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Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
Mon May 21, 2012, 07:30 PM May 2012

Someone is selling a VILE of Ronald Reagan's Blood

A glass vial which was used to hold a sample of President Ronald Reagan’s blood after an assassination attempt in 1981

The 5” glass vial with a half inch diameter has a green rubber stopper. Dried blood residue from President Reagan (1911-2004) can be seen clearly in the vial with a quarter-inch ring of blood residue at the end of the inserted rubber stopper.

A 3½” x 1” white label has been affixed to the vial. It is printed, in purple ink, “REAGAN RONALD 940029 THOR / 610892572 AARON PRESIDENTIAL / SUITE 3/30/81 M 2/02/11 JAP.” 940029 was Reagan’s patient ID. AARON refers to Benjamin L. Aaron who was Chief of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at George Washington University Hospital where Reagan was in the Presidential Suite. THOR refers to thoracic. Reagan was admitted on March 30 1981 and M refers to male. The President’s date of birth is incorrectly stated as “2/02/11” when his actual date of birth is February 6 1911.

http://www.pfcauctions.com/auction/political-memorabilia/ronald-reagan-post-assassination-attempt-blood-vial/?auction_id=124

And there's bids! I would bid a cup of dog kibbles for that artifact. No more. No less. Gross.

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Someone is selling a VILE of Ronald Reagan's Blood (Original Post) Generic Other May 2012 OP
Oh crap DJ13 May 2012 #1
Disney's better than I thought. Didn't know animatrons had blood. bluesbassman May 2012 #2
'A Vile Of Reagan's Blood', Sir: I Like That, It Should Be a Standard Unit Of Measure The Magistrate May 2012 #3
And if such malice and ignorance is done electronically, kentauros May 2012 #5
A vial of Regan's blood? white_wolf May 2012 #4
A vial of Reagan's blood must be vile Sanity Claws May 2012 #6
Shorten it! A vial of vile! randome May 2012 #7
just the thing I having been looking for belcffub May 2012 #8
YUCK ... just the thought of it Raine May 2012 #9
Holy relic to the GOP cult n/t Prophet 451 May 2012 #10
Well, one of 2 things will likely happen here. Ruby the Liberal May 2012 #11
A Reagan shrine for pilgrims! Generic Other May 2012 #14
Dick Cheney pricked up his ears aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #12
Cheney naturally preferring the blood of unsaved souls? Generic Other May 2012 #15
It certainly is. baldguy May 2012 #13
That vial is really vile! madinmaryland May 2012 #16

The Magistrate

(95,241 posts)
3. 'A Vile Of Reagan's Blood', Sir: I Like That, It Should Be a Standard Unit Of Measure
Mon May 21, 2012, 07:43 PM
May 2012

Something to quantify malice and ignorance....

white_wolf

(6,238 posts)
4. A vial of Regan's blood?
Mon May 21, 2012, 07:46 PM
May 2012

Last edited Mon May 21, 2012, 08:29 PM - Edit history (1)

Hmm I wonder what horrible demons I conjure from the depths of hell with that. Seriously, to hell with goat blood. If I was a practitioner of black magick I'd use Regan blood.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)
11. Well, one of 2 things will likely happen here.
Mon May 21, 2012, 09:29 PM
May 2012

1 - some teahadist will snap it up and sell tickets for people to come bow and pay homage to it

2 - some sane person will snap it up and then film himself dropping it to the sidewalk from a 50 story building just for the YouTube kicks

50/50

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
12. Dick Cheney pricked up his ears
Mon May 21, 2012, 09:32 PM
May 2012

He probably wants to know if the blood was drawn before or after Reagan was administered last rights by his clergyman.

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