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FlyingVProd

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Re: News in General
« Reply #765 on: August 06, 2022, 04:42:36 PM »
I would love to be an Ambassador. I would be a great diplomat.

I applied for a job at the United States Embassy in Rome, Italy, when I was there, it is a cool Embassy, there is a McDonald's there, and a Hard Rock Cafe, and there is the Pantheon.

I have had training in Communication, and Healthy Conflict Resolution skills, and I worked with crowds at Universal Studios, and I escorted stars, and I worked security for stars, and we were the official limousine service for the Jay Leno show when I drove a limousine, I am very good at working with the rich and with the famous.

We need to have good diplomats helping our people on a road to peace and prosperity.

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« Reply #766 on: August 06, 2022, 04:51:25 PM »
Swiss Guard maybe?
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« Reply #767 on: August 06, 2022, 05:01:34 PM »
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« Reply #768 on: August 06, 2022, 06:11:43 PM »
Attorney who just won his lawsuit vs Alex Jones:

"There is going to be a large set of plaintiffs dividing up the corpse of Infowars ... That could get very, very dangerous for Mr. Jones, because there is going to be a new level of financial scrutiny."

There are two more cases to come against him. The one in Texas is in front of the same judge. The other is in Connecticut.
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« Reply #769 on: August 07, 2022, 10:07:05 AM »
I assume in CT the amount he could have to pay is more than 750K per plaintiff, which is the max in TX. (The 45.1 mil then chopped to 1.5 mil ending some  kind of "appeal" to the  structure)
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« Reply #770 on: August 07, 2022, 12:37:40 PM »
Quote from: kidcarter8 on August 07, 2022, 10:07:05 AM
I assume in CT the amount he could have to pay is more than 750K per plaintiff, which is the max in TX. (The 45.1 mil then chopped to 1.5 mil ending some  kind of "appeal" to the  structure)

He'll have the $4.1 million to pay in addition to whatever happens with the $45.2 million in punitive damages. So, it could be as little as $5.6 million, but given what the judge and the plaintiffs' attorney said, it could well not be restricted by the cap, when all is said and done.


Connecticut doesn't have a firm cap the way Texas and many other states do. Instead, they have a descriptive cap, limiting punitive damages to attorney's fees and other expenses.

There are exceptions to that limit, some of which double or triple the amount of damages while others are vaguer in their impact. Their supreme court has not been receptive to most arguments that the limits should not apply.

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« Reply #771 on: August 07, 2022, 05:11:41 PM »
We need to be open and honest as we work to create a cleaner planet.

We have made a lot of progress over the years on polluting less, and I remember as a child in Los Angeles the smog would burn my eyes and make my lungs hurt, but now the air is clean in Los Angeles and the air does not burn my eyes anymore and the air no longer makes my lungs hurt. We have made obvious progress on having cleaner air in Los Angeles.

People are saying that there are many problems with electric cars because of the mining of the lithium, and the electricity needed to charge cars, etc, but the problems can all be solved if we are open and honest, our scientists can solve the problems.

I also support trains, I love trains. We can get people out of their cars and onto trains. And Amtrak needs to build a high speed train between Disneyland and Las Vegas for our tourists, and the locals will love the trains as well. We need to build high speed trains in the USA with Amtrak.

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« Reply #772 on: August 07, 2022, 05:33:33 PM »
 


"We got a crisis of Black manhood. I don't care what name you want to put on it---you can call it Black-on-Black violence, you can call it gentrification, you can call it whatever the hell you want to call it, but at the end of the day we have a crisis of Black manhood."


https://www.inquirer.com/news/gun-violence-community-groups-stanley-crawford-salvation-army-20220806.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news_alerts_8_6_2022&sfmc_id=0031U00001eN8yuQAC&sub_source=news-alert-newsletter&list_name=DE34_Newsletter_News_Alert&int_promo=newsletter&et_rid=242099554


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« Reply #773 on: August 07, 2022, 10:34:13 PM »
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« Reply #774 on: August 08, 2022, 12:50:09 AM »
On the issue of Mexico...

Elvis made a movie in Acapulco, the stars used to love Mexico. The stars need to go to Mexico and help to fix things in Mexico.

Also, Kiwanis can help to improve things in Mexico, and Kiwanis has over six million members world-wide.

The good people need to save Mexico. Mexico was great in the 1950s and in the 1960s, people need to save Mexico and they need to make Mexico great again.

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« Reply #775 on: August 08, 2022, 02:30:46 AM »
 ;D
Quote from: facilitatorn on August 06, 2022, 04:51:25 PM
Swiss Guard maybe?

There was/is  Swiss Army Card.
Credit card size.
I had one.
It had a tiny knife/letter opener that slid out.
A pin that pulled out of the side.
A pair of scissors.
It was great, I used to carry it in my pocket.
'bambu-MacGyver".
Next minute a cop appeared on my tv screen declaring the tiny knife/letter opener a "concealed weapon" under the bambustate's new knife laws.
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« Reply #776 on: August 08, 2022, 02:44:34 AM »
Quote from: Hamilton Samuels on August 06, 2022, 05:01:34 PM
Keep up the fine work, Israel: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62445951

If they had asked bambu-wisdom if  they should be firing missiles into Israel he would've answered:
"No".

Some people in the Middle East seem to be slow-learners.
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« Reply #777 on: August 08, 2022, 06:14:10 PM »
RIP grandchild of Nobel physicist Max Born, whose theories got physical - but were unable to predict my mind being blown by said grandchild in the final act of "Grease."

Let her take you to that wonderland that only toucans share...
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« Reply #778 on: August 08, 2022, 06:24:15 PM »
Quote from: Bart on August 08, 2022, 06:14:10 PM
RIP grandchild of Nobel physicist Max Born, whose theories got physical - but were unable to predict my mind being blown by said grandchild in the final act of "Grease."

Let her take you to that wonderland that only toucans share...

G'bye, Olivia Neutron-Bomb.

Hopelessly devoted to her.
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« Reply #779 on: August 08, 2022, 09:43:45 PM »
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