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Light Sweet Crude… and Cookies
I turned on the news this morning and instantly received my first commercial message of the day. You've probably seen it, it's a pitch from Time Warner which offers up well scrubbed "employees" who spend thirty seconds or so reading a script designed to convince us that they are "Moms," "Dads," and regular working schleps, just like us... pardon that - just like me.
The ad is an attempt to put a face on the faceless, to create the illusion that the giant soulless organization is really warm and fuzzy with a friendly beating heart and smells like fresh baked cookies.
Fort Worth man converts Hyundai Accents into cargo haulers to aid unemployed
George Tengowski hopes an unusual idea, turning a compact car into a two-seat cargo hauler, can help to retrain unemployed people for jobs. He has accomplished the first step. Tengowski has converted three Hyundai Accent hatchbacks: He removed the rear seat, extended the cargo deck, installed a metal partition and added an optional tie-down bar. He has them on consignment at Manuel Hyundai in west Fort Worth.
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News
From the VA:
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News
1. Stimulus Money To Pay For New Columbia VA Employees, National Cemetery Improvements. WLTX-TV Columbia, SC (8/9,...
The Elders of Anti-Zion
The initiatives of small local groups in various countries are not what they appear to be. Far from it! They are part of a world-wide, organized and coordinated conspiracy, which uses every means to achieve their nefarious aim. Unlike the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion”, the forged document that was produced a hundred years ago, this is a genuine plot, something like the “Protocols of the Elders of Anti-Zion”.
GORDON DUFF: STERLING HOUSE AT FAIRFORD MUST BE SAVED
AIR FORCE INN AT RAF FAIRFORD CLOSING A BLUNDER
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
One of the best run efforts in the US military is...
Vets for Common Sense and Religious Freedom Org Slam Christian Proselytizing in U.S. Military,...
- Attempts to reverse the Dr. Sally Satel-Dallas Theological Seminary School of Treatment for PTSD—stressing belief in a Christian God over disability benefits and professional medical...
WHO REALLY HAS BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS?
VT received this CALL TO ACTION from Cynthia Benjamin the mother of an Iraq war Vet who survived two tours in Iraq.
Posted on behalf...
The Transformation of the American Conservative Movement into Fascism
I am not sure when I first detected the noxious fumes that would envelop the conservative movement in the Obama era. It might have been early on, in April 2009, when I visited a series of gun shows in rural California and Nevada. Perusing tables piled high with high-caliber semi-automatic weapons and chatting with anyone in my vicinity, I heard urgent warnings of mass roundups, concentration camps, and a socialist government in Washington. "These people that are purchasing these guns are people that are worried about what's going on in this country," a gun dealer told me outside a show in Reno. "Good luck Obama," a young gun enthusiast remarked to me. "We outnumber him 100 to 1." At this time, the Tea Party movement had not even registered on the national media's radar.
The AIG Bailout Scandal, Setting Up the Next Catastrophe
- As Elizabeth Warren’s devastating Congressional report reveals, the Federal Reserve used taxpayer money to bail out the insurance giant, AIG, instead of forcing...
Israel’s Pillars of Samson Not Quite Armageddon But…
Israel and the US realize that the next war will burn much of the Middle East and may well spell the end of Israel
Stealth expert guilty of selling secrets to China
By MARK NIESSE - Associated Press Writers Share
HONOLULU -- A former B-2 bomber engineer who marketed and sold his stealth expertise to China is...
Marine finds a future after falling apart
- Supporters help him out of addiction, into success. Tetloff's story is not a cautionary tale of a good Marine gone bad. It is, instead,...
Regional Veterans News 8/10/10
Regional Veterans News 8/10/10
Regional stories on veterans’ health, education, benefits, legal affairs and other issues today from:
Boston, Massachusetts - Natick seeks donations for vets
Clovis,...
Video: Fareed Zakaria’s dramatic rebuke of the Anti-Defamation League’s bigotry
- Why Israel will ultimately fail in its tyrannical crusade in Gaza and the West Bank: Good people refuse to be bystanders. It's up...
Ground Zero Mosque Not at Ground Zero and Not a Mosque
People are against this project, not because it is at Ground Zero, but simply because Muslims are behind it. And Muslims – in the back of the Americans` mind – are considered the perpetrators of the 9/11 atrocities.
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 704-10
August 09, 2010
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CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Raytheon Co., Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $450,827,357 contract to provide engineering and manufacturing development phase of...
Obama Really This Politically Foolish?
The Obama administration is sending out a seemingly endless series of messages that it is abandoning the hope-and-change thirst of the American people that propelled Obama to an improbable victory in the 2008 Democratic primary and a slam-dunk over a weak and foolhardy Sen. John McCain
Ex-Pakistan spy chief: Afghanistan war neocon-created ‘lost cause’; Negotiate with Mullah Omar and move...
The attacks of September 11 were a pretext to a war already under consideration, Gul said. "I think some of the neocons, who were very close to President [George W.] Bush, they wanted that he could embark on a universal adventure of Pax Americana, and they thought that the world was lying prostrate in front of them," he said. The 2001 terrorist attacks helped win the public support for the neocon plans, he said.
Newsweek’s Zakaria Returns ADL Award in Protest, Rendering Foxman ‘Speechless’
By Richard Silverstein
In the realm of the impossible is the following statement from Abe Foxman upon learning that Fareed Zakaria, noted Newsweek columnist and...
Pepsi Bottling Ventures Reaches Out to US Military Veterans
Pepsi Bottling Ventures Teams With HireVeterans.com
By Randy Miller
As the largest privately-held bottler for PepsiCo, Pepsi Bottling Ventures (PBV) manufactures, sells, and...
ADL Like Israel Throws off Classical Liberal Front in Favor of Rightwing Tyranny
- It has been bizarre watching a civil rights organization take these positions — and disappointing. On the toughest, most controversial issues, the...
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News
From the VA:
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News
1. Report: Army Suicides Hit New High In 2009. ABC News' This Week (8/8, 10:10 a.m. ET)...
Strike Fighter Squadron 136 to Ensign: “Fagmeister”
Ensign Steve Crowston thought getting his own call sign from his squadron mates would be a friendly induction into the tightly knit and testosterone-fueled culture of naval aviation. But when the new admin officer walked into the ready room for Strike Fighter Squadron 136 in Virginia last year, he claims he found dozens of aviators — including the squadron’s commanding officer — openly mocking him as an alleged homosexual.
Israelization of Iraq and Indianization of Afghanistan
Rumsfeld’s Pentagon had novel ideas of their own. With people like Dick Cheney in the White House to oil his ego and his boss the President who knew only childhood cowboy’s tricks, had a free hand to think and act on his own. The somber and popular Secretary of State, Gen Collin Powell was made to look like a comedian in a Greek Tragedy Drama.
Pennsylvania veterans’ homes seizing patients’ savings
- State officials say the practices are fair and legal -
By Walter F. Roche Jr. in the PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
It seemed reasonable.
When Rosella Stitzell checked into...
Vietnam veteran exposed to agent orange running out of options, VA won’t budge
- What's frustrating, Vietnam veteran Frank Tate said, is that the Department of Veterans Affairs doesn't acknowledge cirrhosis as a disease caused by Agent Orange....
Regional Veterans News 8/09/10
Regional Veterans News 8/09/10
Regional stories on veterans’ health, education, benefits, legal affairs and other issues today from:
Rice Lake, Wisconsin - Supermarket of Veterans Benefits...
RUSSIAN ACCUSATION: U.S. “MISPLACES” NUCLEAR MATERIALS, ARMING IRAN OTHERS
RUSSIA TV VIDEO ACCUSES U.S. OF TREATY VIOLATIONS, "DOUBLE STANDARD"
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
In an interview yesterday in Russia, defense analyst Vladimir Kozin...
John McCain: A Closer Look at Evil (Part 11)
Now is the time to indict both John McCain and Joe Lieberman for treason. McCain escaped that charge the first time around.
Workers exposed to radiation may soon benefit from fund
- The petition would make it easier for Blockson employees to file claims by eliminating the requirement that they prove their illnesses were radiation-related.-
By...
Should I take Medicare if I am receiving V.A. benefits? Yes, and Read
- From Answers About Medicare: Part 5, By JENNIFER SARANOW SCHULTZ in the NYT -
Question: What about the interplay between veterans benefits and Medicare?...
Recently-Returned Veterans’ Jobless Rate Climbs to 11.8% In July
The Wall Street Journal (8/7, Zhao) reports that while the jobless rate for veterans overall is 8.4%, below the 9.5% for the general population, veterans who served since September 2001 saw their unemployment rate climb in July to 11.8%, up from 11.5 % one month earlier. Younger veterans in particular, who generally have less work experience and skills, face special difficulties finding work.
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Weekend’s News
From the VA:
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Weekend’s News
1. Mixed Feelings Voiced On VA Paperless Claims Processing Pilot Project. King Features' syndicated "Veterans' Post" (8/6....
Disappearing Oil and Gulf Seafood: Passing the Sniff Test
Since the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank on April 20 killing 11 workers the NOAA estimates that 206 million gallons of "light sweet crude" spewed from BP's Macondo well field, fouling the waters of the Gulf, shutting down much of the commerce of the surrounding region and creating a giant toxic bouillabaisse in which now swim whatever critters managed to survive poisoning, suffocation, or being roasted alive.
Say it to Veterans and Troops, General Chiarelli: War Is a ‘High-risk’, Deadly, Stupid...
- The politicians, generals (if there be a difference), and assorted hacks and kiss-asses appearing on the news shows to discuss the epidemic of suicide...
Camp Lejeune Update
By Dave Bedworth
“Kidney Cancer – first dad now mom” was the title of the first posting I saw on the Discussion Board of the...
Facts Overwhelming Israel’s Spin
The men who were killed ranged between 33-61 with one American Turkish young man of 19 who wanted to be a doctor who was shot five times in the head and back. There are autopsy reports available ... and there are descriptions of who they were, why they were going and how many times they were shot on our website at www.freegaza.org
How Many Iraqis Did We “Liberate” from Life on Earth?
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have died as a result of the U.S. invasion based on bald-faced, well-crafted lies
GORDON DUFF: WHY OUR GOVERNMENT WANTS OPEN BORDERS
EMPTY TALK ON IMMIGRATION REFORM AND BORDER CONTROL
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
Who wants America flooded with illegal aliens? Who wants our prisons full,...
Jim Kauffman: Why Can’t I Own a Canadian?
In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot...
John McCain: A Closer Look at Evil (Part 10)
At age 74, McCain has done enough damage. He may yet sell us on an invasion of Iran though Israel, not Iran, has a nuclear arsenal.
GORDON DUFF: NEW “AL QAEDA” LEADER MAY BE ISRAELI
PHONY TERRORIST LEADER BEING "BRANDED" BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE "VOICE OF ISRAEL"
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
Adnan Shukrijumah, 35 formerly of Brooklyn, New York...