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‘the greatest nations are defined by how they treat their weakest inhabitants.’
-jorge ramos, global refuge
Dec27
Tag Archives: law
Feb5
so, sue me.
looks like blue cross finally settled their class action lawsuit
for $14 billion, 991 million dollars, and some change
when reading through my letter of settlement
i see they used class action lawsuit math to arrive at my payment
my $3 thousand and some dollars spent on what they considered ‘relevant purchases’
(plus all of my dollars spent with them that were considered ‘irrelevant’ )
are worth an award of exactly 5 cents.
which they noted, ‘of course is less than $10 dollars’
will be donated to free clinics of michigan (a good cause)
so perhaps the donation on my behalf
will help to purchase exactly 1/2 of 1 bandaid for someone.
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“i alone, could never have produced this book. i say this mainly in case there are lawsuits.”
-dave barry
Sep3
what to do with the time.
yes, i know it’s not cheese, but something about this sauce is like liquid gold to me
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A Florida woman filed a class action lawsuit against Kraft Heinz … claiming its Velveeta Shells & Cheese prep time is not actually “ready in 3 1/2” minutes, as advertised.
She states that the 3.5 minutes is only the amount of time the food has to go in the microwave and claims it takes more time to actually prepare the meal — don’t forget you’ve got to pour water into the cup and stir in the cheese sauce.
She doesn’t say how long it takes her, but claims the 4 steps listed in the directions — remove the lid and cheese sauce pouch, add water to the fill line and stir, microwave for 3 1/2 minutes, and then stir in the cheese sauce — don’t equate to the mac actually being READY to eat in that time frame.
She’s also looking to put together a class of customers who might also be upset about the prep time and says the damages will exceed $5 million.
“We are aware of this frivolous lawsuit and will strongly defend against the allegations in the complaint,” the company reportedly told USA Today.
*editorial opinion: what if she was to devote all of the time and energy and money it is taking her to create, publicize, rally people, and carryout this lawsuit, and instead, use it as the ‘extra unplanned prep time’ she feels she is wasting and it requires, when making her shells and cheese? or, make it from scratch and compare the prep time needed. just a thought… (beth)
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“all we can do is decide what to do with the time that is given us”
-j.r. tolkein
Mar31
truth or consequences.
“where do consequences lead? depends on the escort.”
-stanislaw lem
Jul2
kbj.
Congratulations and welcome Ketanji Brown Jackson
Newest Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
We’ve been waiting for your arrival for a very long time.
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“when sleeping women wake, mountains will move.”
-chinese proverb
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photo credit: abc news
May4
how?
“how does this happen? gradually, then suddenly.”
– ernest hemingway
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art credit: red diamond
Apr21
justice begins.
“if one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected – those, precisely, who need the law’s protection most – and listens to their testimony.”
-james a. baldwin
Sep20
r.i.p. rbg.
Ruth Bader delivers a sermon as camp Rabbi at the age of 15, at Che-Na-Wah camp in Minerva, N.Y. (Photo: Supreme Court of the United States)
on the occasion of her 20th anniversary on the bench in 2013.
–Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post/Getty Images
Jan26
defendant.
after making the decision
to challenge my traffic ticket
(I’m innocent, for the record)
my scheduled hearing
has been adjourned twice.
in today’s mail
I received the new date
for my next potential hearing.
I had to laugh
when I picked up the new envelope
(for the third time now)
and it once again clearly read:
Defendant
just above my name
with the court address In the return corner
I have to wonder
just what major crime
my mr. rogers sweet and friendly mailman
thinks I may have committed?
‘we find the defendants incredibly guilty.’
– mel brooks
Sep8
disorientation.
how lucky are we that the future lawyers are to be offered this experience?
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“justice is conscience, not a personal conscience,
but the conscience of the whole of humanity.
those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience
usually recognize the voice of justice.”
– aleksandr solzhenitshyn
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credits: national lawyers guild detroit & Michigan chapter,
interfaith council for peace and justice, university of michigan law school
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