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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 10:18 AM Original message |
Conrad Black, Ex-Hollinger Chief, Skips Arraignment (Update1) |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. Doesn't surprise me, Black believes he is royalty, above the law |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 10:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. He's nobility, but that doesn't excuse him |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 10:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. He ain't! Thatcher got him elevated to the House of Lords so he |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 10:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Look, it means nothing to American citizens, but over there, |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-05 09:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
33. along with putting Hollinger money into Trireme Partners |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 10:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. He is NOT nobility, he has a bought title, worth nothing of substance |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Um, did anyone ever tell you nobility is a title nothing more? |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 10:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Ahh, sorry, misread the intention of your post |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 10:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. "Lord" Black = Life Peer . IE ennobled by Blair on Thatcher's |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. In the UK, Kagan was a lord. It didn't stop him being jailed. |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 10:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. My money's on Fitzie. Better poker player than all the gangsters |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. AP: Arraignment for Conrad Black pushed back |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. Does he get the benefit of sovereign immunity? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. No - Lords can get charged just the same as everyone |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Another English law question |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. According to Wikipedia, that right disappeared in 1948 |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Thanks buddy |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 10:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. He is not a hereditary peer. Title dies with him and/or he can be |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. He's not in Canada. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 05:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. It appears he is in Canada at the moment |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 05:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Ain't it ironic, Canada wasn't good enough for him to retain his |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-05 08:45 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. What is the difference b/w Canada and UK? |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-05 09:19 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Big difference, lol |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-05 09:37 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Just joshing ya |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-05 09:49 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. LOL, any post that keeps the thread about Black being in BIG trouble |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Wherever he is, I hope they drag his sorry arse away |
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Southsideirish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
11. I love the way that rich people can TELL the judge when they will come |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. Right-wing "personal responsibility" |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. Here is an interesting article that has more detail, including |
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Boo Boo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
21. This guy's a sharp one indeed. Very cagey. Very smart... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. I wonder if Black has much dirt on neo-cons in high places? |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. I take great delight in kicking and nominating this. |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Curses! Too late to nominate. |
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