December 24, 2024

Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery say he must go free....

I'm reading "Grinning Luigi Mangione yuks it up in court as he enters plea in execution of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson" (NY Post):
At least two dozen women packed the courtroom for the twisted heartthrob, with just six men watching on....

63 comments:

Jaq said...

He's gonna walk.

Bob Boyd said...

At least he wasn't into firebuggery.

Bob Boyd said...

Unless you count his "smoldering expression"

Kate said...

Rose and Valerie
screaming from the gallery
say their hero must go free

n.n said...

He was just relieving a "burden". #EquityInclusion

The gallery is filled with empathetic advocates.

Aggie said...

'...Since then, the accused killer has received sick support from people angered at the healthcare industry...." NYP: And isn't that delicious?

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

The internet on "Beetles fire": Melanophila is a genus of buprestid beetles commonly known as fire beetles. They have extraordinary sensitivity to infrared radiation (heat), using a specialized sensor organ near their legs. They seek out fires in order to mate and lay eggs in freshly burned wood.

It's biological my dear Watson.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

The again, the reference is Beatles, as in the rock band.

Dixcus said...

My ObamaCare monthly payment is $1,400 (this consumes 65% of my Social Security payment as I am not yet eligible for Medicare that I paid for my whole life). There is a $12,000 annual deductible that I have to pay before this insurance policy kicks in. I have cancer and this insurance policy only covers 80% of thee costs I incur at the hospital.

I am financially ruined.

I hope he does walk and finishes his important works.

AMDG said...

And how does the murder of Brian Johnson approve your situation?

Be thankful you don’t live in Canada where you receive a visit from a bureaucrat whose job is to sell on the idea that the most effective form of treatment would suicide.

BUMBLE BEE said...

Cute smile. Inmates will find it exciting in prison.

BUMBLE BEE said...

Anyway, his life is over.

n.n said...

Obamacares, Medicare, Medicaid. Hopefully, Trump will address the causes of progressive health, health care, and prices, and not offer another cover-up with empathetic appeal.

AMDG said...

Trump has promised to not touch Medicare.

n.n said...

Medicare is not the problem, but it has been used as leverage to sustain the problem.

AMDG said...

Medicare, along with Social Security, are, and will be, the primary drivers behind the growth of the national debt. Of course it is a problem.

The problem is that our political leadership refuses to address the situation. They have let a mole on the big toe become full blown Melanoma.


JAORE said...

Don't worry Discus. Obamacare reduced your costs by $2,500 per year and gave you exciting new coverage. Plus, I assume, you kept you doctor AND your plan.
One of our kids, at age 34, is being financially drained because his prior coverage was dumped when O-Care began and the alternates are almost as awful as you describe,
Another reason to hate MSM is one almost never hears that O-Care is a key (negative) factor in today's health insurance mess. (Immigration too, of course.)

Yancey Ward said...

It seems, so far, that Mangione intends to take this to a trial. We will learn a lot in the coming trial, I suspect, about our viability as a functioning, law-abiding society.

AMDG said...

Everybody wants healthcare that is comprehensive, cost effective, and timely. The problem is that, at best, we can only have two of those characteristics. Other systems have cheap healthcare but it is rationed by long wait times or the lack of coverage for treatments.

Why do well off Canadians and Europeans come to the US for treatments?

n.n said...

United Healthcare is affiliated with AARP under the Obamacares umbrella.

He sells shit shows but the rising waters at the seashore where illegal aliens are joyfully deported and the climate changes in a ratified atmosphere.

Shouting Thomas said...

The Manson girls redux.

n.n said...

Social Security, but for progressive prices ("inflation"), is nearly fully funded at current tax rates. Medical has a two-fold problem: price inflation and elective health deficits in the population. Trump should address the former through statutory law enforcement and Kennedy the latter through a review of health care practices and advice.

Wilbur said...

I don'y know if anyone else has noticed, but he resembles golfer Rory McIlroy. He looks like he should be his younger brother.

Jaq said...

The problem for single payer advocates is that they are the same people clamoring for open borders. You can't have both.

Oh, and single payer will require either massive new debt, or regressive taxes, even if we draw the line on medical care for the millions who cross our borders. The way they do it in Canada is with regressive taxes.

Jaq said...

You forgot to tell him about the "free condoms."

Jaq said...

We won't learn anything that we don't already know.

Jaq said...

I was once on a flight to London, and fell ill, and they landed the plane in Canada and took me to the hospital there. The care was pretty good, IMHO. To get home I had to fly to Montreal, and I mentioned to a guy who worked at the airport there that I thought that their health care was pretty good. A vein grew out of his forehead. I distinctly remember it. So I shut up. I was just trying to be friendly.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

That’s the link. “The cult leader’s claim that The Beatles’ White Album had included hidden messages inspiring him to kill…”

AMDG said...

Single payer will. Ring in euthanasia and significantly higher taxes for all.

Ampersand said...

Repeal the 19th Amendment. Repeal Obamacare. I'll think of more later.

wsw said...

Maxwell! Great headline. Merry Christmas

Robert Cook said...

"Obamacares, Medicare, Medicaid. Hopefully, Trump will address the causes of progressive health, health care, and prices, and not offer another cover-up with empathetic appeal."

One can be certain Trump will do either nothing or something worse.

Levi Starks said...

I’m going to predict with a high degree of certainty that Mangione will father a lot of children. By one means or another.

Paul said...

Luigi is 'dead man walking'. He will get a needle in the arm or a bag over his head and nitrogen gas... maybe 10.. 20 years from now. Evidence is just so overwhelming. Don't matter if he has these groupies.. his fate is sealed. And good riddance.

Robert Cook said...

"Medicare, along with Social Security, are, and will be, the primary drivers behind the growth of the national debt. Of course it is a problem.

"The problem is that our political leadership refuses to address the situation."



Put the people's money to work for the people's benefit, and not for enriching arms makers and peddlers. I've been recommending forever that (at least) 75% of our War Department's bloated and unauditable budget should should be shifted over to Social Security.

It's a start.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Another tangential connection to music comes from the killer’s last name. Luigi Mangione and legendary? trumpet player Chuck Mangione. No relation maybe.

tommyesq said...

Mangione should immediately plead guilty so he can take advantage of Biden's "Get out of jail -er, death penalty - free" limited-time offer.

Temujin said...

These women only hours removed from parading for Hamas, removed their keffiyehs and changed into something a bit more stylish to catch the eye of the murderous Marxist in the courtroom.
They wanted Kamala for President and believe most of you are evil.

Howard said...

Tis the season to be horny

Jupiter said...

"watching on". That really pisses me off. They were "watching". Or they were "looking on", as onlookers will. There are no "onwatchers".
The byline is "By Kyle Schnitzer, Zoe Hussain and Matt Troutman". To give discredit where discredit is due. Would these morons write "Things are watching up!"? Christ, I wouldn't put it past them. It's not even illiteracy, it's some kind of generative stupidity, that makes it possible to get the wrong answer when there was no question.

John henry said...

That really sucks, dixcus. Are you a veteran?

Many vets don't realize they are eligible for top notch medical care even with no service related in but it is fantastic. I ve gotten all my medical care there and local outpatient clinic for 20+ years now. jury.

Under 65 the charge per visit is $50. That's per visit so if you have an xray, see a GP, 2 specialist and a hearing test on the same visit, still $50

Prescription are $8 per month regardless of whether it is 10crnt aspirin or $1000 per dose something else.

When Medicare kicks in, all free. Including Stent placements in a high end cardiac clinic.

Only one I can speak to is San Juan hospital

Jupiter said...

"Hopefully, Trump will address the causes of progressive health, health care, and prices ...". What does that even mean? "The causes of progressive health"? As opposed to the causes of regressive health? I assume you mean that the rent is too damn high. How do you expect Trump, or anyone else, to fix that problem? Capitalism addresses the limited supply of certain goods and services by restricting their consumption to those who can pay. Socialism addresses the same problem by forcibly limiting the price, thus further limiting the supply. Take your pick, you're gonna get one or the other. The necessity of paying for what we consume can be shifted onto others, but it cannot be magically eliminated.

Mike Petrik said...

He will learn about buggery soon enough.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

CBS News: "Luigi Mangione's lawyers blast prosecutors, NYC mayor in court"

They are going full-Trump?
Never go full-Trump, only Trump can go full-Trump

Iman said...

Leftist Scum.

David53 said...

Luigi will get free health care in prison.

Interested Bystander said...

Same old crap; women getting the hots for the bad boy. Ugh…

GRW3 said...

United Healthcare manages corporate policies with Obamacare rules. I've never had a problem with UH, but my company has historically been very good to the employees regarding healthcare. If you have problems with you company insurance, chances are the problem is driven by your HR department.

GRW3 said...

HEH, in a less serious comment I note that I used the same reference to Maxwell Silver Hammer on an Instapundit post yesterday.

Interested Bystander said...

I’m not sure why Dixcus hates an insurance exec. His or her beef is with Obamacare.

Political Junkie said...

Haiku style:

Rose and Valerie
screaming from the gallery
"hero must go free"

Matt said...
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n.n said...

Worse than 40 trillion dollalrs? That's after aborting around a million "burdens" annually, after Planned Parent/hood, after labor, environmental, and monetary arbitrage schemes. It's redistributive change with a progressive, forward-looking outlook.

n.n said...

With the demand to keep women affordable, available, reusable, and taxable. And immigration reform (e.g. displacement, replacement, excess murder and rape-rape) with short-term boosts to GDP.

dreams said...

Future mothers of more psychopaths.

Rabel said...

I'm looking at healthcare plans on the Marketplace and I'm not seeing anything like the numbers Dixcus is claiming.

The enrollment period is still open. Perhaps you should go shopping.

Big Mike said...

I agree. Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery need to be forced to have hysterectomies — they should never be allowed to be mothers raising sons.

Rusty said...

Go for it.

Scott Patton said...

I guess we're veering off topic, but...
In PA, I have a UPMC Gold plan $1000 Deductible, $8000 max out of pocket, $20 Primary/$70 Specialist. Meds copay range 0-$50. It is about $850/month retail (before any gov help).

Jim at said...

Leftists will rue the day they decided it's OK to murder the 'right' people.

Because it won't stop there.

walter said...

Rose and Valerie don't give a shit about healthcare. Someone should break it to them that his back issue makes boning painful. Oh noesss.

Big Mike said...

I suppose i will be shunned at the very least if I point out in an Althouse comment that the case for the 19th Amendment is badly undermined by “Rose and Valerie” and the crazed young women running around in keffiyeh scarves yelling that Kim Keck (CEO of Blue Cross/Blue Shield) “is next.” Just sayin’

walter said...

Dixcus, what sort of cancer?