What's the dumbest thing you heard said today?
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File this one under ironic:
Inmate too sick for execution
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Ted Strickland on Monday postponed the execution of a convicted killer who managed to take an overdose of pills in his death row cell and was found unconscious just hours before he was to be driven to his execution.
Lawrence Reynolds Jr., 43, who was sentenced to die for killing his neighbor in 1994, was found unconscious around 11:30 p.m. Sunday at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown, prisons spokeswoman Julie Walburn said. He was alone in his cell on death row, she said.
Reynolds, who was scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday, was showing signs of consciousness Monday at a Youngstown hospital, but medical staff weren’t prepared to release him, Walburn said. He was upgraded from serious to stable condition.
The inmate managed to take the pills despite being under a 72-hour watch — routine for inmates approaching an execution date — that includes frequent monitoring by prison guards, Walburn said. She did not say what kind of pills they were or how he got them, and an investigation is under way.
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What the heck, should have just given him more pills. :
Inmate too sick for execution
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Ted Strickland on Monday postponed the execution of a convicted killer who managed to take an overdose of pills in his death row cell and was found unconscious just hours before he was to be driven to his execution.
Lawrence Reynolds Jr., 43, who was sentenced to die for killing his neighbor in 1994, was found unconscious around 11:30 p.m. Sunday at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown, prisons spokeswoman Julie Walburn said. He was alone in his cell on death row, she said.
Reynolds, who was scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday, was showing signs of consciousness Monday at a Youngstown hospital, but medical staff weren’t prepared to release him, Walburn said. He was upgraded from serious to stable condition.
The inmate managed to take the pills despite being under a 72-hour watch — routine for inmates approaching an execution date — that includes frequent monitoring by prison guards, Walburn said. She did not say what kind of pills they were or how he got them, and an investigation is under way.
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What the heck, should have just given him more pills. :
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So...
Mark MacDonald was driving...Ben Gardiner was a passenger in said vehicle.
BUT
OC Transpo failed to have proper winter tires on the bus;
Failed to train the drivers properly; and
Forced the drivers to work without sufficient rest.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL, FOLKS!
Ben Gardiner is also suing Mark MacDonald's brother (holder of the deceased's estate), the driver himself, some restaurants and on and on.
Didn't Mr Gardiner not get into said vehicle with said driver of his own volition? If he argues that Mark MacDonald (RIP) was drunk, well, what would that make Mr. Gardiner?
Sheesh....
Mark MacDonald was driving...Ben Gardiner was a passenger in said vehicle.
BUT
OC Transpo failed to have proper winter tires on the bus;
Failed to train the drivers properly; and
Forced the drivers to work without sufficient rest.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL, FOLKS!
Ben Gardiner is also suing Mark MacDonald's brother (holder of the deceased's estate), the driver himself, some restaurants and on and on.
Didn't Mr Gardiner not get into said vehicle with said driver of his own volition? If he argues that Mark MacDonald (RIP) was drunk, well, what would that make Mr. Gardiner?
Sheesh....
OldSolduer
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Didnt you get the memo TV and Moe?
There is no such thing as accepting responsibility anymore! Deflect, duck and sue. :rage:
There is no such thing as accepting responsibility anymore! Deflect, duck and sue. :rage:
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PMedMoe said:
I want to mail him a "Get well soon" card.
Hermann Goring managed to cheat his executioner with an O.D..
Ohio is the same state that botched a lethal injection on a guy last year. He survived it, and they had to send him back to his cell. My bet is that there will not be a second attempt.
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"allegations that the city didn’t make sure the bus had proper winter tires and that it failed to provide bus drivers proper training. The lawsuit says the city was negligent for allowing bus drivers to work excessive hours without sufficient rest."
Winter tires are not mandatory in Ontario.
I wish they were on emergency vehicles.
The bus company, I think, is exempt from the "Hours of Service" ( 2007 ) claim:
- no driving after 14 hours of on-duty time
- no driving after accumulating 13 hours of driving or 14 hours of on-duty time
- must take off at least eight consecutive hours after 13 hours of driving or 14 hours on duty
- must take off eight consecutive hours and minimum of 10 hours in total every day
- owner/operator (City) must accurately record and maintain the on-duty and off-duty records on a daily basis
"Exemptions:
5. A bus that is operated by or on behalf of a municipality as part of the municipality’s public transit service, either within the municipality or within 25 kilometres of the boundary of the municipality. O. Reg. 555/06, s. 3 (1); O. Reg. 405/07, s. 1 (1)."
But, theambulance chasers personal injury lawyers are the experts on such matters.
I have no doubt they will get something. Just a question of how much. Maybe out of court for "an undisclosed amount."
As far as suing bar(s) is concerned:
http://forums.milnet.ca/forums/threads/82938/post-799725.html#msg799725
Winter tires are not mandatory in Ontario.
I wish they were on emergency vehicles.
The bus company, I think, is exempt from the "Hours of Service" ( 2007 ) claim:
- no driving after 14 hours of on-duty time
- no driving after accumulating 13 hours of driving or 14 hours of on-duty time
- must take off at least eight consecutive hours after 13 hours of driving or 14 hours on duty
- must take off eight consecutive hours and minimum of 10 hours in total every day
- owner/operator (City) must accurately record and maintain the on-duty and off-duty records on a daily basis
"Exemptions:
5. A bus that is operated by or on behalf of a municipality as part of the municipality’s public transit service, either within the municipality or within 25 kilometres of the boundary of the municipality. O. Reg. 555/06, s. 3 (1); O. Reg. 405/07, s. 1 (1)."
But, the
I have no doubt they will get something. Just a question of how much. Maybe out of court for "an undisclosed amount."
As far as suing bar(s) is concerned:
http://forums.milnet.ca/forums/threads/82938/post-799725.html#msg799725
Please don't overlook the fact that this individual/passenger climbed into a vehicle with a driver he had witnessed allegedly being served alcohol despite being obviously intoxicated in at least 3 bars named in the suit. The bus driver had the green light and therefore the right of way.
I witness people in the city of Ottawa come within inches of dying by driving through red lights, jaywalk and cross against the lights in front of buses trying to keep to tight schedules.
I do not remember learning this one but the MTO Driver's handbook states, "You may turn left from a one-way road to a one-way road on a red light after coming to a complete stop and making sure the way is clear. Yield to pedestrians and traffic."
Am I old and forgetful or just ignorant after 30 years of driving?
I witness people in the city of Ottawa come within inches of dying by driving through red lights, jaywalk and cross against the lights in front of buses trying to keep to tight schedules.
I do not remember learning this one but the MTO Driver's handbook states, "You may turn left from a one-way road to a one-way road on a red light after coming to a complete stop and making sure the way is clear. Yield to pedestrians and traffic."
Am I old and forgetful or just ignorant after 30 years of driving?
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Dumbest or funniest, your choice: LINK
FYI, Press release from Students Against War. From what I recall, similar protests have gone on at other universities.
March 16th, 2010 – Coast Salish Territories – Victoria, B.C. - University
of Victoria student club Students Against War is claiming victory after
the Canadian military failed to show up at the university’s annual Career
Fair in the Student Union Building on March 10th. The club, along with
other individuals and groups, has protested the presence of the Canadian
Forces at the University of Victoria’s Career Fair for the last three
years. The club believes the military’s absence indicates that the
University of Victoria Career Services, the body responsible for
organizing the career fair, has finally understood that students do not
welcome the military presence in their student space.
“Students Against War exists to resist all forms of oppression; we reject
the Canadian Forces because it is a tool of the exploitative capitalist
and colonialist state said one club member. Past Students Against
War protests against military recruitment on the campus have included
satirizing military recruitment, distributing educational materials, and
disrupting business at the recruitment table.
Students Against War believes that the University the Victoria Career
Services fails when it comes to offering students socially positive
employment opportunities. “We reject the presence of all employers at the
career fair who privilege corporate profit or the state over human life
and dignity” said one Students Against War protester. Students
Against War denounces several employers attending the career fair,
including CSIS, the RCMP, Department of National Defence Civilians,
Syncrude Canada, and the Royal Bank of Canada, the primary investor in the
Alberta Tar Sands.
FYI, Press release from Students Against War. From what I recall, similar protests have gone on at other universities.
March 16th, 2010 – Coast Salish Territories – Victoria, B.C. - University
of Victoria student club Students Against War is claiming victory after
the Canadian military failed to show up at the university’s annual Career
Fair in the Student Union Building on March 10th. The club, along with
other individuals and groups, has protested the presence of the Canadian
Forces at the University of Victoria’s Career Fair for the last three
years. The club believes the military’s absence indicates that the
University of Victoria Career Services, the body responsible for
organizing the career fair, has finally understood that students do not
welcome the military presence in their student space.
“Students Against War exists to resist all forms of oppression; we reject
the Canadian Forces because it is a tool of the exploitative capitalist
and colonialist state said one club member. Past Students Against
War protests against military recruitment on the campus have included
satirizing military recruitment, distributing educational materials, and
disrupting business at the recruitment table.
Students Against War believes that the University the Victoria Career
Services fails when it comes to offering students socially positive
employment opportunities. “We reject the presence of all employers at the
career fair who privilege corporate profit or the state over human life
and dignity” said one Students Against War protester. Students
Against War denounces several employers attending the career fair,
including CSIS, the RCMP, Department of National Defence Civilians,
Syncrude Canada, and the Royal Bank of Canada, the primary investor in the
Alberta Tar Sands.
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Glad to see UVic hasn't changed any since I was a student there in the late 80's - imagine me as a reservist in a granola muching degree program...didn't go over well with alot of the "Save the Whales and Trees and "Shrooms" types.
But hey, I'm paid to defend their right to say what they like.
MM
But hey, I'm paid to defend their right to say what they like.
MM
medicineman
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Indeedly doodely neighbour.
MM
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Funny how Students against War at UVic conveniently ignore the fact that we cancelled ALL "pay to attend" events (which University Job Fairs typically are ... we have to pay to be there...) across the country at the end of this fiscal year in order to save funds, because we had almost universally met our Intake Plan numbers for the year ...
Yeah, YOUR protesting caused us to not attend ... I'm sure.
Yeah, YOUR protesting caused us to not attend ... I'm sure.
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