ThePilot ... ._

I have been changed. Change by Uvalde. Changed by USAID and government money laundering schemes. And changed by Biden and Roy Cooper's indifference to the plight of the people of Western North Carolina.

BREAKING: The United Nations has voted 123-3 in favor to condemn the enslavement of millions of Africans and the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The three countries voting against it? 🇺🇸 USA 🇮🇱Israel 🇦🇷 Argentina Nearly all of Europe abstained.

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@JonathanTurley I'm suspicious that some of the public support for this case is motivated by lingering contempt for Meta and Google working with the Biden administration to actively censor people during COVID.

As soon as the California verdict was read, the “likes” from plaintiffs’ lawyers flooded in across social media. Those trials will continue despite great uncertainty about the very foundation of any liability. jonathanturley.org/2026/03/26/don…

I'm suspicious that some of the public support for this case is motivated by lingering contempt for Meta and Google working with the Biden administration to actively censor people during COVID.

@weRessential @JonathanTurley "This is not justice, this is just jealous vengeance against successful companies." It's not about their success, it's about how they achieve their success.

@JonathanTurley This is not justice, this is just jealous vengeance against successful companies. Nothing breeds contempt in America like success. In Australia they say, “we need to cut down the tall poppies.”

It's not that social media maybe addicting. It's that Meta and Google made it more addicting. Similar to the 1990s lawsuit against the US tobacco industry knowingly adjusting nicotine levels to make cigarettes more addicting.

@JonathanTurley Mr. Turley, Isn't this case similar to the one against the US tobacco industry where they were knowingly adjusting nicotine levels in cigarettes to make them more addicting?

...We will have to wait for the punitive figure, but that figure is effectively tethered to the compensatory figure under controlling case law. The immediate result is likely to be a stampede to the courts by plaintiffs. However, substantial questions remain for appeal.

The verdict against Google and Meta is clearly a seismic event with thousands of lawsuits in the works. However, the legal basis for this ruling remains highly challengeable in my view. I have taught torts for 30 years and remain skeptical about the causation links in the case...

Have you ever heard of soup beans? When I was growing up in WNC, Mamaw and Papaw made meatless suppers once or twice a week. Those meals usually consisted of soup beans seasoned with pork and various sides: fried taters with onions, cabbage, boiled taters, fresh sliced maters, homemade canned green beans, fried green maters, ramps, or wilted lettuce. You never knew what sides would show up on the plate, but there would always be a variety—and the meal was guaranteed to come with a slice of cornbread. Daddy liked his soup beans with a spoonful of mayo on top. Mamaw took hers with diced raw onion. Papaw doused his with Texas Pete. I don’t know what made me think of soup beans today… I think I’m craving them. Which is weird. I ate so much of them during hard times that they started turning my stomach. You don’t really hear the term “soup beans” in the eastern part of North Carolina. It makes my heart a little sad. “Pinto beans” sounds too plain. Anyone else call them soup beans? 👀

@jayfry @Brettdasovic Yes. The other guy was acting like a jerk, but Alan Ritchson still remains a jerk.

@SAonXbox @Brettdasovic It's hard to be on Alan's side he is a giant dick that wishes ill on half the voting country.

Speeding in a neighborhood can be dangerous. Jumping in front of a moving bike to scold someone is absolutely moronic. I'm just glad we live in a time where you get helmet cam evidence of all of this. 💀

@jayfry @Brettdasovic "Tennessee has a law against intentionally stepping out ...." Good to know. I did say 'most' parts of the United States. "They are both wrong. No one here is right." Absolutely! They were both acting like jerks. x.com/i/status/20364…

@SAonXbox @Brettdasovic Tennessee has a law against intentionally stepping out in front of motor vehicles. They are both wrong. No one here is right.

@Riaan_A @Brettdasovic Here in the United States greater a responsibility goes to the driver of the motor vehicle regardless of where the pedestrian is located.

@SAonXbox @Brettdasovic Walking into ongoing traffic at a non dedicated crossing becomes the fault of the pedestrian in the middle of the road, not the driver of the vehicle

@SaraHigdon @Brettdasovic "And no, he doesn't not ...." Wait. Is that a triple negative. Well, good luck with that.

No court is going to award any damages when it is proven that the pedestrian acted like an idiot. You can sue for anything, doesn't mean you will win. Like do you think families of people who commit suicide by stepping into traffic ever get awarded anything? And no, he doesn't not when the neighbor put himself intentionally into harms way.

@0ldmanGlen @Brettdasovic

@SAonXbox @Brettdasovic I'm sorry. What the fuck are you smoking? You've never ridden a bicycle, much less a motorcycle.

@SaraHigdon @Brettdasovic "Drivers may challenge the ticket ...." 🤦 A ticket is not going to stop someone from being sued. Listen, both these people were acting like jerks. But Alan Ritchson had a greater responsibility because he was on a motor vehicle....

@SAonXbox @Brettdasovic False... I don't know if you can read or not but... "Drivers may challenge the ticket if they can prove the pedestrian was not in a legal crosswalk or was not crossing safely (e.g., sudden movement into traffic)."

@SaraHigdon @Brettdasovic Even if you "jet out into a busy street", the driver will most likely still face wrongful death and injuries lawsuit.

@SAonXbox @Brettdasovic Since you cited California. Now read carefully...

@0ldmanGlen @Brettdasovic Why did he fly over the handlebars? Could it be because he was going too fast and couldn't safely slow down when someone was in the road? Indeed, it shows that Ritchson lost control of his motor vehicle. Which the law requires him to maintain at all times while on the road.

@SAonXbox @Brettdasovic It's literally on video that he intentionally ran in Ritchson's way, he adjusted to miss him and he moved AGAIN in the way. There is zero chance ever that Ritchson would be held responsible for that. It would set a legal precedent of everyone jumping intentionally in front.

@SaraHigdon @Brettdasovic U.S. courts (especially in Louisiana and California) have repeatedly described motor vehicles as a "dangerous instrumentality" (or "dangerous agency/instrument") and explicitly imposed a "higher" or "greater degree/standard of care" on drivers/motorists than on pedestrians.

@SAonXbox @Brettdasovic That is simply not true, you're a moron.

@Brettdasovic "I looked up the residential laws that state with no crosswalk or intersection the favor shifts to the driver." Maybe in Iran. 🤦

He wasn't in a crosswalk and he wasn't doing it to get to the other side. His intention was to get in front of his bike. I looked up the residential laws that state with no crosswalk or intersection the favor shifts to the driver. It doesn't matter though because it wouldn't be a traffic accident as much as it would be traffic stupidity on the part of someone intentionally getting in front of a moving bike