Question: how does overturning Sullivant *not* bite Fox in the ass? Or any of the other purveyors of right-wing bullshit? Not saying it'll be *good*, but also wondering if these people are so far up their own asses that they don't realize they'd be losing protection as well
Question because my l'il puny constitutional law brain does not think like big brained smart constitutional lawyers: if the SC finds for Wynn, could a journalist still report on a successful case brought against Wynn or would that be libel?
Why are so many rich people such whiny piss babies? They have all the money in the world to just fuck off and isolate themselves from any criticism but insist on complaining about the world not being precisely in their image.
Isnt it sad that billionaires don't use their billions for good. Truth is, they wouldn't have billions if they were good people. All I have to do is look at most successful managers who have no problem shitting on those below them. At least in this society. Surely humans aren't wired that way, when one looks at indigenous cultures. But, somehow Colonial European assholes took over the world, and sowed that assholery is the way to go. I'd love it if we could start over. Fuck the aristocracy and rhe Christian church
I know the perfect tombstone for Steve Wynn: it's made of porcelain, white, and shaped like a very narrow bathtub with three or four copper spigots dripping water into it, sitting just below waist high.
Stevie Wynn was from New Haven ct., His father ran Bingo parlors, and Little Stevie joined the business, that's where he learned the gambling business, etc.
If defamation standards are relaxed Donald Trump is in for thousands of lawsuits. With tweets, recordings of his rallies, press appearances, and whatever he calls the bullshit on his Truth Social site as evidence. I don't think a day goes by where Trump does not slander or libel someone on some published site. So you have his exact words to use against him.
My legal brain is trying to go backward 30 years to try to remember what possible process might exist for Steve Wynn, an individual, to file a direct petition to SCROTUS.
Maybe I'll read the link or look it up. Maybe not. I'm tired.
Wynn is not, and has not, been the sharpest tool in the shed. He just turned out to be a good gambler (pun intended) on Las Vegas real estate. As evidence of his elevator not quite reaching the top floor (another intended pun... you'll see) I present his commercial when he opened the Encore:
"the 1964 decision that established limits on defamation lawsuits and reasserted the importance of the First Amendment to journalists’ work"
A decision SCOTUS should never have made. Back then, they just didn't understand why the super duper rich *need* added protections from the truth, and that mean ol' 1A needs to be updated to the needs of today's gazillionaires. Their sensitivities have expanded due to the condemnation of Jane and John Citizen over how and what they are trying to purchase with their money: i.e. immunity from laws that prevent them from getting even richer, ever faster, or seeming to be trying to buy their own country.
As an aside on buying countries:
* Elmo the Man-child has a net worth of about $405 billion. In comparison, on the list I used, there are only 40 *countries* that have a GNI higher than his worth. (Interesting enough, or not, number 40 is his beloved homeland of S Africa.);
Question: how does overturning Sullivant *not* bite Fox in the ass? Or any of the other purveyors of right-wing bullshit? Not saying it'll be *good*, but also wondering if these people are so far up their own asses that they don't realize they'd be losing protection as well
Question because my l'il puny constitutional law brain does not think like big brained smart constitutional lawyers: if the SC finds for Wynn, could a journalist still report on a successful case brought against Wynn or would that be libel?
Not just tacky casinos, there’s a whole chain of tacky hotels with his name on them.
Why are so many rich people such whiny piss babies? They have all the money in the world to just fuck off and isolate themselves from any criticism but insist on complaining about the world not being precisely in their image.
Because they are empty inside.
Hence all the money-grubbing I guess.
Although there are occasions when baseless accusations have been leveled at innocent people,
they are rare and generally proven to be false rather quickly Usually where there is smoke, there is fire.
Hey I know another “outlet” does not seem to employ fact-checkers. The White House. They have their own “facts”now.
Facts do not matter. It's what's on X!
We're fighting a world of butthurt bajillionaire rapists and looters in ugly clothes.
When gazillionaires get their feelings hurt. Boo fuvking hoo.
If anyone has seen a picture of Wynn and his plastic surgeries, you think he'd be used to the laughter by now.
Isnt it sad that billionaires don't use their billions for good. Truth is, they wouldn't have billions if they were good people. All I have to do is look at most successful managers who have no problem shitting on those below them. At least in this society. Surely humans aren't wired that way, when one looks at indigenous cultures. But, somehow Colonial European assholes took over the world, and sowed that assholery is the way to go. I'd love it if we could start over. Fuck the aristocracy and rhe Christian church
I know the perfect tombstone for Steve Wynn: it's made of porcelain, white, and shaped like a very narrow bathtub with three or four copper spigots dripping water into it, sitting just below waist high.
Stevie Wynn was from New Haven ct., His father ran Bingo parlors, and Little Stevie joined the business, that's where he learned the gambling business, etc.
If defamation standards are relaxed Donald Trump is in for thousands of lawsuits. With tweets, recordings of his rallies, press appearances, and whatever he calls the bullshit on his Truth Social site as evidence. I don't think a day goes by where Trump does not slander or libel someone on some published site. So you have his exact words to use against him.
Ta, Gary. His tombstone should read, very simply, "And Nothing of Value was Lost."
My legal brain is trying to go backward 30 years to try to remember what possible process might exist for Steve Wynn, an individual, to file a direct petition to SCROTUS.
Maybe I'll read the link or look it up. Maybe not. I'm tired.
The appeal is from the Nevada Supreme Court. There is nothing unusual about it.
"Steve Wynn, billionaire casino mogul"
Wynn is not, and has not, been the sharpest tool in the shed. He just turned out to be a good gambler (pun intended) on Las Vegas real estate. As evidence of his elevator not quite reaching the top floor (another intended pun... you'll see) I present his commercial when he opened the Encore:
Short version: https://x.com/LasVegasLocally/status/1189005786623528960
Full version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vseVmGf-MBY
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"the 1964 decision that established limits on defamation lawsuits and reasserted the importance of the First Amendment to journalists’ work"
A decision SCOTUS should never have made. Back then, they just didn't understand why the super duper rich *need* added protections from the truth, and that mean ol' 1A needs to be updated to the needs of today's gazillionaires. Their sensitivities have expanded due to the condemnation of Jane and John Citizen over how and what they are trying to purchase with their money: i.e. immunity from laws that prevent them from getting even richer, ever faster, or seeming to be trying to buy their own country.
As an aside on buying countries:
* Elmo the Man-child has a net worth of about $405 billion. In comparison, on the list I used, there are only 40 *countries* that have a GNI higher than his worth. (Interesting enough, or not, number 40 is his beloved homeland of S Africa.);
* Steve Wynn has a net worth of $3.7 billion, and there may be a large distance between 41st and where he sits there are still 27 countries with a lower GNI (in 2025 with countries that have posted any GNI.) https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/ranking/gnp-gross-national-product
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Casino owner hits on cocktail waitress with offer of promotion (or possibility of early retirement)? C'mon, when has that ever happened...?