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muriel_volestrangler

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12. I'd guess it's typically sealed in watertight bags for an ocean journey
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 12:57 PM
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The solid is about 1.1 times the density of water, as a "rough estimate": https://www.chemicalbook.com/ChemicalProductProperty_US_CB9496321.aspx

So as a powder, even with close packing, I would expect a bundle to be slightly less dense than water, so it might float, just. But the idea of the bundles being enough to keep the boat afloat after it had been broken in half (real buoyancy needs to be well strapped to a boat) so that someone can salvage the lot and proceed with it over a thousand miles to the USA - silly.

Not that being in possession of cocaine would have justified killing them. It's extrajudicial murder, and a crime.

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Tom Cotton needs to get his facts straight vapor2 Friday #1
He also said there were more strikes than we saw... meaning more targets? mikelewis Friday #20
If a boat is split in half, does it matter if you turn it back up? karynnj Friday #2
First Thing I Thought Of ProfessorGAC Friday #26
Tom Cotton is just another lying, republiSCUM apologist MLWR Friday #3
What would be wrong... Mike Nelson Friday #4
Continue their mission on half a boat? Maybe they could have paddled around from island to island selling drugs? hadEnuf Friday #5
This is not about drugs, the United States Military is hunting human beings for sport. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Friday #6
Well, to be fair, not just sport... ananda Friday #8
That's about the size of it. They probably garner some sexual gratification. PSPS Friday #9
That's not logic, it is fantasy CanonRay Friday #7
Cocaine floats? And floats enough to keep a boat upright? slightlv Friday #10
I'd guess it's typically sealed in watertight bags for an ocean journey muriel_volestrangler Friday #12
The whole thing is murderously stupid. yardwork Friday #15
He wants Maduro out of there, because they've already carved up the country slightlv Friday #18
Oh, I agree its extrajudicial murder! slightlv Friday #17
I'm just wondering... where precisely was this attack? mikelewis Friday #21
They didn't find any cocaine. They didn't look. yardwork Friday #25
Right... right... terrible... so they didn't look then huh? It could still be floating around out there then... mikelewis Friday #27
Heavy emphasis in the news 'if they could communicate then murder is OK' memes. But it doesn't matter legally. nt wiggs Friday #11
Admiral Bradley is another one that should be brought up on charges of murder. Ray Bruns Friday #13
He was just following orders. nt mikelewis Friday #22
That didn't work at Nuremberg, it's not going to work now. Ray Bruns Friday #28
It worked for Bush and Cheney... how many millions died from thier lies... mikelewis Saturday #30
Imagine trying to get your capsized boat upright?! yardwork Friday #14
What is "Iawma"? maxsolomon Friday #16
How the hell could these two fishermen radio anyone? Their boat - with the radio in it - were blown to smithereens. Texin Friday #19
My advise to Adm. Frank Bradley... Grins Friday #23
Yeah Sure Ya Betcha Faux pas Friday #24
My advise to Adm. Frank Bradley... Grins Friday #29
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