“Gun Death” Anesthesia

I can’t believe this!

A Swedish man undergoing surgery died on the operating table after the anesthesiologist and a nurse went to lunch during the procedure, The Local reported.

The 72-year-old man was having a tumor removed at a hospital in Lidköping, Sweden, and had gone under anesthesia at 10:45 a.m. According to The Local, the head anesthesiologist then left at noon for lunch, followed by the head nurse anesthesiologist fifteen minutes later.

Now my experience with surgery is with rodents, which you simply don’t get the staff human surgery warrants. Sometimes you’re lucky enough to get a helper, but most often you’re going solo. One of the trickiest thing focusing on the job at hand AND taking a moment to make sure the anesthesia is doing what its supposed to do. Too light the animal could wake up, and possibly die, too heavy and they stop breathing.

Many people are surprised that the Anesthesiologist is actually the doctor in the OR that has the highest malpractice insurance, because independent of the perils of the operation, the anesthetics administered can be deadly if not properly monitored. When I first read the title I wondered if it was a more honest mistake, like the doctor finished the procedure, and had a nurse or tech suture up the incision, when something went wrong. Nope, the damn doctor who was monitoring the patients drug levels and vitals WENT TO DAMN LUNCH!!

And this is in a nation with socialized healthcare.

Hey, but no guns! No “gun death”! Just look the other way please!

h/t Wallphone

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Morning Tunes: Mord Fustang

Here’s a good one to wake you up! For those who like dubstep, it has a bit of that. For those who hate dubstep, rememeber, this track is pure house music!

No matter what, that’s good!

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I Think You Missed the Point

Mike at ENDO found this bizarre video.

No, I’m not afraid of you because you’re wearing a hoodie. But if you’re on drugs, trespassing, and physically assaulting me, yeah that’s kinda scary!

Oh and if anybody shows up at my doorstep wearing just a hoodie as their “Costume” and expect candy, they might not be so happy. Maybe they’ll get an apple!

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Big Shake in Maine

Last light just after 7pm Maine had 4.0 Earthquake.

Talking with family, and of course Wally from York Arms which was right near the epicenter, and everybody is OK with no noticeable damage.

BTW a seismic event that collapses the big dig is one of my most-like SHTF scenarios!

Glad everybody is ok!

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“Gun Death” Maiming

From New York, are you surprised?

A man suspected of slashing a 25-year-old youth soccer coach to death and slicing off his ear last weekend on a New York City street fled to Mexico City on Tuesday, a law enforcement official said.

Orlando Orea, also known as Orlando Gutierrez or Orlando Estevas, bought a one-way ticket on an Aero Mexico flight with cash moments before it was scheduled to leave from Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday morning, according to the official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.

Detectives discovered Orea’s name at about 4:45 p.m. Tuesday and immediately placed him on a no-fly list, but he was already gone

So we have a knife death, and we have the joys of airport security! Good stuff! Still no, “Gun Death” so nothing to worry about!

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On Denny Henny

Bitter discovered that Dennis Henigan (Who my spellcheck thinks should be “Shenanigan” and the spellcheck is right!) under the cover of darkness has departed the Brady Campaign.

First I’ll note that the salad days of gun control are LONG gone. Back in the 90s gun control was a bi-partisan issue (hence why RINO Paul Helmke was president then) and it was a winner too! The NRA could only play defense, and the New Media was quick to parrot any anti-gun talking points, and donors would line up to help the cause.

It has since become not only a Democrat issue, but exclusively a “Progressive” issue, where moderate Democrats support the 2nd Amendment, and the most anti-rights Republicans attempt to portray themselves as hardcore gunnies. This is why Helmke was shown the door, as having an R after your name went from a asset to a hindrance, as the Republican donors vanished, and the remaining donors were the political types that saw ANYTHING with an R after their name as pure evil, even when it was the likes of Helmke.

Now gun control is a poison pill. Neither Presidential candidate (both of whom I categorize as “Gun Banners”) won’t discuss the issue, and when they do, they often speak of support of the Second Amendment. Their money is also drying up, as former donors find other places to put their money.

This means mercenaries like Helmke, Hennigan, and Hamm have simply abandoned the sinking ship. They hate freedom, and guns, for sure, but did their job simply for the money. Now the only supporters are the cult-like true believers who will read opposition reports and not see a single word, but support for gun control, no matter how outlandish or illogical.

This is good for freedom, as people this out-of-touch with reality have a VERY difficult time at recruiting new members to the fold.

Also worth noting is that Hennigan has joined Hamm at Tobacco-Free Kids. A quick look at that website shows its just a site for imposing putatively expensive labels on tobacco that are proven not to work, and educating people on what they already know, that smoking isn’t good for you.

Hell I was talking to my neighbor the other day, and I learned that he lost his mother when she was very young to emphysema…he was smoking a cigarette while he told me this. Let that sink in.

Really Hennigan and Hamm have left one loser dishonest group for another. Its in their nature I guess.

I can’t wait to write the Obituary for the Joyce Foundation and the Brady Campaign.

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Michelle Obama to Ban Motorcycles

OK not really, but given her nature, I MIGHT be right!

Authorities say two motorcycles have collided while escorting first lady Michelle Obama from a campaign stop in central Ohio, injuring a police officer and a state trooper….Mrs. Obama wasn’t hurt, and her motorcade continued on its route. She had campaigned at nearby Ohio Wesleyan University and was headed to Cleveland for another event.

Of course to continue the snark, I’d note that Michelle would still allow police to use bikes to protect her and other Democrats, but Jay G will have to just drive his truck!

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Don’t Fuck With Gurkhas

They will win ALWAYS!

Taitex Phlamachha, 38, was with his wife when he was attacked after withdrawing money from a cash machine in Maidstone on 7 October.

He managed to overcome his attacker and hold on until police arrived.

The black belt in karate and taekwondo only realised he had been stabbed when police used a metal detector on him….”The knife was coming towards my chest. I just blocked that knife with my right hand but unfortunately couldn’t manage to save my left arm,” he recalled.

“I saw the knife was broken somewhere but didn’t realise it was inside my arm.

“Then I noticed he [the attacker] was holding the handle of the knife which I took control of and threw away.”

He also managed to throw his mobile phone to his wife Asha so she could call 999.

But in the UK, you can’t carry a knife! BTW did you notice that the lawful Gurkha elected to leave his beloved kukri behind, but the Brit Criminal had a knife on him. Also from looks of the picture it was a cheap kitchen knife. This is anti-rights paradise.

Still:

“I am really lucky to survive,” he said.

I’m more thinking to the dumbshit who attempted to mug a Gurkha is lucky to be alive. Even unarmed them tiny dudes are made of 100% killing!

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Weaponized Dolphins

The Ukrainians have them.

Killer dolphins with knives and pistols attached to their heads. It might sound crazy, but that’s reportedly one element of the Ukrainian navy’s restarted marine mammal program.

The program reportedly includes training dolphins to search for mines and marking them with buoys. But Ukraine also plans to train the dolphins “to attack enemy combat swimmers using special knives or pistols fixed to their heads,” according to RIA Novosti. A source inside the Ukrainian navy told the agency that the exercises, which are being conducted at the state oceanarium in Sevastopol, are “counter-combat swimmer tasks in order to defend ships in port and on raids.”

Largely, using dolphins for military purposes is no secret. The U.S. Navy trains dolphins to hunt mines, and tests several dolphin-based systems designed to stop enemy divers from infiltrating harbors. The Soviet Union had a dolphin program of its own based at the Black Sea port of Sevastopol until the USSR cracked apart. The Soviet dolphin unit stayed in Sevastopol, but ownership was transferred to Ukraine, where it was kept afloat by switching to civilian tasks like working with disabled children, according to the agency.

I kinda wonder how much of this is like Reagan’s “Star Wars”, seems every military has a project of weaponized dolphins, but they never seem to come to light.

The knives and pistols are a new thing tho. That’s all kinds of bizarre!

h/t Mad Saint Jack who obviously thinks my reputation proceeds me by titling the email “No Means No!” LOL! 😀

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PJ TV on the FDA

I liked best the discussion about the pressures on the FDA for holding up or denying a life-saving drug.

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