@chalucky@AbeGreenwald Well, as it happens the Democrats rejected Galindo. Unlike Christine O'Donnell, for example--yes, Ds contributed to her campaign. But she won! Because Rs wanted her! But Dems rejected Galindo. Glad you all spent a bunch of money on her though.
@lexetscientia@baseballcrank@rjp1208 Strange, since they were exonerated, and since the city would have had an overriding interest in (1) proving their guilt if it could, and (2) keeping millions of dollars.
@chalucky@AbeGreenwald True enough. But you're confirming she's a Republican plant. The Republicans are outraged--outraged!--at her anti-semitism. The Republicans are also financing her.
@baseballcrank@rjp1208 Except that the equivalence is entirely false. The Central Park 5 weren't suing themselves. They had obviously strong claims against the City. Same for the Native Americans suing the Dept. of Ag. But of course you knew that.
@gerardtbaker Precisely. The "Democrats did it" bit is entirely false. The Central Park 5 weren't suing themselves; they had obviously strong cases against the city. The Native Americans also didn't sue themselves; they had strong claims against the govt. that they were aggressively pursuing.
@LRB@piercepenniless It’s a little under 1800 words—too long for a letter. I’ll send it in to [email protected] and you all can see if you’re interested. Thanks.
@piercepenniless@LRB Many thousands of deaths resulted. I think it would be an interesting short column, that follows from one small part of your piece. May I send it to you? Not looking for payment; I just think the LRB (to which I subscribe) might find it of interest. Thanks.
@piercepenniless@LRB Mr. Butler, thanks for this powerful piece. I am a U.S. lawyer that litigated against American Celotex decades ago. The report’s statement that “the dishonest and cynical way in which RS 5000 was tested and marketed reflected a culture within Celotex stretching back to /1
@piercepenniless@LRB at least 2009” drew a rueful laugh from me. I’ve written a little piece about how American Celotex had displayed precisely the same attitude toward users of its own insulation products, and indeed its own workers, for many decades. /2