The Austere Lifestyle of Them Who Rule Us

[Sinfidel]

http://www.vanityfair.com/society/fe...e-jefri-201107

You might want to skip your blood pressure meds before reading....

[Smellyoldgit]

I'm genuinely surprised - a Murrikan court didn't find in favour of the rich fucker.
.... oh wait - there's sure to be an appeal.

[Sinfidel]

Smellyoldgit wrote

I'm genuinely surprised - a Murrikan court didn't find in favour of the rich fucker.
.... oh wait - there's sure to be an appeal.

Had this playboy been a Saudi, no doubt the outcome of the court case would have been different. Short of enough cash to grease the USA "justice" system wheels, the verdict is what it is.
Laughable is the Tea Party whine about the sense of "entitlement" amongst social safety net recipients, but never a word about the infinite greed of the oligarchy, as exemplified in this case, about which nary a mention in mainstream news media.