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NBCNews: Bowe Bergdahl, the Deserter, Will Face Charges of Desertion for Deserting His Unit
So glad we gave up five important Al Qaeda terrorists to get Baby Bowe back.
The television network, citing senior defense officials, said the charges could come within a week.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 27, 2015 12:41 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Vince Foster's Ghost at January 27, 2015 12:41 PM (B3gSz)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 27, 2015 12:42 PM (659DL)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 27, 2015 12:42 PM (Dn3nj)
Posted by: buzzion at January 27, 2015 12:43 PM (zt+N6)
they're gonna try to ART XV him and wristslap him to keep discipline in the ranks...
I'll bet he keeps his back-pay....
like MEgaSnowmageddon it's a SNOWJOB
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 12:43 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at January 27, 2015 12:43 PM (NAofJ)
I still think he'll wind up a leftard hero with a dumptruck full of money soon.
#WASTF
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 27, 2015 12:44 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 12:44 PM (fL+1V)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 27, 2015 12:44 PM (oKE6c)
Rose Garden beatification of his parents...over and over and...
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 27, 2015 12:44 PM (XzRw1)
Seems like we might have paid too much for the rounds that would evacuate his cranium, but it should be done.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 27, 2015 12:45 PM (xSCb6)
Posted by: fly gal at January 27, 2015 12:45 PM (8TdcF)
Posted by: maddogg at January 27, 2015 12:45 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: Susan Rice at January 27, 2015 12:45 PM (bb0LB)
Posted by: booter at January 27, 2015 12:45 PM (XZCy1)
http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/crime/2015/01/27/bergdahl-army-update-false-reports/
Posted by: lowandslow at January 27, 2015 12:45 PM (+ebSh)
Posted by: maddogg at January 27, 2015 12:45 PM (xWW96)
Because I seem to remember that.
Posted by: alexthechick - Listen to meee (and BC) at January 27, 2015 12:45 PM (mf5HN)
If they were brave they'd point out the Rose Garden was consecrated Muslim Holy Ground by Bowe's dad.....
with Ogabe hugging him
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 12:45 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at January 27, 2015 12:45 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at January 27, 2015 12:43 PM (NAofJ)
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MATT DAMEN!
Posted by: MATT DAMEN! at January 27, 2015 12:45 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 12:46 PM (IXrOn)
It didn't take this long to get all the facts. The delay had one purpose, short term memory hole.
Everyone here can list the stonewalling on every major scandal. I'm surprised in some way this wasn't after the next election. Not unlike the ACA delays.
Posted by: Bob from table9 at January 27, 2015 12:46 PM (WNERA)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 27, 2015 12:46 PM (W5DcG)
It probably has to be a declared war, but I like the way your mind works.
Loyal, patriotic Americans died trying to save that worthless cocksucker, and he should pay. Oh yes.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 27, 2015 12:46 PM (oKE6c)
I don't know.... even the modern PC military knows this strikes to the heart of discipline...
It is not AWOL when in the Face of the Enemy....
I understand that Obama is doing everything in his power to destroy our military... by destroying its institutions, traditions, and its honor...
This will tell us how far the PC Military will bow to him....
This case right here, will show us whose side the military will be on...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 12:46 PM (qh617)
Posted by: ejo at January 27, 2015 12:46 PM (rsGj7)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 12:46 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Barakhenaten I at January 27, 2015 12:46 PM (bb0LB)
2nd it is.
I've only been "first" only in the sense the first shot killed me. Otherwise, f*cking second. Second this, second that. That's the way it always was for me. Always "Second Chair" at trial, second in line at the DMV, placed on second call at the Doctor's office, waiting for Hillary and being told she has one more appointment in front of me being told "'second' is not so bad considering how important Hillary is". F*cking second. I'm sick of it.
Posted by: Vince Foster's Ghost at January 27, 2015 12:46 PM (B3gSz)
That's b/c they have the article 15 sitting next to the rap sheet and Bergdahl's lawyer is trying to convince the kid to cut a deal where he takes the 15 and runs(with 1/3d a million to start before the Horrywood money comes in)
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 12:46 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Emperor Clusterfuck I at January 27, 2015 12:46 PM (S0A/C)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 12:47 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 12:47 PM (kff5f)
http://tinyurl.com/p47wrx7
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2015 12:47 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: maddogg at January 27, 2015 12:47 PM (xWW96)
Well then sit down....
there's a reason we are looking forward to becoming hermits and going on post as little as possible.
The Army WILL lay down.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 12:47 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Jean at January 27, 2015 12:47 PM (1WQ0J)
Posted by: Blacksheep at January 27, 2015 12:48 PM (8/DeP)
Posted by: Roscoe at January 27, 2015 12:48 PM (MIovV)
Long run
I'd love to stay and trash the deserter but mama needs a new poolboy or some shit
Posted by: Navycopjoe at January 27, 2015 12:48 PM (NAofJ)
In either case, he should be tried by a Court-Martial, given a dishonorable discharge, and (probably) be executed.
Somehow I don't think that's what will happen here.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 12:48 PM (kff5f)
Not one of those sneaky sniper dudes, who shoots you in the back.
Posted by: Michael Al-Moore at January 27, 2015 12:49 PM (fL+1V)
Posted by: Soothsayer of The Righteous And Harmonious Fists (-243 days left until climate chaos) at January 27, 2015 12:49 PM (q19mL)
Posted by: buzzion at January 27, 2015 12:49 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: willow at January 27, 2015 12:50 PM (nqBYe)
Army: Bergdahl reports are untrue, no decision made
the Army Times
http://tinyurl.com/qcfaeeb
Why would they be saying this?
The Army says there is no truth to media reports claiming a decision has been made to charge Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl with desertion.
The Army continues to review the case against Bergdahl, said Paul Boyce, a spokesman for Forces Command, on Tuesday morning.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 12:50 PM (IXrOn)
Can we stop calling homosexuals gay?
It's fucking stupid.
Posted by: Soothsayer of The Righteous And Harmonious Fists (-243 days left until climate chaos) at January 27, 2015 12:49 PM (q19mL)
It's totally gay.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 27, 2015 12:50 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 12:50 PM (0LHZx)
Yet another triumph of smert diplomacy.
Posted by: maddogg at January 27, 2015 12:47 PM (xWW96)
You misspelled "smurf".
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 27, 2015 12:50 PM (ftVQq)
The GOP, if they were smart....
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility
That is so adorable! You can have TWO cookies!
Besides, there plenty of Team Republican quotes on "leave no man behind" and such before he was released, up to an including supporting a potential prisoner swap.
No rope to pull.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 27, 2015 12:50 PM (kdS6q)
2nd it is.
As you may know by now, it takes time and practice to get that coveted "first" on any post. In my case, I have the speakers cranked up so I can hear Pixy's hamsters inhale in unison right before Ace hits his "Post" button.
*pours a cold beer into USB port as a consolation prize*
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 27, 2015 12:51 PM (0HooB)
Yep. And now that deserter will have his record white-washed, lest the dirt besmirch the Emperor.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 12:51 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Bowe Bergdahl's old man's first words at the WH at January 27, 2015 12:51 PM (l1zOH)
I can't believe they didn't cover this up. I guess too many people in his unit knew better.
Bizarre. This administration stonewalls and whitewashes EVERYTHING. Why not this?
Posted by: Sam In VA at January 27, 2015 12:51 PM (Q52VH)
Posted by: Ebola guy at January 27, 2015 12:51 PM (/O0wF)
Posted by: willow at January 27, 2015 12:50 PM (nqBYe)
And how would they accomplish that? Liposuction with a Shop-Vac?
Posted by: Insomniac at January 27, 2015 12:51 PM (2Ojst)
Platoon reunion is in order.
Posted by: fluffy at January 27, 2015 12:51 PM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: Blacksheep at January 27, 2015 12:51 PM (8/DeP)
b/c the leak is correct and Barack generated a shitstorm to either JAG or the investigatory authority direct....
like I said the charges are there...so is the 15...
Bowe will take the money and run.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 12:52 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: bergerbilder at January 27, 2015 12:52 PM (8MjqI)
Posted by: Fritz at January 27, 2015 12:52 PM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Sam In VA at January 27, 2015 12:51 PM (Q52VH)
___________
The only people who really care about this are people who already hate Obama. He has nothing to lose politically.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 12:52 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 27, 2015 12:52 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 12:52 PM (/4AZU)
What money is this of which you speak?
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 27, 2015 12:53 PM (ftVQq)
Posted by: Bowe Bergdahl's old man's first words at the WH at January 27, 2015 12:53 PM (l1zOH)
Honestly I'd trade some shitbags we can't kill for a shitbag we can to make an example. And then we'll kill the released shitbags in a place where we can later.
Posted by: 0302 at January 27, 2015 12:53 PM (N6eLE)
I can think of 3 possibilities.
1- The current report from NBC is incorrect, and the Army has not reached a decision at all.
2- The army is dissembling, and leaked this as a trial balloon so that they can increase or even decrease the charges based on public perception.
3- The army is dissembling for some other reason (to keep the WH out of the loop, possibly).
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 12:53 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Garrett at January 27, 2015 12:54 PM (bb0LB)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Paranoia Punch with Electrolytes at the Outrage Outlet! at January 27, 2015 12:54 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 27, 2015 12:54 PM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: bergerbilder at January 27, 2015 12:54 PM (8MjqI)
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 27, 2015 12:53 PM (ftVQq)
IIRC, if he's not dishonorably discharged, he gets all his "back pay" which apparently amounts to about 300K.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 12:55 PM (kff5f)
but i'll settle for him getting a Big Chicken Dinner, reduction to E-1, with a loss of all pay benefits.
let him go commit suicide on his own dime, instead languishing in Leavenworth, with the MFM and the usual suspects trying to turn him into a martyr and hero for the next few decades.
Posted by: redc1c4 at January 27, 2015 12:55 PM (I8nxO)
lol
Posted by: willow at January 27, 2015 12:55 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Democrats and ProgMedia at January 27, 2015 12:56 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Taliban at January 27, 2015 12:56 PM (bb0LB)
Posted by: willow at January 27, 2015 12:56 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 12:56 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: Juan (build the dern fence) mc cain at January 27, 2015 12:56 PM (WNERA)
lol
Posted by: willow at January 27, 2015 12:55 PM (nqBYe)
I see, you're more the "Big Idea" kinda gal.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 27, 2015 12:56 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 27, 2015 12:57 PM (PuQW/)
If we had an opposition party and a Media that were even only 90% in-the-tank for the Democrats, you'd be wrong. Trading 5 terrorists for a deserter would be a major political blow to Obama.
However, we don't have either of those things, so you're 100% correct.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 12:57 PM (kff5f)
2- The army is dissembling, and leaked this as a trial balloon so that they can increase or even decrease the charges based on public perception.
3- The army is dissembling for some other reason (to keep the WH out of the loop, possibly).
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 12:53 PM (kff5f)
or they just need to follow protocol and have not procedurally completed the investigation... my guess
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 12:57 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 27, 2015 12:57 PM (ZPrif)
He has a third of a million in back pay in the balance, and a lifetime disability rating for future pay and bennies...
I'd say they'll rate him ~30% on a headshed VA claim for "pow status"...
the MOST they'll do is wristslap away MAYBE ~25,000 or so BUT my spidey sense tells me he'll be dinged a month's pay "for going AWOL"....
they HAVE to do something or they are derelict in the good of the corps BUT Ogabe doesn't want them to do anything....
what I assure you is they will not do the just thing.....
so yes Bowe Bergdahl will legally be held to have deserted less than a kid who hates military life and runs from boot camp.....
I'll bet hobo bucks on it.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 12:57 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 12:46 PM (/4AZU)
Can you article 15 Desertion?
If I remember... Capts Mast could only deal with minor charges... those with a Maximum Penalty of 30 deals in the brig...
AWOL was done at Capts Mast... but the one time a guy did desert, and missed ships movement trying to get out of Desert Storm...
Once the charge was Missing Ships Movement, and Desertion.... the CO had to remand him to a Court Martial.
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 12:57 PM (qh617)
So..... Bowe Bergdahl is an American Hero to the left.
But.....Chris Kyle is a psychotic maniacal coward.
Got it.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 27, 2015 12:57 PM (NaV4z)
They knew this was going to be another Shit Midas fiasco, and they're prepared to tactically jettison the minor player Rhodes over the side as required.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 27, 2015 12:57 PM (noWW6)
or are they being threatened with funds or whatever ?
or someone pushhed this out , hoping it Would not get buried by the administration?
or ___
Posted by: willow at January 27, 2015 12:58 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: bergerbilder at January 27, 2015 12:54 PM (8MjqI)
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This is what is so bizzare about the $300k in backpay. When I was a private, my take home was $53.00 a month.
Posted by: MATT DAMEN! at January 27, 2015 12:58 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: Crusader Wabbit at January 27, 2015 12:58 PM (/WmRg)
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 12:58 PM (wlDny)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 27, 2015 12:58 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 27, 2015 12:58 PM (PuQW/)
Posted by: NCKate at January 27, 2015 12:59 PM (EBMYe)
Next, Bowe Bergdahl announces his engagement to Chelsea Manning... and the Left creams its collective jeans.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2015 12:59 PM (bWFHa)
Posted by: Soona at January 27, 2015 12:59 PM (/HX7u)
....question for those versed in the Military Code of Justice.
Can Bowe be legally held responsible for the 14 soldiers that died looking for for his sorry ass????
Posted by: fixerupper at January 27, 2015 12:59 PM (NaV4z)
Mr. Bergdahl served with honor and distinction, and attempting to denigrate or demean his service to the nation is a disgrace.
Posted by: Jun Psaki at January 27, 2015 12:59 PM (P330y)
4. Army decided to court martial him.... it leaked, and now the Whitehouse is putting pressure on them...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 12:59 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Chris_Balsz at January 27, 2015 01:00 PM (kTWS+)
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at January 27, 2015 01:00 PM (3g9q6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 27, 2015 01:00 PM (PuQW/)
Posted by: Jean at January 27, 2015 01:00 PM (1WQ0J)
That's the trick EVERYTHING is subject to Command Discretion....
now in saner times no way a desertion in a war zone gets Jedi Handwaved but yeah....they can ART XV you for it and do with trainees so they'll try to do it in a warzone...
it's fucked up but the force needs SOMETHING and Ogabe wants NOTHING....hell he probably thinks the kid is his white shadow in his "affinity for Islam"...
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 01:00 PM (/4AZU)
What money is this of which you speak?
Posted by: Hrothgar
IIRC, if he's not dishonorably discharged, he gets all his "back pay" which apparently amounts to about 300K.
Posted by: AllenG
Not to mention POW status is a Presumptive Condition for Disability Compensation. And there are some other specific POW releaed bennies.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 27, 2015 01:00 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: MATT DAMEN!
Not $83,000 a year like Bergdahl?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 01:00 PM (TAu/7)
Posted by: Jean at January 27, 2015 01:01 PM (1WQ0J)
Same way they do with everything else, say its a phony scandal that Republicans are "obsessed" with and then not talk about it.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2015 01:01 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: MATT DAMEN!
Commie Core math.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 27, 2015 01:01 PM (2Ojst)
I am sick of these commie treacherous SOBs in the White House I want to puke
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 01:01 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 27, 2015 01:01 PM (cr2Uu)
I don't know, but I do know that the charge doesn't *have* to be desertion.
So the conversation goes like this: "Mr. Bergdhal, so that you understand, we have two folders here. THIS one has you admitting to going AWOL, losing a month's pay, and being released. THIS one has the actual findings of desertion in wartime. Which of these we submit to the Office of the JAG is up to you."
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:02 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 01:02 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: Buzzion at January 27, 2015 01:02 PM (zt+N6)
I really wish there were some combination of events that could cause spontaneous combustion.
The question is this: what leverage do the respective parties have in this? I imagine that as CinC and general governmental Lord and Master as he's arrogated to himself, he could find some way to quash this.
Do we have enough principled generals and senior colonels left who'd walk out?
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2015 01:02 PM (o+SC1)
Missing A Movement is a BFD.
Posted by: fluffy at January 27, 2015 01:02 PM (Ua6T/)
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/the-five/videos
discussing the possibility of a new prisoner swap
Perino does a really good job of explaining what's going on. Love her.
*rodent trigger warning; Jarrett clip embedded in video*
informative clip
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:02 PM (IXrOn)
Take his stripe.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 27, 2015 12:57 PM (PuQW/)
At the very least, the bastard should be publicly cashiered, Dreyfus-style.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2015 01:03 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 01:03 PM (wlDny)
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2015 01:03 PM (o+SC1)
----
....werd
Posted by: Andrew Tahmooressi at January 27, 2015 01:03 PM (NaV4z)
Correct, and his promotion to Sgt is predicated on "good conduct in the face of your captors" but his capture was based on deriliction....
the whole thing is fucked up....
it is political in its entirety....the kid should have been sent to Alaska and Court Martialed by his Brigade and killed.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 01:03 PM (/4AZU)
this guy will be offered an Article 15 and an administrative discharge
he will not be court martialed
if he is court martialed, because he turns the Article 15 down, you can be sure the JEF will make sue that his defense will be to put the USArmy on trial claiming he ran away because they are all horrible killers and torturers
this thing stinks
I think some Army JAGS and commanders are trying to do the right thing but I am not optimistic
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:03 PM (zOTsN)
The Bow Bergdahl situation is tragic, and the President will counsel the military to mitigate this unfortunate circumstance and return Mr. Bergdahl to his parents for familial reunion and his reintegration into society.
Posted by: Ben Rhodes at January 27, 2015 01:03 PM (P330y)
Dreyfus was imprisoned for years.
He was also innocent.
And he returned to the Army to serve France even after all that.
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2015 01:04 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2015 01:02 PM (o+SC1)
My view, YES we do. And if the White House interferes in this to much, I can see a huge reaction from the Military. There is much anger as there is....they better be careful and not push to much
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 01:04 PM (nzKvP)
However, we don't have either of those things, so you're 100% correct.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 12:57 PM (kff5f)
_________
On Google News this is about the 12th story on the front page.
Ahead of it....Blizzard that wasn't, Private Space Taxis by 2017, 10 Most Important Moves by Seattle to get to the SuperBowl
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:04 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:05 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 27, 2015 01:05 PM (PuQW/)
Posted by: Chris_Balsz at January 27, 2015 01:00 PM (kTWS+)
Another reason he won't be tried for desertion.
Its one thing to have released the 5 terrorists and then to "find out" ("I'm shocked to find there's gambling going on in this establishment!") that the reason he was "captured" was he had gone AWOL.
That one is bad enough, but the American public (even if it were widely known) would think "meh. He's still One Of Ours."
OTOH, if the story is, "Obama unilaterally and illegally released 5 terrorists to secure the return of a deserter/traitor," that one is a whole lot harder to spin.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:05 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 27, 2015 01:06 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2015 01:06 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 27, 2015 01:05 PM (PuQW/)
Delay? They can delay anything they want. Hey how are all those trials going down in Gitmo?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 01:06 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: Super Creepy Rob Lowe at January 27, 2015 01:06 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 27, 2015 01:06 PM (tf9Ne)
Based on service length and known pay rates, Bergdahl's back pay and hostile fire pay would be about $150,000. If he is designated as a Captive or Prisoner of War, Bergdahl could also receive special compensation that would total about $148,000. The $148,000 would include Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH), Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS), and station per diem over the past five years. This figure does not include interest these payments would have earned over the past five years.
Military.com
So, $300k.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 27, 2015 01:06 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 27, 2015 01:07 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:05 PM (kff5f)
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Spin what?
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at January 27, 2015 01:07 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: fluffy at January 27, 2015 01:02 PM (Ua6T/)
I recommend more fiber in your diet.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:07 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 01:07 PM (fwARV)
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2015 01:04 PM (o+SC1)
Yeah, it doesn't exactly work as metaphor. But that's the most famous public cashiering I could think of.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2015 01:07 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:08 PM (zOTsN)
Basically that of an unformed and irresponsible pre-teen given an expensive and complex new toy.
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2015 01:08 PM (o+SC1)
Yesterday it was Snowmaggedon!!!OMG.
Today it's SnowBust! cause it didn't hit NYC hard.
Boston still got hit huge. Like 8th worst storm ever there. But Boston isn't NYC, so the news stories are about how the storm was a bust.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 27, 2015 01:08 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 27, 2015 01:08 PM (PuQW/)
Posted by: eman at January 27, 2015 01:08 PM (kS+FJ)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:08 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 27, 2015 01:09 PM (oKE6c)
they must keep him out of the motor pool, away from staircases windows, and insulated from the rest of the troops, with special escorts to accompany him everywhere...
even the peacetime Army is a dangerous place: people get hurt killed in it all the time, it just never makes the news.
Posted by: redc1c4 at January 27, 2015 01:09 PM (I8nxO)
Yesterday it was Snowmaggedon!!!OMG.
Today it's SnowBust! cause it didn't hit NYC hard.
Boston still got hit huge. Like 8th worst storm ever there. But Boston isn't NYC, so the news stories are about how the storm was a bust.
---------------------------
Boston would be a nice town if they'd only get rid of the Bostonians.
Posted by: Super Creepy Rob Lowe at January 27, 2015 01:09 PM (oDCMR)
1- The current report from NBC is incorrect, and the Army has not reached a decision at all.
2- The army is dissembling, and leaked this as a trial balloon so that they can increase or even decrease the charges based on public perception.
3- The army is dissembling for some other reason (to keep the WH out of the loop, possibly).
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 12:53 PM (kff5f)
I'd add a 4th:
The Army is floating this to put pressure on the WH so that the WH can't let BB off the hook entirely. If it has been floated, it would be bad optics to just drop it down to desertion.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at January 27, 2015 01:09 PM (+Fae7)
Posted by: maddogg at January 27, 2015 01:09 PM (xWW96)
My wife almost got gigged for a minor hit and skip car accident because she was mortified of missing a movement....
b/c the unit would have put her in jail for 3-5 months....
WHICH IS MORE PUNISHMENT than Bowe will face for "Jihadi Cave-A Love Story"....
yeah I'm pissed.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 01:09 PM (/4AZU)
The left rallied around Bergdahl and cried "No man left behind!" as if they actually gave a shit about our military.
They will support anyone that goes off the grid against America, the rule of lawand its traditions.
Posted by: Cheri at January 27, 2015 01:09 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:10 PM (zOTsN)
http://tinyurl.com/qcfaeeb
Posted by: hack at January 27, 2015 01:10 PM (168MX)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 27, 2015 01:10 PM (2cS/G)
People just do not see what this administration is doing in redefining, changing terms, finding loopholes and making a square peg fit into a round hole, etc.
(like in the clip above I linked of The Five) Perino explains how moving terrorists from different facilities, redefining them, gives the administration leverage to go around the law.
Catch and release terrorists.
they are evil smart - the scariest kind
pure evil
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:10 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: eman at January 27, 2015 01:10 PM (kS+FJ)
Posted by: JEM
----------------
To paraphrase P.J. O'Rourke, "It's like giving a teenager the keys to the liquor cabinet and the car"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2015 01:10 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:11 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Chet Cognomen at January 27, 2015 01:11 PM (RwwCT)
IF they open the door to AWOL, in the face of the enemy...
It sets a very dangerous precedent...
Could Article 99 him.... Misbehaviour in the face of the Enemy...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 01:11 PM (qh617)
Well then sit down....
there's a reason we are looking forward to becoming hermits and going on post as little as possible.
The Army WILL lay down.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 12:47 PM (/4AZU)
I dunno. Officer corps? Yes, absolutely they will lay down. Enthusiastically.
Regular enlisted folks? Maybe initially (I personally know long- term enlisted men who were enthusiastic about putting boots on the ground in Boston after the marathon bombing, regardless of posse comitatus), but it don't think it will last long if it happens at all. The regular joes in the military still identify as average patriotic Americans and I think if they will still balk at turning against other Americans.
The officers, on the other hand, identify with the "elite" and are so eaten up with politics, it's pathetic. I have no doubt they would turn on us.
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 27, 2015 01:11 PM (KkVB6)
MGM studios is pleased to announce the release of Michael Moores latest cinematic masterpeice "Bow Burger Dolls". A romantic comedic about an American Muslim at a barbeque who falls in love with his goat.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 27, 2015 01:11 PM (NaV4z)
And almost no coverage at all.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2015 01:11 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:11 PM (zOTsN)
Yeah but nor are they denying it.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 01:11 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at January 27, 2015 12:43 PM (NAofJ)
Morgan Spurlock!
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 01:11 PM (7ObY1)
Democrats all rejoice.
Posted by: navybrat at January 27, 2015 01:11 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 27, 2015 01:11 PM (oKE6c)
Zero and his crab lice will find a way to get the sniveling little cowardly bastard off the hook, with full pay and benefits, and probably a commendation.
Posted by: maddogg at January 27, 2015 01:12 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 27, 2015 01:10 PM (2cS/G)
Western MA was not so badly hit.
Posted by: eman at January 27, 2015 01:12 PM (kS+FJ)
Sven - missing movement is no joke and I've seen people seriously f*cked by doing so. I can understand why your wife was in a panic, and yes, Bergdahl will skip lightly out of this.
BTW - great title for a movie
Posted by: Cheri at January 27, 2015 01:12 PM (oiNtH)
Sean Penn, of course.
His dad will be played by Martin Sheen.
Posted by: Feh at January 27, 2015 01:12 PM (b8TSE)
The Sierras got a few days of snow, fooled some of the resorts into opening but it's mostly gone away now, the only Tahoe-area ski slopes running now are the ones that can make their own. You can ski in jeans and a (preferably long-sleeve) T-shirt right now if you want.
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2015 01:12 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 27, 2015 01:12 PM (PuQW/)
pure evil
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:10 PM (IXrOn)
The term I like to use is 'sophistry'...
Making things sound legal through interpretations that make the meaning of the law, moot...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 01:12 PM (qh617)
The officers, on the other hand, identify with the "elite" and are so eaten up with politics, it's pathetic. I have no doubt they would turn on us.
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 27, 2015 01:11 PM (KkVB6)
That's not true and stop smearing the Whole Officers Corps with the high up ass kissers in the Pentagon.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 01:12 PM (nzKvP)
It sets a very dangerous precedent...
Yeah. Because the SCOAMT gives a d*mn about "a very dangerous precedent." He *IS* "a very dangerous Precedent."
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:12 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Susan Rice at January 27, 2015 01:12 PM (eAw1o)
Dude, try flyover country weather stories. We cold get 7 feet of snow tomorrow where I live and it wouldn't make national news.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:13 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Ebola guy at January 27, 2015 01:13 PM (/O0wF)
Like I said I am so looking forward to her never wearing green again.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 01:13 PM (/4AZU)
Last time Obama gave a speech on a base to the enlisted, I was struck by a wire service photo, which showed that the front four rows of the audience had been absolutely packed solid with black service members (who were loudly ecstatic to see him and fell all over one another for handshakes, hugs and selfies). Far out of proportion to the actual number of black service members.
Meanwhile, the back rows, devoid of blacks, were notably more reserved in their welcome. But of course also less noticeable to Obama.
Potemkin villages. They're not just for breakfast any more.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 27, 2015 01:13 PM (noWW6)
LA to a much lesser extent even though that's the home of Hollywood. But it's not the home of the 24/7 news-cycle. That's a DC-NY thing.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 27, 2015 01:13 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Garrett at January 27, 2015 01:13 PM (bb0LB)
Posted by: Bowe Bergdahl's Momma at January 27, 2015 01:14 PM (FCsIb)
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2015 01:12 PM (o+SC1)
_________
Ski in jeans? Good fucking lord, no. Just no.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:14 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Susan Rice at January 27, 2015 01:12 PM (eAw1o)
Ya know of all the stupid shit this Admin has said and tried to shovel on the American People, THAT might have been the worst one. And when they do officially charge him, and I think they have to, I hope that statement comes back to bite those fucks but good
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 01:14 PM (nzKvP)
The Weather Channel and CNN being the very worst offenders.
Like those channels were around in the Renaissance or something.
How in le fuque can they throw around "historic"?
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 01:14 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 27, 2015 01:14 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: acethepug at January 27, 2015 01:14 PM (8wVdZ)
Posted by: Code Pink at January 27, 2015 01:14 PM (TzeLs)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:14 PM (zOTsN)
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In NE Iowa where I grew up we call that January.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 27, 2015 01:14 PM (NaV4z)
Barney Frank hardest hit.
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2015 01:14 PM (o+SC1)
178 @147 - we had that back in December. "Worst Storm In A Decade". We got a couple nights of 40mph winds and some rain. It was pure crap.
The Sierras got a few days of snow, fooled some of the resorts into opening but it's mostly gone away now, the only Tahoe-area ski slopes running now are the ones that can make their own. You can ski in jeans and a (preferably long-sleeve) T-shirt right now if you want.
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2015 01:12 PM (o+SC1)
See we told you. The End Of Snow!
Posted by: New York times at January 27, 2015 01:14 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Barky I Numbnuts at January 27, 2015 01:14 PM (CzBeD)
Posted by: BB Wolf
Like fapping, peeing in the potted plants, waving his willie at them?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 01:15 PM (TAu/7)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 01:15 PM (CMkNk)
And almost no coverage at all.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2015 01:11 PM (g1DWB)
see The Five clip I linked somewhere above. They covered it in detail.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:15 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 01:14 PM (7ObY1)
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They misspelled "histrionic"....... ????
Posted by: fixerupper at January 27, 2015 01:15 PM (NaV4z)
Not all the Blacks in the Military like him. At least not those Black Officers I know in the Navy and specifically the Medical/Dental/Nurse/ Medical Service Corps. The Enlist I try not to discuss any politics with
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 01:16 PM (nzKvP)
Hmm . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 01:15 PM (CMkNk)
hehe, oh yea
it disappeared from my bookmarks
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:16 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Garrett at January 27, 2015 01:13 PM (bb0LB)
Oh, I care when they come North of Lowell & aren't a) buying liquour & getting the hell back South or b) going to jail. Ship em all to the vatican so that cock-smugglin' pope can deal with 'em.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at January 27, 2015 01:16 PM (MbqmP)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 01:15 PM (TAu/7)
Hey! That's Moron behavior. Thou shalt not compare Bowe Bergdhal to the Morons.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:16 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: maddogg at January 27, 2015 01:16 PM (xWW96)
Obama HAD to fail US out of Afghanistan.
Good troops are getting killed while he's failing.
We couldn't leave til BB was accounted for.
So BB in Afghanistan and TFG in the White House are both cases of wrong man in the wrong place.
Posted by: DaveA at January 27, 2015 01:16 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: BHO at January 27, 2015 01:16 PM (IsdBe)
Horrible weather in Philly is not national news even though it's in the middle of the DC-NY Corridor.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 27, 2015 01:16 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:16 PM (0LHZx)
He knows EXACTLY what he's doing.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:17 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: zombie General Patton at January 27, 2015 01:17 PM (WNERA)
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 01:17 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 27, 2015 01:17 PM (oFCZn)
Mandy his peers in his unit he deserted from would fix the problem in a week.
The machine runs from the top, but yeah a lot of underlings would vote with their feet....
why do you think they want illegals in the force?
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 01:17 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:17 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 27, 2015 01:17 PM (PuQW/)
Horrible weather in Philly is not national news even though it's in the middle of the DC-NY Corridor.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 27, 2015 01:16 PM (ZPrif)
_________
Had Sandy come onshore 50 miles south of where it did, you would have heard 10% as much about it.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:17 PM (0LHZx)
How in le fuque can they throw around "historic"?
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 01:14 PM (7ObY1)
History began in 1970, unless you're talking about ice, & then it began in 1980, you nutty Bible-thumpers.
Posted by: Humans evolved from monkeys in 1971 at January 27, 2015 01:18 PM (MbqmP)
Translation:
"We've had just about enough of your shit, Mr. President."
-United States Army
Posted by: Fringe at January 27, 2015 01:18 PM (oWl4T)
As for the idiots that negotiated his return... I'm thinking dental surgery without painkillers. That'd be fair. If it were televised.
Posted by: shillelagh at January 27, 2015 01:18 PM (bqNKV)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 27, 2015 01:18 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 01:14 PM (nzKvP)
Hahahahaha... *gasp*... hahahahahaha...
Benghazi was all because of a YouTube video, according to Rice (and Obama, and Hillary... but I digress).
What came out of it? Rice got a promotion, Obama got reelected, and nobody remembers who that Ben Gazzi guy is... but, at this point, what difference does it make?
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Posted by: Jim at January 27, 2015 01:19 PM (TzeLs)
His lawyer will have to settle for whatever the libtards send him.
Posted by: Hank at January 27, 2015 01:19 PM (EU/xj)
Hmm . . .
Came up just fine for me.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 01:19 PM (TAu/7)
Posted by: Y-not at January 27, 2015 01:19 PM (9BRsg)
Posted by: Leftist talking point at January 27, 2015 01:19 PM (Mn2TM)
He's at 10-15% approval in the military as a whole....
"we've turned a corner"
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 01:19 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2015 01:12 PM (o+SC1)
_________
Ski in jeans? Good fucking lord, no. Just no.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:14 PM (0LHZx)
I've skiid in jeans. On a warm winter sunny day, it's comfy.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:19 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 27, 2015 01:19 PM (PuQW/)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:20 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Lorenzon at January 27, 2015 01:20 PM (CzBeD)
Byline:
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 11:56 AM
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 01:20 PM (7ObY1)
Yeah... but if you fell even once...
I can feel the chafing now.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:20 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Jim at January 27, 2015 01:20 PM (TzeLs)
Right. Because we never get reports on hurricanes like Katrina or other natural disasters like tornados, earthquakes, wildfires, etc.
The media loves disaster stories. It really isn't all that surprising when they overhype them and particularly when they happen where a large percentage of people live including themselves.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2015 01:21 PM (g1DWB)
"You want to give my client 30-30-30 and 50% pay for 3 months when all he did was boink his girlfriend instead of sweeping the motor pool? Bowe deserted in the face of the enemy, got his fellow Soldiers killed and you promoted him and gave him $300K"
they pretty much HAVE to hit him with something substantial, or they're not going to be able to punish lesser offenders, and a military where AWOL can't be punished is one that's on the fast track to irrelevance.
Posted by: redc1c4 at January 27, 2015 01:21 PM (I8nxO)
usually a deserter get a 15 and UOTHC
he wont lose back pay unless its by Court Martial an the JEF isn't going to let that happen
you can only get a DD by Court Martial
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:21 PM (zOTsN)
At the very least we're Russia. We won't be Argentina until there's no TP in the grocery stores.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:21 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette
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Yeah..., well that was one of my guesses. But, I don't think he actually grasps the significance..., he just isn't that bright or experienced.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2015 01:21 PM (l1zOH)
al queda, "you did good but we need you to sacrifice one more time to return our esteem able leaders, that will help destroy the american imperialistic country"
bergdhal, "alright, weeping gently, i will do all for Allah"
Posted by: willow at January 27, 2015 01:21 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2015 01:22 PM (ykfyK)
Posted by: Cheri at January 27, 2015 01:22 PM (oiNtH)
It's still ILLEGAL for me to drive on pubic roads here in MA.
Posted by: Soothsayer of The Righteous And Harmonious Fists (-243 days left until climate chaos) at January 27, 2015 01:22 PM (q19mL)
Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) said he will not support an immediate vote on his own bill
The Dems were NEVER going to embarrass their chick shit President. NEVER NO WAY NO TIME NEVER
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 01:22 PM (nzKvP)
it's all horrors over there
the JEF is going to leave us with such a mess
he's going to bide his time internationally, screw up the domestic issues as much as he can, divide the people from every angle possible, then leave us with a complete collapse
The $figures of what is coming after he leaves office, all the financial time-bombs he's planted is going to destroy us. Whoever gets in there will go down in history as a horrible potus, unless they really really show leadership.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:23 PM (IXrOn)
Apparently words such as "historic" have, like "gay," been redefined when we weren't paying attention. "Historic" now means "not worth a shit." With that redefinition, phrases such as "historic President" and "historic storm" now make perfect sense.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 27, 2015 01:23 PM (oKE6c)
we called it the Presidential Use Excuse
so
they let him slide away with less than a court martial
bad things to moral and discipline. bad things
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:23 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2015 01:23 PM (l1zOH)
http://www.billoreilly.com/show?action=viewTVShowshowID=3850#6
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 27, 2015 01:23 PM (tf9Ne)
Yeah... but if you fell even once...
I can feel the chafing now.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:20 PM (kff5f)
Hell.... I've skied in shorts....
When I was much younger... and stupider...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 01:23 PM (qh617)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 01:23 PM (TAu/7)
Posted by: Cheri at January 27, 2015 01:22 PM (oiNtH)
Well Put. Thank You
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 01:24 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: Michael Moore at January 27, 2015 01:24 PM (ZWRoJ)
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2015 01:24 PM (ykfyK)
Now a STRICT reading of Regs would DQ him from backpay b/c he was captured by dereliction of duty not under honorable conditions ThunderB...
AND
you can get an UOTHC discharge sans Court Martial....
so he could get worse than he'll get he just won't....
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 01:24 PM (/4AZU)
Pubic roads. Heh.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson's Oversized Hat-it's funny at January 27, 2015 01:25 PM (Mn2TM)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 27, 2015 01:25 PM (2cS/G)
GOPe has been in charge of the House and Senate for 3 weeks now...
Just what have they done? The retreat on EVERY vote the base wants...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 01:25 PM (qh617)
What's weird is there's barely an inch of snow on the roofs of cars. It's all piled up beside or in front/rear of cars.
Posted by: Soothsayer of The Righteous And Harmonious Fists (-243 days left until climate chaos) at January 27, 2015 01:25 PM (q19mL)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:25 PM (zOTsN)
ski attire was always a trend setter
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:26 PM (IXrOn)
Wavy, like sand dunes, is the best way I can describe it.
Posted by: Soothsayer of The Righteous And Harmonious Fists (-243 days left until climate chaos) at January 27, 2015 01:26 PM (q19mL)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 01:26 PM (CMkNk)
Not the entire officer corps, but I think it would be a substantial enough chunk of them that we'd be proper fucked.
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 27, 2015 01:26 PM (KkVB6)
I can see his lawyers gagging him so he *can't* talk about how much he admired the "freedom fighters" of AQ, and how much he wished he were still with them.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:27 PM (kff5f)
When I was much younger... and stupider...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 01:23 PM (qh617)
never tried the shorts!
but the young'ins learned without poles too
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:27 PM (IXrOn)
"You want to give my client 30-30-30 and 50% pay for 3 months when all he did was boink his girlfriend instead of sweeping the motor pool? Bowe deserted in the face of the enemy, got his fellow Soldiers killed and you promoted him and gave him $300K"
they pretty much HAVE to hit him with something substantial, or they're not going to be able to punish lesser offenders, and a military where AWOL can't be punished is one that's on the fast track to irrelevance.
Posted by: redc1c4 at January 27, 2015 01:21 PM (I8nxO)
It's touching that you think leftists bother with intellectual consistency, and that they can be shamed by their being inconsistent.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 27, 2015 01:27 PM (oKE6c)
So Bowe Bergdahl will say "Obama is surrendering directly to our enemies, so it's all good."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 01:27 PM (CMkNk)
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Did you see that? And they get to vote....
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2015 01:28 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:25 PM (zOTsN)
That's no way to treat the future Senator Bergdahl (D-CA).
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 27, 2015 01:28 PM (oKE6c)
1,000 paratroopers from 82nd Airborne headed to Iraq this week
http://tinyurl.com/o2le2y6
Posted by: RWC - Shopping for Justice! at January 27, 2015 01:28 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:19 PM (IXrOn)
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Maybe things have changed. But in my day, skiing in jeans was about the worst fashion offense one could partake in. We called them Yettis. Well I take that back. Worse than the jeans wearer was the guy in the $700 1 piece ski suit who was taking beginner lessons.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:28 PM (0LHZx)
And no one has explained what bennies Qatar got for brokering this shit deal; them doing it out of the goodness of their hearts is the LEAST likely explanation.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 27, 2015 01:28 PM (cJXzr)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2015 01:28 PM (ABcz/)
What's nice about my Navigator is when I put it in 4WD Low, the air suspension raises the chassis 1 inch.
Posted by: Soothsayer of The Righteous And Harmonious Fists (-243 days left until climate chaos) at January 27, 2015 01:28 PM (q19mL)
Posted by: redc1c4 at January 27, 2015 01:21 PM (I8nxO)
Pretty much my thoughts on this.
If Bowe doesn't get something significant, it will be used to get joes out of absolutely everything from here until eternity.
You can't give me X when Bergdahl got Y for deserting his post in the face of the enemy and getting troopers killed.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 01:28 PM (fwARV)
The Vietnam War just called. It wants its gradual troop build-up back.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:28 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2015 01:21 PM (l1zOH)
EVERYTHING he does makes perfect sense, if his goal is to divide and weaken us.
More and more over the years, I judge on Actions, not words....
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 01:29 PM (qh617)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:29 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:28 PM (0LHZx)
Cute blonds look hot in anything
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:29 PM (IXrOn)
Quite the disparity in sentencing I pointed out was a Bush and Obama team hallmark....
they DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR HYPOCRISY!
They want their fucking pony....every time.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 01:29 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Soona at January 27, 2015 01:29 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 01:29 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 01:25 PM (qh617)
_______
Raise your hand if this comes as a surprise....anyone? Bueller? Anyone?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:29 PM (0LHZx)
I can guaranfuckingtee that the deserting fuckstick has 24 hour escort and the those soldiers with that fucked up duty have had the fear of God put into them if anything happened to them.
Hell, I had to escort a soldier around in Taji to JAG for his impeding chapter.
This kid was so ate the fuck up, the chain couldn't wait to get his ass out of Iraq...and we had only been in country for about four months at that point.
Why didn't Bergdahl's CoC get him the fuck out of the 'stan if they had previous issues with him? According to some of his former battle buddies, he was raising red flags all over the place.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at January 27, 2015 01:29 PM (OsWis)
Posted by: bergerbilder at January 27, 2015 01:29 PM (8MjqI)
I'm gonna guess some of them were more than a mile high.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 27, 2015 01:29 PM (tf9Ne)
Well, he was in Aspen, right?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2015 01:29 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 27, 2015 01:30 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 12:46 PM (qh617)
With rare exception anyone above Colonel is suspect.
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at January 27, 2015 01:30 PM (R8hU8)
The Vietnam War just called. It wants its gradual troop build-up back.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:28 PM (kff5f)
The Golf of Tokenism Incident.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 01:30 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at January 27, 2015 01:30 PM (OsWis)
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 27, 2015 01:26 PM (KkVB6)
NO. Most of the Officers are good men and women and no fans of Fredo. I can't speak for the multi Stars higher up.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 01:30 PM (nzKvP)
The Vietnam War just called. It wants its gradual troop build-up back.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:28 PM (kff5f)
yep, this sickens me
The Obama Tragedy.
Worst than Shakespeare.
Because it's real.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:30 PM (IXrOn)
Was that in a combat zone or within the US?
I would hope that actions in the former have greater consequences that actions in the latter, but then this sis the Age of Obama.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at January 27, 2015 01:31 PM (DQZLr)
and the force will say as it is wont to do "fuck you deal with it son"....
and we will have overly gone from "different spanks for different ranks" to "different beefs based on beliefs"
The force has at most a decade left as anything recognizable as an American Army.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 01:31 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at January 27, 2015 01:31 PM (OsWis)
Isn't the story of the Blizzard the story of Obama?
Uhh, uhm, Reggie grades on a curve!
Posted by: Barack H. Obama, Man's Country Platinum Member at January 27, 2015 01:31 PM (B/VB5)
Actually charging him with desertion? Are they sure it is not something else, like AWOL or missing movement?
As I read down the article, it says this:
According to the network, charges against Bergdahl will not say that he left the base with the intent to never return.
So, hard to believe, but NBC doesn't know what the hell it is talking about.
Well, if that is the case, then he is not being charged with desertion. Intent never to return is a necessary element of the offense.
So that means they will charge him with AWOL, most likely.
Which is what I predicted. He will get an AWOL and probably an Article 15 (non-judicial punishment) that busts his rank and 30 days in jail. That would mean that the Army can keep his back pay.
Posted by: blaster at January 27, 2015 01:31 PM (Rx8ML)
I did not have sex with that woman...er, sex slave.....on SexSlave Island.....How 'bout my wife, next president, or what?
Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 27, 2015 01:31 PM (ABcz/)
I was a lot more alarmed about Clinton, as a penniless student at Oxford on a small stipend, suddenly being able to afford to travel to the USSR and stay for a couple of days in the most luxurious and expensive hotel in downtown Moscow.
Oxford having been, of course, a prime recruiting ground for Soviet intelligence going back decades before that.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 27, 2015 01:32 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at January 27, 2015 01:32 PM (OsWis)
consistency, and that they can be shamed by their being inconsistent."
i suffer from no such delusion, but legal precedent is legal precedent, and i've run that scenario by a fellow Soldier i served with, who is a lawyer IRL, and who retired as a full bird: he agrees that it's a legitimate point, and an argument he would make for his client, if he were to represent one in such circumstances.
Posted by: redc1c4 at January 27, 2015 01:32 PM (I8nxO)
A patio table on one end of a deck can dictate the shape of the undulating wall of snow on the other side of the deck by altering the wind flow.
Indeed.
Posted by: Soothsayer of The Righteous And Harmonious Fists (-243 days left until climate chaos) at January 27, 2015 01:32 PM (q19mL)
oy
Japanese Hostage Kenji Goto Appears in New ISIS Video: "I Have Less Than 24 Hours to Live"
speaking of the gateway pundit
I so wish we could cut their internet platform.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:33 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:29 PM (zOTsN)
Lord, I hope not. The military has done what we asked them to do, and admirably. If they want to point fingers they need to point them at DC. Our soldiers don't need that shit.
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 27, 2015 01:33 PM (KkVB6)
Command was desperate to maintain force density is my main guess...
the thing is Bergdahl was when not a Jihadi Love Cave embracing nut a decent troop....
had he been 100% yard bird the whole time they'd have sent him packing I think.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 01:33 PM (/4AZU)
The crazies mother fuckers are the ones doing flips on snowmobiles.
My oldest started racing this winter. I reaaaaaaly hope she sticks with racing and doesn't go towards the aerial path.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:33 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: blaster at January 27, 2015 01:31 PM (Rx8ML)
Maybe but with any luck he will committ suicide. I guy can dream after all
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 01:33 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 27, 2015 01:33 PM (GUQh3)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2015 01:33 PM (l1zOH)
Where they will dangle awkwardly in mid-air beneath their canopies.
No "boots on the ground", don't you know.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 27, 2015 01:33 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Kristophr at January 27, 2015 01:33 PM (6ROe1)
I've skied in jeans a bunch of times...
For some reason Locals don't care what I wear... when I am skiing the Vail back bowls..... or out of bounds at A Basin... or Dragon Back at Mammoth... or Gun Barrel at Heavenly... or...
Now.... I will admit the Flat Lander ski club out of Texas used to look at me weird.... but they were all Assholes anyway....
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 01:33 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Soothsayer of The Righteous And Harmonious Fists (-243 days left until climate chaos) at January 27, 2015 01:34 PM (q19mL)
Posted by: Kristophr at January 27, 2015 01:34 PM (6ROe1)
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Yeah. But they are incredibly stupid.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2015 01:34 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: maddogg at January 27, 2015 01:34 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:35 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at January 27, 2015 01:35 PM (OsWis)
Yea, I pretty much grew up skiing in jeans. We thought the dudes in snow pants were gay.
Of course they were warm and we were freezing our nuts off but nothing was going to stop us from being cool.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2015 01:35 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 01:35 PM (CMkNk)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 27, 2015 01:36 PM (PuQW/)
And jeans aren't flexible either.
You can get a decent pair of ski pants for $200. It's a solid investment.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:36 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at January 27, 2015 01:35 PM (OsWis)
Please stop mentioning that. It was a very dark time in my life...
Posted by: The Goat at January 27, 2015 01:36 PM (kff5f)
What did the Dope say this time?
Posted by: Soothsayer of The Righteous And Harmonious Fists (-243 days left until climate chaos) at January 27, 2015 01:36 PM (q19mL)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:36 PM (zOTsN)
I guess I enjoy watching it more than doing it.
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 01:36 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Kristophr at January 27, 2015 01:36 PM (6ROe1)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 01:30 PM (nzKvP)
-------------------------------------
The ass-licking generals in the puzzle palace are the ones I'm worried about. But don't disregard the efforts to change the rank and file into a leftist social experiment. An then there's the illegals that will be signing up also.
It's not called fundamental transformation just for shits and giggles.
Posted by: Soona at January 27, 2015 01:37 PM (/HX7u)
this story first broke last night, on Fox News OReiley factor...
Had and Ex military guest who said he had three sources tell him the same thing...
Desertion...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 01:37 PM (qh617)
Hasan is a special case...
I can see why command was hesitant to drop the hammer on him but he should NEVER have been sent away from the puzzle palace/Walter Reed....
Hasan was part of Barry's 2009 transition team did you know that?
Well a lot of folks did, point is there was no way a minority muslim Shrink was gonna get stink-eyed....
Bowe I was a teen-aged Jihadi only had "Muslimish sorta' on his special case sheet....
but yeah the whole mess stinks.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 01:37 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:37 PM (zOTsN)
http://tinyurl.com/n7bhwft
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2015 01:38 PM (l1zOH)
Posted by: Soothsayer of The Righteous And Harmonious Fists (-243 days left until climate chaos) at January 27, 2015 01:38 PM (q19mL)
Along with his state run news platform they announced the other day, what kind of idiot dreamed that up?
Posted by: lowandslow at January 27, 2015 01:38 PM (+ebSh)
And yes, I've gone skiing, wearing jeans. With a couple sets of thermals on, underneath, of course.
One does what one must, on a budget, yes?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 27, 2015 01:38 PM (7x4lH)
A Statist.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:39 PM (kff5f)
The GOP Congress controls absolutely the composition and leadership of the CBO. Replace it's leaders and have them replace it's staffers.
Clean it out entirely. It'll be a good object lesson for other federal agencies, especially if someone can be indicted along the way.
Posted by: MTF at January 27, 2015 01:39 PM (FCsIb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 27, 2015 01:39 PM (PuQW/)
someone else just did that, but they are also suing obamacare
they say they had to do it, or else they faced fines that would kill the state
maybe that is what is going on, dunno
talk about blackmail... extortion...
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:39 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:40 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Soothsayer of The Righteous And Harmonious Fists (-243 days left until climate chaos) at January 27, 2015 01:38 PM (q19mL)
_________
If you only ski on perfectly groomed runs, on sunny days, I suppose. If you ski in powder, in moguls, etc you get plenty wet, even if you never fall.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:40 PM (0LHZx)
Worst than Shakespeare.
The Tragicall Presydencie and Most Lamentable Raign of Kynge Barry I
As plaid many times at Ye Globe and else-where about the Cittie of London by Hys ajestie's servants Ye Kynge's Men
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 01:40 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: maddogg at January 27, 2015 01:40 PM (xWW96)
You have some kind of force field that protects you from blowing snow on the ride up, and that half inch of snow on your chairlift seat?
Posted by: Kristophr at January 27, 2015 01:40 PM (6ROe1)
That it does. And there are a lot of folks here in CenTex, especially around the Ft Hood area, that are paying very close attention.
Some of us though, already have a bad feeling how this is gonna play out.
Thank god for rum.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at January 27, 2015 01:40 PM (OsWis)
Wool doesn't suck heat like wet cotton does.
If I went skiing more than once a decade or so, I'd invest in ski wear. Till then, my woolies will do well enough.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 27, 2015 01:41 PM (7x4lH)
It's not called fundamental transformation just for shits and giggles.
Posted by: Soona at January 27, 2015 01:37 PM (/HX7u)
Yeah I hear you but from where I Stand, the over whelming % of those in the Military- and in my case read that as Navy/Marines are still "white" and many of the "Blacks" are from Africa who are coming here to make a better life for themselves and their families and don't assume they are all liberal assholes. They are not. And as I said the the Military I know is still much whiter than the general public. And those American "Blacks" are much better educated than the general population and they are mostly doing it on their own and while many Enlisted are still more liberal than the overwhelming Conservative Officer Corps, they are not crazy liberal.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 01:41 PM (nzKvP)
You have some kind of force field that protects you from blowing snow on the ride up, and that half inch of snow on your chairlift seat?
Yes, my Hotness.
Posted by: Soothsayer of The Righteous And Harmonious Fists (-243 days left until climate chaos) at January 27, 2015 01:41 PM (q19mL)
OBAMA GETTING SUED BY OHIO OVER EXCESSIVE OBAMACARE TAXATION
In a news release, Warren County Commissioners said they opted to make the initial payment of $94,710 on Jan. 15 because the ACA's penalty for non-compliance is $100 per day, per covered life -- or just over $180,000 per day
http://therightscoop.com/obamacare-getting-sued-by-ohio-over-excessive-taxation/
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:42 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: maddogg at January 27, 2015 01:34 PM (xWW96)"
What has he ever said against God? American capitalism isn't God. The American Bill of Rights, which I enjoy, isn't God.
Posted by: Chris_Balsz at January 27, 2015 01:42 PM (kTWS+)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 27, 2015 01:42 PM (5buP8)
Posted by: Kristophr at January 27, 2015 01:43 PM (6ROe1)
Posted by: maddogg at January 27, 2015 01:43 PM (xWW96)
But then I'm not Catholic.
As an Episcopalian, I am probably throwing stones from a glass house, though.
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2015 01:43 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette
I doubt that. If fines were true, every state would be subject to them. And it doesn't change the fact that he's expanding a program which is already losing money. Any short term papering over with federal cash will be of no consequence in the long term. If one state were assessed, but not another, then he'd have standing in court.
So here's another politician thinking of nothing but the short term, te election cycle and the MFM.
Posted by: Blue Hen at January 27, 2015 01:43 PM (Spluw)
OBAMA GETTING SUED BY OHIO OVER EXCESSIVE OBAMACARE TAXATION
Lulz!
And you know what obama's Court is gonna say?
NO STANDING!
Posted by: Soothsayer of The Righteous And Harmonious Fists (-243 days left until climate chaos) at January 27, 2015 01:43 PM (q19mL)
Posted by: Humans evolved from monkeys in 1971 at January 27, 2015 01:43 PM (MbqmP)
One shot into the torso every sixty minutes until dead.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 01:43 PM (fL+1V)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 27, 2015 01:39 PM (PuQW/)
Oh Lordy.
One of the dude's that also ran in the recent FL gov's race is an active member of a FB debate group I'm in (yes, I know). Dude posts rant after rant after rant about how the state running it's own bank is some magical fix-all for everything under the sun.
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 27, 2015 01:44 PM (KkVB6)
Well, gee whiz, where was this extremely helpful consumer advice back when I was a student without so much as two nickels to rub together?
Posted by: torquewrench at January 27, 2015 01:44 PM (noWW6)
God said "lay down for Islam"?
I want a refund....
//Richard the Lionhearted
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 01:44 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2015 01:44 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: CJ at January 27, 2015 01:44 PM (9KqcB)
Posted by: Kristophr at January 27, 2015 01:44 PM (6ROe1)
I want my two dollars!!!!!!
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 01:44 PM (7ObY1)
That's why we have fast boats and warm water, here.
;-)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 27, 2015 01:44 PM (7x4lH)
Posted by: Chris_Balsz at January 27, 2015 01:42 PM (kTWS+)
To be a good commie, you have to deny the opiate of the masses. He hasn't taken the last step...................yet.
Posted by: maddogg at January 27, 2015 01:45 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 01:45 PM (IXrOn)
One shot into the torso every sixty minutes until dead.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 01:43 PM (fL+1V)
The only thing that would have made the Ceausescu execution better. I agree.
Posted by: Humans evolved from monkeys in 1971 at January 27, 2015 01:45 PM (MbqmP)
Want to have your guts curdled?
Check out the shot on Drudge with Val Jarrett mugging it up with Rupert Murdoch. Evidently they're just sooooo excited about Jeb running!
PUKE!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 01:45 PM (CMkNk)
I thought he was just saying he's a flamer.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:46 PM (kff5f)
You can get a decent pair of ski pants for $200. It's a solid investment.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:36 PM (0LHZx)
Gets wet??? spring skiing?
Crap.... I fall way more in the lift line than I do on the hill... (running joke with my friends).
/looks at his closet...
Ok.... now ski pants.... Which pair of the FIVE I own... the spring light weight pants? My Powder Bibs?
Then... Spyder Jacket? my warmer Columbia Jacket??? or the 60 year old Windbreaker a sometimes ski in that I inherited from when my DAD skied in the 40's?
Then.... which pair of ski's? My new Rosi 959s? my Vipers (now relegated to rock skis)...
LOL.... solid investment... crap... I wouldn't even buy my Camaro until I made sure my ski's would fit....
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 01:46 PM (qh617)
I have to agree: If you're a socialist, you're Godless.
Socialism relies on the human collective, run by a totalitarian to provide for the hive. It is, in its very essence, Godless.
Read The Grand Inquisitor for more insight on this.
Posted by: Soothsayer of The Righteous And Harmonious Fists (-243 days left until climate chaos) at January 27, 2015 01:47 PM (q19mL)
Possbile punishments were "burning, hanging (crucifixion?), burning alive, or consignment to the arena". I'm thinking the arena for this tool
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 27, 2015 01:47 PM (mumXE)
Some PAC needs to start running those ads *now.*
Vote Jeb: Preferred Republican Candidate of Valery Jarrett.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:48 PM (kff5f)
I used to barrel down Alpine slopes using Nordic X-Country skis. When the Ski Patrol threatened to take my lift ticket for excessive speed, I'd laugh at them, and ask: "What lift ticket?"
Yea, I was quite the a-hole when I was a kid. More so than now.
Posted by: Kristophr at January 27, 2015 01:48 PM (6ROe1)
Posted by: torquewrench at January 27, 2015 01:44 PM (noWW6)
________
You can get a shitty pair for $40. Better than jeans still. Hell, windbreaker pants for $15 from Walmart would work better than exposed jeans.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:49 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Hank at January 27, 2015 01:49 PM (EU/xj)
National Review @NRO 17m
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Gives In, Expands Medicaid Under Obamacare http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/397277/mike-pence-gives-and-expands-medicaid-veronique-de-rugy
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 27, 2015 01:49 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Feh at January 27, 2015 01:49 PM (b8TSE)
Posted by: maddogg at January 27, 2015 01:49 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: Fritz at January 27, 2015 01:50 PM (UzPAd)
Yes and no. It's like during the French revolution.
They didn't want to destroy the church, they wanted the church's stuff.
Posted by: AmishDude at January 27, 2015 01:50 PM (b65cm)
All the better. It might get less-plugged in (but not true LIV) Republicans to do some research on ValJar. And then wouldn't that be fun?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:51 PM (kff5f)
The look on Fareed's face said it all: when will this tool shut up?
Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 27, 2015 01:51 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: AmishDude at January 27, 2015 01:51 PM (b65cm)
heh... Resident Evil didn't pick out her new SLK until she'd taken the case for her shotgun down to the dealership to make sure it fit in the trunk...
Posted by: redc1c4 at January 27, 2015 01:51 PM (I8nxO)
Posted by: Beefy at January 27, 2015 01:51 PM (bUmSq)
And bowling boots, and golf boots/cleats.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 01:52 PM (TAu/7)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 27, 2015 01:52 PM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at January 27, 2015 01:52 PM (Sd++4)
Posted by: Blue Hen at January 27, 2015 01:52 PM (Spluw)
Hank they have two jackets...
they cow him into taking the fifteen....his lawyer will argue b/c he has Barry on his side "we keep the back pay" and somehow contra reg he will.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 01:52 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 27, 2015 01:52 PM (YQ4mh)
Posted by: Ever at January 27, 2015 01:53 PM (hRV3r)
I was on watch, keenly searching the night for threats to my bosomy comrades, when out from a rock popped... Bin Laden!
Well I chased him like a Dalmatian after a firetruck, but he got away! Then some mean old men took my gun away! I was scared, so I pretended I was a goat, but that just made them horny!
Anyway, I'm glad I could tell you my side of it. Can I have my check now?
Posted by: Bowe at January 27, 2015 01:53 PM (jjaLl)
they cow him into taking the fifteen....his lawyer will argue b/c he has Barry on his side "we keep the back pay" and somehow contra reg he will.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 01:52 PM (/4AZU)
I'm taking bets for how long it will be before the media becomes intimately familiar with the term, "undue command influence."
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 27, 2015 01:53 PM (JpC1K)
anybody know if Gen Mark Milley is a stand up guy? he looks like it on paper
its his decision to prefer charges or not
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 01:54 PM (zOTsN)
I have a set of Volkl RTM 84s and a set of Rosi Super 7s these days. One for the groomers, the other for everything else.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:54 PM (0LHZx)
You need an excuse to do that?
Posted by: Kristophr at January 27, 2015 01:54 PM (6ROe1)
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2015 01:54 PM (ykfyK)
------------------------------------------
The only experience with skiing was barreling down the slopes at high speed. Unfortunately, I lost my skis when I fell within 50' of the top of the slope.
Posted by: Soona at January 27, 2015 01:54 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: Buzzsaw
Duh! Because Moron!
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 01:54 PM (TAu/7)
Posted by: maddogg at January 27, 2015 01:45 PM (xWW96)"
He's quoted the Gospels about tending to the poor and he gets slammed as a "commie". I enjoy being in the top 3/75ths of the human race, but our political and economic arrangements are irrelevant to salvation. And sometimes they may hinder salvation. Guaranteeing access to abortion by entrepreneur surgeons and declaring every community must zone for lapdancing is not helpful to living in grace.
Posted by: Chris_Balsz at January 27, 2015 01:54 PM (kTWS+)
Oh they definitely want the Church's stuff. They also want that moral authority that comes with the cassock so they can use it to hector everyone into doing what they want us to do.
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 27, 2015 01:55 PM (KkVB6)
Other folks on the thread are saying he's okay with the "workplace violence" designation of the Nidal Hassan attack.
For what its worth.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:55 PM (kff5f)
heh... Resident Evil didn't pick out her new SLK until she'd taken the case for her shotgun down to the dealership to make sure it fit in the trunk...
Posted by: redc1c4 at January 27, 2015 01:51 PM (I8nxO)
I'd already checked the dimensions for my Sword Bag for Historic Fencing events....
Had to check the skis though.... 195 are OK as the seat folds down... old 205s were a problem though...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 01:55 PM (qh617)
that's a solid indicator he had no intention of returning, hence desertion vice AWOL.
Posted by: redc1c4 at January 27, 2015 01:55 PM (I8nxO)
The Pacific Coast and Southwest, New England except Maine and the Midwest except Minnesota.
The South and Plains States are still holding out.
I predict the Plains will cave.
South is the hardest since they will hurt the most and the hook to so many subsidies to poor blacks.
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 27, 2015 01:55 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 27, 2015 01:52 PM (YQ4mh)
I did that once as a company commander.
Had two jump refusals on an airborne op.
It leaves a mark on any person with even the tiniest sliver of conscience.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 27, 2015 01:55 PM (JpC1K)
Posted by: ThunderB,
Someone else posted that he's onboard with the crap about Maj Hasan screaming aloha snackbar and murdering 14 people was "workplace violence".
I'm going with no.
Posted by: Blue Hen at January 27, 2015 01:56 PM (Spluw)
Absolutely, AND they will not see the stye in Ogabe's eye on saidsame...
yeah... the ONLY saving grace is NOBODY will be happy with this.....
the left want the shithead feted.... the right his head...
Ogabe in trying to split the baby pisses everyone off BUT still gets to punish the military.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 01:56 PM (/4AZU)
And a letter jacket. I can't explain that one. I think cheapness may have been a factor.
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2015 01:56 PM (ykfyK)
Posted by: Feh at January 27, 2015 01:56 PM (b8TSE)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:51 PM (kff5f)
The fact that a long-time (D) insider likes him is proof that he's electable!
Posted by: Electability! at January 27, 2015 01:56 PM (MbqmP)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 27, 2015 01:56 PM (XzRw1)
correct HE DEFECTED for God's sake he is ACTUALLY a traitor....
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 01:57 PM (/4AZU)
I'll only be shocked if it doesn't play out this way...
Posted by: Stu-22 at January 27, 2015 01:57 PM (vd4oB)
Posted by: Fonzi at January 27, 2015 01:57 PM (jjaLl)
Posted by: Happy Johnson at January 27, 2015 01:58 PM (qC8kc)
Posted by: Fonzi at January 27, 2015 01:57 PM (jjaLl)
_________
And jump sharks?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:58 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2015 01:58 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2015 01:58 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Happy Johnson at January 27, 2015 01:58 PM (qC8kc)
Then they should totally crucify him, so he'd be a cross Bowe instead.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:58 PM (kff5f)
only thing better is
Posted by: Feh
Never leaving the bar.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 01:59 PM (TAu/7)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 27, 2015 01:59 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2015 01:58 PM (g1DWB)
Is there a 'yet' on the end of that?
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 27, 2015 01:59 PM (KkVB6)
Posted by: maddogg at January 27, 2015 01:59 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2015 01:58 PM (g1DWB)
Yet. Not not charges ever
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 01:59 PM (nzKvP)
It leaves a mark on any person with even the tiniest sliver of conscience.Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 27, 2015 01:55 PM (JpC1K)
Damn. I know of one LT who was going to end up cashiered, but he managed to swing getting a mental illness discharge instead.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 27, 2015 01:59 PM (YQ4mh)
427 I water-ski in shorts and a leather jacket.
Posted by: Fonzi at January 27, 2015 01:57 PM (jjaLl)
_________
And jump sharks?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 01:58 PM (0LHZx)
------------------------
Ayyyyyyyyyyyyy!
Posted by: Fonzi at January 27, 2015 01:59 PM (jjaLl)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 27, 2015 01:59 PM (2cS/G)
In the face of the enema.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:59 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 02:00 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 02:00 PM (TAu/7)
Yea, I think it was implied. It was just a short clip of the spokesman answering a question at a briefing.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2015 02:00 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: JEM at January 27, 2015 02:00 PM (o+SC1)
Do you really think obama would allow Bergdahl to embarrass him (in front of the low-info voters)?
Posted by: Soothsayer of The Righteous And Harmonious Fists (-243 days left until climate chaos) at January 27, 2015 02:00 PM (q19mL)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 27, 2015 02:00 PM (XzRw1)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 02:01 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Jukin at January 27, 2015 02:01 PM (WGm5T)
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2015 02:01 PM (ykfyK)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 01:59 PM (kff5f)
Whew.
Set that Diet Coke down juuuust in time.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 27, 2015 02:02 PM (JpC1K)
Well, from the O'Reilly segment it seems like this was coming from leaks. I wanna say the guy he had on also implied that they were sitting on the official announcements because the admin didn't want it out there.
But who knows?
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 27, 2015 02:02 PM (KkVB6)
Posted by: Chris_Balsz
If he wanted to show solidarity, he could do the photo op crossing the border from Honduras to Mexico. They haven't declared a free for all zone, like we did. or perhaps the mass grave of 43 Mexican students.Better yet, he sould spend some time in a Honduran school, replete with murders, gang activity and rape as a recruitment tool.
Better still, he can sail a makeshift boat to Miami.
But the Third World will enjoy attacking the #1 destination for immigration. So that's where he's going.
He's, sadly, another intellectual that reflexively and oh-so fashionably hates America and Americans.
Posted by: Blue Hen at January 27, 2015 02:02 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: eleven at January 27, 2015 02:01 PM (ykfyK)
What would that be? Drawn and quartered?
Or they could do that (supposed) ancient Mongol torture/execution and he could be a horse Bowe.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 02:02 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Soothsayer of The Righteous And Harmonious Fists (-243 days left until climate chaos) at January 27, 2015 02:02 PM (q19mL)
Posted by: Soona at January 27, 2015 02:02 PM (/HX7u)
I am Ra-Por, Penetrator of All! Let the whole sea quake with fear!
I am Bug-Gar, the One Who Creeps Into Cracks! Well met, good fellow!
Posted by: Dolphins, exchanging greetings at January 27, 2015 02:03 PM (MbqmP)
totally not the country i thought i lived in.
so much for knowledge being good .
lol
Posted by: willow at January 27, 2015 02:03 PM (nqBYe)
In my old age, that tends to be my option. I looks fucking cold out there ( drinks ).
Posted by: Kristophr at January 27, 2015 02:03 PM (6ROe1)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 27, 2015 02:04 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Fonzi at January 27, 2015 01:57 PM (jjaLl)
_________
And jump sharks?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE YOU REPEATED HIS JOKE AND MADE IT UNFUNNY.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLESBURGERERER at January 27, 2015 02:04 PM (Zi7PZ)
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb (Draft Sheriff Clarke '16) at January 27, 2015 02:04 PM (BZAd3)
Blue Hen,
I am Catholic, but with all due respect to His Holiness, I think we should hold off a bit on that "intellectual" moniker. Cause I'm not getting the deep-thinker vibes from him.
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 27, 2015 02:04 PM (KkVB6)
we were up on Ft Hungry Lizard for AT, and he decided to come back to Lost Angels, just in time to miss our ARTEP.
everyone was covering for the asshole, but i dropped a discreet dime, and the CSM put Top on the spot, who then admitted he'd been in LA for a couple days.
not sure what happened after that, because the word was to tell him to report directly to the Bn CO when he returned. he came home with us, with a very bad case of poison oak*, and i later found out he had resigned his commission.
*and i have NO idea how his fresh, in the cleaner's bag, BDUs got poison oak sap in the armpits and crotch prior to him receiving his fresh uniform every morning, as he ordered me to bring them to him... :-)
Posted by: redc1c4 at January 27, 2015 02:04 PM (I8nxO)
Posted by: Blue Hen at January 27, 2015 02:02 PM (Spluw)
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That's my take also. He worships the god of liberation theology.
Posted by: Soona at January 27, 2015 02:04 PM (/HX7u)
it would be awesome if he just went ahead and preferred charged
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 02:05 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility
*golf clap*
Posted by: Blue Hen at January 27, 2015 02:05 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 27, 2015 02:06 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: lowandslow at January 27, 2015 02:06 PM (+ebSh)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 27, 2015 02:06 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at January 27, 2015 02:06 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Carol at January 27, 2015 02:06 PM (sj3Ax)
I'm sure it's because the admin didn't have their lies.....excuse me, their talking points ready yet.
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 27, 2015 02:07 PM (KkVB6)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 27, 2015 02:07 PM (GrXXa)
Obama's time was better spent on determining whether to use a 9 iron or the wedge.
Posted by: Feh at January 27, 2015 02:07 PM (b8TSE)
I suggest using a loop of .027" twisted Canthol wire around his scrotum. Don't use Ni-Chrome toaster wire, it gives off dangerous fumes.
Hook it up to your 18650 Lithium battery Vaping mod, and hold the button down until the battery drains completely.
Posted by: Kristophr at January 27, 2015 02:08 PM (6ROe1)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 02:08 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 02:01 PM (zOTsN)
Uhhh.... is Gen. Milley his CO? Isn't he 3rd Corps? is Berghy 3rd Corps Staff?
Article 15 should be from his CO... if Milley gets involved, it would be undo Command Influence...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 02:08 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks
I'm Catholic as well. I'm reminded of what George orwell said about intellectuals. This man is well said, accomplished, and speaks multiple languages. that places him above most.
But this cute, snide behavior is typical of an intellectual wanting to demonstrate how wonderful they are. And to his roots in South America, this is indeed a win. For Catholicism? No.
Yet another idea: Pay a visit to the Falkland islands. That would be brave.
Posted by: Blue Hen at January 27, 2015 02:09 PM (Spluw)
totally not the country i thought i lived in.
Posted by: willow at January 27, 2015 02:03 PM (nqBYe)
Lemon square?
Pinot Grigio?
Hemlock?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 27, 2015 02:09 PM (JpC1K)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 02:10 PM (TAu/7)
IIRC, they had researched enough to tell his platoonmates(?) to STFU about him deserting. But some of them didn't play along.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2015 02:10 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 27, 2015 02:10 PM (JpC1K)
But if they were smart, heh, put something out this afternoon and get it over with instead of letting it dribble out over weeks.
Posted by: lowandslow at January 27, 2015 02:10 PM (+ebSh)
According to some cardinals, "intellectual" he is not. To use his favorite metaphor, he's a medic in a field hospital.
Benedict is the intellectual. John Paul II was a little of both.
Francis is more like John XXIII, who kicked off Vatican 2.
Posted by: Feh at January 27, 2015 02:10 PM (b8TSE)
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 02:08 PM (qh617)
-------------------------------------
Y'all aren't thinking through this. Dear Leader will be the final arbitor in this decision.
Posted by: Soona at January 27, 2015 02:11 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at January 27, 2015 02:11 PM (MbqmP)
it was reported in the WSJ that Gen Mark Milley is the General Court Martial convening authority to whom the case was given
its his call to prefer and refer charges
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 02:12 PM (zOTsN)
Gen Milley can certainly give a 15, or send the case to a Court Martial
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 02:13 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: runningrn at January 27, 2015 02:14 PM (kMdnZ)
It was seen as a way of putting your body on the line to help fight against capitalism.
Many of these fake kidnapping/exchanges worked exactly as planned.
But in some instances, the jihadists did not play according to agreed-upon playbook, and ended up mistreating/raping/torturing their idiotic kidnap volunteers anyway, as if they really were enemy infidels that had been captured.
And frankly, I had no sympathy for them if that happened. You make a deal with the devil, you deserve to get burned.
Posted by: zombie at January 27, 2015 02:14 PM (K4YiS)
Posted by: zombie at January 27, 2015 02:15 PM (K4YiS)
Posted by: runningrn at January 27, 2015 02:17 PM (kMdnZ)
I don't think the Holy Father is stupid by any means. I just don't think he thinks that deeply about the political and economic subjects he comments upon. I do think he thinks deeply about faith, and that's evident in his daily homilies and the Angelus, etc. But from his comments I think he is very much out of his depth on the political. He does one of two things: 1. parrots the popular leftist talking points, or 2. Does the wishy washy thing that self-proclaimed moderates do to try and make ex selves look neutral, where you condemn both sides without taking a stand for anything.
And I agree, coming across the southern US border is not brave by any stretch of the imagination. It's a political stunt aimed at the first world. You're right, it would be a brave stand for something worthwhile if he did the same thing but moved it to the southern border of Mexico. It would be brave if he stopped pointing the finger at those trying to preserve Catholicism and instead maybe took the German bishops to the woodshed for trying to sell our faith out in exchange for a bigger share of tax dollars. This crap at our border is BS.
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 27, 2015 02:17 PM (KkVB6)
Posted by: maddogg at January 27, 2015 01:59 PM (xWW96)"
Not so. The Nazis will be damned for their politics. So will Nancy Pelosi and John Kerry. For the same reasons, really.
Posted by: Chris_Balsz at January 27, 2015 02:20 PM (kTWS+)
It's a great educational opportunity. I'd like to hear, from the Pope, what Christ expects Mexico to do for us American taxpayers.
Posted by: Chris_Balsz at January 27, 2015 02:22 PM (kTWS+)
Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's unless you know you don't feel like it....
//from Sh*t Jesus never said chapter 1
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 02:23 PM (/4AZU)
it was reported in the WSJ that Gen Mark Milley is the General Court Martial convening authority to whom the case was given
its his call to prefer and refer charges
Posted by: ThunderB, Official Bergdahl Face Puncher at January 27, 2015 02:12 PM (zOTsN)
My question is because upthread, people were talking about a deal...
Article 15 or Court Martial....
I didn't see how it could have got to the charging level without there already having been an Article 15 which remanded this up for Court Martial...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 27, 2015 02:23 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Soona at January 27, 2015 02:11 PM (/HX7u)
I wouldn't doubt that on the afternoon of 1/20/17 that we find out that Bowe Bergdahl has received a pardon from Barky.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at January 27, 2015 02:26 PM (+Fae7)
//from Sh*t Jesus never said chapter 1"
But in this country, YOU are Caesar.
Posted by: Chris_Balsz at January 27, 2015 02:28 PM (kTWS+)
//from Sh*t Jesus never said chapter 1"
But in this country, YOU are Caesar.
Posted by: Chris_Balsz at January 27, 2015 02:28 PM (kTWS+)
Posted by: redc1c4 at January 27, 2015 02:04 PM (I8nxO)
CO's (Commanding Officers) are commissioned officers, and are never referred to as 'Top', which is the nickname for a Company First Sergeant. Company First Sergeants are never referred to as a 'CO'. A CSM is a Command Sergeant Major, who doesn't have the rank or authority tocall out an officer of any rank on anything, at least not officially. So what the hell are you talking about?
Posted by: troyriser at January 27, 2015 02:30 PM (CAJL/)
then you need to reread our Constitution my friend....
I may get to ostensibly elect Caesar but I ain't Caesar...
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 02:33 PM (/4AZU)
Evidently he is saying either a frocked 1st Lt or a Captain(although I guess technically a brand new Major maybe could be the CO) played hooky and the Platoon Officers and Senior NCOs were trying to cover for him BUT he went to the BN CSM who called the 1stSgt for confirmation and then knocked on the Colonel's Door who nuked the Captain?
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 02:35 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 27, 2015 02:35 PM (2cS/G)
It's a great educational opportunity. I'd like to hear, from the Pope, what Christ expects Mexico to do for us American taxpayers.
Posted by: Chris_Balsz at January 27, 2015 02:22 PM (kTWS+)
Oh, that's rich. The chances of Mexico's obligations towards their neighbor getting even a passing glance are about nil, and we all know it. This is intended to shame people in the US into willy-nilly accepting any and everyone that sticks a toe across our borders as a full- on citizen that we are then 100% responsible for their well- being.
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 27, 2015 02:37 PM (KkVB6)
If you sit there passively and wait for it, yeah, it won't come up.
The way to yoke a Pope is to ask the Vicar of Christ leading questions about morality. Reagan got it. W got it. Pinkos get it.
Posted by: Chris_Balsz at January 27, 2015 02:50 PM (kTWS+)
Posted by: wth at January 27, 2015 02:51 PM (wAQA5)
I still chuckle over Ralph Peters' nicknames for his parents.
Posted by: PJ at January 27, 2015 03:34 PM (cHuNI)
Posted by: steveegg at January 27, 2015 04:42 PM (cL79m)
Posted by: sean at January 27, 2015 05:08 PM (o3U8H)
A deserter merely leaves his post, and the military, with no intention of returning.
Bergdahl intentionally handed himself over to the enemy, which was helpful to them.
Giving aid and comfort to the enemy is what the Constitution calls "treason", if I'm not mistaken.
Similarly, Major Hassan was not a terrorist. He didn't commit some random act of violence to make people afraid. He CHANGED SIDES within our borders. He, too, is more accurately labelled as a traitor.
Why are those two men still breathing?
Posted by: Optimizer at January 27, 2015 05:45 PM (/q6+P)
Because the Commander in Chief is playing for the other team too!
Posted by: torabora at January 27, 2015 08:47 PM (gjnnS)
In this instance, Obama followed the Republican playbook for negotiating: Give up something of even more value than that which is being pursued.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 28, 2015 01:21 AM (DO37j)
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