Monthly Archives: March 2011

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Singer-songwriter and harmonica owner Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman) will perform at Israel's Ramat Gan Stadium in June.

Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey has announced her country is developing a project to open up all crossings to the Gaza Strip, which has been suffocating for the last five years from an Israeli blockade.

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Post Mubarak change in Egypt? Egypt Air - the official Egyptian airline - has deleted Israel from its travel destinations. The airline's website...

Elizabeth Taylor says, "Seeing these photographs bring back fond memories of my visit to Iran, a country blessed with rich and colorful culture, that...

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Hate is a harsh word. As the counterpoint to love, hate reigns supreme among those emotions that the faith traditions seek to expunge from the human heart.

A total of 331 US officials in Pakistan, most of them suspected of engaging in espionage under diplomatic cover, have been "identified...

OUT OF CONTROL NUKES? By Tom Dillman,  VT Contributor I’ve been pro-nuclear power long before politically motivated forces in America successfully battled against clean coal, Alaskan...

"THE MILITARY KNOWS WHO DID 9/11...." Part 2 of a 4 part ground breaking series on 9/11 Foreword by Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor When...

MI5 has warned that Libyan expats are plotting terrorist attacks in Britain in revenge for bombing raids on Colonel Gaddafi’s regime. The threat was exposed after intelligence officers monitored hundreds of conversations between Libyans in the UK who have ‘maintained connections with Tripoli’.

I spent a half-hour yesterday on Warren Olney’s KCRW radio show To the Point, discussing defense spending and deficit reduction. The other participants were Hendrik Hertzberg of the New Yorker (the political writer I’m most jealous of because he writes so damn well), William Hartung of the New America Foundation, and Chris Littleton, co-founder of the Ohio Liberty Council and a committed member of the “Tea Party” movement. If you’re interested, you can get a link to the entire broadcast here.

One has to ask and wonder why the sudden escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza and why Jerusalem after calms and quite is witnessing its first “terrorist” acts in many years?

A complete anomaly by an individual that heads the monolithic private puppeteer organization that controls the entire wealth values assets and labor of 'We the People.' Announces fears of dire consequences. REALLY!!!!! what great timing.

[Only] 14% of blacks marry. [Seventy-four percent]74% don't know who their fathers are. Their contribution to the arts is gangsta rap, nasty, foul chattering, that passes as music. [Ninety-six percent] 96% voted for Barack Obama, who is the worst fraud and fake ever to set foot in the US. Per capita, blacks represent 80% of prison population violent crimes segment. Billions have been spent on blacks in the US to mainstream them to no avail.

Like all the isms (communism, socialism, extremism, terrorism), Talibanization is also a phenomenon that didn’t occur in a vacuum and without causation.

On 17 March 2011, this gmail came to me from the NGA Coordinator CNN BEST whose address ended @turner.com I hope this is the correct email for Eileen Fleming in New Orleans, LA that has done some work for CNN. If you are the correct person, I need to know who within CNN the work was done for so the invoice can be routed correctly. If you could possibly contact me I would greatly appreciate it.

WELL, PRETTY MUCH....YUP! Notes:  GDuff For those Americans who would like to say this group is atypical, I beg to differ.  I will avoid any political...

UPDATED TODAY Take a bird's eye view of the war desk in real time.It's been a busy few weeks, and an even busier last few...

HOUSTON, 3/23/2011 -- With aftershocks from Japan's 9,0 3/11/11 killer quake still alarming Pacific nations, some will be delighted to discover that FEMA, NOAA, et al., scheduled tsunami drills at least three months ahead of time.

Thank you both for your responses. Here’s my two-penneth; I agree that attempting to discuss politics based on ethnic or religious [israel-and-the-clash-of-civilisations] distinctions is usually misguided (although the various groups which constitute the ‘Israel Lobby’ are almost totally motivated by ethnic and religious based ideologies and imperatives). But it gets more tricky when it comes to analyzing the interface between states. I think we do need to recognize that the U.S. and Israel are two different, autonomous, sovereign states whose interests often differ markedly in the Middle East. It is commonly held in international relations theory that states act in their own interests.

The outstanding record compiled by the trial advocacy teams of the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover(MSLAW) in recent years is directly attributable to the school's innovative teaching methods, the team's coaches believe. Otherwise, how explain the law school's moot court victories over so many formidable law school opponents, including the best of the Ivy League?

Percy Schmeiser, a farmer in Saskatchewan, Canada, spent a decade battling GM behemoth Monsanto. In the end, after many setbacks, he came away with a win of $660, which was the cost of removing Monsanto's "Roundup Ready" canola oil seeds off Schmeiser's land.

(NaturalNews) Recent reports out of India say that multinational biotechnology giant Monsanto has once against skirted the law by clandestinely planting its genetically-modified (GM) corn without receiving approval to do so. Nitish Kumar, chief minister of the Indian state of Bihar, recently wrote a letter to India's environment minister Jairam Ramesh explaining the situation. Just days earlier, Ramesh had denied Monsanto permission to plant the crops at all.

A year ago, Dr. Alan Sabrosky did a podcast for The Ugly Truth, hosted by Phil Tourney and Mark Glenn. All three are good friends, Alan is a co-editor at VT and Phil a Staff Writer. Alan and I are Marine Vietnam veterans and Phil is a survivor of the attack on the USS Liberty.

The Florida State Senate and House of Representatives have passed Bill 736. The state’s governor, Rick Scott, has signed the bill and so this effort to "reform" teaching practices in the Florida public schools is now a law

It's March 22nd. The Benghazi Brigade defected a month ago. Initial reports were of 8000 troops, of whom 3000 were Special Forces. In the ensuing weeks there were a few reports about 'training', which one would assume to mean the volunteer rebels. We have also seen a few video clips of young troops doing a bit of drilling and weapons training.

Kabul-Throughout Afghanistan people are gathering to celebrate the Afghan new year, Nauroz. It is a chance for Afghans to celebrate the rebirth of nature after the long winter. In Kabul, today thousands of gathered in the cemetery and spent the day picnicking. Before heading home to share a meal that included seven items to symbolize their hope for the coming year: wheat for rebirth, a sweet pudding for affluence, garlic for health, apples for beauty, berries representing the sunrise, vinegar for patience, coins for prosperity. After 13 days the wheat will be collected and tossed into flowing water, by which time it will have collected the family’s bad luck for the year.

Make no mistake about this, imposing a No-Fly zone in Libya is an act of war entailing sustained military action as we are already witnessing. So now we have an illegal war and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan joined to an illegal war and most probably an eventual occupation of Libya ~ where an impatient and greedy BP is already getting ready to drill for oil off the Libya coast.

Just what is this Koch Industries? Should it be called a "company?" If so we need to re-think the idea of what a company and a business is supposed to be. Even the brother of Koch Industries owners David and Charles Koch called the company an "organized crime" operation.

Abe Mashal, a 31-year-old dog trainer from St. Charles, says FBI agents told him he ended up on the government’s no-fly list because he exchanged e-mails with a Muslim cleric they were monitoring.

Hundreds of Vietnam War veterans and relatives of fallen soldiers will come together for a commemorative ceremony on “Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day.” Hosted by The United War Veterans Council, this event will pay special tribute to the New Yorkers who lost their lives during the Vietnam War and those from NYC who have made the ultimate sacrifice since 9/11 on Saturday, March 26 at the Vietnam Memorial Plaza at 55 Water Street, New York, NY from 12 PM to 4 PM.

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by Tim Parent, 610 CKTB News Niagara Falls will launch an investigation to determine if the chemical Agent Orange was used in the city. At...

I wonder if the president has considered the fact that Cheney just might be trying to get him to make the same kind of mistake in Afghanistan that the Bush Administration made in Iraq in order to take the Iraq issue off the table for the 2012 election? If during the 2012 campaign America is bogged down in Afghanistan with the useless death of thousands of U.S. troops, all of a sudden, Bush, Cheney, and the GOP won't look all that bad. The president should think about that possibility, since the mechinations of Dick Cheney makes Machiavelli look like a trainee.

ISI-CIA cooperated with each other throughout the war against Soviet forces in Afghanistan in 1980s. The latter never felt offended on being kept in the backseat concerning planning; coordination, training, equipping and launching of Mujahideen were concerned. The US provided intelligence, funds, arms and fighters from other Muslim countries only. The ISI was eulogised and given due credit for the successful conclusion of the war. Its stature grew so high that it was seen as the most potent and effective spy machine in the region and second to none. After 1990, when the US hastily abandoned Pakistan and consequently Pak-US relations got strained, ISI also came in bad books of the US and ignited CIA-ISI cold war. During the two short tenures of PPP, an effort was made to shorten the long arm of the ISI.

The unprecedented Public Law (111-163) called the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010, was signed by President Obama on May 5, 2010 and allows the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enhance the already extensive range of services and benefits currently available to all enrolled Veterans and their caregivers. The new law will also develop a new program of specific support and benefits designed for the primary caregivers of eligible Veterans and Service members most seriously injured in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001 (Post 9/11).

TROY -- Female veterans of Fort McClellan in Alabama are questioning whether their serious health problems are related to the time they spent there after learning that the Army base was contaminated with harmful chemicals.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin concluded her visit to Israel on Monday by visiting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his family. The Palin couple arrived at the Prime Minister’s official residence for a dinner which was defined as personal rather than political and was based on the Israeli cuisine.

Noteworthy on the video is the unidentified armoured vehicle with 120mm smooth bore gun. This vehicle has been misidentified as a Soviet APC with a 155 howitzer.

Westinghouse Encourages US Veterans To Apply Today By Randy Miller   It began in the Age of Steam—a 19th century success story that resonates in the 21st...