Those are too competent, I would say it's more like a Birdemic 3 or something.It's like The Room, Wicker Man, and Batman & Robin all got sequels. Let's go!
And where did rising above really get people? I'm not going to tone police the people who were harassed and attacked with mocking insults and decided to pay their attackers in kind or in a session of venting.
Edit: The transcript will be available tonight. Mark Menthenitis (@lawofthegame and who was at the hearing) already has a copy it seems.
Well happy birthday to me, this is gonna make for some good reading material.
Man, reading the live-tweets was one thing, but witnessing the conspiracy/TI suits getting dismissed against Jamie within ten seconds is...I can't describe it. This is gold.
LMAO holy shit this fucking dude hahahaha
The Court: And how much money did he lose on all those?
Mr. Beard: Oh, boy, that I can answer. So Mr. Mignogna -- it's hard to give you an exact number.
The Court: Well, you said, boy, can I answer that one. I thought you were giving me an exact answer.
Mr. Beard: No, no, that's not it, Your Honor.
The Court: Oh, I was looking forward to it.
Well happy birthday to me, this is gonna make for some good reading material.
It's going to be even weirder to see people still claim the judge was horribly biased or whatever after this. He's like... very generous in how much of Beard's nonsense is allowed to slip through when he's trying to keep things on track, lol. And of course, even the minor stuff they've whined about like the judge saying he's a public figure works even less in context; the people attending is only mentioned when the defendants bring it up for the second time. Like I'm sure there's going to people whining about that still while simultaneously others will be citing that as a big win where he was teasing the defendants or something.
It really is something to see how much Beard tried to claim could be "inferred", though. Like there's a point where you'd ideally stop and think through that this ridiculous definition of conspiracy makes nonsense and would get you on the hook for anything anyone does to someone you dislike...
Its nuts! Dude got a month extension and still filed that mess. Even the judge describes it as "not a proper response"I don't get how Beard missed his deadline. One of the first thing you learn in school is to turn your papers in on time. I can't speak for law school, but one of the things you quickly learned in undergrad is if you turn in your papers late, that's a F unless you had some kind of emergency.
I loved that Beard's conspiracy charges really do amount to 'they're friends and they liked each other Tweets that talked badly about Vic'. When the judged brought up several examples of why this line of thinking doesn't work, Beard seems to try a Jedi mind trick or something to make Vic's situation unique.
The Judge summed it up perfectly:
THE COURT: That's just not true. I mean, you're not -- you have to have a plan to commit the tort. You have to have a plan to commit the crime. And, of course, if there's other crimes that happen or other torts that happen, I think you could be liable for those. I'm trying to figure out where Marchi has a plan. And whether her plan stems more than just she's trying to speak on something of public concern. Did she -- I mean --
The entirety of page 75 is more or less the judge explaining to Beard how hearings work and I recommend people read it in its entirety.
that's like year-one law school learning right thereThe entirety of page 75 is more or less the judge explaining to Beard how hearings work and I recommend people read it in its entirety.
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