23/2015 - 12:02 | 6457791 J Jason Djfmam
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Isn't "Zionist kike", like, a double negative?

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 15:02 | 6456109 83_vf_1100_c
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"you little racist shithead"  Seriously, a poorly played race card? The race card is a progressive's 1st play when they have nothing valid or logical to inject. So, go back to HuffPo and btw, take this large sack of dicks to eat, Feel free to share with your diverse group of friends.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:38 | 6455612 Dragon HAwk
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Rehpothacated Chemicals, what a cool financial Ploy.. till it all goes up in smoke on you..

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:39 | 6455617 fainzilberg
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alle guten dinge sind drei

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:52 | 6455655 zorbathefreak
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Ho Lee Fuk is definitely getting fired this time.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:54 | 6455661 PoasterToaster
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Why does the US Deep State want to blow up Chinese assets?

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:34 | 6455798 bid the soldier...
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to show number one son who's boss

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 15:31 | 6456186 petroglyph
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Didn't OB threaten retaliation for the hacking?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 16:52 | 6491985 Jackagain
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For their testing of space weapons...

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 12:57 | 6455672 phyregold
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Am i the only one asking...

 

Stuxnet 2.0?

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:13 | 6455728 Skateboarder
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Cost of organizing development, prototype, production, and deployment of big bad komputer virus: millions of dollars.

Paying a lowly kommoner a couple of months worth of booze to light up a match: tens of dollars.

Guess which option they took?

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:19 | 6455742 Benjamin123
Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:28 | 6455778 phyregold
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But objectively looking at this....

 

 

Stuxnet was designed to do this exact thing.  Infect some hardware, have the hardware lose control and eventually the system would self distruct.

 

 

The first explosion I didn't think it, the second I'm now questioning it, the third I will know it.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 14:37 | 6456044 Jorgen
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"Am i the only one asking... Stuxnet 2.0?"

 

Once may have been an accident, twice may be coincidence, thrice will be a pattern...

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:01 | 6455679 SSRI Junkie
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Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:01 | 6455686 Werekoala
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Lots more broken windows. Krugman approves.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:17 | 6455736 optimator
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Whatt cheepee way dispose of stuff?

Give me match I show you.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:23 | 6455761 83_vf_1100_c
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=acW52C67h68

Much less violent explosion or they farked with the speed. Still a big bang. Interesting how the top of the fireball disappears into the smog.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:31 | 6455793 bid the soldier...
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INDEED

Who could have seen this coming? 

Anybody who knows the modus operandi of the CIA, that's who.

As I've said already a few times here a few times, Tianjin was sabotage. And Shandong reinforces my belief. 

We're talking about an outfit that didn't scruple to be involved with the shooting down of an airliner with 300 innocents on board, gas 150 civilians and not just blame it on someone else, but had the president of the US blame it on them.  I don't have to retell the events of Sept. 11, 2001 in lower Manhattan to you.

War between the major powers isn't coming to the world.  

WAR IS HERE.

21st Century false flag and sabotage war.  You better get used to it.

Some say these events were meant to ruin China's celebration of the 70th anniversary of its Victory in WWII in September 3; others say it is retaliation for the devaluation of the yuan (Tianjin) and yesterday's 530 points down action in New York (Shandong).

We'll await the details which we imagine will suggest that, as was the case in Tianjin, many more tonnes of something terribly toxic were stored than is allowed under China's regulatory regime which apparently only applies to those who are not somehow connected to the Politburo.

It isn't very often that the Friends of the CIA here at ZH are willing to willing to await details of anything, but these two coincidental blasts of chemical facilities on the East coast of China have moved the author to curb the probable  criticism of his work when WWIII breaks over the heads of his wife and children.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 16:22 | 6456289 TeethVillage88s
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"Any Westerner born outside of Japan or China who claims he understands their culture is deluding himself."

The book details how even non-verbal clues and body language are not understood by Westerners.

Beyond Culture Paperback – December 7, 1976
by Edward T. Hall (Author)

- I just think it is very hard to know what to expect of Asian people as a western man, plus with communist oppression for more than 60 years who knows how nuts people are in China

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:43 | 6455830 Rockfish
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The thieves did not get everything they needed from Tianjin. 

1. Steal needed chems

2. Blow facility to hide missing stock. 

3. Repeat. 

Sun, 08/23/2015 - 12:04 | 6457796 J Jason Djfmam
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The index finger touches the nose.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 13:45 | 6455852 williambanzai7
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This is currently the Festival of the Hungry Ghosts. Evidently, someone is not feeding the ghosts in NE China.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 14:02 | 6455919 Fuku Ben
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We can't jump to conclusions every time something blows up. Everyone is on edge now for many reasons. Some obvious. Others almost not at all.

At the same time we should hope that if this was part of some kind of exchange that there isn't going to be someone always trying to throw the last punch. Like in a schoolyard fight it often takes some of the surrounding crowd to have an objective enough view to step in, stop it and make sure that is the last of it.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 14:26 | 6456004 Bunga Bunga
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Cash for clunkers?

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 14:28 | 6456012 homiegot
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Sum ting weally weally wong 

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 14:31 | 6456013 Dickweed Wang
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Maybe the US sent the NIST lieutenant over there to show them how to cook meth . . . .

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-21/cop-tries-cook-meth-government-...

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 14:29 | 6456014 Smiddywesson
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This just in, the People's Ministry of Truth has identified the perpetrators of both explosions as short sellers.  They are currently being rounded up for execution.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 14:31 | 6456025 roisaber
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Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 21:47 | 6456939 Apostate2
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Since this quote has become a minor chorus here. let me add that another warehouse has exploded in Hefei City, Anhui province. Probably in the news in the next few days.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 14:47 | 6456068 Shadowman377
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ROD OF GOD

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 14:54 | 6456087 Barley Burnside
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Shan-dong!!!

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 15:03 | 6456114 thebigunit
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Adiponitrile:

"Adiponitrile is the organic compound with the formula (CH2)4(CN)2. This dinitrile, a viscous, colourless liquid, is an important precursor to the polymer nylon-6,6. In 2005, about one billion kilograms were produced annually."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adiponitrile

Hmmmm.

Why would the ChiComs need nylon?

Parachutes?

Sexy underwear?


Sat, 08/22/2015 - 16:01 | 6456252 TeethVillage88s
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Japanese Sex Dolls or Doll Clothing?

Christmas Presents for the USA?

Backpacks, Outdoor Gear, Jackets, Rope, Tie Downs, Nets, Fishing line, Military Uniform Equipment & Military Gear.

Interesting link

Nylon was used to make the stock of the Remington Nylon 66 rifle.[39] The frame of the modern Glock pistol is made of a nylon composite.[40]

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 17:36 | 6456448 bid the soldier...
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Biggie 

I appeal to your unexcelled knowledge of bomb making and explosives to tell me if I made all this up..

No doubt you are aware of the Thermobaric explosive device.

A thermobaric bomb's effective yield requires the most appropriate combination of a number of factors; among these are how well the fuel is dispersed, how rapidly it mixes with the surrounding atmosphere, and the initiation of the igniter and its position relative to the container of fuel. In some designs, strong munitions cases allow the blast pressure to be contained long enough for the fuel to be heated up well above its auto-ignition temperature, so that once the container bursts the super-heated fuel will auto-ignite progressively as it comes into contact with atmospheric oxygen

Imagine the dancing rabbis, having been told where the Mossad wanted to put this explosive, and coming up with a three unit device: a small, medium and big unit igniter.

To be triggered by radio waves and placed into a warehouse with tons of sodium cyanide.

The rabbis determined that the igniters should go off in sequence small, medium, and the killer large one last.  When the first goes off inside the warehouse, the blast is relatively small. However small the blast, much of the oxygen in the space is consumed, so that when the second, larger,device is ignited it is burning what oxygen is still available as the flaming gases ride out from the source seking to combine with more oxygen as the first two explosions have consumed and are still consuming most of the available oxygen.

The bomber himself near the warehouse (or watching cctv) orders the ignition of the third and last device.  This has significantly more explosive fuel and when ignited creates a massive cloud of gasses looking for oxygen to combine with.

We all saw the combustion of third explosion fly out from the warehouse in Tianjin toward the window of the man videoing the fire.  Denied sufficient oxygen near the warehouse, the flaming gases run out from the source looking for more and more oxygen to combine with.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermobaric_weapon

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 15:09 | 6456133 salman
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WTC 7 ???

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 15:20 | 6456158 kchrisc
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Did Larry Silverstein just lease and newly insure these series of warehouses?

Zion is a scheme, not an ethnicity.

 

9/11 and Larry Silverstein are part of the scheme.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 15:24 | 6456165 PrimalScream
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HERE IS A CONFIRMATION ...

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/explosion-rips-chemical-plant-eastern-china-no...

Just making a comment that other news sources have also reported the latest chemical warehouse fire in China.  I am not implying that ZH is wrong in any way.  Just saying - you've always got to be careful with Internet news.  That's all.

I don't know what will come out of these incidents in China.  But I am prepared to bet you - it ain't gonna' be good.  If this is an "internal Chinese matter" then heads are going to roll.  And if this has anything to do with foreign sabotage - there is going to be a lot of blood spilled before this ends.  

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 16:19 | 6456282 bid the soldier...
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But if it is foreign sabotage, the Chinese heads who took bribes are going to roll too.

Not exactly like Saudi Arabia rolling, but, hey, they're our good friends.

I wouldn't be surprised if a large US warship in the South China Sea or the Sea of Japan or East China Sea pulls a Titanic.

 

As been said here 100s of time : "load up on popcorn."

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 16:24 | 6456292 techpreist
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It seems to me that the slow economy has led to a lot of chemical stockpiling; this appeared to be at least a part of the Tianjin explosions (much more matl. than usual + containers rusting while sitting around), and it really makes you wonder just how many more sites like this are sitting around waiting to be next.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 15:36 | 6456193 pupdog1
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Ironically, the switches used to control our space-based kinetic weapons, which tend to act up from time to time, were made in China.

Still, low bid is low bid.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 15:45 | 6456215 Jtrillian
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"Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice... can't fool me again."

-George W. Bush

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 16:50 | 6491976 Jackagain
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Was that before or after 9/11?

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 16:30 | 6456306 viator
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Insured by the PRC?

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 16:57 | 6456359 Typing Typer
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I remember in the movie The Last Emperor the eunuchs burned down the warehouse to hide all the fraud they had been committing. Hmmm.

 

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 17:09 | 6456387 Hope Copy
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I'm all for the Geiger counter readings  ....

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 17:16 | 6456408 Alok
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china is being sabotaged in many ways, no doubt about it ..

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 17:56 | 6456484 Ginsengbull
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Safety is number one priority...

 

Until it becomes an obstacle to profitability.

 

Welcome to the corporate ladder.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 19:16 | 6456650 Handful of Dust
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It's no freak'n wonder anyone with money there wants out. This 'splosion is just one more example amonst the hundreds of others. Gotta feel some sympathy with the average person there who is simply trying to survive. It also explains why everyone there is trying to swap their RMB for foreign money so they can buy overseas whether it be NZ, Ozland, Canada or the USSA.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 20:45 | 6456839 NoWayJose
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We before dump toxic waste in liver. But government crack down now so we prace dlums in warehouse. But dlums reak. Crean-up too much money. We brow up warehouse instead.

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 20:59 | 6456865 Raul44
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This have a low probability to be coincidence. so either:

- High ranking officials are deliberately trying to reduce population through various means. Which would ok to do so, problem is that they are destroying planet and environment with it. 

- Sabotage aka "sending message".

 

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 23:38 | 6457083 DrNybble
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Two such chemical disasters in a short period of time might be considered a coincidence.  But if it happens a third time within a few weeks.....?

Sat, 08/22/2015 - 23:47 | 6457099 Paracelsus
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Sure blows Puerto Rico and Greece off the news....Hmmm....

Sun, 08/23/2015 - 13:41 | 6458064 fowlerja
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Sounds like someone is trying to create a news diversion from the Chinese stock market meltdown...some countries create wars...some countries blow up chemical dumps..I vote for the second country...kind of a neat way to remove toxic waste from your landfills...

Mon, 08/24/2015 - 01:48 | 6460891 onmail
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This reminds me of Concorde , people used to stop and stand in streets to look at it landing with its nose down. It became a symbol of euroPeon tech. superiority.

It sucked some debris on runway, caught fire & destroyed in 'accident' since then Concorde has been withdrawn , was it also preplanned to destroy euroPeon credibility?

 

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