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What a missed opportunity for ESPN to televise the draft selection as a show. Expert analysis, interviews with last years first rounders, and of course a great background piece on those fleeing to Canada.
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I was a few days from being drafted in Nov. 1969 when the first lottery of that era was suddenly announced. I drew a 362. At my draft physical a few days later, I was stamped I-A and then right afterward 1-H. A few months later a cousin was KIA when his Huey was shot down. His remains were only recovered after 2010.
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Strictly speaking, I was never eligible for the draft. I had a 2-S college deferment. They eliminated college deferments for grad school, so I signed up for Navy OCS the month before I graduated.
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[The Hill] Federal regulators on Friday approved two major natural gas pipelines for construction on the East Coast, a move heralded by business leaders and condemned by environmentalists.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted approvals for the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines, according to The Associated Press. One of the three commissioners dissented.
The Mountain Valley Pipeline, which is slated to cost $3.5 billion, would span 300 miles from the northern portion of West Virginia all the way to Danville, Va.
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which will amount to $5 billion, will stretch 600 miles from north-central West Virginia, through Virginia, and through eastern North Carolina.
Business advocates say the pipelines will lower energy costs and jumpstart economic development, however opponents argue the pipelines will interfere with property rights and have a negative impact on the environment.
[USA Today] WASHINGTON ‐ Former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus was interviewed Friday by special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators as part of an ongoing investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign, his attorney said.
"He was happy to answer all of their questions," the lawyer, William Burck, said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear what questions Priebus was asked or how long the interview lasted.
Priebus is one of several current and former White House aides expected to be interviewed by Mueller’s team in the coming weeks. Those investigators, besides looking into whether campaign aides coordinated with the Kremlin to influence the outcome of the presidential election, are also looking into a series of White House actions since the start of the administration, including the firing in May of former FBI Director James Comey.
They’re also investigating the short-lived tenure of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who was forced to resign in February, and the drafting of a public statement about a June 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower in New York.
[The Hill] A new multi-state lawsuit has been announced to stop President Trump from halting key ObamaCare payments to insurers.
Eighteen states and Washington, D.C., signed onto the lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in California, according to Sarah Lovenheim, a spokeswoman for California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D).
On Thursday night, Trump announced he would stop making the payments, which led to an outcry from critics saying he was sabotaging the health-care law.
The complaint will seek a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction and permanent injunction requiring the cost-sharing reduction payments be made.
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If you believe the payments authorized by Obama are illegal then they should be discontinued. If you believe Obama had the legal right to authorize the payments then Trump has the same legal basis for discontinuing. Either way the payments will stop unless McConnell and Ryan once again save ObamaCare.
[WIStv] The Sumter County Sheriff's Office arrested a group of Airmen from Shaw Air Force Base on charges that they spray-painted Satanic graffiti on a rural church.
According to sheriff's office, the group members have been identified as Kayla Marie Eilerman, Clayre Marie Savage, Daveion Raaheim Green and Brandon Munoz. Pix of the geniuses at link.
The investigation began on Sept. 29 when a member of the congregation at Salem Black River Church in Mayesville stopped by to check on the church. When they arrived, they found the graffiti on three buildings and a door had been kicked in. However, it appears none of the suspects gained entry. The damage to the church is estimated at $3,000.
Sumter County investigators quickly began to develop leads in the case after photos of the group were released to the media.
"Several tips came in from the community, including from Shaw AFB personnel who gave us the names of possible suspects," sheriff's office spokesman Ken Bell said in a statement. "We began researching the names through various databases and social media."
The four were arrested Thursday and charged with trespassing, malicious injury to a house of worship, and criminal conspiracy.
It is not clear at this time if the Airmen will face any type of punishment from military officials. However, officials at Shaw released a statement on the matter.
"The United States Air Force does not condone acts of vandalism," 1st Lt. Alannah Staver, 20th Fighter Wing chief of public affairs, said in a statement. "Such behavior is not representative of the Airmen of Shaw AFB as a whole. We feel we are a part of this community, are proud to serve here, and we are disappointed to hear of this incident." Criminal acts are punishable under UCMJ Article 15, right Lt. Staver?
All four suspects were given each $15,000 bond on vandalism, conspiracy, and trespassing charges. They are also not allowed off base between the hours of 6 p.m. and 5 a.m. The suspects are due back in court on Dec. 1. The USAF has certainly come a long way. The Adakemy, as you may recall, has led the way off the rails.
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William Strannix: "Oh, discipline is just out the window here..."
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According to sheriff's office, the group members have been identified as Kayla Marie Eilerman, Clayre Marie Savage, Daveion Raaheim Green and Brandon Munoz.
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#7
The issue isn't double jeopardy if they are charged with AWOL while in civil custody. Article 15 describing such absence should be a career ended or bar to reenlistment.
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Double jeopardy doesn't actually play here.
You get charged in civilian court, and then charged by the JAG's office with the same thing, with "while a sworn member of the US military".
Seen it in person.
In real life the civilian court frequently defers to the military, usually because what the mil hands out generally rates as felony grade punishment, way past what the civilian court can do in what is almost certainly a first offense.
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Low on sugar? Case out of Ft Leavenworth. Officer/student accused of throwing his wife over a balcony at a hotel where a dinner was being held. Locals demanded to prosecute. It was given to them. They botched it. He got off. However, in the proceedings it was brought out that he was having an affair with someone not his wife. Court Martialed on that court record. Tried to claim double jeopardy. Not.
Oliver Stone is being accused of sexual harassment shortly after he refused to condemn Harvey Weinstein.
Former Playboy playmate Carrie Stevens told the NY Daily News that the Hollywood director grabbed her breast at a party over 20 years ago. She was 22 at the time.
Oliver Stone is being accused of sexual harassment shortly after he refused to condemn Harvey Weinstein.
Former Playboy playmate Carrie Stevens told the NY Daily News that the Hollywood director grabbed her breast at a party over 20 years ago. She was 22 at the time.
"He was really cocky, had this big grin on his face like he was going to get away with something," she said.
Stevens alleges he approached her at a party that was held in his honor and "reached out and...honked it like a horn." She also mentioned that others saw it happen but didn’t say anything because "that’s what’s going on in Hollywood. That’s why things have to change."
Stone received backlash for saying "it’s not easy what [Weinstein]’s going through and saying he’s a "believer that you wait until this thing gets to trial." He has since walked back his remarks.
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20 years ago. And she's only been "empowered" to speak this week? Heff must have run a tight ship.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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[The Hill] Federal regulators on Friday approved two major natural gas pipelines for construction on the East Coast, a move heralded by business leaders and condemned by environmentalists.
[The Hill] A new multi-state lawsuit has been announced to stop President Trump from halting key ObamaCare payments to insurers.
