Why we do not at least try for the United States do dedicate itself to providing jobs is beyond me. Free market nostrums mean nothing to somebody not working. Millions of Unemployed Face Years Without Jobs By Peter S. goodman BUENA PARK, Calif. — Even as the American economy shows tentative signs of a [...]
Chuck Palazzo Danang, Vietnam 2/21/10 The more I read and attempt to understand Monsanto and to go as far as to put myself in their corporate shoes, I just cannot. No matter which way I look at them, no matter what avenue I investigate and pursue, my conclusions are the same. Monsanto the company, its [...]
A Turkish sixteen year old girl was buried alive for talking to males who were not part of her family.
His people loved him. Haig deserves respect. By Tim Weiner–Alexander M. Haig Jr., the mercurial four-star general who served as a confrontational secretary of state under President Ronald Reagan and a commanding White House chief of staff as President Richard M. Nixon’s administration crumbled, died Saturday in Baltimore. He was 85. He had been admitted [...]
Update: Read MuzzleWatch’s Think tank tells Israeli government to declare war on peace groups.—“They’re baaaaack – Israel’s ‘most influential’ think tank tells Israeli government to ‘attack’ and ‘sabotage’ global peace and human rights groups (as opposed to domestic Israeli groups which are already under attack.)” Hey, it bears repeating endlessly: If you are against war [...]
“The money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace and conspire against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than a monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, and more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes… As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money powers of the country will endeavor to prolong it’s reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.” Abraham Lincoln
Bob Herbert on explores US infrastructure and jobs in a NYT oped. Has anyone noticed how the GOP leadership is toadying up to the Wall Street on banksters? Jim Hightower has and comments. Speaking of the least productive people in the world, Scott Baker does a fine job telling their story at OpEd News. Bill Maher says the Tea Party is a cult, not a movement and he can prove it in a video at Crooks and Liars. Arizonans find speed trap cameras revolting so they are …revolting. Those stories and plenty more in today’s picks.
CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT TO YIELD BETTER BENEFITS FOR THOUSANDS OF VETERANS SUFFERING FROM PTSD AND THEIR FAMILIES – Lawyers Serving Warriors Veterans must opt-in by July 24 for disability rating upgrade and expedited review of benefits, NVLSP and Morgan Lewis available to counsel veterans on their rights as class members Following an order issued by [...]
The healthcare accrediting agency may be following up on concerns raised by a series of Salon exposés By Mark Benjamin The Joint Commission, the nonprofit healthcare accrediting organization that inspects the quality of patient treatment at hospitals, has dispatched an official to assess potential problems at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune. “Yes, we do have a [...]
Regional stories on veterans’ health, education and other benefits and issues today from Moundville, Alabama, Amherst, Massachusetts, Ontario, Canada, Lorain, Ohio, Tampa, Florida, Lynchburg, Virginia, Salt Lake City, Utah, Long Beach, California, Aurora, Colorado, and Hanson, Kentucky
Cindy Sheehan is once again among the leaders of the Pro-Peace movement rallying the troops of Peace. She is among the growing number of PEACE leaders who are gearing up for what may be some of the largest rallies and demonstrations against Obama-Bush administration foreign policies in the Middle East and SW. Asia. She now [...]
We should ask what the predictable results of this provocation are. Why build a “Museum of Tolerance” on the hallowed ground of a Muslim cemetery? Peace, justice and respect appear not to be the objectives here. Candidly, the Simon Wiesenthal Center and likely Israeliintelligence are looking to provoke a reaction. A violent reaction will of [...]
No. 121-10 —————————————- CONTRACTS: U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND iGov Technologies of McLean, Va., is the current contractor for the USSOCOM Tactical Local Area Network contract providing TACLAN family of system acquisition, design, integration, production, and delivery in support of Special Operations Forces’ mission requirements. This sole source effort is to increase the TACLAN contract [...]
Federal judges and unethical government attorneys can save time and dismiss the malpractice actions for veterans getting massive doses of radiation under the arcane Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Offering a full range of fire, security and sound systems services, Fire Safe Protection Services, Ltd. readily meets the security and fire protection needs of its customer markets.
Agreement announced between the Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA) and USAA.
Reposting this to rebuke those who would call the slaughter of Gazans a people’s simply getting the raw end of the deal. Kill, starve and imprison Palestinians with your eyes wide-open if you believe in what our government supports in the Middle-East. But do not say you do not know. If anyone wishes to acquaint himself with [...]
Remember Niger? Valerie Plame? All that Yellowcake uranium ore is now under the control of a platoon commander, NPR has the story. Schools spying on your kids at home? Welcome to the logical progression of the post 9/11 national security state in a story by Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing. The ghosts of Cheney and Bush have livened up the party at the CPAC convention, Salon’s Mike Madden has a guide to the festivities. Those stories and more in today’s picks.
The bin Laden narrative aptly illustrates the extent to which our government institutions have used the big media and polluted the information environment. Rumor begets hearsay. Hearsay begets opinion. Opinion begets unconfirmed facts, unconfirmed facts beget disinformation begets propaganda begets intelligence, and intelligence begets nonexistent weapons of mass destruction.
Two articles came to my attention that I wanted to throw out there for our readers to feed on. One deals with the potential threat of a defense budget and industry out of control, and the other (posted separately) deals with the WE Political Party to counter the Tea Party movement. I found that one [...]
Each American must ask: Is this done in your name? Related Posts:Message to Stephen Colbert, Buddy Roemer and All Presidential Candidates Hackers, Worms and Israel-USA Collusion Versus Gaza-PalestineIsraeli Wrecking Crews VS a State of Nonviolent SolidarityHere’s To The End of The ‘Special Relationship’ and More Outing of MossadUS-Israeli Spring Will Bring Deployment of Thousands of [...]
In continuing coverage, Modern Healthcare (2/19, Lubell, 72K) reports, “Robert Petzel has been sworn in as undersecretary for health at the Veterans Affairs Department, the agency announced. Petzel will be heading the Veterans Health Administration, the 262,000-employee component of the VA that is composed of 153 hospitals, more than 800 geographically separate outpatient clinics or mobile clinics, and 232 readjustment counseling vet centers.” Modern Healthcare notes that in a written statement, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said Petzel’s “commitment to outstanding medical quality and access for veterans will be critical to leading VA in its 21st century transformation.”
Regional stories on veterans’ health, education and other benefits and issues today from: Bayboro, North Carolina, Alamagordo, New Mexico, St Louis, Missouri, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Los Angeles, California, and Waco, Texas.
Prolific Mexican politician and intellectual Jorge Castañeda believes that a greater North American community — a “North American Union” — with economies tied together under a European Union-style system, complete with open borders and a unified currency, is the wave of the future. In a new interview with Web site BigThink.com, Castañeda, Mexico’s foreign minister [...]
The New York Times today published a monstrous Op-Ed complaining that the U.S. is being too careful to avoid civilian deaths in Afghanistan, notes Glenn Greenwald for Salon. The US military has “begun basing doctrine on the premise that dead civilians are harmful to the conduct of war,” the op-ed complains. “The trouble is, no past war has ever supplied compelling proof of that claim.” Greenwald notes that in addition to publishing the monstrous op-ed, the New York Times essentially hides the identity of the author from the reader, by not explaining who she is, who she works for, what economic interests she might represent, and what is the basis of her alleged expertise. [Ask the New York Times Public Editor to investigate: public@nytimes.com - JFP.]
STOLEN PROPERTY Land! Precious Land! America has fought over it, and rewarded those with it who waged the battle in victory of it. That was when America truly appreciated those who defended our freedom and independence. Thus, after the Revolutionary War, the U.S. government awarded “Bounty Land Warrants,” which was the exchange of free land [...]
No. 118-10 ——————————————– CONTRACTS: NAVY CACI, Inc., Federal, Chantilly, Va., is being awarded a $41,462,505 level-of-effort, cost-plus-fixed-fee, performance-based contract for management, engineering and technical support services for various business information technology support systems. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to an estimated $218,988,868. Work will [...]
The people of Gaza have suffered enormously since the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt following Hamas’s coup, and particularly following Operation Cast Lead…. The unabated suffering of Gazan civilians highlights the urgency of reaching a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and we ask you to press for immediate relief for the citizens of Gaza as an urgent component of your broader Middle East peace efforts…. Despite ad hoc easing of the blockade, there has been no significant improvement in the quantity and scope of goods allowed into Gaza…. The crisis has devastated livelihoods, entrenched a poverty rate of over 70%, increased dependence on erratic international aid, allowed the deterioration of public infrastructure, and led to the marked decline of the accessibility of essential services.
An international arrest warrant for the head of Mossad should be issued following the assassination of a Hamas militant in Dubai, the emirate’s police chief has said. By Gordon Rayner and Martin Evans Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan Tamim directly accused Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency of orchestrating the hit on Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. He said [...]
BY KHALIL NOURI STAFF WRITER FOR VETERANS TODAY “We’ve got a government in a box, ready to roll in.” said triumphantly General Stanley McChrystal as the NATO operation spearheaded by British troops towards Marjah and Nad-Ali districts in Helmand Province last weekend. It is measured to be the mother of all the tests, using millions [...]
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