WTF in America
#9451
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#9452
Re: WTF in America
Justice and revenge are so far apart on the meaning scale that it's impossible to show them on the same page. And yet, here we are in the Middle Ages, performing (botched) executions of elderly men who've been in prison for 20+ years and shooting people who are turning around in your driveway.
#9453
I have a comma problem
Joined: Feb 2009
Location: Fox Lake, IL (from Carrickfergus NI)
Posts: 49,598
Re: WTF in America
Justice and revenge are so far apart on the meaning scale that it's impossible to show them on the same page. And yet, here we are in the Middle Ages, performing (botched) executions of elderly men who've been in prison for 20+ years and shooting people who are turning around in your driveway.
#9454
Re: WTF in America
For once I am lost for words. Body donated to science dissected in front of paying audience at Portland hotel.
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...and-hotel.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...and-hotel.html
#9455
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Re: WTF in America
For once I am lost for words. Body donated to science dissected in front of paying audience at Portland hotel.
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...and-hotel.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...and-hotel.html
#9456
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Re: WTF in America
For once I am lost for words. Body donated to science dissected in front of paying audience at Portland hotel.
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...and-hotel.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...and-hotel.html
#9457
Re: WTF in America
For once I am lost for words. Body donated to science dissected in front of paying audience at Portland hotel.
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...and-hotel.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...and-hotel.html
A bit late now, but he could have specified a university medical school to donate his body to. His family should get a big payout from the company that didn't use it for medical science, but used it for a profitable business. If that was me, I would come back and haunt the participants for ever.
#9458
Re: WTF in America
If they were led to believe that the event was a medical seminar then they would have no problems hosting it. If the 'Death science' crowd can pull a fast one on the company that the body was donated to then why not the hotel as well?
#9459
Re: WTF in America
Last edited by kimilseung; Nov 6th 2021 at 2:55 am.
#9460
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Re: WTF in America
A bit late now, but he could have specified a university medical school to donate his body to. His family should get a big payout from the company that didn't use it for medical science, but used it for a profitable business. If that was me, I would come back and haunt the participants for ever.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/army-...b0acb57fc92631
#9461
Re: WTF in America
This isn't the first time it has happened. A guy that had a parent die and wanted to give their body to science ended up on the bomb range for the us military!
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/army-...b0acb57fc92631
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/army-...b0acb57fc92631
#9462
Re: WTF in America
At least 8 people have died in a crowd surge at the Astroworld concert in Houston. It's like the organizers have never heard of this happening before, or how to prepare for it. Ever since having a few close calls at the first 2 Big Valley Jamboree events here the first thing security plans for is how to get paramedics and ambulances through the crowd. There may be a change in area covid numbers in a couple of weeks too, but that's just my guess.
https://www.click2houston.com/news/l...-turns-deadly/
https://www.click2houston.com/news/l...-turns-deadly/
Last edited by caretaker; Nov 6th 2021 at 11:57 am.
#9463
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Re: WTF in America
At least 8 people have died in a crowd surge at the Astroworld concert in Houston. It's like the organizers have never heard of this happening before, or how to prepare for it. Ever since having a few close calls at the first 2 Big Valley Jamboree events here the first thing security plans for is how to get paramedics and ambulances through the crowd. There may be a change in area covid numbers in a couple of weeks too, but that's just my guess.
https://www.click2houston.com/news/l...-turns-deadly/
https://www.click2houston.com/news/l...-turns-deadly/
And yes, covid numbers will be back up. There is also a huge Motorcycle Rally going on in Galveston this weekend with 400,000+ bikers covering the island. So we are prepared for another surge!
#9464
Re: WTF in America
At least 8 people have died in a crowd surge at the Astroworld concert in Houston. It's like the organizers have never heard of this happening before, or how to prepare for it. Ever since having a few close calls at the first 2 Big Valley Jamboree events here the first thing security plans for is how to get paramedics and ambulances through the crowd. There may be a change in area covid numbers in a couple of weeks too, but that's just my guess.
https://www.click2houston.com/news/l...-turns-deadly/
https://www.click2houston.com/news/l...-turns-deadly/
#9465
Re: WTF in America
I read about this last night and rechecked this morning and again just now (midday). It seems a WTF in itself that, some 18 hours after the event, in a place with reasonable emergency access reporting, that the number is still given as 'at least 8' - have Texans got a counting issue?