Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts

Sunday, January 2, 2022

Anti-Mask COVIDiocy: "Unhinged" Antivaxxer Stormed NYC Burger King Protesting Mask Mandate

As reported on ComicSands, a group of antivaxxers and antimaskers stormed a Brooklyn, New York Burger King to protest New York State's new mask mandate. Most of them split when NYPD showed up, but some had to be ejected by NYPD from the premises of Burger King. However, that's nothing special. What's actually unhinged is one of the women antivaxxers tried to solicit a crowd reaction claiming that because Burger King is open to the public, they cannot be thrown out. 

Then she tried to argue with the police that Burger King is a private business. Her argument? "No it's not [a private business]. If it is, they ould do it [allow people to order food] by appointment only."

WTF?!

This sort of twisted logic was right out of the "Sovereign Citizen" manual. (In case you don't know, Sovereign citizen believe themselves not bound by the law you and I live by, and they have bizarro explanations for why that is so)

But really, picking a Burger King as your figurative "hill to die on"? 

You can see the jokes poured in fast and furious. "They did their own research on the law too, huh?" 

What else is interesting? One of the stormers was identified as Mitchell Bosch, who had instigated multiple incidents around New York at various restaurants including Cheesecake Factory and Applebees, and was definitely present at the January 6 Insurrection. 

So there's a professional agitator in the crowd who wants to overthrow the legitimate government. 

Any bets on FBI already have a file on him? No one? 

Friday, September 4, 2009

Malpractice suits: who really pays at the end?

New York City HallImage via Wikipedia
Did you know that in New York City, 92.2% of OB/GYN doctors have been sued for malpractice at least once? And the average is 3 times each? The effect is OB/GYN driven out of the city altogether, or just GYN, no more OB.

Another OB/GYN doctor remarked: in 1981 his medical malpractice insurance is only $8000 per year. Now it's $155000 (2009). His practice can't pay for the insurance, at about $50 per appt, so he's getting out of the business. Average malpractice insurance for non-OB/GYN doctors in NYC is $40000.

Stats show that less than 30% of the malpractice suits actually have a chance of winning. The rest are frivolous.