Newton
Someone put up a pro-second amendment billboard in Colorado...
... and some people are really pissed about it because the truth is embarrassing and inconvenient.
http://www.denverpost.com/breakin....llboard
... and some people are really pissed about it because the truth is embarrassing and inconvenient.
http://www.denverpost.com/breakin....llboard
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Guns deaths decidedly down over the past 2 decades.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Kid's dad about as worthless as his mom.
“You can’t get any more evil,” he told The New Yorker.
“How much do I beat up on myself about the fact that he’s my son? A lot,” he added.
Lanza, a vice president for GE Energy Financial Services who divorced Adam’s mom Nancy in 2009, revealed he hadn’t seen his child for two years before the shocking shooting.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Suing the gun makers.
The 40-page lawsuit calls the Bushmaster AR-15 used in the attacks a “military weapon” that was marketed to civilians, despite “no evidence that semiautomatic rifles are … necessary for legitimate self-defense by law-abiding citizens.”
The Bushmaster X-15 that Lanza used to carry out the attack was designed for mass-casualty assaults, the suit alleges, and is “essentially indistinguishable” from the military model, the M16. The manufacturer and sellers should have known about the “unreasonably high risk” the gun would be used in a mass shooting of that kind, the suit says.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
It'll fail like all the rest. Just a massive waste of time and money.
If your kid got run over by a drunk driver do you sue Ford? How about Budweiser?
If your kid got run over by a drunk driver do you sue Ford? How about Budweiser?
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
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The the Liberals (whoever I don't even care) are circulating some stats about 200 "school shootings" since Newtown. Fuck it, call me racist: a bunch of these are at "historically black" colleges, or mostly black inner-city high schools, and it's not "school shootings" where some guy comes into kindergarten with a rifle and blows the kiddies away, it's some gangster caps another gangster in the parking lot of the football stadium.
I know what you're talking about Thib. I saw the same report or graphic (however it was presented) and it was widely discredited. They included ANY incident with a firearm that occurred within or even near a school. Even if nobody involved in the incident was a student, teacher, or worker at the school.
And when I say "near", I mean within a few miles.
Propaganda.
And when I say "near", I mean within a few miles.
Propaganda.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Most likely looking at lethal injection.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
One juror kept him from getting killed.Malcolm wrote:Most likely looking at lethal injection.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Re: Newton
Now that everyone who sued the cinema company lost, the organization wants their $700K back.
I'm betting the blood-sucking ambulance chasers that convinced the families to file suit neglected to mention this detail.Earlier this month, lawyers for the theater company told a judge they needed the money to cover the costs of preserving evidence, copying records, travel and other expenses stemming from the lawsuit, the Associated Press reports. The attorneys filed a "bill of costs" totaling $699,187.13, according to the Denver Post.
The judge did not immediately make a ruling on the request, but state courts allow the winner of the court case to recover legal fees, the AP reports.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Re: Newton
I condemn those condemners.Cinemark's request – filed in Arapahoe County District Court, according to the Post – has sparked outrage, with many taking to social media to condemn the theater company.
Maybe before these families filed a shitty lawsuit they should have considered the consequences. Why should Cinemark have to pay for their idiocy?
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Re: Newton
Yeah, that was a stupid lawsuit to begin with, but I'm guessing their lawyers talked them into it. I say make their lawyers pay, since they should have provided better advice to their clients.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Re: Newton
Hah. I bet their lawyers have all the proper forms signed that protect them against any legal repercussions.TheCatt wrote:Yeah, that was a stupid lawsuit to begin with, but I'm guessing their lawyers talked them into it. I say make their lawyers pay, since they should have provided better advice to their clients.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Re: Newton
Ouch.Malcolm wrote:Hah. I bet their lawyers have all the proper forms signed that protect them against any legal repercussions.TheCatt wrote:Yeah, that was a stupid lawsuit to begin with, but I'm guessing their lawyers talked them into it. I say make their lawyers pay, since they should have provided better advice to their clients.
That's bad because of this.The plaintiffs and their attorneys all seemed to agree. They decided on a split of $30,000 each to the three most critically injured survivors. The remaining 38 plaintiffs would equally share the remaining $60,000.
Attorneys with Cinemark drafted a news release to distribute the next day.
Then one plaintiff rejected the deal.
Everyone except four people jumped ship.The deal came with an implied threat: If the survivors rejected the deal, moved forward with their case and lost, under Colorado law, they would be responsible for the astronomical court fees accumulated by Cinemark.
Four plaintiffs remained on the case the next day, June 24, when Jackson handed down the order that Cinemark was not liable for the damages.
The court costs in the state case were $699,000. The costs in the federal case are expected to be far more.
"A blind guy in a dark alley could have seen (the state verdict) coming," Hardman, Weaver's attorney, said.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Re: Newton
Well.........
That's the way it goes. I also don't feel the theater was liable.
That's the way it goes. I also don't feel the theater was liable.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."