Thursday, September 9, 2010.

AfPak

GORDON DUFF:  AMERICAN HATE; MILITARY “DEATH SQUAD” ARRESTED

GORDON DUFF: AMERICAN HATE; MILITARY “DEATH SQUAD” ARRESTED

September 9, 2010 · 4 Comments 

A TROPHY FOR THE MIGHTY VICTORS POLITICS, RELIGION AND THE MILITARY, A RECIPE FOR DISASTER By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor A dozen American soldiers are under arrest, five for murder, in crimes that we may never know the full extent of.  The accusations, killing for sport, collecting fingers as trophies, is “meat” for the media.  It will sell papers, it will bring TV viewers and, combined with the threatened Koran burning and the “hatefest” over the Manhattan Islamic Center, everything imaginable is being done to make certain that terrorism is alive and well... [Read the full story]

Top 10

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News

September 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today's News From the VA: Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1.      VA Awards Contract For Colorado VA Hospital Work. The Aurora (CO) Sentinel (9/9, Goldstein, 8K) reports, “Kiewit-Turner has won a $1.3-million contract to begin design and construction work on a new veterans’ hospital in Aurora,” including the design of a new 206-bed medical center. “The rapid development of the new hospital in Aurora comes after years of delays and scrapped plans for a new VA hospital under several presidential administrations.” VA Secretary... [Read the full story]

Benefits

VA: Get Retroactive Stop Loss Pay (RSLSP) Fast

VA: Get Retroactive Stop Loss Pay (RSLSP) Fast

September 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

DVA From the VA: The Retroactive Stop Loss Pay (RSLSP) will end on October 21, 2010. Some who are eligible to receive this benefit have not applied or are unaware of this program. Although this is a DoD administered program, we are assisting in disseminating the below information in an attempt to reach-out to as many Veterans we can. I ask for your assistance to disseminate this information through your website, emails, blogs, twitter, face-book or any other means you have so we can ensure Veterans are aware that this program will end soon and those eligible must act now. Thank you for your consideration... [Read the full story]

Business

Opportunity for Veterans To Have A Franchise Business

Opportunity for Veterans To Have A Franchise Business

August 19, 2010 · 1 Comment 

Latest News Releases SOURCE: Maid Brigade  ETMaid Brigade Salutes the Troops With Unprecedented Veterans Discount Nation’s Leading Green-Cleaning Franchise Offers Veterans a 45 Percent Discount Off Select Markets ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwire – August 9, 2010) – In an effort to deepen its commitment to US Veterans, Maid Brigade®, the nation’s first and leading Green Clean Certified® franchise, announced today it will begin offering qualified Veterans a 45 percent discount off the total investment to own a Select Market Franchise territory. The newly created program extends... [Read the full story]

Heroes

BARRY DAVID BUTLER:  A SONG….”VIETNAM ALL OVER AGAIN”

BARRY DAVID BUTLER: A SONG….”VIETNAM ALL OVER AGAIN”

August 31, 2010 · 3 Comments 

CHICKENHAWK ON 9/11 VIETNAM ALL OVER AGAIN….A SONG BY BARRY DAVID BUTLER Posted by Gordon Duff Senior Editor Veterans Today Our thanks to Barry David Butler for telling it like it is. g YouTube - Veterans Today -  Read More →

Veterans Affairs (VA)

Why “Not “ Remember 9/11

September 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Why “Not “ Remember 9/11 “Sometimes You Have To Stand Up When Standing Isn’t Easy” Yes indeed why “not to” remember 9/11? This is a good question that needs to be asked of the world. We can always ask why we should remember 9/11. But is anyone asking why we should not remember 9/11? Well everyone can just make up their own reasons as to why they or others should remember 9/11. We should all remember the victims, we should all remember the thousands of rescue efforts, we should all... [Read the full story]

Vet News

Why “Not “ Remember 9/11

Why “Not “ Remember 9/11 “Sometimes You Have To Stand Up When Standing Isn’t Easy” Yes indeed why “not to” remember 9/11? This is a good question that needs to be asked of the world. We can always ask why we should remember 9/11. But... Read more of this article


JOE “RAGMAN” TARNOVSKY:  ENTITLEMENTS, NOT BENEFITS…A VETERAN’S RIGHT

JOE “RAGMAN” TARNOVSKY: ENTITLEMENTS, NOT BENEFITS…A VETERAN’S RIGHT

A DEBT, NOT A GIFT By Joe “Ragman” Tarnovsky STAFF WRITER Veterans are patriotic to a fault. Even when we see and hear politicians and bureaucrats in Washington, DC licking their chops looking for ways to cut ENTITLEMENT’S we earned by wearing the military uniform of the United States, we will curse, rant and rave but we continue to sit... Read more of this article


3 Graduate from Warwick Training Class for Disabled Veterans

3 Graduate from Warwick Training Class for Disabled Veterans

Build a Successful Career Path in the Electronic Manufacturing Services Industry By Randy Miller VAe’s mission is to equip America’s veterans with the skills necessary to build a successful career path in the electronic manufacturing services industry (EMS). Graduates of their program complete all five industry standard IPC certifications, and... Read more of this article


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America at War

GORDON DUFF:  AMERICAN HATE; MILITARY “DEATH SQUAD” ARRESTED

GORDON DUFF: AMERICAN HATE; MILITARY “DEATH SQUAD” ARRESTED

A TROPHY FOR THE MIGHTY VICTORS POLITICS, RELIGION AND THE MILITARY, A RECIPE FOR... 


US Soldiers ‘Killed Afghan Civilians for Sport and Collected Fingers as Trophies’

US Soldiers ‘Killed Afghan Civilians for Sport and Collected Fingers as Trophies’

 - Twelve American soldiers face charges over a secret “kill team” that... 


“Wikipedia Journalism” Can be Contagious and Deadly

“Wikipedia Journalism” Can be Contagious and Deadly

Acinetobacter baumannii - Superbug Via the Defense Base Act Compensation Blog Many... 


Afghanistan:—Indigenous Participation is Essential in Af-Pak Study Group

Afghanistan:—Indigenous Participation is Essential in Af-Pak Study Group

By Khalil Nouri Staff Writer / Editor There has recently been a call for the establishment... 


GORDON DUFF: DO THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS BLAME BUSH FOR 9/11?

GORDON DUFF: DO THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS BLAME BUSH FOR 9/11?

"MR. PRESIDENT, THE FIRST PLANE HAS HIT ON SCHEDULE" AMERICA’S WORST... 


Nuclear Hypocrisy: UN Atomic Agency Curtails Probe of Israel’s Nuclear Capability

Nuclear Hypocrisy: UN Atomic Agency Curtails Probe of Israel’s Nuclear Capability

Nukes okay if held by Israel - World’s worst nuclear offender gets another... 


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Middle East

Khaled Meshaal Interview: Hamas Chief Weighs In on Eve of Peace Talks

Khaled Meshaal Interview: Hamas Chief Weighs In on Eve of Peace Talks

With pundits in most capitals already predicting failure for the US-brokered Palestinian-Israeli... 


Blindly returning to the dark ages

Blindly returning to the dark ages

While freedom of expression is hailed as the birthright of democratic and modern... 


Why Muslims Dare Not Burn the Bible in Return

Why Muslims Dare Not Burn the Bible in Return

Islam decrees that Muslims should respect and honor the Bible and Torah as well. By... 


Hamas Re-positioning Themselves as American Solidarity Grows

Hamas Re-positioning Themselves as American Solidarity Grows

Mr. Khaled Misha'l - Resistance Movement -- (Hamas) Political Bureau  - As world-wide... 


Nuclear Hypocrisy: UN Atomic Agency Curtails Probe of Israel’s Nuclear Capability

Nuclear Hypocrisy: UN Atomic Agency Curtails Probe of Israel’s Nuclear Capability

Nukes okay if held by Israel - World’s worst nuclear offender gets another... 


ALAN HART: SHOULD SAUDI KING ABDULLAH INVITE NETANYAHU TO RIYADH?

ALAN HART: SHOULD SAUDI KING ABDULLAH INVITE NETANYAHU TO RIYADH?

KING ABDULLAH OF SAUDI ARABIA Should Saudi King Abdullah invite Netanyahu to Riyadh? By... 


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Government

Veterans protest phony Marine general being allowed to volunteer at VA hospital

Veterans protest phony Marine general being allowed to volunteer at VA hospital

Via LA Now A veterans group is protesting a decision by the Veterans Affairs hospital... 


Will VA be Ready for 240,000 Agent Orange Claims

Will VA be Ready for 240,000 Agent Orange Claims

 - The Dept of Veterans Affairs should clarify what a new, second Agent Orange... 


Military Religous Freedom Group to Donate a New Qur’an to Afghan Army for Every One Destroyed by Terry Jones

Military Religous Freedom Group to Donate a New Qur’an to Afghan Army for Every One Destroyed by Terry Jones

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) will not let the Qur’an-burning Islamophobia... 


‘The Peace Industry’ – A Bad, Endless Series

‘The Peace Industry’ – A Bad, Endless Series

Coming Peace Talks Are a Bad Joke Rerun By Joseph Glatzer  The Nobel Prize award... 


Soldier-Citizen-Scholar Events at University of New Hampshire

Soldier-Citizen-Scholar Events at University of New Hampshire

Philip Gorman, Army, Staff Sergeant Medic, Ground Ambulance Evacuation, Iraq, 1/05-10/05... 


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Health

Ill Gulf War Veterans (90-91) Await Answers on XMRV/MLV

Ill Gulf War Veterans (90-91) Await Answers on XMRV/MLV

The Gulf War Veterans Who Are Ill Await News from the International Meeting of XMRV/MLV Researchers... 


Documentary Examines Mental Trauma Of Iraq Veterans, Suicides

Documentary Examines Mental Trauma Of Iraq Veterans, Suicides

From the VA: The AP (9/8, Jennings) reports that the documentary “Ward 54,”... 


PTSD – The Silent Enemy

PTSD – The Silent Enemy

PTSD Is Life-long September 6, 2010 Da Nang, Vietnam Chuck Palazzo PTSD –... 


International Study Led by VA-Harvard Physician Yields Insight on Risks from Fatty Arteries

International Study Led by VA-Harvard Physician Yields Insight on Risks from Fatty Arteries

WASHINGTON – An international study of clinical data led by a Department of Veterans... 


Vets Get Ecstasy to Treat Their PTSD

Vets Get Ecstasy to Treat Their PTSD

Ecstasy By Katie Drummond in Wired Magazine A pair of psychiatric experts think... 


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Family

Tips Suggested for Veterans Going to College

Tips Suggested for Veterans Going to College

From the VA: In the US News and World Report (9/8) “Professors’ Guide”... 


ROBERT KENNEDY ON “VALUES”….WAS HE LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE?

ROBERT KENNEDY ON “VALUES”….WAS HE LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE?

HOW MANY AMERICANS REMEMBER WHAT WE LOST THAT DAY….   “Too much and... 


Housing Crash Continues: Why Now Is NOT The Time To Buy!

Housing Crash Continues: Why Now Is NOT The Time To Buy!

The housing crash is still in process and here are 10 reasons why it is still a terrible... 


Not ‘life,’ but maybe ‘organics’ on Mars

Not ‘life,’ but maybe ‘organics’ on Mars

By Marc Kaufman Washington Post Staff Writer Thirty-four years after NASA’s... 


Don’t Even Think About It – Touching Your 401(k) That Is!

Don’t Even Think About It – Touching Your 401(k) That Is!

Look, if you’re absolutely stuck right now, then you’ve got to do what’s necessary... 


Washington Faces Possible Armageddon Unlike Any Since Civil War

Washington Faces Possible Armageddon Unlike Any Since Civil War

The U.S. debt crisis represents a unique, unparalleled, and unimaginable convergence... 


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Military

Purple Hearts Routinely Denied for Traumatic Brain Injuries

Purple Hearts Routinely Denied for Traumatic Brain Injuries

- Traumatic Brain Injuries Don’t Merit Purple Heart? - From the VA:  NPR (9/9,... 


VA: Get Retroactive Stop Loss Pay (RSLSP) Fast

VA: Get Retroactive Stop Loss Pay (RSLSP) Fast

DVA From the VA: The Retroactive Stop Loss Pay (RSLSP) will end on October 21, 2010.... 


Will Our Generals and the DoD Ever Shut Up?

Will Our Generals and the DoD Ever Shut Up?

- The Military’s Media Megaphone and the U.S. Global Military Presence  - By Tom... 


Express Your Support and Appreciation to Our Troops: Here’s How

Express Your Support and Appreciation to Our Troops: Here’s How

Mass or anonymous mailings of gifts to our troops are controlled by the authorities... 


U.S. troops have left $324 million in back pay unclaimed

U.S. troops have left $324 million in back pay unclaimed

By Craig Whitlock in the Washington Post Uncle Sam wants to give free, no-strings-attached... 


Army Probes Mysterious Baby Deaths at Fort Bragg

Army Probes Mysterious Baby Deaths at Fort Bragg

By Deborah Hastings AOL News (Sept. 1) — Army officials are investigating the... 


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