Regional stories on veterans’ health, education and other benefits and issues today from Jackson, Mississippi, El Paso, Texas, Bayonne, New Jersey, Roanoke, Virginia, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Emmanok, Alaska, Arlington, Texas, Trenton, New Jersey, and Racine, Wisconsin.
By Ed Kilgore A Few Post-Primary Thoughts (1) Blanche Lincoln failed to win without a runoff because she didn’t do nearly well enough in her old House district (the 1st, which is NE Arkansas) to offset a virtual drubbing in the 4th CD (southern Arkansas). She actually won Pulaski County (Little Rock), Bill Halter’s home [...]
By Jim Kuhnhenn Prodded by national anger at Wall Street, the Senate on Thursday passed the most far-reaching restraints on big banks since the Great Depression. In its broad sweep, the massive bill would touch Wall Street CEOs and first-time homebuyers, high-flying traders and small town lenders. The 59-39 vote represents an important achievement for [...]
By Khalil Nouri Staff Writer–Editor The United States is on a trajectory to lose the war in Afghanistan because its foreign policy has become entangled with President Hamid Karzai’s reprobate regime. Now, U.S. objectives are contingent upon Karzai’s willingness and ability to rid the endemic corruption within his administration, and – more importantly – within [...]
No. 413-10 ——————————————– CONTRACTS: ARMY Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded on May 17 a $72,686,593 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 1,460 rocket propelled grenade kits, 45 prescribed loads lists and eight deprocessing spares for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles. Work is to be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., with an estimated completion [...]
From Tech Ticker: Dow Slumps 3.6%: “We Are On Schedule for a Very, Very Long Bear Market,” Prechter Says The global selloff in stocks accelerated Thursday, sending the Dow down 3.6% to 10,068 while the S&P 500 lost 3.9% to 1,071.59 and the Nasdaq shed 4.1% to 2,204. All major U.S. averages are now down [...]
When it comes to America, most people from various parts of the world agree on two things, they all like the American films, and they all dislike the American foreign policy. At least that holds as true in the Arab world and the whole Middle East with an exception of a small and a new state in the region namely, Israel.
Attention Military Veterans, espeically those looking to live in the Southern California area, Habitat for Humanity is building 27 homes to provide inexpenseive affordable housing for those that qualify.
A Northglenn, CO man will soon be presented all the awards he deserves for actions that took place September 21, 1951. Sergeant Leo Slade, 80, a father, twice widowed, and now recognized US Army war hero feels he has lived a good life and now has reason to celebrate with his current crowd of buddies, this time with honor.
My limited contact with poetry was in college at Temple University in the 1970s. I managed to squeeze by an English poetry course with a gentlemen “C.”
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has removed the U.S. Navy Veterans Association nonprofit organization from its website listing of veterans service organizations.
The government acted after U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Virginia, expressed concerns about “unscrupulous organizations” that might “mislead or exploit our nation’s veterans.”
It looks like U.S. Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) got some pretty speedy action from the Veterans Administration in response to a letter he sent yesterday questioning the continued listing of the nonprofit U.S. Navy Veterans Association in an online directory maintained by the agency of Veterans Service Organizations.
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No. 407-10 —————————————- ARMY General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, Calif., was awarded on May 14 a $195,510,000 fixed-price-incentive-fee contract for the procurement of supplemental hardware, low-rate initial production in support of the Extended Range Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aircraft System and hardware in support of Communications-Electronic Research Development and Engineering Center. Work is to be [...]
“IF ONLY THE PALESTINIANS COULD BE TAUGHT TO COOK AND CLEAN” By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor The onslaught from the south, started by the Cubans escaping Castro, destroyed 7 decades of Jewish tradition in South Florida, centered around the holy city of Miami Beach. The grand traditions, Arthur Godfrey, Yiddish Theatre, delicatessens, synagogues, Temple [...]
Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada The construction of sections of a controversial segregated road network in the West Bank planned by Israel for Palestinians — leaving the main roads for exclusive use by settlers — is being financed by a US government aid agency, a map prepared by Palestinian researchers has revealed. USAID, which funds [...]
From the The Baseline Scenario: – What happened to the global economy and what we can do about it – Finally, The Republicans Come Out To Fight. Where Is The President? The Senate Republicans are refusing to allow a vote on the Merkley-Levin amendment, which would put a meaningful version of the Volcker Rule into law [...]
“Activists seize control of politics” hails the headline in The Politico. What does that mean? People fed up with big-moneyed interests and voting their preferences are “activists” seizing control. Hey Tea Partiers, drop your bigotry and we’ll do some business! By JOHN F. HARRIS and JIM VANDEHEI For any politician with the usual instincts for [...]
VA’s 2010 VA Energy Champion is Rick Hart, energy manager for the VA North Texas Health Care System based in Dallas, Texas. Rick leads an energy management team that has significantly reduced VA’s energy intensity, environmental impact, system vulnerability, and annual energy costs.
As Memorial Day approaches, thousands will make the pilgrimage to pay honor to loved ones lost to war. Some do not have to travel far. Others will make it an honorable effort to visit many cemeteries that bear the names and are home to our fallen military men and women.
Peter Beinart’s piece in the New York Review of Books on Israel and its leading propaganda apparatus in America demonstrate just how militaristic Israel has become as its pretensions to a democracy move further to the farcical. Beinart is a blow-in-the-wind politico who previously echoed the Bush-Cheney Iraq Invasion lies. Now, Beinart is warning that a generation of [...]
Regional stories on veterans’ health, education and other benefits and issues today from Bellevue, Nebraska, Portland, Oregon, New York City, New York, Green, Ohio, Tyler, Texas, Chicago, Illinois, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Oakland, California, Newton, Massachusetts, Green, Ohio, and Madison, Wisconsin.
Good-bye Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut. Candidate’s Words on Vietnam Service Differ From History By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ At a ceremony honoring veterans and senior citizens who sent presents to soldiers overseas, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut rose and spoke of an earlier time in his life.“We have learned something important since the days [...]
No. 403-10 ———————————— CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems Air Combat Systems, San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $303,337,052 contract which will provide production of two Global Hawk Block 30 air vehicles, two Global Hawk Block 40 air vehicles, and related program sustaining support efforts. At this time, $17,681,554 has been [...]
By James Kwak I don’t expect to get a holiday card from Tim Geithner this winter. Nor do I expect one from Larry Summers. Or even Michael Barr, despite everything I’ve written in favor of consumer protection. (I probably will get one from Barack Obama, since I donated money to his campaign.) But they might [...]
Update: Banned by Israel, Chomsky gives W.Bank lecture by video and Israel: Chomsky ban ‘big mistake’. Israel is a country committed to employing the machinery of oppression to target human rights activists. The latest victim is Noam Chomsky, joining such Israeli critics as Norman Finkelstein and Richard Falk. To many people Noam Chomsky is the greatest [...]
When I was offered the chance to drive a NASCAR-type race car, I expected it to be fun, but not necessarily the ultimate in motoring excitement. I figured that I had already experienced the ultimate in motoring excitement: driving on I-95 in Miami.
In response to the IRS Tax-Fraud Complaint I filed with the IRS on April 13, 2010 and also sending a copy of same on April 14, 2010 to Congressman C.W. “Bill” Young (R) of the 10th District of Florida in St. Petersburg who is my Congressman, along with the story I wrote titled IRS Tax-Fraud Complaint filed against Veterans Park Conservancy(which [...]
Chuck Palazzo Da Nang, Vietnam May 18, 2010 Activist, musician, and multi-war combat Veteran LZ Lambeau: Finally In 1971, a young soldier by the name of Lem Genovese received orders to serve in Vietnam. He did so honorably. He grew up quickly – perhaps too quickly, like so many of us during those turbulent times. [...]
Recently we at Veterans Today have been getting a lot of feedback both positive and negative on the Pentagon’s experimentation with Virtual Reality War Simulations as a treatment for PTSD. First let me say that I personally want to approach this with an open mind, heck I’m a strong, passionate supporter of Assistance, Service, and [...]
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