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    3 hours ago, Phil1111 said:

    A friend was describing the regulations for dentistry. Both patient and dentist in FULL protective gear and all procedures in a small completely sealed enclosure that is fully cleaned after each procedure. If the dentist needs an assistant they are in complete protective gear. Including foot baggies, pants upper jackets, gloves face shields, masks(except patient) and hoods.

    Where did those regulations come from? I went to the dentist last week...waiting room was quite spread out & chairs were cleaned as soon as a person stood up. But aside from temp check, hand sanitizer, & mask (when I wasn't in the chair) everything was as normal. Nothing of what you described happened.

  3. On the Grand Jury thing...yeah, they're useless. As Sol Wachtler, former chief judge of the NY State Court of Appeals, said in 1985, "District attorneys now have so much influence on grand juries that, by & large, they could get them to indict a ham sandwich."

    As for jury selection, here is a series of videos showing the jury selection process in an open carry trial. The defendant was open carrying a rifle in WA, where open carry is legal, yet ended up being detained at gunpoint & arrested for unlawful handling or display of a weapon.

    Judge's questions to the jurors, 15min - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8FRBzHHzhA
    Prosecution's questions, 21min - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5666orF71nc
    Defense's questions, 23min - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Uhi36Psmo
    Jury selected, Judge's brief, 12min - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWKeRSKx5iE
    Conflict of Interest, Juror dismissed, 6min - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNxsUzRd1J0

  4. 14 hours ago, gowlerk said:

    Not really related, but I don't want to start too many threads. I came across this story about an FL woman who took her husband's killing machines and turned them into the police. While he was sitting in jail with an order not to possess guns. They charged her with stealing them. Unfuckinbelievable.

    It's not like she just went home & got them out their bedroom closet. They were estranged & lived separately. She went to his apartment, searched for them, & took them.

  5. NH keeps trying to get more people aware of jury nullification. Multiple bills have been introduced over the years requiring judges to tell juries about the option. Most recently in 2016, a bill passed the NH House (170-160) that would require judges to say "Even if you find that the state has proved all of the elements of the offense charged beyond a reasonable doubt, you may still find that based upon the facts of this case a guilty verdict will yield an unjust result, and you may find the defendant not guilty." Unfortunately, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected it (5-0) so never made it to discussion there.

  7. I have tarantulas. They're really easy to care for...keep the water filled, throw in a cricket or two every week or so. Beyond that...they don't need to go for walks, no litterboxes or piles outside, they don't bark/meow. Granted, there's no training of them.

  9. tylerdurden1

    Step 2: you have the option to refuse the field sobriety and breathalyzer test and insist on a blood test. In Texas, if you refuse, your driver's license will automatically be suspended for 6 months. This refusal forces a blood test. If the officer can get a warrant (depends on availability of magistrate), you must submit to the blood test which is very accurate and takes weeks to return. The warrants tend to be harder to get in rural counties.



    This is what I was talking about. Texas law requires you to already be under arrest before implied consent takes effect. If you are simply stopped for suspicion you do not have to take the test. Here's the law...

    https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.724.htm

    The very first sentence..."Sec. 724.011. CONSENT TO TAKING OF SPECIMEN. (a) If a person is arrested for an offense arising out of acts alleged to have been committed while the person was operating a motor vehicle in a public place, or a watercraft, while intoxicated, or an offense under Section 106.041, Alcoholic Beverage Code, the person is deemed to have consented, subject to this chapter, to submit to the taking of one or more specimens of the person's breath or blood for analysis to determine the alcohol concentration or the presence in the person's body of a controlled substance, drug, dangerous drug, or other substance."

    So until you're arrested, you can refuse all day long without penalty. Now, I'm not a lawyer but these guys are & they all say you have to already be under arrest before you're required to take a test...

    https://www.ramosdelcueto.com/understanding-the-implied-consent-law-in-texas/
    https://www.wilderdwidefense.com/what-is-the-dwi-implied-consent-law-in-texas/
    http://www.barrettcrimelaw.com/Blog/2016/July/Understanding-Implied-Consent-in-Texas.aspx

  10. Westerly

    Yea you can refuse a test, but in some states refusing the test is an automatic revocation of your drivers license. It's burred in the terms and conditions when you receive your license. When I got my drivers license I remember signing a document that says I agree to any police issued field sobriety tests and that if I refuse I agree to a revocation of my license for not less than one year.



    That's not true, there are two types of tests...preliminary & evidentiary. Preliminary tests are given on the side of the road (FST, handheld Breath-A-Lyzer, etc.), evidentiary tests are given back at the station (either officially calibrated breath test or blood test). SCOTUS has ruled that preliminary tests are unconstitutional as they are a warrentless search & cannot be mandatory as a condition of getting a license. Only an evidentiary breath test after a valid arrest can be required because at that point it becomes a search incident to arrest which doesn't require a warrant.

    Most state laws have been updated to reflect this. VA law, for example, specifically states, "Any person who has been stopped by a police officer of the Commonwealth, or of any county, city or town, or by any member of a sheriff's department and is suspected by such officer to be guilty of an offense listed in subsection A, shall have the right to refuse to permit his breath to be so analyzed." Now, your state may still have an old, unconstitutional law on the books but unconstitutional laws are unenforceable.

  12. skycop

    Some states have funky rules regarding implied consent and exigent circumstances, IMHO this wasn't an exigent circumstance. If there were any questions regarding the truck driver being impaired, they could be answered later.
    I'm glad I don't work in a state that can compel or even force a blood draw for traffic related charges, I wouldn't do it.



    Actually, no state can compel warrantless blood draws without exigent circumstances. SCOTUS ruled in June 2016 (Birchfield vs North Dakota) on the specific issue of implied consent laws & warrantless blood draws and decided that, while warrantless breath tests are legal, blood draws always require a warrant reqardless of what the implied consent law says.


    https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/15pdf/14-1468_8n59.pdf

  13. You need a nice, vertical front post to sight on when aiming so that part has to be flat. Plus since it's designed to be worn/drawn from a nice, smooth leather holster there's nothing to catch while drawing & the curve on the front helps guide it back into the holster without catching on the lip.

  14. As of a Supreme Court case in 1976, the FCC is only allowed to monitor for indecent or profane content from 0600-2200 when there is a reasonable risk that children may be in the audience. Since Oliver's show airs at 2300, he only has to worry about his network & advertisers.

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    A properly trained service animal will not behave in that manner.



    That's they key right there...emotional support animals are not service animals. Service animals require training to perform a specific task for their their owners. Emotional support animals simply keep someone company.

  16. Here's an interesting take on this issue for people who think bathrooms should be used by birth certificate sex...

    This is a guy named Shawn Stinson. He is a professional bodybuilder who was born a woman & has transitioned to man. However, since his birth certificate says he was born a woman that's the bathroom he'll be required to use.

  18. oldwomanc6

    I think the idea of a parachute last resort for a plane is great (and I'm not a pilot), but I wonder how often it is prematurely, used, much like a crutch?

    That said, holy crap, that landing looked spine-crunching!



    According to Wikipedia, the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System has had 74 intended activations with 60 successful deployments & 14 deployments caused by the ground impact or post-impact fires. How many, if any, were premature is not listed.

    But, it's Wikipedia, so you pays your money, you takes your chances.

  20. Stumpy

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    Audible.com type MP3 - HD - Terry Goodkind - The Third Kingdom



    Worth a listen?

    The initial series (11 books) are by far the best books I've ever read, I can't recommend them enough.

    The 4 that follow are ok, they're worth a read but aren't anywhere near the quality of the originals. If they were movies, they'd be sequels to get a paycheck instead of sequels to finish the story.

  21. turtlespeed

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    For instance, did you know women in florida are not allowed to skydive on Sunday?



    For instance, did you know that is an urban myth?



    BBBZZZZZZZZZT
    Incorrect, try again.

    If you go to the Online Sunshine site (Official Site of the FL Legislature) & do some searching you will find the facts.

    Neither "skydive" nor "skydiving" are found anywhere in any FL statute, the word "parachute" only appears in reference to two definitions of what is an aircraft (powered or unpowered vehicle that flies but is not a parachute), & the word "parachutes" only appears in one definition dealing with airport zoning (including repair, packing, & maintenance of parachutes).

    There is no law saying an unmarried woman can't skydive on Sundays.