Wall Street supported Obama.  Wall Street supported Hillary.  President Obama obviously got a pass on that.

Rosetta was wise in a way. She did nothing. If you refuse to get off the plane and actually do any small and stupid thing, if she had even touched an attendant or made a threat, she might have faced twenty years in prison, like many people including wypipo who don’t like the service on airlines, end up doing, also…

Umami!

The very words “Press charges,” are words that have very little meaning. Police say those words to deceive victims into feeling empowered and part of the decision to prosecute. They mean only that the alleged “Victim” or complaining party wants to cooperate and make a statement to police. They can’t force police to…

I don’t dispute Rosetta’s and other passenger’s version of events and I will be surprised if any criminal case is prosecuted against Rosetta. But, even if wrong, the flight crew can have passengers removed for any reason. If the flight crew lied and they file a false report with the police, then they can be prosecuted…

Locking Rosetta up was a bad decision.  Prohibiting police from making a decision on the spot to arrest people might also be a bad decision.  Ultimately, there is a human element and there are not enough people who only make good decisions and both want to be police and qualify to be police.  Too many of them want to…

Rosetta can sue the airline for the vomit on her seats and daughter, for compensation for her inconvenience. She cannot sue the airline for her arrest and twelve miserable hours in jail, because the police and not the airline were responsible for that.  She can sue for more or less anything, but no Court will hold the…

Ilhan Omar used a “Nomorethoughtsandprayers,” hashtag to politicize the Chabad shooting, herself, and without any regard for the irony or optics of using that when the victims are worshipers.  Obviously that is going to offend a lot of people and draw negative attention.  Either she wants it or she has some…

I don’t dispute that the airline was horrible and that Rosetta’s complaint was completely reasonable. The problem is that she was on a commercial aircraft and when you are on an aircraft, it is like being on a ship at sea. You have fewer legal rights onboard, even when the plane is on the ground. This is why despite…

I could not find anything. I was apparently wrong that police might be liable for allowing a suspect to escape.

The police are absolutely required to remove passengers from the plane, any passengers for any reason, that the crew wants off.  Jail was the decision of the police and they had discretion to decide whether that was necessary, although the local police department or the state might have some law or regulation about…

I agree that she can win a lawsuit and had she been wiser, she would have simply documented her miserable experience and quietly left the plane with the intention of seeking compensation in court or a settlement, saving herself the twelve hours in jail and separation from her vomit encrusted daughter.  The police…

Pump brakes, not “Breaks” please, unless the topic is slackers.

The issue is not whether Rosetta was entitled to money or a ticket or a voucher or damages or whatever sort of compensation might be reasonable from the Vomit Comet. The issue is that she felt entitled to hold up an aircraft with passengers and crew for something they were not in a position to promise. They simply…

The issue is not safety of shooting tires. First of all, there is a principle, that a firearm is a tool to shoot people and should only come out for situations calling for lethal force. There is that cops might use the tactic in other situations. If a cop tries to shoot a tire, instead of a driver, the car can…

Police generally do not shoot tires.  That is not part of any training or doctrine.  

I am not saying shooting was the be best tactics, and American police are universally armed, plus allowed to shoot people in lots of situations UK police can't.  The situation in American law is that allowing a dangerous suspect to escape, deliberately allowing that, can be negligence on the part of  police officer or…

The basis of shooting would be that the suspect is an alleged, Armed Robbery suspect whom they at least imagined, presented a threat to the public. Had the suspect not committed a robbery, then they would have engaged in a vehicular chase.  They would have possibly wrecked at least one patrol car and then the sheriff…

Didn’t the company that did Tupac go out of business? Perhaps the Disney, animatronic route might suit Grimes? Surely, a jerky, slow moving robot could mimic a stoned artist.

Pigonomics is one of my favorite topics. Yes, you can tell a lot about a country based upon pig centric, economic activity. A friend of mine visits Vietnam, and unlike most Americans who visit, he goes to the village where Westerners are seldom seen. Every family in the village has a pig or pigs. A person of…