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Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek dismissal of federal charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing (www.pbs.org)

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[–] spider@midwest.social 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The political pressure to catch him was insane

Specifically because Brian Thompson was a member of The Big Club.

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[–] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I was never big on George Carlin the comedian. He was pretty average at being funny in my opinion. George Carlin the philosopher is pretty fucking great.

[–] spider@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I agree; it took him a while to find his niche.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I kind of agree with his, with the caveat that his language-oriented bits could be extremely funny. My favorite is Airline Announcements.

He was the epitome of the phrase "you can say anything as long as you make 'em laugh." What he liked to talk about most was sacrilegious and not inherently funny. So for that, average is pretty good.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

I mean the perp walk that ERIC adams, was nothing more than to get pardon from trump.