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Wal-Mart Employee Killed In Black Friday Stampede
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In short what happened at WalMart ain't a comparable tragedy to what's going on elsewhere. What we got here is a species-wide problem.
Oh, and yes, I do need a drink.
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There is someone on Judge Mathias right now who said that she and her sister got into a FISTFIGHT over buying her son an XBox. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?
There is enough violence and hatred in the world without fighting over THINGS or getting to THINGS.
I'd like to buy the world a Valium.
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Bless you.
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Wednesday I bought coffee to make at home so I wouldn't be tempted to spend a penny on this most sacred of holidays. Buy nothing today!! If you're in New York, you can join the BND celebration at 3:00 in Union Square. [www.revbilly.com]
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Disgusting sums it up.
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This is a story from 2005. Wal-Mart has had plenty of warning for years that something like this could occur. Yet in a major metropolitan area they had no staff outside the door to deal with the crowd -- see the photos from the story.
They were willing to risk employees' and customers' safety because hiring a few extra people to handle the crowd would cut into their margins. These are decisions that should be made on the national level -- policies and procedures about how big crowds should be handled. It hasn't happened, because everyone's focused on the people in the crowd, and not the people who are profiting from them.
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On February 2, 2008, a 50-year-old man was bird hunting in Upstate New York with his buddies and his faithful canine companion. They stopped for a smoke, and his dog found a deer leg bone!
The man tried to take the bone away, but like any right thinking dog, the animal would not relinquish its treasure. He stayed just out of reach. Frustrated with this blatant show of disobedience, the man grabbed his loaded shotgun by the muzzle and began wielding it like a club. Each time he swung it, the dog dodged.
Suddenly the "club" struck the ground and fired, shooting the man in the abdomen. He was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where he died from his injuries. He did remain conscious long enough to confirm this account to police; otherwise, his poor friends might now be under suspicion!
At least he didn't hit the dog.
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On February 21, 2004, a second-year engineering student at Carleton University, in Ottowa, was celebrating his 20th birthday with friends in his 11th-floor apartment when they embarked on a spitting contest. His two friends had already made their marks. Ameer thought he could use his engineering skills to improve his performance. A quick mental calculation of trajectory, projectile velocity, and wind speed indicated that winning required more than a simple "stand and spit" technique. Ameer took a running start, flew over the balcony railing, and plunged to his death.
"It was purely accidental," said Ottawa police, "momentum carried him beyond." The building's security guard heard the thud. "He was one of the smartest guys I ever met in my life," the guard said. "He had a maturity beyond his age."
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