Hey,
I don’t know what to say this morning. It’s been raining steady for a couple of days, and California needs it bad, but I live at a very scary sea-level. If it’s high tide when the rains come, the streets won’t drain and we are forced to wait for the tide to recede.
I’m going to dive right into the news. I’m confused. I had a date last night for the first time in a year. She was very courteous and kind, but over the last week, between several friends, and my own experiences, some half-dozen or so women lied to us, or let us down.
We have a couple of women on the staff who are highly trustworthy, but I’m sorta gun shy at this old age. So I better get to the news, before the hunt begins for true love once more.
THE BIKERNET SAVE FREEDOM FOUNDATION—From The Washington Post
The Arctic Ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places the seals are finding the water too hot, according to a report to the Commerce Department yesterday from Consulafft, at Bergen, Norway
Reports from fishermen, seal hunters, and explorers all point to a radical change in climate conditions and hitherto unheard-of temperatures in the Arctic zone. Exploration expeditions report that scarcely any ice has been met as far north as 81 degrees 29 minutes.
Soundings to a depth of 3,100 meters showed the gulf stream still very warm. Great masses of ice have been replaced by moraines of earth and stones, the report continued, while at many points well known glaciers have entirely disappeared.
Very few seals and no white fish are found in the eastern Arctic, while vast shoals of herring and smelts which have never before ventured so far north, are being encountered in the old seal fishing grounds.Within a few years it is predicted that due to the ice melt the sea will rise and make most coastal cities uninhabitable.
* * * * * * * * *
I apologize, I neglected to mention that this report was from November 2, 1922, as reported by the AP and published in The Washington Post – 90+ years ago.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/science/globalwarming1922.asp
–from Joe Teresi
Publisher
Easyriders Magazine
D&D DEALER PROGRAM CONTINUES TO EXPAND—Here’s a new batch of dealers. If you want performance exhaust, find a dealer near you, or slip over to our web site for a complete listing.
31) Avalance Performance 110-1456 Fairview Rd Penticton, BC, Canada V2A6A2 250-492-9100
32) Death Row Motorcycles LLC 327 North Hunter Hwy Drum, PA 18222 570-788-1660
33) Titan Cycle Customs 15219 Stuebner Airline Rd # 3 Houston, TX 77069 281-895-8760
34) Harley Davidson Honda of Salina 2200 N. Ohio St Salina, KS 67401 785-823-3767
35) U-Ride Srl Via Anastasio II, 34 Rome, Italy, 00165 011-39-0639388650
36) Cycle Stop USA 2303 JL Redman Pky #9 Plant City, FL 33563 813-754-2959
37) Carolina Coast Harley Davidson 6620 Market St Wilmington, NC 28405 910-791-9997
38) Fredericksburg Motor Sports 430 Kings Hwy Fred, VA 22405 540-899-9100
39) Motorcycle Center 46 2nd St New Rochelle, NY 10801 914-632-1079
40) Thunder Mountain Harley Davidson 4250 Byrd Dr Loveland, CO 80538 970-292-0400
41) JoJo’s Cycles 7351 N. General Bruce Dr Ste # 1 Temple, TX 76501 254-771-4242
42 Knuckleheadz Kustomz Inc 5306 High St Morehead City, NC 28557 252-247-4700
43) Mile High Harley Davidson 16565 E. 33rd Dr. Aurora, CO 80011 303-343-3300
44) Laverne Auto Center 2171 Third St Laverne, CA 91750 909-593-1214
45) Motorhedz LLC 6613 John Harden Dr Cabot, AR 72032 501-982-1790
46) TT Motorcycles 402 E. Main St Blooming Prairie, MN 55917 507-583-6604
47) Chester’s Fort Lauderdale Harley Davidson 201 International Parkway Sunrise, FL 33325 954-414-4135
48) Coryell County V-Twin 4304 S. Hwy 36 Gatesville, TX 76528 254-404-8946
49) Jake’s Custom Cycles 7117 Kilty Ave West Hills, CA 91307 818-518-4172
50) Badger Harley Davidson 6200 Millpond Rd Madison, WI 53718 608-221-2761
51) Busted Knuckles Motorcycles, LLC 156 NJ Scott Ave New Bern, NC 28560 252-745-1001
52) Action Cycles 2605 Delta Dr Colorado Springs, CO 80910 719-390-7337
53) Serious about Sound LLC 2096 Route 212 Coopersburg, PA 18036 610-346-9333
54) Larry’s Sport Center Inc 1913 US Route 6 W Galeton, PA 16922 814-435-6548
55) Indian Triumph Motorcycle of The Twin Cities 2967 Hudson Rd St. Paul, MN 55128 651-765-9988
56) Swifty’s Motorcycle 8327 Camp Bowie Blvd Ft. Worth, TX 76116 817-560-7223
57) M & C Cycle 133 E. Huron Ave Bad Axe, MI 48413 989-269-7141
58) Maximum Motorcycle 7212 Holly Lane Colleyville, TX 76034 682-552-2898
59) Hug-it Machine Werks Inc 809 E. St Paul St Litchfield, MN 55355 320-593-1630
60) Steel Knuckle Customs 3020 SW 14th St Boynton Beach, FL 33426 561-336-2284
–Jennifer
D & D Performance Ent
And as always RIDE SAFE &
LOUD PIPES SAVE LIVES
817-834-8961
Fx: 817-831-4260
BAD JOKE LIBRARY EVEN OPEN ON SUNDAYS– The wife’s back on the warpath again. She was up for making a sex movie last night, and all I did was suggest we should hold auditions for her part….
My sister-in-law sat on my glasses and broke them. It was my own fault. I should have taken them off!!!
I spent a couple of hours defrosting the fridge last
night, or “foreplay” as she likes to call it…
After both suffering from depression for a while, me and the wife were going to commit suicide yesterday. But strangely enough, once she killed herself, I started to feel a lot better.
So I thought, “Screw it, soldier on!”
I woke up this morning at 8, and could sense something was wrong. I got downstairs and found the wife face down on the kitchen floor, not breathing! I panicked. I didn’t know what to do. Then I remembered McDonald’s serves breakfast until 11:00….
A Catholic boy in confession says, “Bless me Father, I have sinned, I masturbated while thinking about my sister.”
“That’s a disgrace,” said the priest, “especially when you have two gorgeous brothers.”
I’ve just installed strobe lights in the bedroom. It
makes the wife look like she’s moving during sex
–from Jim Waggaman
BIKERNET TRAFFIC ALERT–POTHOLES CAN PUT A DENT IN YOUR POCKETBOOK OR WALLET–
How to Avoid Dips and Damage in Your Daily Drive
–As the snow and ice melt, potholes are popping up in the pavement faster than the early spring flowers. After one of the worst winters on record, potholes have become an epidemic in many cities around the country, causing drivers to dodge traffic while avoiding them or risk vehicle damage when they hit them.
CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts, which repairs thousands of vehicles from pothole-related incidents each spring, offers the following tips on avoiding potholes and repairing the pothole damage.
Drive Defensively to Avoid Damage
Leave enough distance between you and the vehicle in front of you — this allows you to see the oncoming pothole before striking it
Be aware of other traffic or pedestrians on the roads before swerving to avoid a pothole
Lower your speed on pothole filled roads. More damage can be incurred to a vehicle striking potholes at higher speeds, including compromised handling of the vehicle
Don’t apply the brakes when driving over a pothole. This tilts the vehicle forward and places the amount of stress on the front suspension, which is the first part of the vehicle to strike the pothole
Don’t Let Pothole Damage Go – Get It Checked Out
After you hit a pothole, pay attention to any vibration, handling issues or unusual noises
The most common damage is a bent rim or hubcap, missing wheel weights and a tire out of round, which can be inspected and replaced by a body shop or tire specialist.
Damage to the front or rear suspension or struts can impact handling and safety – this requires immediate attention from a body shop.
Check fenders and wheel wells for body damage – particularly on vehicles with low clearance – and get these repaired before rust sets in
Evaluate Your Claim for Insurance
A pothole damage claim is a single car accident, which is filed as an at-fault accident and a collision by insurance carriers, so consider your damage estimate and deductible before you file a claim
Investigate if the local department of transportation pays for pothole damage – find out who owns the road, then check out the policy of that managing agency.
Take photos of the pothole and the resulting damage – immediately after it happens.
Note the date and time of the accident, and also note how long the pothole has been there if it is a road you travel frequently.
Get a repair estimate from a respected, certified body shop to submit with your claim.
“Potholes may seem like a minor nuisance, until you hit one and have major damage,” said Dean Fisher, vice president of operations for CARSTAR.
“With some defensive driving – and a quick response to repair any damage – you’ll be able to protect you and your vehicle on the road.”
About CARSTAR
CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts is North America’s largest Multi-Shop Operator Network of independently owned collision repair facilities with more than 440 locations in 31 states and 10 Canadian provinces. CARSTAR delivers national scale, consistently high-quality vehicle repairs, repeatable outcomes and the industry’s highest customer satisfaction ratings; all repairs are backed by a national warranty and service guarantee. For more information visit www.carstar.com.
–Deborah Robinson
President
Victory Management Group PR
312.505.4336
BIKERNET TUNING EXPERT TIP FOR SUNDAY–I believe they got the fuel mixture wrong here….
–Bob Clark
VOTING IS NOW LIVE FOR THE 2014 #INKNIRON PIN-UP PAGEANT-–
This has become one of the most anticipated Pin-Up Pageants in the country with entrants from as far away as Europe entering to be part of the fun. 18 girls will be part of the weekends festivities. During the months of March and April the public votes online for who they would like to see become the final 18 Pageant ladies.
WEEKEND GUN NUT REPORT–Anti-Gun Obama Nominee–Vivek Murthy–Clears First Hurdle in Confirmation for U.S. Surgeon General– This week, the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 13-9 to confirm President Obama’s anti-gun nominee–36-year-old Dr. Vivek Murthy–as United States Surgeon General, clearing the way for Murthy’s consideration by the full Senate.
NRA strongly opposes Murthy’s confirmation. In a letter to Senate leaders, NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox noted that the U.S. Surgeon General is charged with the important tasks of providing the American public with information to better inform decisions related to their health, and with directing much of the federal government’s public health efforts.
In order for these roles to be carried out effectively, the public must trust that the Surgeon General’s actions and recommendations are based on empirical and scientific evidence, rather than political or ideological motives.
Unfortunately, Murthy’s record of political activism in support of radical gun control measures raises significant concerns about the likelihood he would use the office of Surgeon General to further his preexisting campaign against gun ownership.
In 2008, Dr. Murthy co-founded the organization “Doctors for Obama” in order to support the presidential campaign of then-Senator Barack Obama and his plans for health care reform. A year later, the group changed its name to “Doctors for America.”
In his capacity as president of “Doctors for America,” Dr. Murthy has offered his support for a wide array of gun control policies that have been repeatedly rejected by the American people and their elected representatives.
A recent letter sent to Congress by “Doctors for America,” and signed by Dr. Murthy, urges mandatory licensing “for anyone purchasing guns and ammunition–including mandatory firearm safety training and testing.” Under Dr. Murthy’s scheme, further regulations would place “limits on the purchase of ammunition,” and establish a “mandatory waiting period of at least 48 hours.”
In the letter, Dr. Murthy also advocates for a “federal ban on the sale” of popular semi-automatic firearms and their ammunition, and proposes a “buyback” of these popular types of firearms to “reduce the number… that are currently in circulation.” Even some of the most ardent anti-gun researchers, along with the Department of Justice, have admitted the futility of gun “buyback” programs.
Another of Dr. Murthy’s proposals would strip vital privacy protections put in place to protect firearm owners and prevent the fracturing of physician-patient relationships. The letter, for example, calls for removing “the provision in the Affordable Care Act and other federal policies that prohibit physicians from documenting gun ownership.” While some advocates of the ACA had argued the provision prohibiting such documentation was unnecessary, given that the ACA had nothing to do with guns, Dr. Murthy obviously sees the ACA as playing a role in gun control.
And, in late 2012 and early 2013, Dr. Murthy took to his personal Twitter account to promote his gun control beliefs, including a statement on October 16, 2012, that “Guns are a health care issue.”
Under Dr. Murthy’s leadership, a 2013 Doctors for America petition urged Congress to “immediately” pass a ban on popular semi-automatic firearms and their magazines. Doctors for America also signed on in support of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s expansive “Assault Weapons Ban of 2013.”
The American people deserve a Surgeon General who will carry out the mission of the office unmotivated by political or ideological goals. Given Dr. Murthy’s lengthy history of hostility towards the right to keep and bear arms, along with his calls for the full weight of the federal government’s health apparatus to be used to target lawful gun ownership, there is strong reason to believe that he would use the influence of the Surgeon General’s office to promote gun control. Simply put, confirmation of Dr. Murthy is a prescription for disaster for America’s gun owners.
We now await Dr. Murthy’s confirmation vote in the full Senate. It is critically important that you contact your Senators and ask them to OPPOSE confirmation of President Obama’s radically anti-gun nominee–Dr. Vivek Murthy–for U.S. Surgeon General.
You can find contact information for your U.S. Senators by using the “Write Your Representatives” tool at www.NRAILA.org. You may also contact your Senators by phone at (202) 224-3121.
Again, please take action and contact your U.S. Senators today.
WE DON’T SELL BOOKS IN THE CANTINA, BUT WHAT THE HELL–British Custom Motorcycles: The Brit Chop – choppers, cruisers, bobbers & trikes.
By Uli Cloesen
Brit Chops? Bring it on!
Many books have been written about British bikes and their racing history, but no one has devoted an entire book solely to the British-only custom motorcycle, and its chopper, cruiser, bobber and trike scene … until now.
This book takes a look at some of the fantastic British motorcycle-based custom bikes around the globe. From the old to the new, it shows that when it comes to customising British bikes, things go much further than the simple chopped Triumph parallel twin. A celebration of all things ‘custom Brit,’ it is the only book devoted entirely to the British custom motorcycle, revealing the innovative, fresh approach to British-based custom bike building. Whether you’re a Brit-bike devotee, or a fan of the custom motorcycle scene in general, this book is for you.
25x25cm • 128 pages • 250 pictures
ISBN: 978-1-845846-21-3
£ 25.00 (for eBooks this varies and delivery is free)
Features
• The first all-out British-only customs bike book
• Celebrates the imagination of custom bike builders
• Stunning images of fantastic machines
• Includes Royal Enfield customs built in India
• Japanese-built custom British bikes
• All featured customs powered by British motorcycle engines
• Essential for Brit-bike fans, as well as lovers of custom bikes
• Examples from spend a little to spend a lot
• Fills a gap in motorcycle literature
• From an author involved in motorcycles for 35 years
BRAND New Bikernet Reader Comment!–Roger Chatelet (Ramjet)
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=1436
I was married to Roger back in the late seventies, early 80’s. I pretty much stayed in touch with him over the years. His mother, Marty, who is probably dead by now was the person who called me the day of his fatal bike accident.
May God rest his soul.
–Lydia Johnson
CA
[page break]
THIS JUST IN FROM SWEDEN–The biggest collector of Harley parts in Sweden discovered by the Sheriff.
–SHERIFFMEDIAGROUP SWEDEN
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
46-70 5678 666
BIKERNET UNIVERSITY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT DISCOVERS THE EPITOME OF NIRVANA– epitome ih-PIT-uh-mee, noun:
1. a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class: He is the epitome of goodness.
2. a condensed account, especially of a literary work; abstract.
He used to say, the school itself initiated him a great way (I remember that was his very expression); for great schools are little societies, where a boy of any observation may see in epitome what he will afterwards find in the world at large.
But far beyond all other creatures of the herd is the goat, the epitome of all that in an animal is worth living for; full of frolic when a baby, and knowing nothing but to jump off small eminences, and to cry mamma; conceited and pugnacious in youth; and in maturity solemn to a degree that is at times exasperating.
Epitome came to English in the 1500s from the Greek meaning “abridgment” or “surface incision.”
TROCK BARRELS PROJECT TEST BED—We are working with a Bikernet tech expert in Chicago on a possible story about a Trock cylinder installation. I like the notion of installing a set of trock cylinders on an Evo during a rebuild. Pablo also discovered a cool Shovelhead for sale.
“The ’76 Superflide with less than 16,000 original miles,” Pablo said. “Pipes suck need to be adiosed! I contacted my buddy in NYC. See what info
His biggest business seems to be from Twin Cam stuff. There are more Evo engines out there floating around.”
We reach out to T-man Performance to see if we could follow an engine build using their heads and Trock cylinders. We will report back.
–Wrench
RECENT NORMANDY TRIBUTE EFFORT–This is a beautiful tribute; 9,000 Fallen Soldiers Etched into the Sand on Normandy Beach to Commemorate Peace Day on September 25, 2013
British artists Jamie Wardley and Andy Moss accompanied by numerous volunteers, took to the beaches of Normandy with rakes and stencils in hand to etch 9,000 silhouettes representing fallen people into the sand.
Titled The Fallen 9000, the piece is meant as a stark visual reminder of the civillians, Germans and allied forces who died during the D-Day beach landings at Arromanches on June 6th, 1944 during WWII. The original team consisted of 60 volunteers, but as word spread nearly 500 additional local residents arrived to help with the temporary installation that lasted only a few hours before being washed away by the tide.
GUN NUT EVIDENCE–This is FASCINATING !!
WORLD MURDER STATISTICS
From the World Health Organization
The latest Murder Statistics for the world:
Murders per 100,000 citizens per year.
Honduras 91.6 (WOW!!)
El Salvador 69.2
Cote d’lvoire 56.9
Jamaica 52.2
Venezuela 45.1
Belize 41.4
US Virgin Islands 39.2
Guatemala 38.5
Saint Kitts and Nevis 38.2
Zambia 38.0
Uganda 36.3
Malawi 36.0
Lesotho 35.2
Trinidad and Tobago 35.2
Colombia 33..4
South Africa 31.8
Congo 30.8
Central African Republic 29.3
Bahamas 27.4
Puerto Rico 26.2
Saint Lucia 25.2
Dominican Republic 25.0
Tanzania 24..5
Sudan 24.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22.9
Ethiopia 22..5
Guinea 22.5
Dominica 22..1
Burundi 21.7
Democratic Republic of the Congo 21.7
Panama 21.6
Brazil 21.0
Equatorial Guinea 20.7
Guinea-Bissau 20.2
Kenya 20.1
Kyrgyzstan 20.1
Cameroon 19..7
Montserrat 19.7
Greenland 19.2
Angola 19.0
Guyana 18.6
Burkina Faso 18.0
Eritrea 17.8
Namibia 17.2
Rwanda 17.1
Mexico 16.9
Chad 15.8
Ghana 15.7
Ecuador 15.2
North Korea 15.2
Benin 15.1
Sierra Leone 14.9
Mauritania 14.7
Botswana 14..5
Zimbabwe 14..3
Gabon 13.8
Nicaragua 13.6
French Guiana 13.3
Papua New Guinea 13.0
Swaziland 12.9
Bermuda 12.3
Comoros 12.2
Nigeria 12.2
Cape Verde 11.6
Grenada 11.5
Paraguay 11..5
Barbados 11..3
Togo 10.9
Gambia 10.8
Peru 10.8
Myanmar 10.2
Russia 10.2
Liberia 10.1
Costa Rica 10.0
Nauru 9.8
Bolivia 8.9
Mozambique 8.8
Kazakhstan 8.8
Senegal 8.7
Turks and Caicos Islands 8.7
Mongolia 8.7
British Virgin Islands 8.6
Cayman Islands 8.4
Seychelles 8.3
Madagascar 8.1
Indonesia 8..1
Mali 8.0
Pakistan 7.8
Moldova 7.5
Kiribati 7.3
Guadeloupe 7.0
Haiti 6.9
Timor-Leste 6.9
Anguilla 6.8
Antigua and Barbuda 6.8
Lithuania 6..6
Uruguay 5.9
Philippines 5.4
Ukraine 5.2
Estonia 5.2
Cuba 5.0
Belarus 4.9
Thailand 4.8
Suriname 4.6
Laos 4.6
Georgia 4.3
Martinique 4.2
And ………………………………………
The United States 4.2 !!!!!!!!!!!!
ALL (109) of the countries above America have 100% gun bans.
It might be of interest to note that SWITZERLAND is not shown on this list because it has
NO MURDER OCCURRENCE!
However, SWITZERLAND’S law requires that EVERYONE:
1. Own a gun.
2. Maintain Marksman qualifications …. regularly .
Didja learn anything from this?
I think the message is – loud and clear – that gun bans and restrictions
DO NOT work!
–from Vern
SMOKING SECTION IN CANTINA EXPANDED TO ALLOW CANNIBIS CONSUMPTION–Iowa: Medical Marijuana Legislation Introduced
A 2010 statewide poll commissioned by the Des Moines Register found that 64% of Iowans support legalizing the medicinal use of marijuana.
Enter your zip code below to quickly and easily contact your elected officials in support of this legislation. NORML will keep you updated as these measures move forward.
BANDIT’S CANTINA BAD JOKE CORNER–A man and woman were celebrating 50 years together. Their three kids, all very successful, agreed to a Sunday dinner in their honor.
“Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad,” gushed son number one. ‘Sorry I’m running late. I had an emergency at the hospital with a patient, you know how it is, and I didn’t have time to get you a gift.”
“Not to worry,” said the father. “The important thing is that we’re all together today.”
Son number two arrived and announced, “You and Mom look great, Dad. I just flew in from Los Angeles between depositions and didn’t have time to shop for you.”
“It’s nothing,” said the father. “We’re glad you were able to come.”
Just then the daughter arrived. “Hello and happy anniversary! I’m sorry, but my boss is sending me out of town and I was really busy packing so I didn’t have time to get you anything.”
After they had finished dessert, the father said, “There’s something your mother and I have wanted to tell you for a long time. You see, we were very poor. Despite this, we were able to send each of you to college. Throughout the years your mother and I knew that we loved each other very much, but we just never found the time to get married.”
The three children gasped and all said, “You mean we’re bastards?”
“Yep,” said the father, “And cheap ones too.”
–from Jim Waggaman
BAD COP FILE OPEN ON SUNDAY–Officers accused of stealing drugs and money and intimidating residents in low-income hotel rooms.
Security video from a single-room occupancy hotel shows San Francisco police officers entering a room in the city’s Tenderloin district in December 2010.(Photo: San Francisco Public Defender’s Office)
SAN FRANCISCO — Five San Francisco police officers and one former cop have been indicted on corruption charges ranging from drug dealing, theft and civil rights violations that emerged from security video, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
Police Chief Greg Suhr said the five active-duty officers were immediately suspended without pay and had their weapons confiscated.
“Our department is shaken,” Suhr, who took office after the scandal broke in 2011, said at a news conference. “This is as serious as an issue as I can recall in my time in the department.”
Because of the shadow cast on the officers’ conduct beginning in 2009, local prosecutors have had to drop about 100 criminal cases they were involved in.
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi released the videos in 2011.
Prosecutors said the undercover officers allegedly entered rooms without warrants, intimidated the occupants and stole drugs, money, computers and other property.
The grand jury indictments, which were handed up Wednesday, named Sgt. Ian Furminger, 47, of Pleasant Hil; Edmond Robles, 46, of Danville; Arshad Razzak, 41, and Richard Yick, 37, both of San Francisco; Raul Eric Elias, 44, of San Mateo, and Reynaldo Vargas, 45, of Palm Desert, Calif., who was fired in 2012.
Furminger, Robles and Vargas were charged with dealing marijuana, stealing money and drugs seized during investigations and civil rights conspiracy.
Razzak, Yick and Elias are accused of using a master key to illegally enter rooms at low-income hotels and conspiring to threaten and intimidate the occupants. Razzak and Yick also falsified their incident reports, the indictment states.
Vargas was due in federal court Thursday, the other five Friday.
Adachi said the indictments were “confirmation that the constitutional rights of San Franciscans matter. I commend the U.S. Attorney for taking seriously the reports from ordinary citizens who had been humiliated, stolen from and hurt by police officers sworn to protect them.”
“For years, our clients told us their rights were being violated, and for years we raised the issues in front of judges,” he said in a statement. “Ultimately, it took a federal investigation to hold accountable those who would violate the public trust.”
Suhr reiterated what he said the day he was sworn in as chief when asked about the investigation: “There is no place in the San Francisco Police Department — and shouldn’t be in any police department — for a dishonest cop.”
“Should these officers be proven guilty of any of the charges as alleged, I will seek immediate termination and expect that the Police Commission will agree and act expeditiously to make that happen,” he said in a statement.
Suhr said federal authorities told him they “found no evidence that the conduct of these few officers, as alleged, is an indicator of a larger “systemic concern” within the department.
The head of the police officers’ union expressed disappointment with the indictments, saying in a statement that the charges were “apparently based on the questionable testimony of unreliable informant witnesses.”
While acknowledging that “these are nonetheless serious charges,” Martin Halloran, president of the San Francisco Police Officers Association, pointed out that “federal grand juries only hear one side of the story.”
—USATODAY.COM
–from Rogue
THIS JUST IN, New Bikernet Reader Comment!–
BIKES, BOAT WRECKS, AND BARBEQUES
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=11557
Great story. If you ever get up to Canada feel free to stop in for a cold drink
Even have a safe place for Betsy beside my 2012 glide.
Ride safe,
–Mike
Toronto, ON, Canada
MARIJUANA IN THE WORKPLACE–Evansville, IN: Past use of cannabis, as identified by the presence of the inert carboxy THC metabolite on a standard urine test, is not positively associated with workplace accidents, according to data published online in the Journal of Addictive Diseases.
The study’s author assessed whether there exists a statistical association between marijuana use and work related accidents by comparing the proportion of cannabis positive urine specimens for post-accident verses random samples in a cohort of employees from five states (Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania).
“This study fell short of finding an association between marijuana use and involvement of workplace accidents,” the author concluded. He added, “This study cannot be taken as definitive evidence of absence of an association between marijuana and work related accidents but the findings are compelling.”
A 2010 review of 20 years of published literature pertaining to cannabis, drug testing, and workplace performance similarly concluded, “[I]t is not clear that heavy cannabis users represent a meaningful job safety risk unless using before work or on the job; urine tests have poor validity and low sensitivity to detect employees who represent a safety risk; … [and] urinalysis has not been shown to have a meaningful impact on job injury/accident rates.”
For more information, please contact Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org. Full text of the study, “Marijuana use and workplace safety: An examination of urine drug tests,” appears in the Journal of Addictive Diseases.
THIS NEXT WEEK WILL BE WILD—I’ll publish the last chapter of the Chance II book. We hope to see a full blown report on Ray’s 5-Ball Raycer. I reached out to Kent Weeks or Lucky Devil in Houston for a report on the Assalt Weapon II, the Belly Pan Trike.
I hope to bring you girder suspension tips from Spitfire and ikon Suspension in the next couple of weeks. And Richard, the esteemed editor of Bikernet Baggers is about to bring you another LA Choppers Bagger Bars install. And maybe we can wrap up the classic Captain Japan feature.
I may be perplexed about the female species, but I can’t stop the attraction and will bring you our March Girl of Bikernet next week. I ran across a monster biker who almost died in an accident, Tim Wayne Medvetz. The doctors told him he would never walk again, but he did and a couple of years ago hike to the top of Mt. Everest. He’s the largest man to reach the top.
He also rode Royal Enfields to the base camp with Bikernet Betsy (we have a report somewhere). And this year he hoped to help a disabled veteran make his dream come true. Check TheHeroesProject.org. I will bring you more reports on his efforts in the very near future. It’s on my bucket list to ride a Royal Enfield to the base camp.
So, hang on for next week. There’s never a dull moment around here.
Ride Free Forever,
–Bandit
