Enjoy. Prison. D**khead.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 05/21/2020 at 10:30 • Filed to: None

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dogisbadob > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/21/2020 at 10:37

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Trump’s new VA secretary :(

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/21/2020 at 10:40

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Hmm, I thought the Stolen Valor Act had been ruled unconstitutional: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Alvarez (not that it makes this guy any less slimy). Guess they passed a new one that this guy qualifies for.

Theft is clearly not legal though...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > dogisbadob 05/21/2020 at 10:41

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He’d be ideal.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/21/2020 at 10:42

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I thought prison was supposed to be punative?  Not living in Scranton for 17 years seems like a win

Ssfancyfresh > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/21/2020 at 10:45

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12 years in prison plus 4 years probation AND return the money?

Seems a bit harsh. But also, fuck that guy. 

dogisbadob > facw 05/21/2020 at 10:45

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Look at the bottom of the article. They revised the act to only apply to people who claimed certain awards/honors and gained something from that claim

facw > dogisbadob 05/21/2020 at 10:47

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Yep, I’ve refreshed my memory now.

Sovande > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/21/2020 at 10:47

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I’m on board with this guy being punished.

That said, 12 years followed by 4 years of probation will turn this guy, a thief and a coward, into a career criminal with little hope of ever being free of the “system .” $17,000, in the grand scheme of things, is nothing. Especially considering it will cost an average of $31,000 a year (national average) to keep him locked up. That means that taxpayers are going to pay a corporation $372,000 ov er his 12 year stay. For stealing $17,000. The math doesn’t work. It is an amount that is too small to ruin a person’s life over. How is he supposed to provide restitution for is crimes when he is locked up and then when he is unable to find work after his jail time ends due to the felony on his record? Couple that with the overly aggressive probation/parole system we have in this country and this asshole will be costing the state way more than what he stole.  

interstate366, now In The Industry > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/21/2020 at 10:48

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Identity theft is not a joke, Jim!

lone_liberal > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/21/2020 at 10:49

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Of course he was one of those weirdos that jumped the fence in boot camp.

facw > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/21/2020 at 10:49

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Joe Biden will fight you!

Though it’s worth noting he was a senator from Delaware, not Pennsylvania.

InFierority Complex > facw 05/21/2020 at 10:50

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I think it got revised. As I understood it the Stolen Valor act was originally intended to go after anyone who lied about being in the military/ went around in military uniform.

It is still illegal to pose as a veteran to get certain benefits, I think. The main thing in this particular case is that he stole 10K from where he was working, not that he lied about being wounded in Iraq.

This is me being a barracks law yer so take with a grain of salt.

EL_ULY > Sovande 05/21/2020 at 10:58

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Alternative punishment.... Marines boot camp!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/21/2020 at 11:00

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I drove through Scranton once as a younger man and was struck by how unattractive it was.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Ssfancyfresh 05/21/2020 at 11:01

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I’d say it’s a good start.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/21/2020 at 11:04

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That happened here too. It was a civil case not a criminal case. 

https://flatheadbeacon.com/2020/05/20/montana-supreme-court-upholds-jury-decision-stolen-valor-case/

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/21/2020 at 11:04

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I spent 2 years doing auto liability claims in many US cities and PA cities were objectivly the worst to do claims in

gokstate > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/21/2020 at 11:05

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Is it bad that I saw the headline and thought this was about Aunt Becky?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/21/us/lori-loughlin-guilty/index.html

Sovande > EL_ULY 05/21/2020 at 11:06

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Something. I understan d peop le need top be punished for committing crimes. I also thi nk those punishments need to fit the crime. I don’t think a single person who stole $17,000 should cost the people who happen to live in his state $375,000 in preparation for his likely recidivism (43% rate of recidivism for non-violent criminals).  Keep in mind that rate is so high because people make money from the incarceration of other people in this country.  There is a monetary incentive to keep people in jail.  That speaks volumes about the depths to which this country has sunk.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/21/2020 at 11:08

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That’s quite a story. The PA guy’s story made me mad so I vented by posting it.

benn454 > EL_ULY 05/21/2020 at 11:11

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 Make him put his money where his mouth is, so to speak.

MonkeePuzzle > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/21/2020 at 11:52

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guy’s first day in prison: hello fellow prisoners, I hope we will get along well, as I am the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel

ranwhenparked > facw 05/21/2020 at 12:49

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He left Scranton when he was 11 , and never looked back. 

ranwhenparked > InFierority Complex 05/21/2020 at 12:51

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Right - it was rewritten specifically address fraud for material gain, not just immature adults with self esteem issues playing dress-up. 

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > EL_ULY 05/21/2020 at 14:59

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I... Like this plan.

coqui70 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/21/2020 at 18:37

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I hope all the incarcerated veterans in the same facility shit in his mouth every day.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > coqui70 05/21/2020 at 21:04

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I was thinking that a more appropriate punishment for him might be to embed him with a Marine unit in Afghanistan and let him go driving around looking for IEDs.

coqui70 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/23/2020 at 22:16

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I’d be worried this walking clusterfuck would get some Marines killed. I guess he could be useful as sniper bait.