By ROBERT MITCHELL-Veterans’ Corner-Future Events Roundup Saratoga County-The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is reaching out to inform wartime veterans and surviving spouses of deceased wartime veterans about an under-used, special monthly pension benefit called Aid and Attendance. Although this is not a new program, not everyone is aware of his or her potential eligibility. [...]
By Thomas H. Maugh II -L.A. Times-A defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization apparatus cuts fatalities by 29% in patients with mild heart failure, study shows. It is already approved for implant in those with severe heart disease. "This is a breakthrough finding," … A combination defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization device reduced deaths by nearly one-third in [...]
In our first story, you will meet professional poker players who became suspicious when some of their Internet opponents never seemed to lose. They then started to scrutinize the games and the hands of those suspected cheaters using sophisticated computer programs, correspondent Steve Kroft and The Washington Post’s Gilbert Gaul report in a joint investigation. [...]
by CWO3 Tom Barnes, USCG (Ret.), Staff Writer The following story from Friday’s Washington Post is chilling in a way that I cannot quite describe. It needs to be read. What in the hell is going on in Congress? Is it a legislative body or a seminary? Please read the article "The Political Enclave That Dare [...]
The USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) operated in the Gulf of Alaska on Tuesday, June 23, 2009, in support of the joint military training exercise Northern Edge. The Nimitz-class nuclear-power aircraft carrier is nearing the end of a scheduled 6-month deployment for maritime security in the western Pacific and will return to its home [...]
CAREGIVER TIPS ABOUT DRESSING FOR THOSE TAKING CARE OF LOVED ONES WITH DEMENTIAS/ALZHEIMER’S By Carol Ware Duff MSN, BA, RN Your loved one may be experiencing changes relating to his or her cognitive or physical functioning that may make getting dressed difficult. However, you want your loved one to able to participate in dressing him [...]
DISTRESS CALL!! OFFE IS FIRING FOR EFFECT WE NEED EVERONE’S SUPPORT IN FLYING OUR FLAG UPSIDE DOWN SO THAT VETERANS VIEWS ARE HEARD Gene Simes, President OFFE and Francisco Juarez, Operations Director, California OFFE Staff Writers Veterans Today News Network On July 4, 1776, we claimed our independence from Britain thus, Democracy was born. Every day thousands leave [...]
Questions from Readers Digest…True or False Questions: 1. If you enter your PIN number backwards in an ATM, it will call the police. 2. Lemon Fresh Joy (a dishwashing liquid) and Listerine (mouthwash) will knock mosquitoes dead from the sky. 3. Deep in the heart of Australia, the self-proclaimed Prince Leonard of Hutt River riles [...]
AFP-North Korea warned that "dark clouds of nuclear war" are gathering over the peninsula and vowed to strengthen its atomic arsenal as it marked the anniversary of the 1950-1953 conflict. Rodong Sinmun, newspaper of the ruling communist party, accused the United States and its ally South Korea of trying to provoke another war with their [...]
By Doug Stanton Author of Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan Horse Soldiers is the untold story of a victory won by U.S. Special Forces and other Americans, alongside Afghan counterparts, at a critical time in our recent history. Part sociologist, diplomat, part foreign policy expert, [...]
By Doug Stanton,Author of Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan Horse Soldiers is the untold story of how a small band of U.S. Special Forces soldiers secretly entered Afghanistan in 2001, just five weeks after September 11, saddled up on horses, and rode to an improbable [...]
Night-time military helicopter flights over downtown Los Angeles this week are part of training exercises to familiarize military personnel with urban settings and prepare them for future assignments overseas, according to authorities. The helicopters, which have appeared nightly for almost a week, have attracted the attention of residents as they hover over downtown landmarks like City Hall, [...]
Stew Says Read This News Now and Get the Info You Need "Keeping Faith"-Election panel weighs Senator John Kerry’s bid to produce movie 25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods FBI Arrests White Supremacist Blogger Hal Turner For Threatening To Kill Federal Judges VA Doctor Accused of Money Scheme Denies Charges Attempt to halt: Veterans plan press conference [...]
The Federal Election Commission meets Thursday to consider Kerry’s request to use $300,000 from his campaign funds to invest in a documentary about injured Iraq war veterans. By ANDREW MIGA Associated Press Writer-WASHINGTON—Federal election officials will have a hand in writing the script on Sen. John Kerry’s plans to become a movie producer. The [...]
WalletPop.com-Your Odds of Being a Victim Why neighborhoods and not cities? Even the cities with the highest crime rates can have relatively safe neighborhoods, and thus it is less useful to generalize about an entire city. But using exclusive data developed by Dr. Schiller at NeighborhoodScout.com, and based on FBI data from all 17,000 local [...]
Internet postings on June 2 and 3 proclaimed “outrage” … ThinkProgress-Today, FBI agents went to the New Jersey home of white supremacist blogger/radio host Hal Turner and arrested him “on a federal complaint filed in Chicago alleging that he made internet postings threatening to assault and murder three federal appeals court judges in Chicago in [...]
What’s Inside Today’s Local News for Veterans 1. House Votes To Expand Eligibility For Disabled Veterans’ Compensation.2. Shinseki’s Participation In Community Service Campaign Noted. 3. Water Treatment Plant Dispute Said To Symbolize Larger Debate. 4. Vets Groups, Lawmakers Call For Overhaul Of VA Claims Process. 5. Pentagon Survey: War Taking Its Toll On Troops’ Children. 6. Job Fair To Be Held [...]
Concord, New Hampshire – A doctor at the Veterans Administration Hospital accused of cashing in on a money scheme has denied federal charges.Authorities say 49-year-old Dr. William Weeks participated in five contracts worth $1 million between the VA and Dartmouth College, where he also worked. He then allegedly did the work for less and took [...]
Local veterans held a press conference at Fayetteville National Cemetery to address what they call a "crisis" — the potential sale of the old Washington County Sale Barn for apartment development. BY ROBIN MERO Northwest Arkansas Times-The livestock sale barn is closing after its final sale Thursday. Veterans are trying to raise $2 million to buy [...]
By Darryl Swan The South County Spotlight, Members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4362 in Scappoose are certainly not the type to back down from a challenge. So when the economy started taking its shots at the local populace, the VFW members decided it was time to do something. But they also admit they [...]
EAST ST. LOUIS — The sponsors of the Joseph Center, a 22-bed shelter for homeless veterans, have postponed a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the $2 million center’s completion that had been set for Friday. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will still occur, said Frank Hackmann, a spokesman for Eagles Nest, the not-for-profit group sponsoring the homeless center [...]
NORFOLK, Va. – Virginia 2nd District Congressman Glenn Nye announced Wednesday that he will host a Hampton Roads Veterans Job Fair on July 2nd. The Job Fair, scheduled from Noon to 5:00pm, will be held at VFW Post 4809, 5728 Bartee Street in Norfolk. "Our veterans leave the military with skills and experience that [...]
kfmb-tv-Associated Press – FREMONT, Calif. (AP) – Local veterans will soon have access to medical and mental health services at a new Fremont clinic slated to open in January The Department of Veterans Affairs has signed a lease on a 10,000-square-foot building that will house a clinic providing regular checkups, health screenings, referrals and [...]
Charles Meyers, an Army veteran who served in the Korean War, graduated the same night as his grandson, Will Downey. Dorothy Cody accepted a posthumous diploma for her husband, the late Robert Cody, who was a Navy veteran of World War II. The Codys’ grandson, Bryan Belter, graduated the same night. Pattonville High School honored [...]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Disabled and retired military veterans would collect full disability benefits as well as retirement pay for at least the next year, under legislation the House of Representatives passed Wednesday. Rep. Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., says he played a role in getting funding for the new legislation, in his role as chairman of [...]
American veterans are coming home and looking for jobs. Hire them! They have already been working to protect you. You should put them to work as soon as possible. Why? Vets have the work ethic, training and skills that can benefit your business. Every vet I meet, I am so impressed. I watch them, the [...]
With Veterans Affairs hospitals giving botched radiation treatments to nearly 100 vets and exposing 10,000 to HIV and hepatitis viruses, veterans advocates and lawmakers say the VA health system is in dire need of proper oversight and funding. By Joseph Abrams FOXNews.com-Veterans groups and lawmakers say VA hospitals have permitted these violations because federal regulations [...]
The Washington Post THE SENATE The Senate is in session today. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will testify. Committees : Senate Indian Affairs (2:15 p.m.): Holds a hearing on S.797, the “Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009.” Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli; Assistant Interior Secretary for Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk; Alonzo Coby, chairman of [...]
SUPREME COURT ALLOWS VETERANS TO DISPLAY ANY FLAG "THEY OWN" UPSIDE DOWN VA IN VIOLATION OF LAW – WHAT ELSE IS NEW? By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER The entire text of the Supreme Court’s decision allowing veterans to display the flag as a protest of governmental tyranny is below. VA police acting against the group [...]
Author Jerome Corsi compares 2005 book’s predictions to current events 6/23/09: “The post-election protests in Iran may develop into a popular uprising that threatens the survival of the dictatorial religious regime of Ayatollah Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad. With Iran moving rapidly to develop nuclear weapons, a regime change is the best possible solution to maintain [...]
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