Is it wrong to love my computer? Well, I do, and its not a confession that I make easily.
You might have heard the case of the family in Maryland who are suing the Monster Energy Drink for the wrongful death of their 14-year-old daughter who died after drinking two cans of the drink within a 24-hour period. They are claiming the caffeine in the product contributed to her death.A Monster company spokesman says:
“As a company, we vehemently deny that drinking two cans of Monster Energy by itself can cause a death from caffeine toxicity. Two 16-ounce cans of Monster Energy Drinks contain less or a similar amount of caffeine than one 16-ounce cup of filtered coffee from the leading coffee house.”
YES IT CAN!, if your company markets the beverage to a 14 y.o. girl as a soft drink. And that girl had never even drunk a cup of coffee in her young life. The company’s shares plunged $7.59 (14.23 percent) to $46.12 after the case was publicized. ♦
A California couple says fugitive ex-police officer Christopher Dorner tied them up in their mountain condominium and stole their car before the firefight that led to his presumed death.
Karen and Jim Reynolds said at a news conference Wednesday that they came upon Dorner when they entered the condo in Big Bear, Calif. Tuesday, and believe he’d been there as early as Friday.
They say Dorner had a gun but said he wouldn’t hurt them. Karen said, “He talked to us. Tried to calm us down. And saying very frequently he would not kill us.” “He was very calm and very methodical,” — ABC News
What’s rubbing me the wrong way about this case…
- “Terrified and shaken up after a harrowing experience”, would not be the phrase I’d used to describe the couple’s demeanor. More like “jovial” I think.
- Were these two jokers living in a cave? Did they not hear about a manhunt in their area for a “mass-murdering ex-marine officer” in their midst. Was their tv on the blink, internet down, cell phones roaming, what!?
- How in the world did two senior citizens, zip tied, gagged with pillowcases shoved ontop their heads, manage to free themselves to make that all important 911 call?
There’s more, but I’m gonna hafta pick my battles. This case is closed now with Dorner’s apparent death-by-fire…
Or is it? ♦
