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[wesheltonj]

Hunter Biden changing his plea to guilty in tax evasion case to avoid tax trial.
Sweetheart plea deal, with a future Daddy pardon or commutation?
Some are predicting 1-3 years in prison.

I understand the justice department did not accept the plea. So to trial it goes. Of course, he can again plea guilty and actually say he’s guilty and then just take a trial on punishment or to the judge on punishment. Of course, he’s entitled to a PSI, which he will not wave. That should take the case past the election. After that, Daddy can pardon him.

 

[Wheels]

Hunter Biden changing his plea to guilty in tax evasion case to avoid tax trial.
Sweetheart plea deal, with a future Daddy pardon or commutation?
Some are predicting 1-3 years in prison.

Thankfully a Delaware Judge threw out last years sweetheart deal for Hunter on the tax and gun charges.

 

[wesheltonj]

Well Hunter plead open, enter a guilty plea and is going to the judge for sentencing in December. He will be pardoned before then.

 

[Red Leg]

Hard to say, based on nothing more than a photo that apparently shows a lack of common sense. From his bio, I'd say Commander Yaste is no dummy. And is common in the Navy, he served as XO on the destroyer, prior to becoming the CO. The Navy chain of command was apparently satisfied with Yaste's performance as XO to promote him to CO.

CDR Cameron Yaste

Commander Cameron Yaste is a native of Knoxville, TN, and a graduate of The Citadel with a Bachelor of Arts in History earning a commission through NROTC in 2006. He also attended the Naval Post

www.surfpac.navy.mil

I would suggest they had become clearly dissatisfied when they fired him. Every board selected commander of any ship, battalion, or squadron is by definition highly qualified. In the army, one out of every four or five of them will be selected to command at the next level. Some fail badly and are relieved during their command. I assume most citizens would prefer such a tough performance standard when those men and women are directly responsible for our nations young warriors.

I can not speak for the other services, but the Army is particularly wary of the Courtenay Massengale’s of this world. Most are rooted out before or during battalion level command. Some make it to brigade and occasionally beyond.

 

[Brent in Az]

Hunter plead guilty to all 9 tax charges. DOJ attorneys tried to reject the plea, but it was accepted by the Judge.

Sentencing on December 16th.

Joe is not running for president, so a pardon or commutation is inevitable.

 

[freefall]

Need Joe wait for the sentencing to issue the pardon?

 

[wesheltonj]

Hunter plead guilty to all 9 tax charges. DOJ attorneys tried to reject the plea, but it was accepted by the Judge . . .

Not exactly, see my two posts above.

 

[Brent in Az]

Not exactly, see my two posts above.

An open plea is pleading guilty to all charges, and leaving the sentencing to the judge without any recommendations from the prosecutors

 

[Brent in Az]

The father of the Georgia school shooter has been arrested, and charged with 4 counts of involuntary manslaughter, 2 counts of 2nd degree murder, and 8 counts of cruelty to children.

 

[wesheltonj]

An open plea is pleading guilty to all charges, and leaving the sentencing to the judge without any recommendations from the prosecutors

The original plea was an Alford plea, the government would have to agree to that. They did not. After the DOJ rejected the plea, he plead open. The judge would have to accept the open plea. The would have a choice on sentencing, have a jury trial on sentencing or have the judge sentence. He elected the judge, did not waive a PSI, and now sentencing is December.

 

[sestoppelman]

Hunter has pleaded guilty and now awaits sentencing.

MSN

 

[sestoppelman]

The father of the Georgia school shooter has been arrested, and charged with 4 counts of involuntary manslaughter, 2 counts of 2nd degree murder, and 8 counts of cruelty to children.

Apparently the dad bought the AR for the boy, after the FBI interview and was in possession of it all this time.
I read that GA law has no minimum age for possession of a rifle, but there may be other things going on here, but either way, dad is being charged.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

I would suggest they had become clearly dissatisfied when they fired him. Every board selected commander of any ship, battalion, or squadron is by definition highly qualified. In the army, one out of every four or five of them will be selected to command at the next level. Some fail badly and are relieved during their command. I assume most citizens would prefer such a tough performance standard when those men and women are directly responsible for our nations young warriors.

I can not speak for the other services, but the Army is particularly wary of the Courtenay Massengale’s of this world. Most are rooted out before or during battalion level command. Some make it to brigade and occasionally beyond.

Once an Eagle is one of my all time favorites. Anton Myrer's Courtney Massengale character was despicable in many ways. We have those types in the civilian world too. However, an army can't be all Sam Damons and no staff officers (good Massengales). Patton needed Ike and Marshall. Maybe Jacob Devers, as an Army Group Commander, was the ultimate, good Massengale.

Several years ago, I read an interesting look back on the disservice Once an Eagle did to the staff career track.

O! The damage 'Once an Eagle' has done to my Army -- and yes, it is partly my fault

foreignpolicy.com

 

[Red Leg]

Once an Eagle is one of my all time favorites. Anton Myrer's Courtney Massengale character was despicable in many ways. We have those types in the civilian world too. However, an army can't be all Sam Damons and no staff officers (good Massengales). Patton needed Ike and Marshall. Maybe Jacob Devers, as an Army Group Commander, was the ultimate, good Massengale.

Several years ago, I read an interesting and look back on the disservice Once an Eagle did to staff career track.

O! The damage 'Once an Eagle' has done to my Army -- and yes, it is partly my fault

foreignpolicy.com

Do not ever ever utter the names Eisenhower and Marshall in the same sentence as Massengale. The character's ilk also tend to make untrustworthy staff officers. And Devers?!? We have clearly studied two different European campaigns. If anything Devers was the Sam Damon to the worst example of a Massengale during that war - Mark Clark - with whom he fought bitterly on behalf of exhausted frontline troops in Italy. Indeed many of my generation in the Army have assumed Massengale was in large part modelled on Clark. Most agree that Damon was likely modelled on General William Chase.

And that article, in spite of my love of Bob Scales, is silly. I do not think that is Myrer's message at all. The contrast is not between staff and command, but rather between commanders who focus up and those who focus down. It never came up between us, but I would have loved to have debated that with him. Sadly, he died a few months ago.

 

[sestoppelman]

Do not ever ever utter the names Eisenhower and Marshall in the same sentence as Massengale. The character's ilk also tend to make untrustworthy staff officers. And Devers?!? We have clearly studied two different European campaigns. If anything Devers was the Sam Damon to the worst example of a Massengale during that war - Mark Clark - with whom he fought bitterly on behalf of exhausted frontline troops in Italy. Indeed many of my generation in the Army have assumed Massengale was in large part modelled on Clark. Most agree that Damon was likely modelled on General William Chase.

And that article, in spite of my love of Bob Scales, is silly. I do not think that is Myrer's message at all. The contrast is not between staff and command, but rather between commanders who focus up and those who focus down. It never came up between us, but I would have loved to have debated that with him. Sadly, he died a few months ago.

You might find this interesting Joe. Gen Mark Clark was somewhat neighbors with my grandparents and he gave them an autographed copy of his book, which is in my possession.

 

[Tanks]

Happy birthday Tanks! May you have a great day and have many more birthdays.

Thanks. My girlfriend's dad is visiting, so for my birthday we drove to Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

Interesting that the state of the country then, and his speeches etc. are so applicable to today. Trump could repeat Reagan's "Are you better off today than 4 years ago?" question with exact same point-by-point examples like Reagan did in his debate and be on the money.

 

[Red Leg]

Latest update from Strieff over on RedState. As always he is a thorough and equal opportunity critic. Will be curious if the Russian Bot hate comments will lessen any with the DOJ charges against the useful idiots in Tennessee.

Putin's War, Week 132. Russia's Missile Blitz Meets Ukraine's Drone Blitz

redstate.com

 

[Red Leg]

You might find this interesting Joe. Gen Mark Clark was somewhat neighbors with my grandparents and he gave them an autographed copy of his book, which is in my possession.

A wonderful artifact of our history to own.

 

[sestoppelman]

A wonderful artifact of our history to own.

Yes, I think so too.
I hadnt thought about him for some time, was able to find the book quickly though and read the inscription. In reading some WIKI stuff about him, I remembered that they built a bridge in his name from Stanwood, WA over to Camano Island where my grandparents built a home after the war, and when they passed away my parents lived there too for some years until they passed, and myself and two siblings eventually sold it.
But I remember driving over the Gen Mark Clark bridge for years going up to see the grandparents and the folks.
The book is his first, Calculated Risk, 1st Ed, signed to them in 1951. I plan to read it, after looking it over for a few minutes, it looks very interesting.

 

[Red Leg]

Yes, I think so too.
I hadnt thought about him for some time, was able to find the book quickly though and read the inscription. In reading some WIKI stuff about him, I remembered that they built a bridge in his name from Stanwood, WA over to Camano Island where my grandparents built a home after the war, and when they passed away my parents lived there too for some years until they passed, and myself and two siblings eventually sold it.
But I remember driving over the Gen Mark Clark bridge for years going up to see the grandparents and the folks.
The book is his first, Calculated Risk, 1st Ed, signed to them in 1951. I plan to read it, after looking it over for a few minutes, it looks very interesting.

Do some research on him and you will understand why he is not one of my heroes. BUT, that is a wonderful thing to own.