NEVER Fly United!

Simon, the Giant rabbit, was frozen to death in a United Airlines holding facility in Chicago. 

"An airport worker said that the animal, who was expected to grow to be the world’s biggest rabbit after his father Darius grew to 4ft 4in, was ‘placed in temperatures of 0 to 2 degrees by mistake."

http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/29/giant-rabbit-died-in-care-of-united-airlines-after-being-put-in-the-freezer-6604933/

When one is too stupid to take care of a rabbit, one is tooo stoopit.

Update On Dr. Shitbag

Hepatitis C Doctor Inspection Report Released

Health Department Releases Report in Dr. Thomashefsky Investigation

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department released an inspection report into the investigation of Allen Thomashefsky, the Santa Barbara doctor accused of malpractice that lead to several patients contracting Hepatitis C.
Health officers made three visits to his office on 2320 Bath Street over a period of three months.
Thomashefsky specializes in "regenerative injection therapy" and sports medicine.
The report found that during an unannounced visit to Thomashefsky's medical practice by health officials, the physician did not wash his hands prior to an injection procedure. "When questioned, the physician stated that the sink was in the kitchen, he didn't want to walk back and forth, and believed his hands were clean," the report says.
He also reused syringes to inject patients with multi-use vials. Needles were changed.
According to the report, the physician did not wear gloves during the procedure either and when asked to wear gloves, he replied, "He has been practicing the same way for over 30 years and has never had a patient report any problems...The physician declined to wear gloves and used bare hands during the procedure."
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the receptionist, who had no medical training, has a significant role in processing all specimens for re-injection. Syringes with patient identifying information were never labeled. "When asked how the receptionist ensures that patient syringes aren't inadvertently switched, she stated that she just keeps them straight," states the report.
Some corrections by Thomashefsky's practice had been implemented since the first announced visit by health officials. This included the use of a new syringe to enter a multi-dose vial, multi-dose vials were all dated, and a one-page infection control protocol was in the process of being written. However, infection control breaches continued according to the report:

• Lack of designation of clean/dirty areas in exam room #1, the centrifuge in exam room #2, and the kitchen.

• Lack of proper infection control training for the receptionist, including OSHA blood borne pathogen training.

• Lack of Vaccination against Hepatitis B for the receptionist.

• Neither the physician nor the receptionist wore gloves during procedure or handling of patient specimens.

• Potential for contamination of clean medical vials with patient's blood during procedure.

• Potential for contamination of clean patient specimens next to sink by "oily fat" being disposed of into the kitchen sink and splattering on patient specimens.

• Lack of labeling of syringes containing patient specimens.

• Improper disposal of biological hazardous waste.

We have obtained a full copy of the report. To read it, click here.
The California Medical Board continues to investigate this case, and could still take action against Thomashefsky. He is scheduled to go in front of the Medical Board later this week. A completed investigation report is expected in November-December 2015.
Thomashefsky corrected the problems. He was cleared to re-open his medical practice in Santa Barbara in September.
Public Health Officer Dr. Charity Dean said there were so many violations, it's hard to tell how his patients were infected with Hepatitis C.
"There were multiple infection control breaches. There were multiple potential ways the Hepatitis C virus could have been spread. Could have it been through reuse of a syringe? Maybe. Could it have been through contamination of clean and dirty areas? Maybe. I don't think we will ever know," Dean said.
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If this idiot ran a restaurant, he would probably not have been allowed to re-open and assault more customers.

Yogi Is Gone

                     Yogi Berra dead at 90

15-time All-Star

The Future Ain't What It Used to Be

Shitbags and Stoopit Regulators

People should have gone to jail for this:

Medical Office Responsible For Transmitting Hepatitis C To Patients Can Reopen

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -

The Santa Barbara medical office of Dr. Allen Thomashefsky may reopen after it was shut down for unsafe injection practices.

The Public Health Department for Santa Barbara County released the following statement:

"Santa Barbara County Health Officer, Charity Dean, MD, MPH, has rescinded the Health Officer Order closing the medical office of Dr. Allen Thomashefsky. This action follows a number of measures that have been implemented to assure infection control practices are maintained at the medical office.

The Health Officer Order closing the medical office was implemented on March 19, 2015, after an inquiry revealed that the Hepatitis C virus may have been transmitted between patients and that appropriate and standard infection control precautions were not being practiced. Since that time, a number of key actions have been taken by Dr. Thomashefsky including adopting a detailed and extensive Infection Control Manual, hiring a consultant who will be monitoring infection control practices on an ongoing basis, and local monitoring by Public Health officials."

Genetic testing of Dr. Thomashefsky's former patients revealed at least four people who had procedures at his office the same day tested positive for Hepatitis C. A fifth may have contracted the deadly disease prior to treatment.

Dr. Thomashefky's practice is still limited in Oregon.

The Oregon and California Medical Boards are still investigating the case.

People are going to die from medical malfeasance, but what the hell? Give the assholes another chance.

DAC Is In Trouble Again

David Allan Coe has the Willie Nelson syndrome, but not the fan base to extract himself from this predicament.




From TASTE of COUNTRY:

Country singer David Allan Coe owes the IRS nearly a half-million dollars for taxes due as far back as 1993. The singer pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing the due administration of the IRS on Monday (Sept. 14) and could face three years in prison plus a $250,000 fine. 

Coe, known for his hit “Take This Job and Shove It,” owes more than $466,000, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. This includes taxes from 2008 to 2013 when he either failed to file income tax returns or didn’t pay taxes owned. Interest and penalties are part of the figure. 

The U.S. Attorney’s Office says that instead of paying his taxes, the 76-year-old used his money earned from concerts to cover other debts and gambling. Furthermore, he arranged to be paid in cash, but not in $50 bills as, according to the news release, “he believed they were bad luck and would not gamble with them.” 

WLWT-TV reports that the majority of the money owed comes from the 2009 tax year. Coe plays approximately 100 shows each year and has arranged a system where his road manager picks up the cash, pays himself and the band and gives the remaining money to Coe. IRS officials point to this setup as another way he was impeding their ability to collect taxes. 

Coe is known as being part of the outlaw movement of country music. He spent significant time in prison during the 1960s for crimes like auto theft and armed robbery, and says his sentence was extended after he killed another inmate who was in search of a sexual favor. The legitimacy of that story is debated.

Guess ya just can't keep it all.

Doves, Hawks and Dodo Birds

Vox has an interesting article pointing out the relative hawkishness of the American public vs. the International Relations scholars. Below is the graph:



It seems we have learned very little from 20 major wars, according to George Carlin.

Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!

America’s biggest gun problem is the one we never talk about

by Dylan Matthews and Estelle Caswell on August 11, 2015

There is a gun for nearly every person in America. The overwhelming majority of people who die from guns in the US do not die because someone shot them — they die because they shot themselves.

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 Guns killed 33,636 people in the United States in 2013. But while homicides and mass shootings dominate the headlines, nearly two-thirds of those deaths — 21,175 — were suicides. That's the real gun problem in the US, and we barely ever talk about it.

Another public health truth update for the doubters.

Guns, cars and money bring out the worst in people.