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[Truean]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/rescued-bailout-g-may-sue-033020853.html

So we bailed out the insurance companies who were incredibly irresponsible, but we should've given them even more at better terms.... The shareholders were "deprived" of profits... from a company that was going rather bankrupt and we had to save in order to keep it from bankruptcy.... So even when the overt greed, and stupid pursuit of profit drive a company to bankruptcy, the people buying the stock should still make money....

I have no words....

[SalmonGod]

I've been deprived of profit my whole life.  Where's my free stuff?

[misko27]

I'm running a net loss, I DEMAND money! *checks food stamps balance* Not good enough.

[Jervill]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/rescued-bailout-g-may-sue-033020853.html

So we bailed out the insurance companies who were incredibly irresponsible, but we should've given them even more at better terms.... The shareholders were "deprived" of profits... from a company that was going rather bankrupt and we had to save in order to keep it from bankruptcy.... So even when the overt greed, and stupid pursuit of profit drive a company to bankruptcy, the people buying the stock should still make money....

I have no words....

I have words related to this, but I'm certainly not going to speak them in polite company.

[lorb]

Do they really have a chance in court? There are laws that make this a real possibility?

[Helgoland]

Just and justice are two different things - if they had no chance, they wouldn't be spending money on lawyers.

BTW, have you heard about the ruling in the case of that Texan girl? Judge said it was alright for her to be suspended from school.

[MonkeyHead]

My understanding is that the Judge said if she wanted to attend the school she had to comply with its policies (this particular one designed to drive up attendance in order to prevent the school losing funding - which seems an odd way to fund a school if you ask me), but that she was free to seek another if she so wished. Of course, the policy stinks of "Automatically Guilty in my Eyes Syndrome", but still...

[Truean]

http://news.yahoo.com/aig-says-not-join-lawsuit-against-u-government-201052589--finance.html

Better.

[RedKing]

Wow, that was quick.

Who says hate never solves anything?

[Sheb]

What was that Texan case?

[Trollheiming]

Just and justice are two different things - if they had no chance, they wouldn't be spending money on lawyers.

The principle difference is that one word is a noun and the other is an adjective; other than that, they ought to be the same. The problem is when you allow a government system to hijack a word for its own legitimacy. I'm careful to refer to the legal system as such, not the "justice" system.

Also some countries with a current higher rate of lead still have a lower criminality. Just look a China, which has a desastrous politics in terms of lead, and still one of the lower criminality of the world.

Don't belief any stats from China, including such frequent citations as GDP growth, unemployment, national debt, or crime rates. You can't know anything about China from the outside.

Crime is bad in China. Coworker robbed two weeks ago, wife almost robbed a few days ago, dragged 20 fucking feet by a punk on a motorbike before my eyes. Everyone I talk to says crime is bad. They don't get asked by officials making the data. Pickpockets thick as fleas on the buses. My own wallet lifted twice. 

China executes 10,000 people a year for various offenses. That's a good way to keep violent crime down, but the incidents of non-capital offense are pretty ubiquitous. Murders aren't that rare, either.

[Euld]

And now schools are pushing the liberal agenda on children by teaching algebra.  I don't even... I don't even... augh.

[Nadaka]

And now schools are pushing the liberal agenda on children by teaching algebra.  I don't even... I don't even... augh.

Algebra? Sounds like Al'Queda to me!

And the end of that article is priceless, the 2 examples they gave as liberal indoctrination in school was a disregard for climate change denialism and the idea that no weapons of mass destruction were found in the iraq war.

[RedKing]

And now schools are pushing the liberal agenda on children by teaching algebra.  I don't even... I don't even... augh.

FOX is the WWE of news networks. In that their biggest fans are much the same demographic, and mostly because that demographic actually believes what they're watching.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I don't think most pro wrestling fans actually believe it's real. That hasn't been the case for almost 30 years now. It is just an entertaining performance, not unlike classical theater.

Yes, I just compared pro wrestling to classical theater.