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For Obama, No Opportunity Too Big To Blow Bechtel Gets $128 Million "Small Business" Contract Ahmadinejad dismisses US deadline...
U.S. Aid to Al Qaeda
Glenn Greenwald notes Al Qaeda's recruiting agent: Missiles killing innocents. How would you feel if someone killed your family? - Following up on what I wrote yesterday...
Regional Veterans' News
Middletown, Ohio Protest outside Veterans Service Commission Denver, Colorado Eight accused of posing as vets to collect benefits Madison,...
Palestinians Demand Probe of Israeli Organ-Harvesting
I must admit. I did not believe it. Not ever. For years the Palestinians have been accusing Israeli authorities of harvesting organs from them...
"Buddy, can you spare a dime?"
Today's Washington Post is a veritable treasure chest of crucial information relative to our present schizophrenic state of mind as a nation. We are...
The New Crusade: Imperial U.S. vs Political Islam
US IN SEARCH OF ENEMIES By Dr Rodrigue Tremblay"I am as intolerant of imperialistic designs on the part of other nations as I was...
GORDON DUFF: AFGHANISTAN: AMERICA SUCKERED
CORRUPTION IN AFGHANISTAN: AMERICAN MONEY PAYS, AMERICAN JOBS LOST, ISRAEL AND KARZAI SPLIT THE PROFITS
"Israeli company wins $350m. tender to produce APCs for...
New York City EMT's Allow Pregnant Woman to Die in Front of Them
In today's Sphere political blog we find a story entitled Medics Accused of Ignoring Dying Pregnant Woman that more or less says it all. Is...
World War 1 Veteran CPL Buckles Needs ALL OF US: Let's Make It...
CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR CPL BUCKLES OUR LAST WW1 VETERAN ALIVE IN US!During this holiday week please take a minute and add your support for...
Allegation: Some Contractors in Afghanistan Paying Protection Money to Taliban
In today's Politics Daily blurb entitled Allegation: Some Contractors in Afghanistan Paying Protection Money to Taliban we find out that the Taliban are able...
Women Soldiers Forced to Resort to Back-Alley Abortions
By Kathryn Joyce AlterNetThanks to anti-abortion forces in Congress and other culture warriors, female soldiers are not protected by the Constitution they ...
GENERAL HAROON RAJA: TAKING THE GLOVES OFF
US: WAR ABROAD POVERTY AT HOME Brig Asif Haroon Raja STAFF WRITER/VT and Opinion MakerUSA is the largest economic power of the world and strongest...
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Earth, Too Big to Fail? The End of US Relevance Cruise missile attacks in Yemen Stunning Statistics About the...
This is America? No. This is Amerika.
In today's New York Times we get glimpses of the police state that we have become rearing its ugly head out from underneath the...
Regional Veterans' News
Salem, Oregon Veterans' advocate role is wide open Prescott, Arizona Views mixed over news of health care reform...
1 dead, 5 hurt in Coast Guard boat collision in CA – A.P.
The Associated Press is reporting in this morning's Washington Post that there has been a tragedy involving the Coast Guard and a recreational boat...
Welcome to the District of Columbia, the center of the Amerikan Police State!
In an unbelievable story from tonight's Washington Post we learn that yesterday during the record breaking Washington D.C. snowstorm a friendly neighborhood snowball fight...
Anti-Conscription Arguments
"THE VIETNAM SYNDROME
by Bob Hanafin, Staff Writer
Many believe it was not the Armed Forces, but the will of the American people, that failed during...
GULF WAR VETERANS A NATIONAL TRAGEDY: An INTERESTING COMPARISON
GULF WAR ILLNESS IN COMPARISON A little comparison here with another well known Retrovirus ie AIDSAIDS number in US 1.1mil- Funding for AIDS in US (Does...
GORDON DUFF: Insurance Executive & Socialite Fight Homeless Veteran Project
ACLU BLOCKS ILLEGAL INTIMIDATION OF VET PROTESTORS
"ZEN GARDEN" NOT HOUSING FOR HOMELESS VETS IN FATCAT NEIGHBORHOOD
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
Beverly Hills multi-millionaire socialite...
GULF WAR VETERANS URGENTLY NEED TO BE TESTED
WILL THE VA EVER DO WHAT IS RIGHT TO GET ANSWERS AND HELP FOR GULF WAR VETERAN? GULF WAR VETERANS NEED CONCENTRATED ATTENTION NOWThe number of...
Editor's picks: News and Opinion Around the Web
Women and war Political Cartoons of the week World must prepare for climate migration Oil, Not a Drug...
Three tales of failed nation building by Americans overseas.
We have three articles from today's New York Times which show very clearly why our constant efforts at 'nation building' are often a waste of...
Tiger Woods, Person of the Year
Illustration: Barry Blitt NYTBy Frank Rich The New York TimesAs we say farewell to a dreadful year and decade, this much we can agree...
Regional Veterans' News
Clarksville, Kentucky Outreach effort to assist needy vets Houston, Texas Duckworth looks out for her fellow veterans Park City,...
An Indictment against the Mainstream Media
Beneath the Spin * Eric L. WattreeAn Indictment against the Mainstream Media I'd like to start by tipping my hat to Markos Moulitsas, founder...
Channeling Sunni Rage Into Iraqi Political Clout – New York Times
In an article from today's New York Times entitled Channeling Sunni Rage Into Iraqi Political Clout we learn that Iraq's politically disenfranchised Sunni sheiks...
What to Say After a Soldier’s Suicide – Letters to the Editor, N Y...
Tonight's late edition of the New York Times is running a special series in the Opinion section that holds a collection of letters to the...
A Call for All Veterans and Citizens to Unify and use Social Networking Tool
Veterans we can ask the Senators while they are battling on Health Care to Squeeze some no-cost actions in to get some small business done.
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A surge of dollars in Afghanistan U.S. prosecution links drugs to terrorism CIA working with Palestinian ...
Iraqi troops in standoff with Iran
The Associated Press has just reported that a new phase of what we have known as "the Iraq war" is apparently starting. Iraqi troops...
US Army Depends on Afghan Security Firm for Protection
By Jeremy Scahill The NationIn early November, five British soldiers in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province were killed in an attack at a checkpoint....
Iraq Says Iran Occupied a Border Oil Field – New York Times
In today's New York Times we find more information posted relative to the Iranian seizure of an Iraqi oil field in an article entitled...
Regional Veterans' News
Eugene, Oregon Homeless Vet's Death Remembered Topeka, Kansas Kansas Lottery launches veterans tickets St. Joseph, Minnesota Vets take final...
GORDON DUFF: CHRISTMAS: PEACE AND WAR
AWAITING A CHRISTMAS FORGOTTEN BEFORE IT CAME
DECEMBER 1914
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
In 1914, during the first bleak Christmas in the trenches of Europe,...
Indie Recording Artist Delivers Amazing Christmas Card for the Troops
Angela Alegna Delivers Music Christmas Card for the Troops
My America's New Music Hero for 2010 is Angela Alegna
by Johnny Punish
After living twelve years in...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 988-09--------------------------------------------------------------------------------NAVY Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $200,923,690 modification to previously awarded contract for 241 Evolved SeaSparrow Missiles and 47 shipping...
CONSCRIPTION, the Republic, and America’s Future
The "American people have only one part to play in the Nation's wars-that of spectator." Adrian Lewis is a professor of history at the...
SRV: Life Without You
And the guy that's standing on the ground, that needs some help.You don't walk up and kick him.If you gonna do this, you better...
JEFF GATES: THE TRUTH ABOUT AMERICA AND PAKISTAN
1. America Needs Pakistan’s Help -- Again(First Installment in a 5 Part Series)By Jeff Gates, Staff Writer/EditorOrdinary Americans need the assistance of Islamabad now...
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Afghan War Costs 101 Tom Friedman, museum exhibit First They Came for the Banksters...
Buying American
Here are some Buy-American links for the Holidays. Let's face it, outsourcing jobs (off-shoring) to countries who care even less for their workers...