Thought for the day...

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
16,330
https://www.marieclaire.com/health-fitness/a26443838/top-doctor-opioid-addict/
Whenever she found a moment alone—every 45 minutes or so—she retrieved the syringe containing sufentanil she’d tucked inside the Ugg boots she wore around her house, pulled a makeshift tourniquet out of her hooded sweatshirt, found a usable vein, and plunged the needle into her arm, delivering one tenth of a milliliter of the most powerful opioid available for use in humans.
 

wayneh

Joined Sep 9, 2010
18,111
I guarantee that is not an isolated case. Sad.

Death by medicine – by medical intervention and legally prescribed pharmaceuticals taken as directed – is the 3rd leading cause of death in the U.S. If you throw in the illegal opioid epidemic that arose from legal prescriptions, it's number one.

I do what I can to avoid interacting with the medical community. I've always felt the cost and inconvenience was rarely worth it except in rare emergencies. I gather many folks my age are on one or more prescriptions. Not me.
 

BR-549

Joined Sep 22, 2013
4,931
Old people who will have pain until death.....can't get a descent fix now.

THEY are the ONLY people that need and deserve it........and they are the ONLY ones that are limited and regulated to the drugs.

A healthy person can get all they want.

It's pathetic. Like the rest of our society.

What's next......a fetus for an appetizer?

Rome, Babylon, Sodom and Gomorrah were amateurs compared to us.

We are much prouder. We have evolved. We are so much better now.
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
16,330
Even 'Mongols' have rights.
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-mongols-trademark-ruling-20190228-story.html
“We are ecstatic that the Mongols motorcycle club has been able to win this 1st Amendment battle for itself and all motorcycle clubs,” said Stephen Stubbs, an attorney for the Mongols. “The government has clearly overreached into a realm that the Constitution does not allow. They tried to ban symbolic speech.”
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The judge said 1st Amendment issues were undeniably at play because the type of trademarks the Mongols own, called collective membership marks, don’t serve any commercial purpose but only help members to identify themselves as part of a group.

And because the jury had found the logo was tied directly to the conspiracy charge but not the murders and other violent crimes with which the club was accused of participating, Carter concluded forfeiting the trademarks would violate the Constitution’s 8th Amendment, which forbids the government from imposing excessive punishments.
I lived up the street from a Mongols clubhouse in the 70's. Most were ex-military with day jobs but the leadership was hard-core criminal. No cop is going to pull some random bikers jacket off because of trademark and only a person wanting suicide would wear a jacket without being a member.
 

killivolt

Joined Jan 10, 2010
836
So, goes the saying Blood in Blood out. A local Biker Group here was known for violence not all members were ex-millitary, but it attracts criminals especially leadership. We have that same problem here. Plus, they are very suspicious critters.

kv
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
16,330
So, goes the saying Blood in Blood out. A local Biker Group here was known for violence not all members were ex-millitary, but it attracts criminals especially leadership. We have that same problem here. Plus, they are very suspicious critters.

kv
Surely the work of rogue members. I was a MMA member (a motorcycle rights org) with a Honda 750 chopper back then but caught no grief from the outlaws because of my bike's base sticker.



If the Teamsters' with a very long history of corrupt and criminal actions still own the mark and the symbol then the Mongols should too.
 
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cmartinez

Joined Jan 17, 2007
8,777
I thought that this was an urban legend, but it turns out it's actually true!

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkn...bohr-got-a-house-with-free-beer/#4734140f2759

... here's the thing - there are several studies that indicate that being drunk can actually improve your creativity. That's because it prevents your mind from being able to focus, so it more readily drifts from one connection to another, which can yield creative solutions to problems.
To all the highly creative people out there, I say "Cheers!"
 
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