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Legal Scholar Compares Gitmo Court to Stalinist Show Trials

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The future trials planned for prisoners in Guantanamo Bay detention camp will be “Stalinist show trials” as their preliminary proceedings “have already proven them to be Travesties of Justice,” a distinguished international law authority warns.

The American Problem

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There is something wrong in the American make-up. A fatal flaw in the American mentality. It’s always been there, from the very beginning, and it’s still there, as we see in bootleg videos from Iraq, from Guantanamo Bay, from American airports and from the dashboard cameras of police cars.

Letters Home from Vietnam – Chapter 9, Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody...

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More and more we are being scrutinized in one way or another by the upper command and it’s beginning to feel like the battle is between headquarters and us, and not the enemy.

Counselors forced to sign form to NOT treat PTSD?

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Outraged by a change in a counseling contract that provides mental health care to military personnel and their families, a Missoula therapist is waging a one-person war to defend soldiers' rights.

Afghanistan: Remember the Massacred Prisoners (video)

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The war in Afghanistan has entered its 10th year, a year of both stalemate and suffering.Everyone is thirsty to see peace and stability in his or her environment across Afghanistan but they are not sure. Even the idea of peace carries great danger.

US/Pak Relations – Time to take stock of two-directional hurricane

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Pak-US relations have seen many ups and downs starting early 1950s when Pakistan decided to join western pacts and became a US ally.

GORDON DUFF: SUNDAY MORINING APRIL 17, 2011

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A LITTLE TALK RADIO By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor In memorium:  Our Brother - Vittorio Arrigoni Another Sunday piece from America's "rust belt."  How do you...

LAWRENCE DAVIDSON : Lobby, Lobbification, Lobbified

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Lobbification is a word I have just coined for the corruptive process that bends politicians to the will of special interests–that is to the will of lobbies. The result of lobbification can be seen in the stilted and fawning behavior of the lobbified political brain. Politicians with lobbified brains become the obedient instruments of the lobbies which have captured their political souls. Below are a few examples of the results of lobbification.

U.S. Failed To Learn From Conquest of Philippines, Historian Says

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Americans who challenge Darwinian evolution may be among the least likely to look at our history for examples with which to refute it. Surely the inability or unwillingness of generations of national leaders to ponder some of the possible lessons of the past is ample proof that while other species may be evolving the American version of homo sapiens is perhaps heading toward extinction.

IDIOCRACY – JUST BECAUSE BUSH IS GONE DOESN’T MEAN YOU STILL AREN’T STUPID

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EVEN GLENN BECK COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE... "Got kids? How are they with guns? They are going to be needed again soon. The last batch...

Mrs. Obama and Biden, Military Families Don’t Need Another Propaganda Program.

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On 12 April, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden kicked off a new initiative called “Joining Forces,” which encourages every department of the government as well as companies, schools, philanthropic organizations, religious groups and local communities to recognize the burden placed on military families by the ongoing military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Weekend Concert Series – Alanis Morissette (videos)

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Our Weekend Concert series was conceived to put our Intel assets to work going deep undercover on YouTube and digging out the musical gems...

Now Israel Is Free to Declare Its Innocence before the International Court of Justice

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United States Congress has once again jumped to the fore as defender of the beleaguered state of Israel by writing a...

Sally And Frank Discuss Taxes

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Only a animated cartoon can do justice to the absurd reality of our current tax code where General Electric made 14 billion dollars profit and not only paid no taxes but got a 3 billion dollar refund

MAKOW: Betrayal of British Agents in WWII

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There, the "Prosper" and related "Scientist" networks had been mopped by the Gestapo in 1943. Prosper's courageous young leader, Francis Anthony Suttill, 34, was languishing in a concentration camp.

U.S. #1 Axiom “There Is No Argument For Success” Veil Pierced

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America's #1 axiom "'There Is No Argument For Success" is pierced and it's facade becomes invalid. Subsequently, by disguising and obscuring, racist hatreds, eternal war, infinte budget debts, and Israel. The U.S. sirens a crumbling facade of empire. A 21st Century America "whom neither the blatant corruption of their rulers nor the attacks of enemies could shake their apathy."

FRANKLIN LAMB : Why the “Obama Doctrine” won’t help Shia majority in Bahrain

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What Khalidi remains critical of…  is what he sees as the Obama administration’s claimed “American values imperative” being made...

Good man lost – continuing Gaza tradegy

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Who killed a peace activist in Gaza? People from inside the Gaza strip launch indirect weapons, i.e. mortars and rockets into Israel all the time. Israel responds with indirect fires and air assets. People die all the time. Pro Palestinian groups have for decades blamed Israel, America and people of the Jewish Faith for the plight of the Palestinian people. Pro Israeli groups have for decades blamed left wing types, Islam, Arabs and many others for the plight of the Palestinian people. The hate goes on from generation to generation.

Moving AIPAC Over with Facts, Founders and Activists

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress during his visit to Washington next month. He also is headline speaker for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee/AIPAC’s Annual Conference. Other confirmed speakers include:

Hero of Gaza: Vittorio Arrigoni, Kidnapped and Murdered

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"I have seen my brother Vik's body and his death certificate, but Vik is not dead." -Ken O'Keefe Tim King and Bonnie King Salem-News.com (SALEM / GAZA)...

SAMI JADALLAH : America First, why not?

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Let us make “America First” the litmus tests for all elected officials. With tens of millions of Veterans we can do it, and we should...

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Partners with HireVeterans.com

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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS) is a specialized National Security business providing mission critical products, services and solutions for United States...

JOBS: California Water Agency is Hiring U.S. Veterans Now!

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The Santa Clara Valley Water District is the primary water resources agency for Santa Clara County, California. They are reaching out to hire U.S. Veterans and have re-upped their membership at HireVeterans.com, the premier job board for U.S. Military Veterans to show that they are again on board with hiring Veterans.

Santa Clara Valley Water District joins with Hire Veterans for Another Year

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The Santa Clara Valley Water District is the primary water resources agency for Santa Clara County, California.   They are reaching out to hire U.S....

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News

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Veterans!  Here’s your Top 10 News stories of the day compiled from the latest sources We encourage you to browse our list so that you can...

The US policy of targeted killings by drones

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Unmanned drones were first used by the US military in Kosovo and Bosnia Herzegovina for surveillance purpose. Currently drones are being employed against combatant civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. Unmanned drones are supplementing aerial attacks by jets and gunship helicopters and cruise missiles. Prof Marc W. Harold writes in his article that future US wars in third world will involve massive drones to police territory. It will employ local satrap forces, like Karzai forces, and once the territory is pacified sufficiently, it will deploy government-ready-to-rule kits.

Berico Technologies Reaches out to U.S. Veterans for Employment

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Berico Technologies, LLC is a Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) providing analytical and information technology development services to the US intelligence community, Department of Defense and Homeland Security.

Confederate Soldiers are American Veterans by Act of Congress

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April is Confederate Memorial Month where various commemorations held throughout the month, primarily in the South. In the other states I would venture to say that most have never even heard of it, a combination performance of historical revisionism, political correctness, and amnesia. But I am happy to report that we are seeing more events being held each year,and better attended.

Gilad Atzmon: Let Us Talk About Jewishness

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One of the main differences between my work and and the writings of other humanists within the peace movement is that I am willing to move beyond the political discussion -- I dig into the ideological and philosophical roots of the Jewish state, Jewish politics and Jewish identity politics. I look into the meaning of 'Jewishness.'

GRANT F. SMITH: Espionage Theft & Secrets within US-Israel Trade

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On April 6, Grant F. Smith presented a comprehensive review of the US-Israel Free Trade Agreement to the Finance and Economics Council at the University of Rochester.

President Obama, Cornel West, and Poverty Pimps

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While Cornel West often speaks to this issue, we must remember that he has an agenda. His close association with Tavis Smiley gives him the credibility of a man ranting about fascism after just having lunch with Mussolini.

National Guard soldiers given “bum’s rush in favor of regular Army troops”

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There are so many secrets this country has, it is hard to know where to begin. It isn't that no one is talking about these things, but too many are dismissing them as just rumors. Nothing new really. Considering when veterans of wars going back to the Revolution, came home with what we call Post Traumatic Stress Disorder today, up until 40 years ago, no one was doing anything about it other than looking for excuses to ignore their pain.

Israel Lobbyist Funds US Presidents, Israeli Nukes, AIPAC Disinfomration

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FBI files released under the Freedom of Information Act unveil new details about the life of influential lobbyist Abraham Feinberg (1908-1998). Feinberg is best known for funding President Harry S Truman’s “whistle stop” campaign, saving Truman’s 1948 election campaign from almost certain defeat. In an interview, Feinberg summarized his long success in Democratic Party politics: “My path to power was cooperation in terms of what they needed—campaign money.”

UPCOMING ACTION : Move Over AIPAC! Time for a New Middle East Policy

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EXPOSE AIPAC AND USHER IN A NEW FOREIGN POLICY! “No lobby has managed to divert U.S. foreign policy as far from the American...

Beheading the Flight Lieutenant

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When I found this article there was no source listed for the above title, so I was not sure it was for real. This is the first time I had run across a written Japanese report. I started by looking for beheading photos, the most famous being the Australian behind the Japanese lines radio operator, Sgt. Leonard Siffleet.

Good news for Gulf War Vets Distributee widest way possible

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This is excellent news and should be distributed to all gulf war and current troops and family members as soon as possible and widely. I want all veterans to know that the IOM and their chair actively have changed their position and are now on the side of the veterans! This took a while to break them from just following DOD and VA directions and to function on the side of getting real answers to a real health problem! They are now advocating for us! It may not be all you want but it is definitely a step in right direction!

VA Infection Control Practices Featured in New England Journal of Medicine

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WASHINGTON – A Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) initiative that reduced the global health care issue of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections by more than 60 percent in intensive care units (ICU) across the Nation is featured in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. It reports data from the first three years of the initiative that is now in its fourth year of implementation, and which continues to be associated with decreased rates of MRSA infections.

Wagging The Dog In Libya

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Libyan rebels or paid actors on a world stage where Crude oil has risen more than 30% since the conflict began.

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News

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Veterans!  Here’s your Top 10 News stories of the day compiled from the latest sources We encourage you to browse our list so that you can...

MIDDLE EAST : Obama’s Counter-Revolution

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Two operations have been set into motion simultaneously: the transfer of the U.S. military apparatus based in the Middle East to Africa, and the rescue of puppet Arab regimes

Filner Introduces a Bill of Rights for Injured and Amputee Veterans

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Washington, D.C. – Ranking Democratic Member Bob Filner (D-CA) introduced H.R. 805, legislation that would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to display an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights in all prosthetic and orthotic clinics of the VA.

OBAMA – WHEN CONSPIRACIES GO TOO FAR

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STRANGER THAN TRUTH....MUCH By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor This week, many of us saw Bill Cosby blast Donald Trump on network TV.  Cosby didn't use...