I wanted to post this on here somewhere, wasn't sure where. Based on some of the discussion on previous pages, I thought this might do.
Jim Jeffries nails the gun debate.
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LOL
http://m.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/venezuela-has-chronic-shortage-of-breast-implants/story-fnjhc0h7-1227059365073
And I. Disaster news…
Venezuela has chronic shortage of breast implants
HANNAH DREIER
AP
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 5:28PM
Chronic shortage of breast implants … Venezuela is unable to import implants. Picture: Lawrence Pinder
VENEZUELA‘S chronic shortages have begun to encroach on a cultural cornerstone: the boob job.
Beauty-obsessed Venezuelans face a scarcity of brand-name breast implants, and women are so desperate that they and their doctors are turning to devices that are the wrong size or made in China, with less rigorous quality standards.
Venezuelans once had easy access to implants approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. But doctors say they are now all-but impossible to find because restrictive currency controls have deprived local businesses of the cash to import foreign goods.
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Cultural cornerstone … Image-conscious women in Venezuela largely have breast implants.
It may not be the gravest shortfall facing the socialist South American country, but surgeons say the issue cuts to the psyche of the image-conscious Venezuelan woman.
“The women are complaining,†said Ramon Zapata, president of the Society of Plastic Surgeons. “Venezuelan women are very concerned with their self-esteem.â€
Venezuela is thought to have one of the world‘s highest plastic surgery rates, and the breast implant is the seminal procedure. Doctors performed 85,000 implants here last year, according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Only the U.S., Brazil, Mexico and Germany — all with significantly larger populations — saw more procedures.
There are no official statistics on how many Venezuelans are walking around with enhanced busts. But a stroll down any Caracas street reveals that the augmentations are at least more conspicuous here than in other surgery-loving places. Even the mannequins look they‘ve gone under the knife.
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A botched breast implant … Venezuelan women are so desperate that they and their doctors are turning to devices that are the wrong size or made in China, with less rigorous quality standards. Picture: Lawrence Pinder
Until recently, women could enter raffles for implants held by pharmacies, workplaces and even politicians on the campaign trail. During this spring‘s anti-government street demonstrations, the occasional sign protesting the rising price of breast implants mixed in with posters railing against food shortages and currency devaluation.
“It‘s a culture of ‘I want to be more beautiful than you.‘ That‘s why even people who live in the slums get implants,†surgeon Daniel Slobodianik said, fiddling with an FDA-approved pouch of saline solution no longer on sale here.
Slobodianik used to perform several breast implants each week, but now performs closer to two a month. He says women call his office every day asking if he the implant size they‘re looking for. When they can‘t find it, they choose a second-best option, almost always a size up.
Breast implant patients in a waiting room in Caracas … Doctors say restrictive currency controls means implants approved by the US Food and Drug Administration have disappeared. Picture; Ariana Cubillos
No one is giving the frustrated women much sympathy, especially not the government. The consumerism of plastic surgery has always jibed awkwardly with the rhetoric of socialist revolution.
The late President Hugo Chavez called the country‘s plastic surgery fixation “monstrous,†and railed against the practice of giving implants to girls on their 15th birthdays.
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On social media, some Venezuelans take a judgmental tone, saying the panic over implants shows the real shortage here is values. Others joke that the scarcity will force Venezuelan women to start developing their personalities, using a Twitter hashtag that riffs on the Colombian telenovela “Sin Tetas, No Hay Paraiso†(“Without Boobs, There‘s No Paradiseâ€).
In the absence of U.S. brands, plastic surgery has become an area dominated by Venezuela‘s chief trading partner, China, whose goods are often given priority for import over those from other countries. They‘re also a lot cheaper. While a pair of implants approved by European regulators can cost as much as $600 — about the same as the annual minimum wage here — the Chinese equivalent goes for a third of that. Some Venezuelan doctors refuse to use the Chinese devices, which are not subjected to random government inspections or clinical studies.
“I‘m not saying they‘re not safe, but I‘ve removed more than a few ruptured Chinese implants. I just don‘t feel comfortable with them,†Slobodianik said.
Patient prepped for breast augmentation … Doctors in Caracas says a shortage of breast implants cuts to the psyche of the image-conscious Venezuelan woman. Picture: Ariana Cubillos
April Lee, an analyst at the Massachusetts-based health care research company Decision Resources Group, said the medical community frowns on the use of non-FDA-approved implants.
Unable to find the devices in doctors‘ offices, some women are turning to the Venezuelan equivalent of the bartering website Craigslist, where sellers post pictures of black market implants of unknown origin sitting in sealed packages on kitchen tables, complete with stories of spouses who changed their minds and reassurances that the pouches remain sterile.
It‘s not just women looking for a more attention-getting silhouette who are struggling; some patients are in urgent medical need. Lisette Arroyo, 46, waited two months this summer to get her ruptured implants replaced, dealing with intense itching while waiting for new devices to arrive from France. She had to buy them directly from the manufacturer before they could be shipped, spending the entire $300 in foreign currency the government permits Venezuelans annually. The surgery can cost another $800.
“This country is not what it used to be,†she said earlier this month as awaited surgery in a blue paper gown.
For the doctors trying to manage their patients‘ expectations, the shortages are no less grave than Venezuela‘s other hardships. Dr. Miguel Angel Useche‘s, who performed Arroyo‘s delayed surgery, says women sometimes save for years for their operations, and to be told they must wait longer can be unbearable.
“Women call me up saying: ‘I‘ve made so many sacrifices for this. How can you not help me?‑ he said.
BEST AND WORST BOOB JOBS
Merda!
That's awful.
Post pics, or retract.
More of a ‘titbit’ than a tidbit…
She's got an empty box?
hahahahahahahaFannie Bay.
GOOOLLLDD
I used to work in Fannie Bay. Had to drive up Dickward drive to get there.
Only in Darwin
Booooooooooo.
Reckon that Korea would give them a run for their money - Plastic surgery is a rite of passage in Korea,for both men and women.
Venezeula must act. They have a reigning Miss Universe, two winners in the five years before that, plus 6 Miss World titles. It's a matter of national pride to get this shortage fixed. If not I fear the government might find itself overthrown.
Venezeula must act. They have a reigning Miss Universe, two winners in the five years before that, plus 6 Miss World titles. It's a matter of national pride to get this shortage fixed. If not I fear the government might find itself overthrown.
If they can get rid of Hugo Chavez's successor, then I'm sure California, nay Los Angeles, can step into the breach.
Some of those Latina lasses are extremely tasty.
‘Terrorism doodle‘ sparks plane fear
Sep 20, 2014 9:39PM<div>
A MAN has been removed from a Tigerair Australia plane after he was observed doodling in a notebook about terrorism at Melbourne airport.
A 28-year-old man had boarded a Gold Coast-bound Tigerair flight on Saturday morning, but was ejected by AFP officers before the plane could take off.
Another passenger had complained after seeing the man doodling in a notebook, including writing in bold the letters “terrorismadeupâ€.
“The irony is I was writing a sentence about the absurdity of the fearmongering when we live in such a happy country of ice-cream and beaches and fluffy things,†Oliver Buckworth has told Fairfax newspapers.
†… My concern is what it looked like to the rest of the people on the plane. I did tell them as I was leaving, ‘I‘m not a criminal. This man simply took something out of context that I was writing in my book‘.†Tigerair has confirmed it sought an AFP intervention after receiving a complaint about a disruptive passenger.
The airline had a policy of zero-tolerance in matters of safety, it also said in a statement.
“Safety and security of staff and passengers underpins the operation at all times and is never compromised,†a Tigerair spokesman said.
“As per Tigerair‘s conditions of carriage, the airline may refuse passengers to travel for reasons of safety or security and this may include the enforcement of future travel bans.
“As the matter was dealt with by the AFP and is subject to further review by Tigerair, we are unable to comment further at this time.†Earlier this month, the federal government increased Australia‘s terrorism alert level to high.
http://news.optuszoo.com.au/2014/09/20/terrorism-doodle-sparks-plane-fear/
Pro-Tip- Remember this next time you need a little more leg room.
...the breast implant is the seminal procedure.
Hmmm...
‘Terrorism doodle‘ sparks plane fear Sep 20, 2014 9:39PM
A MAN has been removed from a Tigerair Australia plane after he was observed doodling in a notebook about terrorism at Melbourne airport.
A 28-year-old man had boarded a Gold Coast-bound Tigerair flight on Saturday morning, but was ejected by AFP officers before the plane could take off.
Another passenger had complained after seeing the man doodling in a notebook, including writing in bold the letters “terrorismadeupâ€.
“The irony is I was writing a sentence about the absurdity of the fearmongering when we live in such a happy country of ice-cream and beaches and fluffy things,†Oliver Buckworth has told Fairfax newspapers.
†… My concern is what it looked like to the rest of the people on the plane. I did tell them as I was leaving, ‘I‘m not a criminal. This man simply took something out of context that I was writing in my book‘.†Tigerair has confirmed it sought an AFP intervention after receiving a complaint about a disruptive passenger.
The airline had a policy of zero-tolerance in matters of safety, it also said in a statement.
“Safety and security of staff and passengers underpins the operation at all times and is never compromised,†a Tigerair spokesman said.
“As per Tigerair‘s conditions of carriage, the airline may refuse passengers to travel for reasons of safety or security and this may include the enforcement of future travel bans.
“As the matter was dealt with by the AFP and is subject to further review by Tigerair, we are unable to comment further at this time.†Earlier this month, the federal government increased Australia‘s terrorism alert level to high.
http://news.optuszoo.com.au/2014/09/20/terrorism-doodle-sparks-plane-fear/
Pro-Tip- Remember this next time you need a little more leg room.
Serves him right for being a smartarse moron.
Don't poke the bear.
I'm drinking Milo and Oh 'tis a splendid thing to have it complemented by some lively reading.
Hey there, champ! How about a spoiler alert?Lassie has a disease? Please tell me it's not rabies. I couldn't handle another 'Old Yeller' scenario.The famous dog?The Indian yoghurt drink?I read that one too.Read about 6 Tom Clancy novels. He was all over Iran putting it in an aerosol at the Sydney Olympics.Vin, no chance imo that Ebola was man made and launched on the population, originally.
But no doubt attempts to weaponise it since would have been made.
In the real world, I think Lassa is considered a better chance to weaponise than Ebola. Not quite as lethal but has an inherent ability to spread as an airborne virus. But you can only imagine what horrors biological science could come up with.
They'd be better off with a dodgy vindaloo.
Or is that lassi?
They'd be better off with an evil, malevolent dog. Like the one from The Omen.
Unless you meant the disease.
It's his sled.
Woman undergoes surgery to add third breast
A US massage therapist has gone to extreme lengths to become a reality TV star, undergoing surgery to add a third breast to her chest.
The Florida woman, who goes by the name Jasmine Tridevil, said she spent $20,000 on the procedure a few months ago after finally finding a doctor willing to perform the operation.
“I called 50 doctors,†Tridevil told Real Radio 104.1.
“It was really hard finding someone that would do it too because they‘re breaking the code of ethics.â€
Tridevil‘s third breast was constructed in the middle of her chest with a silicone implant and skin tissue cut from her abdomen.
The surgeon was not able to make an artificial areola, so Tridevil had one tattooed on.
Tridevil, whose dream is to have her own MTV reality show, said her parents did not take the news of her third breast well.
“My mum ran out the door. She won‘t talk to me. She won‘t let my sister talk to me. My dad…he really isn‘t happy. He is kind of ashamed of me but he accepted it,†she said.
As well as hoping for fame and fortune, Tridevil said there was another major reason she had the surgery.
“I got it because I wanted to make myself unattractive to men. Because I don‘t want to date anymore,†she said.
“Most guys would think [the extra breast is] weird and gross. But I can still feel pretty because if I wore makeup and cute clothes, I can still, you know... feel pretty.â€
http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/09/22/10/43/woman-undergoes-surgery-to-add-third-breast
well, there you go.
i thought the triple parma was the only thing id consider too much of a good thing
turns out i was wrong.
Tridevil?
Three breasts?
Hmm...