They left out the fact that Charter forged documents in the case and also refused to investigate thousands of thefts prior to this. Thats prob the biggest reason for the fine not the murder itself
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I AM an attorney (in 3 jurisdictions), although not Texas, so I can’t claim to be an expert on Texas state law. That being said, torts is a field of law where although there are some pitfalls, broadly speaking, many states have similar principals in a lot of areas. Read more
Wow so they left the most important parts out of the article. Good job gizmodo. Totally changes everything.
Felony forgery in court documents might be enough for that to stick.
Get rid of a pesky relative for $58? WHAT A DEAL!! Read more
Years ago, worked with a guy that was an installer/tech for a large MSO. He would ask to use customer’s bathroom then raid the medicine cabinet for drugs. Cops walked into the lunchroom one day and hauled him off. After serving time, company HIRED HIM BACK!
People will complain about everything but it actually looks amazing! hopefully Tom Bombadil shows up here...
Even in a cartoon, someone like Hank being oppressed in some exotic land is exactly the kind of toxic online strawman that is morally reprehensible for a studio to turn that into a motion picture in 2022. Read more
That’s totally false. (Wtf? What a weird lie?) Read more
On this site, an analysis of the political content of a movie, with nothing else, counts as a review.
I freely admit that I’m not of Asian descent and as such can’t say how this “should” be written. But surely the issues with the cultural signifiers here should just be one part of a larger review and not...the entire review?
I’ve read it three times and I still can’t figure it out. Read more
The final ‘that’ needs to be omitted for it to make any sense at all. And I’m not sure what a “toxic online strawman” is in this context—a dog being oppressed by cats in Japan?
“Even in a cartoon, someone like Hank being oppressed in some exotic land is exactly the kind of toxic online strawman that is morally reprehensible for a studio to turn that into a motion picture in 2022.” Read more
There is a set of people who think that ANY use of the n-word is bad. Read more
“Whether or not its predecessor holds up (fully or even in part) to contemporary standards of sensitivity, Blazing Saddles not only enlisted Richard Pryor as a screenwriter but at least aspired to comment on the bigotry it depicts.” Read more
This movie looks awful, but I’m wondering if Tsai would mind enlightening us on which parts of Blazing Saddles he thinks shouldn’t exist. Like, be specific. And when he talks about “today’s standards,” who is setting those?
Remember in the summer of 2020 when streaming services took down a bunch of episodes from old sitcoms featuring characters in blackface, even the ones where the joke was “hey, look at this racist idiot who thinks it’s okay to do blackface”? Well, I think there may be similar reactions to that little old lady who calls… Read more
“Even in a cartoon, someone like Hank being oppressed in some exotic land is exactly the kind of toxic online strawman that is morally reprehensible for a studio to turn that into a motion picture in 2022.” Read more
“Blazing Saddles got away with some stuff that’s problematic by today’s standards.”