Daily Archives: March 25, 2010

Does Anyone Else Have Problems With Corruption In New Jersey Or Ocean County? How far up does Government Corruption go in New Jersey? Does it...

THE "SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP" REDEFINED AS CLEARLY ANTI-AMERICAN WHY ARE SOME "PATRIOTIC GROUPS" SOFT ON AMERICAN VALUES? By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Are some of America's...

California leads the way. Supporters of the initiative collected well more than the 433,971 signatures needed for it to go before voters in the fall,...

by Anne Law in Bizmology As the dust settles (well, maybe) on the long-fought battle over health care reform, one thing everyone should be able to...

No. 233-10 ------------------------------------------------------ CONTRACTS: NAVY                   Raytheon Co., Space and Airborne Systems, Goleta, Calif., is being awarded an $89,489,433 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-09-C-0052)...

Two prominent lawyers, conservative legal icon Ted Olson and liberal superstar David Boies, have teamed up to fight for marriage equity. By Gloria Borger, CNN Senior...

The megacontractor’s been making millions from mechanics who put in as little as 43 minutes a month. And as more GIs come home, the...

President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law the $17.5 billion Hiring Incentive to Restore Employment Act (the “HIRE Act”), comprising a payroll tax holiday for businesses that hire unemployed workers, an income tax credit of $1,000 for businesses that retain these employees and an extension of highways project financing. The bill was passed in the Senate last month and the House earlier in March, with voting largely along partisan lines.

President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law the $17.5 billion Hiring Incentive to Restore Employment Act (the “HIRE Act”), comprising a payroll tax holiday for businesses that hire unemployed workers, an income tax credit of $1,000 for businesses that retain these employees and an extension of highways project financing. The bill was passed in the Senate last month and the House earlier in March, with voting largely along partisan lines.

GENERAL BARNO, THE MAN WHO LED THE HUNT FOR LONG DEAD BIN LADEN NOW IN HOT WATER By Josh Rogin  for The Cable (thecable.foreignpolicy.com) Retired Lt....

This board, little-known even to us Texans, has lately risen to national notoriety, making our state's educational system a punch line for comedians everywhere. That's because a handful of ultra-right-wing nutcases have taken over this elected overseer of Texas educational policy, and they're hell-bent to supplant classroom education with their own brand of ideological indoctrination.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Farmington, New Mexico, LaSalle, Illinois, Sioux City, Iowa, Snowmass, Colorado, Salt Lake City, Utah, Kennewick, Washington, Canyonville, Oregon, Batavia, Ohio, and Augusta, Georgia.

Think Simon Johnson has this wrong and Democrats are simply sidestepping obstruction. Financial Reform: Will We Even Have A Debate? By Simon Johnson The New York Times reports...

The change is seen as a quick fix until a complete repeal of the ban can be passed by Congress By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Defense...

VA Pittsburgh’s University Drive Division hosted a Post Deployment Health Reassessment (PDHRA) for more than 335 members of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania Army National Guard earlier this year. Members of the National Guard, who returned from Iraq this past fall, received information about VA health care services and resources available to them through VA Pittsburgh and local veteran service organizations.

U.S. Rep Chet Edwards (D-Waco), member of the House Appropriations Committee and Chair of the House Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee, slammed...

From CNN: From Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon correspondent Washington (CNN) -- A former high-ranking CIA official who was involved in the Iran-Contra scandal has worked on...

Whenever a new report on sexual assault in the military comes from the Pentagon, no doubt it can be read about on many women's...