Quebec MDs asking for Pay from Volunteer Work in Haiti
To the Quebec MDs in question - you are slimy bags of shit, and possibly illiterate.
The good people of Wikipedia have provided the Internets with a free (or VOLUNTEERED) definition of Volunteering for all to see.
Volunteering is the practice of people working on behalf of others or a particular cause without payment for their time and services.
More than 20 Good Samaritan Quebec MDs took on the challenges of the devastation in Haiti, later proving to be money-hungry shitbags.
Doctors are requesting reimbursements averaging $704 per day (charged to Quebec, no less), for their volunteer services in Haiti.
Quebec Health Minister Yves Bolduc, who has not made a decision in the matter thus far, stated, “We have to think about that because there are many consequences to the decision because you have many people who work in Haiti and they are volunteers and they are not paid. What does it mean for all these people?”
Basically, Bolduc seems to be saying (strictly imo), “You are selfish assholes and clearly think the world needs to bow down to you for being 0.0001% of the total relief effort and volunteerism in/for Haiti. Try thinking about others and the people you are there to HELP, and if that doesn’t work - get the fuck out.”
The group on the ‘other side’ that support this argument, made up entirely of the actual Quebec MDs, claim that if they were receiving their regular base pay of $704/day (poor bastards), that they “might” stay longer in Haiti and more doctors “might” follow suite and travel over to “volunteer” @ $704/day.
Auger thinks Burrows should consider the Olympic Diving Team
The Canucks’ Alex Burrows received a slap on the wrist and a $2500 fine for speaking out against NHL referee Stephane Auger.
Burrows claimed Auger skated next to him before the anthems to express his dismay over the December 8th incident that saw Nashville’s Jerred Smithson take a 5 minute major and a game misconduct for his hit on Burrows.
The league later revoked the misconduct, in a rarely seen move, claiming the video reply shows Burrows “selling” an injury. According to Burrows, Auger took exception to this and in their pre-game discussion, told him he would get him back making him look bad.
Auger did just that. Calling Burrows out in the third period for diving and then again for an (imo, total phantom) interference call, effectively costing Vancouver the game on a powerplay goal by Shea Weber.
No, I am not a green-laser-toting Canucks fan. I don’t give a shit about the team nor anyone on it. But I do like hockey – fair hockey. So in my unbiased opinion, the NHL is doing what the NHL always does; handing out retaliation penalties. The initial offender goes Scott-free, while Burrows gets in shit for pointing out the obvious (albeit through the media where he should have went to the coach or NHL execs first, but the obvious nonetheless).
From the video replay, Burrow’s story definitely fits the obvious and documented story he gave the media. A conversation clearly occurred, just as described, and those penalties were total horseshit. The glove fits.
However, from the NHL’s perspective, there is no hard evidence tying Auger to actually saying anything that Burrow’s claims he said. Yes, YouTubers everywhere are commenting balls out, saying that a conversation clearly did happen - agreed. However Auger could have been asking Burrows about his scoring streak, his French-Canadian upbringing, or his favorite color underwear. In a 110db arena during a pre-game skate, I doubt we’ll ever hear a clear audio recording of that conversation.
The NHL has no ground to stand on in suspending Auger, other than what could be an upset player’s word, moments after his penalty cost his team the game. Shit happens.
Footnote: No idea why SportsNet was so determined in getting multiple opinions from members of the Flames. Craig Conroy quoted, “Nobody likes a tattletale”, in regards to Burrows calling out Auger to the media. I’m sorry, Conroy, but I would much rather learn the truth of the matter from Burrows than listen to a (biased) 38 year old man call another man a “tattletale”.
Slovakia, what the fuck? Really? Any “test” has the probability, more so likelihood, to fail. That’s the point of running a test.
Slovakian officials admitted that a failed airport security test ended up with a Slovak man unknowingly carrying hidden explosives in his luggage on a flight to Dublin.
The unwitting passenger was identified by Irish police as Stefan Gonda, a 49-year-old Slovak electrician who lives in Ireland, and ought to be pissed off to the point he can’t even smell right.
While the Slovaks blamed the incident on “a silly and unprofessional mistake,” Irish officials, security experts, and anybody with a brain in their head, says it was foolish for them to hide ACTUAL BOMB PARTS in the luggage of innocent passengers under any circumstances.
What the hell has come over law enforcement to “test” security measures by using civilians? First, the BC RCMP dancing around residential backyards, shooting things that move. Now, Slovak authorities opening our luggage and stuffing explosives inside! If you want to try and get on a plane with a gun, bomb, or any of the like - do it your fucking self. Don’t plant shit on passengers!
Slovak officials said they attached two caches of explosives onto the outside of one man’s bag. The sniffer dog found one explosive, but the police officer in charge failed to remove the second, which was not detected by the dog.
That mistake allowed 85 grams of RDX plastic explosive to travel undetected through security at Poprad-Tatry Airport onto a Danube Wings aircraft.
After being informed by the Slovaks, Irish authorities shut down a major Dublin intersection Tuesday and evacuated people from several apartment buildings as Irish army experts examined the explosive. Gonda was detained at the airport for several hours before Irish police let him go without charge.
What kinds of Neanderthal minds are at work here? I’m no security expert, but for fuck sakes, use an undercover officer or informant! They make it through security undetected and get on board, test completed - epic fail on part of the airport security. Even if the douchebag pilot gets notified and still wants to take off, the officer can flash the badge and ground the plane.
IMO, the practice of planting anything on passengers (drugs, weapons, and certainly not fucking explosives) as a means of testing security, is utterly unacceptable - zero argument. Best case scenario, the passenger is detained at the airport for hours on end until authorities pull their heads from their asses and sort out the matter. Worst case scenario, any type of mix up (or a flight to Vancouver…) could have resulted in God knows what for the passenger.
After losing the annual New Year’s Eve game to the Calgary Flames, the Edmonton Oilers dropped the gloves with the staff of Osteria de Medici, an upscale Calgary restaurant.
After a group of almost 50 people racked up a bill of $14,234.06 before tip (16.796.19 after an automatic 18% gratuity), they demanded a break on the bill, according to manager Maurizio Terrigno. Staff members even claim some of the players became threatening during the dispute.
Reports show that half of the Oiler’s tab was on alcohol, ranging from shots of tequila to expensive wines and champagne (they lost, right?).
The Edmonton Oilers Bill at Osteria De Medici
Restaurant staff claims that only after the fact of calling in the tab did the group request bottle-service prices. (Keep in mind that any restaurant owners who want to provide bottle service must apply for a permit through the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission. Although an upscale restaurant, without evidence of Osteria de Medici having this permit, it may have been part of this issue.)
Reading many online reports, many people have stepped forward with their two cents from both sides of the table:
Wayne Leong, owner of Melrose Cafe and Bar in Southwest Calgary said, “Out of the blue I don’t believe you can say, ‘Can I have bottle service?’” He continued, “I think that if they were to negotiate it at the beginning … but not after, whether they were a regular customer or celebrity.”
Oilers spokesman Allan Watt (although biased from being directly connected to the dispute) stated the bill was “outrageous” and had earlier said the players had a pre-arranged menu on the evening in question. However, Watt has little ground to stand on for some areas of their dispute. He also said the restaurant tried to charge for an imported bottle of expensive brandy after one of the players took a swig from it. Ok, somebody drank directly from the bottle, and are all pissed they’re being charged for the whole bottle? My firm understanding of the Health Code is that the restaurant can no longer serve that bottle to anybody else now that a player was drinking from the bottle. But the all-too-common sense of entitlement and arrogance that comes with being a high-rolling NHL player - such as drinking from the bottle of what was a $200 imported brandy - then crying about being charged for it because you’re an NHLer, makes you a bag of shit.
But alas, there are unbiased opinions floating around the Internet claiming the players have been treated unfairly and accused the eatery’s management of trying to gain publicity by going public with the allegations.
On the Oilers’ team message board, user “Hillcat” stated, “This guy sounds more like a hardcore Flames [fan] just looking for an easy way to give the Oilers a black eye”
IMO, the Oilers should have better managed their evening’s events beforehand to avoid this mishap after the fact. Discover the facts about the restaurant’s bottle service existence/rules and sort it out ahead of time.
From the restaurants perspective, going public with a report did nothing positive for their business. If anything, they lost some seriously paid customers - the entire Oilers organization, plus players and friends, and by going public, any loyal fans as well.
One thing for sure, as someone who doesn’t give a shit about the team nor the restaurant, I’m no more enticed to go there now than I was before all this went down.
The Edmonton Oilers Bill at Osteria De Medici
The general opinion however, is not one of sympathy for the Oilers. Most people side with the fact that the Oilers and players are very well-paid athletes and shouldn’t be disputing a tab for the team’s night out. The team’s eventual bill was trimmed to $12,381 by restaurant management - almost one-third less.
On the same team message board, username “Lilfrnz” suggested that perhaps the players should have chosen another restaurant if they didn’t want to pay a hefty bill, or the large tip that went with it.
“It was a group of nearly 50 people who refused to pay 33 per cent of their bill. If anything, it sounds like they objected to the 18 per cent (automatic gratuity) which means they shouldn’t have gone to the restaurant.”
Regardless of opinion, the bottom line is that ANY player on the Oilers’ roster (let alone the organization itself), could have paid that bill in full, without question, and not even missed the money. This season’s combined salary for the Oilers roster is a staggering $56.8 million. If it was perfectly split among all 26 players, I’m accurate in stating that the “average” Oilers’ player annual salary is nearly $2.2M, or $42,011 a week - A WEEK!!! Now put all of them together and watch them go “ballistic” (as restaurant manager Terrigno stated) over a <$17,000 bill. Give me a break.
Tiger Woods is still paying the ultimate price for his inability to keep it in his pants. Joining the long list of sponsors to shit in Tiger’s mouth, today AT&T are the latest to jump on the train.
The AT&T logo was on Tiger’s golf bag and Tiger has been the host of the AT&T National PGA Tour since inception in 2007.
AT&T aren’t commenting as to “official reasons” for dropping Woods, and the sponsorship amount has not yet been disclosed.
Despite Tiger’s 2009 “Player of the Year” and recent “Athlete of the Decade” status, his sponsors continue to drop like dominoes. Gatorade made an announcement nearly immediately following Tiger’s statement regarding his “transgressions”, yet claim the decision was made the day before (= bullshit). Shortly thereafter, Gillette announced that Tiger would be “phased out” of their television and print advertisements, followed by Accenture’s statement that Tiger was “no longer the right representative”.
From a fan’s perspective, it is unfortunate that his personal life has carried over into his professional career the way it has. Personally, I am sickened to read comment after comment about how Tiger was “undeserving” of his Player of the Year award and similar accolades.
Tiger has done more for the game of golf than anybody else in our generation has, or will. Tiger holds nearly every record to be held, and without going into too much detail (Google his achievements for specifics), I firmly believe that his marriage, relationship(s), sexual orientation, religion and any other beliefs have ZERO relevance to his achievements as a golfer and his advocacy for the PGA.
The media is solely to blame for this story getting as out of hand as it has gotten, as golf’s golden boy had previously held an unblemished reputation. Tiger has been blasted on television and radio shows, and has been plastered all over the Internet, being ripped to pieces for an entire month. Let it die.
I predict a 6-12 month window before some company steps up to the plate for the insane amount of free PR that will come their way for being the first to sign Tiger to a new contract since his fall from the top.
Happy Birthday to Tiger who turned 34 on Wednesday. Bet the wife got him something nice.
For reasons unknown, neither of the 3 eligible defensemen from the Calgary Flames made the cut for the Canadian Olympic Team. In a surprising move, veterans like Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis, and the league-leading defenseman, Mike Green were left short of the cut.
In their place, Team Canada is seeing Brent Seabrook, Duncan Keith and Jonathan Toews step up to the plate, in what looks to be selections based on last year’s impressive playoff run by Chicago.
“We feel we have a team that will make Canadians proud,” Team Canada executive director Steve Yzerman said at news conference for the team’s unveiling.
IMO, Olympic picks are based more so on playoff runs, tournament play, and Olympic experience in the past, versus impressive numbers in the first few months of the 2009-10 season (Mike Green, Steve Stamkos) - which is debatable - but Team Canada execs aim for the tried, tested and true players.
This holds true for Scott Niedermayer, as he was given the honor of the C. In Niedermayer’s phone interview after being named Captain, he was asked what the difference is in being Captain for an NHL club versus an Olympic team. His quick reply was “It’s a short tournament.” Stating that you have less time to learn your lines, adjust to your teammates, and turn things around (if need be), versus being an NHL Captain where you have the full 82-game season and an equal number of practices.
One way or another - no lineup is going to please everybody - and out of the 30 prospected players for the 23-man roster, you couldn’t have really gone wrong. Names in a hat, draw out 23 and you’d still have an elite team worthy of the Olympics. Now matching up the lines will be an interesting coaching move for discussion very soon.
Team Canada 2010 Olympic Roster
Goalies
Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils
Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins
Roberto Luongo, Vancouver Canucks
Defensemen
Dan Boyle, San Jose Sharks
Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings
Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks
Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim Ducks (C)
Chris Pronger, Philadelphia Flyers (A)
Brent Seabrook, Chicago Blackhawks
Shea Weber, Nashville Predators
Forwards
Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins
Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins (A)
Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks
Dany Heatley, San Jose Sharks
Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames (A)
Patrick Marleau, San Jose Sharks
Brenden Morrow, Dallas Stars
Rick Nash, Columbus Blue Jackets
Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks
Mike Richards, Philadelphia Flyers
Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes
Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks
Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks
The Ed Block Courage Award: Every year, each of the 32 teams in the National Football League (NFL) vote for one member of their team who, in the “eyes of his fellow teammates, is a source of inspiration and courage.”
The award, named after a longtime Baltimore Colts trainer and humanitarian, seeks to honor players who “exemplify commitments to the principles of sportsmanship and courage.”
A SINCERE congratulations goes out to Mike Vick for exemplifying the courage he has demonstrated throughout such an illustrious and decorated career.
One year ago today, Vick was preparing to ring in the New Year behind the bars of a federal prison.
Upon his July 20th, 2009, release from prison, Vick dug real deep, and somehow found the courage within that is required in order to accept a $6.6M contract to play for the Philadelphia Eagles that will see him through to the 2010 season.
Such demonstrated courage is only possible by a man who has multiple drug violations, theft investigations, sexual offenses, and a laundry list of citations, fines and violations on his record from the NFL itself.
Pictured below is Vick demonstrating the courage it takes to walk off the field flipping off the thousands of fans booing him.
Most recently, Mike Vick fell victim to a horrible story tying him to playing the lead role in a dog fighting ring. Sure, you can prove anything with “facts” or “statistics”… 92% of all people know that - but what about him as a “source of inspiration” for assholes and hillbillies the world over?
The fact of the matter is this: The Ed Block Award Committee has proven themselves to be fucking morons for accepting Vick as a nominee, let alone winner.
On Thursday’s edition of The Dan Patrick Show, former Bucs and Colts coach (and Vick mentor) Tony Dungy defended the decision.
“The Ed Block Award is probably the most prestigious award in terms of the players because they vote on it themselves, and it’s not necessarily for things that happen on the field,” Dungy said. “There are things that players know that each other are going through that maybe the public doesn’t know, and to be voted on unanimously I think that says a lot.”
Well that’s terrific, Tony. The sheer fact that Vick took down this ridiculous award unanimously means Vick voted for himself. Courage!
Vick, convicted for his heinous and vicious crimes only 2 years ago, accepted the award with the expected grace and humble prestige we have come to expect:
“I’ve had to overcome a lot, more than probably one single individual can bear,” Vick said. “Take a look at what I’ve been through. You ask certain people to walk in my shoes, they probably couldn’t do it.”
Translation: “I’m a millionaire asshole who just got caught. I served my slap-on-the-wrist sentence and now I’m back to my millionaire lifestyle because I’m better than you are.”
A $6.6M contract and now an award. This award originated to promote the prevention of child abuse by raising awareness… but apparently we’ll raise awareness for the prevention of child abuse by promoting our generations kingpin of animal abuse. Courage my asshole.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab; and no, I’m not mashing keys together. That is the name of the wet, flapping douchebag pictured here. Say hi.
This slimy sack of shit tried to detonate an explosive device that he literally hid in his underwear, and only for the vigilance of other passengers was he unsuccessful.
Media reports, quoting federal investigators, say that the bomb packet contained 80 grams of the explosive chemical PETN, sewn into the briefs of Abdulmutallab. His attempted detonator? A syringe filled with acid. A combination of the two could have been powerful enough to blow a hole straight through the side of the plane, sealing the fate of every person on board.
Face facts. People are stupid. Religion and “beliefs” will continue to be a plaguing factor well into the lives of our grandchildren’s children. However, my sincerest hope is that common sense will prevail at some point and people will can the “political correctness” bullshit and give us a fucking break. Stereotypes perpetuate because, in a nutshell, they’re usually true, again and again. That’s how they became “stereotypes”…
In my lifetime, I have seen with my own two eyes, a senior citizen (who I estimate was LATE into his 80s) pulled aside due to being in a wheelchair and searched by airport authorities like a pack of wolves looking for meat. I get that the chair needs to be checked out, but they really went to town on this guy. He’s like 87 years old, can’t walk, and poses zero threat to anybody - as he would undoubtedly consider himself lucky to still have a heartbeat by the time the plane landed.
While security are examining the shit out of people like poor old Mr. Magoo, fucking Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab…uhlasdojfbagofshit goes through without question, and trots on the plane with a crotch full of explosives. Here is a guy with a name longer than the goddamn interstate, traveling alone, and to top it all off, without a motherfucking passport! (Seriously.)
At the risk of sounding like a SlapChop commercial, that’s not all, there’s more! A quote from a recent release [with editor brackets cleverly placed where subtle clarification is necessary]:
“CIA and [fucking useless] U.S. officials had [zero] intelligence before Christmas that [the always entertaining] al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen were talking about a [dumb shit] Nigerian being prepared for an attack [by blowing up his kibbles on a plane], according to reports.”
Super. So this guy fit EVERY imaginable profile, did not have a passport, traveling alone and was even on the CIA and US officials “watch list” (ie: “do-not-put-on-a-fucking-airplane” list), and Abdulmutallab STILL made it onto a plane - due to the risk of racial profiling by airport officials, no doubt. Right? I mean, why scan a single, young, colored, male, Nigerian, muslim, flying alone, without a passport… when you could be searching Mr. Magoo’s colonoscopy bag for clues?
The CIA/FBI need to follow up with the Amsterdam airport authority and the officials who let this shitsack through, as nobody can be that stupid unintentionally and it is more than likely an inside job. *Hint fuckity hint*
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If you respectfully disagree with anything mentioned above, please note that Abdulmutallab is being held in a federal prison in Michigan and is suffering from severe pecker burns in the bombing attempt. I will happily FedEx you some cortisone cream and help try to arrange an appointment for you to clarify any issues directly with Umar.
A quote was taken from an online posting of Abdulmutallab, reading: “I have no one to speak too, no one to consult, no one to support me and I feel depressed and lonely. I do not know what to do. And then I think this loneliness leads me to other problems.”
Once again, our boys in blue have demonstrated how we live in an era where judgment is not a requirement of being a law enforcement officer. Unannounced training in a residential area has today resulted in a pitbull attacking a police dog, and BC’s finest shooting the family dog dead on sight.
Reports confirm the officers did not attempt non-lethal force, such as pepper spray or hell, even a taser, to get the dogs to stop fighting. Instead, a 9mm bullet went into the head of the Gorcak’s family dog of 6 years.
“Training” is a word which brings about a myriad of questions begging to be asked. The foremost being, “Does RCMP training not kick in during a crisis situation and SCREAM in the ears of officers to use a baton, pepper spray, or ANY other method of breaking the dogs apart before lethal force?” Answer: No.
The dog, doing what anyone would expect it to do, fending its territory to unannounced visitors (and do not comment saying it was “next door” - does a goddamn dog have reason of what constitutes their own families legal property line? no - so fuck off), was not on a leash at the time. This method brought about 6 years gone by without issue, however the RCMP statement addressing the issue? Beautiful.
“Dog owners must ensure that their dogs are not running loose and must have their dogs under control at all times,” RCMP spokesman Sgt. Peter Thiessen said Wednesday.
Well Peter, how about armed officers and police dogs trouncing around RESIDENTIAL areas, scaring the shit out of people and pets alike? Should police not “ensure” that their units are not running loose and have their officers under control at all times?
This coming from the same force who “justified” killing Robert Dziekanski for a wielding a stapler in the air. A stapler! Four trained, fully grown hairy-ass men, were unable to institute any kind of unarmed take down and literally tased Dziekanski to death on the terminal floor.
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