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Thanks, Brother. Is there an image of the Tweet? I’m demanding, right?

Forgive me if I missed it, but would someone post paste his post post haste? As I said, I have no interest in responding, but want to forward it to someone who will be interested in the story. It’s that guy I know...danke. PS - Is it post paste or paste post? I think the latter, so please cut and paste post the correct version in my above rambling. I’m too lazy.

I said I would keep my yap shut and go back to lurking, but I changed my mind. As a BSA victim who experienced “expert” grooming over a span of every year I was in Scouting, this is a very good point. Hire me to draft the survey. Seriously. A team of us would be the best resource, under the guidance of a psychologist and the appropriate (supporting) BSA leaders and probably an attorney. Same. As above, I was a clear target. 10 years old. Father was very distant, stoic, a victim himself and unavailable. My only defenses were flight (didn’t know how), flight (hard to get too far in the most remote campsite on the Reservation with a powerful, charismatic leader watching you), freeze (my default and remaining option) and forget (which I proved to be capable of with great aplomb). See above. I also tried to quote from the discussion on how the guy slipped through the proverbial YPT crack(s). The glaring point that was impressed upon me from this recounting is his voracious appetite to repeat this behavior, hide his past and find new, familiar hunting grounds. Frightening how these monsters roll.

Two things: 1. Is that a Puerto Rico number?; and 2. Does the offer come with with the ocean fishing option or the Schiavoni fishing one? I want to know these things before committing. PS - I will NOT be texting that number!! He offered jocularity in the name of sanity. Oo. I just found what I want on my headstone. Bam.

The request line is now open. What do we want to know? JK (or not).

I don’t Twitter, Tweet or twiddly deet. What’s he sayin?

Mine from 1982 was stolen out of my college apartment while I was visiting my family. The place was basically ransacked. A day after I returned, I saw a guy wearing it while strolling down the main drag around the corner from where I lived. As God is my witness. I confronted him and he ran. Hard to give chase in a press of college students and he was quick, as well he needed to be.

I was cipherin my purchases on the off ramp cash. WHICH I WILL NOT NOT NOT BE TAKING. Disclaimer: The above conversation is a miserable attempt at humor in the midst of a dark situation in which humor is my best hope of balance and sanity. -Management

Easy. You’re desperate to buy that pair of Ferragamos and matching croc belt.

Nature and Circumstances, just FYI: a. Extended duration and/or frequency of the Abuse; b. Exploitation of the Abuse Claimant for child pornography; c. Coercion or threat or use of force or violence, stalking; and d. Multiple perpetrators involved in sexual misconduct.

Upon further review and investigation, it appears Omni neither sent me the actual official packet nor the Godiva. Fellow sexual abuse claimants, please forgive me for any false alarms my post caused you and/or heightened expectations of a soon to arrive packet. I would never want to do that to you. I had not yet opened the box when I posted. My bad.

Just received a 13.2 pound Priority Mail parcel from my friends at Omni Agent. I hope it’s a jumbo gold box filled with Godiva mixed truffles! I’ll share...

Email address “CollinLongshanks”? William Wallace’s nemesis lives? King Edward I, none other than??

Making good on my threat. Here it is. 520766341_InsidetheMass-TortMachineThatPowersThousandsofRoundupLawsuits-WSJ.pdf

Did I mention I changed my name? Henceforth, I shall be referred to as To Be Determined, TBD for ease of use. Has a nice ring to it, right?

I don’t know him, but I’m proud of him too!!!

I’ll get it. I know a guy. Hm. Just looked at it. I may have posted this somewhere in the haystack. No use looking. Regardless, the request has been made.

Because I seem to veer into torturing myself, I read a bunch of this stuff back when we were discussing the mass tort b’ness. I recall posting a piece about three federal judges making a fuss about this and are asking for disclosure of “who else is in my courtroom,” meaning outside funding driving the litigation. I found this excerpt from another piece centered around product liability instructive. I don’t agree with all the author has to say in the rest of his article, but this was added to my pain inflicting library as worthwhile. Some may find it interesting. Apologies if not. [Begin quoted text] Advertisements. Since the courts discovered that lawyers have a constitutional right to use advertisements to solicit clients, they have done so – with a frequency that would no doubt have shocked the Founding Fathers. Anybody who watches TV knows what we’re talking about. And it’s not just lawyers, either. Media specialists and third-party litigation funders also combine to run (with apologies to Marlowe) the race that launched 100,000 TV (and internet) ads. Anyone who responds – and many do – becomes “inventory,” their claims available for sale in bulk to enterprising lawyers hoping to cash in on the next mass tort. Thus, within hours after the triggering event, “law firm” websites will invite product users to sign on as potential clients. Similar solicits in other forms of media follow. This early stage is usually the point of no return. The lawyers involved will freely buy, sell, and trade the would-be clients that have signed up – to the point where those clients often don’t know who their lawyers actually are. But once they have clients, no matter how attenuated the relationship, lawyers cannot ethically let them go. Regardless of the facts, the mass-tort litigation process takes on a life of its own. https://www.druganddevicelawblog.com/2018/09/anatomy-of-a-mass-tort-2-0.html

Yes. Agreed. I recall several times she shut down attorneys deferring or deflecting with, “that’s a confirmation issue” and “you’ll have discovery for that” or language similar. She didn’t make her discovery rulings in ignorance of how this process works or with the anticipation that would “expire” upon her approval of solicitation. That’s boneheaded to think and even more numbskulled to put in a motion. That’s my cranky opinion anywho.

Clearly, no shame. I hope and pray their unabashed brazenness comes back to bite them. Viciously. As a matter of ethics, isn’t there yet a compelling interest of the court to examine, even it their lack of shame wasn’t so shameful, which it is? Having no shame is, in this context, well, shameful.

I’m checking out of this one. I was just sharing and tried to do so with the caveat that you might not think any of it is valuable. You guys can pound on each other. I have other fish to fry.

You may not consider any of what’s said (even just now) a “convincing argument about there being something insufficient...”, but this is the list I made when we had another thread on the topic. I’d add the new stuff, but I’m too lazy. To me, when any other organization is doing something more rigorous, effectively innovative and thorough, it argues in favor of there being an insufficiency or room for measurable improvement. https://www.scouter.com/uploads/monthly_2021_04/image.png.1a5c05d84aa9d8ee188124df631ce364.png

If KR’s “Gloom, despair and agony on me...!” infomercial, the Coalitions press release and the *tick, tick, boom!* reactions to them are any indication, something smells and it ain’t Tobi Vail’s Teen Spirit. Smells like desperation. Couple that with the judge’s nip-tuck “neutering” of the Coalition in the form of their attorney fees (just quoting the court record!) I think the heat is on. TCC on the ascendancy. Return of the Jedi, my friends, ROTJ. This is officially my favorite pop culture “name” dropping post of all time. By the by, the nice thing about name droppings is there’s really no cleanup at all. Well, unless someone tells me I’m off color again, in which case I’ll be forced to squeegee my screen after spewing Diet Coke as I burst out laughing.

This is from a press release when WI legislators last introduced the Child Victims Act (SoL reform). The same Representative (with a new last name, post-marriage) is introducing it again, with the aid of outside advocates, survivors and legal advisers. I imagine it will be similar. Thought it worthwhile to share. Sorry if this belongs elsewhere. I’ll prepare my backside to be ponged. “Under current Wisconsin law, the right of childhood victims to bring legal action expires at the age of 35. This extends to victims of sexual assault, incest, and other forms of child sex abuse. The Child Victims Act would remove this time limit altogether. Additionally, it would allow for those who were unable to bring charges under the previous statute of limitations to seek legal action up to three years after the passage of the bill. Regarding the legislation, Senator Taylor issued the following statement: “There should never be an expiration date on justice. There are numerous reasons why victims find it difficult to come forward, especially in instances of childhood sex abuse, but our laws should never be one of them. This bill will make it possible for victims of sexual abuse to seek justice, no matter how long they wait to speak out.” “I’m proud to add my voice to the growing number of legislators across the country demanding justice for survivors. There’s nothing partisan about this legislation, it’s simply the right thing to do.” https://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate/democrats/news/2019-press-releases/senator-lena-taylor-rep-chris-taylor-and-rep-melissa-sargent-reintroduce-child-victims-act/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/boy-scouts-bankruptcy-plan-set-vote-abuse-claimants-80333568 https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/boy-scouts-okd-poll-sex-abuse-survivors-bankruptcy-plan-2021-09-30/