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Wow! we are getting inundated with Tim Watz, aren’t we? The Democrats think he is the reincarnation of George Patton, the Republicans think he is closer to John Kerry – wait, Kerry went to a combat zone. OK, maybe not that.<\/p>\n
Me, I think Waltz is embellishing, just like a typical lying politician. He WAS made a Sergeant Major and filled a command slot which makes him a CSM – but he never achieved the requirements for the rank and so retired at his actual permanent pay grade, E-8.\u00a0 One of those “gotta add up” situations: he was a CSM, he retired, but he is NOT a retired CSM. Civilians do not seem to grasp that. Nor do they understand that units get pre-advice about deployments well in advance of actual orders, so Waltz knew his unit was going. With over two years left on his enlistment contract, so was he. But he pulled the plug and got out. It is worth noting his highest award in 24 years of that cited 24 years of stellar service was an Army Commendation Medal (normal for an E-8\/9 would be a Meritorious Service Medal .)\u00a0 “Damning with faint praise” comes to mind. Definitely low-speed, high-drag, get-off-my-lawn, clipboard carrying material. But he was briefly a CSM.<\/p>\n
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Now for GOOD news:<\/p>\n
Brendan Depa is a kid whose actions are more familiar than his name. Remember that hige kid in Florida who beat the holy whatsis out of the teacher’s aide because she took his Nintendo Switch away? Yeah, him…<\/p>\n
Brendan Depa, 18, who has autism, was sentenced on Tuesday, Aug. 6, to five years in prison and 15 years probation, according to sentencing documents from the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court in Flagler County obtained by NBC News, WKMG-TV and The Daytona Beach News-Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n
Judge Terence Perkins also ordered the Department of Corrections to conduct a full mental health assessment on Depa and to create a care plan for him, and ordered the teenager not to have any contact with the teacher\u2019s aide, Joan Naydich.<\/p>\n
Perkins said during the sentencing, per the Daytona Beach News-Journal<\/em>, that Brendan had not expressed any remorse for his actions, and also noted Brendan\u2019s history of violence in the past.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Naydich said:<\/p>\n
\u201cMy life will never be what it was before,\u201d she said in court, per NBC News and WKMG-TV. \u201cBrendan Depa\u2019s actions that day [have] caused me to lose a job that I had for almost 19 years, lose my financial security, lose my health insurance.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And then there is Depa’ mother:<\/p>\n
However, Brendan\u2019s mother, Leanne Depa, criticized the sentence, saying, “They are punishing that he is Black, they are punishing that he is large and they are punishing his disability,” per NBC News and the Daytona Beach News-Journal.<\/em><\/p>\n
She added that the school failed in making sure the behavioral plan developed for her son was followed, and said that she thought her son \u201cneeds help,\u201d not to \u201cto be put away in a prison where he’s going to be taken advantage of or harmed.”People<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Or maybe they are punishing that your raising of your son seems to be a total failure? You should have done something long ago, lady.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"