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Marine Dad Must Pay Westboro Court Fees
Albert Snyder got a bill for $16,500 on Friday -- the latest result of his ongoing legal battle with the Westboro Baptist Church.
Church members are seeking to recoup costs from federal appeals court, which dismissed Snyder's lawsuit against them. Snyder's lawyer, Sean Summers, said the court declared last week that Snyder was responsible for the costs.
The Hutaree militia and the rising risk of far-right violence
According to the indictment, the group had been plotting for two years to assassinate federal, state or local police officers. "Possible such acts which were discussed," the indictment says, "included killing a member of law enforcement after a traffic stop, killing a member of law enforcement and his or her family at home, ambushing a member of law enforcement in rural communities, luring a member of law enforcement with a false 911 emergency call and then killing him or her, and killing a member of law enforcement and then attacking the funeral procession motorcade" with homemade bombs.
The True Cost of Plastic : Planet Green
In case you've missed the ongoing coverage here of David de Rothschild and his Plastiki recycled plastic boat expedition, it's a mission worth learning about. Plastic has not spared an inch of the planet from its toxic effects, including the depths of the most remote waters in the world's deep blue oceans.
Vietnam Veteran Stories
If you read nothing else ever on this site, check out Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories. Click on a veteran: They talk, we listen. Like...
Regional Veterans News 3/30/10
Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Mountain Home, Arkansas, Wichita, Kansas, New London, Connecticut, Centralia, Washington, Contra Costa, California, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Tacoma, Washington, Snowmass, Colorado, and Rochester, Minnesota.
What’s the matter with white people—Joan Walsh
If the 2008 election had included only the votes of White People, President Obama would have lost in a landslide, 55 percent (McCain-Palin) to...
Get used to the New Old Face of American Domestic Terrorism
Nine alleged members of a Christian militia group that was girding for battle with the Antichrist were charged Monday with plotting to kill a police officer and slaughter scores more by bombing the funeral — all in hopes of touching off an uprising against the U.S. government.
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 245-10
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CONTRACTS: DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Philips Medical Systems, Andover, Mass., is being awarded a maximum $77,172,660 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for patient monitoring...
DANIEL McGOWAN: RighteousJews.Org
RighteousJews.org
by Daniel McGowan, Professor Emeritus, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Director, Deir Yassin Remembered
"The website for RighteousJews.org was begun in 2003 as a way...
KHALIL NOURI: AFGHANISTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION MUST BE SHUNNED
By Khalil Nouri STAFF WRITER VETERANS TODAY
Democracies make elections, elections don’t make democracies, and as Winston Churchill pointed out, “democracy...
VIETNAM VIDEO: BEFORE THEY GO
"OF THE 2.900,000 WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM, FEWER THAN 800,000 SURVIVE TODAY
BY 2015, ALL MAY BE DEAD WITH 390 VIETNAM VETERANS DYING EACH DAY
OVER...
Foreign Policy Briefing 3/29/10
US and NATO troops firing from passing convoys and military checkpoints have killed 30 Afghans and wounded 80 others since last summer, but in no instance did the victims prove to be a danger to troops, the New York Times reports. "We have shot an amazing number of people, but to my knowledge, none has ever proven to be a threat," said Gen. McChrystal. Such shootings have not dropped off, despite new rules from McChrystal intended to reduce them. The persistence of the shootings has led to growing resentment among Afghans angry at the impunity with which the troops operate - a friction that has turned villages firmly against the occupation, the Times says.
Welcome to Glennbeckistan
What if the Tea Party ruled? Imagine a land, let’s call it Glennbeckistan, where white, patriarchal, religiously zealous, Tea Party-type patriots hold a super-majority in both houses of the legislature, sit in the governor’s mansion, and control most local governments. It’s a place so out of sync with the rest of the nation that states’ rights and even secession are always on the agenda. It’s a place where gun-ownership trumps all other rights, climate change is considered an insidious socialist conspiracy, and a miscarriage can be investigated as a potential crime. Welcome to Utah.
Illinois Jobs for Veterans in Law Enforcement
Law Enforcement Career starts here!
The Tazewell County Sheriff’s Merit Commission is seeking qualified applicants to procure a hiring list for the position of Deputy...
Do All Non-Profits really Support Veterans, Troops, and Military Families?
About the most important thing that donors must know about any relief or support efforts is percentage wise how much really goes to our...
Is America ‘Yearning for Fascism?’
The language of violence always presages violence. I watched it in war after war from Latin America to the Balkans. The impoverishment of a working class and the snuffing out of hope and opportunity always produce angry mobs ready to kill and be killed. A bankrupt, liberal elite, which proves ineffectual against the rich and the criminal, always gets swept aside, in times of economic collapse, before thugs and demagogues emerge to play to the passions of the crowd.
Veterans-For-Change Report
Toxic Chemicals CONUS
As most are aware, seen on TV, in the newspapers, and from veteran sites across the country, TCE/PCE is a major issue.
TCE...
Nine Christian Militia Members Charged With Seditious Conspiracy, Attempted Use Of WMD
Nine members of the Christian militia group Hutaree have been indicted on multiple charges involving an alleged plot to attack police, including seditious conspiracy and attempted use of weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. Attorney in Michigan announced this morning.
GORDON DUFF: TERRORISM, ALWAYS SUSPECT A “FALSE FLAG” FIRST
REAL TERRORISTS ARE RARE AND USUALLY EASILY CAUGHT
ALWAYS ASK: "WHO GAINS FROM THIS?
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
Every time there is a terrorist attack,...
One of Four Republicans Think ‘Obama Is the Anti-Christ’—Seriously
I guess we should not be surprised by the news.
How do rational-minded conservatives remain silent?
Plenty of conservatives here at VT; anyone believe this nonsense...
Searchers in Cambodia Find Remains of Errol Flynn’s Son
Photographer Sean Flynn disappeared during Cambodian War
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Forensic tests will be conducted on what two searchers believe are the remains of...
Honest Right-wing Commentary v. Dishonest
The dishonest commentary comes from Wiliam Kristol, former chief of staff to Vice-President Dan Quayle and now editor of the Weekly Standard.
The intellectually honest commentary...
Regional Veterans News 3/29/10
Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from South Bend, Indiana, Jacksonville, North Carolina, Lynn, Massachusetts, Billings, Montana, Norwich, Connecticut, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, Murphysboro, Illinois, Rapid City, South Dakota, Buffalo, New York, and Hilo, Hawaii.
Google: 1,100 Cities Want Us To Build Them Huge Fiber Networks
by Henry Blodget in the Business Insider
The applications are in. More than 1,100 American cities are vying to become test-markets for Google's new broadband...
“Non-Partisan” Think Tank Played a Key Role in Escalation of Afghan War
A Washington think tank that bills itself as "independent and nonpartisan" actually "played a key role in selling the escalation of the...
Bigotry in the Military by Any Means Necessary
From by Brian Leubitz at Prop Eight Trial Tracker:
Now that the end of DADT (Don't Ask, Don't Tell) is just looking like a matter...
So Much for a ‘Post-Racial’ America
By Stanley Kutler
Thanks to Newt Gingrich’s loose lips, the cat is out of the bag: The Republican Party, answering the call of a large...
U.S. Veteran Inventor Wins Award To Innovate The State of Wisconsin!
The ideas to profits inventors conference October 1st, 2nd, 2009 was held in the Wisconsin Chula Vista Motel conference room where 23 inventors from...
Chicago Area U.S. Veteran Inventor Wins Award To Innovate The State of Wisconsin!
The ideas to profits inventors conference October 1st, 2nd, 2009 was held in the Wisconsin Chula Vista Motel conference room where 23 inventors from...
Polls: Tea Party and GOP Align Politically
Recent polls show empirically what is abundantally clear: Not a dime's bit of difference between the Tea Party and the GOP.
Actually, the white partiers may wish...
CAROL DUFF: HERE IS A NEWBORN BABY THAT HAS BEEN DENIED MEDICAL CARE BY...
How can a pre-existing condition be declared for someone who has not even been born?
U.S. and Israel sign massive arms deal
From Haaretz, via Norman Finkestein
Here’s how Democracy works: We give them U.S.-taxpayer money in the form of “aid.” They use the “aid” to purchase goods...
New DoD Board Aims at Uniform Disability Ratings
by Matt Pueschel | FHP&R
A new DoD board has been established to offer certain veterans an opportunity to appeal their service disability evaluation ratings.
At...
Going to Bat for a Laid-Off Veteran
Chris Thornton fought in the first war in Iraq, Operation Desert Storm. A lot of guys who fought then came back and found their jobs had been given away. In response, Congress passed a law that says employers have to rehire returning vets who give up their jobs to serve and can’t lay them off for at least a year, except for cause.
Gen. James Conway Says No Bunking with Gays
Did Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway indicate last week his intention to not carry out an order from the President of the United States?
Gen....
Krugman on Dealing with the Federal Debt
Recall the good ole days of 2001 when then Fed Chair Alan Greenspan testified before the Senate Budget Committee on the dangers of the projected zero...
Pak-US Strategic Dialogue: Bridging the Trust Deficit
The maiden test of this dialogue would be the restoration of the trust, which somehow has been the most desired constituent of the bilateral relationship of both countries. Moreover, if this exclusive round of strategic talk was able to restore the trust, how long would it last? This of course would be a test of our diplomacy, but more than this, the dictates of the future strategic interests of both countries, especially the US interest, as the sole super power. Indeed, over the years, the vicissitudes in the Pak-US relationship and discriminatory behaviour of the West has taught us to be realistic in the growth of its future alliance. At the US end, it is felt that its strategic partnership with the India has milked it more than gratifying US strategic intents.
15 Money Rules You Should Teach Your Kids
Editor's Note: A great finance-business site is The Business Insider, Henry Blodget—CEO & Editor-in-Chief.
By Henry Blodget
Jeff Opdyke of the Wall Street Journal, who writes...
Regional Veterans News 3/27/10
Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from North Platte, Nebraska, Lafayette, Louisiana, Chicago, Illinois, Corpus Christie, Texas, Port Angeles, Washington, Boston, Massachusetts, Savannah, Georgia, Kirtland, New Mexico, Wilmington, North Carolina, and Berlin, Pennsylvania.
U.S.Money: End-User North Korean Nuke Production
Interesting post by Paul Joseph Watson in PrisonPlanet on nuclear proliferation, North Korea and AQ Khan.
Clinton, Rumsfeld and Bush played key role in arming Stalinist state,...
Marine Veteran Remembers ‘The Mouseketeers’
In November 1964, a Marine veteran remembers boarding ship in San Diego harbor for the Far East and “The Mickey Mouse Theme Song.”
(SAN DIEGO,...
Deploy VBA Staff at All VHA Facilities to Reform Broken Claims System
VBA staff should be on the ground at All Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Facilities
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) suffers from a lack of resources, not...