Monthly Archives: March 2010

On their recent visit to Pakistan, Gordon Duff and Jeff Gates talking on TV show and addressing various other forums, minced no words. They were very critical of Indo-Israeli Nexus that’s not only destroying the US but is seen as a grave threat to world peace.

FROM WAR CORRESPONDENTS TO EMBEDDED REPORTERS TO PAID PUNDITS TO RODEO CLOWNS WARTIME JOURNALISM ENTERS AN ABYSS By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor The best known and...

No. 236-10 ------------------------------------------- CONTRACTS: ARMY                   AM General, LLC, South Bend, Ind., was awarded on March 22 a $317,961,404 firm-fixed-price contract to add 2,122 high mobility multi-purpose...

According to reports from Politico, Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed “guarded optimism” yesterday, 26 March, about U.S. progress in Afghanistan but predicted “many tough...

  THERE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A BETTER PERSON SERVING AMERICA'S VETERANS... By Gordon Duff Senior Editor I have no idea how many years Dr. Kroll worked for...

A recent example is a Harris poll that asked whether each of 15 statements about Barack Obama is true or false. In every single case, the less schooling people had, the more likely they were to believe that false things are true.

 Demonstrators in London rally at Pakistani and US embassies in solidarity with Aafia Siddiqui on Aafia Siddiqui Day, 28 March 2010 Editors note:  This is...

A WARNING FROM AN AMERICAN SAILOR, SURVIVOR OF THE USS LIBERTY By Philip Tourney, President, Liberty Veterans Association If you have a TV set in your...

MILLIONS COULD BE SPENT DEFENDING LOS ANGELES VA EMPLOYEES SUED FOR VIOLATING VETERANS RIGHT MONEY SPENT WHILE VETERANS SUFFER By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Sir, The ACLU...

From Veterans for Common Sense: by Annie Bishop    - According to Veterans for Common Sense, a non-profit group based in Washington, DC, 47 percent of claims...

We could say the same for the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The oppression that is Iran should thank Israel and neocons in the United...

Even though the DVA has its' own faults, you have to wonder what else could be contributing to the 1.1+ million claims backlog, that...

"No, no. I like mandates," said Mitt Romney. Score one for Democrats, they just took out the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for president. Progressives and lighting-fast...

Contractors of a spy program that the Pentagon is investigating gathered word of a meeting between Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brother and Mullah Baradar, a top Taliban leader who was arrested weeks later in Pakistan, CNN reports. [This CNN report raises the question of whether this intelligence contributed to Baradar's arrest, and whether some US officials sought with the arrest to deliberately undermine the talks, which were supported by other US officials - JFP

From Amy Goodman at Democracy Now: With the main healthcare reform bill signed into law, Democrats say congressional efforts to reform Wall Street and the...

The Jeffersonian anti-federalists feared that a strong national government would lead our fledgling nation back towards monarchy. Instead they wanted government closer to the people where it would better serve their interests rather than interests of the moneyed merchants and traders.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Bullhead City, Arizona, St. Cloud, Minnesota, Ft. Hood, Texas, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Sandusky, Ohio, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Cleveland, Ohio, and Hilo, Hawaii.

The headline above is from the last sentence of a piece this week in the Jackson County Chronicle (Wisconsin). Hard-core veterans' advocates know why. So do...

OPERATION: ENDURING GRATITUDE was created to develop innovative ways to recognize and thank ALL U.S. Military Veterans on a daily basis before they perish. Awareness is the key and vital to accomplish a variety of missions that we have identified as beneficial to ALL U.S Military Veterans Nationwide. Although we have numerous causes we have earmarked for another time such as the purchase of fishing and hunting licenses as well as camping permits on State and Federal land, we have to prioritize and feel we should accomplish the following three missions first. R.A.V.E. Motorcycle Series

By Tom Philpott, Special to Stars and Stripes Republican lawmakers raised the specter of military families and survivors of veterans seeing health care costs rise...

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...

Since health care reform passed Congress on Sunday night, a series of angry -- and sometimes criminal -- reactions have been reported. We're monitoring the reports and have compiled several in the list below.

No. 232-10 -------------------------- CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE Northrop Grumman of San Diego was awarded a $50,000,000 cost plus fixed fee/firm fixed price contract which will provide Global Hawk...

    ABORTION FOES HACKING UP STILL BORN BABIES   WOMEN FORCED TO CARRY THE DEAD IN THEIR WOMBS By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor When we talk about blasphemous...

Pakistan has delivered more than expected from her as a war ally and above all as a ?friend? and it?s high time for the US to remember that there will be No More 'Do More'. After all the puppets are puppets and the human beings are human beings.