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Originally posted by wcb6092:
DHS Secretary: As Many as 12,000 Illegal Haitian Immigrants Released Into the US in Recent Days

https://www.theepochtimes.com/...GEEo0zT5Znnyuw%3D%3D

So they've completely solved the people under the bridge problem.

Mission accomplished.

Ran across a column written by Oklahoma Congressman, Markwayne Mullin. Discussing Biden’s $3.5 trillion “Build Back America” bill, Mullin says this:

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In an attempt to eliminate fossil fuels, this legislation would impose a “fee” on all methane emissions, including in our agriculture industry. We all know that a fee is just a tax and that consumers are the ones who will pay for it. The tax is estimated to cost $6,500 per dairy cow, $2,600 per head of cattle, and $500 per swine each year. That is more than what the animals are worth, it’ll run ranchers out of business.

What the bill is, of course, is a Socialists wet dream.

Short, worth reading

Only in Washington can a $3.5 trillion spending bill be said to cost nothing.

An older site but still a good explanation of how large 1 trillion really is. Visualizing 1 trillion

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Originally posted by Tuckerrnr1:

Link please. I want one of those.

Lt. Col Stuart Scheller, commander of the Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, was the Marine who had spoken out in August against the Biden administration's senior military leadership over the unconditional Afghanistan withdrawal was jailed by the Marine Corps on Monday morning for violating a gag order with a social media post over the weekend.

"Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller Jr. is currently in pre-trial confinement in the Regional Brig for Marine Corps Installations East aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune pending an Article 32 preliminary hearing," Capt. Sam Stephenson, Training and Education Command spokesman, told Task & Purpose in a statement.

"The time, date, and location of the proceedings have not been determined. Lt. Col. Scheller will be afforded all due process," the statement continued.

Scheller had his resignation rejected by the Marines, according to his family.

Family quote:
"Recently, Stu asked to resign; The USMC told us, his parents, that our son serves at the pleasure of the president," the family's statement continued. "They have not accepted his resignation.

"His command seems to be concerned but does not appear to have the tools to support him at this time. Incarceration appears to be their only solution. The lack of accountability for the botched Afghanistan withdrawal has caused many issues and stressors for thousands of our service members who have asked, 'was it all worth it?'

Story here:
Marine Lt Colonel Scheller Who Spoke Out Against Leaders Jailed Before Hearing

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^^^WTF...Over!

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^^^WTF...Over!

It’s a message to the other malcontents, fuck up-go to jail. You will not speak out about the CIC….

His words, do not warrant him being in Pre-trial confinement. The UCMJ is very clear about it. But word has come down from on high and the command is sending a message.

Hell, I was involved in an “assault with a deadly weapon” (I was the suspect) and I was never placed in confinement while the command tried to figure out what to do. I read a lot of the UCMJ Courts Martial Manual awaiting arrest….(never did get arrested-they figured out it was a nothing burger- I did go to Captains Mast (Art. 15 for you landlubbers) and got a letter in my record for a safety violation)

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
^^^WTF...Over!

The confinement may be extreme, but he violated a standing order. There are usually consequences to violating orders.

99.99% chance the Lt Col was given a direct order to not doing something - which did anyway.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
There are usually consequences to violating orders.

But apparently there are no consequences for murdering an entire family including seven children. Just an oops and an insincere apology will do.

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
^^^WTF...Over!

Worked in an Army stockade for two years.(Counselor). Highest rank in pretrial confinement was a sergeant. The majority of the pretrial soldiers were AWOLS at risk of running again. There were a couple of others charged with serious crimes (DUI casing death, murder, theft of a weapon, drug dealing).
Rule of thumb, the troublemakers were the brats that went AWOL. The serious criminals generally behaved themselves.
Put a field grade officer in jail is rare if not unheard of. Even Calley of the My Lai massacre of 2-400 people was under arrest.
No doubt this is command influence.

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Originally posted by cjevans:
"Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller Jr. is currently in pre-trial confinement ....

Ho Lee Crap! That is amazing (I was going to say “incredible,” but nothing seems to fit that word any more).
Pretrial confinement in the military was extremely rare in my day, and usually only for the most serious assaults and up. Please, Elvis, save us! The inmates aren’t running only the asylum, but everything else as well.

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Originally posted by Icabod:
No doubt this is command influence.

I wonder if that will be an issue at trial. I certainly would not overlook it if I were the defense attorney.

It is the tactic of the progressive prosecutors and the Just Us Department: The Freddie Grey Police Officers were given extremely high bond (higher than most career criminals on much worse charges get) so they were stuck in jail for a bit. The Navy Seal accused of murder on the battlefield was placed in extreme confinement which even limited any contact with his attorney. Roger Stone was held with limited contact, and the January 6th defendants are being held with limited contact.

All part of trying to force a quick plea bargain to show the mob.

Other than a murder charge I can't recall a field grade officer being placed in pre-trial confinement. There are rules about this and Article 13 of the UCMJ prohibits using pre-trial confinement as punishment. That will probably be where his attorney will focus his attention.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
There are usually consequences to violating orders.

But apparently there are no consequences for murdering an entire family including seven children. Just an oops and an insincere apology will do.

Or the deaths of 13 US soldiers, placed in harms way irresponsibly for no good reason. I don't want to hear one GD word about accountability so long as this administration suffers none of it for their behavior.

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Originally posted by HayesGreener:
Other than a murder charge I can't recall a field grade officer being placed in pre-trial confinement. There are rules about this and Article 13 of the UCMJ prohibits using pre-trial confinement as punishment. That will probably be where his attorney will focus his attention.

Murder (O-3), rape (different O-3), drug use (cocaine with intent to sell) (O-2 and O-3) and espionage (O-4 I think he was) are the only ones I heard of in my 23 year Navy career

Biden didn’t just announce a Covid-19 vaccine mandate on companies employing 100 or more people, he plans to enforce it.


On Saturday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s House quietly tucked an enforcement mechanism into their $3.5 trillion “reconciliation” bill, passed it out of the Budget Committee, and sent it to the House floor.

Buried on page 168 of the House Democrats’ 2,465-page mega bill is a tenfold increase in fines for employers that “willfully,” “repeatedly,” or even seriously violate a section of labor law that deals with hazards, death, or serious physical harm to their employees.

The increased fines on employers could run as high as $70,000 for serious infractions, and $700,000 for willful or repeated violations—almost three-quarters of a million dollars for each fine.


The Biden Administration has already started implementing its vaccine mandate enforcement blueprint:

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) set precedent this summer and published an emergency Covid-19 rule in the Federal Register taking jurisdiction over and providing justification for Covid-19 being a workplace hazard for healthcare employment.

Early in September, Biden announced his 100-or-more employee Covid-19 vaccine mandate and tasked OSHA with drafting an enforcement rule to exert emergency vaccine compliance authority over companies with 100 or more employees.


seen at CTH and
https://www.forbes.com/sites/a...000/?sh=4282406a1c0d