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A quotation from Salman Rushdie
At its most effective, the censor’s lie actually succeeds in replacing the artist’s truth. That which is censored is thought to have deserved censorship. Boat-rocking is deplored.
Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) Indian novelist
Speech (2012-05-06), Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, PEN World Voices Festival, New York CityMore about this quote: wist.info/rushdie-salman/85000…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #salmanrushdie #censor #censorship #justdeserts #label #makingtrouble #outrage #rockingtheboat #troublemaker
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A quotation from Salman Rushdie
At its most effective, the censor’s lie actually succeeds in replacing the artist’s truth. That which is censored is thought to have deserved censorship. Boat-rocking is deplored.
Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) Indian novelist
Speech (2012-05-06), Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, PEN World Voices Festival, New York CityMore about this quote: wist.info/rushdie-salman/85000…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #salmanrushdie #censor #censorship #justdeserts #label #makingtrouble #outrage #rockingtheboat #troublemaker
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Do not envy the sinner his success;
you do not know how that will end.
[μὴ ζηλώσῃς δόξαν ἁμαρτωλοῦ·
οὐ γὰρ οἶδας τί ἔσται ἡ καταστροφὴ αὐτοῦ.]The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 9:11 (Sir 9:11) [tr. NJB (1985)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/84974/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #oldtestament #apocrypha #sirach #ecclesiasticus #badending #envy #evildoer #justdeserts #justice #karma #sinner #success #wrongdoer
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As I brew, so must I drink.
James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian and writer
Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659)
[compiler]More about this quote: wist.info/howell-james/84888/
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My word, how mortals take the gods to task!
All their afflictions come from us, we hear.
And what of their own failings? Greed and folly
double the suffering in the lot of man.
[ὢ πόποι, οἷον δή νυ θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνται.
ἐξ ἡμέων γάρ φασι κάκ’ ἔμμεναι· οἱ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ
σφῇσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὑπὲρ μόρον ἄλγε’ ἔχουσιν.]Homer (fl. 7th-8th C. BC) Greek author
The Odyssey [Ὀδύσσεια], Book 1, l. 32ff (1.32) [Zeus] (c. 700 BC) [tr. Fitzgerald (1961)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/homer/46564/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #homer #odyssey #accountability #blame #deflection #destiny #divinepunishment #divinewill #excuse #fate #freewill #gods #justdeserts #karma #misfortune #responsibility #selfdestruction #selfinflictedwound #troubles
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Pump.Fun’s Bounties Platform Is a Black Hole of Circular Grifting
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‘The CIA has been secretly training anti-Russian groups in Ukraine since 2015. Everything we know points to the likelihood that includes neo-Nazis inspiring far-right terrorists across the world.’ https://jacobin.com/2022/01/cia-neo-nazi-training-ukraine-russia-putin-biden-nato
Add put options before 9/11, so is it not time for the people to end the ‘big donors’ finance of diabolical evil? I suppose they could wait until all face the very executions they take no responsibility for; the terror of their assassinations and purges as if the magicians rabbits actually appear from nowhere! #JustDeserts #911PutOptions #WW3 #TerrorNova #EcocideEmpiresEnd #BigDonors
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‘The CIA has been secretly training anti-Russian groups in Ukraine since 2015. Everything we know points to the likelihood that includes neo-Nazis inspiring far-right terrorists across the world.’ https://jacobin.com/2022/01/cia-neo-nazi-training-ukraine-russia-putin-biden-nato
Add put options before 9/11, so is it not time for the people to end the ‘big donors’ finance of diabolical evil? I suppose they could wait until all face the very executions they take no responsibility for; the terror of their assassinations and purges as if the magicians rabbits actually appear from nowhere! #JustDeserts #911PutOptions #WW3 #TerrorNova #EcocideEmpiresEnd #BigDonors
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A quotation from Josh Billings
He who expekts to be praized every time he duz a virtewous thing will soon git tired of the bizzness.
[He who expects to be praised every time he does a virtuous thing will soon get tired of the business.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1875-07 (1875 ed.)More info about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/79581/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #deserving #ego #expectations #gooddeed #justdeserts #moralduty #motivation #praise #pride #virtue #doinggood
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A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin
I hate being so intolerant, and I wouldn’t be if people didn’t deserve it.
Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 3 (1963)More info about this quote: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/78…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #deservedness #impatience #intolerance #justdeserts
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AGAMEMNON: Perhaps, for you, barbarians, it is easy to kill your guests but for us, Greeks, this is a thing of shame. How, then can I escape blame if I do not judge you guilty? I can’t do it. Since you could endure performing such a dishonourable deed, then you must also endure its awful consequences.
[ἈΓΑΜΈΜΝΩΝ: τάχ᾽ οὖν παρ᾽ ὑμῖν ῥᾴδιον ξενοκτονεῖν:
ἡμῖν δέ γ᾽ αἰσχρὸν τοῖσιν Ἕλλησιν τόδε.
πῶς οὖν σε κρίνας μὴ ἀδικεῖν φύγω ψόγον;
οὐκ ἂν δυναίμην. ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ τὰ μὴ καλὰ
πράσσειν ἐτόλμας, τλῆθι καὶ τὰ μὴ φίλα.]Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 1247ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Theodoridis (2007)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/77695/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #hecuba #acquittal #crime #hospitality #judgment #justdeserts #justice #murder #punishment
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…Some coverage has suggested that a deal involving #Trump’s social-media company, Truth Social, could provide him an infusion of #cash, but the practical size of that windfall may be overstated. Major shareholders are subject to a provision that prevents large sales of stocks for 6 months, though Trump could seek a waiver allowing him to sell more sooner.
#law #civil #fraud #defamation #SexualAssault #liability #accountability #JustDeserts
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…Some coverage has suggested that a deal involving #Trump’s social-media company, Truth Social, could provide him an infusion of #cash, but the practical size of that windfall may be overstated. Major shareholders are subject to a provision that prevents large sales of stocks for 6 months, though Trump could seek a waiver allowing him to sell more sooner.
#law #civil #fraud #defamation #SexualAssault #liability #accountability #JustDeserts
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Such existing #loans likely include covenants that prevent owners from subordinating them to other liens—which would effectively reduce how much #Trump can use the properties as collateral, says Jim Wheaton, a #law prof at William&Mary who has studied Trump’s #finances. In simple terms, if a building is worth $50M, & $30M of that is subject to another #loan, the covenant means the other $20M isn’t free & clear to use as #collateral.
#fraud #defamation #SexualAssault #accountability #JustDeserts
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Such existing #loans likely include covenants that prevent owners from subordinating them to other liens—which would effectively reduce how much #Trump can use the properties as collateral, says Jim Wheaton, a #law prof at William&Mary who has studied Trump’s #finances. In simple terms, if a building is worth $50M, & $30M of that is subject to another #loan, the covenant means the other $20M isn’t free & clear to use as #collateral.
#fraud #defamation #SexualAssault #accountability #JustDeserts
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Typically, a defendant who has substantial #assets but needs piles of #cash will obtain a #bond, rather than posting the #money themselves. Under such an arrangement, a bonding company effectively vouches for #Trump w/the court, guaranteeing that the money is available. If Trump wins his #appeal, he pays the bonding company only a fee. If he loses, he has to pay in full. But Trump seems to be struggling to obtain such a bond.
#law #fraud #defamation #SexualAssault #accountability #JustDeserts
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Typically, a defendant who has substantial #assets but needs piles of #cash will obtain a #bond, rather than posting the #money themselves. Under such an arrangement, a bonding company effectively vouches for #Trump w/the court, guaranteeing that the money is available. If Trump wins his #appeal, he pays the bonding company only a fee. If he loses, he has to pay in full. But Trump seems to be struggling to obtain such a bond.
#law #fraud #defamation #SexualAssault #accountability #JustDeserts
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If this was true at the time, which is doubtful, it is not true now. On Feb 28, he asked an appellate court to reduce the #bond amount in the #fraud case to $100M, & said he might have to #sell properties otherwise. The court declined to lower the bond, but did temporarily stay the ruling by the trial judge, Arthur #Engoron, that #Trump couldn’t seek #loans from #banks.
#law #civil #defamation #SexualAssault #liability #accountability #JustDeserts
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If this was true at the time, which is doubtful, it is not true now. On Feb 28, he asked an appellate court to reduce the #bond amount in the #fraud case to $100M, & said he might have to #sell properties otherwise. The court declined to lower the bond, but did temporarily stay the ruling by the trial judge, Arthur #Engoron, that #Trump couldn’t seek #loans from #banks.
#law #civil #defamation #SexualAssault #liability #accountability #JustDeserts
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The danger posed to #Trump’s #finances by 2 recent judgments against him has been, if anything, underappreciated. The size of the awards, the structure of his business empire, & the condition of the #RealEstate #market combine to create a truly perilous moment for #TrumpOrganization &, by extension, for Trump’s personal finances.
#law #civil #fraud #defamation #SexualAssault #liability #accountability #JustDeserts
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/03/trump-financial-legal-troubles/677662/ -
The danger posed to #Trump’s #finances by 2 recent judgments against him has been, if anything, underappreciated. The size of the awards, the structure of his business empire, & the condition of the #RealEstate #market combine to create a truly perilous moment for #TrumpOrganization &, by extension, for Trump’s personal finances.
#law #civil #fraud #defamation #SexualAssault #liability #accountability #JustDeserts
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#ElonMusk’s $56 billion pay package from #Tesla …was the cornerstone of Musk’s meteoric rise from eccentric CEO to world’s richest person….
Now, he may have to give it all back.
#Legal experts say #Musk likely will be forced to return at least some of the stock options he secured as part of his 2018 pay package, an award that was — & remains — unparalleled in scope.#JustDeserts #justice #law
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#ElonMusk’s $56 billion pay package from #Tesla …was the cornerstone of Musk’s meteoric rise from eccentric CEO to world’s richest person….
Now, he may have to give it all back.
#Legal experts say #Musk likely will be forced to return at least some of the stock options he secured as part of his 2018 pay package, an award that was — & remains — unparalleled in scope.#JustDeserts #justice #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/01/musk-tesla-compensation-package-delaware/
