CAN ANYONE PROVE KARZAI IS BETTER THAN THE TALIBAN? By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Do we actually call what we are doing in Afghanistan a war? Recent estimates are that 88% of the people support what we call “the enemy.” The German’s were much more popular than us during their occupation of France during World War 2. [...]
By Paul Krugman It must have sounded like a good idea (although not to me): establish a bipartisan commission of Serious People to develop plans to bring the federal budget under control. But the commission is already dead — and zombies did it. OK, the immediate problem is the statements of Alan Simpson, the commission’s [...]
By Lonny Shalevson at NPR In the U.S. Army, Asian-Americans have typically volunteered at the lowest rate of any ethnic group. They make up 4 percent of the population, and only 1 percent of military recruits. But that seems to be changing. Something is suddenly drawing Asian-Americans in California into the Army at a remarkable [...]
From the VA: Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1. Official Says VA Innovation Competition Was “Tremendous.” Federal News Radio (6/22, Kubota) reports Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki “recently announced the selection of 26 winning ideas in the Innovation Competition. Dr. Peter Levin, Senior Advisor and Chief Technology Officer” with the department, “told Federal [...]
It is the same Formula that General Musharraf Tried but Failed By Usman Khalid Asif Zardari (AZ) thinks of himself as a political genius. He may well be right. After all he has managed to obtain complete control over the reins of power even though he is supported by no more than 15% of the [...]
- And why should ye not fight in the cause of Allah and of those who, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)?― men, women, and children, whose cry is: “Our Lord! rescue us from this town, whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from Thee one who will protect; and raise for us from [...]
By Amy Triebel JERUSALEM – A Jerusalem planning body on Monday approved a plan to raze 22 Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem to make room for an Israeli tourist center, a decision that could raise tensions in the divided city and deepen the conflict with the Obama administration. Back in March, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [...]
Regional Veterans News 6/22/10 Regional stories on veterans’ health, education, benefits, legal affairs and other issues today from: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Helena, Montana; Rio Grande Valley, Texas; New Bedford, Massachusetts; Texas; and Jacksonville, North Carolina. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – Protecting varied educational opportunities for veterans Helena, Montana – Veterans cast into Healing Waters Rio Grande Valley, Texas – Veteran’s Electricity cut [...]
Thomas B. Edsall has a first-rate review in Democracy, A Journal of Ideas of Karl Rove’s Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight (Simon and Schuster, 2010). The lies, the $trillions, the targeting of our veterans, breathtaking financial speculation, tranformation of budget surpluses into massive debt,… the scandals. Never happened, says Rove. The Rove [...]
From the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs By Mark A. Ilgen, Kenneth R. Conner, Marcia Valenstein, Karen Austin, Frederic C. Blow Violence, not overdose, the likely method of suicide in veterans with substance use disorders Veterans with substance use disorders who die by suicide are more likely to use violent means (such as [...]
Just got this from Don Vanzant through Dan Cedusky’s veterans’ newsletter. As many of you know, R. James Nicholson, former Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (2005-07), fought tooth and nail to deny Blue Water Navy guys benefits from the illnesses caused by the herbicide, Agent Orange (dioxin), among other initiatives that made the VA culture of delay, [...]
No. 509-10 ———————————— U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services, Gaithersburg, Md., is being awarded a potential $5,000,000,000, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with mixed payment provisions including firm-fixed-price, incentive arrangements and cost-reimbursable arrangements for contractor logistics support services in support of US SOCOM worldwide. The work will be performed [...]
Red November, a new book by Naval Submariner Veteran, W. Craig Reed In the tradition of the bestselling Blind Man’s Bluff, a former seaman on nuclear fast-attack submarines provides a riveting history of the Cold War’s secret underwater struggle between the US and the USSR—and reveals previously undisclosed details of highly classified missions and technology. [...]
In the spring of 2008, filmmaker and entrepreuner, Michael J. Brown, met with the Gainesville Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Board for a standard business meeting. The city’s annual Medal of Honor celebration was mentioned as it was coming up in less than a week. Michael agreed to round up his team, grab some cameras, and film the week’s happenings.
John Schneider (“The Dukes of Hazzard,” “90210,” and “Smallville”) William Devane (“Knots Landing,” “24”, “Space Cowboys”) and up and coming leading lady GiGi Erneta (“Friday Night Lights,” “Veronica Mars,” “Strong Medicine”) star in the new R-Squared Productions feature “Flag of my Father.”
From the VA: Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1. Shinseki Agrees To Lend VA’s Expertise To Arlington National Cemetery. In continuing coverage, the second item in the “Veterans Journal” column for the Providence (RI) Journal (6/21, Reilly) notes, “The top two officials in charge of Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC, were disciplined after [...]
By Khalil Nouri STAFF WRITER / EDITOR It is obvious that there is no military solution to the struggle in Afghanistan; therefore a political solution could be on the horizon. So far that too has proven to be a failing effort when the Taliban, who were supposedly partaking in the recent consultative Loya-Jirgah gathering in [...]
- Sen. James Webb, D-Va. has made it perfectly clear that he is NOT a friend of the Veteran, nor an advocate for us – By Chuck Palazzo Salem-News.com (DA NANG, Vietnam) – Vietnam Veterans aren’t surprised by people turning on them and being generally against them; it began when the war was still raging [...]
This is the second part of a series of articles on the probability that Agent Orange and the related Rainbow Colors of chemicals used by our Armed Forces in their Herbicide War in Vietnam may have been present on Guam during the war. We at Veterans Today have gone through a ton of evidence, interviews, [...]
Regional Veterans News 6/21/10 Regional stories on veterans’ health, education, benefits, legal affairs and other issues today from: El Paso, Texas; Columbia, Missouri; Mansfield, Ohio; Big Sandy, Montana; Jellico, Tennessee; Bangor, Maine; Brownsville, Texas; Napa, California; High Point, North Carolina; Visalia, California; Montpelier, Vermont; Providence, Rhode Island; Memphis, Tennessee and Salem, Oregon. El Paso, Texas - East Side clinic hopes [...]
ISRAELI ENTERTAINMENT I SWORE I WOULD STOP USING THE WORD “OUTRAGE” By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Jim Dean at Heritage TV in Atlanta sent me this one. I couldn’t help but put it up. I look on this as a test, if you are comfortable with this person and how they [...]
Jun-09-2010 07:08 Tim King Salem-News.com Our Environmental Writer Roger Butow describes the conditions at our old base; MCAS El Toro, as “Toxic Soup de jour”. Salem-News.com’s Tim King interviewing Environmental Writer Roger Butow at their old base, MCAS El Toro in the city of Irvine, in Orange County, California. Photo by Dexter Phoenix Salem-News.com. (IRVINE, [...]
IS DISSOLUTION, DISMEMBERMENT AND DELEGITIMACY INEVITABLE FOR AMERICA? By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor To millions of Americans, the “end times” seem to be on us. The BP disaster in the Gulf may leave 25% of America virtually uninhabitable, eco-systems destroyed for sure but maybe much more, a destroyed sea floor, toxic gas clouds moving inland and warnings [...]
From Voluntary Ethnic Cleansing: An Israeli that goes abroad and stays there for a period of two to six years can return to Israel with the full ‘rights’ of a new immigrant. This includes the tax free purchases of home essentials, an automobile, and a good rate on a mortgage. A Palestinian from Jerusalem that [...]
By Alan Judd The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Richard P. was distraught. After arguing with his former wife, he checked into a motel, looped a belt around his neck and tried his best to take his own life. The belt broke. So Richard entered the labyrinth of Georgia’s mental health system. On June 5, hours after Richard’s [...]
Via Steve Clemons, here is the White House statement on Gaza following the announcement that Israel unveiled steps to ease the Gaza blockade, hailed as a major change in policy in the face of continuing international outrage. Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2010 Statement by the Press Secretary on Israel’s announcement on Gaza [...]
THE CURE By Phillip Francis Tourney for Veterans Today Mr.Kourosh, I read your article this morning and wanted to thank you for taking the time to let the reader know about the crimes against humanity Israel has been getting by with for the past 60 plus years, ever since the United States made Israel her [...]
ARE REPORTERS PLAYING WITH STATISTICS TO TAKE ANOTHER CHEAP SWIPE AT VIETNAM VETERANS? By Joe “Ragman” Tarnovsky for Veterans Today Dear Mr. Stantis (sstantis@tribune.com): While having coffee and reading the morning newspaper with my wife the other morning, she handed me the newspaper with your political cartoon showing the Vietnam and Afghanistan combat veterans. Being [...]
Does President Obama realize that if he loses every American progressive voter appalled by Israeli militarism and human rights violations, he will not be reelected? War and bigotry are not the change we had in mind, Mr. President. By: Ira Chernus, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed “We stand by Israel,” [...]
From Prop Eight Trial Tracker: The Mormon Proposition By Julia Rosen This weekend the documentary “8 – The Mormon Proposition” has it’s limited release in 13 cities across the country. The movie which documents the LDS Church’s involvement in the passage of Prop 8 is being reviewed in newspapers across the country. Here’s the NYT [...]
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