United Healthcare CEO killed

[Peter Eater]

On 2/15/2025 at 7:39 AM, samhexum said:

Mangione could be executed if convicted in his federal case

Yes, because death-penalty barbarism is as American as apple pie, alas. 

[Peter Eater]

1 hour ago, dutchal said:

If this couldn't get any further over the top:  https://www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangione-sex-tape-viral-online-frenzy-2039810

 

🤣 Reports from not one but two unreliable trash websites (Newsweek & RadarOnLine)  make the speculation about sex tapes very OJ! 

Edited March 5 by Peter Eater

[soloyo215]

On 3/5/2025 at 2:43 PM, Peter Eater said:

🤣 Reports from not one but two unreliable trash websites (Newsweek & RadarOnLine)  make the speculation about sex tapes very OJ! 

From the link:

"But despite the lack of evidence, the mere thought that the sex tapes might exist has sent some people online into a frenzy about them."

Just another non-story to keep it alive and people expecting something relevant to happen.

BTW, shouldn't we call it something other than sex tapes? Tapes are a little, like, obsolete. Just sayin'.

[pubic_assistance]

On 3/1/2025 at 1:52 PM, sniper said:

The economic middle has hollowed out in this country due to uncertainty- i.e. live in a nice house but do not have the savings to keep it if they're out of work for even a few months - and a LOT of people are closer than they realize to having nothing left to lose.

I believe this is where many people are coming from who fetishize Mangione. He's handsome for sure...but his vigilantism additionally turns him into a sort of night-in-shining armor to the middle class.

Personally, I think he's hot as hell...and we all know that hot people get a pass in many things in life.

[+ azdr0710]

On 3/5/2025 at 10:45 AM, dutchal said:

If this couldn't get any further over the top:  https://www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangione-sex-tape-viral-online-frenzy-2039810

 

gee, surprised that Newsweek would stoop to printing a sleazy rumor like this......wasn't Newsweek really a respected magazine, along with Time and US News & World Report back in the day??.....or did they have a major policy/ownership change in recent years?

Edited March 8 by azdr0710

[TonyDown]

8 hours ago, azdr0710 said:

gee, surprised that Newsweek would stoop to printing a sleazy rumor like this......wasn't Newsweek really a respected magazine, along with Time and US News & World Report back in the day??.....or did they have a major policy/ownership change in recent years?

I trust Karen Friedman Agnifilo, her comments.

The sex tape reporting is sketchy.

When I think about the Las Vegas shooter, an old guy, and how many died, that someone like Mangione gets so much attention compared to the Las Vegas shooter, maybe we all need to think twice about the Internet environment we spend time, and whether we are clicking through to the slimy content.

 

[pubic_assistance]

14 hours ago, azdr0710 said:

gee, surprised that Newsweek would stoop to printing a sleazy rumor like this......wasn't Newsweek really a respected magazine, along with Time and US News & World Report back in the day??.....or did they have a major policy/ownership change in recent years?

Most of the major news outlets have taken to printing rumors over the last ten years. The entire media industry has shifted from print to online which has changed traditional business models. The answer has been to rely mostly on advertising income and "click-bait" is utilized to draw viewers. Sensationalism is the tool that gets everyone to "click".

[pubic_assistance]

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[+ sniper]

Newsweek isn't really Newsweek. The company closed up shop and someone else bought the name.

[dutchal]

Law and Order didn't waste any time.  Last night's episode, "Folk Hero", was clearly based on the Mangione case, with some facts changed, of course.

SPOILER WARNING:  https://www.celebdirtylaundry.com/2025/law-order-recap-03-20-25-season-24-episode-16-folk-hero/

[samhexum]

1 hour ago, dutchal said:

Law and Order didn't waste any time.  Last night's episode, "Folk Hero", was clearly based on the Mangione case, with some facts changed, of course.

Did you notice that Jesse Metcalfe played the cop who partnered with Vince?  Benito Martinez of THE SHIELD played the judge.  BLACKLIST vet (and former SVU guest star, as well as Jack McCoy's former boo) Laila Robbins played the defense attorney.  She's always excellent.

Edited March 21 by samhexum
just for the hell of it

[d.anders]

America's for-profit healthcare model has been broken for a very long time, and there is a strong monied interest that does not want it to change. Ask any doctor today what he thinks of our insurance situation, and you'll immediately see the look of disgust appear on the face. A lot more people are going to have to die or go absolutely broke before we see a change. Sadly, that's the way it seems to work in America.

There was a time when United Healthcare was considered the "best" in NYC. I remember once choosing it in order to get a specific specialist. Then, something happened, and its reputation went south. Major hospitals started to drop it, along with a lot of doctors. That usually means they don't want to pay for much needed services, or the fight to get them paid is unbearable, or the amount paid is a joke.

Personally, I know a lot about the horrors of America's health care. I once had a decent amount of money saved for retirement, but that all disappeared as I was forced to deal with my dying parents during the housing crisis of 2008. Not only did we lose the family home, I lost my savings. I could write a book on the subject, but no one wants to read something so awful.

Mangione's good looks feed the media frenzy, because in America (and other places too), viewers love a car crash when the car is a Ferrari. This will pass, and more ordinary people will suffer. We'll have to wait and see what the future holds.

[+ DrownedBoy]

The irony is that if it were legal, or we still allowed wergild, I'm certain UHC would settle for taking Mangione's legal fund.

[dutchal]

heart-shaped notes in argyle socks from a fan:  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/nyregion/luigi-mangione-laptop-evidence.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing/

 

[Stormy]

Th Attorney General wants the death penalty for Mangione.  I wish I were on that jury.  No way in hell would I vote for conviction.  

[BSR]

7 minutes ago, Stormy said:

Th Attorney General wants the death penalty for Mangione.  I wish I were on that jury.  No way in hell would I vote for conviction.  

I’d have a snowball’s chance in Hades of making it onto that jury.  If the prosecution is smart, they’ll show prospective jurors a shirtless pic of Luigi then look for “that look,” you know, that starving wolf -> juicy ribeye look.  They’d ding me so hard I’d sail clear over the Hudson River.

[dutchal]

17 minutes ago, Stormy said:

Th Attorney General wants the death penalty for Mangione.  I wish I were on that jury.  No way in hell would I vote for conviction.  

https://apnews.com/article/unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-luigi-mangione-nyc-29dba97034d4fa81822f481d08cf2842

[+ azdr0710]

reposting the LPSG megathread on him, now with 560 pages and over 11,000 posts.....many of the posters are just kidding around with crazy thoughts and dreams, but some seem really psycho (or are they kidding around, too?!)......

https://www.lpsg.com/threads/luigi-mangione.12480901/

 

[+ BOZO T CLOWN]

They may need to go to another planet to get an impartial and untainted jury. Not joking!

BTC
🤡
 

[56harrisond]

6 minutes ago, BOZO T CLOWN said:

They may need to go to another planet to get an impartial and untainted jury. Not joking!

BTC
🤡
 

Funny you mentioned it, I've been fantasizing about Luigi's taint 😜

[+ Lucky]

So here's a guy who committed cold blooded murder. It's on video! Even if he is naked in court sporting an erection, you have to vote guilty. The death penalty is a different topic. I'd probably try to avoid that and settle for life in prison, where he would spend his days opening fan mail.

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

1 hour ago, Lucky said:

So here's a guy who committed cold blooded murder. It's on video! Even if he is naked in court sporting an erection, you have to vote guilty...

Agree! 💯 

[dutchal]

19 hours ago, Lucky said:

So here's a guy who committed cold blooded murder. It's on video! Even if he is naked in court sporting an erection, you have to vote guilty.

If the male jurors react reciprocally, it could give "hung jury" a whole new meaning.

[pubic_assistance]

On 4/1/2025 at 11:33 AM, Stormy said:

Th Attorney General wants the death penalty for Mangione.  I wish I were on that jury.  No way in hell would I vote for conviction.  

Historically, a citizen who murders a member of "the aristocracy" would be subject to a very public hanging.

Those in control, need to send a strong message that a rebellion will be met with the highest standards of punishment.

I fear that Luigi's role as a vigilante ( or was he a mercenary ? ) ...has been made into a public spectacle that doesn't look unlike a scene from the Hunger Games.

Personally I think he should be spared the death penalty but punished by providing sexual services to a few dozen interested horny citizens a few times a week. 😉

[Luv2play]

On 2/11/2025 at 4:52 PM, BSR said:

If you’re throwing out the extremely serious charge of killing people, or causing deaths, I think it is irresponsible to do so without hard evidence.  My old shitty health insurance denied surgery that I desperately needed (but not life-dependent), so I have no great love for health insurance companies or their CEOs who callously deny medical care.  Hate the greedy bastards all you want but back it up with stone cold numbers.

Was this not a case of the health insurance provider “rationing “ health care ? If so who would you rather make the decision of withholding treatment, the profit motivated corporation or the public service entity motivated by what is best for the entire population with the available resources?