# The Donald Sterling Omnibus Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 12, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275 "2014-05-12T13:39:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/21 "2014-05-14T16:39:00Z")
Geez, that guy just keeps digging a hole for himself. Will people shut up now about the faux privacy concerns after Sterling came out and said all those things on CNN? And to attack Magic Johnson, probably the most popular guy in LA? For that alone he should be kicked out of the league ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/22 "2014-05-14T17:39:10Z")
It completely boggles my mind that someone like him has managed to amass such a fortune. He’s an old fool. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/23 "2014-05-14T18:26:11Z")
It doesn’t take a genius to become rich. Just a nice launching pad, some luck, and some sociopathy. Once you’re in the club, you rarely have to leave the bubble. ---
**Author:** ![Human\_Action](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/24 "2014-05-14T19:02:04Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > It doesn’t take a genius to become rich. Just a nice launching pad, some luck, and some sociopathy. **Sociopathy?** The above reads like a parody of far-left thought. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/25 "2014-05-14T19:09:36Z")
> [@Human\_Action](#): > > **Sociopathy?** The above reads like a parody of far-left thought. Well it’s not necessarily mandatory but it’ll do in a pinch if you haven’t got genius. The point is that being financially successful doesn’t necessarily mean you have significant positive traits. It might just be that you have the right combination of negative ones. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/26 "2014-05-31T15:29:56Z")
The latest news is that: “A person close to the family told the Associated Press that Shelly Sterling took over the family’s assets because Donald Sterling, 80, was stripped of his ability to act as a co-trustee after two neurologists determined he was suffering from dementia.” [http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/may/31/donald-sterling-sues-nba-ban-clippers-sale](http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/may/31/donald-sterling-sues-nba-ban-clippers-sale) Anyone here know much about dementia–and to what extent it could explain Sterling’s behavior starting with his rant to his girlfriend? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/27 "2014-05-31T17:12:22Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > It doesn’t take a genius to become rich. Just a nice launching pad, some luck, and some sociopathy. Sociopathy? Then I understand the sale to Ballmer. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/28 "2014-05-31T17:20:36Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Anyone here know much about dementia–and to what extent it could explain Sterling’s behavior starting with his rant to his girlfriend? While it _could_ theoretically contribute to his little rant, given his past history it seems unlikely it had anything to do with it. As an example a former supervisor of mine had a father suffering from senile dementia. The gentleman in question was an educated, decent man who according to his son never had a racist word about anyone in his life ( at least in his son’s hearing ). But one day in a restaurant he let loose with a bit of racist profanity at a waitress over some minor upset, much to the horrible embarrassment of his family. _That’s_ dementia at work. Sterling on the other hand has a longgggg history of being a racist scumbag. Not to mention his comments come off as reasonably lucid, not a sudden outburst. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/29 "2015-08-11T03:15:59Z")
So it seems that Mr. Sterling is kinda sore at having lost his basketball team:[ > [@](#): > > Billionaire Donald Sterling sued celebrity website TMZ and an ex-girlfriend over the recording of his off-color remarks that cost him ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers. > > Sterling’s lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court accused TMZ and V. Stiviano of violating his privacy and causing damage on a “scale of unparalleled and unprecedented magnitude.” ]([http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d38ae4feee1b4c7291be2d5be3345f18/billionaire-sues-tmz-friend-over-loss-clippers-team](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d38ae4feee1b4c7291be2d5be3345f18/billionaire-sues-tmz-friend-over-loss-clippers-team)) Man, we all thought this story was over with… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/30 "2015-08-12T13:14:39Z")
It’s never over if there is money at stake. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/31 "2015-08-12T13:23:26Z")
Well, TMZ has deep pockets, but what does he expect to collect from Stiviano? I’m genuinely shocked. I would have thought the last thing he’d want is for all of this to become news _again_. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/32 "2015-08-12T13:30:45Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > It’s never over if there is money at stake. - — Yogi Berra (rejected draft) \* ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/33 "2015-08-12T14:25:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Sterling’s lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court accused TMZ and V. Stiviano of violating his privacy and causing damage on a “scale of unparalleled and unprecedented magnitude.” “TMZ’s legal team objected to this characterization, citing as precedents _Yersinia pestis v. Europe_, _Asteroid v. Dinosaurs_ and _Drugs v. Vicious_.” ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/34 "2015-08-12T14:42:43Z")
Billionaire, first name of Donald, hyperbolic lawsuit against a media company… I honestly thought this was a Trump thread. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/35 "2016-03-12T14:22:05Z")
In a bizarre finish to the whole Sterling saga, [Sterling and his wife](http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14954097/former-los-angeles-clippers-owner-donald-sterling-wife-shelly-decide-not-divorce) are not getting divorced. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/36 "2016-03-12T16:14:08Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > In a bizarre finish to the whole Sterling saga, [Sterling and his wife](http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14954097/former-los-angeles-clippers-owner-donald-sterling-wife-shelly-decide-not-divorce) are not getting divorced. Perhaps he found out how much he’d lose if he went through with it. Assuming they’re still separated, of course. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275/37 "2016-03-12T18:02:15Z")
Uh, what finish to the whole saga? The news bit does not mention anything about dropping the lawsuit against TMZ and V. Stiviano. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-sterling-omnibus-thread/688275.md?page=1)