This time, for once, I'm not late for the party. I've deliberately waited a week after the initial hoopla to wait for a response from Lenski. You may have realized that there has been a hilarious homeschooling of Conservapædia's Andy Schlafly by Dr. Lenski last month. Unfortunately, there, so far, hasn't been any. What has happened? Schlafly actually is openly considering suing Lenski for sending him the E. coli samples for testing! While some people believe he is bluffing only to impress his famous mom, others think he is not even trying to sue Lenski, he is only trying to infuse a meme fostering doubt in the accuracy of science. Again others think that if Schlafly has such a plan, it is bound to fail and point out that even fellow creationsists are not jumping on the bandwagon.
My whole take on this is: if there is a legal way, send him the strains! Do it with a waiver that Schlafly is not going to scoop Lenski on any importat future results, but rather if there are any, include Lenski as an author. Moreover, Schlafly should of course pay any costs associated with getting the strains. The most likely scenario: it's illegal to send potentially harmful bacteria to individuals not equipped to handle them properly. If it is legal, I'd love to see a picture of a second-career lawyer (probably a few thousand bucks poorer, too) with a whole bunch of sealed petri dishes in his hands a puzzled (but oh so victorious!) look on his face.
Priceless!