Just so everyone’s aware, there is also a moratorium on the death penalty in Pennsylvania (where this took place). No executions have been committed since 1999 despite any sentencing since then: Wikipedia.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Adidas brought in 400 million euros ($437 million) from the first release of Yeezy sneakers left over after breaking ties with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, as the German sportswear maker tries to offload the unsold shoes and donate part of the proceeds to groups fighting antisemitism and other forms of hate.
The first batch of shoes sold in June helped the company reach an operating profit of 176 million euros in the second quarter, better than it originally planned, Adidas said in a statement Thursday.
After Ye’s antisemitic and other offensive comments led the company to end its partnership with the rapper in October, Adidas has sought a way to dispose of 1.2 billion euros worth of the high-end shoes in a responsible way.
“This is much better than destroying and writing off the inventory and allows us to make substantial donations to organizations like the Anti-Defamation League, the Philonise & Keeta Floyd Institute for Social Change and Robert Kraft’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism,” Gulden said.
The blow-up of the Ye partnership put Adidas in a precarious position because of the popularity of the Yeezy line, and it faced growing pressure to end ties last year as other companies cut off the rapper.
PARIS (AP) — France’s international news agency, Agence France-Presse, says it is pursuing a copyright case against X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, in an effort to secure potential payment for its news content.
The news agency said it applied Wednesday to a Paris court to compel Elon Musk’s rebranded company to provide data it says is needed “for assessing the remuneration owed to AFP.”
“As a leading advocate for the adoption of neighboring rights for the press, AFP remains unwavering in its commitment to the cause,” the news agency said.
AFP said it “will continue to employ the appropriate legal means with each relevant platform to ensure the fair distribution of the value generated by the sharing of news content.”
News companies pushed for the EU copyright reform amid worries that quality journalism is declining as ad revenue gets siphoned off by the digital giants.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government reported for the first time Wednesday that a body was spotted along the floating barrier that Texas Gov.
The department said Mexico had warned about the risks posed by the bright orange, wrecking ball-sized buoys on the Rio Grande.
“We made clear our concern about the impact on migrants’ safety and human rights that these state policies would have,” the department said in a statement.
The buoys are the latest escalation of Texas’ border security operation that also includes razor-wire fencing and arresting migrants on trespassing charges.
Over the Fourth of July weekend, before the buoys were installed, four people, including an infant, drowned in the river near Eagle Pass.
The Mexican government reported for the first time Wednesday that a body was spotted along the floating barrier that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott installed recently in the Rio Grande, across from Eagle Pass, Texas.
The barrier was installed in July, and stretches roughly the length of three soccer fields. It is designed to make it more difficult for migrants to climb over or swim under the barrier.
The U.S. Justice Department is suing Abbott over the floating barrier. The lawsuit filed Monday asks a court to force Texas to remove it. The Biden administration says the barrier raises humanitarian and environmental concerns.
Leah Remini is taking legal action against the Church of Scientology and its leader, David Miscavige, for harassment and defamation.
In a statement released to Variety, Remini said: "For 17 years, Scientology and David Miscavige have subjected me to what I believe to be psychological torture, defamation, surveillance, harassment, and intimidation, significantly impacting my life and career.
Variety reports Remini also seeking compensatory and punitive damages for the alleged harm Scientology has inflicted on her personal and professional life.
“With this lawsuit, I hope to protect my rights as afforded by the Constitution of the United States to speak the truth and report the facts about Scientology,” Remini continued.
“I feel strongly that the banner of religious freedom does not give anyone licence to intimidate, harass and abuse those who exercise their First Amendment rights.”
This is what he looks like in a parallel universe where he wasn’t born into wealth.
He was Thicko Donne, pavia of people’s goods, and return guest of the local jail after his latest plan to rob a bodega was thwarted by a confusing door.
The fact that they get more than half the year away from work but won’t do jack shit for the regular American working 40+ hours a week, 5 or 6 days a week all year is maddening. ESPECIALLY because their salaries start at $174,000.
With that kind of money Shenk is...410 - GONEIt is impossible for this dude to lack the means to hide anywhere that wouldn’t extradite him after stealing 40 million dollars. While it’s sad that he managed to steal and scam people out of so much money; ***it literally was given to him!***It should go without saying that one should never simply give to just any charity without at least verifying that the charity actually is doing something related to their stated mission. It should also ping on the radar of people that China is not open to the free exchange of ideas, and that sending people with crates of Chinese Bibles to China might actually be dangerous and stupid They haven’t been open-minded since the CCP took over in Beijing.
I’m a firm believer that death is too good for such people. Death IMO is a release from suffering. Let the murderers, rapists, and molesters rot in a cell.
That said, if you’re going to insist on a humane death for these monsters, they should switch to hypoxia from breathing pure nitrogen. The injection system is too unreliable. Otherwise if you want it to hurt, just go back to beheading or something and just be honest about being a bloodthirsty bastard.
The problem is there are extra requirements to make it look clean and fancy to witnesses while also being somewhat humane. Just snapping the neck is probably the most humane, but it looks a bit violent to witnesses.
There was a bit of an ethics issue a few years ago about this among engineers. The guy who designed and serviced nearly all the execution machines in the US died and he had a PE.
Supposed to protect the public. Are prisoners part of the public? No? Ok guess jails can just collapse in that case. Yes? Ok why are we allowing our ranks to help kill them?
Ultimately nothing changed because PE boards protect their own.
news
Newest
This magazine is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.