Mitchell Holman <noemail@aol.com> wrote:
> D. Ray <d@ray> wrote in
> news:ZdhJjUDqlCRxitfrPwWzMtIILOBfADnZ@news.usenet.farm:
>
>> Skeeter <skeeterweed@photonmail.com> wrote:
>>> In article <XnsB24282B6876A4629555@185.151.15.190>, noemail@aol.com
>>> says...
>>>>
>>>> Skeeter <skeeterweed@photonmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:6755cbe3$0$3620704$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com:
>>>>
>>>>> In article <XnsB241D5223CE42629555@185.151.15.190>, noemail@aol.com
>>>>> says...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Skeeter <skeeterweed@photonmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>> news:6754a3bf$1$2385532$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In article <XnsB24185B786DF9629555@185.151.15.160>,
>>>>>>> noemail@aol.com says...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:vj1t6i$367nb$1@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 2024-12-07, Mitchell Holman <noemail@aol.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>> news:vj1m9p$34i8c$1@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-12-07, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14165741/unit
>>>>>>>>>>>> e dhe alt hc
>>>>>>>>>>>> are-brian-thompson-ai-patient-coverage-lawsuit.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> A controversial AI program used to deny elderly people
>>>>>>>>>>>> health coverage is now at the center of questions about the
>>>>>>>>>>>> shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Brian Thompson, 50 was gunned down Wednesday outside a
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hilton in Midtown Manhattan in what police have described as
>>>>>>>>>>>> a 'brazen' and 'targeted' attack.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> It has now emerged that during the years before that, the
>>>>>>>>>>>> company implemented AI software that had a 90 percent
>>>>>>>>>>>> denial rate.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Gee ... what a SHIT !!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'd say "criminal".
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> TAKE money, promising services, DELIVER the fuckin'
>>>>>>>>>>>> services !!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't feel sorry for him anymore.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey, RFK and friends, skip the Froot Loops for
>>>>>>>>>>>> awhile and look at THIS health bullshit. Seems
>>>>>>>>>>>> to be a GIGANTIC problem.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> That's why I say follow the money.
>>>>>>>>>>> In this case it probably has something to do with a
>>>>>>>>>>> disgruntled person denied care either for himself or family.
>>>>>>>>>>> It could also be corruption in the company such as
>>>>>>>>>>> embezzlement, money laundering etc. And it appears the
>>>>>>>>>>> shooter had inside information knowing where the CEO was
>>>>>>>>>>> staying, arriving, speaking and time frames so that is
>>>>>>>>>>> interesting as well. His speaking events are probably public
>>>>>>>>>>> record, but arrival times? That's a bit odd.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> They will capture this guy, eventually.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Good luck on getting a jury to convict,
>>>>>>>>>> there is a huge "good riddance" factor to
>>>>>>>>>> deal with.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In NYC anything is possible but as a rule people loath
>>>>>>>>> insurance companies, big pharma and the like so depending upon
>>>>>>>>> the jury make up and despite the evidence we see so far you
>>>>>>>>> might be correct.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Have you been following the trial of
>>>>>>>>>> Daniel Perry, the guy who killed a deranged
>>>>>>>>>> subway rider who was threatening other
>>>>>>>>>> passengers? Even Republicans are applauding
>>>>>>>>>> what he did.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have. This guy is a hero.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So is the CEO shooter.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I grew up in NYC and have taken the subway literally 1000's of
>>>>>>>>> times (high school, college, to the beach, the city etc) from
>>>>>>>>> the early 70's through the mid 80's so I know full well how
>>>>>>>>> dangerous it can be.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I used to see crazies all the time. Urinating between cars onto
>>>>>>>>> the tracks. Pooping, using drugs, harassing people and
>>>>>>>>> attacking people as well. I learned from a cop relative if
>>>>>>>>> stared at never look away but stare back straight into the
>>>>>>>>> perps eyes. It plants the thought that you are either a
>>>>>>>>> decoy/cop or as crazy as they are so they won't mess with you.
>>>>>>>>> And it works. Looking away shows weakness and getting up and
>>>>>>>>> moving to another car is even worse as they will follow you.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2024 Republican hopefuls rush to defend Marine
>>>>>>>>>> who put NYC subway rider in fatal chokehold
>>>>>>>>>> May 20, 2023
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged the nation
>>>>>>>>>> to show Daniel Penny that "AmericaÂ?s got his
>>>>>>>>>> back." Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley
>>>>>>>>>> called for New YorkÂ?s governor to pardon
>>>>>>>>>> Penny, and biotech entrepreneur Vivek
>>>>>>>>>> Ramaswamy donated $10,000 to his legal defense
>>>>>>>>>> fund.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Republican presidential hopefuls have lined
>>>>>>>>>> up to support Penny, a 24-year-old U.S. Marine
>>>>>>>>>> veteran who was caught on video pinning an
>>>>>>>>>> agitated fellow subway passenger in New York
>>>>>>>>>> City to the floor in a chokehold. The passenger,
>>>>>>>>>> 30-year-old Jordan Neely, later died from
>>>>>>>>>> compression of the neck, according to the medical
>>>>>>>>>> examiner.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Penny has been charged with manslaughter. His
>>>>>>>>>> attorneys say he acted in self-defense.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> https://apnews.com/article/2024-republicans-subway-chokehold-de
>>>>>>>>>> a th- be39b29eef4529bf996c13ec5bcd22ef
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This was not racial like the throngs of blacks protesting at
>>>>>>>>> the court each day are claiming.
>>>>>>>>> This was a Good Samaritan stopping what might have been attacks
>>>>>>>>> on helpless people.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Helpless people, like sick people
>>>>>>>> being defraud and left to die by the
>>>>>>>> CEO who got shot.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As I said, good luck on getting
>>>>>>>> a jury to convict him.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You support violence.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Everyone supports violence in a cause they support.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, Hiroshima, anyone?
>>>>>
>>>>> Nice spin.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Truth.
>>>>
>>>> Do you object to the above acts of violence?
>>>
>>> You support terrorist violence.
>>
>> State violence absolutely can be “terrorist violence”. Hiroshima
>> 100% was. There were no military goals involved.
>>
>
> Hiroshima was a military target.

You know that Target Committee first wanted to bomb Kyoto specifically
because it was cultural center of Japan? By the way, you should check out
who exactly were the people arguing for bombing it.

> Dresden was not.

Correct.