Monthly Archives: December 2010

By Carol Ware Duff  Fossils of grape vines have been found that date to 60 million years ago, but actual grape cultivation and the consumption...

The official government figures show that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost $1 trillion. But providing medical care and benefits to disabled...

Ferner to aid in global call-in awareness campaign KABUL, Afghanistan — The man who nearly became Toledo's mayor was in handcuffs two weeks...

What we know, or have the means to know, is already in excess of any security threat that can be reasonably estimated from random groups of militant Islamicists. Not only that, the concentration of such huge information and spy networks in relatively few hands and the lack of oversight pose a domestic and global danger far greater than the sporadic actions of disenfranchised groups in the Middle East

Happy New Year, World! Israel's U.S.-abetted crime continues. Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes continued in Lyd, the Negev region, and in numerous places around...

- CBS and Corporate Amerika are following the script: NYC Vigilant Ahead of Times Square Bash, One Million Revelers Expected to Celebrate New Year;...

And the American people became the de jure(by law) rabble, what Gordon Gekko's reprise tells us is the NINJA class (No Income, No Job, no Assets). The...

Brigadier general to conduct review of 5th Stryker brigade as evidence emerges of widespread complicity in deaths By Chris McGreal Guardian.co.uk The US military...

Fantasies, falsehoods, and fear-mongering about Iran’s nuclear program Dec 31, 2010 | Nima Shirazi "To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any...

"...all of these men played their role in the orchestration of the tragic events on 9/11, whether it was the planning, the propagation of...

by Jonathan Azaziah www.maskofzion.com New York (City) is a place that is heavily influenced, and in the majority of instances, utterly controlled by the obscenely...

"...retired Israel intelligence offier, Shmoel Avivi has been the primary weapons dealer for ‘terrorist groups’ in Iraq since 2005 ...as of November 2009, 950...

by Jonathan Azaziah www.maskofzion.com Prior to the fascist, destructive, genocidal US-UK-Israeli occupation of Iraq, Sunni and Shia, Muslims and Christians, Arabs and Kurds lived together...

                        President Obama in bomber jacket The number one myth regarding Afghanistan is that we are fighting this so-called war to keep Americans safe. The ugly...

DoD CONTRACTS: No. 1188-10 NAVY The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $69,098,221 delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00383-06-D-001J) for...

Most policymakers turn a blind eye, But social scientists are just beginning to document the rippling effects of multiple combat deployments on families --...

Daniel Ellsberg's message to Support VFP This message was sent into VT by the Peace Activist group Veterans for Peace. Posted on behalf of VFP by...

The Enemy Within By Jeff Gates The phrase “enemy within” brings to mind the image of a shadowy spy stealing military secrets. That was the case...

The Harry Potter Award to the British technology company ATSC Ltd for its invention of a “wand” that, according to the company, detects explosives,...

Security is befuddled when a contingent from the Veterans for Peace drop anti-war banners within and outside the Newseum in Washington DC, much to...

ANOTHER STORY "DISAPPEARED" FROM THE NEWS, "WIKI-STYLE" "Prosecutor: Genesee County jail inmate tried to poison serial killing suspect Abuelazam Suspected serial stabber Elias Abuelazam...

The police are not sure if is this veteran shot himself or not but all seem to agree PTSD was behind it all. Whether...

As we close a year in which our country, our country, has aided in the slaughter of innocents; we ask: What were the Israeli...

From our friends at Operation Firing For Effect comes a message from Willie Nelson. Nelson keeps rocking!

What a great year for Wall Street: profits up, bonuses up and, best of all, criticism down, especially from Washington.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser (12/29, Perez) reports, "Robert Ebert, a former Honolulu Star-Bulletin photographer who was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1946 for his...

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1.      VA Changing To Help New Types Of Veterans.  NPR's (12/29) "Talk Of The Nation" features a 29...

At VA’s Togus National Cemetery in Maine, funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provided the money needed to finally restore the...

An inspiring soliloquy by Chris Hedges to those preparing for arrest in front of the White House protesting the continuous wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan...

 here is a powerful lobby determined to prevent any view other than its own from being aired, still less to factor in American understanding...

(via 91outcomes.com) - The military medical corps in the various branches have been responsible for some of the great leaps forward in treating battle...

The bone-headed U.S. Senate procedure known roughly as the 'filibuster' could soon be sent the way of John McCain's run for the presidency....

MADISON, WISCONSIN-In a Dec. 28th op-ed for his hometown paper, Paul Ryan discussed the federal budget deficit, the economic crisis and his upcoming role...

DoD CONTRACTS: No. 1184-10 NAVY Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, Md., is being awarded a fixed-price-incentive contract for the fiscal 2010-2015 block buy of Flight 0+ Littoral Combat...

A Commonsense Solar Defense By Jeff Gates Three days before Christmas, the U.S. Congress authorized $725 billion in defense spending for 2011. Adjusted for inflation, that’s...

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has called on the Department of Defense to grant Freedom of Information Act requests from veterans' organizations seeking information on...

Few who served during Vietnam ever complained of a generation gap. The men who fought World War II were their heroes and role models. By...

Yes, you can search the HireVeterans.com resume database for specific jobs e.g..... teacher or elementary teacher.  You can use keywords, categories, and occupations.  Check the...

American Democracy and civil liberties will have to suffer for the needs of the holy state of Israel By Cecilie Surasky in MuzzleWatch By the time...

Israel: We need lebensraum. And Americans, you can pay. Imagine being expelled from your city--the city where you were born, the city where you grew...

As we sit around comfortable in our complacency and telling jokes about "going postal," postal workers are literally drowning in a cesspool of injustice and corruption that's needlessly destroying their health, well being, and many of their home lives. While that may seem funny to some, the United States Postal Service signals a pronounced change in this nation's attitude toward poor and middle-class workers. And since it is a government agency, and both our president, and the policing agencies mandated to protect our interests are completely ignoring the situation, the ramifications are chilling.

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas and that Santa gave you all the toys and joy you could have hoped for and...