On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 02:44:38 +0000, 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 violenceâ€?. Hiroshima
>> 100% was. There were no military goals involved.
>>
>
> Hiroshima was a military target.
>
>https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/mp06.asp
>
> Dresden was not.

It was a transport and comm hub.