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This press release from the Capitol Police is priceless. The public affairs officer in charge writing it, and the entire chain of command that signed off on it, deserve a giant cookie from the incoming Congress. Statement of Acting Chief Pittman regarding National Guard Accommodations The bold underline text is from the public affairs person. Clearly meant to draw the eye away from "with the exception of" statement that precedes it in the sentence. Classic psychological manipulation of a reader's through strategic font choice. XNN

I'm sorry to hear about your melanin deficiency-related handicap. Not all the "we"s here have that issue. Suck it up buttercup. Maybe Pops and the KO will take pity on you and kick off Operation Dark Speed, ordering the FDA give an Emergency Use Authorization to the H 9-91-01 kinase molecule so that you and all your friends can become modern day John Howard Griffin's. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2020/04/21/2020.04.20.051722.full.pdf XNN

Only one day into the B-H Administration and already soybean futures are rising on the promise of great relations with China. China’s soybean imports in 2021-22 likely to hit new high of 110 mil mt: Platts Analytics Pop's is going to make his friends in the futures markets VERY happy! XNN

So far he's only doing the easy stuff. He could implement executive orders to prevent replenishment of the strategic petroleum reserve with any oil from existing offshore sources. Likewise, he could prevent federal purchases of natural gas from fracked fields. Given that these commodities are fungible, the optics will be excellent and the near-term downside negligible. XNN

6,000 National Guard troops will stay in DC for the next 30 days At least. I wonder is these are the elite units authorized special police powers in a midnight ceremony. https://www.flickr.com/photos/usmarshals/50847421591/in/album-72157717930708541/ Interesting that one of the tags of Flicker is labeled "special temptation". I wonder if this is the two word designation for this operation. "Special" is not a permanent word but the first two letters would put the operation under United States Atlantic Command before it was disestablished. I don't know what command those letters would currently applied to as the information in this link is out of date. (Code Names for U.S. Military Projects and Operations)

From Bloomberg this morning. Covid-19 Vaccines May Cut Transmission as Well as Symptoms Bold highlight mine. Study published in Nature had a sample size of 14 individuals. That's not even enough statistical power to determine if the sky is blue. Link to Nature article referenced. (PDF download warning) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03207-w_reference.pdf XNN

Ah, the new normal. In a press conference yesterday, Gen. Hokanson would not commit to immediate removal of NG units from D.C. following the inauguration and said that it would be "conditions based". XNN

Yes, but in 3 years they will become citizens and can join the United Farm Workers union. There is some payback to be collected upon. Enjoy your cheap curly endive while you can! Joe Biden gets backing of key Latina activist Dolores Huerta XNN

Unity is you and others like you lying in a mass grave with Mayor Bates outwardly appearing shocked, while silently wondering how this will affect his re-election campaign in six years. XNN

Another good find. The problem with the exclusions in the absence of release of all of the trial data, for me, is not that we don't know the reasons why they were excluded. Lacking the trial data, it is not known whether the trial was sufficiently powered to account for the total number of losses to date, regardless of whether we know the reasons why they were lost. We don't even know what the total losses will be by the end of the trial. It is possible that in one or both trial arms, that the losses will be very high. If too great, the trial could be terminated due to futility and the companies will have to start over. How would futility affect the EUA? XNN

I love this bit from the CDC travel orders. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/testing-international-air-travelers.html XNN

The state of Maine is announcing an NG activation in case their capitol in Augusta is attacked, as well as sending units to Mordor. https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/out-abundance-caution-governor-mills-activates-maine-national-guard-places-them-standby NY, PA, NC, OH, and CT responds to call ups with additional troops. https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/request-secretary-army-us-national-guard-governor-andrew-cuomo-deploys-additional-250-members https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-additional-1000-pa-national-guard-activated-to-support-washington-d-c/ https://www.ncdps.gov/news/press-releases/2021/01/15/governor-roy-cooper-approves-additional-guardsmen-deploy-washington

If the ogres are dancing in the entrails of elves, it must be good. https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3vw49/cop-news-website-very-upset-that-facebook-has-suspended-it ‘Law Enforcement Today,’ a propaganda page for cops, by cops, has been "blocked" from posting as part of Facebook's push to eliminate far-right and conspiracy groups. XNN

It is a stroke of the pen for the B-H Administration to restore Israel and Palestine to EUROCOM. This will not last the first one hundred days. Why the US Military Puts Israel, Gaza in Europe The Zero Administration considered the move and declined. Given that B-H is getting the same band back together, I can't imagine there will be support to keep CENTCOM in control. XNN

Jobs is dead and Woz no longer has any say. It's all good. XNN

You assume that he has full control of the military and San Fran Nana didn't put a bug in the ear of the CJCS like with the codes. XNN

A great question. The only precedent I knew about was the Korea case (I now know to be Toth v. Quarles) because my grandfather mentioned it to me after I joined. He was a WW2 vet and evidently the case made quite a splash at the time even though it ultimately resolved in favor of Airman Toth. GPa always said, if you screw up they will find a way to get you even if they have to dig you up from the grave. Fortunately, Congressflubbed up the language in the 1950 defense act and the Supreme Court overturned the case. So you have a SC precedent as long as Congress doesn't make any laws specifically allowing it. Kinda like Roe v. Wade - safe until Congress acts or a new SC overturns. As long as Congress loves their veterans and the USSC isn't packed, we stay in their good graces. Google'ing around a little more, I did find this link supposedly linking the exceptions allowing UCMJ prosecutions after discharge. They start in section 9. https://www.ucmjdefense.com/resources/military-extraterritorial-jurisdiction-act-meja/jurisdiction-over-the-person/termination-of-jurisdiction-over-the-person.html But, I'm not a lawyer. I don't play one on Netflix. I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. My original response to The Nation article was meant to be limited to the tidbits that the journalist commentator was talking about which was retirees. My comment could easily be seen as overly broad. Again, not a journalism major or member of the commentariat class. I don't do words for a living, just calculations. Thanks for the question though! Had great fun exercising the search engines. XNN

Three more states announce NG troop deployments to D.C. - New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and North Carolina. NC barely leaned Orange Worse Dictator Ever, so that is good to see. I'm sure they are reliable. Maybe they will give tours of the ingresses and egresses of the Capitol building. https://www.governor.nh.gov/news-and-media/governor-chris-sununu-authorizes-nh-national-guardsmen-support-presidential https://governor.nc.gov/news/governor-mobilizes-nc-national-guard-deployment-raleigh-and-washington-dc https://dma.wi.gov/DMA/news/2021news/21008 Both supporting and discrediting the geography hypothesis, two additional states - Massachusetts and Hawaii, add their NG units to the praetorian guard.

Learn something new everyday. Not surprised that the .mil training website I referenced is not up to date. That's the level of competence that I come to expect of the bureaucracy. XNN

Close, but you only get a half of a cookie. Three quarters of that half is lost due to a failure to point out the "separate-sovereigns" clause allowing double jeopardy for NG troops being tried under the laws of their state. THE MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM-OVERVIEW XNN

Being expelled from a fraternal organization is the least of these veterans worries in the coming days. Once you join a uniformed service, you can be called back decades later and charged with crimes under the UCMJ. The left likes to poo-poo the Oathkeepers, and the like, saying their oath to the Constitution no longer applies. Today we find the elected politicians on the left calling for veterans who are involved in protests to be called back into service and punished under the UCMJ. Military in the Capitol Insurrection Should Face Courts-Martial Involvement of current and former troops in a failed putsch strikes at the heart of democracy. The response can’t be left to law enforcement alone. "Failed Putsch" huh?

I tend to embrace the power of AND here. I recognize that geography place a large part in which states to draw from. It is just easier from a logistics point of view to bring in troops and equipment from eastern seaboard states that from the Midwest or west coast. Most states within a 400 miles radius (completely arbitrary number) are blue states. I also recognize that Adjutant General appointments, which heads up the NG in the states, are political appointments. They are beholden to the powers that appointed them and that is reflected down through the NG officer ranks. S/he at the top plays a big role in who gets promoted. If you are going to draw "house troops", you would tend to get more loyalty from those whose leaders come (or who owe) the political families that support you personally. Both reliability and geography play a part, but the end product at least appears to be intended to produce a loyal product. Combined with the other the other words and actions coming out of DC, I think it bears watching. It may merely be a head fake or a coincidence. Time will tell. XNN

They will leave the money on the nightstand. Promise! XNN

This afternoons update. CT adds a few more NG to the inauguration. https://portal.ct.gov/Office-of-the-Governor/News/Press-Releases/2021/01-2021/Governor-Lamont-Announces-Deployment-of-More-Than-100-Connecticut-National-Guard-To-Washington Junior Senator from Connecticut issues statement hinting at permanent NG presence in D.C. https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/we-need-to-take-a-look-at-radical-reform-in-the-way-that-the-capitol-is-protected

And it gets even more interesting. From the Military Times National Guard inauguration deployment: twice as large as troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq combined Some pull quotes

You should do what you believe is in your best interest, of course. Current data indicates that the 0.1% IFR corresponds to the 50-55 age groups (across the world, expect regional differences.)

I respectfully suggest that this thread be merged with "Doctor died after getting the vaccine!" started by AngryCanadian on 1/7/2021. XNN