Monthly Archives: November 2010

For us Vietnam Veteran baby-boomers, remember when you could just look at a new car from the automobile capitol of the world in the 60's and 70's, Detroit, Michigan and tell what year it was by the styling? Do you remember the old black and white television commercials about the upcoming new year models and then seeing them in all their vivid colors on the street or in a showroom for the first time? WOW, the car seemed to have come to life seeing it up close and in color! How many of us dreamed and wished about getting our own car when we were old enough and could afford it?

Senators are only elected by their own states and Representatives are only elected by their districts but that didn’t seem to matter as the GOP elected decided they knew what the American people wanted no matter how they voted. Seems a bit odd that this happened and now, it is back to “what the American people wanted” because the local elections put them into seats they are about to take.

Wikileaks has divided the world into two camps, those who love Wikileaks as a slap in the face for the United States and those who recognize the stench of Wikileaks for what it is, simple Israeli propaganda. Millions around the world look at Wikleaks as poor, harried Julian Assange and his personal struggle against the evil empire of Bush/Obama America. Hate, envy, oh, there is lots of envy here, America stimulates that with its highways filled with gas guzzling cars, eating half the world's meat, all the best music, television and a military that scares the begeezus out of everyone. What's not to hate?

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WIKILEAKS IS ISRAEL By Joe Quinn of SOTT.net I obviously missed the momentous occasion when the mainstream media turned anti-war. But who can now deny that...

Veterans Village of San Diego is very pleased to announce that best-selling author Patricia Cornwell has donated her 2005 Limited Edition Ferrari Superamerica, appraised...

A new organization provides service of true value to veterans. Many companies are finally seeing the many needs of veterans and are stepping up to the plate to help veterans. So much is needed in the area of helping veterans this is a step forward. Veterans needs are so often neglected because they just are not seen or visualized. We need Oprah and all those Doctor shows on main stream media to truly focus on VETERANS and the many needs that are not answered for those that have given their lives to this country.

Finally someone took the steps to ban protests at military funerals without taking away anyone's rights, including the families of the fallen to grieve...

For almost 70 years, these loans have helped level the playing field for American service members. Today, the VA loan program is more important than ever before, as borrowers turn to safety, security and buying power of these government-backed loans.

There is much for Pakistan to come to terms with what happened in 1971. But the answers don’t lie in unthinking vilification of the fighting men who performed so well in the war against such heavy odds in defence of the national policy. Rather, in failing to honour them, the nation dishonours itself.

Israeli psy-ops typically serve multiple purposes. Wikileaks is no exception. By Jeff Gates What is Tel Aviv to do now that it’s known Israelis and pro-Israelis...

GOP takes aim at the American work force From the Bradblog:

A new book by Jose E. Coll, Ph.D. , Eugenia L. Weiss, Ph.D. Herbert A. Exum, Ph.D. A Civilian Counselor’s Primer for Counseling Veterans is...

Media Circus: police could have arrested the man sooner; they took part in his suspected terrorist act. By Tim King (PORTLAND, Ore.) – An alleged plot...

When the former Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in the early 1980s, one of the last acts of the Carter Administration was to implement a...

New Gulf War Illness Research funded from 2010 appropriated/authorized funds. Review of four studies funded in Canada, Wisconsin, California, and Colorado.

"WIKI-MURDERS"..."WIKI-TERROR"...."WIKI-WAR" By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor An attack on American forces in the Persian Gulf is being planned.  Wikileaks is an integral part of the...

WE THOUGHT WE HAD SEEN BUREAUCRATIC INSANITY AND THEN WE GOT THIS... By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Wounded Navy World War 2 veteran, Thomas L....

CONTRACTS:  No. 1093-10 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Coastal Pacific Food Distributors*, Stockton, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $368,783,360 fixed-price with economic price adjustment indefinite-quantity contract for full...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is working to significantly reduce the average time needed to obtain health-care records from private physicians with the help of a private contractor and the Internet to speed claims decisions.

Dam of Lies By J.B. Campbell STAFF WRITER Reeling slightly from Gordon Duff’s November 25 piece on American war-mongering lies, which I only read this morning...

The VA Home Loan program aims to alleviate financial pressure on military homebuyers. With no down payments, low interest rates and no private mortgage insurance, a VA loan represents one of the most flexible and low-cost lending options available.

In continuing coverage, the Farmington (NM) Daily Times (11/26, Landry, 17K) reports on the impact of the memorandum signed last month between the VA and the Indian Health Service designed to improve the health of American Indian and Alaska Native veterans. The plan for coordination, collaboration and resource-sharing between the two agencies, was hailed by VA Secretary Shinseki as "a renewal of an important partnership" begun with a similar memorandum in 2003, "which recognized that both organizations would achieve greater success by working together." The memorandum "addresses 12 goals, including increasing services and benefits to veterans and American Indians, improve coordination of care, to enhance access to and quality of care and to address emergency and disaster response."

VA is expanding data on its Hospital Compare website to include critical inpatient and outpatient outcome and process measures such as readmission and mortality rates. This data will be available to the public on November 22.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is piloting new, personalized Veterans Health Benefits Handbooks. The handbooks are tailored to provide enrolled Veterans with the most relevant health benefits information based on their own specific eligibility. In essence, each handbook will be written for the individual Veteran.

On behalf of Zionism’s colonial project in Palestine writer Isi Leibler was verbally crucifying one of Britain’s most influential Jewish leaders for daring to go public with his criticism of Netanyahu and saying, among other things, that Israel’s policies and actions were harming the best interests of British Jews, and by implication non-Israeli Jews everywhere.

The other day I looked back with sadness on how nothing had changed for the better since my last trip to Palestine three years ago. On that occasion I also visited Gaza, an experience indelibly etched on my memory.

By Hamid Waheed: What wonders me is why the army is sleeping and not projecting its sincere efforts for common Balochi. Are they too simplistic or they have no knowledge of perception management. The efforts of new political setup are all excellent measures but hopefully will take into consideration and reinforce the common Baloch agenda already in ruin for the last 60 years and will not only find solutions to support feudal culture.

Every two years, SIAL ,the world’s largest food event for professionals in the food sector, comes to Paris. This year SIAL , the global food marketplace ,was held from October 17- October 21 at Paris Nord Villepinte which is easily accessible by suburban trains. It was held during France’s transportation strike, but one out of two suburban trains ran. SIAL provided free shuttle buses for visitors from Charles De Gaulle Airport, Porte Maillot in the north of Paris and Montparnasse in the south of Paris.

Heartburn happens when stomach acid refluxes, or seeps, through a valve called the lower esopahgeal sphincter and irritates the esophagus. Certain foods can trigger heartburn, but you may have a little more food freedom than you think, if you consider the pointers in this slideshow

Let's begin with one fact. We are using expensive, dangerous and illegal scanners in our airports for one reason. Now get this straight; A single terrorist carrying a bomb was escorted onto a plane for Detroit, no search, no passport, not even a ticket, placed on a plane by an airport security officer who is a former IDF "commando."

George Orwell's 1984 revealed that the key to social control is a never ending war, such as Afghanistan; for it keeps the masses fearful, silenced and obedient as there freedom and civil liberties gradually vanish.

When we read about all the advances being made, the programs the DOD has come up with to "help" the troops recover, there is always something that does not add up because at the same time we read about what they are doing, somewhere hidden from our eyes, problems lurk in the darkness like a bad horror movie.

When Dr. King died, the world lost a champion of justice and hope. It did not, however, lose his message of hope over fear,...

Endorsers of the December 16 Veteran-Led Civil Resistance against War has asked VT to post this Call to Action. Although these may or may not...

Lawyers who are specialists in the International Law of Armed Conflict, War Crimes Law to the rest of us, say the uranium smoke, dust and shrapnel must be able to be turned off when the battle is over. Too bad. Uranium gas is a radioactive and electrically charged poison forever.

Wikileaks is like a TV show that never gets off the ground. We started with a "shoot 'em up" in Iraq, the helicopter slaughter soon forgotten and move on to, well, what? We got a deluge of material from Afghanistan, carefully gleaned to point fingers at Pakistan. When it came down to backing any of it up, it went nowhere.

Unfortunately the reality that was the basis of the original Boston Tea Party has been forgotten in the latter-day protests. By Paul J Balles If the...

Staff Sgt. David Senft tried to commit suicide twice but he was redeployed anyway. Now he is gone and the Army is investigating his...

By ABDULHAMİT BİLİCİ Questions began pouring in immediately following our return from the NATO summit in Lisbon, which addressed the missile defense shield issue. What...

According to the Lebanese military, at 11 am and again at 1 p.m. on 1l/24/10, a total of six Israeli warplanes crossed into Lebanese airspace, and violated for the 8256th time UNSC resolution 1701 that ended Israel’s 5th war against Lebanon, on August 14, 2006. Nearly, daily, and sometimes several times daily, warplanes and/or reconnaissance aircraft invade the skies over Lebanon to frighten, attempt to intimidate, and pressure the Lebanese population. They also to try to keep tabs on Lebanon’s resistance, led by Hezbollah.

Lebanon is on a knife-edge amid mounting tension over a UN probe into the murder of the country's ex-premier and efforts by regional leaders to try to contain a potentially explosive situation.