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Florida Fisherman Loses $2.8 Million Prize After He Fails Polygraph Test
Breitbart ^ | June 17, 2017 | Katherine Rodriguez

Posted on 06/19/2017 5:38:13 AM PDT by C19fan

A Florida fisherman lost $2.8 million in prize money after he was disqualified from a fishing tournament in Maryland for failing a polygraph test. A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Phillip Heasley, of Naples, the winner of the 2016 White Marlin Open tournament in Ocean City, Maryland that took place in August 2016, would be disqualified from the tournament, and 13 other contestants who won other competitions would split the prize money, the Baltimore Sun reported.

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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dq; fishing; oceancitymd
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To: doug from upland

He’s obviously gillty


21 posted on 06/19/2017 6:14:57 AM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: C19fan
I wonder if he passed the polygraph test if they wouldn't have said polygraph tests aren't conclusive proof.

Having taken three in my lifetime (employment requirement), they could easily have swayed the results depending on how was hired to administer the polygraph.

22 posted on 06/19/2017 6:22:17 AM PDT by CatOwner
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To: C19fan

This guy’s career is fin-ished.


23 posted on 06/19/2017 6:23:39 AM PDT by JusPasenThru (America has two types of fascists: fascists and antifascists.)
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To: Blue Jays
I am clearly participating in the wrong hobbies if fishing has those kind of prizes.

The boat he caught it from probably cost that much.

24 posted on 06/19/2017 6:24:09 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

I am shocked by that.


25 posted on 06/19/2017 6:25:21 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: headstamp 2

He should of lawyered up earlier.


26 posted on 06/19/2017 6:26:42 AM PDT by xp38
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

For such an honest man to fail the polygraph was clearly a fluke.


27 posted on 06/19/2017 6:27:11 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. Obama free since 1/20/17. PTL ~ Þ)
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To: BykrBayb

Unless it was a whale of a story.


28 posted on 06/19/2017 6:36:23 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: dp0622

they polygraphed the boat- fish can’t talk silly... oh wait-


29 posted on 06/19/2017 6:56:02 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Bob434

lol

They’re both being called as character witnesses. :)

And they’ll STILL be more truthful than democrats.


30 posted on 06/19/2017 7:00:35 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: C19fan

Wonder if he is feeling any remoras.


31 posted on 06/19/2017 7:56:59 AM PDT by Paradox ("Donald Trump", the biggest Strawman ever created.)
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To: C19fan

Poly’s are not at all accurate.

“Scientific evidence relevant to the accuracy of polygraph tests for employee or preemployment screening is extremely limited: https://www.nap.edu/read/10420/chapter/2#3

The US government does not have much faith in the poly: http://www.apa.org/research/action/polygraph.aspx

https://www.nap.edu/read/10420/chapter/1

Every poly examiner I met admits the poly is NOT 100% accurate, but every poly examiner I met claims THEY are 100% accurate.


32 posted on 06/19/2017 8:07:25 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: KevinB

I wouldn’t, knowing how inaccurate the poly is.

Voo-Doo.


33 posted on 06/19/2017 8:08:54 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: CatOwner

I’ve taken a lot of poly’s from lifestyle poly to counter-espionage. . .some I passes, some I didn’t, and nothing changed. All we did was keep taking the exam over and over until I “passed.”


34 posted on 06/19/2017 8:11:14 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Paradox

I say we place this case on the scales of justice.


35 posted on 06/19/2017 8:44:13 AM PDT by themidnightskulker (And then the thread dies... peacefully, in it's sleep....)
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To: Hulka

Turns out it is very easy to fool a polygraph.

I mastered it when I was applying for sensitive positions many years ago.

It involves clenching and unclenching your butt hole at the right moment, and controlling breathing. It’s super easy.


36 posted on 06/19/2017 8:56:52 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan
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To: C19fan

Is there any fisherman who could pass a polygraph test?


37 posted on 06/19/2017 8:58:16 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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To: CommerceComet
Is there any fisherman who could pass a polygraph test?

Nice Catch!

38 posted on 06/19/2017 8:59:21 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: C19fan

I was in a fishing tournament this weekend (King fish, Dolphin, Wahoo), we caught a 14 lb King fish. We got to the weigh in just in time, they weighed placed us 3rd place, told us the scales are now closed and you won 3rd. We show up at the awards dinner, a sponsor name was somehow written in as 3rd even though we were there at scale closing and they told us we were 3rd.

We did catch a 6’ blue marlin earlier before the king fish.


39 posted on 06/19/2017 9:05:05 AM PDT by VastRWCon (LARGE PRINT GIVE IT, small print take it away.)
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To: rodguy911

Ping!!

Anything to add on this?

People here don’t seem to realize that polygraphs are par for the course at fishing tourneys....even fresh water bass tourneys. Contestants agree to this condition when they pay their entrance fees. Don’t want to take one?.....Don’t enter the tourney.


40 posted on 06/19/2017 9:15:11 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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