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Part III: Exposing Our Enemy – Meet the Economic Elite
“The money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace and conspire against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than a monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, and more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes… As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money powers of the country will endeavor to prolong it’s reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.” Abraham Lincoln
Editor’s Picks: News and Opinion Around the Web
Bob Herbert on explores US infrastructure and jobs in a NYT oped. Has anyone noticed how the GOP leadership is toadying up to the Wall Street on banksters? Jim Hightower has and comments. Speaking of the least productive people in the world, Scott Baker does a fine job telling their story at OpEd News. Bill Maher says the Tea Party is a cult, not a movement and he can prove it in a video at Crooks and Liars. Arizonans find speed trap cameras revolting so they are ...revolting. Those stories and plenty more in today's picks.
Class Action Suit to Yield Benefits for Thousands of Veterans
CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT TO YIELD BETTER BENEFITS FOR THOUSANDS OF VETERANS SUFFERING FROM PTSD AND THEIR FAMILIES - Lawyers Serving Warriors
Veterans must opt-in by...
Joint Commission official visits Camp Lejeune
The healthcare accrediting agency may be following up on concerns raised by a series of Salon exposés
By Mark Benjamin
The Joint Commission, the nonprofit healthcare...
Regional Veterans’ News 2/20/10
Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Moundville, Alabama, Amherst, Massachusetts, Ontario, Canada, Lorain, Ohio, Tampa, Florida, Lynchburg, Virginia, Salt Lake City, Utah, Long Beach, California, Aurora, Colorado, and Hanson, Kentucky
Pro-Peace groups continue gearing up for March Madness
Cindy Sheehan is once again among the leaders of the Pro-Peace movement rallying the troops of Peace. She is among the growing number of...
Jerusalem Families Defend Ancestors’ Graves Desecrated by Simon Wiesenthal Center
We should ask what the predictable results of this provocation are. Why build a "Museum of Tolerance" on the hallowed ground of a Muslim...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 121-10
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CONTRACTS: U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
iGov Technologies of McLean, Va., is the current contractor for the USSOCOM Tactical Local Area Network contract providing...
Vets Zapped with Too-High Radiation, ‘Retract That’ Says VA
Federal judges and unethical government attorneys can save time and dismiss the malpractice actions for veterans getting massive doses of radiation under the arcane Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
USAA, Air Force Sergeants Assoc Team Up
Agreement announced between the Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA) and USAA.
Anti-Militarists Cohn, Hilberg, Finkelstein
Reposting this to rebuke those who would call the slaughter of Gazans a people's simply getting the raw end of the deal. Kill, starve...
Editor’s Picks: News and Opinion Around the Web
Remember Niger? Valerie Plame? All that Yellowcake uranium ore is now under the control of a platoon commander, NPR has the story. Schools spying on your kids at home? Welcome to the logical progression of the post 9/11 national security state in a story by Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing. The ghosts of Cheney and Bush have livened up the party at the CPAC convention, Salon's Mike Madden has a guide to the festivities. Those stories and more in today's picks.
Bin Laden: Dead and Loving It
The bin Laden narrative aptly illustrates the extent to which our government institutions have used the big media and polluted the information environment. Rumor begets hearsay. Hearsay begets opinion. Opinion begets unconfirmed facts, unconfirmed facts beget disinformation begets propaganda begets intelligence, and intelligence begets nonexistent weapons of mass destruction.
September 11, 2016 – The Patriots Day Coup
Two articles came to my attention that I wanted to throw out there for our readers to feed on. One deals with the potential...
Gaza in Plain Language
Each American must ask: Is this done in your name?
Top 10 Veterans News From Around the Country
In continuing coverage, Modern Healthcare (2/19, Lubell, 72K) reports, "Robert Petzel has been sworn in as undersecretary for health at the Veterans Affairs Department, the agency announced. Petzel will be heading the Veterans Health Administration, the 262,000-employee component of the VA that is composed of 153 hospitals, more than 800 geographically separate outpatient clinics or mobile clinics, and 232 readjustment counseling vet centers." Modern Healthcare notes that in a written statement, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said Petzel's "commitment to outstanding medical quality and access for veterans will be critical to leading VA in its 21st century transformation."
Regional Veterans’ News 2/19/10
Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from: Bayboro, North Carolina, Alamagordo, New Mexico, St Louis, Missouri, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Los Angeles, California, and Waco, Texas.
Former Mexican foreign minister calls for ‘North American union’, unified currency
Prolific Mexican politician and intellectual Jorge Castañeda believes that a greater North American community -- a "North American Union" -- with economies tied together...
Foreign Policy Briefing 2/18/10
The New York Times today published a monstrous Op-Ed complaining that the U.S. is being too careful to avoid civilian deaths in Afghanistan, notes Glenn Greenwald for Salon. The US military has "begun basing doctrine on the premise that dead civilians are harmful to the conduct of war," the op-ed complains. "The trouble is, no past war has ever supplied compelling proof of that claim." Greenwald notes that in addition to publishing the monstrous op-ed, the New York Times essentially hides the identity of the author from the reader, by not explaining who she is, who she works for, what economic interests she might represent, and what is the basis of her alleged expertise. [Ask the New York Times Public Editor to investigate: public@nytimes.com - JFP.]
VETERANS DEMAND INVESTIGATION – Part 2
STOLEN PROPERTY
Land! Precious Land! America has fought over it, and rewarded those with it who waged the battle in victory of it. That...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 118-10
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CONTRACTS: NAVY
CACI, Inc., Federal, Chantilly, Va., is being awarded a $41,462,505 level-of-effort, cost-plus-fixed-fee, performance-based contract for management, engineering and technical support services...
Gaza: Treading on Shards
The people of Gaza have suffered enormously since the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt following Hamas's coup, and particularly following Operation Cast Lead.... The unabated suffering of Gazan civilians highlights the urgency of reaching a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and we ask you to press for immediate relief for the citizens of Gaza as an urgent component of your broader Middle East peace efforts.... Despite ad hoc easing of the blockade, there has been no significant improvement in the quantity and scope of goods allowed into Gaza.... The crisis has devastated livelihoods, entrenched a poverty rate of over 70%, increased dependence on erratic international aid, allowed the deterioration of public infrastructure, and led to the marked decline of the accessibility of essential services.
Arrest head of Mossad, Dubai police chief says
An international arrest warrant for the head of Mossad should be issued following the assassination of a Hamas militant in Dubai, the emirate's police...
KHALIL NOURI: AFGHANISTAN: A PANDORA’S BOX FOR MARJAH & NAD-ALI
BY KHALIL NOURI
STAFF WRITER FOR VETERANS TODAY
“We’ve got a government in a box, ready to roll in.” said triumphantly General Stanley McChrystal as...
US Media Replays Iraq Fiasco on Iran
The treatment of Iran’s election last June, the depictions of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the
[IranMap] alarm over Iran’s nuclear program all parallel the one-sided coverage that the U.S. news media directed toward Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and Iraq’s alleged WMD program before the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
Fire Safe Protection Services LTD is Looking to Hire Veterans Right Now!
Offering a full range of fire, security and sound systems services, Fire Safe Protection Services, Ltd. readily meets the security and fire protection needs of its customer markets.
13 Ridiculous Things You Didn’t Know About U.S. Presidents
Exactly what kind of person does it take to lead a nation? So this President's Day, instead of honoring our commanders-in-chief for the great things they did, why not honor them for the bizarre things they did?
Transitioning to a Successful Civilian Career Webinar to be held on Feb. 23
On Tuesday, February 23 from 2-3pm EST, Lt. Col Paul Capicik of American Sentinel University will be leading a webinar entitled “Transitioning to a...
Greenwald on Israeli War Drums Against Iran
Glenn Greenwald at times seems a one-man resource against a militaristic Israel and its war propaganda inside the American political culture.
See also, from Israel, Gideon...
Editor’s Picks: News and Opinion Around the Web 2/18/10
Nearly 70% of the military weaponry sold on this war ridden planet is sold by its most warlike nation, that's right...us, A report on the pimping of the weapons of war from TomGram. We have the right but do we also have a duty to stand and criticize government when we know it to be commiting wrongful acts? Gary Kohls provides insight at Consortium News. Harry Shearer at Huffington Post tells us: "...the US Justice Department does not dispute that prisoners in American custody have been tortured. Case closed. Literally." These are a few of the stories in today's picks.
Elie Wiesel’s Ignoble Recruits for War and Israel
Counterpunch as usual has the goods on propaganda and war from Israel. A couple of questions: Are Arabs really human? If not, perhaps our policy...
Marijuana Provides Pain Relief, New Study Says
Common knowledge backed by an increasing body of medical science may just trump taboo morality and ignorance. From the Huffington Post:
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) --...
The “Battle” of Marja (Video)
JUNAID: Well, it has been a week that, you know, something has started in Marja, in Helmand, which is very close to Kandahar. The NATO forces are going there in numbers, and they're drumming it up as a big battle of this war. Some points are encouraging. There are good things happening, because they are saying that will build it positively. Some of the points look like a lot of media hype, which has been created to drum up support in the Western countries, surely. For example, there is not supposed to be any battle there, because it is a guerrilla war. This is mountainous area. And there will be a guerrilla war, and in guerrilla war, it has to be hand-to-hand combat. So expecting a big battle in this place is a bit of a media thing.
Multiple Sclerosis Therapies Show Promise
MS remains mysterious and as conventiuonal medical science works for a definicative diagnosis and cure, long-time sufferers are lobbying hard for treatment advocated by the Italian, Dr. Paolo Zamboni
Top 10 Veterans News From Around the Country
Shinseki: Workers Being Moved Back To New GI Bill Helpline.The AP (2/18, Hefling) reports, "Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with questions about the new Post-9/11 GI Bill will again be able to get help by phone five days a week starting Thursday." Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, who "made the announcement in an interview while traveling to a meeting with veterans" in West Virginia, "says that GI Bill helpline employees have been tapped since December to help process a backlog in education claims. With claims being processed more efficiently now, Shinseki says those workers are being moved back to the helpline."
Hillary Clinton Is Kidding about “military dictatorships”
Does anyone believe that Hillary Clinton has any more commitment to democracy than Condoleezza Rice and Dick Cheney? And why doesn't corporate news preface every...
Regional Veterans’ News 2/18/10
Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from: Battle Creek, Michigan, Pell City, Alabama, Lafayette, Louisiana, Lompoc, California, Cincinnati, Ohio, Beckley, West Virginia, San Ramon, California, Chillicothe, Ohio, Los Angeles, California
Veterans speak out against burn pits
"The military needs to step up and address this problem," said John Wilson of the advocacy group Disabled American Veterans, which maintains a registry of more than 500 veterans with disorders they blame on burn pits. The fumes emanating from the pits, he warned, could become the Agent Orange of the current war zone.
Transition Webinar to be held on Tuesday Feb. 23rd
Transitioning to a Successful Civilian Career Webinar to held on Feb. 23
On Tuesday, February 23 from 2-3pm EST, Lt. Col Paul Capicik of American...
Camp Lejeune Marines Put in Cancer’s Harmful Way
An environmental contractor dramatically underreported the level of a cancer-causing chemical found in tap water at Camp Lejeune, then omitted it altogether as the Marine base prepared for a federal health review.
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 113-10
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CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., El Segundo, Calif., was awarded a $64,778,516 contract which will provide mission communication system upgrade on...
The Recovery Act at One Year
RECOVERY BY THE NUMBERS
One year in, the Recovery Act is at work across the country creating jobs and driving economic growth. From major highway...