Let's not forget the vintage 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act, 15 U.S.C. 1011-1015, and its exemption from federal anti-trust laws of insurance companies. Why? Because "the continued regulation and taxation by the several States of the business of insurance is in the public interest . . .." Not sure about your state, but mine could not stop the price fixers in 2007. Companies were still too stupid to do the math, so we bail out AIG. Think they love you because of the tv commercials? Right. Those premiums are based on value, not collusion to jack 'em up across the board and divide the market. Right.
The "bizarro shipping scheme" through this backwoods of Kentucky is through the UPS principal hub for the entire USA. We get great goods here, like Zappo's outlet, fresh New Brunswick lobsters, all near that hub. Also, Amazon has a warehouse every third county, so Prime is unnecessary for us. We get things quicker free than you class actors do in Prime. The hub, of course, is in the state capitol, Louisville.
My macbook pro was $2200 in mid-2007, not quite "low end." It's had enough hardware problems without losing software support from its manufacturer. I have not replaced this machine because there was a financial crash. You may have heard. Things where I live are not so well improved as WSJ says the country is.
Lemmings all here. It is always the DEFENDANT who proves the truth in slander/libel/defamation, so the DEFENDANT does not have to pay. Why would the plaintiff want to prove he/she/it was a worthless shit, as the DEFENDANT said? Plaintiff in USA must prove the defamatory statement and hope the DEFENDANT cannot prove it is true. Remember the Miss America who claimed the risque video was not her, until it hit the web? She dismissed her suit and resigned the crown. Truth is always a defense in defamation.
Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If the violation affects a financial institution, such person shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both.
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Let's not forget the vintage 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act, 15 U.S.C. 1011-1015, and its exemption from federal anti-trust laws of insurance companies. Why? Because "the continued regulation and taxation by the several States of the business of insurance is in the public interest . . . ." Not sure about your state, but mine could not stop the price fixers in 2007. Companies were still too stupid to do the math, so we bail out AIG. Think they love you because of the tv commercials? Right. Those premiums are based on value, not collusion to jack 'em up across the board and divide the market. Right.
The "bizarro shipping scheme" through this backwoods of Kentucky is through the UPS principal hub for the entire USA. We get great goods here, like Zappo's outlet, fresh New Brunswick lobsters, all near that hub. Also, Amazon has a warehouse every third county, so Prime is unnecessary for us. We get things quicker free than you class actors do in Prime. The hub, of course, is in the state capitol, Louisville.
My macbook pro was $2200 in mid-2007, not quite "low end." It's had enough hardware problems without losing software support from its manufacturer. I have not replaced this machine because there was a financial crash. You may have heard. Things where I live are not so well improved as WSJ says the country is.
Lemmings all here. It is always the DEFENDANT who proves the truth in slander/libel/defamation, so the DEFENDANT does not have to pay. Why would the plaintiff want to prove he/she/it was a worthless shit, as the DEFENDANT said? Plaintiff in USA must prove the defamatory statement and hope the DEFENDANT cannot prove it is true. Remember the Miss America who claimed the risque video was not her, until it hit the web? She dismissed her suit and resigned the crown. Truth is always a defense in defamation.
Or both such fine and imprisonment.
Don't forget Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World
Title 18 U.S. Code, section 1343:
Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or
artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of
false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits
or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television
communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings, signs,
signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme or
artifice, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20
years, or both. If the violation affects a financial institution, such
person shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more
than 30 years, or both.