Monthly Archives: August 2012

My civilian life here, down in the murky layers of con and lies, appears to be clouded however my view is not so. The stain of guilt lies everywhere.

It’s good to see the US media asking questions the tremulous British media dare not ask. Why did HRH Prince Harry’s police protection officers permit those photographs to be taken and who is covering their backs?

That's not a reference to a brute for a husband or a bitch for a bride. It's a question motivated by the behaviour of the mindless louts who enjoy holding sacrificial lambs as hostages and killing those who complain.

Former Israeli soldiers who served in the occupied territories say that mistreatment of Palestinian children by troops is "routine" and occurs even at times of relative calm. A collection of over 30 testimonies published on Sunday by Breaking the Silence, a group of ex-servicemen critical of army practices, says physical violence, often arbitrary, is used against very young children.

"At this point, everything the government is doing – and not just the US government but governments everywhere − is not only the wrong thing but exactly the opposite of the right thing. They're passing more laws, raising taxes, creating more currency and incurring more debt. They should be doing the opposite. We're currently still in the eye of the storm. Their actions guarantee that when we go back into the hurricane − the trailing edge of the hurricane − it's going to be much worse and will last much longer than what we saw in 2007 to 2009." Doug Casey

WORLD NEWS – Israel has failed to carry out the “thorough, credible and transparent investigation” it had promised into the death of American activist Rachel Corrie in Gaza nine years ago, the US ambassador in Tel Aviv has reiterated to her family.

In 2008, the former President of Italy, Francesco Cossiga confirmed that Itavia Flight 870 was downed by French fighter jets.

"Woke up, I don't know what time it was, with somebody on top of me, sexually assaulting me," says Kelly Smith.

Security-conscious authorities will be using a wide variety of devices and technology to monitor the skies, streets and waterways around Tampa during next week's Republican National Convention.

Reyes Construction, Inc., Pomona, Calif., is being awarded a $9,924,490 firm-fixed-price task order #0009 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-09-D-1606) for construction of an intersection bridge and improvements at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton.

- We chose to play chess while our opponents simply put a pistol on the table and emptied our pockets.

- Anybody that the government perceives as a threat can be arrested and put in a mental institution now...Rutherford Institute's John Whitehead

On August 22, Air Force Veteran James O’Neal received the POW Medal at Fort Logan National Cemetery. On Nov. 4, 1979, he was taken hostage along with 65 other Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has appointed Barbara Ward to the Senior Executive Service and assigned her as the Director of the VA’s Center for Minority Veterans.

  In Freddie Mac's results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey®, it showed fixed mortgage rates following long-term Treasury yields higher amid continued positive data...

Currently over 2000 occupying troops have been killed in Afghanistan and well over 15,000 have been wounded.

Pricewaterhouse Coopers L.L.P. (FA4890-12-D-0031), McLean, Va. is being awarded a $76,354,451 indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide support services in the areas of management and professional support services.

- Judge Allan Sharrett declared the government’s case to be lacking in factual allegations and ordered Raub immediately released.

  VA loans funding fee payments are required  for VA loans. Few borrowers are exempt from paying the fee. The Department of Veterans Affairs said...

The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have released PE (for prolonged exposure) Coach, a smartphone mobile application for use with post-traumatic stress disorder treatment.

President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will speak next week to the American Legion's national convention in Indianapolis, but only Romney will be there.

About a month ago we started getting reports of telemarketers calling Veterans to offer them VA Loan refinancing.  Apparently these telemarketers we’re highly aggressive,...

In the midst of a crisis that saw its highest rate of suicide in July, the Army has greenlighted a grant for Dr. Michael Kubek, an Indiana University of Medicine professor, to dig deeper into whether a nasal spray could be a safe and effective way to administer a specific antidepressive neurochemical to the brain and help calm suicidal thoughts.

A former Marine involuntarily detained for psychiatric evaluation for posting strident anti-government messages on Facebook has received an outpouring of support from people who say authorities are trampling on his First Amendment rights.

Mobile apps like the PTSD Coach can identify signs of PTSD, manage symptoms, and connect with resources and help instantly. And according to studies, early intervention may prevent long term damage to mental health.

Seven months ago, in December, 2011, Brian Arredondo, age 24, hanged himself in a shed in his mother’s backyard. Brian was the brother of US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Alexander Arredondo, who was killed in Iraq in 2004.

    More Previously-owned homes are being bought by Americans in July, suggesting that the housing market is improving. The National Association of Realtors said home sales rose...

- Government officials again pointed to Raub’s Facebook posts as the sole reason for their concern and for his continued incarceration.

Volvo Construction Equipment North America, Ashville, N.C., was awarded contract SPM8EC-12-D-0012.

Americans Tiring of Netanyahu’s Clownish Threats   By Press TV and Gordon Duff   We have one thing in our news every day now, secret plans Israel leaks...

- Those who sent the books wanted to trample the bodies of millions of people killed for being Jewish, Ben-Ari said.

The great inventor Nikola Tesla was a man whose genius was far beyond the great minds of his day. He had an intellect that at times seemed almost unearthly.

The Veterans Affairs Department, rocked last week by a scandal concerning excessive conference spending, hopes to skirt the fate that befell the top leadership at the General Services Administration four months ago.

India has been principally responsible for disturbing the peace in South Asia because of its habit of meddling into the internal affairs of its smaller and militarily and economically weak neighbors.

    The Mortgage Colossus that is Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac are too being unloading thousands of Distressed Mortgages, Ordered by the Treasury Department following the announcement to...

On Friday, I visited Ecuador's embassy here in the capital of the former British empire and saw a building surrounded by a phalanx of cops, with several of them at the front door.

Tommy Sowers, a Missouri native and Army Special Forces combat Veteran, was sworn in today to oversee the public affairs office and other vital programs for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The Clinton mom has been serving as a caregiver for her son, Nathan Florey, now 27, since he suffered an aneurysm during a 2008 Army deployment to Iraq.

Twenty-six active-duty soldiers are believed to have committed suicide in July, more than double the number reported for June and the most suicides ever recorded in a month since the U.S. Army began tracking detailed statistics on such deaths.

In August 2005, Army Lt. Jas Boothe had one thing on her mind: getting herself - and the son she was raising on her own - ready for her deployment to Iraq.

On Aug. 15, Secretary Shinseki met with Veterans and local leaders at the Clara White Mission in Jacksonville, Florida – one of many community partners working together to end homelessness among Veterans by 2015.

"Many are the stories that were told in the Hebrew Bible, but the greatest story that is yet to be told is the story of the Hebrew Bible itself"