by Sherwood Ross, Staff Writer The culture of secrecy in Government and Corporate America is a pattern “which deeply and often disastrously affects all of American life,” a law dean writes. Secrecy really “took off” after the Korean War “with the creation of the American national security state, and got us into trouble time and [...]
by Donna Teresa, Staff Writer It is known as the official march of the United States of America, and for generations, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" has remained a traditional, historical piece of American music that renews the spirit, especially on the Fourth of July. John Philip Sousa — the composer, arranger, conductor and military [...]
Raw StoryBy David Edwards -Jon Stewart wants to know why the CIA is recruiting former Wall Street bankers. According to Reuters, the CIA recently “held interviews on June 22 at a secret location in New York” after posting ads targeting laid off Wall Street workers.“Economics, finance and business professionals, if the quest for the bottom [...]
By Josh Dawsey – jdawsey@thesunnews.com Approximately 130,000 troops are expected to be out of major Iraq cities today as the Iraqi government takes over security in its major towns. The government says the country is ready for self-governance. Some Grand Strand military families aren’t so sure. "I do believe they’re ready," Gen. Ray Odierno, [...]
AP-SYRACUSE, N.Y. – A hearing is under way in upstate New York for an Army National Guard officer who publicly announced he was gay to protest the military’s "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy. A military board in Syracuse could decide if Lt. Dan Choi should be the first New York National Guard member discharged for [...]
CONGRESSMAN WAMP, "DO NOTHING" EXTREMIST TROLLS FOR UNDESERVED SUPPORT FROM VETS By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER "Wamp the wimp." Thats what we should call him. A former real estate salesman who NEVER SERVED A DAY IN OUR MILITARY but who has co-sponsored several "honor the vets" bills while voting against veterans consistently is looking for [...]
What’s Inside Today’s Local News for Veterans 1. Shinseki, Altmire Meeting Seen As Part Of Effort To Implement White House Agenda. 2. Infections At VA Hospitals. 3. Homelessness Said To Be On The Rise For Iraq, Afghanistan Vets. 4. Fort Carson Introduces Disability Evaluation System. 5. Health And Wellness Clinic Offering Free Treatments To Returning Vets. 6. US Army Ends Retiree [...]
Stew Says Read This News Now and Get the Info You Need Yemeni Airbus A310 airliner crashes off Comoros with 153 aboard Pirate Bay starts video streaming Billed as a rival to YouTube Apartments for homeless seniors worry neighbors Veterans Set Sail On Lake Superior During 17th Annual Fishing Day IAVA Founder on Ning and [...]
CAREGIVER TIPS FOR MAKING EATING/FEEDING EASIER FOR LOVED ONES WITH DEMENTIAS/ALZHEIMER’S BY CAROL WARE DUFF MSN, BA, Rn STAFF WRITER AND EDITOR AS A CAREGIVER, PROVIDING GOOD NUTRITION IS ESSENTIAL FOR YOUR LOVED ONE. It is not known to what extent diet will affect dementia, but it is known that people with dementia do not [...]
VETERANS TODAY EDITOR – TOM BARNES AUTHOR – CONSCIENCE TO MANY By Gordon Duff VETERANS TODAY My actual job here is Chairman of the Editorial Board. Behind the articles you see and the activities you don’t, a family, sometimes as dysfunctional as any in America, is working to put out a daily publication with rage [...]
"BETRAYING THE PLANET" By Paul Krugman/NY Times comments: Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER Veterans Today News Network I have a " Fox News" friend, a Navy retiree, who talks about global warming as though it were a joke. The same quality of scientists that is bribed to deny PTSD puts out ‘non-scientific" opinion pieces on global [...]
Raw Story, AFP-A Yemeni passenger jet crashed off the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros with 153 people on board, officials said, in the latest air disaster involving an Airbus. "The plane crashed in the early hours of the morning several nautical miles off the Comoros islands, with 142 passengers and 11 crew aboard," an [...]
BBC-News The world’s most high-profile file-sharing website, The Pirate Bay (TPB), has lifted the lid on its new video sharing website, The Video Bay. Billed as a rival to YouTube, the service will offer unrestricted video content, in violation of copyright law. It is not clear when the service will actually go live; the [...]
By Julia Lyon-West Valley City » Despite lingering community outrage and multiple financial delays, the Kelly Benson apartments for homeless seniors are finally under construction in West Valley City. For advocates of the homeless, the facility is one more housing success in Utah. But for some community members, fear remains. "I feel our neighborhood is [...]
I think we are all missing the point here with all the anti-Gordon invective. By his own admission, Gordon is a "bomb thrower", a radical, a muckracker, a yellow journal writer, an investigative opinionator….in a word…a troublemaker. That serves a very sound purpose. He shakes things up. He challenges the status quo. He says, "I [...]
NBC 6, CBS 3, My 9, and Northland CW for Duluth MN/Wis 12 boats full of hopeful veterans set sail on Lake Superior Monday during the 17th annual "Veterans on Lake Superior" charter fishing day. Strong winds and cooler temperatures made the fish harder to come by as LeAnn Wallace reports in this week’s "Nature [...]
Eric KuhnAward Winning Journalist // New Media Consultant Paul Rieckhoff is the Founder and Executive Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the nation’s first and largest non-partisan, nonprofit organization representing veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I spoke with Rieckhoff today at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York where [...]
By Lake County News Editor-SACRAMENTO – State Sen. Patricia Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) is requesting that some of the funds saved through recent Senate cost-cutting measures be diverted to offset proposed fee increases for veteran residents of California’s veterans homes. In light of the current state budget crisis, lawmakers are considering legislation to raise the fees [...]
Documentary filmmaker Larry Cappetto is looking for Anchorage-area veterans to interview for his TV series "Lest They Be Forgotten."Cappetto is scheduled to be in Anchorage for interviews on July 11-12 at Kehl’s Legacy Funeral Homes, 11621 Old Seward Highway. The "Lest They Be Forgotten" film series is composed of nine films, honoring veterans from World [...]
By Maria Papadopoulos ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER BROCKTON — A 30-foot totem pole is planned at the veterans hospital to pay tribute to American Indians and other veterans who fought for the nation.“It’s quite impressive,” Deary, 61, of Carver, said of the totem pole. “It’s something that I think will help unite Native Americans. They can [...]
By HOLLY ANGELO hangelo@repub.com CHICOPEE – Kenneth E. Golash has been fired from his job as the city’s veterans agent by Mayor Michael D. Bissonnette. Golash was appointed to the post in October 2002 by then Mayor Richard J. Kos. Bissonnette on Monday said Golash’s appointment would be vacated today for several reasons. "There’s a [...]
by The Republican Western Massachusetts has played host to many veterans gatherings over the years, but a conference held Saturday shined a spotlight on a growing veterans group – women. About 150 people, including Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray, came to Holyoke Community College for the first Statewide Conference for Women Veterans. The event was [...]
On the beach at Gwithian Downs near Hayle in Cornwall, Rich Emerson is teaching a surf lesson. BY Louise Walter BBC Cornwall- His students are two fellow war veterans and all three are suffering post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after combat tours. The 43-year-old, who lives in Hayle, served with the Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars [...]
Raw Story AFP-Dozens of US troops seen in Mosul after June 30 will not be military advisers or trainers but instead work to ensure that millions of American tax dollars are not frittered away. Combat operations against the Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents that turned Mosul into a hotbed of violence are all but finished for the US [...]
By RINDI WHITE and BILL WHITE Anchorage Daily News | rwhite@adn.com A federal judge has ordered a Mat-Su couple who run an incineration business to stop receiving and burning hospital, medical and infectious waste as of noon July 1. The order last week against Nancy and James Oliver, who own Safety Waste Incineration near Mile [...]
By LISA DEMER ldemer@adn.com WASILLA — For a while Sunday, before the sky crackled with thunder and lightning and a torrent of rain, Fort Richardson soldier Faron Copas relaxed with friends in peace at Finger Lake. A BLAST IN THE DARK His war wounds were mainly hidden. Then he walked. He moved with a [...]
By DANIEL WAGNER / AP Business Writer WASHINGTON – Bank of America Corp. -Risky bank policies that contributed to the financial crisis were as common in neighborhood branches as they were on Wall Street, according to a labor-backed coalition that will propose new reforms Tuesday. Bank of America Corp. and other large banks encouraged [...]
Time is running out for the legislatures in Arizona, California, Indiana, Mississippi and Pennsylvania to solve budget gaps. By P.J. Huffstutter and Nicholas Riccardi June 30, 2009 Reporting from Indianapolis and Denver — The last time Indiana missed its deadline for passing a budget and had to shut down the government was during the Civil [...]
COVERT SURVEILLANCE UNITS DEPLOYED AGAINST VETS PROTESTING "LAND GRAB" VET ORGANIZATION OFFICIALS WATCHED AS "TERRORISTS" By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER "SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA, A TERRORIST CELL IS CELEBRATING…..KNOWING THIS" The public safety officers of the VA are not empowered to conduct covert surveillance on veterans. They are not trained for this nor do their own "blacked [...]
Chatanoogan.com-A group of Tennessee’s military veterans and heroes announced their support for Zach Wamp in his campaign for governor. The “Veterans for Zach Wamp Leadership Team” will serve in an advisory role to Rep. Wamp on state veterans and Tennessee National Guard issues, it was stated. The Wamp campaign said, "Leaders on the committee [...]
© 2012 Veterans Today. All Rights Reserved. Veterans Today Network - Log in -
FACEBOOK
TWITTER
