#Enough pointless wars and other commentary

#Enough pointless wars and other commentary

“#Enough pointless wars and other commentary” Defense beat: Enough Pointless Wars At Defense One, ex-Marine James Wright takes note of how Americans will have gone to the polls Tuesday having had “little opportunity” to ­reflect on “some of the consequences of earlier elections for national ­security strategies and military engagement.” Ever since World War II…

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#Abandoned resorts are now creepy as hell

#Abandoned resorts are now creepy as hell

“#Abandoned resorts are now creepy as hell” These resorts used to host people’s dream vacations — but now they’re the stuff of nightmares. In the new photo book “Abandoned Resorts of the Northeast” by Rusty Tagliareni and Christina Mathews (Arcadia Publishing, out November 9), former bustling vacation hot spots such as Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel,…

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#AT&T reportedly considers selling big minority stake in DirecTV

#AT&T reportedly considers selling big minority stake in DirecTV

“#AT&T reportedly considers selling big minority stake in DirecTV” AT&T is in talks with private-equity firms to sell a “significant” minority stake in its pay-television businesses including DirecTV, according to a report. A number of private equity firms including Apollo Management are said to be submitting bids for the units, which also include AT&T U-Verse…

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#Pentagon study says not enough rape cases are going to trial with proper evidence

#Pentagon study says not enough rape cases are going to trial with proper evidence

A group of criminal justice experts who reviewed nearly 2,000 military rape cases found that a good number had been sent to court-martial without enough evidence to convict, and that those cases undermine the military justice system’s ability to properly prosecute sexual assaults. They found that of all of the “penetrative sexual assault” cases sent to trial, 30 percent of…

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