Archive for 16 Jul 2013

WHOA! Greta Van Susteren Schools Trayvon Martin Family Attorney

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 in Politics

Greta hammering Martin family Moron of an attorney.

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The Martin family may want to find a new lawyer.

Jasmine Rand went on the Greta Van Susteren show tonight to answer a few questions and found herself getting knocked around by Greta, with good reason.

QUOTE:

I have a greater duty beyond being an attorney and that’s to be a social engineer.

I was watching as the exchange went down and I couldn’t believe my eyes or my ears.

Here’s the video. Watch Greta give this young woman a legal education.

UPDATE: William Jacobson offers some fascinating legal analysis on this here.

UPDATE II: Jammie Wearing Fool links.

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Jury Selected to Try Fort Hood Shooting Suspect…

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 in Domestic Terrorist, Military, Politics, Terrorism, US Army, WTF Files
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…and it’s about friggin’ time.

It’s time to get this over with. It’s been too long.

Jury selected to try Fort Hood shooting suspectF

ORT HOOD, TEXAS — A jury was selected Tuesday to hear the case against an Army psychiatrist accused in the Fort Hood shooting, whose long-awaited murder trial is set to begin next month.

The panel comprising 13 officers will hear the case against Maj. Nidal Hasan, who is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. Hasan faces the death penalty if convicted in the November 2009 attack at the Central Texas Army post.

There are nine colonels, three lieutenant colonels and one major on the panel, the Killeen Daily Herald reported. They were brought in from Army posts nationwide for questioning.

Two officers on the panel have said they are skeptical about the death penalty, the Austin American-Statesman reported. They did not appear to feel as strongly about capital punishment as two other officers who were dismissed Tuesday.

Col. Tara Osborn, the military judge overseeing the court-martial, agreed to dismiss one officer who admitted he had already decided on whether Hasan was guilty.

Prosecutors used their lone challenge to strike the second dismissed officer, the Statesman reported.

Death penalty cases in the military require at least 12 jurors, more than in other cases. All members of the panel must approve a death sentence.

via Jury selected to try Fort Hood shooting suspect | Army Times | armytimes.com.

Unit Overhaul: 10,000 Soldiers Must Move…

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 in Axis of Idiots, Buyers' Remorse, Comarade Obama, Democrats, Failure, Government, Military, Obama, Politics, SCOAMF, US Army, WTF Files
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…and the pain involved will be excruciating.

Sooo, how are those cuts going to be worked out in the Army?

Here’s a good clue.

Just like the last time a Democrat gutted the military, it’s going to be very, very painful.

This may even prevent the US from projecting its power abroad. That’s what they want you say? Maybe…

Unit overhaul: 10,000 soldiers must move

The Army will inactivate 194 units as part of a massive organizational overhaul slated to take place over the next four years.

The cuts are part of a comprehensive effort to shrink the active-duty force by 80,000 soldiers — bringing the force from a wartime high of about 570,000 to 490,000 — and reorganize the Army’s brigade combat teams.

On June 25, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno announced the Army will cut 10 BCTs and reorganize the rest by adding a third maneuver battalion to most of the infantry and armored BCTs and boosting the engineer capabilities in each.

Under the Budget Control Act, the Army is required to cut$170 billion between now and 2020.

The Army also will relocate, convert and move various detachment- and platoon-level units through corps and component command headquarters, said Army spokesman William Layer.

There also are plans to “adjust” personnel levels at Army schools, garrison headquarters and training facilities at 36 installations. This includes increasing the number of personnel assigned to the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention program, he said.

via Unit overhaul: 10,000 soldiers must move | Army Times | armytimes.com. (Subscription)