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Old 12-08-2022, 08:39 AM
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Default Griner released via exchange for the Russian arms dealer

and the Marine is still in a Russian prison.

who didn't see this coming, raise your hand.

PS - this is not a political post, just sayin'
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Old 12-08-2022, 08:46 AM
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and the Marine is still in a Russian prison.

who didn't see this coming, raise your hand.

PS - this is not a political post, just sayin'
Oh I saw this coming all right. Anyone want to speculate why she got home first before our Marine????
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Old 12-08-2022, 08:50 AM
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I am glad she was released, and hope Whelan is released.

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Old 12-08-2022, 01:01 PM
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The Marine should have been released not her.
I bet she will still take a knee to the flag.
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Old 12-08-2022, 02:16 PM
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The Marine should have been released not her.
I bet she will still take a knee to the flag.
The marine was not of the best character. Personally the exchange should not have been made.
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Old 12-08-2022, 02:51 PM
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Exchanging her for the Merchant of Death was a poor bargain on our part. It pays to have use to the powers that be. All I can say without stepping over that politcal line. I am disgusted.
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Old 12-08-2022, 03:19 PM
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Exchanging her for the Merchant of Death was a poor bargain on our part. It pays to have use to the powers that be. All I can say without stepping over that politcal line. I am disgusted.
I hear ya. Now the “Merchant of Death” is free to use his network of connections to pay back Russia for his release by helping them get their hands on more weapons to use against our allies in Ukraine. Very sad indeed!
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Old 12-08-2022, 03:21 PM
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Exchanging her for the Merchant of Death was a poor bargain on our part. It pays to have use to the powers that be. All I can say without stepping over that politcal line. I am disgusted.
Yes it's a poor bargain, but think of the brownie points.
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Old 12-08-2022, 03:28 PM
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Agree with post # 4, 6, & 8. Should have been the Marine coming home.
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Old 12-08-2022, 03:35 PM
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I don't know why people keep referring to Whelan as a "Marine." He was a Marine, and he was dishonorably discharged 15 years ago. You don't refer to people who are dishonorably discharged as Marines - unless you are trying to use the title as a tool in some argument you can't possibly win otherwise.
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People that refer to Grindr as a pot head loser are correct!
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I don't know why people keep referring to Whelan as a "Marine." He was a Marine, and he was dishonorably discharged 15 years ago. You don't refer to people who are dishonorably discharged as Marines - unless you are trying to use the title as a tool in some argument you can't possibly win otherwise.
Whelan was in the Marine RESERVES and was dishonorably discharged, with at least 10 counts against him at the Court Martial. (Larceny, fraudulent checks, stealing social security numbers, etc.)

Additionally, he's lied on his resume, saying he had a Bachelor's Degree and an MBA ... he has neither, nor did he ever serve as a Police Officer, in the communities he claimed to have worked for.

He holds Passports from (4) different countries. Canada, USA, Ireland & GB.

Every in-depth news article about him, insinuates he has a rather unusual attraction to much younger men in uniform and goes to great lengths to cultivate relationships with them.

To suggest Borg-Warner would have hired him and placed him in charge of "world-wide security", considering his background, is ludicrous on its face. There's way more to Paul Whelan, than him being an ex-Marine, serving time in Russia.
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Old 12-08-2022, 07:23 PM
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Whelan was in the Marine RESERVES and was dishonorably discharged, with at least 10 counts against him at the Court Martial. (Larceny, fraudulent checks, stealing social security numbers, etc.)

Additionally, he's lied on his resume, saying he had a Bachelor's Degree and an MBA ... he has neither, nor did he ever serve as a Police Officer, in the communities he claimed to have worked for.

He holds Passports from (4) different countries. Canada, USA, Ireland & GB.

Every in-depth news article about him, insinuates he has a rather unusual attraction to much younger men in uniform and goes to great lengths to cultivate relationships with them.

To suggest Borg-Warner would have hired him and placed him in charge of "world-wide security", considering his background, is ludicrous on its face. There's way more to Paul Whelan, than him being an ex-Marine, serving time in Russia.
All three deserve to serve out their sentences
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Old 12-08-2022, 08:40 PM
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Probably the only trade in WNBA history to make the news...
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Old 12-08-2022, 11:54 PM
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Probably the only trade in WNBA history to make the news...
Make the national news like CBS, NBC, and ABC channels.

Others would be on local sports news especially if they have someone who played at a local college or high school.
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