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[Uncle Sparky]

That's because legal fees would have cost him an arm and a leg.

[Dauphin]

He tried to sue, but was told by his lawyer he didn't have a leg to stand on.

[BeBMan]

Ouch

An elderly man had the wrong leg amputated during surgery, a hospital in Austria has admitted.

The 82-year-old was due to have his left leg removed on Tuesday, but due to "human error" the right leg was amputated above the knee instead, the Freistadt Clinic said Friday.

The error occurred after a hospital worker mistakenly put a preoperative mark on the wrong leg, the hospital said.

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https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/21/health/austria-amputation-wrong-leg-scli-intl/index.html

[toWERS]

Do they still offer a cigarette when they execute someone by firing squad?

No because it's bad for his health.

[giblets]

Do they still offer a cigarette when they execute someone by firing squad?

[SlowwHand]

Wow. Horny should just hold out his wrists for the coming cuffs. Maybe for a straight jacket, since he's so damaged.

[Broken_Erika]

“THEY’RE ALL F'ING SHORT-BUS PEOPLE”: CAPITOL RIOT ATTORNEY MANAGES TO INSULT AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS WHILE DEFENDING 1/6 ACTIONS

Generally speaking, when a person is charged with a crime, they hire an attorney who they hope will strenuously defend them, probably not stopping to even entertain the idea that said attorney have a chat with a reporter and manage to insult millions of people in the process. And while it’s not clear if that’s the approach Jacob Chansley—a.k.a. the “QAnon Shaman,“ a.k.a. the shirtless guy who stormed the Capitol on January 6 wearing face paint and a furry hat with horns—took when assembling his legal team, in the future, he should probably plan to ask any potential lawyers, “You’re not going to use the phrase ‘f'ing ********’ while discussing my case, are you?”

Yes, that’s right. In an interview with Talking Points Memo, Chansley‘s lawyer, Albert Watkins, suggested that his client’s mental state, combined with the impact of Donald Trump’s “propaganda” efforts to convince people the election was stolen and that they should storm the Capitol, will play a part in his defense. All of which sounds reasonable! Then Watkins said this: “A lot of these defendants—and I’m going to use this colloquial term, perhaps disrespectfully—but they’re all ******* short-bus people. These are people with brain damage, they’re ******* ********, they’re on the goddamn spectrum.”

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021...capitol-attack

[SlowwHand]

I can't imagine anyone choosing electric chair over almost anything.

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South Carolina governor signs law giving death row inmates choice between firing squad or electric chair

[Berzerker]

i dont know where i saw this but during the plague royalty would have dogs sitting nearby to attract the fleas

[BeBMan]

Seven people have drowned and two are still missing in Indonesia after a tourist boat capsized when all of its passengers suddenly moved to one side to take a selfie, police said.

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/s...-b1848414.html

[toWERS]

These collectibles can be worth more than gold and jewels, not for the art itself, but for its rarity. Just like paintings. If I was walking around Wisconsin with a Picasso under my arm I'd probably carry a gun as well.

[toWERS]

That's actually how you get a cat. At some point sooner or later a baby cat starts following you.
I had that happen but couldn't take her in. It was a bit sad.
They are the happiest in the islands because of all the fish

I adopted mine from a refuge. He was the happiest being on Earth each time I opened a can of tuna :-)

[toWERS]

I thought it was the same all over the world.
It is certaintly the same here

I've traveled all over Europe and never saw as many cats as in Istambul. I was in Greece and I don't remember seeing so many, maybe they were there and I just didn't see them. I only speak what I see with my own eyes.

Yes, all over people feed street cats, we do it here in Madrid too. But I was amazed at how common it was there, like every other house had a bowl of food for the cats at the door. If any tourist ate that I can't recall.

[toWERS]

That looks like a very risky strategy, my friend. Genius if it works but I could see so many ways in which it could go wrong.

[Dauphin]

Sure, let's fill the streets with rats to stop the plague and then we can inject ourselves some bleach :b :

Allow me to be more precise.

https://www.nature.com/articles/35038073?free=2

An alternative approach is to reduce the rodent population; but our model predicts that there may be difficulties with the timing of any cull. If the rats are kept at a permanently low level, then the risk of a large outbreak in rodents—and therefore the risk of human cases—is reduced. But if the cull is only brought into effect after the first human cases have been reported, then this action can create a far larger force of infection for humans (Fig. 3a). By the time human cases arise, there is already a large reservoir of infection in the rodent population; a cull therefore releases many infected fleas, which may bite humans in the absence of a suitable rodent host.