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Words but no action yet from White House as death toll hits 90, protestors...
President Obama on the Situation in Egypt: "All Governments Must Maintain Power through Consent, Not Coercion"
The administration appears desperate to dispel the impression that...
Gilad Atzmon: Liberating the American People
In his latest Newsweek article Stephen Kinzer wonders who America is betting on to counter the popular rising forces in the Middle East :...
Tucson: Memories and the impact of unspeakable tregedies on our hearts and minds
Tucson...
By Mike Harris STAFF WRITER
Today is the 25th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. I will never forget where I was that...
Kashmir: A dangerous nuclear flashpoint
By Brig Asif Haroon Raja
Sixty three years have lapsed but Kashmir dispute remains unresolved. During this period, besides several military standoffs, two full fledged...
Updated: Ken O’Keefe: Rise People Rise – The Global Revolution is Upon Us!...
".....once in a generation...we get a chance for freedom...this is our chance.."
"I have for many years lived with the knowledge that we, the masses,...
Updated – Even VFW Opposes Tea Partier Michele Bachmann’s Proposed $4.5 billion VA Cuts
"I want her to look those disabled veterans in the eye and tell them their service and sacrifice is too expensive for the nation...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
DoD CONTRACTS:
No. 078-11
NAVY
Composite Engineering Inc.*, Sacramento, Calif., is being awarded a $31,461,842 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the design, development, integration and test of the...
Rise People Rise – The Global Revolution is Upon Us!
Let us realize once and for all, that we the people are one, that we are human, that our most precious gift is that of our humanity. Let us never sacrifice it again. Together we are unstoppable. We are the sleeping giant, we are the waking lion, we are fierce and we are fearless.
VA / Privatization = Loss for Vets
New folks in the House of Representatives say they are looking to "cut spending" and reduce the size of government. There is a movement...
20th Century Mubarek Commits 21st Century Sin
The oppressive Mubarkek has committed a cyber-mortal sin in trying to cut people off from what has become their personal lives. Facebook and Twitter have become personal extensions of the 21st century citizen. But Muburek, being that he is over 80 years of age, does not seem to understand what century he's living in and thus will pay the ultimate price for this cyber-sin.
Intifada in Egypt as U.S. Looks On
Twenty Egyptian Brotherhood activists arrested as unrest rages on; Communications down as Egypt braces for protests as though human beings demonstrating were a dangerous and evil...
TWO VIEWS: Egyptian Uprising with Edward Peck and Ramzy Baroud
Interview with former US ambassador Edward Peck
The United States has spoken for democracy in Egypt, but it is not stopping aid to security forces,...
Holtz-Eakin on the Financial Crisis: “If It’s Everybody’s Fault, It’s Nobody’s Fault”
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission issued its final report Thursday, laying the blame for the 2008 crisis on "reckless" Wall Street CEOs and "pivotal...
Showdown over Israel and academic freedom
An adjunct professor was preemptively fired by Brooklyn College, for his pro-human rights and pro-Palestinian views
By Justin Elliott in Salon
An adjunct political science professor...
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAVE
Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen – is the West next?
The revolutionary wave now sweeping the world will not exempt America, in spite of the...
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News
1. A Government Witch Hunt for Veterans Begins Anew—A scare report in Stars and Stripes by Leo Shane...
Why the Fuss? Bizarre Call to Arms Against UN Rapporteur Richard Falk for Alluding...
“What seems most disturbing about the 9/11 controversy is the widespread aversion by government and media to the evidence that suggests, at the very...
Richard Falk Reponds to The Lobby’s Vilification
By Richard Falk in Foreign Policy Journal
Because my blog prompted by the Arizona shootings has attracted many comments pro and con, and more recently...
Glenn Beck Craziness Aimed at George Soros Draws Protest from Rabbis
VT (VT) issued a statement of support for the Open Letter by 400 Rabbis charging Beck with diminishing "the memory and meaning of the Holocaust when...
VT Hails Senator Murray Selection as New VA Comm Chair
VT celebrates that a veteran advocate and a female, Sen. Patty Murray, has taken over a key leadership position in the United States Senate Veterans Affairs...
France’s Shame—Bernard-Henri Lévy Indicted
France has never been too big on freedom of political expression.
Lévy Faces Trial January 28th, in Paris, for "Crimes Against the Intellect"
By Tariq Ali in...
Gulf War Veteran’s Widow in Alabama Finds Support
Lynette Boshell of Cullman visited the SOS facility for the first time during the event. Her husband, active duty Alabama National Guard 1st Sgt. Robert Boshell, died of a massive heart attack seven years ago during physical training for an upcoming deployment. Boshell had served as a Marine during his early years of marriage, and the couple's 32 years of married life included a deployment to Operation Desert Shield/Storm.
Guardian Journalist Arrested and Beaten Alongside Protesters in Egypt; Secretly Records Ordeal
In Egypt, running battles between police and anti-government protesters continued into the early hours of Thursday morning. Police have arrested up to 1,200 people,...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
DoD CONTRACTS:
No. 071-11
NAVY
Lockheed Martin, Syracuse, N.Y., is being awarded a $48,443,311 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5201) for exercise of fiscal year 2011 options...
Utah Army post reopens after nerve agent found
DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah – The Army said Thursday that Dugway Proving Ground, where military weapons are tested, was locked down for hours because...
Obama Supporters vs. Cheerleaders
George W. Bush's more sensible supporters found that out the hard way. Had they not allowed themselves to become cheerleaders and completely drowned out by Washington's special interest groups, vice-president and military/industrial lobbyist, Dick Cheney, wouldn't have been able to destroy Bush's presidency. Bush himself seemed to recognize that in the end. That's why he refused to pardon Cheney chief of staff, Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, and he became estranged from Cheney toward the end of his presidency.
Rahm Emanuel’s Father Specialized in Terrorist Bus Bombings in Palestine
Readers have e-mailed about the reaction in England from Brits reading how the Tommies fought, died and won World War II; and for some of...
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, Pentagon, Inc
Oh, the nostalgia of it all! As Nick Turse reminds us in his book The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives, when...
RON KUKAL: THE MURALS OF SAN CARLOS, MEXICO
The Murals of San Carlos, Mexico
By Ron Kukal, Former Chaplain for the USS Liberty Veterans Association
US Navy 1st Class Petty Officer and the...
A Government Witch Hunt for Veterans Begins Anew
Just when you thought is was safe to go back to the VA come signs the water is not inviting for veterans looking to...
VT WORLD SCOOP: “Diplomat” Held in Pakistan Faces Murder Terrorism Charges
TIES BETWEEN US CONTRACTORS, PAKISTANI OFFICIALS AND TERRORISTS ALLEGED
WORLDWIDE MEDIA DUPED BY "DIPLOMAT/ROBBERY" COVER STORY
By Gordon Duff and Raja Mujtaba for VT and Opinion...
Turbulence Ahead
Some believe that some powerful sectors are sitting on money to prolong economic ruin and make a GOP president more likely in 2013.
Whatever forces...
Updated: Report: Vietnam Veteran Dropped Over Two-Cent Shortage by Insurance Co; Vet Suffers from...
Cancer Patient's Life Now Hangs in Balance As He Awaits Stem Cell Replacement
Update: Veteran's health insurance restored after 2-cent brouhaha
By Russell Haythorn, KMGH News
THORNTON,...
Troops can’t heal what they can’t feel
Drugs have one job and that is to get people to feel better. Antibiotics stop infections so that the body can take over and...
Dr. Ashraf Ezzat:The Downfall of Mubarak of Egypt
What is happening now in Egypt is historic by all means and all parties involved should acknowledge that and deal with it as such.
Debt Concerns Aside, Air Force designing new long-range bomber with “nuclear capability”
All the Washington talk about mounting debt and fiscal deficits won't stop the design for a new long-range bomber championed by USAF Vice Chief of Staff...
Gilad Atzmon: Jews against the King
Along the years we have heard about ‘Jews against Zionism’, ‘Jews against Racism’ and ‘Jews against anti Semitism’. In the last few days we...
DON’T GET MAD PALESTINIANS, GET EVEN
Bypass Israel and its twisted backers and deal direct with those responsible, the United Nations.
By Stuart Littlewood / STAFF WRITER
See this embarrassment as your...
Gilad Atzmon: The Palestine Papers and Us
I have a rule -- I never intervene in Palestinian political matters. I never comment on Palestinian internal debate. I do not think that...
GORDON DUFF: China Jobs and Saginaw Michigan (Video)
3600 TOP WAGE MICHIGAN JOBS...
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
The plant featured in the video below was General Motors, then Delphi Automotive. Years ago,...
Onward Christian Soldiers … To Dangerous Hypocrisy
Talk to Mikey Weinstein for even a few minutes, and you get the definite sense that the man must have gills. It is the...
In Houston, Rep. Giffords Could Receive Brain Injury Treatment Thousands of Troops Do Not
If Giffords does end up receiving it, she’ll be getting a treatment that many troops don’t. As we’ve reported [7], the Pentagon’s health program, Tricare, has refused to cover [8] cognitive rehabilitation therapy for the tens of thousands of service members who have suffered brain injuries in the line of duty. Tricare, which provides insurance-style coverage to troops and many veterans, does cover speech and occupational therapy, which are often part of cognitive rehabilitation.