I think his point was more of one that Shkreli never shied from it. His gouging was legal, and his whole point was that everyone is doing this, because this is a business.

It was Hong Kong... Although in one of the asteroid movies (Armageddon, I think) they destroyed a city that they implied was Shanghai.

Sort of. You have to go through customs to get to and from HK to China. It’s sort of distinct. Also, Hong Kong people don’t particularly like the mainlanders... They see them as backwards and uncivilized. HK, compared to Shanghai, is clean and organized.

This list should make the list for next year.

Let me break down your dickishness:

[This is not true at all. And he didn’t fix anything]

And my point, was that there are a ton of nut huggers praising this kid for his “engineering prowess” or “fixing ability”. He didn’t fix anything. He disassembled something and put it in a box. And my criticism here is of people praising his engineering spirit.

Actually, your statement was about his likelihood of getting into MIT.

Dude. At 14, he should know better than calling “disassembling someone elses work, not changing anything functionally, and claiming it as your own work”. That’s not engineering. He didn’t make anything.

Calling “disassembling an alarm clock and putting the parts in a box” “engineering” is an insult to engineering. I say this as an actual engineer.

This makes me think of the old “safari” porsches.

Definitely explains why Krispy Kreme doughnuts are so addictive.

Do the kidnappers know what a Mother-in-law is?

The molten texture of american cheese is much different from other cheeses... But, if you want your mind to be blown, you can add melting salts and a little milk to any cheese to make it melt like American cheese.

It probably depends on whether or not they think she will still refuse to testify... Additionally, they can’t delay trial forever. It may have been the choice between “throw her in Jail” and “let the accused go”.

Spending 60K on a less reliable, harder to work on, impossible to source parts for car that’s essentially exactly the same as a Jeep CJ5?

That’s the most expensive $20 part I can think of.

It would be unlikely, however, that they could testify in open court for the prosecution and be cross examined by deposition. It likely would have resulted in a mistrial... and if it didn’t it would be unusual enough to be grounds for an appeal.

I’m passionate about legal defense and defendant’s rights.

I kindly refer nameless internet person who claims to hold a law degree to the sixth amendment, and case law surrounding it. Video testimony or depositions have to be conducted with the defendants counsel present giving them an opportunity to cross examine or is not admissible as evidence in their trial. See Crawford…