Only in America

[HH_Sailor 3,532]

20 minutes ago, tor said:

$956 million! Hell to the yeah!

 

I don't get this.

Sure, he deserves to have to pay this - better still, if he can't - then jail time. (I know, he won't - it's a civil process)

 

But realistically, A.Jones won't pay he'll just claim bankruptcy and then no one will benefit.

At that point he won't even have to fork out for the claimant's legal fees.

(Or maybe even his own)

 

[keith2011 2,579]

1 hour ago, HH_Sailor said:

 

But realistically, A.Jones won't pay he'll just claim bankruptcy and then no one will benefit.

I know this is the USA and damage claims and payouts can be incredibly high but surely the court must take into consideration just how much a defendant can be expected to be able to actually pay when awarding damages.

[fraufruit 41,947]

He can pay for the rest of his life. He still earns millions. 

 

There will be financial forensics watching all of his money and where he hides it.

[tor 16,884]

suh pee nah! 

[Wulfrun 23,039]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63253516

A boy suspected of a mass shooting in North Carolina on Thursday began the rampage by fatally shooting a relative at home, police have said.

Five people including an off-duty police officer were killed and two injured in the attack in Raleigh.

The 15-year-old suspect is in a critical condition in hospital, but it is not clear how he was injured.

The Gun Violence Archive says there have been 533 mass shootings (four or more shot) in the US this year.

[fraufruit 41,947]

Quote

 

Two daughters were injured after their dads began shooting at each other during a road rage chase in Florida, Fox5 reported.

The Nassau County Sheriff's Office told Fox5 that the two men William Hale, 35, and Frank Allison, 43, were charged with attempted murder for the incident that took placed on October 8.

Hale's 5-year-old daughter was shot in the leg by Allison's gun, and Allison's 14-year-old daughter suffered from a collapsed lung when she was hit in the back, the sheriff's office told Fox5.

"There could have been two dead kids because of two stupid grown men,"

 

 

[Wulfrun 23,039]

[HH_Sailor 3,532]

I was in Boston, and the bar I went into had a sign saying to the effect :  "Baseball caps are to be worn with the peak facing forward"

In Connecticut, I entered a restaurant with a large sign "No guns allowed"... and quoted some legal texts and their paragraph numbers.

 

But now I read that to sell make and coffee you need to be properly dressed : 

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In 2017, the city enacted its dress code ordinance, requiring all employees, owners and operators of “quick service facilities” to wear clothing that covers the upper and lower body.

 

But it got thrown out of federal court - and now they can wear what they want: 

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A Washington city’s dress code saying so-called bikini baristas must cover their bodies at work has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal court.

 

But I'm left with the curious phrase Bikini Barista

which is new to me (I'm so naive - haven't seen that on the Reeperbahn.

But then, Hamburg is somewhat chilly

[fraufruit 41,947]

26 minutes ago, HH_Sailor said:

"Baseball caps are to be worn with the peak facing forward"

 

Translation - they don't want any black customers. I experienced this in Georgia once when I went out with my son.

[MikeMelga 7,250]

42 minutes ago, HH_Sailor said:

I was in Boston, and the bar I went into had a sign saying to the effect :  "Baseball caps are to be worn with the peak facing forward"

 

Let's agree that grown up men wearing hats indoors should in general be forbidden

 

[keith2011 2,579]

9 minutes ago, MikeMelga said:

Let's agree that grown up men wearing hats indoors should in general be forbidden

 

Indeed.

Many years ago in Colorado Springs, I was in my hotel bar and 2 men who refused to take off their cowboy hats were forcibly removed, almost got nasty but just about stayed at the shouting, swearing and pushing level!

[fraufruit 41,947]

Different culture. Especially in the South.

 

My dad was kind enough to remove his cap in restaurants when they visited here. Himself had to tell him not to put it on the table.

[keith2011 2,579]

Strange that hat wearing for men has persisted in the USA when, short of a woolly bobble hat in the winter cold, it has almost entirely died out in Europe.

[kiplette 8,676]

Surely men who wear hats take them off when they go inside? 

Women can keep them on.

That's what you see at weddings, oder? 

[LeonG 14,797]

I tend to wear a cap to keep my head warm and the sun out of my eyes.  I don't always take it off indoors. I do if I'm asked though.

[CincyInDE 3,239]

I get hat hair worse than most, so if I put a hat on it generally stays on until I get home. 

[HH_Sailor 3,532]

4 hours ago, fraufruit said:

Himself had to tell him not to put it on the table.

 

Thankyou!
 

My Gerwife doesn't understand that hats don't belong on tables.

And for me it is so engrained...

 

[HH_Sailor 3,532]

3 hours ago, kiplette said:

Surely men who wear hats take them off when they go inside? 

Women can keep them on.

That's what you see at weddings, oder? 

 

My school had a rule book. We were always shown it when we transgressed.

 

Men's (and boy's)  hats are removed when entering a building. (exception : the synagogue)

Bugs me no end when visiting somewhere and the hats are still worn.

 

But hey ho, language and customs are a changin'

 

[fraufruit 41,947]

This is what America has come to. It is just sickening.

 

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Within hours of the brutal attack last month on Paul Pelosi, the husband of the speaker of the House, activists and media outlets on the right began circulating groundless claims — nearly all of them sinister, and many homophobic — casting doubt on what had happened. Some Republican officials quickly joined in, rushing to suggest that the bludgeoning of an octogenarian by a suspect obsessed with right-wing conspiracy theories was something else altogether, dismissing it as an inside job, a lover’s quarrel or worse.

The misinformation came from all levels of Republican politics. A U.S. senator circulated the view that “none of us will ever know” what really happened at the Pelosis’ San Francisco home. A senior Republican congressman referred to the attacker as a “nudist hippie male prostitute,” baselessly asserting that the suspect had a personal relationship with Paul Pelosi. Former President Donald Trump questioned whether the attack might have been staged.

The world’s richest man helped amplify the stories.

But none of it was true...

 

 

the whole article

 

It is from the New York Times

[Lorelei 1,881]

19 minutes ago, fraufruit said:

This is what America has come to. It is just sickening.

 

 

the whole article

 

It is from the New York Times

I wonder if the politicians/officials/Musk even believe the conspiracy theories, or are just endorsing and circulating them in a cynical attempt to pander to conspiracy theorists and gain their support.