Monthly Archives: April 2010

SCARS OF WAR David Winnett, Jr. Captain, United States Marine Corps (Retired)  So long after the battles are won, the scars will always remain, the marks of...

Hopes for avoiding a second (fatal) credit crisis  -Posted from Naked Capitalism - For the majority of us, the credit crisis we are living through has...

HALF OF WASHINGTON IS WALKING AROUND FREE, POCKETS FULL OF MONEY BECAUSE OF "SECRECY" IT ISN'T JUST OLLIE NORTH, NOT BY A LONG SHOT By Gordon...

New Mexico has ordered the U.S. Navy Veterans Association to cease and desist all operations there, having found that the addresses listed for two of its state chapter officers do not exist.

The U.S. Navy Veterans Association, a group that claims to raise money for vets and their families, has been ordered to stop fundraising in New Mexico. The office of state Attorney General Gary King determined two of the officers of the state chapter are listed at fictitious addresses, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Springfield, Illinois, Natchez, Mississippi, Plant City, Florida, North Platte, Nebraska, Seattle, Washington, Yountville, California, Royal Oak, Michigan, Grand Island, Nebraska, New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Hillsboro, Oregon.

Memo to Massa Govenor McDonnell of Virginia: The USA is one nation under god. We are NOT the Confederacy of the Slave Owning States of the Stonewall Jackson. We won the war and do NOT celebrate the losses of our enemies!

INFAMOUS "BLOWHARD" GROUP OF FASCISTS AND NEO-FEUDALISTS ATTACK AMERICA AS "LESS FREE" By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor There are few ways Americans can tell things...

No. 272-10 ------------------------------------------ CONTRACTS: NAVY                   Sherlock, Smith & Adams, Montgomery, Ala., is being awarded a maximum $50,000,000 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract for various medical and...

The fight over the war supplemental is tremendously important, because Congressional pressure can move Administration policy, even when critics of Administration policy don't command a majority of votes. This is especially true when, as in this case, critics are in the majority in the President's own party, and when, as in this case, the policy under pressure is an international policy which is also under significant international pressure.

Supporting military families is a top Obama Administration priority. April is Month of the Military Child and gives the nation the opportunity to recognize the character, strength and sacrifices of America's military children as well as the role they play in the armed forces community. Today, there are 1.7 million American children and youth under 18-years-old with a parent serving in the military and approximately 900,000 children and youth with one or both parents deployed multiple times.

On April 9, Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) will be joined by Congressman Bob Filner to host a press conference to announce a new program, “Fix VA,” to reform the Veterans Affairs Department (VA).

H.J.Res. 80, which recognizes and honors the Blinded Veterans Association on its 65th anniversary of representing blinded veterans and their families;

Walmart is a microcosm of the revised American business strategy under the new world order. One can look at Walmart's business model, and the socioeconomic profile of its employees, and see exactly what direction American business, and our society, is headed as a whole.

It is paradoxical that the US notorious for worst human rights violations and being the biggest violator of law today stands up as a pleader of human rights and upholder of law. Its past gory acts are too many to recount. It has turned Iraq and Afghanistan into killing grounds where over 1.6 million have been hacked to death; millions injured critically, tens of thousands rendered homeless, widowed and orphaned. Thousands have suffered gruesome tortures in US run infamous jails, which have so far not been closed despite world protest and commitment given by Obama. George W. Bush and his team of neo-cons along with Tony Blair should have been tried as war criminals for the crimes committed against humanity and that too under false pretexts…Brig Asif Haroon Raja

EXCUSES, EXPLANATIONS OR CONSPIRACY AND MISPRISION OF A FELONY TIME FOR THE "SPIN MASTERS" TO "PAY THE FIDDLER" By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor MSNBC, in an...

Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of Operation Babylift Held at the Vietnam Era Educational Center Saturday, April 24, 2010 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Louisville-area Veterans are another step closer to receiving expanded access to high quality, state-of-the-art medical care. The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced plans to acquire land to expand the VA’s 21st century health care locally.

Real Estate Leader Grubb & Ellis Joins Forces With HireVeterans.com By Randy Miller Grubb & Ellis offers competitive salary & benefit programs for all its employees....

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Marshalltown, Iowa, Norristown, Pennsylvania, Victoria, Texas, Manchester, Missouri, Roanoke, Virginia, Clearlake, California, Bangor, Maine, Superior, Wisconsin, Jackson, Michigan, and Austin, Texas.

Did you know that April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month? About one in five women and one in a hundred men seen in VA medical facilities report that they experienced Military Sexual Trauma (MST); that is, sexual assault or repeated, threatening sexual harassment that occurred during military service. MST can affect veterans' physical and mental health many years after the event.

Real Estate Leader Grubb & Ellis Joins Forces With HireVeterans.com By Randy Miller Grubb & Ellis offers competitive salary & benefit programs for ...

By Khalil Nouri, STAFF WRITER Last week, president Karzai met with tribal leaders hoping for their support in his rift with Washington. Instead, his meetings...

SIMI VALLEY - MilitaryConnection.com, often referred to as “The Go to Site” reached a milestone in its social networking efforts today, reaching 25,000 followers on Twitter. The event is a landmark in the company’s history as it continues to act as a leader in the military/veteran realm, offering thousands of pages of free information and resources to military members, veterans and their families.

Sen. Patty Murray was target of menacing calls over health bill vote FBI Finally Stands against acts of Domestic Terrorism, Brings Back Hope from the Jaws of Public Despair

No. 269-10 ------------------------------------------- CONTRACTS: DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY                   Air BP, Warrenville, Ill. is being awarded a maximum $124,754,182 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation...

The Department of Defense just released its Nuclear Posture Review, "reflecting the President's overarching view of U.S. nuclear strategy."  The new policy narrows the range of circumstances under which the president...

Wikileaks has obtained and decrypted this previously unreleased video footage from a US Apache helicopter in 2007. It shows Reuters journalist Namir Noor-Eldeen, driver Saeed Chmagh, and several others as the Apache shoots and kills them in a public square in Eastern Baghdad. They are apparently assumed to be insurgents.

  HIGHLY CLASSIFIED MISSILE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERRED TO CHINA "BY PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURE"   SOLD THROUGH FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS...IRAQ REDUX By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor "I actually believe he was...

The Institute of Medicine will study the relationship between the environment and breast cancer.  Veterans are encouraged to submit written comments and/or oral testimony...

The Supreme Court will soon consider whether to hear an appeal from David L. Henderson, who was discharged from the military in 1952 after receiving a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. He sought additional government help for his condition in 2001, and he was turned down in 2004.

* From the VA * VA's spending obligations under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 have surpassed $1.1 billion, a tribute...

AMERICA MUST SWALLOW ITS EGO; LET THE WISDOM PREVAIL By General Mirza Aslam Beg General McChrystal, having read ’s Memoirs, has opted for the new strategy...

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Harlingen, Texas, Abbeville, Louisiana, Bismark, North Dakota, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Amarillo, Texas, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Little River, North Carolina, Whittier, California, Ventura, California, and Palmer Lake, Colorado.

Labeling an illness “presumptive” means that vets who served in Vietnam and have one of these conditions do not have to prove its association with their service, speeding up and simplifying the application for and processing of benefits.

IF THERE IS ONE VIDEO THEN THERE IS TEN OR A HUNDRED DID BUSH WHITE HOUSE AUTHORIZE  MURDER OF CIVILIANS IN IRAQ? By Gordon Duff STAFF...

WIKILEAKS VIDEO EXPOSES 2007 "COLLATERAL MURDER" IN IRAQ By David Froomkin for Huffington Post (check site for additional video) Calling it a case of "collateral murder," the...

Rohan Coombs, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served during the Persian War, sits in immigration detention after spending eight months in jail for a marijuana-related conviction. It wasn't until the day his sentence was up that he discovered he was not a U.S. citizen and faced deportation.

No. 264-10 --------------------------------------- CONTRACTS: ARMY                   General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc., Taunton, Mass., was awarded on March 24 a $164,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  This contract is for Warfighter...

Milicruit.com is pleased to announce the inaugural virtual career fair for veterans and military spouses. Unlike traditional career fairs that require travel, and only allow for a few moments of interaction between the recruiter and the candidate, the Milicruit event lasts for an entire month, and veterans can participate from the comfort and convenience of home.

Milicruit.com is pleased to announce the inaugural virtual career fair for veterans and military spouses. Unlike traditional career fairs that require travel, and only allow for a few moments of interaction between the recruiter and the candidate, the Milicruit event lasts for an entire month, and veterans can participate from the comfort and convenience of home.

The history of Israel as a geopolitical fraud will fill entire libraries as those defrauded marvel at how so few deceived so many for so long. Those duped include many naive Jews who—even now—identify their interests with this extremist enclave.