# A thread for Rudy {Rudy Giuliani} **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 16, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355 "2023-08-16T04:08:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 42
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/821 "2024-07-18T04:11:35Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > This is one of those times where I ache to be a better person, but make peace with the fact that I’m just not 😉 Mal lunges to his feet, catching Atherton under the chin with the hilt and throwing him back, face cut. Atherton is regrouping, ready to move in for the kill again. He brings his sword arm back… But Mal KICKS HIS BROKEN SWORD POINT OFF THE GROUND and up into his hand. He THROWS the broken sword point at Atherton like a dart! Atherton takes the sword point in the shoulder. It sticks there, and Atherton, furious, reaches to pull it out. MAL raises the hilt, still around his right hand, and brings it down like a gun butt, over Atherton’s head. Atherton sprawls on the ground. GENTLEMAN He’s down! MAL scoops up Atherton’s dropped sword off the ground and holds it, point at Atherton’s heart. He freezes there. HARROW You have to finish it, lad. For a man to lie beaten and yet breathing, it makes him a coward. INARA It’s a humiliation. MAL pulls the sword back a little. MAL Sure. It would be humiliating, having to lie there while the better man refuses to spill your blood. Mercy is the mark of a great man. Very quickly, offhandedly, MAL STABS Atherton! MAL (cont’d) Guess I’m just a good man. He STABS him again! MAL (cont’d) Well, I’m all right. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/822 "2024-07-18T11:15:44Z")
I don’t wish for him and people like him any ill will, but I won’t cry if he gets trampled by a rhino either. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/823 "2024-07-18T12:40:43Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > … or is suffering from alcoholism. I know people who are suffering from alcoholism, but I also know alcoholics who are very happy despite/thanks to their alcoholism. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/824 "2024-07-18T12:43:38Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I don’t wish for him and people like him any ill will, but I won’t cry if he gets trampled by a rhino either. But all five species of rhinoceros are endangered, with three species critically endangered. I’d be worried the rhino might suffer consequences of the trampling. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/825 "2024-07-18T13:14:33Z")
I don’t want him injured. But if the courts and his creditors happen to get a hold of all those assets he’s been hiding away, I would greatly enjoy hearing about it. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/826 "2024-07-18T13:27:21Z")
i thought the very same thing. is anyone even listening to him at this convention? sometimes the days of couth seem soooo very far away. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/827 "2024-07-18T13:33:32Z")
I just hope he lives long enough to die in prison, broke and disgraced. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/828 "2024-07-18T15:38:35Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > But all five species of rhinoceros are endangered, with three species critically endangered. I’d be worried the rhino might suffer consequences of the trampling. It can be two guys in a rhino costume, I’m not picky. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/829 "2024-07-18T16:15:55Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I have no love for Rudy, but really don’t feel any pleasure when a person falls or is injured. He doesn’t appear to be significantly injured, just humiliated, and I have no problem finding pleasure in that. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/830 "2024-07-18T16:23:16Z")
I think it was Mel Brooks who said: Tragedy is when I stub my toe, comedy is when ~~you~~ Rudy falls into an open manhole and dies. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/831 "2024-07-18T18:22:42Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > > [@kayaker](#): > > > > But all five species of rhinoceros are endangered, with three species critically endangered. I’d be worried the rhino might suffer consequences of the trampling. > > It can be two guys in a rhino costume, I’m not picky. Would you settle for a guy in a T. rex costume? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/832 "2024-07-19T23:40:01Z")
No, but Barney … ? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/833 "2024-07-20T01:46:24Z")
[![](https://muppetmindset.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sweetums.png) ](https://muppetmindset.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sweetums.png) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/834 "2024-07-20T21:31:23Z")
Rudy flies first class to Milwaukee; not paying bills arising from his bankruptcy proceedings; judge getting irritated. > **[Giuliani drains half of bank account for personal expenses while creditors...](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/07/17/politics/rudy-giuliani-spending)** > > Rudy Giuliani has drained roughly half of the money in a personal bank account in the last week to pay for personal expenses, a court proceeding revealed Wednesday ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/835 "2024-07-21T01:03:05Z")
Rudy “compared his bleak situation in the court system to the suffering of Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II.” Of course he did. A world without consequences must be a lovely place. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/836 "2024-07-21T01:11:27Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Rudy “compared his bleak situation in the court system to the suffering of Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II.” I don’t think they flew first class very much ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/837 "2024-08-01T13:11:53Z")
Rudy has reached an agreement for the payment of approximately $400,000 to the forensic firm that was hired by the creditors’ committee. Paid them $100,000 right away, and gave a lien on his NY and Florida condos, with commitment that they won’t act on the lien for six months while Rudy tries to sell them. > **[Rudy Giuliani finally agrees to toss out doomed bankruptcy after annoyed...](https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/rudy-giuliani-finally-reaches-agreement-to-toss-out-doomed-bankruptcy-case-after-judge-threatens-to-put-him-in-the-witness-box/amp/)** > > Attorneys for Rudy Giuliani, his creditors, and defamed Georgia election workers told a bankruptcy judge that the parties have finally agreed on a way to end the doomed case. > **[Rudy Giuliani agrees to last-minute deal to end bankruptcy case, paying out...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rudy-giuliani-mayor-bankruptcy-dismissal-b2589193.html)** > > The agreement comes weeks after the bankruptcy judge threw out the case ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/838 "2024-08-03T00:04:49Z")
Rudy’s attempt to shield himself from his creditors in bankruptcy is now over, and he’s about $350,000 poorer. Fine legal mind at work. > **[Trump's ex-lawyer Giuliani booted from bankruptcy after fee dispute resolved](https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/trump-s-ex-lawyer-giuliani-booted-from-bankruptcy-after-fee-dispute-resolved-1.6988021)** > > A U.S. judge formally ended Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy on Friday — a move that lets sexual harassment, defamation and other lawsuits proceed against him stemming from his past work for former President Donald Trump — following a two-week delay... ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/839 "2024-08-03T14:13:44Z")
So they kicked him off the boat and now the sharks are closing in? Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/989355/840 "2024-08-03T14:36:30Z")
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