This failed to provoke North Korea into attacking so they could declare martial law. Then they planned to actually strike sites in North Korea. The military refused.
The decision is nuts. The judge acknowledged that The Onion did absolutely nothing wrong in the bid process, but tossed it anyway.
The only upstanding actor in the entire affair is The Onion, and itās the only one hurt by this ruling. I fear this is going to be the way of all things for the next few years.
The value of The Onionās bid was increased by pledges from Sandy Hook families to waive their share of any settlement.
They wanted Jones off the air and now heās back on. If he is successful in getting his straw purchase done at the second attempt, he will stay in the air.
Throwing out The Onionās purchase is the last thing they wanted.
They did matter, but probably not in a way they liked. Part of the judgeās ruling was that the familiesā pledge to waive settlement wasnāt valid here as it is the subject of separate legal action.
Probably not wrong on the law, but calling them liars in the adjudication of part of the settlement by Jones for calling them liars is peak 2024.
Hence my point. They are being treated like a peripheral issue here, when the whole fucking thing should be about them. I donāt imagine that sits well with them, and itās through no fault of their own.
You know how, when an unarmed black man is shot by police, they use his mug shot as if it is the only existing photo of the man and describe in detail things like prior criminal activity or drug use? The UHC CEO had a recent DUI and was under investigation for insider trading; yet that never gets mentioned, they use his corporate glamour shot and emphasize that he had kids.
Itās almost as if a white CEO gets a completely different treatment by the news media than a black regular dude. Like when a stupid toy submarine full of billionaires implodes and they literally call the Navy in and they go through days of expensive performative searching when the Navy said on minute one of day one that āyeahā¦it implodedā¦we heard it.ā
For the non-crime of being a health care CEO, well⦠Iām still pretty much against the murder of CEOs. However, Iām open to it when it comes to rapists, child abusers, animal abusers and murderers .
I always knew that once they were satisfied traumatizing families with trans kids theyād come after autistic kids next. I just didnāt expect it to happen quite so soon.
The next several years are going to be one fucking shit show.
I hope the individuals who voted for this clown car dumpster fire shit show circus get to feel what theyāve enabled on the rest of us.