Stupid World

[mashman]

Drama

But it's drama that sells... else they'd be talking about something important innit

[Dean]

But it's drama that sells... else they'd be talking about something important innit

Well said

[pritch]

It should not be a surprise to anyone that COVID killed more Reblicans than Democrats in the US. The Rs wouldn't get vaccinated, social distance, or wear masks. 'Cause freedumb. They preferred hydroxychloroquine, horse dewormer, or just considered the whole thing a hoax. In the two states studied so far the difference is huge.


https://www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...-why-rcna50883

[TheDemonLord]

It should not be a surprise to anyone that COVID killed more Reblicans than Democrats in the US. The Rs wouldn't get vaccinated, social distance, or wear masks. 'Cause freedumb. They preferred hydroxychloroquine, horse dewormer, or just considered the whole thing a hoax. In the two states studied so far the difference is huge.


https://www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...-why-rcna50883

Or the Republican voter base is generally older (as people get more conservative with age) and age was a significant factor in Covid Mortality.

Yet curiously, Age (as a factor) isn't once mentioned in the Article.

[pritch]

Yet curiously, Age (as a factor) isn't once mentioned in the Article.

Nor was Darwin but...

[husaberg]

Nor was Darwin but...

Was education and literacy skills and religion
if you believe in an omnipotent sky pixie you will be more likely to believe trumps lies.


There was more differences in sex, race, education and religion than age for being republican voter


But shit my money would be on the professionals

The Yale researchers behind the new working paper say vaccine hesitancy among Republicans may be the biggest culprit.
"In counties where a large share of the population is getting vaccinated, we see a much smaller gap between Republicans and Democrats," said Jacob Wallace, an author of that study and an assistant professor of health policy at the Yale School of Public Health.His paper found that the partisan gap in the deaths widened between April and December 2021, after all adults became eligible for Covid vaccines.

according to a working paper released last month by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

A study in June published in Health Affairs similarly found that counties....

[pritch]

The jury in the Alex Jones defamation case has awarded $965,000,000 to the families of the Sandy Hook victims. Sadly I seem to recall that there is a law that will restrict the damages to a tiny fraction of that. The families had best hold off spending the cash.


Ooops! I left three zeros off.

Another ooops! The 965,000,000 does not include all the lawyer's fees. Those were also awarded against him. So at this stage he's out about a billion bucks - which he hasn't got.

[TheDemonLord]

The jury in the Alex Jones defamation case has awarded $965,000 to the families of the Sandy Hook victims. Sadly I seem to recall that there is a law that will restrict the damages to a tiny fraction of that. The families had best hold off spending the cash.

It depends on the State, you may be thinking of the Johnny Depp case where the punitive damages in Virginia are capped at $350,000.

[pritch]

It depends on the State, you may be thinking of the Johnny Depp case where the punitive damages in Virginia are capped at $350,000.

On looking further, the law limiting damages might have related to his earlier case in Texas. This latest is in Connecticut.

[TheDemonLord]

On looking further, the law limiting damages might have related to his earlier case in Texas. This latest is in Connecticut.

Yep - Texas has a Punitive Damage cap as well. Not sure about CT.

[sugilite:Me]

Alex Jones will just declare bankruptcy, and then conviniently pop up a new business in another form. Justice in the US is only metered out to the little people.

[TheDemonLord]

Alex Jones will just declare bankruptcy, and then conviniently pop up a new business in another form. Justice in the US is only metered out to the little people.

I'm not sure - this is from Depp Heard trial (so may not be relevant due to different State law) - My understanding is that Court orders are not dischargeable for an Individual. E.g. declaring Bankruptcy doesn't get you out of paying a court order.

[1/32 man]

Justice in the US is only metered out to the little people.

and the poor....so the slime who can afford multiple lawyers continue in their slimey ways....with impunity it would seem.

[onearmedbandit]

Alex Jones will just declare bankruptcy, and then conviniently pop up a new business in another form. Justice in the US is only metered out to the little people.

He's already filed bankruptcy proceedings for his business, did so before the ruling came out.

[Laava]

He obviously read Art of the Deal then...