Monthly Archives: August 2012

The video below is less than three minutes. It was a short interview on a news program from Press TV, the Iranian network that I have found to be the best overall news available.

"Anomalous surge in assassinations of foreign friends, dressed in American BDU, by hostile hosts, clad in Afghan uniform, has catapulted an obscure milspeak green-on-blue, into the limelight of public attention."

In Tehran, 120 nations got together, risking car bomb retaliation and the scorn of Mitt Romney and Sheldon Adelson to discuss why they think the UN is a cheap con and America and Israel are "full of it."

The Veterans Retraining Assistance Program has approved nearly 38,000 applications for unemployed Vets 35-60 years old.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that, during the month of August, the one millionth patient has registered for Blue Button to access and download their Personal Health Record (PHR) information.

pecial veterans courts are popping up in virtually every corner of the country. Starting in Buffalo, NY in 2008, the mission behind establishing veterans courts was to address the hard issues behind the sharp spike of crime among new veterans: drug and alcohol abuse.

President Barack Obama today signed an executive order that provides increased access to mental health services for service members, military families and veterans.

  The lack of fairness from geographic location, VA Processing time is fully detailed for the first time in an analysis by the Center for Investigative Reporting. Vets...

A bit ago it was a book about imaginary leaks and a SEAL team that killed a man dead for a decade. As a Marine combat veteran from the Vietnam War, where we suffered more killed than Marines in World War 2, a casualty rate 400% higher, the 38 SEALS that died in that war have gotten a thousand times more credit than the 45% of Marines who served in combat that died.

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is announcing the award of a sole-source cost-plus-incentive-fee contract action to Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., under contract N00024-07-C-6119, modification P00102.

- Marine Pilot Cliff Judkins - The Only Man to Jump Out of Flaming Jet WWII Style and Live to tell the story.

Hearing loss is one of the most common conditions affecting our senior war veterans.

A contract to 'refactor' the source code of VistA, the Veterans Affairs Department's enterprise system software, will be conducted in an manner that remains accessible to the open software development community, VA chief information officer Roger Baker said this week.

If you’re a Northern California veteran who has waited a year for a decision on a war-related disability claim, you might consider a move to South Dakota – where the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs typically responds in less than half the time.

  Foreclosures or bank owned homes sold at an average discount of 32% below similar homes in the same neighborhood during the second quarter of...

The murder of Corrie was consistent with Israeli survival philosophy and with Israeli interpretation of Jewish statehood. This week, Judge Gershon left us with a kosher stamp for a cold-blooded murder.

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is announcing the award of a sole source cost-plus-incentive fee/cost-plus-award-fee contract modification to exercise an option to the Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, New Jersey, under contract # HQ0276-10-C-0001.

As the sacred Islamic month of Ramadan was at its peak in Pakistan, the serene city of Kamra was attacked by a horde of terrorists in the dark hours of the night.

America's conscience died long before Howard Zinn passed away in 2010 ~ but his words and thoughts gnaw away at our collective soul and remind us that no Empire can long withstand the loss of its moral bearings.

Bestselling author Marianne Williamson may be Jewish and pro-Israel, but she isn't afraid to contemplate 9/11 truth.

On Tuesday, Secretary Shinseki addressed the American Legion at their annual convention in Indianapolis.

The HBO series, Newsroom with Jeff Daniels, a show demonstrating not just the failure of American news reporting but worldwide cowardice and corruption, this week has debunked the American opposition party. Most serious is the timing, in the midst of the Republican Convention

Four Department of Veterans Affairs researchers were among the 96 recipients of the 2011 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) honored at a ceremony held last month. The PECASE is the highest honor conferred by the U.S. government on federal researchers in the early stages of their careers.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has released a report that shows improvement in gender disparities in 12 out of 14 Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures in VA since 2008.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has trained nearly 1,500 providers through its flagship National Women’s Health Mini-Residency Program, one of many training opportunities for VA clinicians to sharpen their women’s health skills.

  An overwhelming majority favor homeownership over renting despite the housing downturn, according to a new study. The results were found as part of a...

The award is a fixed price with economic price adjustment, sole source contract with a maximum $403,653,103 for several types of containers and container parts.

- A Brave Loyal American Prevents a USS Liberty Type False Flag Attack - Saving Hundreds of Servicemen

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...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has approved more than 36,000 applications for the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP), a new training and education program for unemployed Veterans to upgrade their skills for in-demand jobs.

All this summer, the U.S. Navy has put on a multi-million dollar dog and pony show called “Navy Week” in 15 cities across the country.

The Recession has affected nearly every person in the United States. But the recovery has fared better in some parts of the country than...

Robert Samuelson, a noted columnist for the Albuquerque Journal hit it out of the park in a column he wrote on Friday regarding Former Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton, Larry Summers.

If you reside in a parallel universe then welcome to Kosovo, the land of Albanianization and Islamization and all in the name of democracy.

- Defense Media Activity, a Command at Ft. Meade, Censors VT for Political Expose on Romney

Some nonpartisan commentators finally recognize that current US foreign policy continues to escalate militarily as though on steroids. It has become evident that use of deadly force by a US-dominated NATO is not only outside the parameters of international and constitutional law, but also in some cases outside basic legal principles that have stood the test of time not only for decades, but for centuries.

A lengthy report on Marine Corps plans to take a deep look at the service's 'Never Leave a Marine Behind' suicide prevention program in light of eight reported suicides in July, the highest number recorded this year.

The US had mounted extreme pressure on the newly formed democratic government to annul peace treaty with Maulanas Sufi and Fazlullah in Swat after the militants had penetrated Dir and Buner in April 2009. Alarm bells were sounded that the militants were at the verge of capturing Islamabad and the nukes.

The United States has worked across Latin America to enrich private clients at the expense of the pauperized masses, Professor of Sociology Emeritus James Petras of Binghamton University, N.Y., charges.

Weapons sales by the United States tripled in 2011 to a record high, driven by major arms sales to Persian Gulf allies concerned about Iran’s regional ambitions, according to a new study for Congress.

    For Veterans living in the great state of Texas, the Texas Veterans Land Board has an unbelievably good home loan program that is effectively...

- An analyst that is only concerned with the material that supports where he wants to go, and ignores everything that doesn't, is less than worthless.