Random Insanity Alliance Forum, Mark V
Cactuar Zone => Random lnsanity => Topic started by: Kenneth Kenstar on May 23, 2012, 08:25:17 pm
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Expect this to be a 500 page topic.
The aim of this topic is to convince other Americans that we seriously need to do something about Florida. Kicking them out of the union and requiring passports is a good start.
But, really, I'll just have the evidence speak for itself. There is no need for me to explain myself.
Bugs Bunny Cuts Florida Loose (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiTM2HQ0g98#)
I'm even going to be fair to Florida and not count any past fuck ups. That would just take too long anyway.
So, we'll start with today's Florida story.
Nurse refuses student inhaler during asthma attack
School says medical release form lacked parent's signature
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Nurse-refuses-student-inhaler-during-asthma-attack/-/1637132/13560430/-/wm13uaz/-/index.html (http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Nurse-refuses-student-inhaler-during-asthma-attack/-/1637132/13560430/-/wm13uaz/-/index.html)
There is a video in the link. Article quoted below for convenience.
DELTONA, Fla. -
Volusia County School officials stand by a Deltona High School nurse's decision to refuse a student his inhaler during an asthma attack, citing a lack of a parent's signature on a medical release form.
"It's like something out of a horror film. The person just sits there and watches you die," said Michael Rudi, 17. "She sat there, looked at me and she did nothing."
He said the school dean found his inhaler during a search of his locker last Friday. The inhaler was still in its original packaging -- complete with his name and directions for its use; however, the school took it away because his mother hadn't signed the proper form for him to have it.
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Nurse refuses student inhaler during...
School leaders called Sue Rudi when her son started having trouble breathing. She rushed to the office and was taken back to the nurse's office by school administrators and they discovered the teen on the floor.
"As soon as we opened up the door, we saw my son collapsing against the wall on the floor of the nurse's office while she was standing in the window of the locked door looking down at my son, who was in full-blown asthma attack," Rudi said.
Michael Rudi said when he started to pass out from his attack, the nurse locked the door.
"I believe that when I closed my eyes I wasn't going to wake up," he said.
The Director of Student Health Services, Cheryl Selesky, said that parents must sign the medical release form each year, which allows students to carry their prescribed drugs with them in school.
This year, the district had no record of his Rudi's signature, said Selesky.
"I mean its common sense if I saw an animal on the street in distress I would probably stop to help, why wouldn't she help a child," Sue Rudi said.
But Rudi is a senior, and his mother said the district has had records of his asthma throughout his years in the school.
She thinks her son could have died because of a technicality.
"How dare you deny my son something that we all take for granted, breath," said Sue Rudi. "Why didn't someone call 911?"
Selesky said the district is looking into whether proper procedures were followed by the school, and while nurses can't give medications without the proper authorization, it is district policy to call 911 when a student cannot breath.
Selesky could not explain why 911 was never called.
"I understand if you can't give it to him call 911," Sue Rudi said. "Why did you not call 911?"
Sue Rudi said she worries about the next student caught in a similar situation, and has filed charges against the nurse with the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
"I want to press child endangerment charges for something they did to my son," Rudi said in the 911 call.
Local 6 reached out to the school district officials for more information, but they declined to interview.
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Okay, this one does NOT count! It's worth just mentioning, however, and I want to fill this topic with a bit more content before I wait for more Classic Florida stories. This is from 3 days ago.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/us-usa-florida-education-idUSBRE84H19P20120518 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/us-usa-florida-education-idUSBRE84H19P20120518)
Half of Florida high school students fail reading test
Results this year from the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test showed 52 percent of freshman students and 50 percent of sophomores scored at their grade levels.
Students in the 10th grade must pass the exam in order to eventually graduate but can retake it if they fail.
The results came days after the Florida State Board of Education voted to lower the standards needed to pass the writing part of the test, known as FCAT. The test is administered in public elementary, middle and high schools.
The board took the action in an emergency meeting when preliminary results indicated only about one-third of Florida students would have passed this year.
"We are asking more from our students and teachers than we ever have, and I am proud of their hard work," Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson said in a statement.
"As Florida transitions to higher standards and higher expectations, we can expect our assessment results to reflect those changes."
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I'm sorry I broke my rule already, but like I said, this one doesn't count and I'm going to give Florida a real chance here.
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Carlos Mencia-Lower the Standards (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxnxsqUjNwk#)
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And if anything adverse had happened to the child due to the medication (inhaler) or any other treatment provided, not only the nurse but the entire school district could be sued for extensive damages and legal penalties. That is not state related - any school following procedure would have done the same. Easy solution to the problem: read and sign the papers required of you to have done what you need done. The 911 bit can't be defended. Just a lack of thought, although that isn't state related, either.
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And if anything adverse had happened to the child due to the medication (inhaler) or any other treatment provided, not only the nurse but the entire school district could be sued for extensive damages and legal penalties. That is not state related - any school following procedure would have done the same. Easy solution to the problem: read and sign the papers required of you to have done what you need done. The 911 bit can't be defended. Just a lack of thought, although that isn't state related, either.
Suppose you are a doctor. A child walks into your office and the child has an infection. The infection needs to be treated immediately, otherwise, let's say she loses an arm over this and could likely die if it isn't treated.
So, you need to treat this arm infection. However, the child does not have a parent with them and there is no parental consent given in any way.
So, what do you do?
This is a tonicular question given to med and dental students, especially on entrance exams. It's sort of a illusion question, because people have an instinct to sort of "protect the integrity of the profession" only within legal bounds. People are afraid of destroying their careers by doing what is right.
That said, the correct answer is to treat the child. Fire that fucking nurse.
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we live in an overly litigious society that perceives the government as a massive, uncontrollable, self-sustaining entity for which they hold no responsibility; its employees are sometimes treated as members of a different society and any mistake they make is likely to be over-scrutinized. but in principle, I agree with you.
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Hippocratic oath? What the fuck happened to it?
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Hippocratic oath? What the fuck happened to it?
Nurse, not doctor.
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They take a variant of the HO or the Nightingale Pledge. Same concept.
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Carlos Mencia is by far the most underrated comedian ever. ;>.>
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Is that where Bella comes from in Twilight?
:troll:
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Miami police shoot naked man chewing on victim's face
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/26/11899538-report-miami-police-shoot-naked-man-chewing-on-victims-face#.T8G20IoP8Hk.tumblr (http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/26/11899538-report-miami-police-shoot-naked-man-chewing-on-victims-face#.T8G20IoP8Hk.tumblr)
A Miami police officer fatally shot a naked man chewing the face of another man Saturday afternoon on a downtown causeway off-ramp, officials said.
The Miami Herald reported that the naked man chewed off half the face of his victim, who is struggling for his life.
The violence started at 2 p.m. on the MacArthur Causeway off-ramp, just south of the Herald’s offices, the newspaper said.
Witnesses said that a woman saw two men fighting and flagged down a police officer, who came upon the naked man mauling the other man, the Herald reported.
The officer, who was not identified, ordered the naked man to back away, but when the man continued the assault, the officer shot him, the Herald said. Witnesses told the Herald the wounded attacker continued to eat his victim, so the officer continued firing.
Witnesses said they heard at least a half-dozen shots, the Herald said.
The naked man was later seen lying face down on the pedestrian walkway just below the newspaper’s two-story parking garage, the Herald said.
The naked man’s victim was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital Ryder Trauma Center and had critical injuries, police told the Herald.
Neither man was identified.
“Based on the information provided, our Miami police officer is a hero and saved a life,’’ Javier Ortiz, spokesman for Miami police’s Fraternal Order of Police, told the Herald.
A police department news release about the shooting did not include many details provided by witnesses to the newspaper.
Police requested surveillance video that had been obtained by the newspaper, the Herald reported.
The shooting and investigation tied up causeway traffic as crowds were arriving at South Beach for an annual Urban Beach Week hip-hop festival.
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FUCKING ZOMBIE.
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Carlos Mencia is by far the most underrated comedian ever. ;>.>
that's because for a long time the low ratings were not an underrating. he's gotten better, he used to suck.
Miami police shoot naked man chewing on victim's face
holy shit @ that article.
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Posted dat shiznit yesterday yo.
http://rialliance.net/index.php?topic=46635.0 (http://rialliance.net/index.php?topic=46635.0)
Yeah yeah yeah, I shudda put it here. My bad.
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Posted dat shiznit yesterday yo.
http://rialliance.net/index.php?topic=46635.0 (http://rialliance.net/index.php?topic=46635.0)
Yeah yeah yeah, I shudda put it here. My bad.
Well we can talk about zombies in that topic. This is about awful Florida.
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Works for me.
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TIL Kenny hates the letter D
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TIL Kenny hates the letter D
That is so good I almost made it it's own topic.
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Color me fucking shocked. Shocked.
Florida is fucking with voter eligibility during a presidential election year.
They've been doing this awhile under the guise of stopping felons and non-citizens from voting.
And of course, they are fucking this shit up so it gets posted.
NPR looks at the voter purge going on in Florida: “Bill Internitonic, a 91-yar-old World War II veteran, was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., and now lives in Florida's Broward County. He recently received a letter from county elections officials asking him to show proof he was a U.S. citizen or be removed from the voting rolls. Internitonic says he was ‘flabbergasted.’ …
“Internitonic's was one of more than 180,000 names Florida's secretary of state identified from motor vehicle records as possible noncitizens. Several weeks ago, the secretary's office sent county elections supervisors a first batch of some 2,600 names. County officials, who are also preparing for the state's August primary, started sending out letters to suspected noncitizens, saying they had 30 days to prove their citizenship or be removed from the voting rolls.”
More: “Democrats and voting-rights groups say the majority of those targeted by the purge are Hispanics and other minority voters. Last week, a coalition of voting-rights groups sent a letter to Detzner asking him to immediately call a halt to the voter purge because they say it's both unfair and illegal. … The secretary of state's office says it reads the law differently and plans to continue its efforts to remove ineligible voters from the rolls.”
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/31/11989071-2012-floridas-voter-purge?lite (http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/31/11989071-2012-floridas-voter-purge?lite)
Is honestly anyone surprised by this? Of course there will always be these kinds of mistakes, but remember this state should be under extra scrutiny but it's past fuckups ESPECIALLY in this regard.
This is all without mention that the idea that felons shouldn't be allowed to vote is questionable and that people are only given 30 days before their right to vote is revoked.
Let me ask you, the people, something. Who should have the power to say you can not vote for any reason? Shouldn't this sort of power be welded by like, oh gee I don't know, maybe a Judge with the backing of a court system?
Reminder: This government belongs to me and you. Belongs. It's ours. We need to get more possessive of ti in general.
Hey Florida. Wake the fuck up you retards and stop voting in fucking retards you fucking retards.
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Hey remember it was Florida's election shenanigans that got Bush Jr in in the first place...
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Dumbest Girls Ever Steal Girl Scout Money (raw interview) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihLBCbNIDbI#)
Two Floridian Girls steal money from Girl Scout and are pissed they had to give the money back AND be charged with a crime.
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I apologize, I made a mistake. I thought this video was only a couple days old but it's more like 4 years old.
That video does not count towards the Shitstain count.
But it stays because WOW
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Felons shouldn't be allowed to vote.
I think if your not allowed to own a gun, you shouldn't be allowed to vote.
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Um... felons AREN'T allowed to vote, Pterrydactyl.
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That interview is a riot. What a couple of hot, amoral bitches!
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my favorite part was when they both said "money is money."
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Money is money, therefore it doesn't matter where it comes from so long as it is obtained. That's great stuff there.
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They did have a point that they didn't actually steal the money from a 9 year old girl, but from the Girl Scouts organisation.
If I were the 9 year old's parents, I would sue the GirlScouts for not taking due diligence in protecting my daughter from criminals. burritos a whopping 150$ on a table could attract all kinds of unwanted attention from horrendous criminal types like thieves, extortionists, and investment bankers.
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Florida Family Association Flies Planes Warning of Gay Day
As it did last year, the hateful Florida Family Association is flying planes over Disney World warning visitors about gay people visiting the park for the annual Gay Days, tomorrow (photo is from last year).
The group writes:
Florida Family Association has received many, many letters and emails from people across the country who patronized Disney World in Orlando to find themselves in the middle of one of the annual Gay Days at Disney. The most recent letter we received was from Willis in Sarasota who wrote “Just a note to let you know that about 18 years ago my wife and I and our 2 year old granddaughter were at Disney World when it was ‘Gay Day.’ It was the most deplorable sight that we ever saw. I thank you so much for the vision of the airplane banner warning people.”
We want to warn families before they expose their children to Gay Day’s same-sex revelry, before they pay money to Disney for parking, admission, novelties and food. We also want to send a message that Gay Day’s public promotion of homosexuality to a captured audience inside the park is wrong.
OrlandoGayTravel.com had been planning an opposing banner. It's unclear whether that was funded or not.
Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2012/06/florida-haters-fly-two-planes-warning-of-gays-at-disney-world.html#ixzz1wm4eSD6O (http://www.towleroad.com/2012/06/florida-haters-fly-two-planes-warning-of-gays-at-disney-world.html#ixzz1wm4eSD6O)
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now I know you're not qualified to run this thread kenny. stories like this are what makes florida tolerable.
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now I know you're not qualified to run this thread kenny. stories like this are what makes florida tolerable.
No,
I am qualified.
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Remember when Florida started drug testing welfare recipients?
They were trying to save money. This was a big deal. Someone told Florida that most welfare recipients were literally on drugs and they believed this. See, this is because the state is full of people with rocks in their head.
April 14, 2011
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/gov-rick-scott-finalizes-deal-to-sell-his-holdings-in-urgent-care-chain/1163630 (http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/gov-rick-scott-finalizes-deal-to-sell-his-holdings-in-urgent-care-chain/1163630)
TALLAHASSEE — Two weeks after insisting he was "not involved in that company," Gov. Rick Scott finalized a deal Wednesday to sell Solantic Inc., the Jacksonville chain of urgent care clinics he founded.
Scott's sale of the company comes as he attempts to distance himself from repeated conflict-of-interest questions about whether the company he started in 2001 — and hoped to develop into a national chain — would benefit from the aggressive health care changes he wants state lawmakers to approve.
The sale to Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe makes the New York investment firm the largest shareholder in the company. In 2007, the firm bought a 30 percent share in Solantic when it committed up to $100 million to the company. Two of the firm's partners, Thomas A. Scully and D. Scott Mackesy, sit on the board of directors.
Scott put the value of his majority share of the company at $62 million last year in the financial disclosure filed as part of his race. Scott agreed to sell his holdings for less than that amount, but neither side would provide the exact figure of the deal, expected to close April 29.
Selling all the shares would free him from political problems related to the company, an ethics expert said.
The last statement kills me. You need an ethics expert when you are dealing with Florida.
All kidding aside, let's get real for a second. What an ethics expert is saying right here is that just because he doesn't own the company anymore, he has no reason why he'd do something in their favor.
I understand what they are trying to say.
So, okay. His idea for government-run drug testing has nothing to do with the fact that he owned majority stock in a company that specialized in drug testing.
It's just a good idea, right?
I bet this will work out for Florida.
One Year Later
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/us/no-savings-found-in-florida-welfare-drug-tests.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/us/no-savings-found-in-florida-welfare-drug-tests.html)
No Savings Are Found From Welfare Drug Tests, 96% of Welfare Applicants Passed Drug Tests
Cost of the tests averages about $30. Assuming that 1,000 to 1,500 applicants take the test every month, the state will owe about $28,800-$43,200 monthly in reimbursements to those who test drug-free.
That compares with roughly $32,200-$48,200 the state may save on one month’s worth of rejected applicants.
Net savings to the state: $3,400 to $5,000 annually on one month’s worth of rejected applicants. Over 12 months, the money saved on all rejected applicants would add up to $40,800 to $60,000 for a program that state analysts have predicted will cost $178 million this fiscal year
From July through October in Florida — the four months when testing took place before Judge Scriven’s order — 2.6 percent of the state’s cash assistance applicants failed the drug test, or 108 of 4,086, according to the figures from the state obtained by the group. The most common reason was marijuana use. An additional 40 people canceled the tests without taking them.
Well.
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Did anyone look into corruption? I mean, if some administrator stands between you and your welfare check, they just might mark you as passed if you slipped them a couple of finns. This theory lets us continue the prejudice that welfare bums are all on drugs, that governent is corrupt, and maybe even suggest that they are colluding against the interests of nice, white, republicans.
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Here, throw this on the pile:
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/04/showbiz/octuplets-mom-stripping/index.html (http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/04/showbiz/octuplets-mom-stripping/index.html)
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Um... felons AREN'T allowed to vote, atonic.
I know, someone said everyone should be allowed to vote, I said felons shouldn't, just like they currently aren't.
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Everyone should be allowed to vote. The moment you start saying one person can't, then some other special interest group will want someone else to not be allowed. Given the levels of incarceration in the US, you are talking about a potentially large segment of the population, felon or otherwise, who are at risk of losing a basic right.
The US started the vote with only while men with something like 250 acres of land, and it took 200 years to let women and blacks have the same right.
I think children and illegal immigrants should be allowed to vote for whatever government will rule them in the land they live in.
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thumbs up if you think kurt russell needs to come back and do snake pliskin 3 escape from florida
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He already did, but they rebranded it at the last minute and called it Soldier.
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He already did, but they rebranded it at the last minute and called it Soldier.
:spot:
now I have to watch again to see if true
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You'll have no doubt when you see the pile of garbage.
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Everyone should be allowed to vote. The moment you start saying one person can't, then some other special interest group will want someone else to not be allowed. Given the levels of incarceration in the US, you are talking about a potentially large segment of the toniculation, felon or otherwise, who are at risk of losing a basic right.
The US started the vote with only while men with something like 250 acres of land, and it took 200 years to let women and blacks have the same right.
I think children and illegal immigrants should be allowed to vote for whatever government will rule them in the land they live in.
Grilledslug, illegal Immigrants voting is just plain retarded. What's to stop people from coming to the US and voting just to influence our elections? Better yet, whats to stop someone from either importing people to support them? Not to mention how much easier it would be to be fraudulent in an election.
Besides, the number of people who have committed felons is very small relative to the voting population. But just like we don't give them the right to bear arms (felons can't own weapons), we also strip them of their right to vote. Now, maybe we should have some sort of forgiveness program to give it back eventually, but as far as I'm concerned, if someone commits a felony, they are showing a complete disregard for the safety of others, and disrespect for the law, and should not be allowed to vote. Simple as that. NO EXCEPTIONS. Now, if your wrongfully convicted, you should not only get your voting and firearms rights back, but some restitution.
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Well Apo, either you skew the results because too many people can vote, or you skew it because too many are disenfrachised.
In an era of globalisation, I think other countries should also have a say on what governments countries choose. For example, I would vote out Assad.
Can you imagine how powerful democracy would be if this were the case (not saying they get an equal vote, just some sort of representation).
The world's first democracy, Athens, started will only 300 people having the vote. Then 3000, then they extended it to all. Then they started to roll it back. Now look at them.
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Let's do an experiment. Let's let our allies vote in our next election. If that goes well, then we'll open it up to other diplomats. After that, we allow our allies members to run for gov. After that we probably won't have much say in how our gov is run, so we'll have to see how they want us to do it.
... Now, maybe we should have some sort of forgiveness program to give it back eventually
You can get the conviction expunged, with a good lawyer, depending on the crime.
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Everyone should be allowed to vote. The moment you start saying one person can't, then some other special interest group will want someone else to not be allowed. Given the levels of incarceration in the US, you are talking about a potentially large segment of the toniculation, felon or otherwise, who are at risk of losing a basic right.
The US started the vote with only while men with something like 250 acres of land, and it took 200 years to let women and blacks have the same right.
I think children and illegal immigrants should be allowed to vote for whatever government will rule them in the land they live in.
Grilledslug, illegal Immigrants voting is just plain retarded. What's to stop people from coming to the US and voting just to influence our elections? Better yet, whats to stop someone from either importing people to support them? Not to mention how much easier it would be to be fraudulent in an election.
Besides, the number of people who have committed felons is very small relative to the voting toniculation. But just like we don't give them the right to bear arms (felons can't own weapons), we also strip them of their right to vote. Now, maybe we should have some sort of forgiveness program to give it back eventually, but as far as I'm concerned, if someone commits a felony, they are showing a complete disregard for the safety of others, and disrespect for the law, and should not be allowed to vote. Simple as that. NO EXCEPTIONS. Now, if your wrongfully convicted, you should not only get your voting and firearms rights back, but some restitution.
Why stop there?
Let's take away the right to vote from people who commit misdemeanors.
Or hell
Take them away from liberals since they show a complete disregard for this country anyway
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I think animals should be allowed to vote, too.
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Here is another reason Florida is awful: It eats cool hardware.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/14/us/florida-osprey-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 (http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/14/us/florida-osprey-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)
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65 Year Old Sentenced to 20 Years Prison for Shooting into the Ground
Ronald Thompson of Keystone Heights is 65 and a 14-year Army veteran who has logged 5,000 hours of volunteer service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lake City.
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Ronald Thompson, 65, of Keystone Heights, appears in court Wednesday for a hearing on a new trial. Thompson was sentenced two years ago to 20 years in prison under Florida's 10-20-life law for firing a gun into the ground to scare a teenager who was threatening his grandmother.
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But for the crime of firing two gunshots into the ground to scare off some teenagers, he is serving 20 years in prison.
Thompson is nearly blind, diabetic and has had multiple heart surgeries. In the past few years since he was in prison, he has had surgery on his prostate and to remove tumors from his face.
Two years ago, the judge who reviewed the 20-year term required by Florida's mandatory minimum law called it "a crime in itself." He sentenced Thompson to three years instead of 20.
But that was overturned on appeal by the office of 4th Circuit State Attorney Angela Corey, the prosecutor in the case of George Zimmerman — the accused shooter of Sanford teen Trayvon Martin.
Now, in a motion that cites both mandatory sentences and Florida's "stand your ground" law, Thompson has filed for a new trial, claiming his first one was not fair and that his trial attorney's performance was ineffective.
(http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=GS&Date=20120614&Category=ARTICLES&ArtNo=120619789&Ref=AR&MaxW=198&border=0)
"I think (the sentence) far exceeds anything that would be reasonable. That's the problem we have with minimum mandatory sentences — they sound good on paper or on the campaign trail, but they don't always work so well when applied to individual cases," said his appeal attorney, Steven Whittington. "I don't think too many people would think with what happened here, even though he technically violated the law, that a reasonable sentence is 20 years — especially when we are going to be paying for this, including some really high medical costs that he has already incurred."
More in http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120614/ARTICLES/120619789 (http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120614/ARTICLES/120619789)
Florida
Stand Your Ground: This is okay
Shoot Your Ground: 20 years in prison
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Basically if he had shot and killed the kid he would have been ok, but because he only scared him off he's going to prison
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I think stand your ground applies to people who are being physically threatened, not just people who are seeing someone having an argument. so no, if he had shot the kids it would not have been ok.
but yeah 20 years is way too much.
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You could always try to claim that you thought the argument was escalating and that you had reason to believe that the kid was about to attack you.
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Especially if you made sure the shot was lethal. Than shot the grandmother too. No witnesses.
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You could always try to claim that you thought the argument was escalating and that you had reason to believe that the kid was about to attack you.
In Virginia, if an intruder breaks into your house and you honestly believe your life is in danger and you shoot them in the leg on purpose you will be arrested.
This is because not shooting to kill implies you didn't really believe you were in danger at all.
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You could always try to claim that you thought the argument was escalating and that you had reason to believe that the kid was about to attack you.
In Virginia, if an intruder breaks into your house and you honestly believe your life is in danger and you shoot them in the leg on purpose you will be arrested.
This is because not shooting to kill implies you didn't really believe you were in danger at all.
doesn't this belong in the virginia thread
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Couldn't you just say you were a lousy shot, or would you have to verify the kill?
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Florida lifeguard fired for rescuing drowning man
http://now.msn.com/now/0704-florida-lifeguard-fired.aspx (http://now.msn.com/now/0704-florida-lifeguard-fired.aspx)
Blow your whistle on this one: A Hallandale Beach, Fla., lifeguard has been fired for rushing to rescue a drowning man. Apparently the company that hired him to help patrol the beach objected to the fact that he left his appointed zone to participate in the rescue. "We have liability issues and can't go out of the protected area," his supervisor told the Sun Sentinel newspaper. "What he did was his own decision. He knew the company rules." Tomas Lopez, 21, said he doesn't regret rushing to save the struggling man, even if it cost him his job. "Someone needed my help. I wasn't going to say no," he said. A hero in red swim trunks, we say.
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this doesn't make sense. Alderaan is peaceful. They have no weapons.
would make more sense if the death star was florida. or maybe a flying florida shaped imperial battle cruiser.
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But what about all the golf courses full of seniors?
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Male Police Captain Forces 15 Year Old Female To Strip So He Can Inspect Her Vagina To Find Out If She Was Having Sex
Male Police Captain Forces 15 Year Old Female To Strip So He Can Inspect Her Vagina To Find Out If She Was Having Sex
Male Police Captain Forces 15 Year Old Female To Strip So He Can Inspect Her Vagina To Find Out If She Was Having Sex
Male Police Captain Forces 15 Year Old Female To Strip So He Can Inspect Her Vagina To Find Out If She Was Having Sex
Male Police Captain Forces 15 Year Old Female To Strip So He Can Inspect Her Vagina To Find Out If She Was Having Sex
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/30/juan-de-los-rios-miramar-_n_1639806.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/30/juan-de-los-rios-miramar-_n_1639806.html)
A South Florida police officer inspected more than driver's licenses when he approached a teen couple sitting in the back of their car.
Juan De Los Rios, Miramar police captain and a 28-year police veteran, was arrested Friday on two counts of lewd and lascivious conduct after he allegedly required a 15-year-old girl to take her pants off so that he could use a flashlight to inspect whether she had sex with the 19-year-old also in the car.
The incident happened on January 18 in the parking lot of a Miramar industrial park, according to the arrest warrant.
The underage victim told police that an officer, whom she later identified as De Los Rios, approached the vehicle and asked what they were doing there.
"Well, are you having sex?" the officer asked as he leaned against the car window. The victim and witness both said "No, no, no, Officer, no," but De Los Rios told them he needed to check.
Here's the reported exchange as noted on the arrest report:
"Check what?" the victim said.
"I need to see inside."
"Inside what?"
The officer indicated between her legs and said "I need you to pull your pants down. I need you to take it all the way off," referencing her underwear. "I need you to open it," the officer said before using his flashlight to examine the victim's genitals. "No anal sex? No sex in general?," the officer continued.
"No, no."
Explaining that he needed to check for bruising, the officer then examined the victim's breasts before telling the teens, "Alright. Go home."
The victim eventually told family members about the encounter, and went to police and identified De Los Rios who has been on administrative leave since the complaint was filed in January.
After a warrant for his arrest was issued Friday, De Los Rios turned himself in.
Hours later, he posted the $30,000 bond and was released from Broward County Jail.
If convicted, the police captain faces 15 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.
I'm sorry this wasn't used appropriately before.
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They gave him free burritos for doing that? Damn, Florida is weird.
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Damn, I really can't find a joke to make here. And I see Leo is stumped too.
This is far too serious.
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Man Returned Used Enemas To CVS Regularly
A Florida man found his choice of rectal-cleaning product pretty crappy, cops said.
Sheriffs launched an investigation after personnel from a CVS in Jacksonville alleged that a man was repeatedly returning used enema saline laxatives to the store, according to a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office news release.
The suspect returned the six-pack containers of enemas between April and June, according to the release. CVS employees told police they had initially re-shelved the items during this period, not realizing they had been used.
Eventually, in early June, employee Dustin McDonald found it bizarre that the man -- whom he recognized from previous visits -- was again bringing back the same item, and decided to investigate, the Smoking Gun reported. He opened the box of enema bottles to find they were all filled with fluid. The box had apparently been re-glued to make it look like it hadn't been opened.
The curious employee then poked into other six-pack enema boxes on the shelf and discovered that "“all the enemas in each of the 3 boxes were previously used," according to the Smoking Gun. Each of these containers was similarly re-glued shut.
Despite this unsettling discovery, McDonald reportedly did not alert authorities until the dissatisfied enema customer attempted to strike again, the release said. This time, McDonald informed the suspect that he could not accept the used items and contacted the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's department sent samples of the fluid in the bottles to the Florida Department of Health for testing. Fecal matter was, indeed, detected.
The suspect has been identified, the news release said, and has been arrested by deputies for an unrelated outstanding warrant. However, the individual's name and the nature of that charge is still being withheld, a representative from the sheriff's office told The Huffington Post, as the matter is under ongoing investigation by the Federal Food and Drug Administration.
On CVS' part, according to a statement made to WOKV-TV, the pharmacy, "out of an abundance of caution," is "proactively contacting" twenty-one individuals they confirmed bought enemas during the suspect's alleged returning spree. The store encourages other potential purchasers of the used product to come forward.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/03/man-returned-enemas_n_1646226.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/03/man-returned-enemas_n_1646226.html)
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Man Returned Used Enemas To CVS Regularly
What the flying...
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Thats shitty
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Man Shoots Himself, Sues Gun Shop and Wins Two Million Dollars
INVERNESS — A jury has found a local hardware store liable in the self-inflicted gunshot injury of a Homosassa man.
After deliberating for nearly four hours Wednesday and following a three-day trial in Judge Patricia Thomas’ courtroom, jurors concluded that Kane’s Ace Hardware Inc. of Homosassa was negligent in the accidental discharge of a gun Frank Varone bought from them.
Varone, who ended up having his left leg amputated because of the injuries, was awarded a $1.779 million for medical costs and pain and suffering. Frank’s wife and co-plaintiff, Linda Varone, got $336,000 for loss of her husband’s comfort, attention and services.
The civil trial asked jurors to consider evidence of whether Kane’s staff gave false and misleading information to Varone when he purchased a .22 Magnum mini revolver made by North American Arms in May of 2002, and if they were negligent in failing to clearly explain unique safety procedures to Varone because he never got an owner’s manual for the weapon.
The Varones’ attorneys, Andrew Knopf and C. Richard Newsome of Orlando, hammered home through a series of witnesses that Kane’s was indeed negligent by not paying special attention to Varone during his purchase of the firearm, especially since the gun required careful handling to render it safe to carry.
“If he had been told this (the unique safety procedures) at the point of sale, he wouldn’t have purchased the firearm — too complicated,” Knopf told jurors.
But Kane’s attorneys, Carlos M. Llorente of Davie and Bryan Reynolds of St. Petersburg, were equally adamant about several issues they thought shifted the negligence to Varone.
Varone, the attorneys contended, is a two-time, two-state concealed weapon permit holder who was not a novice when it came to firearms. They said he voluntarily went to the store to purchase the gun and then used the gun daily for 7 1/2 years without incident until he shot himself in October of 2009.
Llorente argued Kane’s sold all manner of goods, everything from axes and lawnmowers to machetes and weed cutters, but it was understood that the purchaser carried the responsibility to learn the proper safe handling of those products.
The defense attorneys also wondered why it took 7 1/2 years before Varone realized he didn’t have an owner’s manual with the gun.
Varone reportedly purchased the revolver in May 2002 after he and his wife became crime victims. According to his lawyers, he was told at Kane’s by a salesperson that to secure the gun, all he had to do was to bend the grip toward the trigger.
Newsome and Knopf said no one told Varone that the gun had a fairly complicated safety system which required moving the hammer to a slot or notch position between projectiles. Varone reportedly used the gun daily until 2009, when he went to stand up while having the loaded weapon in his back pants pocket. The gun fell to the floor and discharged, hitting Varone in the left leg. The bullet shattered his leg bones, and the leg eventually had to be amputated. Varone’s medical bills from his injuries totaled $116,391.10.
Local attorney Keith Taylor was also on the plaintiff’s team.
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Tuberculosis Outbreak and Cover Up
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/11/tuberculosis-outbreak-gov_n_1664923.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/11/tuberculosis-outbreak-gov_n_1664923.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics)
Predicting Next Week: Black Plague reaches Miami; Florida rediscovers the Antibiotic
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Floridian Plays Russian Roulette, Spoilers he lost.
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/01/article-2167218-13E118D9000005DC-495_235x425.jpg)
A teenager has died after shooting himself in the head during a game of 'Russian Roulette' with three friends.
Thorin Montgomery, 17, was the first to hold a loaded .38 caliber handgun to his head and pull the trigger.
The teenager collapsed in front of his horrified friends who called paramedics.
Montgomery was airlifted to hospital where he later died from his injuries.
Russian Roulette is a lethal game of chance in which a player places a single round in a revolver, spins the cylinder, places the muzzle against his or her head and pulls the trigger.
The game originated in Russia and featured in the one of the most famous scenes in cinema history in the film The Deer Hunter with Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken.
It is estimated that up to ten people a year die from playing the risky game.
Police in Largo, Florida, said Montgomery was with three friends, aged 19,18 and 16, on Friday night when they decided to play the deadly shooting game.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2167218/Teenager-dies-shooting-head-playing-Russian-Roulette.html#ixzz20NeADt00 (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2167218/Teenager-dies-shooting-head-playing-Russian-Roulette.html#ixzz20NeADt00)
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That's a man!?
My first thoughts when I saw that pic were, "Meh, she's not too bad," but now, "Mfwhafgaghabahahbahbjk;f."
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Yeah. I bet he had hot tits.
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haha oh wow. its sad because all I did was laugh when I read that. >_>
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Well I hope he won a Darwin for that.
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in soviet russia, edgy tries to be you.
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All these stories make me want to go to Florida and get my crazy on.
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LAKELAND, Fla -- A Florida couple is accused of forcing a 13-year-old boy to kneel down for nine hours a day for 10 days in a row as a punishment for being bad at school, police said.
Albert Cusson, 57, and his wife Nancy, 47, from Lakeland, Fla., were jailed on child abuse charges Thursday after allegedly forcing the teen to kneel on a hard bathroom floor with his hands behind his back from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day and beating him with a stick if he moved, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
During the 10-day ordeal they made him sleep in a bathtub and fed him one "protein shake" a day containing meat, vegetables and other foods but then did not allow the boy to eat or drink anything after that, the statement added.
POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Albert and Nancy Cusson were jailed on child abuse charges Thursday after allegedly forcing a teen to kneel on a hard bathroom floor with his hands behind his back.
The boy managed to run away from the house Wednesday afternoon because he "could not take it anymore" and told a neighbor about the alleged abuse, police said.
Officers said the boy had blistered knees, red marks on his back and struggled to walk when they found him. He was taken to the Lakeland Regional Medical Center for treatment.
The boy, who was home-schooled, told cops that the couple planned to enforce the punishment for 20 days in a row.
The Cussons admitted forcing the boy to kneel and said it was because he misbehaved during school. Albert Cusson claimed he was punished in the same way by his father.
They denied the kneeling ordeal caused him injuries, and told detectives it was, "the only punishment that works for him."
Police said the pair may face further charges as a nine-year-old girl also claimed they forced her to kneel for two days straight.
"There is no excuse for this type of deplorable behavior," Sheriff Grady Judd said. "People who mistreat children are the worst of the worst. Jail is too good for them -- the Cussons will be more comfortable in the county jail than this little boy was when he was in their care."
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/florida_couple_accused_daily_forcing_PpFwf5JOdaG9Dc4p46AvlK#ixzz20vzC97dZ (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/florida_couple_accused_daily_forcing_PpFwf5JOdaG9Dc4p46AvlK#ixzz20vzC97dZ)
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Punishment by kneeling for 20 days? They be crazy.
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Oh, but wondering in the desert for 40 years is okay?
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Try wandering in the desert, that's biblical.
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I just don't even fucking know anymore.
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People should be allowed to raise their children however they want.
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George Zimmerman: "I'm Truly Sorry" But It Was "God's Plan" For Trayvon Martin To Die
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http://dcist.com/2012/07/george_zimmerman_im_truly_sorry_but.php (http://dcist.com/2012/07/george_zimmerman_im_truly_sorry_but.php)
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Thank you for making my point.
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Precisely why i want nothing to do with that sick fuck you call god.
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Precisely why i want nothing to do with that sick fuck you call god.
Jenne, you should really clean the wax out of your ears.
Zimmerman is obviously a meesenger of the big 'L' Lord, and anyone with information on his plans is worth listening to.
And in this age where it is so hard to get media attention, He has chosen to have one of his faithful shoot a i fail at life as His divine PR stunt. He hath the Authority to shoot a minority.
*The use of the word 'i fail at life' here is meant to call attention to the crime, and not to offend any actual i fail at lifes, or get Cashflow started on one of his bible thumping, prescription drink inspired, racist masturbationals*
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Same shit, different day
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/ronald-brown-puppeteer-rape-kill-eat-children_n_1698949.html?ref=topbar&utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/ronald-brown-puppeteer-rape-kill-eat-children_n_1698949.html?ref=topbar&utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false)
Puppeteer, Planned To Rape, Kill, Eat Children
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/26/florida-man-kills-door-to-door-salesman-i%E2%80%99ll-kill-anybody-that-steps-on-my-property/ (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/26/florida-man-kills-door-to-door-salesman-i%E2%80%99ll-kill-anybody-that-steps-on-my-property/)
Florida man kills door-to-door salesman: I’ll kill anybody that steps on my property
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Man feels inconvenienced after being arrested for "only shooting a nigger"
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/31/florida-man-charged-with-hate-crime-says-he-only-shot-a-ngger/ (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/31/florida-man-charged-with-hate-crime-says-he-only-shot-a-ngger/)
Authorities in Port St. Joe, Florida say a man charged with a hate crime felt inconvenienced by his arrest because he had “only shot a n*gger.”
Walton Henry Butler, 59, was arrested by Gulf County Sheriff’s deputies on Monday night for shooting 32-year-old Everett Gant, who is black, in the head with a .22 caliber rifle.
According to a charging affidavit obtained by The Star, Butler had referred to Pamela Rogers’ child and other children at his apartment complex with racial slurs.
Gant was shot between the eyes when he went to Butler’s apartment to confront him over the remarks, the documents said. Butler allegedly closed his sliding glass door and left Gant bleeding on ground outside.
The suspect contacted 911 and had finished his dinner before Gulf County Sheriff Joe Nugent arrived.
Nugent recalled that Butler appeared “inconvenienced” by the arrest, saying that “he had only shot a n*gger.”
“He was brought to the investigation unit where he was interviewed and basically admitted to shooting the victim and said he shot a, used a racial slur, and said that is what he shot and acted like it was not like a big deal or anything to him,” Nugent told WJHG.
Butler was charged with attempted murder with a hate crime enhancement. He was being held in the Gulf County Jail after an appearance in court on Tuesday morning.
Gant was in stable condition at Bay Medical Center and is expected to survive.
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Srsly Florida.... SRSLY?
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That is pretty bad, but it does have a certain wit to it, assuming you can put aside any human feelings.
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Florida Woman Beheads Kids' Pet Rabbit in Front of Them
Bay County Sheriff's investigators claim Sandlin did it because she was bored and wanted to see the rabbit's innards. Sandlin was high on meth at the time.
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2012/09/florida_woman_beheads_kids_pet.php (http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2012/09/florida_woman_beheads_kids_pet.php)
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More!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-40-most-insane-things-that-happened-in-florida (http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-40-most-insane-things-that-happened-in-florida)
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all this time I thought the thread title said "I record how fucking awesome florida is"
also, rabbit beheading is an ancient and sacred part of our culture, bigots
/me reaches into hate-satchel and pelts OP with fresh rabbit heads
leaving the ears on helps straighten the trajectory
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also, rabbit beheading is an ancient and sacred part of our culture, bigots
We can't all afford the meth lifestyle, you elitist SOB. You need cash monies for that culture. You know, for the meth. The medical expenses. The bail.
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http://www.ocala.com/article/20121212/ARTICLES/121219896?tc=ar (http://www.ocala.com/article/20121212/ARTICLES/121219896?tc=ar)
i want to know how she didnt notice it was missing UNTIL she tried to drive on it.
plus the neighbors not thinking 2 guys ripping up the driveway was suspicious. :D