By Sherwood Ross If newspaper readership is plummeting, maybe it’s because readers are turning elsewhere to catch a glimpse of the causes behind the official story. Recognizing this, some book publishers courageously are using their printing presses to bring interpretive reporting to the reading public. Here are a dozen books Americans need to read because [...]
Project 7210 is Available! Looking for 77 Veterans By David H. Marshall On 4 April 2008 the VA was "unable to locate" their copies of this veterans’ service documents from back in 1956 forward. Now in-hand, what about the 77 others? Many of the 78 sets of service records were destroyed in the 1973 National Personnel Records Center fire. Congress’ [...]
Patty Andrews: The Boogie Woogie Bugle Girl of World War II The Music of the Andrew Sisters was the Music of the Greatest Generation by John P. Allen The most succesful and influential female music group in history, the Andrews Sisters were a close harmony singing group, consisting of sisters LaVerne Sophie Andrews (contralto; July [...]
By Dana Bartholomew In the decades since he returned from fighting in World War II, Stephen Palmer has watched the sprawling Sepulveda VA become a "birdcage" for care of veterans. Now he fears the North Hills facility will be further eroded by plans to build sober-living apartments for homeless vets – and for others who [...]
by Steve Palisin Looking at the Korean Conflict plaque on a granite stone dedicated today in Myrtle Beach’s Valor Memorial Garden, Dolores Braginton realized that war began June 25, 1950 — nine years before her birth date. The Myrtle Beach resident was among a group of area Blue Star Mothers of America serving cookies and [...]
Legislator unhappy over cutting of funds for veterans cemetery FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks lawmaker is upset after Gov. Sarah Palin cut promised funding for a veterans cemetery in the Interior. State Sen. Joe Thomas, a Democrat, says he thought the project was finally moving forward after floundering for a few years. But then the promised [...]
RICHMOND, Va. – More than 600 Americans have died in the Afghan war, and more than 4,000 in Iraq. Dozens more would certainly have died there if not for the heroism of two Marines, who Friday were awarded – posthumously – the Navy’s highest honor for valor. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann has the story [...]
Merchant Marines Needs Help Now! by John P. Allen As a former member of the US Merchant Marine and the USCG, James D, Horton is reaching out to all Veteran Service Organizations for help. He needs assistance from VSOs that support the US Merchant Marine as a veteran. They were Americans that came from all walks [...]
By VERENA DOBNIK NEW YORK — It’s been decades, but Jane Fonda still can’t shake her "Ha noi Jane" image from the Vietnam War. About a dozen Vietnam veterans and other protesters on Saturday picketed the theater where the 71-year-old actress is starring in the Broadway play "33 Variations," telling passers-by that she had once [...]
Latvia’s Government Has Fallen by Tom Barnes with Gordon Duff STAFF WRITERS This happened yesterday as a result of a total failure of the economy to meet the needs of the people. There were riots in the streets. Iceland’s government fell for similar reasons six weeks ago. To read the story from [...]
Contact President Obama and tell him to INVEST IN THE HOME ECONOMY not WAR ECONOMY! Yesterday, our military family received this legislative alert from Voters for Peace (VFP) asking us to contact President Obama to express our views on escalating War in Afghanistan and potentially Pakistan. I will post the letter we sent to the [...]
By Rick ThorneHidden behind a vast web of SECRECY is America’s DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS! As veterans all of us need to know exactly what our government is up to. Her past is one of deep shame and extreme deceit. The Vietnam war proved just how covert our government can be. It doesn’t matter who the [...]
WANT TO BE ON A “DANGEROUS GUN NUT” LIST? GET A CARRY PERMIT By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER Millions of Americans, in response to what they thought were new “liberal” gun laws allowing concealed carry permits in many states have signed up for expensive gun classes, filled out forms and believe they have joined a [...]
by Tom Dispatch Vietnam disentombs U.S. Government lie about underground POW prison in Hanoi. During the 1991-92 Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs investigation, Select Committee investigators determined that the Vietnamese were operating a "top secret" prison compound beneath Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum in northwest Hanoi. The underground prison (referred to by eyewitnesses reports found [...]
WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced a new benefit for Filipino Veterans who aided American troops in World War II — a cash payment authorized through the newly enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Claims are now being accepted from Filipino Veterans eligible for one-time payments of $9,000 for non-U.S. citizens [...]
By Rick Thorne Maybe you know of a veteran or active military soldier having inside information on this covert operation to imprison and murder citizens of the United States. Now we know what the BUSH administration has been doing for the last 8 years and it’s scary! Very Scary! READ ON TO SEE MORE VIDEOS>>>>>> [...]
SAME POLICIES STILL APPLY NOW THAT OBAMA IS HEAD BOTTLE WASHER!By Rick ThorneHave you heard the one about the $1,000,000 FOID insurance?No, it’s not a joke. It’s Illinois House Bill 687 Slick Willy Obama is going to pull a slide of hand on gun owners down the road. Isn’t it interesting this bill is being [...]
Petroleum Traders Corporation, Fort Wayne, Ind.* is being awarded a maximum $33,733,749 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for delivery of fuel. Other locations of performance are in Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia and Delaware. Using service is Army, Navy, Air Force and federal civilian agencies. The proposal was [...]
YOUR BASIC FREEDOMS ARE NOW THREATENED!By RICK THORNE It breaks my heart to see America sliding into the pits of Oligarchy! Every one is "Shovel Ready" to dump our way of life for the IMPRISONMENT of "COMMUNISM!" Veterans need to stand up now and fight the "LIBERAL DICTATORSHIP" evolving in Washington D.C…You need to watch [...]
TORTURE, RAPE AND THREAT OF IMPRISONMENT FACE PRIESTS AND NUNS REFUSING ORGIES NOW A SIN? By Thomas Barnes, STAFF WRITER The following website is a lead to a Indian Newspaper that reports on a Catholic nun of over thirty years standing who has left the convent and written a book about the use of sexual [...]
THE NUREMBERG TRIALS ESTABLISHED THE BASIS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW IF DEMOCRATS LACK COURAGE, THEN KEY AMERICAN CONSPIRATORS MUST BE EXTRADITED By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER Based on established International Law and legal precedent, all parties to aggressive war, murder of civilians, judicial backing for war and illegal punishment and detention, toture and abuse of prisoners [...]
by Marjorie Cohn Since he took office, President Obama has instituted many changes that break with the policies of the Bush administration. The new president has ordered that no government agency will be allowed to torture, that the U.S. prison at Guantánamo will be shuttered, and that the CIA’s secret black sites will be closed [...]
By Rick Thorne These are indeed very STRANGE DAYS we live in. As Veterans all of us need to WAKE UP and realize we cannot believe those in power no matter who they are! As Veterans we need to realize there’s a SINISTER PLAN from our leaders to bring in a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT—A [...]
By Philip Sherwell Israel has launched a covert war against Iran as an alternative to direct military strikes against Tehran’s nuclear programme, US intelligence sources have revealed. It is using hitmen, sabotage, front companies and double agents to disrupt the regime’s illicit weapons project, the experts say. The most dramatic element of the "decapitation" programme is [...]
By Sherwood Ross The Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) has confirmed the worst fears of its creator President Harry Truman that it might degenerate into “an American Gestapo.” It has been just that for so long it is beyond redemption. It represents 60 years of failure and fascism utterly at odds with the spirit of a democracy [...]
Today’s Local News for Veterans What’s Inside 1. Filipino Veterans From WWII To Receive Benefit Payments. 2. CU, UCH Representatives Say They Have No "Official Position" On VA Hospital. 3. VA Urged To Update VistA. 4. Vet Hopes To Drum Up Support For "Village" Plan At Montrose. 5. VA Hospitals Reaching Out To Veterans From Iraq, Afghanistan. 6. Togus VA Hospital [...]
By Dana Milbank Listening to neoconservative mastermind Richard Perle at the Nixon Center yesterday, there was a sense of falling down the rabbit hole. In real life, Perle was the ideological architect of the Iraq war and of the Bush doctrine of preemptive attack. But at yesterday’s forum of foreign policy intellectuals, he created a [...]
Last Flight Out of Kyrgyzstan By Baktybek Abdrisaev For two weeks, the U.S. struggle to hold on to its last air base in Central Asia has made headlines, and the vote in Kyrgyzstan’s parliament yesterday to close Manas Air Base will spark still more coverage. Analysts have rushed to portray this as a new chess [...]
IMMEDIATE BAN ON FOX/MURDOCH BY PENTAGON A MUST RUMSFELD’S “VOICE” NOW “GONE OFF THE DEEP END” By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER In a cartoon clearly meant to depict the murder of President Obama and designed to portray people of color as less than human, Rupert Murdock, Australian political extremist and owner of Fox News, has shown [...]
By Rick Thorne Nikola Tesla’s Star Wars Invention." America’s HIDDEN SECRET. Can you imagine what other secrets our government is hiding from us? Americans need to WAKE UP and realize you and I are more controlled than one could have ever imagined. READ ON FOR THE REST OF THE STORY>>>>>> THE HAARP AT WORK!THE HAARP SOUND! [...]
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