This is fucked up!!!! A crack addict who can get a Barbara Walters special is living the life, but this guy who had to move to Canada of all places gets yanked from his hospital bed just for smoking some Ganja????
Judge Releases Patient Arrested in B.C. Hospital
By Gene Johnson, Associated Press
Source: Associated Press
Steven William Tuck, 38, was still fitted with the urinary catheter when he shuffled into U.S. District Court for a detention hearing Wednesday, said his lawyer, Douglas Hiatt.
U.S. Magistrate Judge James P. Donohue ordered Tuck temporarily released so that Hiatt and Sunil Aggarwal, the president of Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, could take him to Harborview Medical Center for treatment.
"The guy comes into the jail with a catheter ..., you'd think they'd do something about it!" Hiatt said, launching into a profanity-laced tirade after the hearing. "This is totally inhumane. He's been tortured for days for no reason."
Tuck is a veteran who said he suffered debilitating injuries in the late 1980s, when his parachute failed to open during a jump. He spent a year at Walter Reed Army Medical Center undergoing operations to fuse discs in his back, Hiatt said. His injuries were exacerbated in a car crash that killed his brother-in-law in 1990; over the years, he has had more than a dozen surgeries, his friends said.
In 2001, he was living in McKinleyville, Calif., when his marijuana growing operation was raided for the second time. He fled to British Columbia to avoid prosecution, and sought asylum status, which was recently denied.
Last Friday, he checked himself in to St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, because he had a cyst on his prostate and was having difficulty urinating, Hiatt said.
In a phone interview from Vancouver, Richard Cowan, a friend of Tuck's who runs the Web site marijuananews.com, said he was with Tuck at the hospital when Canadian authorities arrived and arrested Tuck on a departure order.
"I would not believe it unless I had seen it," Cowan said. "They sent people in to arrest him while he was on a gurney. They took him out of the hospital in handcuffs, put him in an SUV, and drove him to the border."
He was turned over to Whatcom County Jail officials, who, after being flooded with phone calls from activists, called federal marshals from Seattle to pick him up. The marshals brought him to the King County Jail in downtown Seattle.
Though Tuck had taken morphine as prescribed by doctors for about 16 years to help with his pain, he was given no painkiller or treatment at the jail other than ibuprofen, Hiatt said. Tuck, who appeared emaciated as he cried in court Wednesday, has been sick from the morphine withdrawal, Hiatt said.
A message left with the public relations officers at the King County Jail was not immediately returned Wednesday, and a spokesman with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Vancouver said he could not immediately comment on the case.
Tuck is charged federally with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Donohue released him on the condition that he face the charge in the Northern District of California upon his release from the hospital. The U.S. attorney's office in Seattle did not oppose his release.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Guess they thought the movie "Reefer Madness" was a reality show!
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
14 Things You Really Should Have Done Before Getting Married
2. Live on your own. It's important that you find out what a hopeless slob you are before your beloved tells you. And then leaves you...
3. Go out with your friends for a "quick drink" and stagger home three days later...
4. Have a holiday romance with someone who doesn't speak a word of English. Who needs conversation?
5. Women: Take the soft toys off your bed. Nothing turns a man off more than performing in front of an audience of beady-eyed teddies...
6. Men: Get rid of those "How to Get Girls Even Though You're Poor and Ugly' books. They never work anyway...
7. Gobble the last slice of pizza without having to go through the 'No you have it, no really... Are you sure you don't mind...?
8. Walk about the house naked, without having to hold any bits in...
9. Have friends of the opposite sex. After marriage, it's too much effort to keep saying: "No, I really don't fancy them"...
10. Men: Enjoy that wardrobe space while you can! You will not believe the vast number of shoes that one woman needs...
11. Women: Fill in silly magazine quizzes with titles like 'Are You Seductive', without having to listen to loud laughter from your partner (who then runs off with the magazine)...
12. Men: Get rid of anything inflatable and female-shaped...
13. Relish clipping your toenails straight onto the carpet...
14. Remember that your best option with in-laws is to marry an orphan...
Wonder how he got around the filters???
Man in Underwear Arrested Inside School
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- A 31-year-old man is facing burglary c
harges after being caught inside the Bridge Academy charter school in his underwear. Police said they were responding to an alarm at the school at about 8:15 a.m. Sunday when they found William Hoskins apparently downloading pornography on an office computer.
A duffel bag, clothing and a wallet containing Hoskins' ID, were found on the floor nearby, along with a bucket of urine, police said.
Police said Hoskins told them he went into the school to use the bathroom.
He was held in lieu of $500 bond for an appearance in Superior Court Tuesday.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
I bet someone isnt getting a bonus this month!!!
Mistake Leads to 29-Cent Gas Price at Station in Lincoln, Neb.
The Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. - One gas station manager's mistake paid off for Lincoln drivers who were in the right place at the right time Friday.
For 30 to 45 minutes, three of the Kabredlo's Convenience Store's four pumps sold premium unleaded gas for 29 cents a gallon.
Gas hasn't been that cheap since 1955, according to AAA Nebraska.
As news of the cheap fuel spread, lines formed at the store at 2305 R St., said Max Wolfe, who was doing landscaping for Kabredlo's.
Wolfe and his co-workers took time out to fill up. "I was on E, and I filled my tank up for $4," Wolfe said. "It made my day."
Nathan Olson said he usually pays $72 to fill his gas-guzzling 1998 Ford F-150. Friday, he filled the tank three-quarters full for $3.50.
The store manager who said she made the mistake didn't give her name.
On average, Lincoln gas stations are charging $2.93 a gallon for gas, according to AAA.
Information from: Lincoln Journal Star, http://www.journalstar.com
Monday, October 10, 2005
Wanna crack my nuts???
Crack-crazed squirrels terrorise South London
Stop me if you've heard this one: crack-addicted squirrels are terrorising Brixton in Sarf London in a desperate search for a fix, eschewing their traditional nuts and digging up residents' front gardens in what appears to be a credible zoological threat to the Yardies' hard-drug hegemony.
Yup, crack dealers and addicts have apparently taken to burying their stashes in people's gardens in the streets around the centre of Brixton after a police clampdown drove them from the thriving commercial heart of the popular London district. Locals have spotted squirrels digging in the same gardens, prompting speculation that they are already addicted to rocks and will in due course take up semi-automatic weapons and launch a violent challenge for the whole trade in illicit narcotics, as is the local custom.
One fearful resident, who asked not to be named, told Life Style Extra: "I was chatting with my neighbour who told me that crack users and dealers sometimes use my front garden to hide bits of their stash. An hour earlier I'd seen a squirrel wandering round the garden, digging in the flowerbeds. It looked like it knew what it was looking for. It was ill-looking and its eyes looked bloodshot but it kept on desperately digging. It was almost as if it was trying to find hidden crack rocks."The RSPCA said it had no reports of the "Brixton Crack Squirrel", but did not completely dismiss the idea. A spokeswoman said: "We have not had any dealers reporting the theft of their stash by squirrels but the animal is attracted by smell and if it detects something it likes it will dig it up. If a squirrel did open a bag of crack and start consuming it there is no doubt it would die pretty quickly. I suspect that nobody has reported it because they are a wild animal and when they are found dead no-one cares."
That's right - just another junkie off the streets, permanently.
But hold a minute: this fearful tale bears an uncanny resemblance to reports knocking about on the internet of similar cocaine-fuelled squirrels menacing New York and Washington DC. Urban myth or chilling portent? After all, it's a small step from crack squirrels to flocks of PCP-demented pigeons descending Hitchcock-style on the World's major centres of population. Consider yourselves warned. ®
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Its gettin hot in herre....... So letz take off our pajamaz
Just a little chilli for a good nap
DIETS high in chilli may help people nod off at night and bound out of bed more energetically in the morning.
Tasmanian physiologist Andrew Davies surveyed 25 volunteers on a controlled meal plan for
four weeks and compared them on the same diet but with 30g of chopped chilli added daily. Although their sleep quality appeared to be similar on both diets, Dr Davies said the participants felt they were able to fall asleep easier when taking chilli.
"They also said they woke better and seemed to have a bit more energy and were able to function better during the day," he said after addressing the Australasian Sleep Association conference on the Gold Coast which ended yesterday.
Dr Davies said eight of the volunteers were fitted with equipment designed to measure their movement for five days.
He found that, on the spicy diet, they recorded fewer movements during sleep and tended not to sleep quite as long, yet they had more energy during the day.
The study was too small to draw any definitive judgments about the effect of chilli on sleep, but Dr Davies hopes to continue the research using more volunteers.
Whats Next??? Botox for Garfield??
Neuter my dog? Well, nuts to that!
By DOUG LUNNEY -- Sun Media
Hogan's heroes ... Hogan the Rottweiler eyes a pair of Neuticles, prosthetic dog testicles that have the potential to restore at least some of his former glory. -- Joe Klamar, WINNIPEG SUN
Greg Miller cringed when his beloved bloodhound Buck was about to be neutered.
Then a nutty idea came to mind.
Less than two years later -- in December 1995 -- a Rottweiler in Independence, Mo., named Max received the first pair of Neuticles, which are testicular implants for neutered dogs, cats, horses and bulls.
Now that he's got the balls rolling, Neuticles are becoming more common outside the United States, says Miller, admitting he sent a pair of Neuticles to a woman in Prince George, B.C., last week (presumably for her dog) and he's getting more and more clients in Canada.
"We've done 35,000 pets worldwide and not one single problem. No complications of any type," he boasts.
Any veterinarian can implant Neuticles -- they just have to have the -- uh -- testicles to do it.
"It's real simple (surgery)," he says. "Normally it's done when the pet is neutered and the neutering procedure, of course, was developed in the early 1800s. The open castration technique that the vet uses requires the permanent removal of the pet's testicles. That's where Neuticles come in.
"When the vet neuters the pet ... they slip in the Neuticles and the pet looks exactly the same."
The obvious question: "Why?"
"Why not?" Miller replies. "Where is it written that the pet has to lose its testicles? Getting neutered is bad enough, but to add insult to injury by leaving the poor little guy with nothing ... For $30 to $37 (US), your pet can look the same.
"People don't want their pet to look emasculated. With any breed of dog that's short-haired, it's part of their personality."
Miller has a degree in journalism and he was an editor at a newspaper in Loveland, Colo., before working in sales for 13 years with a candy company.
When the type of candy he was selling lost its popularity, he invented Neuticles. He has since introduced five sizes and three models, all made of polypropylene -- a material that coats some human implants and surgical equipment.
"A lot of pet owners wanted a softer, more natural testicle, so a year ago we came out with our Neuticle Natural, and it's an exact replication of the canine testicle," Miller says. "It's softer, as lifelike as can be."
Clients wanted an even softer model, which led to last week's introduction of the "marshmallow soft" Neuticle Ultra, he says.
Miller is writing a book about his invention, called Going Nuts. Meanwhile, potential clients can learn about his product on his Web site (www.neuticles.com), which also offers merchandise such as ball caps, T-shirts and watches.
"You'll never lose your keys again with a Neuticle key ring," Miller vows. "And I dare you to pull it out at some Sunday dinner and say 'Guess what this is?' "
Meanwhile, veterinarian Philipp Schott isn't convinced testicular implants for animals are a good idea. "I would just hands-down refuse to do it," Schott says. "It's human vanity. It doesn't benefit the dog in any way.
"Although it would be minor surgery to implant them, nonetheless it's surgery and I don't see the point in doing unnecessary surgery -- exposing the patient to risks, anesthetics. Although modern anesthetics are extremely safe, it's not a zero risk-type of procedure."
When told most Neuticles are implanted during the neutering process, Schott says he wouldn't want to keep an animal under anesthetic longer than necessary. He also voiced concerns about long-term effects.
Where is it written that the pet has to lose its testicles?
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Guess he didnt really need a title loan!
Darlington police responded to an alarm at a check-advance business where they found a naked man who’d slipped into the building through an air vent in an apparent burglary attempt.
Michael Gilbert, 22, of 602 Joe Louise Blvd., Darlington, faces burglary charges in connection with the incident, Darlington Police Lt. Danny Watson said.
Officers responded to the Check ’n Go at 508-2 Pearl St. at 12:40 a.m. Thursday and found interior roof tiles, insulation, wires and metal braces hanging from the roof as well as lying on the floor, according to reports. The door and windows were closed.
Shortly afterward, the reporting officer noticed a foot hanging from the roof.
The officer reported that he noticed the man moving along the interior ceiling tiles before jumping to the floor of the business. The man was naked and bleeding from his feet and had cuts and scrapes all over his body, as well, according to police reports.
The man then tried to open the door and leave, and officers ordered him to sit on the floor, the report shows. When a keyholder arrived, the officers went inside and handcuffed the man. He was later taken to a local hospital and treated before authorities took him to the Darlington County Detention Center, where he was booked on burglary charges.
The suspect probably got into the business by climbing or falling down the air conditioner shaft and onto the interior roof tiles, according to the police report. He likely was naked so he would more easily slide through the air vent, Watson said.
The Darlington Fire Department said its ladder truck was inoperable, so officers were unable to reach the roof to get the suspect’s clothing or secure the overturned air-conditioning unit, the report shows.
The business doesn’t keep money after hours. Police were able to respond quickly because of the alarm system, which every business should have, Watson said.
Guess I cant walk around in my loincloth anymore!
MEDFORD, Ore. - A registered sex offender who fashioned a loin cloth from a rope and piece of lawn furniture was arrested near a high school, where he asked four girls for a ride to the mall or a motel, police said.
Kelly James Bailey, 33, of Greenwater, Wash., was wearing only the rope when he shocked a Medford woman by appearing in her back yard Thursday morning.
Before he left, Bailey, who appeared to be covered in feces, ran away with a strip of leopard-print vinyl peeled from the seat of lawn chair, said Medford police Lt. Mike Moran.
More than an hour later, four North Medford High School girls were waiting in a car near the school when Bailey now wearing blue jeans, but still covered in the apparent fecal matter approached the car. He asked the girls for a ride to the Red Carpet Inn or the Rogue Valley Mall.
"The girls wisely rolled up their windows and left," Moran said.
The girls alerted authorities, who spotted Bailey running near campus.
"When we caught him, he still appeared to be covered in fecal matter," Moran said. "He told us, though, he was partying with girls the night before and somehow ended up rolling around in tomato paste."
As officers patted him down, they found that he had used the rope and vinyl strip to make a primitive loin cloth.
"I think it's definitely the strangest case of the day," Moran said.
Bailey was lodged in Jackson County Jail on charges of theft, trespassing, criminal mischief and failing to register as a sex offender in Oregon. He was held on $24,000 bail.
The theft charge was for allegedly taking the vinyl strip, Moran said.
Information from: Mail Tribune, http://www.mailtribune.com/
Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
And I thought I had an old beater!!!
I love my 85 Celebrity
(Cant kill the damn thing!!) I have owned 3 of them. But nothing compares to this guy!!!
Man figures $10 Ford bought in '30s is his car for life
Associated Press
Oct. 3, 2005 08:25 AM
SHELTON, Conn. - Clarence Curtiss isn't the kind of guy to trade in his car every few years. He still has his first car, a 1929 Model A Ford he bought during the Depression for $10. He jokes people have offered to triple his money. But the 82-year-old Connecticut man says he won't sell his Model A, not even for a million bucks.
More than 60 years ago, Curtiss carved his and his then girlfriend's initials in the steering wheel. That girl was his wife of 56 years, until Curtiss became a widower in 1998.
Curtiss was an auto dealer and collected more than two dozens cars over the years. But he says none of his cars was as special as his first.
