The lockdown collateral damage and death thread

[SeattleUte]

Was reading about a guy in Louisiana serving a life sentence for attempting to steal hedge trimmers. Louisiana Supreme Court would not overturn it, though there was a single dissenting vote.

Here a judge couldn't be merciful because the federal sentencing guidelines have minimum requirements.

[wapiti]

Here a judge couldn't be merciful because the federal sentencing guidelines have minimum requirements.

Mercy should come from the prosecutor when making charging decisions. It's more likely to come from President Biden. Hopefully there is some common sense somewhere.

[BigPiney]

Those lawyers are dummies. Hard to feel sorry for them.

[wapiti]

Those lawyers are dummies. Hard to feel sorry for them.

Dummies. But not 35 years worth of dummies. A few months in the clink, financial restitution for the car, and having to deal with the professional consequences is enough penalty.

[BigPiney]

Dummies. But not 35 years worth of dummies. A few months in the clink, financial restitution for the car, and having to deal with the professional consequences is enough penalty.

Ok. 2 years are disbarment.

Biden will just pardon them anyway. Not sure why everyone is so concerned.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Minimum sentencing guidelines are wrong and should be abolished everywhere. 35 years is ridiculous.

That being said, what a couple of idiots.

[Bo Diddley]

Here a judge couldn't be merciful because the federal sentencing guidelines have minimum requirements.

My understanding is the life sentence came from Louisiana's habitual offenders law. But a look at his record, and any reasonable person would say a life sentence is not reasonable.

[Commando]

As hypocritical as it is, we all know that Covid is looked at differently because white, 1st world people are dying from it. Can you imagine how much worse things would be if Covid wasn't looked at as an old person's disease. Old people aren't quite as expendable as 3rd world people, so people seem to care more.

I agree with this. Also because it's cancelling football. Oof. What an indictment.

[Uncle Ted]

NY'ers are learning they can work from home outside of NY...

Cuomo Begs Fleeing New Yorkers To Return From Connecticut, Hamptons After Revealing Top 1% Pay 50% Of State Taxes

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been visiting New Yorkers who fled the state during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, begging them to return to the state from Connecticut and other second-home locations after admitting the “one percent” pay a shocking 50% of state taxes.

“Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been begging rich people to return to New York City from their second-home retreats so they can pay taxes to help offset the state’s growing coronavirus-related revenue shortfall,” the New York Post reported Tuesday.
[...]
Cuomo’s even offering perks.

“I literally talk to people all day long who are now in their Hamptons house who also lived here, or in their Hudson Valley house, or in their Connecticut weekend house, and I say, ‘You got to come back! We’ll go to dinner! I’ll buy you a drink! Come over, I’ll cook!’” Cuomo said at a press conference late Monday.

“They’re not coming back right now,” Cuomo added. “And you know what else they’re thinking? ‘If I stay there, I pay a lower income tax’ because they don’t pay the New York City surcharge.”

“Our population, 1 percent of the population pays 50 percent of the taxes,” Cuomo said.
[...]
Cuomo also says he promised wealthy New Yorkers that he’ll personally make sure New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio pays closer attention to the city’s rising crime rate: “We’re going to make progress helping the homeless. We’re going to clean up the graffiti. We’re going to fix crime.”

Bill de Blasio has not commented on whether he agrees.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/cuomo...of-state-taxes

[Joe Public]

Those lawyers are dummies. Hard to feel sorry for them.

Yes. I got dizzy from all the spin in that article. They firebombed a police car.

[old_gregg]

holland and knight is a shit firm, so it actually makes a lot of sense if you think about it

[SeattleUte]

In the Wake of Covid-19 Lockdowns, a Troubling Surge in Homicides
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/u...e=articleShare

[Walter Sobchak]

Have you been wondering why DMD in cans has been hard to find?

Me too.

[YOhio]

Have you been wondering why DMD in cans has been hard to find?

Me too.

DMD has been available here. For a while MDZ was out of stock and that was upsetting. It's back now though.

[wapiti]

Business travel expense at my company this year is down to zero Q2 and will likely stay there through the end of the year. We've replaced it with video calls that have proven very effective. Business travel won't be zero for us long term. But it also won't recover even 50% of pre-Covid levels.

I think vacation travel will recover post-Covid. I don't think the same will happen with business travel.