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Video—As Israel Slides Into Fascism, Modern-Day Fascists Swear Loyalty Ala NAZIism
- Swearing a loyalty oath to Israel as an ethnic state is gaining legitimacy; a video produced by the authors shows the willingness of...
The Palestinians are descendants of the ancient Israelites
The Jews now living in Israel and other places in the world are not at all descendants of the ancient people who inhabited the so called Kingdom of Judea.
the Jewish people's exile from its land never happened.
STEPHEN SNIEGOSKI: RICHARD COHEN –ISRAEL LIABILITY FOR US
The CIA strongly argued that the creation of Israel was not in America’s interests and that therefore Washington ought to...
STEPHEN WALT: MAINSTREAMING WAR WITH IRAN
If the United States does launch an attack, it will be doing so in part on Israel’s behalf, and the lobby will...
Kelly Trudell, A True Friend to Our Military and Veterans
Veterans have many supporters in our country but none more than Ms. Kelly Trudell, her band and support staff. My wife and I have...
WILLIAM COOK: RETURN TO SHATILA
Outside of the Shatila camp, who remembers? What American knows of the massacre? What government agency has investigated our involvement in it?...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 832-10
September 16, 2010
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CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Science Applications International Corp., Fairfield, N.J., is being awarded a maximum $1,050,000,000 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity...
More Than 32,800 Veterans Hired During First Half of FY2010
Today, the President’s Interagency Council on Veterans Employment was briefed by U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director John Berry, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Scott Gould, and Department of Labor's Assistant Secretary for Veteran’s Employment and Training, Ray Jefferson, to inform them that thousands more veterans have been hired by federal agencies since last November when President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13518, Employment of Veterans in the Federal Government, and established the Veterans Employment Initiative. Also at the briefing, the council adopted a more aggressive new benchmark for veteran hiring among federal agencies.
PG&E Uses Rate Increases for Bonuses While Suburbs Burn
PG&E, the merry folks who recently blew up a quiet residential neighborhood in San Bruno, California have, for years, like public utilities everywhere, requested money from state regulators for repairs and maintenance on infrastructure in the form of rate increases.
Own A Piece Of The Rock?
How ironic, Prudential Financial, Inc., “own a piece of the rock” insurance company started out as The Widows and Orphans Friendly Society. “To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan,” seem to be nothing more than words that the Department Of Veterans Affairs uses as a front while they continue to cheat, lie and mislead veterans and their families.
Political Cartoons – Burning Korans = Religious Crusades
Source: Bendib Comics
Wicked cartoons by America's Most Wanted Political Cartoonist. Enjoy!
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Khalil Bendib is a Berkeley, CA-based award-winning cartoonist...
ANDREA MITCHELL’S NBC INTERVIEW: IRANIAN PRESIDENT BLAMES ZIONISTS INFLUENCE OBAMA
By Tim King -- Salem-News.Com
(SALEM, Ore.) – NBC Reporter Andrea Mitchell’s interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad broke ...
PHILIP GIRALDI: A BIPARTISAN LOOK AT THE ISRAEL LOBBY
Yes, there is quite a lot to examine and if anyone is seriously interested in genuine threats against the United States...
MFSO is hiring a Communications Consultant — spread the word!
VT has just received this announcement for an employment opportunity with one of the non-profits working to Bring Our Troops Home and Take Care...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 828-10
September 15, 2010
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CONTRACTS
NAVY
Abbott General Construction, Inc.*, Hampton, Va. (N40085-10-D-0257); Alderman Building Co., Inc.*, Jacksonville, N.C. (N40085-10-D-0258); Blue Rock Structures, Inc.*, Pollocksville, N.C....
CAROL DUFF: THE HISTORY OF COGNAC
HISTORY OF COGNAC
BY CAROL DUFF STAFF WRITER
Cognac may have its origins from as early as the first portion of the third century AD when...
Answers Being Found on CFIDS and Fibromyalgia- What Benefits for Ill Gulf War Veterans?
I did attend the Salt Lake City conference on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia this past Saturday my recommendation has already been made to the...
President Obama Encourages Troops and Veterans to Claim ‘Stop Loss’ Pay
Today, the White House, Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs jointly released a new web video in which President Obama encourages active duty troops and veterans whose service in Iraq or Afghanistan was involuntarily extended or retirement was suspended due to ‘stop loss’ to apply for the special retroactive pay to which they are entitled. Under legislation President Obama signed into law last year, servicemen and women who served between September 11, 2001 and September 30, 2009 and whose service was extended due to ‘stop loss’ are eligible for $500 per month in retroactive pay for each month their service was extended.
Carol Ware Duff: Instructional Protocol/Sensitivity during Interaction with PTSD Sufferers
Running Head: Instructional Protocol/Sensitivity during Interaction with PTSD Sufferers
By Carol Ware Duff RN, BA, MSN, Healthcare Editor, Veterans Today
The purpose of this teaching program...
GORDON DUFF: IS AMERICA’S MILITARY PREPARED FOR THE ISRAELI THREAT?
CAN AMERICA STOP AN ISRAELI "NUCLEAR" 9/11?
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
"The American people are afraid, they see disaster coming. Everyone is waiting to...
The Demise of OUR Country is on Borrowed Time Unless YOU Help Save It!...
The demise of America is on borrowed time and the end game could be dire unless YOU do something about it. Congress is a...
DALE SUITER: Frustration – Coping with the VA
SURVIVING VETERAN'S HEALTH CARE
By Dale R. Suiter STAFF WRITER
Many of us experience frustration in trying to contact and cope with the Veterans Administration. Helpfull...
Trusant Technologies Reaches Out to US Veterans
Dedication and hard work is what has gone into building Trusant Technologies into what it is today.
By Randy Miller
Trusant Technologies, LLC, an information...
STUART LITTLEWOOD: START AGAIN WITH A CLEAN SHEET, PALESTINIANS
So criminal within itself, it flinches from upholding the rule of international law. So corrupt, it happily outsources its foreign policy to terrorists in...
Now the Tea Party has really done it
By Steve Kornaki in Salon
Republicans in Delaware faced a very simple choice in Tuesday's primary: Did they want to win Joe Biden's old Senate...
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News
From the VA:
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News
1. Contract Reveals VA Knew About Prudential's Death Benefit Account. In continuing coverage, the CBS Evening News...
TEXAS VET: MEDICAL ADVANCES: UNDERSTANDING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES (TBIs)
MEDICAL ADVANCES: UNDERSTANDING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES (TBIs)
By Texas Vet, First Cavalry
Decades ago, I got blown up—literally outside a tin can sh*t and shower hut...
South Bend, Indiana veteran’s family hopes for help
- Now federal lawmakers might step up assistance to those veterans and their families. -
By KEVIN ALLEN
South Bend Tribune Staff Writer
When John Sullivan joined...
NUREDDIN SABIR: Disbanding the Palestinian Authority would scupper Israeli strategy
Often at seminal historical junctures the need to venture “outside the box” and think the unthinkable becomes critical.
By Nureddin Sabir via My Catbird Seat
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The ‘Shall/May’ Irony in Federal Contracting for Veterans
- The Shall/May Difference? It’s Huge ... -
By Hardy Stone
Much has been discussed about terminology and its critical nature within the federal contracting community....
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 825-10
September 14, 2010
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CONTRACTS
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
McNeil Technologies, Inc., Springfield, Va., has been awarded a $500,000,000 maximum value, five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity linguist support services...
Dr. Richard Allen Williams: Miles Ahead
This inaccurate cultural profile not only has a negative impact on every Black person under evaluation for any kind of upward mobility, but it also sends the message to Black youth that they have a cultural obligation to be idiots - that the pursuit of knowledge is "un-Black," thus, not cool.
THE MARINES HAVE LANDED IN IRVINE
(IRVINE, CA) - The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing left El Toro for Miramar for good in July 1999. The unwanted legacy left by the Marines...
ALAN HART: Does the Palestinian Diaspora Care Enough To Become Engaged?
Will future historians conclude that the Palestinian diaspora betrayed its occupied and oppressed brothers and sisters?
By Alan Hart via My Catbird Seat
The real...
VA Continues to Ensure and Protect Servicemembers’, Survivors’ Life Insurance Benefits
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has reviewed the account administered by Prudential that includes Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI) programs to ensure beneficiaries are protected, being treated fairly, and accorded the utmost care and respect. VA is also ensuring that benefits are delivered in a transparent way that clearly outlines all available options.
PETE CHARLES: BBC Bias — Panorama Programme Exposed
He takes the BBC Panorama bias story another step forward, in a quiet, compelling and balanced way.
He observes, “one would have expected...
VA Made Secret Deal with Prudential; Families Lose Millions to Insurance Giant
September 13, 2010 (Bloomberg Markets Magazine) - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs failed to inform 6 million soldiers and their families of an...
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News
VA Did Not Inform Soldiers, Families About Life Insurance Benefits Agreement
VA Clinic Rededicated for Fallen Veteran, Max Beilke—last U.S. combat soldier to leave Vietnam
On Sep. 11, Secretary Shinseki rededicated the VA Clinic in Alexandria, MN to honor Minnesota’s own Max Beilke, the last U.S. combat soldier to...
Are Candidates Addressing the Facts? Check Out State Suicide Rates and Ranks; Unemployed Persons...
- Obama Administration: Mental health crisis includes one suicide every 15 minutes; almost 100 suicides a day -
Arlington, VA (PRWEB) September 14, 2010
The National...
LINDA HEARD: US should allow impartial 9/11 probe
But will Americans ever remove their rose-coloured spectacles long enough to demand the truth about 9/11? Perhaps not!
By Linda Heard via My Catbird Seat
Nine...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 823-10
September 13, 2010
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CONTRACTS
ARMY
Balfour-Beatty/Mccarthy, JV, Dallas, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 10 a $503,832,293 firm-fixed-price contract to design/build construction for the Fort Hood...