Yearly Archives: 2010

In today's New York Times there is an article entitled  Man Claims Terror Ties in Little Rock Shooting which shows us the emerging criminal "abuse" of...

This web site often takes a decidedly anti-Israeli view of the world.  Maybe the Israelis have earned it...maybe not.  I leave that to you...

As the mainstream media continues to engage in its endless distraction over Senator Harry Reid stating the ridiculously obvious, New York's Black Star News is running an otherwise completely overlooked little story about the firing of Eric Amankwah, a 28-year-old Ghanian, by Delta Airlines for reporting a serious breach of security.

No. 052-10 CONTRACTS: MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY The Missile Defense Agency is pleased to announce the award of advisory and assistance services contracts to three small business concerns: a.i. solutions, Inc., Launch Services Division, Lanham, Md. (HQ0147-10-D-0027); A-P-T Research, Inc., Huntsville, Ala. (HQ0147-10-D-0028); and Bastion Technologies, Houston, Texas (HQ0147-10-D-0029), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide advisory and assistance services to the Quality, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, Missile Defense Agency. The contractors will assist the Quality, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate in assessing the engineering, technology, production and programmatic practices/processes used to develop and operate the Ballistic Missile Defense System. These contracts are being competitively awarded under the small business set aside request for proposal HQ0147-09-R-0001. This procurement is managed by the Missile Defense Agency engineering and support services program office. This program office is responsible for centrally managing the acquisition of advisory and assistance services for the agency. Each contract has a not to exceed ordering ceiling of $209,600,000. The companies will have the opportunity to bid on each individual task order. Work under these contracts will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., and other Missile Defense Agency locations. The performance period is through December 2014. Obligations will be made by task orders using research, development, test and evaluation funds.

Gordon Duff attacks the hypocricy of using conspiracy theory to protect the real criminals from justice. Manipulationof simple crimes into complex conspiracies has become a "get out of jail free" card allowing Bush and his gang their freedom and a new generation of followers.

In today's New York Times there is an Op Ed piece by a former U.S. Air Force interrogator named Matthew Alexander entitled Torture's Loopholes...

In today's New York Times we have a piece entitled F.B.I. Charges Arms Sellers With Foreign Bribes which is a landmark case.  The piece...

In March there will be a story published in Harper’s Magazine written by human-rights attorney Scott Horton that speaks to an alleged triple murder...

Michael R. Taylor, J.D., was appointed FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods. This was announced on the FDA’s website the day after the earthquake in Haiti. Michael Taylor is a former top executive, lawyer and lobbyist with biotech giant Monsanto Co. He has rotated in and out of law firms, Monsanto, the USDA and FDA.

'Don't worry, this stuff won't hurt you.' »Bunn was 21 years old when he arrived at Dugway Proving Ground, just over the snow-dusted hills from the Deseret demilitarization dump, in Tooele County. The official mission of his unit, the 45th Chemical Company, was to create smoke screens for infantry assaults. But in the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, the Army had other uses for the group.

Find out What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans VA Officials Optimistic About GI Bill Claims For  Spring.  Commission Joins Effort To Bring Second VA Regional Office...

The Reagan and George W. Bush deficits had nothing to do with big government, nor does Medicare; hanky-panky from Enron to AIG proves nothing, nor does 9/11 on Bush's watch, nor the lack of WMDs in Iraq; discrimination went away by itself; and there was no cause for the trade union movement to exist; the Pentagon needs every weapon system it asks for, no matter how obsolete or bloated; we love our veterans, no matter how much they're shafted by the system when they come home from war.

Update: AP: Obama promises 'forceful response' to Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance. --- The military-industrial complex and Big Pharma found a friend in the U.S. Supreme Court. In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (08-205), the Court's decision, as the Brennan Center for Justice observes, "hands unprecedented power to big business, and may provoke the most drastic shift in American politics in more than a decade."

In what should be the biggest political story of the week the Supreme Court decided to allow all future federal elections to be completely dominated by America's the worlds corporations. Marty Kaplan writes in Huff Post about Republican finesse with with the age old art of storytelling, and over at Crooks and Liars we find distressing news about "Oathkeepers."

We saw this type of Iraq-style disaster profiteering in New Orleans, and you can expect to see a lot more of this in Haiti over the coming days, weeks and months. Private security companies are seeing big dollar signs in Haiti thanks in no small part to the media hype about "looters." After Katrina, the number of private security companies registered (and unregistered) multiplied overnight. Banks, wealthy individuals, the US government all hired private security.

ABC News defines voter anger as: Anti-incumbent, anti-establishment sentiment. Voters are down on Washington. They are deeply divided over the health care plan in Congress and a majority thinks the country is on the wrong track. However ABC fails to explain what it means by voters think the country is on the wrong track. For example, ABC along with most of mainstream media and even the Democratic Party don’t want to talk about the costs of the war in Afghanistan, and continued occupation of Iraq or Democrat support for defense budgets competitive with the Bush administration. Could it be that our country going in the wrong directionmeans– the Republican direction - in the same direction as got Democrats elected in the first place

On the Sphere blog today we find an article entitled History Textbook Controversy Roils Texas  that tells us that the state board of education has concluded that...

Today's regional veterans' news stories come to you from: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Knoxville, Tennessee, Bonita Springs, Florida, Columbus, Ohio, Mills, Massachusetts, Phoenix, Arizona, Roanoke, Virginia, and Madison, Wisconson,

We are all impressed by your long tenure in the service of the people of the United States. Such selfless service needs to be applauded. You have taken over the CIA in tough times--perhaps the CIA's hardest years ever. It is a matter of public record that American commitments to Pakistan in the 50s, 60s, 70s and 90s were hollow. To this day--Pakistanis wonder how UN resolutions on Kashmir remain unimplemented on the excuse that they were the docile kind....

The BBC News online reports tonight that the People's Republic of Viet Nam has just sentenced four Viet Namese high profile pro-democracy advocates to lengthy...

CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE Lockheed Martin Corp., of Orlando, Fla., was awarded a $245,000,000 contract which will provide for lot 8 production contract for approximately 160 missiles comprised of both baseline and extended range missiles to support the Air Force and Foreign Military Sales customers. 308 ARSG/PK is the contracting activity (FA8682-10-C-0016).

He was getting old and paunchy, And his hair was falling fast. He sat around the VFW, Telling stories of the past. Of a war that he once...

One of the most important facets of any service member’s life is the transition out. Especially as it pertains to finding a job, the transition from a military to civilian career will require planning and preparation. So how do you begin this transition?

Defense industry supporters of efforts to establish the Dayton, Ohio region as a national center of training, education and product development for unmanned aircraft say that persuading the U.S. government to approve airspace for flying the unmanned craft near this urban area is critical. Civilian authorities fear technology for unmanned aircraft can’t assure air safety.

Among today's picks, Reining in the Gods of the Fed, Did Obama Win the Iraq War?, Taxing Wall Street Down to Size, The crime of not "Looking Backward," Tomgram: William Astore, Going Rogue in Combat Boots, Alaska Sen. Murkowski's attempt to curb EPA draws criticism, George Will Displays Core GOP Value: Cheap, Disposable Labor # In eastern Afghan province, preview of upcoming surge strategy

Sumner G. Whittier, Administrator of Veterans Affairs (head of VA) from 1957-61, died January 8, 2010, at age 98. The World War II Navy veteran led the VA under President Eisenhower and later served with the Social Security Administration in Baltimore where he worked until age 80. VA’s construction budget ballooned during Whittier’s tenure as facilities were modernized and VA began exploring the potential of computers with the acquisition of its first electronic processing systems. Whittier also championed the adoption of Lincoln’s quote – “… to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan” – as VA’s official motto and had it inscribed on plaques placed at the entrance to VA Central Office.

Hamid Karzai intends to launch the reconciliation and reintegration plan at the start of next week's London conference on Afghanistan, The Afghan president has also pledged to hold a new peace conference, a loya jirga, in the spring, restating a standing invitation toTaliban insurgents ready to swear an oath to the country's constitution.

Stories on veterans' benefits, education and health today from: Clarksville, Tennessee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Roanoke, Virginia, Barrington, Illinois, Washington, DC, St. Louis, Missouri

Press releases from the Department of Veterans Affairs including items on Veterans' Benefits, Veterans' Health, Veterans' Employment and Cape Coral Veterans Facility.

In today's Sphere blog we have a solid article entitled Opinion: Enough Change to Believe In? which more or less takes on the Obama...

Tonight was the viewing for Sammie Baisden, an 88 year old WWII veteran. Sammie was a volunteer at Villa...

In tonight's late edition of the Washington Post we find that the Republican candidate, Scott Brown,  for the late Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat...

A Doctors Without Borders plane carrying medical equipment, surgical supplies and two dialysis machines, was turned away from Port-au-Prince Hait airport since Sunday night despite repeated assurances of its ability to land there. Bigfoot,Flying saucer,Michael Savage,Zombie, and Jessica Alba were not onboard

CONTRACTS: ARMY Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Jan. 15, 2010 a $923,716,895 firm-fixed-price contract for the funding of Fourth Program Year of multi-year contract for Army Lot 34 consisting of 46 each UH-60M and 21 each HH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and 10 each Option UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for Army and also tooling: program systems management; and technical publications. Work is to be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2012. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, AMSAM-AC-BH-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W5RGZ-08-C-0003).

Read the Top 10 News of the Day for U.S. Veterans

The Associated Press is reporting in the Boston Globe this afternoon in a piece entitled UN: Afghans forced to pay billions in bribes that...

Lets have some fun scaring the hell out of ouselves. In a video released entitled Consiract Theory - 2012 today by a British blog that is...

Texas iconoclast Jim Hightower helps us find a way to thank Wall Street, illogical fears are analyzed at TomGram, Chris Kelly on "anti Christian muckrakers," and a vast majority of Americans are in favor of legalizing medical marijuana. It figures. Bob Higgins

By Juan Cole Informed Comment The new year is not very old, but several recent revelations cast the US fight against al-Qaeda (a tiny if...

In today's Washington Post we once again learn that the spirit of J. Edgar Hoover is alive and well!  The FBI fears no one. ...

The Washington Post has an interesting piece today entitled One year later: How Obama has learned to become a wartime commander in chief . ...

By Larry Harmon The Boston Globe YEMEN COULDN’T prevent Al Qaeda from building bases on its soil where terrorists plot to blow up planes in...