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Post by professorx on Jan 9, 2012 17:35:47 GMT -5
I would have to be very un-lucky to visit Grady but if I was that un-lucky Grady would be exactly where I would want to be. Let's say that a person fell down and impaled themself on a piece of re-bar. If they checked into Grady they might be 12th in line. During the 12 hours I spent in the triage, I literally saw two people die. I would guess the bulk of their business is traffic related trauma, followed by violent trauma. If you ever have to go, it is the best hospital for trauma, but have them transfer you to another hospital (Northside??) as soon as you stabilize. If a person is not seriously mangled, they will never receive treatment at the Grady ER. They will never make it to the top of the que.
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Post by professorx on Jan 8, 2012 17:59:32 GMT -5
"People shot in a hospital are taken to another hospital for treatment?" As far as I know, Erlanger (downtown) is the ONLY Critical Care hospital in this area. Life Force transports from every state in the region to Erlanger. EVERY SINGLE OTHER HOSPITAL in Chattanooga sends the worst cases to Erlanger----no exceptions. It is the only Level 1 Trauma in Chattanooga. The next closest and only ones in their area are: Atlanta - Grady Nashville - Vanderbilt Knoxville - UT If you are ever un-lucky enough to visit Grady, you will notice that it looks like a scene out of MASH.
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Post by professorx on Jan 3, 2012 23:35:35 GMT -5
In my pocket. Where are YOURS duke? (Still hanging on the "Key Hook" next to your kitchen door where they've been since the lasT DUI?) No DUI here. Then according to scientific method used for this study you smoke dope. :-)
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Post by professorx on Jan 3, 2012 23:31:05 GMT -5
Did Edwards get his dope back? Not stated. You have conclusions based on wild assumptions in every other message, but you are stumped for a conclusion for this one question? Very telling. :-)
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Post by professorx on Jan 3, 2012 23:27:18 GMT -5
May Police Cut a Drug Baggie off a Suspect’s, uh, Nether Regions? Dec. 30, 2011 By Joe Palazzolo Seriously. It’s a question that needed answering. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that using a knife for such a delicate deed is too dangerous. The case involves a Baltimore man arrested and convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base. Volokh Conspiracy and walshslaw have discussions on the opinion here and here. The Fourth Circuit, in sum, found that an officer’s use of a knife to cut a sandwich baggie of crack off his penis, an act performed at night on a public street, was unreasonable. The man, Joseph Edwards, had tried to have the evidence suppressed while his case was in federal district court, arguing that officers’ search inside his underwear was unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment. blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/12/30/may-police-cut-a-drug-baggie-off-a-suspects-uh-nether-regions/ opinion: pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinion.pdf/104256.P.pdfUnreasonable what? Search, "use of force"? How will play out? www.forbes.com/sites/benkerschberg/2011/05/17/supreme-court-upholds-warrantless-searches-to-protect-destruction-of-evidence-scolded-by-justice-ginsburg/
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Post by professorx on Jan 3, 2012 23:23:48 GMT -5
A man who was arrested in connection with a string of arson fires across the Los Angeles area reportedly told police officers, "I hate America," when they put him in handcuffs on Monday. According to a witness the suspect, 24-year-old Harry Burkhart from Germany, uttered the words as he was pulled over and arrested early Monday, L.A. Weekly reported. Police made the arrest after a tip from federal officials who thought they recognized the grainy figure caught on a surveillance video near where a car fire was reported. Read more: usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/03/9912674-i-hate-america-suspected-la-arsonist-said-on-arrestJust how would anyone feel if they were innocent of the charges? It is well established that eye witness testimony is very suspect and the is federal official did not appear to be very positive about the ID. But it is always a good thing to arrest someone on the flimsiest ID and let the suspect prove innocence. By your accounts eyewitness accounts are dubious, confessions are coerced, evidence is planted, what would constitute guilt in Duke's World?
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Post by professorx on Jan 3, 2012 23:02:09 GMT -5
Very interesting poll. My result was Mitt Romney, followed closely by Jon Huntsman. Newt then Huntsman. Newt is great for teaching history classes, but not workable as a president. Huntsman, who is he? A used car saleman? I think would have to pick "Legalization of Pot is my one and only issue" for Ron Paul to be their pick. When it is all said and done, it looks like Romney (yawn) will be the nominee. His main quality for Republican voters, he is not Obama.
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Post by professorx on Dec 30, 2011 21:19:06 GMT -5
Oh Duke!
There was absolutly no change in TN policy or procedure when secure communties was added. The lawyer is misinformed, or a total liar.
"The law states that a meeting is any gathering of a quorum of the members of a public body in order to deliberate or decide on public policy."
There is no deliberation or decisions to be made.
There is no special training, it is not "jail policy", nothing has to be done by the employees of TN. The warrants are like any other warrants.
Read up on the topic rather than agree with a lawyer's deliberate misinfomation.
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Post by professorx on Dec 29, 2011 20:03:43 GMT -5
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Post by professorx on Dec 26, 2011 22:33:52 GMT -5
PM likes to cite the law regarding police behavior as though a law actually precludes the behavior. Like another officer I heard in a Chattanooga court one day. When asked if the cop had trespassed onto property to gather information without a warrant, the cop's repeated reply was that it was not legally allowed, but refused to deny the unlawful behavior. Sounds like he did answer the question. That is he did not enter the residence or other private areas of the property because it was not legally allowed. IE "Mr. Cop, did you search the car's trunk and locked areas without a warrant and without consent?" "It was not legally allowed".
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Post by professorx on Dec 25, 2011 23:33:44 GMT -5
I know of a bunch of people missed Christmas working it. They'll solve it, book the thugs, the courts will slap the wrists of those responsible and they'll be in the news (for doing the same thing, or worse) again by Easter Valentine's Day. How long until the CPD is blamed for the whole thing? Brenda? Perfect summation. Whether crime is excessively high or not, I think the last to blame would be the police. For Duke, lack of airtight cases might get cases dropped, but what about when the bad-guys are convicted? They'll still be out by Valentines. Its not the lack of convictions, its the revolving door? How hard is it to get a conviction, when everyone in court knows the bad guys as repeat customers? Anyway, Merry Christmas Aceman, Duke and PM.
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Post by professorx on Dec 24, 2011 21:35:39 GMT -5
That's classic. What was his final score? :-)
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Post by professorx on Dec 12, 2011 22:34:50 GMT -5
If Obama's re-elected, about four years, after he taxes everybody and thing ELSE to death and gets to ME. I was once in the Atlanta area and a gas station owner bitched to me "The gas companies can raise their fuel prices and but we never get a raise. Regardless of the price we only make the same 3 per cent." The guy didn't get that if a base price increases, his same 3 percent is already an increase. This percentage analogy reminds me of everyone that wants to raise the tax percentage when tax revenues are low. If things are more expensive now, then the same percentage tax rate should bring in more revenue without raising the tax percentage. A percentage that was good yesterday should be good today for businesses or governments. If a percentage rate does not bring in enough taxes, it means the economy is in the crapper, and the worst thing would be to increase taxes. We would put the economy in a death spiral to tax, business lags, then tax more, business lags more, etc.
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Post by professorx on Dec 12, 2011 22:23:21 GMT -5
I think you have been hitting the Kool-Aid yourself LR. If you think that republicans are really looking out for the little guy you're dumber than I am. I don't think that either side looks out for the "little guy". I believe the left has done zero to help the little guy, and the right onliy helps indirectly. The right is pro-business and helps to stimulate the overall economy. "A rising tide lifts all boats"... If politicians are anti-business, then we all suffer as a country. A clue is the unemployed cannot pay taxes. The unemployed cannot afford insurance, The unemployed cannot afford many things. A pro-business government is the only way to stimulate the economy. If the business sector is too afraid to hire or retain employees, then it is a sad indictment on the present political groups in power. The solution to sagging "revenues" is not to keep raising tax rates to compensate for declining taxable revenue. If we keep raising taxes to compensate for all the taxes not paid by the poor, unemployed, etc., then we will tax our way into a hole. The sole goal of politicians should be to stimulate the economy, or get out of the way and stop trying to prop up the economy with expensive and stupid quick fixes.
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Post by professorx on Dec 12, 2011 22:04:27 GMT -5
Found this one: laurajames.typepad.com/clews/page/73/The State of Tennessee vs. Julia Morrison James was a production in three acts that played to a theater packed to suffocation. The crowds attending the sensational murder trial in Chattanooga in January, 1900, crammed into the pews, crammed into the aisles, crammed themselves even behind the judge's bench. The curtain lifted on Act I: The Prosecution. Flash back to the prior September at the Chattanooga Opera House. The curtain is not yet risen. The traveling play about to take center stage is titled "Mr. Plaster of Paris," a light-hearted comedy. The leading man is one Frank Lieden (also Leiden), a fairly popular and well-known theater actor from New Orleans. The leading lady is Julia Morrison of the same city, a handsome blonde appearing in her first acting role. As the audience awaits the action, three shots ring out. Part of the play? they must have wondered. The first two pops went off in rapid succession; the third they heard after a slight delay. No one in the audience stirred until one of the actors came before the curtain. "There's been an accident," the man said. "Frank Lieden has been killed." And indeed he was -- shot dead in front of the whole cast and crew by the leading lady. -the rest is available at the person's link
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Post by professorx on Dec 8, 2011 19:45:15 GMT -5
Why not just leave the plate blank and let people buy "In God We Trust" stickers? Well, not exactly blank, but where the county sticker would be. Why? That would be too close to atheism. Secular government, not pandering to Christian religious interests. Currently there are a lot of Christian organizations that are feeling the threat of the Muslim religion. The masses must be reminded that the Christians should be in power and displaying their allegiance to the Christian God. For the most part freedom is not really compatible with religion. Of course this applies only to evangelicals, I'm sure. Do you really believe this? If atheists, religious evangelicals, etc., are shut out of this process how is this freedom? If the atheists can fight for freedom from religion, then why should the evangelical zealots not be able to fight for what they think it best. Its freedom. I personally feel a lot more pressure about what to think, do, eat, drink from lefties than I do the "bible thumpers". Tell a Baptist you don't go to church and you are fresh meat, tell a raging liberal that you do not believe in man-made global warming and you are dead to them. Which is best? Why should any group be shut out in a process that is supposedly free?
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Post by professorx on Dec 8, 2011 19:37:44 GMT -5
Republicans don’t watch MTV’s Jersey Shore. But they dig ABC’s Castle. Democrats don’t like Discovery’s Deadliest Catch. But they swoon for NBC’s Parks and Recreation. Those are a few of the findings from an annual research survey by Experian-Simmons that measures the consumer preferences of various political ideologies. In a report prepared exclusively for EW, the company calculated some of the favorite — and least favorite — TV shows of political partisans. (Specifically: the report measures which shows among the survey group were watched by the highest concentration of self-identified “Liberal Democrats” and “Conservative Republicans.”) Republicans vs. Democrats TV survey results: Lefties want comedy, right wingers like work********************************************** I like NCIS and Pawn Stars but also South Park I guess that makes me middle of the road. Not to sound like an anti-TV douche, but there are few shows that are worth watching regardless of a person's political affiliation. You need a poll of the people here. What are your three favorite shows? 1. National Geographic Explorer. Most anything on this channel 2. Travel Channel - No Reservations. Most anything on this channel. 3. Science Channel - How Things are Made. Most anything on this channel. I HATE: 1. Conan O'Brien 2. Jon Stewart / Colbert 3. Any snarky political humor thinly disguised as humor. Dull choices, I know.
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Post by professorx on Dec 8, 2011 19:29:40 GMT -5
Duke,
Why would it be worth a law enforcement officer's career to lie? Unlike attorneys they cannot simply re-apply after 5 years.
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Post by professorx on Dec 8, 2011 19:21:53 GMT -5
I'd have to move to freedom loving Costa Rica, the Marquesas Islands, Avalon or off the Gold Coast of southern Georgia (As long as I was in International waters) if that were ever to happen. I have principles. Plus, I am moving somewhere away from here in 5 years anyway and retire..... With easy access (via any means of lawful transportation) to a beer/bait/smokes shop. ;D Why Panama?
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Post by professorx on Dec 8, 2011 19:15:50 GMT -5
"Questions Freddie Mercury might answer, Alex..." That's fat bottomed girls, and they make the rockin' world go round, or something...
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Post by professorx on Dec 8, 2011 19:14:21 GMT -5
Funny, these days most of the dope heads I know ride mountain bikes, talk about what jerks road bike riders are (and how they'd not be caught dead in a race kit or how gay roadies look) while insisting that riding a bike on the street is too dangerous. All of which reminds me of someone on this forum.... This is very funny, and somewhat true of some mountain bikers, but not me. I do not even ride mountain bikes as much as I should. If I smoked weed, all I would do is mountain bike in the national forrest and listen to my iPod. I would be like the Brad Pitt or Keanuea Reeves of the southeast woodlands. I would be as dumb as the rest. FYI, I am a slow runner that does not smoke weed.
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Post by professorx on Dec 7, 2011 21:09:53 GMT -5
> why are they so easy to identify? Why do they stand out? Unkempt, smelly dullards. I suspect the statement is correct to some degree, but only to some degree. I further suspect there are many people who toke up occasionally but would not be readily identifiable, especially as described above - people you might never suspect. Let me ask another question, since we never tire of this subject. This is a rough analogy... Take a regular alcohol user, an alcoholic and a regular weed head. They both quit. The former alcoholic seem to return to some sort of normality, whereas the former weed user seems to be permanently stuck in retarded. I am not sure we know, at what level of narcotic use does the weed user transform from "social/casual user" to permanent tard? Or again, are the people attracted to the regular use of weed permanent tards to begin with?
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Post by professorx on Dec 6, 2011 22:20:58 GMT -5
I thought about this today. I've come to the realization the problem is not dope, but the people who use dope. Maybe the drug use is a symptom, not the cause of the pronlem. These same people might be assholes regardless of what they ingest. IF smoking weed has no ill effects on people who use it, why are they so easy to identify? Why do they stand out? Unkempt, smelly dullards.
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Post by professorx on Nov 30, 2011 22:57:36 GMT -5
Split from: Lawyer+charged+with+sex+crimeWebsite: www.tbpr.org/Legal/Disclaimer.aspxSearch terms: Attorney Search Results Search Results for in [random secton of Tennessee] with the following statuses: Suspended 773 results found matching the search criteria. Search Results for [random secton of Tennessee]with the following statuses: Disbarred 65 results found matching the search criteria. Attorney Search Results Search Results for in [random section of tennessee] Active 2254 results found matching the search criteria. (773+65)/2254=? Now convert to a percentage... This couldn't be correct...
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Post by professorx on Nov 24, 2011 13:23:42 GMT -5
The M16 (officially Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is the United States military designation for the AR-15 rifle adapted for both semi-automatic and full-automatic fire. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M16_rifleI can agree with Alex that not having facts straight can make one look like an IDOT. Since the M-16 is indeed the military version of the AR-15 who is the IDOT? ?? M-16s are chambered in .223 and the AR-15 is in .556. TWO Entirely different rounds. DUH! Thank God they are not getting M-4s. :-)
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Post by professorx on Nov 19, 2011 15:08:30 GMT -5
Yeah, and every problem cannot have a cabinet level department set up to resolve it. Homeland Security is very diverse... I read an article yesterday where McGovern said "Do away with it all" because he had big problems with TSA. TSA is only one aspect of DHS. Should all of DHS be dissolved or just TSA? Which elements are duplicated efforts or should be handled by local law enforcement? Wikipedia says "In the United States, the concept of "Homeland Security" extends and recombines responsibilities of government agencies and entities. According to Homeland security research, the U.S. federal Homeland Security and Homeland Defense includes 187 federal agencies and departments,[2] including the United States National Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the United States Secret Service, the Transportation Security Administration, the 14 agencies that constitute the U.S. intelligence community and Civil Air Patrol." What local agency could replace the Coast Guard, Customs, Border Patrol, ICE, Secret Service? How about USCIS? Who would hand out the work permts, and green cards? Even the controversial TSA, I am not sure the local airports could duplicate their efforts.
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Post by professorx on Nov 16, 2011 18:32:53 GMT -5
Well, maybe they could have the resources if the Feds didn't gobble up so much of the available resources. I'm not saying we stop looking for terrorist, I'm just saying that there doesn't need to be a cabinet level department of government devoted to that job. It could be handled just as well in a sub-department. Again, the efforts need to combat national threats require a lot of people. A lot of people leads to a lot of management. This management requires the same level of specialized expertise. The reasons the feds have to step in is because the locals do not have the resources to prosecute an individual. If there is a person like Eric Robert Rudolph in local custody, then a small jail cannot hold him, a local municpality does not have the expertise to collect examine evidence, or the money to prosecute the case. Every town cannot have a super computer and a team of scientists to look at evidence. Every jail is not secure enough to hold super-villians, not every town has the case to put a major case though court.
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Post by professorx on Nov 15, 2011 14:40:16 GMT -5
The "Little Ice Age" occurred during the period of the 1500s to the 1800s. This graph would show the tail end of that cooling period. To me it seems like the ending of this period explains the warming trend that we are currently in.
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Post by professorx on Nov 15, 2011 14:36:29 GMT -5
I didn't think the candidates in the 2008 election were all idiots, maybe the VP candidates but I've never thought that Obama or McCain were idiots. I do not think that Hillary Clinton is an idiot. I have problems with all of them but not with their mental capacity. I think that Perry and Bachmann are idiots and I'm starting to suspect that Cain is sliding that way. I don't think that Obama, McCain, or Hillary are intellectuals. These three, and most like them, do, think say whatever their people tell them to. This isn't based on how much I agree with them either. Bill Clinton & Newt are probably exceptionally smart. Both Bushes were probably exceptionally smart. Obama is like GWB in one regard, arrogance... but even more so. Here is one wasy to see it, an analogy to college professors. BHO and WJC are like the college professors that were educated, but had no real world experience. GWB and Herman Cain are the scruffy adjunct professors. They were not accepted because they do not have the same background, and actually had to work in the real world to get their position. I tend not to trust career politicians with no real world experience, and that is the bulk of our elected officials.
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Post by professorx on Nov 14, 2011 23:17:28 GMT -5
I'm just having a little dig at our friend, osrb, over his police-driving diatribe last week. Nobody's gonna take your friend's dog; most cops would give it a medal and a year's supply of Alpo while secretly wishing it was rabid as a pack of ravening wolves for burglar-boy. Yeah, but who would call the heroic canine a menace to society, a threat to children everywhere, a rabid mutt in a civil suit. "Mr. Bad-guy wasn't there to rob the place, he was only there to borrow a cup of sugar when Cujo attacked. He was only wearing the ski-mask because of the high-pollen count... He was wearing the ski-mask because it was cold. Mr. Bad-guy now suffers from Post traumatic stress syndrome and is unable to conjugate with Mrs. Badguy. The dog was an inherent danger, just like keeping a lion in the house." Blah... You might want to have the dog tested for hepatitis, HIV and a range of other blood borne pathogens that can be derived from a IV drug user. I missed OSRB's anti-police rant. It is bad-guy propaganda, and a lot of people are suceptable. Who would want people to be afraid to call the cops? Bad guys. In this case, a burglar gets away scot-free because OSRB's buddy is more afraid of the cops than the bad-guy. Mission accomplished. The people who initiate this propaganda (criminal defense attorneys, not OSRB) lose. No bad guy in jail equals no one to represent (money). The victim loses. There is no defendant for the local DA to offer a super-sweet plea deal to. The cops don't get to use thier blue lights to race from Glass/Wisdom Street to the suburbs. The only winner was Cujo, who I am sure got steak that night. If Cujo ends up in doggy-jail I will donate to the defense fund.
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