U.S. arrests former Green Beret, son, in connection with Ghosn escape from Japan

Post by stonogo » Fri, May 22, 2020, 5:15 AM UTC

vasco wrote: post #258

stonogo wrote: post #142

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"Hazard pay" is $150 per month at most. The "free lifetime healthcare" gets eroded every congressional session (for a while there they took away dental coverage), and the VA health care system has a well-deserved reputation for being a nightmare factory. There is no such thing as a "zero-interest mortgage." The only benefit to a VA loan is the zero-down-payment. The only way to retire on a full-salary pension is to s…

What's the right amount of money to get to kill people in the name of who knows what?

Post by smcl » Fri, May 22, 2020, 7:59 AM UTC

jki275 wrote: post #294

smcl wrote: post #291

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What I meant was that if the system is only interested in pursuing cases where there's a very likely conviction at the end, there must be a large percentage of unsolved crimes even if the absolute amount is smaller than the USA/UK/Germany/$comparisonCountry.

You misunderstand. They arrest someone and then coerce them to confess. The actual truth of guilt or innocence is not really relevant.

Post by thatfunkymunki » Sat, May 23, 2020, 9:34 PM UTC

loeg wrote: post #299

thatfunkymunki wrote: post #298

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military does indeed pay income tax, i was on active duty for 8 years and filed every year. The tax advantage is just that the housing allowance is nontaxable, because it can be optionally provided as a house on base instead in a lot of cases.

I suppose I should have qualified that with "don't pay much income tax?" Depending on your rank and what your active duty is like, much can be excluded.[1] > Combat pay: Compensation for active service while in a combat zone Combat zones: much of the middle east, including relatively stable countries that aren't Afghanistan or Iraq, as well as the Balkans.[2] > Enlisted member, warrant officer, or commissioned warran…

Post by vaxman » Thu, Jun 04, 2020, 6:54 AM UTC

sunstone wrote: post #292

vaxman wrote: post #257

This is a sham, Gohn was a political prisoner and to do this before Memorial Day and during the Covid outbreak is pretty low. The US courts need to dismiss the request for extradition of American patriots who are accused of helping free him or the Administration should get involved. Canceling plans to use Japanese modules on github for a mission critical system —I don’t need drama in my tech!

There are almost 300 comments on this story and not one of them (that I read) has mentioned how shady the Japanese government have been in the handling of this case. They basically conspired with management at Nissan to have Ghosn taken into custody on trumped up commercial charges because they weren't happy with how they perceived Ghosn was planning to deal with Nissan which were entirely legal. Once they had him in…