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VT Contributor, Imran Khan Blasts US for War Stance
Former cricket star, VT contributor and my very good friend, Imran Khan, has taken, not just a strong stance against American demands against Pakistan but has become, by far, the leading political figure in that nation
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – November 01, 2011
Did you know that November is National Family Caregiver Month? VA is honoring our partners in caring for those “who have borne the battle” by encouraging every VA employee to identify and recognize Family Caregivers at their facility.
Why Should You Be Tobacco Free?
Quitting smoking is the single most important thing you can do to improve your health and protect the health of your family members.
National Family Caregiver Month
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is marking National Family Caregiver Month by honoring the service of family members and friends who have dedicated their lives to caring for chronically ill, injured, or disabled Veterans.
Condoleezza Rice Talks Values
There is no living group of individuals who have done more to undermine crucial values than those who worked in the Bush Jr. White House.
UNESCO Full Membership — One Up to the Palestinians
Admission as a full member to UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is good news for them and bad news for their Israeli tormentors.
The Mess in the Middle East
Chas Freeman Remarks to the 20th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Oct. 31, 2011
Alliant Techsystems, Missile Products, Defense Electronics Systems, Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded a $54,400,000 firm-fixed-price contract for low rate initial production, three, of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM).
Halloween – A VT Public Safety Notice
There is No Such Thing as Carrying an Illegal Weapon on Halloween
Join The Team At Trinetics, Inc Today
Trinetics, Inc has renewed its devotion to Hire Veterans for a 3rd consecutive year. This is a premier military technology company offering exciting careers to qualified veterans.
Lotus Drops Car Bomb on U.S. Drug War
Young Corporate Leadership in England Gives Fake U.S. War on Drugs the Classic "Piss Off You Wankers"
Video: Michael Moore at Occupy Oakland
Michael Moore's half hour video at Occupy Oakland isn't intended to represent the "Occupy" movement as one of the left. Increasingly, we are seeing the movement cross former political divides. I don't expect my former neocon friends, no sane person can still consider themselves a "neocon" to kozy up to Michael Moore but his message does cross lines and touch every aspect of America.
Syria: Hospital Patients Subjected to Torture and ill-Treatment – New Report
The Syrian government has turned hospitals into instruments of repression in its efforts to crush opposition, Amnesty International said in a new report published today (24 October).
VetLikeMe: News and Updates for Veterans
VetLikeMe shares the legistlative and hot news topics for Veterans
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – October 31, 2011
Veterans from across the country recently gathered in Arkansas for The National Veterans Creative Arts Festival, where they exhibited original artwork and performed a variety of musical and stage acts.
Palestine Granted Full UNESCO Membership
Huge cheers went up in UNESCO after delegates voted to approve the membership. One shouted "Long Live Palestine!" in French.
OCW Wave Will Become A Tsunami – Wall Street Beware
There is something glorious in the people led Occupy Wall Street movement for it is rooted in the moral imperatives of justice, self-sacrifice and social responsibility.
Deja vu Redux: Anat Kamm and Mordechai Vanunu
Former Israel Defense Forces soldier Anat Kamm was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for “collecting, holding and passing on classified information without authorization". Kamm passed on the documents to reporter Uri Blau whose investigative report in Haaretz Magazine exposed misconduct by the Israel Defense Forces/IDF. Kamm's trial maybe over, but no decision has been announced whether Israel will prosecute Uri Blau for reporting the brutal truth.
Rewarding Careers At Interstate Companies, Inc
Interstate Companies, Inc has recently teamed up with Hire Veterans in order to provide quality careers to our Nation’s veterans.
Iraq: Full Weapons Grade Uranium Use Proven – We Mean “Nukes”
Clear evidence of the use of highly enriched uranium weapons in Iraq brought out during lawsuit.
Alaa Abdel Fattah: Portrait of an Egyptian Revolutionary
As of today we refuse to co-operate with the military prosecution of civilians and we call on all Egyptian citizens to stand with us.
OCW Primer: Uniformed Thugs Are Not Legally Police
Occupy Wall Street: Carrying, loading and firing weapons without legal standing is a crime in every state in America. When done by the police, it's criminal.
7 Billion People Makes Family Planning a Necessity
Congratultions World! Today, we welcomed in our 7th billion person! Now stop having sex, we're killing ourselves!
Tic toc, Tic Toc… is Congress Going to Run Out the Clock?
COLA versus the Congressional Super Committee and class warfare
What Did Christ Teach About Lineage And Race?
Since we are all creatures of ‘belief.’ The foundations of belief are vital for understanding. I have been ‘spammed’ by e-mail's linking me to a fascinating but ‘scary’ website, and I now reprint from that site, but not without important preface.
John Le Carré and 9/11 Truth: Skewering the Criminal State
John Le Carré a 9/11 truther? Not just yet. But he's getting there.
Who Is Keeping Track Of The Trillions?
Apparently Nobody is!! Fed audit, anyone? At issue is the accounting and oversight for $9 trillion in secret Fed bailouts of Wall Street banks.
Fukushima Sabotage – Japanese Journalist Accuses Israel
In retaliation for Japan’s support of an independent Palestinian state
NFL Ignores Coming North American Union, Fumbles Growth Ball
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell represents an NFL business that seeks massive growth. However, they are looking into the wrong markets just as the rest of our business community. In short, we're missing the growth boat!
Cuba Undergoing Silent Transition Toward A Free Market Economy
Cuba is undergoing a “silent transition” from socialism to a mixed economy but the U.S. hasn’t responded with diplomatic initiatives, an authority on Latin American affairs writes.
Israeli Guilty of First Organ Trafficking Case in US History
Rosenbaum was identified to the FBI seven years ago as a major figure in a global human organ ring.
The Western Anti-German Narrative
In this ideology...Germany has represented a danger for its neighbors in the past and still represents a potential danger.
Elliott Abrams' Wife Calls Palestinian Children "Devil's Spawn"
Rachel Abrams’ violent fantasies are protected under the first amendment, but the organization’s leadership might want to look in the mirror before smearing the Occupy Wall Street protests as intolerant.
Ahlam and Nezar, A Palestinian Couple Released in The Prisoner Exchange
It is time to tell their stories, and to do so without apology --- by James M. Wall
A Veteran Comments on OCW
My name is Victor Trinidad and I am a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer who served his country for over 23 years. I currently work as a Systems\Network Administrator overseas. I strongly support the Occupy Wall Street Movement and I only wish I could be with them protesting in my home city of New York. Although I am not with them on the street, I have done my very best to spread the word about the movement by e-mailing my friends and family and encouraging them to join the movement.
Reason and Rationality in Public Debate: The Case of Ron Paul
During the organizing meeting of The Human Behavior and Evolution Society at the University of Michigan in 1988, I raised my hand after a presentation by Lida Cosmides, then the doyen of the movement, which had made a certain impression on me, and said, “I have only two concerns regarding your presentation”.
21 True Facts About Gaddafi You Weren’t Told
Libya’s tyrant Muammar Gaddafi is dead and buried but his pimps around the world don’t seem to have got the message yet.
The Flat Tax Myth
With the actual Presidential election more than a year away, it is now the trial, error and silly season for the candidates. This is the time when candidates try floating new ideas and recycling old ones to see the reaction of the potential voters.
Occupy Fukushima
"It is a homicide, isn't it?..." - Ashai Shinbum, a major Japanese newspaper.
Fareed Zakaria in Tehran Interviews President Ahmedinejad
Disinformation process trying to discredit Iran and justify war...
The Greatest Threat To World Peace
Whether Fox was a ‘Mossad agent’, a ‘Jewish lobby’s puppet’ or even just a ‘useful idiot’ is yet to be decided. However, he was clearly serving Israeli interests in our midst.
Prisons, Wars, and the Lust for Profit
In the 21st century the United States of America has rushed head long in to turning the incarceration of human beings into a thriving profit-driven and increasingly privatized business.