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Deserter Bowe Bergdahl gets no jail time

Bowe Bergdahl will serve no prison time for endangering fellow soldiers when he walked off his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and surrendered to the Taliban.

Bergdahl will be dishonorably discharged and have his rank reduced to private. The ruling was issued Friday after nearly two weeks of testimony by Bergdahl's former comrades. Bergdahl, was held by the Taliban for five years before being released in a prisoner swap.

Bergdahl pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy on Oct. 16 and faced the possibility of life in prison.

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One thing in the Bergdahl case that must bother other veterans is that, while Bergdahl was a Private First Class when captured, he was promoted in absentia to Sergeant on June 17.

I received my Staff Sergeant stripes the old fashioned way as did every other nco (non commissioned officer) I knew - we earned them.

Bowe Bergdahl received his stripes for being a deserter.

The U.S. jobless rate fell to a 17-year low in October

The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1%, its lowest level since December 2000. The jobless rate, which changed little over the course of 2016, has dropped from 4.8% to 4.1% since the start of this year, a sign the labor market is heating up.

Full report here.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren agrees that the Democratic Party's 2016 primary election was 'rigged' for Hillary

From a report at the link below:

Potential 2020 White House contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren (pictured), D-Mass., said Thursday she agrees with Donna Brazile's bombshell assertion the Democratic Party's 2016 primary was "rigged" in favor of Hillary Clinton.

In remarks Thursday to CNN’s "The Lead" with Jake Tapper, Warren called Brazile's revelation "a real problem."

Then pressed on whether she believed the Democratic primary had been "rigged" in Clinton's favor, Warren replied: "Yes."

"What we've got to do as Democrats now is, we've got to hold this party accountable," she added.

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Report: Prosecutors recommend Bergdahl get 14 years in prison

Army prosecutors Thursday recommended former Taliban captive Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl be sentenced to 14 years in a military prison for deserting and endangering his fellow soldiers after he walked off his post in Afghanistan in 2009.

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Beheaded prisoners can't talk .

Read the 5 reasons Barack Obama will be remembered as one of the worst U.S. presidents

Details can be found at the link below

1. Nearly doubling the national debt

2. Unleashing the genie from the nuclear weapons bottle in the Middle East

3. Facilitating illegal immigration

4. Encouraging racial polarization

5. Losing a war we had already won in Iraq

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Heart stents may be useless for many in treating chest pain

A report at the link below says new research suggests a popular treatment for chest pain may be useless for many people.

Citing a Wednesday study published in The Lancet, the New York Times wrote that new research raised "questions about whether [heart] stents should be used so often — or at all — to treat chest pain."

Heart stents are small tubes, generally made from metal or fabric, that are used to restore blood flow through narrow or blocked arteries. They became popular in the 1990s as an alternative to the more invasive option of bypass surgery.

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From my own personal experience I tend to agree with the above. I have five heart stents and also have some chest pain.

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A new low even for Alec Baldwin. He plays the part of Trump sitting on a toilet in the White House

Alec Baldwin channels Trump for Faux Presidential Memoir Promo depicting a satirical take on the president’s first year in the White House.

Alec Baldwin playing the roll of President Trump sitting on a toilet in the White House.

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Winners and losers in the New York City Halloween Diversity Visa Lottery

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Proponents of the Diversity Visa program are led by Chuckie Schumer

Blood on their hands after the New York City Halloween massacre.

Left-wing zealots want truck control laws after NYC attack