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Missed that one by 10 years, however, I drive in Little Saigon on the regular, and that should earn me Hazard Pay.

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Hmmmmmm.Heard that from a Marine Sergeant friend.He is a deep well of wisdom.

You in Vietnam, by any chance?

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I have one question about the babby goats in the video... where are their pajamas?

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One can only hope.

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Glad to see something is being done because every time I see a post on the Feres Doctrine, it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I should know because I have been down that same road too already. I even went to federal court in attempt to defend my case. Be aware that Feres also protects the US military from legal malpractice by its own incompetent - and many times unethical - military lawyers.

While I was on active duty with the US Army, I was threatened by a US Army lawyer named Captain Matthew Fitzgerald to do something which was contrary to the US Army legal regulations (which I did not know at the time but he did). Fitzgerald’s motive was to tout this as his first accomplishment on his annual performance report of which I later got a copy. This threat resulted in my losing over $50,000 of my personal funds.

When I asked the top lawyer (then Lieutenant General Dana Chipman) for assistance, the first thing they did was appoint Fitzgerald’s previous boss and a very obvious friend to “investigate.” Since there was no wrongdoing found as a result of this faux investigation but specifics were protected by the Privacy Act , I filed the same complaint with Fitzgerald’s Oregon State Bar which is NOT PROTECTED under privacy laws. Evidence showed that Fitzgerald lied no less than 10 times to his Oregon State Bar. Lying to your licensing state bar is grounds for permanent disbarment. The state bar clearly acknowledged that the US Army lawyers were wrongfully "protecting" Fitzgerald and if they were not, the state bar would take action.

I then sued in federal court. It was all thrown out of federal court due to Feres although I had a slam-dunk case with all evidence in my favor. In fact, I was never even able to get into court and present my case. The judge simply had his law clerks cut-and-paste a previous reply to a previous case. Just to add insult to my financial injury, Fitzgerald since got promoted TWICE as an Army lawyer. Feres was NEVER designed 60 years ago as this kind of "protection." Today it protects against everything to include corruption, misdeeds, and even cover-ups by US Army lawyers wearing stars on their shoulders.

Fitzgerald became a prosecutor and sent people to Fort Leavenworth prison for violations LESS than what he is clearly guilty. Lying to the feds is a crime punishable by prison. You don't believe that? Look at what happened with what Robert Mueller has done in 2018 and 2019.

Go to the link https://www.facebook.com/pe... and you will see it all.

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Maybe their mutual repulsiveness will do that job, as god intended. lol

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He's kind of the milder Glenn Greenwald in that he bitches about Trump-Russia and assholes glom onto him.

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Did he do the "airplane" with his arms when he sang?

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You don't get bread and water, you get stale crumpets and weak, lukewarm Earl Grey in the SHU

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But that's where the vitamins are!

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I have to say the notion makes me sit straighter and behave myself.

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No other industry has its head up its ass like the tech industry.

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OT. So this morning I got up and saw the time on my microwave at "0". Ok, that is something I don't see everyday. We're gonna start over on time. Not being a scientist, or a philosopher, I didn't have an explanation, but figured Trump probably did something really stoopid. Nuclear proton reversal, black hole to a new dimension. I just KNEW he did something! So I made coffee and wondered if my rent check was still good. (I try to pay early, just in case.) I then go to the computer to find out, and voila, it has time! And day and year! After coffee, (imp detail) I notice my VCR is flashing "---- ----" which is VCR code for power failure during the night. So I guess it is just another day after all.

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It's the only time Repukes care, when it affects them personally.

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50 weeks in a British jail doesn't sound like too bad a deal for Assange, given that he's just spent 7 years in an Ecuadorean one in Britain.

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Senator Mazie Horono is the fucking BOMB!

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