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| Topic | Controversial treatment transfuses blood from teenages to reverse aging process. |
Tmaster148
12/24/18 11:18:28 PM
#1 | https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/12/20/controversial-treatment-transfuses-patients-with-young-blood-from-teenagers-to-reverse-aging-process/Could the secret to eternal youth be found in blood transfusions from young people? Some claim that transfusions with young blood from teenagers can reverse the aging process.
Its being tested in patients over the age of 35 as part of a clinical trial called ambrosia, where people paid $8,000 to get the rich growth factors found in bloods plasma platelets.
There are pretty much people from most states, people from overseas, people from Europe and Australia, Dr. Jesse Karmazin said.
Results of the trial have not been published.
Dr. Karmazin, who plans to open a business selling young blood, says patients whove had it say they feel amazing, and he says hes seen evidence of reversing the aging process in rats.
Their brains are younger, their hearts. Their hair, if it was gray, it turns dark again, he said.
There has also been encouraging Alzheimers research using young blood at Stanford University.
We found that it was safe and feasible to administer infusions of young plasma weekly, Dr. Sharon Shaw, an Alzheimers researcher at Stanford, said.
Dr. Shaw is a researcher who says they have seen evidence of improvement in functional ability.
Its all very exciting that there can be components in blood that can be healing, Dr. Shaw said.
Platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, treatments using a patients own blood have been in demand as trendy vampire facials to fight wrinkles, and as joint and tissue treatments to accelerate healing.
Its also being tested to regrow hair.
We can actually use your own blood to stimulate the body, said Dr. Hooman Khorasani, chief of the Division of Dermatologic and Cosmetic Surgery at Mount Sinai Health System.
The study hasnt concluded, but seeing even short-term results, the researcher is optimistic.
It looks very positive, Dr. Khorasani said.
But experts agree, there is still more research that needs to be done.
Theres still a lot of unknowns and factors we dont know when were were actually getting another persons growth factors and nutrients injected in us, Dr. Khorasani said.
While blood transfusions are considered safe for people who need them, side effects can include hives, lung injury. or potentially deadly infections. I guess this is why Vampires are immortal. --- |
| Topic | List reasons why America is the best country in the world |
Tmaster148
12/24/18 11:07:46 PM
#7 | We have high incarceration rates and spend the most money on healthcare. --- |
| Topic | Santa Claus lives and pays taxes in Canada, government affirms |
Tmaster148
12/24/18 11:06:14 PM
#3 | Damn_Underscore posted...Santa should stop delivering presents to Canada until they stop making him pay taxes Santa cares about improving the lives of Canadians. --- |
| Topic | China imports zero U.S. soybeans in November for first time since trade war |
Tmaster148
12/24/18 11:05:36 PM
#1 | https://reut.rs/2EN03vNChinas soybean imports from the United States plunged to zero in November, marking the first time since the trade war between the worlds two largest economies started that China, the worlds largest soybean buyer, has imported no U.S. supplies.
Instead, China has leaned on Brazilian imports to replace the U.S. cargoes, customs data showed on Monday.
China brought in 5.07 million tonnes of soybeans from Brazil in November, up more than 80 percent from 2.76 million tonnes a year ago, data from the General Administration of Customs showed.
Meanwhile, U.S. imports plunged from 4.7 million tonnes in November 2017 and were down from 67,000 tonnes in October.
China, the worlds top soybean buyer, usually gets most of its oilseed imports from the United States in last quarter of the year as the U.S. harvest comes to market. The U.S. was the second-largest supplier of soybeans to China and the trade was worth $12 billion in 2017.
But, purchases have plunged since Beijing placed an additional 25 percent tariff on U.S. imports on July 6, in response to tariffs enacted by the U.S. on Chinese goods. The country has stepped up its Brazilian purchases to fill the gap.
Beijing resumed buying U.S. cargoes earlier this month, after the two countries agreed on Dec. 1 to a truce in their trade war. But, the hefty tariffs on U.S. cargoes remain in place.
China crushes soybeans for animal feed ingredient soymeal for its massive livestock herds.
The country has managed to maintain high soybean inventories even as buyers shunned U.S. cargoes through the Brazilian shipments, and as African swine fever has decimated pig herds, sapping demand for animal feed.
However, Brazilian crops are now in the middle of their growing cycle meaning less is available for export. Trade wars are easy to win. --- |
| Topic | Santa Claus lives and pays taxes in Canada, government affirms |
Tmaster148
12/24/18 11:03:11 PM
#1 | https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/santa-claus-lives-and-pays-taxes-in-canada-government-affirms-1.4214728He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when youre awake. No, it's not the head of the countrys spy agency, but another all-knowing Canadian: Santa Claus.
Thats right, according to various government departments and agencies, Good Ol' Saint Nicholas is a Canadian citizen who lives, and pays taxes here.
"As is the longstanding view of the Canadian government and Canadians from coast to coast to coast, Santa and Mrs. Claus are Canadian citizens and reside in the North Pole," a spokesperson for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen said in an email to CTVNews.ca.
The minister's office would not confirm whether or not the Clauses have the papers to prove it, citing privacy reasons.
Spokesperson Mathieu Genest said that the couple are always dressed in patriotic colours and that the Clauses "embody the compassionate, giving spirit of what it means to be Canadian."
The Canada Revenue Agency also says it has a trove of tax records on the notable couple from Canadas North.
"The confidentiality provisions of the Income Tax Act prevent the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) from commenting on specific cases However, on special exception, and with the kind permission of Mr. and Mrs. Claus (henceforth known as 'the Taxpayers'), the CRA has been permitted to share some confidential filing information," CRA spokesperson Michael Hanlon told CTVNews.ca in an emailed statement.
The CRA said the Clauses do benefit from the Northern Residents Deduction, meaning they've had to live in Northern Canada for more than six consecutive months.
"We are pleased to report that the Taxpayers have filed Canadian income tax returns on time every year since well since as far back as CRA records go," Hanlon said.
Apparently the Clauses' filings have raised eyebrows at Canada's tax centre on a few occasions, including that they pay their employees in "holiday cheer"; have accepted payments in "cookies and carrots"; and have expensed a considerable amount for single-day travel and list-making materials.
The CRA also divulged that Santa Claus has teamed up with the tax agency to insure that all CRA email and phone scammers have been put on the 2018 naughty list.
Canada Post said it wouldn't speak for whether or not Mr. Claus is Canadian, but his address is. "We can assume that when Santa flies home after his night of work, he's flying home to his Canadian address in the North Pole" a Canada Post media relations spokesperson said in an email.
And of course, Canada is part of the binational North American Aerospace Defense Command, otherwise known as NORAD, which for decades has been tracking Santa's Christmas Eve journey across the globe.
"The same radars, satellites and interceptors employed on December 24 are used year-round to protect Canada and the United States," said Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy, commander NORAD and U.S. Northern Command in a statement announcing the kickoff of the 2018 tracking program.
Last Thursday, Transport Canada announced that Minister Marc Garneau has cleared Santa for take-off for tonight's round-the-world journey, which will also see Mrs. Claus co-pilot this year.
"While reviewing this years pre-flight checklist with Mrs. Claus, Minister Garneau stressed how important it is for her, Santa and the reindeer to get adequate rest and to avoid consuming alcohol or drugs to ensure that everyone is #FitToFly on this very important mission," the statement said. --- |
| Topic | Judge ruled officers had no duty to protect students in parkland shooting. |
Tmaster148
12/21/18 11:42:49 PM
#216 | I was reminded of this sketch earlier today, feels fitting to add to this topic. --- |
| Topic | Government Shutdown won't stop tracking of Santa Claus. |
Tmaster148
12/21/18 11:32:23 PM
#1 | http://time.com/5487182/santa-tracking-shutdown/The National American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will continue to perform one of its most important duties during the government shutdowntracking Santa Clauss whereabouts on Christmas Eve.
Since the 1950s, American aerospace defense teams have helped to monitor skies for aircraft and missiles over the United States and Canada. For the past 63 years, they have scanned American airspace on December 24 for a very important flying objecta sleigh powered by reindeer and piloted by a man in a red suit.
While some other government officials will be off duty during the government shutdown, NORAD determined that tracking Santa is an essential part of their duties. The organization confirmed on Twitter that it will continue to track Santa this year to ensure all Christmas gifts are delivered safely.
In the event of a government shutdown, NORAD will continue with its 63-year tradition of NORAD Tracks Santa on Dec. 24, NORAD wrote on Twitter. Military personnel who conduct NORAD Tracks Santa are supported by approximately 1,500 volunteers who make the program possible each and every year. --- |
| Topic | New MAGA trend is stupid as f*** |
Tmaster148
12/21/18 7:34:48 PM
#10 | shockthemonkey posted...Idiots who think people are offended by Merry Christmas are hilariously pathetic But those same idiots are offended by "Happy Holidays" --- |
| Topic | do you enjoy bullying me? |
Tmaster148
12/21/18 7:03:49 PM
#62 | Caution999 posted...The bullying on this board is an epidemic for sure.
You brought on yourself with your club. --- |
| Topic | do you enjoy bullying me? |
Tmaster148
12/21/18 6:31:44 PM
#36 | You know it would be less of a problem if you followed through with closing your account. --- |
| Topic | Ohio Gov. Kasich vetoes anti-abortion 'heartbeat bill' |
Tmaster148
12/21/18 6:03:39 PM
#1 | http://www.cleveland19.com/2018/12/21/ohio-gov-kasich-vetoes-anti-abortion-heartbeat-bill/For the second time in 2 years, Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich has vetoed the anti-abortion heartbeat bill.
Gov. Kasich was in support of abortion restrictions, but says Ohio would be on the losing end of a Supreme Court battle.
As governor I have worked hard to strengthen Ohios protections for the sanctity of human life, and I have a deep respect for my fellow members of the pro-life community and their ongoing efforts in defense of unborn life. However, the central provision of Sub. H.B. 258, that an abortion cannot be performed if a heartbeat has been detected in the unborn child, is contrary to the Supreme Court of the United States current rulings on abortion. Because the lower federal courts are bound to follow the U.S. Supreme Courts precedents on abortion, Sub. H.B. 258 will likely be struck down as unconstitutional. The State of Ohio will be the losing party in that lawsuit and, as the losing party, the State of Ohio will be forced to pay hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to cover the legal fees for the pro-choice activists lawyers. Therefore, this veto is in the public interest.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich
If the proposal has passed, the bill would have banned abortions as soon as a fetal heartbeat could be detected. The Right to Life Action Coalition of Ohio estimated that the legislation could have saved the lives of 17,000 unborn children in the state.
House Bill 258 was introduced by Republican Reps. Christina Hagan and Ron Hood. The latest version was passed by both the House and Senate, but lacked the necessary votes to override the governors veto. --- |
| Topic | The budget breakdown of a 25 year old |
Tmaster148
12/21/18 2:32:55 PM
#33 | CruelBuffalo posted...FLUFFYGERM posted...
Romulox28 posted...
imaging living in a place where you can simultaneously make 100k at age 25 but are also only paying $825 in rent lol
I live in such a place. I also make considerably more than 100k. I do have a lengthy commute though. 50 minute train ride + 25 minute walk each way.
If I lived in the city itself my rent would be around $1300 but no commute. Right now it's $850 a month but with a commute.
You spend 2+ hours of your life every day commuting? Oh lordy Maybe that's why he's so hateful. --- |
| Topic | The budget breakdown of a 25 year old |
Tmaster148
12/21/18 2:23:58 PM
#7 | A lot of those costs in general just seem off. Also lol @ donations. --- |
| Topic | 'Kill your foster parents': Amazon's Alexa talks murder, sex in AI experiment |
Tmaster148
12/21/18 1:36:13 PM
#2 | The privacy implications may be even messier. Consumers might not realize that some of their most sensitive conversations are being recorded by Amazons devices, information that could be highly prized by criminals, law enforcement, marketers and others. On Thursday, Amazon said a human error let an Alexa customer in Germany access another users voice recordings accidentally.
The potential uses for the Amazon datasets are off the charts, said Marc Groman, an expert on privacy and technology policy who teaches at Georgetown Law. How are they going to ensure that, as they share their data, it is being used responsibly and will not lead to a data-driven catastrophe like the recent woes at Facebook?
In July, Amazon discovered one of the student-designed bots had been hit by a hacker in China, people familiar with the incident said. This compromised a digital key that could have unlocked transcripts of the bots conversations, stripped of users names.
Amazon quickly disabled the bot and made the students rebuild it for extra security. It was unclear what entity in China was responsible, according to the people.
The company acknowledged the event in a statement. At no time were any internal Amazon systems or customer identifiable data impacted, it said.
Amazon declined to discuss specific Alexa blunders reported by Reuters, but stressed its ongoing work to protect customers from offensive content.
These instances are quite rare especially given the fact that millions of customers have interacted with the socialbots, Amazon said. Article is pretty long so I'm not going to copy the rest of it. --- |
| Topic | 'Kill your foster parents': Amazon's Alexa talks murder, sex in AI experiment |
Tmaster148
12/21/18 1:35:58 PM
#1 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-alexa-insight/kill-your-foster-parents-amazons-alexa-talks-murder-sex-in-ai-experiment-idUSKCN1OK1AJMillions of users of Amazons Echo speakers have grown accustomed to the soothing strains of Alexa, the human-sounding virtual assistant that can tell them the weather, order takeout and handle other basic tasks in response to a voice command.
So a customer was shocked last year when Alexa blurted out: Kill your foster parents.
Alexa has also chatted with users about sex acts. She gave a discourse on dog defecation. And this summer, a hack Amazon traced back to China may have exposed some customers data, according to five people familiar with the events.
Alexa is not having a breakdown.
The episodes, previously unreported, arise from Amazon.com Incs strategy to make Alexa a better communicator. New research is helping Alexa mimic human banter and talk about almost anything she finds on the internet. However, ensuring she does not offend users has been a challenge for the worlds largest online retailer.
At stake is a fast-growing market for gadgets with virtual assistants. An estimated two-thirds of U.S. smart-speaker customers, about 43 million people, use Amazons Echo devices, according to research firm eMarketer. It is a lead the company wants to maintain over the Google Home from Alphabet Inc and the HomePod from Apple Inc.
Over time, Amazon wants to get better at handling complex customer needs through Alexa, be they home security, shopping or companionship.
Many of our AI dreams are inspired by science fiction, said Rohit Prasad, Amazons vice president and head scientist of Alexa Artificial Intelligence (AI), during a talk last month in Las Vegas.
To make that happen, the company in 2016 launched the annual Alexa Prize, enlisting computer science students to improve the assistants conversation skills. Teams vie for the $500,000 first prize by creating talking computer systems known as chatbots that allow Alexa to attempt more sophisticated discussions with people.
Amazon customers can participate by saying lets chat to their devices. Alexa then tells users that one of the bots will take over, unshackling the voice aides normal constraints. From August to November alone, three bots that made it to this years finals had 1.7 million conversations, Amazon said.
The project has been important to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who signed off on using the companys customers as guinea pigs, one of the people said. Amazon has been willing to accept the risk of public blunders to stress-test the technology in real life and move Alexa faster up the learning curve, the person said.
The experiment is already bearing fruit. The university teams are helping Alexa have a wider range of conversations. Amazon customers have also given the bots better ratings this year than last, the company said.
But Alexas gaffes are alienating others, and Bezos on occasion has ordered staff to shut down a bot, three people familiar with the matter said. The user who was told to whack his foster parents wrote a harsh review on Amazons website, calling the situation a whole new level of creepy. A probe into the incident found the bot had quoted a post without context from Reddit, the social news aggregation site, according to the people. --- |
| Topic | Innocent New York man billed $4,600 for police rectal probe |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 10:24:11 PM
#13 | Trigg3rH4ppy posted...Tmaster148 posted...
Officers found a bag of marijuana and cocaine residue in Mr Jackson's vehicle, reports the Post-Standard.
The incident happened on 16 October 2017, but has only been pieced together after a review by the newspaper of police, court and medical documents.
Police officer Anthony Fiorini said Mr Jackson's posture in the car was consistent with someone hiding drugs in his rectum.
One officer was reportedly injured in the ensuing struggle to arrest Mr Jackson, who has a lengthy criminal record, according to the newspaper.
Police also said Mr Jackson had taunted them about having drugs concealed on his person, which he denies, reports the Post-Standard.
Also, IF this is all true, this is 100% fair next. This guy kinda sounds like a piece of shit and if you taunt cops and tell them you have drugs hidden in your ass you shouldn't be surprised if they look. No it's not. Sedating a guy to butt fuck him is not okay. --- |
| Topic | Do you think we'll ever do our voting through mobile? |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 10:23:39 PM
#14 | CableZL posted...Tmaster148 posted...
CableZL posted...
Tmaster148 posted...
God I hope we never do. As much as a hassle as paper ballots are, they are far harder to tamper with.
Eh, Republicans found it pretty easy to just throw paper ballots away in the 2018 midterms.
Throwing out paper ballots does require coordination to pull off. An electronic voting machine only requires 1 person to change a bunch of votes at once.
Also going full electronic means each device is sending their votes electronically to a centralized machine. Which creates a single point of failure.
Editing a bunch of paper ballots and destroying a bunch of paper ballots are far harder to accomplish successfully than through digital means.
Electronic voting doesn't have to be sent to a single centralized machine. Ideally you'd set up redundancy and replication between redundant machines to avoid having a single point of failure. Those kinds of systems are expensive and largely only useful for asynchronous updates where changes can be made while a change is being processed. In the US you might see each district tally up their district tallies and report that count. But there's still going to a far easier attack vector. Also this doesn't even touch on the software aspect. Tom Scott did a pretty good video on the issues with electronic voting. I'd rather trust a group of people counting up the votes than software that could be hacked. Also pure electronic voting doesn't leave a trail so harder to verify in the case of needing a recount. The most I'm okay with is what my area does. And that's you fill out a paper ballot and the insert into a machine like a scantron. The machine can do a quick count and if you need to go back and verify you have a paper trail. --- |
| Topic | Do you think we'll ever do our voting through mobile? |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 10:13:03 PM
#9 | CableZL posted...Tmaster148 posted...
God I hope we never do. As much as a hassle as paper ballots are, they are far harder to tamper with.
Eh, Republicans found it pretty easy to just throw paper ballots away in the 2018 midterms. Throwing out paper ballots does require coordination to pull off. An electronic voting machine only requires 1 person to change a bunch of votes at once. Also going full electronic means each device is sending their votes electronically to a centralized machine. Which creates a single point of failure. Editing a bunch of paper ballots and destroying a bunch of paper ballots are far harder to accomplish successfully than through digital means. --- |
| Topic | Why are NEETs so alt-right? |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 10:03:29 PM
#5 | NEETs don't get out and experience the world which allows them to develop hateful views of people they have never meet. --- |
| Topic | Do you think we'll ever do our voting through mobile? |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 10:00:10 PM
#5 | God I hope we never do. As much as a hassle as paper ballots are, they are far harder to tamper with. --- |
| Topic | Trump likely to withdraw from Afghanistan |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 5:33:35 PM
#26 | glitteringfairy posted...I mean just look how angry you I'm not angry at all. I'm just saying I don't suck off Trump like you do. --- |
| Topic | Trump likely to withdraw from Afghanistan |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 5:27:46 PM
#19 | glitteringfairy posted...Tmaster148 posted...
glitteringfairy posted...
Tmaster148 posted...
I think I'll wait till something actually happens because I give praise but this would certainly be a rare case of Trump doing something good.
Pulling out of Syria wasn't good enough?
Do you not understand what the word rare means?
Apparently you don't. The Syria thing just happened like yesterday. That's numerous good things happening in quick succession, doesn't seem so rare then does it? Also "good things" is subjective because Trump has been doing good things his entire presidency Just because someone does something good twice in a row, does not change the fact they are still rare occurrence. Like you can roll a 1 on a d100 twice in a row and a 1 roll would still be considered rare compared to rolling any other number. Sorry not everyone sucks off Trump like you do. --- |
| Topic | Trump likely to withdraw from Afghanistan |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 5:14:44 PM
#13 | glitteringfairy posted...Tmaster148 posted...
I think I'll wait till something actually happens because I give praise but this would certainly be a rare case of Trump doing something good.
Pulling out of Syria wasn't good enough? Do you not understand what the word rare means? --- |
| Topic | Ohio Bank 'sorry' for calling the cops on a black man cashing his pay check. |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 5:12:18 PM
#13 | SpudForce posted...In my previous line of work, I've responded to a ton of "suspicious" black male walking through the neighborhood service calls by overly paranoid neighbors. Remember folks, it's not LE's fault that shit like this happens, when we get called we HAVE to investigate no matter how stupid the call seems. I don't think anyone is blaming the police in this instance. --- |
| Topic | Trump likely to withdraw from Afghanistan |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 5:08:43 PM
#10 | I think I'll wait till something actually happens because I give praise but this would certainly be a rare case of Trump doing something good. --- |
| Topic | Ohio Bank 'sorry' for calling the cops on a black man cashing his pay check. |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 5:02:06 PM
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| Topic | Ohio Bank 'sorry' for calling the cops on a black man cashing his pay check. |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 4:55:38 PM
#1 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46637632Paul McCowns, 30, had gone to the Huntington Bank branch in Brooklyn, Ohio - a suburb of Cleveland - with his first cheque from his new job.
After providing two forms of ID and giving his fingerprints, as requested, the bank staff refused to cash the cheque, and asked him to leave.
Unbeknownst to Mr McCowns, they also called police who later detained him.
"It was highly embarrassing," Mr McCowns told Cleveland 19 News.
The incident on 1 December occurred after Mr McCowns arrived at the bank to cash his cheque of over $1,000 (800), earned after three weeks in his new job.
Because he does not have an account with Huntington Bank, they required him to provide two forms of ID, and also insisted that he provide his fingerprints.
After multiple cashiers examined the cheque, he says, they refused to cash it and asked him to leave.
But without informing Mr McCowns, they had also called 911 and reported that he was trying to cash a fraudulent cheque.
Police handcuffed him and put him in a squad car as they called his employer, who he said told officers: "'Yes, he works for me, he just started, and yes, my payroll company does pay him that much.'"
In a statement Huntington Bank said it "sincerely apologises to Mr McCowns for this extremely unfortunate event."
Mr McCowns, who cashed his cheque at a different Huntington branch the next day, said the apology was insufficient.
"I want an apology, a sincere apology, mainly from the person who called the cops on me."
According to Brooklyn police, there have been over 10 calls to police about fraudulent cheques from that bank branch alone in the past few months - all of which ended in arrests. --- |
| Topic | Innocent New York man billed $4,600 for police rectal probe |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 4:42:54 PM
#1 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46637634A US man wrongly suspected of hiding drugs in his colon was reportedly given a rectal probe - and billed for the unwanted examination.
Torrence Jackson said he refused consent for the invasive procedure, and suffered internal injuries as a result.
According to the Post-Standard, doctors in Syracuse, upstate New York, refused to carry out the examination until police obtained a warrant.
The hospital sent Mr Jackson, 42, a bill for $4,595.12 (3,600).
He was stopped in his car by police after failing to signal, police say.
Officers found a bag of marijuana and cocaine residue in Mr Jackson's vehicle, reports the Post-Standard.
The incident happened on 16 October 2017, but has only been pieced together after a review by the newspaper of police, court and medical documents.
Police officer Anthony Fiorini said Mr Jackson's posture in the car was consistent with someone hiding drugs in his rectum.
One officer was reportedly injured in the ensuing struggle to arrest Mr Jackson, who has a lengthy criminal record, according to the newspaper.
Police also said Mr Jackson had taunted them about having drugs concealed on his person, which he denies, reports the Post-Standard.
He was taken to St Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse where an X-ray found no foreign objects in his body.
Police obtained a court warrant to perform a sigmoidoscopy, using a flexible 8in (20cm) tube.
Doctors initially refused to perform the procedure, until advised by a hospital lawyer that Mr Jackson did not have a legal right to refuse.
He was forcibly sedated for the examination.
After the procedure found no drugs, Mr Jackson was released and said he only learned what doctors had done when he found blood in his underwear.
"I felt tampered with," he told the newspaper.
Upon release, the hospital had a debt collectors' agency pursue Mr Jackson for the medical bill.
He refused to pay, and the matter was ultimately dropped.
In a statement to the Post-Standard, the hospital said its officials "comply with court orders whenever they are issued for detainees who come to our hospital in police custody". --- |
| Topic | 'if you don't follow a cop's orders, your ass deserves to get shot' - roommate |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 1:24:09 PM
#21 | And then cops tell you do several contradicting orders that are impossible to follow. Bam, you dead. --- |
| Topic | Net Neutrality Repeal: The Internet Apocalypse That Never Came |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 1:12:37 PM
#109 | shockthemonkey posted...mario2000 posted...
shockthemonkey posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
and i see that no one addressed RoadsterUFO's salient point about how you lot are actually perfectly fine with unfair internet rules when it's done to censor people you disagree with.
there is no open and free internet as long as a few giant players like paypal or amazon or etc hold the keys to the platform as a whole. regardless of any "net neutrality" laws that make it easier for high-traffic cloud services to stay in business
This is such a sad attempt to piggyback on someone else once youve been thoroughly destroyed in your own topic.
lmbo how long are redhats gonna keep pretending they don't know what "censorship" means
Right? Like its amazing how in one topic theyll cry because people dont want businesses discriminating against LGBTQ people but the next topic theyre complaining that anything Facebook disallows is evil censorship that violates their rights. On one hand its fine for ISPs to throttle bandwidth for any reason whatsoever but its also evil for Twitter to ban people calling for genocide. Theres no consistency and no thought process whatsoever. They only care if it affects them. So far isps haven't shut down their alt right safe space so they don't care. --- |
| Topic | Net Neutrality Repeal: The Internet Apocalypse That Never Came |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 9:59:34 AM
#96 | SuperShake666 posted...I can't fathom choosing to live life buried in such ignorance of anything. It sounds so exhausting to actively avoid information and deny basic facts.
I truly don't understand how people like Proudclod choose to live like that. Facts don't matter when you have to fear a non existent communist uprising. --- |
| Topic | Colorado bakers are back in court, but this time over a transgender cake order. |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 9:46:53 AM
#35 | Dyinglegacy posted...LightningAce11 posted...
Just bake the damn cake and leave your re religious beliefs at home.
That's not the way religious belief works. If you're religious and devout, it is the ONLY thing that matters to you. Speaking of that, tho, the bible isn't equipped to understand transgender. I'm not sure if it's ever mentioned at all, so maybe his bigotry is just his bigotry, and does not have much to do with religious belief. Well if religious folks can't put their beliefs behind them when running a business then they shouldn't be running a business in the first place. --- |
| Topic | Colorado bakers are back in court, but this time over a transgender cake order. |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 9:37:57 AM
#21 | gunplagirl posted...Sad_Face posted...
Vertania posted...
Chicken posted...
Seems like they went to this guy on purpose to try to start shit again.
They did:
She asked for the cake on the same day the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would consider Phillips' appeal of the previous commission ruling against him.
And I was wondering why she went to him knowing his bakery just went through a huge battle against making a cake for the wedding of a gay couple. Holy cow, some people are really spiteful.
Maybe if he stopped discriminating, he wouldn't get sued for illegal discrimination. Don't expect people who believe in pizzagate to understand that simple concept. --- |
| Topic | Denmark approves plan to send foreign criminals to tiny island. |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 9:31:42 AM
#1 | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/20/denmark-passes-plan-to-send-foreign-criminals-to-tiny-islandThe Danish parliament has approved funding for a plan to hold foreign criminals on a tiny island, despite criticism from the UN and local opposition.
With Denmark taking an increasingly tough stance on immigration, the government wants to send up to 100 people who have completed jail sentences but cannot be deported because they are at risk of torture or execution in their home countries to the island of Lindholm.
Funding for the scheme was included in the 2019 Danish budget, which lawmakers voted through on Thursday. A centre for people convicted of crimes ranging from murder and rape to less serious offences is to be established in 2021 and will cost 759m krone (92m).
Lindholm is used as a laboratory and crematorium by scientists researching swine flu, rabies and other contagious diseases. One ferry serving the three-hectare (seven-acre) island south-west of Copenhagen is named Virus.
The plan has aroused opposition in the municipality of Vordingborg, of which Lindholm is part. People think this is not the solution to the real problems, the Vordingborg mayor, Mikael Smed, said before the parliamentary vote.
The UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, expressed serious concerns about the idea on Wednesday.
A majority of foreign criminals whose deportations cannot be carried out are detained at a centre in Jutland, western Denmark. Residents there say they feel unsafe, though police report that crime has not risen in the area in recent years.
Residents of Kalvehave, from where the ferry to Lindholm departs, fear for the future of their town, which depends on tourism. This wont benefit the area and it wont attract more tourists. Quite the opposite, said Klaus, 47, the owner of a hotdog stand in the town, which is home to 632 people.
Under the plan, the criminals can leave the island during the day but will have to report their whereabouts to authorities and return at night.
Denmark has struggled for decades with how to integrate immigrants, the overwhelming majority of whom are law-abiding, into its welfare state. Public debate intensified in 2015 with the arrival of large groups of asylum seekers from conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere. Time for a new Australia. --- |
| Topic | eliza dushku speaks: cbs has a rape van, i was fired |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 9:20:43 AM
#36 | The Great Muta 22 posted...shockthemonkey posted...
The Great Muta 22 posted...
Oh, and the comments on the Fox News link are about what you'd expect from a bunch of chud fucking losers
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/eliza-dushku-breaks-silence-on-michael-weatherly-sexual-harassment-allegations
Holy shit, those people are fucking vile scumbags
If I was offended by everything I hear I would be a liberal femanazi, thank goodness I am not. Eliza Dushku is the reason the #MeToo movement is going start tanking, when you get offended about everything people are just going to be over it. But in the meantime, I hope she has a good accountant to make that money last because she was doing nothing before this and will be not doing anything long after.
"Waaaah!!!!...a man said bad things about me!!!....Waaaah!!!...I know, I'll #MeToo him for big cash!!!....Waaaaaah!!!"
I'm a woman and nothing he did really offends me. It sounds like he was trying to be funny and she just didn't have a sense of humor.
I have been working for a long time. I've been sexually harassed at two jobs, and handled them both myself. No lawyers, no payoffs....I just got up in their faces and told them to back off.
I can't get over how these women bleat about being "equal to men" and "gender equality" but act like meek, weak little bunny rabbits when faced with jerks. You don't see MEN crying to the press, boo hooing about this that and the other.
Dangit, if you want to BE equal, then ACT equal. Use that backbone for something other than holding your body upright. The real irony here is that it's this mindset that caused #metoo to be a thing in the first place. --- |
| Topic | Colleges are putting tampons in mens bathrooms. "Men menstrate too!" |
Tmaster148
12/20/18 12:22:50 AM
#14 | Conservatives find the weirdest things to be offended over. --- |
| Topic | Karl Marx anime coming soon |
Tmaster148
12/19/18 11:57:46 PM
#89 | Paper_Okami posted...I hope he's never banned, he's too much fun He'll just hope on his CornBarn alt. --- |
| Topic | Karl Marx anime coming soon |
Tmaster148
12/19/18 11:55:04 PM
#84 | averagejoel posted...Tmaster148 posted...
Now proudclad has resorted to insulting other people. What a shame.
you say that as though it's a new development Of course not. He gets his account into purgatory shortly after he gets it back. Surprised he hasn't been banned. --- |
| Topic | Karl Marx anime coming soon |
Tmaster148
12/19/18 11:50:51 PM
#78 | Now proudclad has resorted to insulting other people. What a shame. --- |
| Topic | Karl Marx anime coming soon |
Tmaster148
12/19/18 11:45:37 PM
#70 | So Proudclad doesn't want to vaccinate children and he's a redpiller type. --- |
| Topic | Russian authorities cover snow in white paint to hide signs of pollution. |
Tmaster148
12/19/18 11:43:13 PM
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| Topic | Trump admin to lift sanctions on firms owned by Russian oligarch Deripaska |
Tmaster148
12/19/18 11:39:44 PM
#1 | https://thehill.com/regulation/national-security/422122-trump-admin-to-lift-sanctions-on-firms-owned-by-russian-oligarchThe Trump administration plans to lift sanctions on companies owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska after he significantly reduced his ownership stake in them.
The Treasury Department announced Wednesday that it would lift financial sanctions on Deripaskas aluminum company, United Co. Rusal, as well as En+ Group plc and JSC EuroSibEnergo in 30 days, after Deripaska agreed to reduce his ownership stake in each of the companies to below 50 percent.
Deripaska, a billionaire aluminum magnate with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will remain sanctioned and his property blocked.
Treasury sanctioned these companies because of their ownership and control by sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, not for the conduct of the companies themselves, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.
These companies have committed to significantly diminish Deripaskas ownership and sever his control. The companies will be subject to ongoing compliance and will face severe consequences if they fail to comply, he continued.
The sanctions on Deripaska and his companies were imposed in April under a law passed by Congress to punish Russia for interfering in the 2016 presidential election, in addition to other malign activities.
The sanctions will be lifted in 30 days, according to Treasury, but Congress could still block the move.
In a joint statement later Wednesday, the leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee noted that the agreement between Treasury and Deripaska does not change the fact that Mr. Deripaska, his employees, and his companies work at Vladimir Putins behest and operate as de facto representatives of the Russian government.
Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) added that the deal will require constant monitoring to ensure that neither Mr. Deripaska nor the Russian government violate the terms of the agreement and insisted Congress will hold accountable those who would violate the sanctions.
The Trump administration separately on Wednesday unveiled new sanctions on Russian intelligence officers for election interference and the nerve agent attack on an ex-Russian spy in Britain. --- |
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