Monthly Archives: February 2012

Syrians are caught between a rock and a hard spot. And, the tide is ebbing rapidly! The stakes are high. The entire region is affected.

If we are going to hell as a country, it shouldn't surprise any of us

The Man and his Saxophone take on Whoish Lobby Identity Politics

Edmonton Journal In the year after release from the military, veterans see a spike in income: a combination of their military pension, severance and any disability pay.

A Grateful and Patriotic Tribute to John P. Jones and Arcadia B. de Baker Benevolent Land Grantors of the March 5, 1888

Who in their right mind would volunteer to be that trio’s cannon-fodder?

Why is the choice between AIPAC and Rachel Corrie so difficult to make?

Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $662,927,172 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2305) to exercise options for DDG 116 construction and associated engineering change proposals and design budgeting requirements.

A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people.

Two plus hours of Clay Douglas and Gordon Duff, taking on the recent multi-trillion dollar financial crimes starting with the 15 trillion dollar wire transfer to Bank of Scotland exposed in Parliament. The conversation is freewheeling, Clay Douglas is a well known and extremely outspoken radio host.

People have to stop this knee-jerk, opportunistic, hysterical obsession with numbers of dead Syrians, and ask instead: “who are these people and who killed them?”

Around me, 50 million Americans are homeless, living in travel trailers, in tents. 500,000 young veterans, too many with families, have applied for 100% disability compensation. All have supportable medical diagnoses of total disability. Their "paperwork" will remain in limbo for years, until they kill themselves, perhaps their families too. For the best of them, luck, as it has for me, will intercede.

Democracy is about the conditions that make it possible for ordinary people to better their lives by becoming political beings and by making power responsive to their hopes and needs.

It's almost like a Sherlock Holmes story. My first sign, that a mixed intelligence, disinformation campaign or worse was in the works was last week.

To ensure the Alabama Veterans home in Alexander City remains a comfortable and safe residence for Veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs is awarding nearly $350,000 for improvements to the kitchen at the state-run facility.

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta welcomed Secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki today to the Pentagon for the latest in a series of regular meetings the two secretaries have held on issues of common interest to both departments.

BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Inc., Rockville, Md.

If Marjorie Newman hadn't asked for help, she believes she would be living under a bridge or dead." Newman is one of the "16 veterans living at the Veterans Life Changing Services home and hoping for a better life.

When East Pakistan was part of Pakistan, it was much smaller in size than West Pakistan but was more populated.

Republican Ron Paul is the only presidential candidate of either party to tell the truth that America is “slipping into a fascist system.”

Haru Okuda, MD, National Medical Director for the Simulation Learning, Education and Research Network presents Denise Cochran the 2012 Under Secretary for Health’s Excellence in Clinical Simulation Training, Education and Research Practice Award.

Take the bull by the horns, is an adage that advises how one should cope with difficult issues. Prolific author, Michael Collins Piper has challenged the greatest taboo in our times with the bold title of his latest book.

The White House propaganda machine is in action.

In my earlier writings about the Google+ platform I suggested to my readers that this Google product was perhaps the most significant leap in social media technology since the invention of the telephone.

When I was Chairman of the American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee (ADC), we had two bombing incidents. I had no idea who was responsible, but I had a guess. Someone unknown placed a bomb in the doorway of ADC’s Boston headquarters.

We must take action and become the friction to stop the imperialistic predatory capitalistic machine before it consumes us and our precious liberties ~ that is, if we really want to. So how do we stop it?

- Special prosecutor may indict as many as 90 people, while more than 200, including the former chief executives at the three biggest banks, face criminal charges.

New world's record for 9/11 truth.

When non-Israelis, often referred to as “goyim”, commit an offense, the media jumps all over them.

Amnesty International is celebrating fifty years in support of free speech at a comedy show on March 4th in New York City with the import of The Secret Policeman's Ball.

Gordon Duff, a senior editor of VT, says, “There are still troops in the American military who share the Islamophobic teachings of the Bush era.”

Tokyo station is as contaminated as the mandatory evacuation zone in Fukushima. It's a Death Sentence for US Troops if they stay.

Is US Foreign Policy that hard to sell that their "diplomats" need weapons to persuade or enforce it?

In a report today, the New York Times acknowledged the Army's practice of diagnosing troops with Post Traumatic Stress as having "personality disorders." This makes them ineligible for benefits. The number diagnosed as such is unknown, 26,000 at one point years ago, much higher now.

Press TV has interviewed Joshua Blakeney, on his view on the recent hike in fuel prices.

What Mr. Friedman didn’t mention, though I’m sure he is aware of, is the fact that Egypt was, and still is, a police state.

Assistant Secretary of Defense Douglas Wilson, who heads of the U.S. military’s global public affairs arm, announced his retirement Thursday.

Thanks to the expanded Post 9/11 G. I. Bill, many veterans are opting to return to school. With more than 1,000 approved post-secondary educational programs, Virginia has a lot to offer veterans.

Yes unless the Jews of Europe and America distance themselves from the Zionist monster before it’s too late to do so.

The 82nd Airborne Division in World War II played a central role in the Battle of the Bulge, with paratroops fighting in or near scores of Belgian towns.

While gun ownership continues to be a political hot button issue, one trend is clear. The number of Americans who own guns has continued to rise.

McKesson Corp., San Francisco, Calif., was issued a modification exercising the ninth option year on contract SPM200-03-D-1666/P00030.