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Humor Me, Check These Out
Here is a comparison between “authentic and established” journalism that uncovers a hidden tax on what people are encouraged to believe.
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News May 23, 2012
On May 21, VA Secretary Shinseki and Defense Secretary Panetta toured the Federal Health Care Center in Chicago, named after Capt. James Lovell (pictured).
U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for May 23, 2012
Softchoice, McLean, Va., is being awarded a firm-fixed-price blanket purchase agreement to procure Microsoft brand name software licenses and software support, known as software assurance (SA), through 2015 for the Department of the Navy.
Lung Disease Following Deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan
United States military personnel and civilian contractors deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan may be at risk for respiratory symptoms and chronic lung disease, including asthma and constrictive bronchiolitis.
Uncle Gordy’s Mid-Week Reality Check, May 23, 2012
One problem we are all ignoring, while we are told to worry about Iranian nukes that do not now nor never will exist, is that the money in your pocket is toilet paper, your home is worth less than yesterday and probably belongs to someone who lost the paperwork and has been bankrupt themselves for 30 years.
US War Veterans Tossing Medals Back at NATO Was Heroic Act
Nato summit leaders should have been forced to watch the moving protest of the former troops chucking their medals away
Egypt’s Presidential Elections: A Revolution at the Crossroads(Video)
“A 15-minute-documentary that revisits the Egyptian uprising, and explores the arduous road to democracy and the daunting challenges that await the country after the upcoming presidential elections.”
New VA Form Available for Ordering Veterans Grave Marker Medallion
The Department of Veterans Affairs has streamlined the process for families of deceased Veterans to receive a medallion which can be affixed to grave markers at private cemeteries and indicates the Veteran status of the deceased.
Not Every Veteran is Broken
The wounds of Veterans, both physical and mental, are real and have widespread effects on Veterans and their families.
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News May 22, 2012
When they landed, Pathfinders with 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division bounded from the aircraft with their Afghan partners.
Is Time Running Out for the VA Temporary Residence Grant?
In October, 2011, authorization for the Temporary Residence Grant or TRA was extended under Public Law 112-37.
Indiana Veterans’ Home Remembers Fallen Heroes
On May 28, 2012, the Indiana Veterans’ Home invites the community to attend a special Memorial Day service to honor the men and women who died while serving in the armed forces.
Japan’s Broke – Highest Debt Ratio of Any Industrialized Nation
While massive debt in the US has been in the world news and the failure of austerity measures to stabilize the Euro have been continually reported, Japan has gone under.
Today, Fitch lowered japanse foreign currency rating to near junk bond status. Japan had previously fallen to AA and is now down to "A," a level unacceptable to a nation that most still consider a world "super-economy."
Duff on Press TV – Missile Shield and Nato Protests
"The clear issue we have on NATO is that from day number one this was an illegal war; those who started this war in the US, Britain and elsewhere did so as a war crime.
U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for May 21, 2012
Charleston Aluminum, L.L.C., Gaston, S.C.*, was issued a modification exercising the first option year on contract SPM8E5-10-D-0012/P00008.
Spouses Seeing More Job Choices
Exciting changes are underway for military spouses that could affect families who serve for generations to come.
Health Care Petition for Military Families Poisoned at Camp Lejeune
Jerry Ensminger, White Lake, NC, is a retired Marine Master Sergeant with 24 years of active service. His family is one of hundreds of thousands who bathed, drank, and cooked with water contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals at Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Massive Anti-NATO Protests in Chicago
Thousands of peaceful protesters, including peace activists and war veterans, have marched through the second largest city in the U.S. carrying banners against NATO and demanding the dissolution of the Alliance.
Why An Ex-Marine Turns Pacifist
It’s been a long journey for Russell Brown, 65, from the days when he fought with the Fourth Marines in Viet Nam, to becoming one of the “Hancock 33” protesters against drone warfare.
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News May 21, 2012
Veterans in Michigan and its surrounding states, register now for the free Veterans Hiring Fair at the Detroit COBO Center, June 26-28.
Veterans Hiring Fair at the Detroit COBO Center, June 26-28.
Veterans in Michigan and its surrounding states, register now for the free Veterans Hiring Fair at the Detroit COBO Center, June 26-28. Thousands of...
Homeland Security in the Land of the Free
The horror stories about the Transportation Security Administration are indisputable. In the post 911 environment, civil liberties routinely ignored or eliminated, become a mere memory in a country that once prided itself as the beacon of freedom for the entire world.
Hafez Aladdeen Is An Israeli Patriot
When Cohen attempts to bond with his protagonist Dictator Aladeen, he actually speaks in his mother tongue, Hebrew. Cohen speaks Hebrew because Aladeen is not an Arab dictator, he is actually an Israeli patriot like Cohen himself.
US Declares ‘Total War’ on Islam
In an organized act of brutality, a number of US soldiers went on a house-to-house shooting spree in Zangabad village, Kandahar in March and massacred 16 people including nine children while they were sleeping and all Washington had to say were a few words of condolence and apology nonchalantly strung together in order to appease the overwhelming public rage in Afghanistan.
Cross Talk : Farewell Israel?
The book focuses on the break-up of American Jewish support for Israel. Its central argument is that the mostly liberal American Jewish community now knows too much about the historical, human rights and diplomatic record of the Israel-Palestine conflict to lend Israel blind support.
NATO – Rogue Arm Of America’s War Machine Must Be Dismantled
There is much to both question and criticize about NATO but primary is the fact that America has created an international organization that is not answerable to international or constitutional laws and is still mired in a cold war mentality.
Screw Religion! Go With God
This is another column exploring the evil sway of scientism, not science, that dominates worldwide behavior.
9/11 and Islamophobia
My Recent Comment on Prof. Richard Falk's Blog Highlighting the Failures of the Mainstream Media to Cover the Hunger Strike Aimed a Calling Attention to Israel's Violations of the Universal Human Rights of Palestinians.
NATO Vulture Culture
Russian Aurora has discharged a preemptive salvo against the Atlantic freedom vultures in America, which have camped out at sweet home Chicago.
No, it wasn’t another Bolshevik mutiny at the legendary cruiser in St Petersburg; it was an audacious Russian think tank, Institute for Foreign Policy Research & Initiatives, www.invissin.ru that boarded ritzy Marriott Aurora in Moscow to test fire a new revolutionary manifesto – International Conference “NATO: myths and reality lessons for Russia and the world”.
Evil, Madness, and Blind Spots: Two New Books on Psychopathy Leave their Selective Empathy...
So let us ask Dr. Baron-Cohen: What part of the Jewish brain is malfunctioning to produce this widespread empathy-deficit disorder?
US House Stealthily Passes Extreme Pro-Israel Legislation
The scariest bit of the bill is its call for “an expanded role for Israel within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), including an enhanced presence at NATO headquarters and exercises.”
Mr. President, We Have Had Enough
Mr. President, here is my statement of purpose. I am just a writer, not even by decent standards an "activist." We supported you four years ago, my estimate producing about 50,000 votes. We are much more than ten times that now.
The 21st Century Fake War Syndrome
The end of the Cold War sparked this new Fake War Syndrome (FWS) and there is NO cure in sight.
Late May U.S. False Flag Likely
Starting with the premise that a false flag attack by the end of May is more likely than not, I'll present the odds for the top targets and most dangerous days, then evaluate the various entities and individuals likely to be involved.
Mindless Masses
The danger to humanity is in the nuclear button briefcase in the Oval Office and in the brainwashed and militant American (sic) population, the most totally disinformed and ignorant people on earth."
Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News May 19, 2012
It is the solemn 24-note military bugle call that launched a thousand handkerchiefs and became an American musical icon.
DOD to Host Vietnam War Commemoration Ceremony at Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta will host a ceremony on Monday, May 28, 2012, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to thank and honor America's Vietnam Veterans on behalf of a grateful nation.
An Armed Forces Day Message from Veterans For Peace
Armed Forces Day was created in 1949 to honor Americans serving in the 5 branches of the U.S. military. Then in 1962 President Kennedy designated the 3rd Saturday of May to recognize Armed Forces Day as an official holiday.
Israel to Rule on Nuclear Whistle Blower’s Appeal to Revoke Citizenship
Mordechai Vanunu wrote, "The court hearing [cancel Israel citizenship] is June 6th." In a separate email, he added...
The Incompatibility of Nakba and Neutrality
Together with thousands of people I took to the streets of Ramallah, joined by a group of amazing women and their children.
Intel Dump, May 18, 2012
Not sure where to start with this. "Blabbing" by government intel operatives has become such a huge habit, perhaps I am seen as amusing, that operational common sense goes out the window.
There are Non-Taliban Poets in The ‘Poetry of The Taliban’
It is truly a matter of controversy as it appears that non-Taliban Afghan poets are presented as Taliban.