By Gregg Zoroya – USA Today TAMPA, Fla. — Army Ranger Cory Remsburg was thrown like a rag doll into an Afghanistan canal Oct. 1 by the blast from a 500-pound roadside bomb, the right side of his head caved in by shrapnel. After a medical evacuation and six surgeries at military hospitals in Afghanistan, [...]
- In 2009, the families of U.S. soldiers and veterans were supposed to be paid death benefits totaling $1 billion immediately, according to their insurance policies. They weren’t. – By Tony Capaccio and David Evans in Bloomberg The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating life insurance companies’ practice of putting veterans’ death benefits in [...]
Regional Veterans News 7/29/10 Regional stories on veterans’ health, education, benefits, legal affairs and other issues today from: Southeast Texas – Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center response to war Great Falls, Montana – Step up to help veterans’ Stand Down event Great Mills, Maryland – Fallen Soldiers’ Families Denied Cash as Insurers Profit Seneca, [...]
The political career of John McCain offers a case study in how organized crime operates in plain sight. When he was selling us on the war in Iraq, was he working for the same syndicate that sold us the subprime fraud?
- John McCain and the GOP protect the sleazy, negative campaign ads run by corporations and shady interest groups as Democrats respond to the U.S. Supreme Court’s outrageous Citizens United v. FEC ruling - Few thinking people took Keating Five Senator John McCain seriously as a reformist when he joined Sen. Russ Feingold in co-sponsoring campaign finance reform in the [...]
The richest 2% of this country have a great scam going for themselves. The poor and the middle class provide all the sacrifice, while the rich reap all the benefits. Our tax money is funding the wars and our children are providing the human cannon fodder, while the rich are reaping windfall profits and we’re paying their taxes. Then, they call US greedy socialists if we ask for a crumb to feed our families. What a scam!
- “Members of our armed forces deserve the comfort of knowing that they will not be sacrificing their civilian careers when they make the choice to serve our nation in the military,” said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division – WASHINGTON — A U.S. District Court in Montgomery, Ala., granted [...]
- Consumer-focused reformist is needed at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – By Mary Bottari at the Center for Media and Democracy One of the strongest parts of the Wall Street reform bill that just passed Congress is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). But whether the new bureau delivers on its promise to protect [...]
- “It’s institutionalized bad faith. … In my view, this is a scheme to defraud by inducing the policyholder’s beneficiary to let the life insurance company retain assets they’re not entitled to. It’s turning death claims into a profit center.” By David Evans at Bloomberg The package arrived at Cindy Lohman’s home in Great Mills, [...]
- The IDF has not become more competent in recent years. By almost all accounts—including the Israeli government’s own commission of inquiry—it performed abysmally in the 2006 Lebanon war. … Finally, there is the danger that Israel might attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, which could have terrible consequences for the United States. The last thing America needs [...]
- America’s collapse occurred when government ceased to represent the people and became the instrument of a private oligarchy. Decisions were made in behalf of short-term profits for the few at the expense of unmanageable liabilities for the many. Overwhelmed by liabilities, the government collapsed. – By Paul Craig Roberts It was 2017. Clans were [...]
- You cannot blockade civilian populations for political purposes in international law. That is a war crime, and contrary to Israeli assertions, it would be illegal for any other country to cooperate with such a blockade primarily targeting civilians, including of children. – By Juan Cole at Informed Comment British Prime Minister David Cameron went to [...]
- Americans can get no help out of Washington as the U.S. ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, declares that Washington’s commitment to Israel’s security is “not negotiable.” Washington’s commitment to the rest of us is negotiable. – By Paul Craig Roberts in CounterPunch The White House is screaming like a stuck pig. WikiLeaks’ release of the [...]
[Editor's Note: No sub-headings at post time] No. 666-10 July 28, 2010 ———————————— Hess Corp., Woodbridge, N.J., is being awarded a maximum $42,591,541 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for gasoline. Other locations of performance are Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and [...]
- Ethnic Cleansing in the Israeli Negev – The razing of a Bedouin village by Israeli police shows how far the state will go to achieve its aim of Judaising the Negev region By Neve Gordon in The Guardian/UK A menacing convoy of bulldozers was heading back to Be’er Sheva as I drove towards al-Arakib, [...]
- We should be grateful to the whistle-blowers who gave us the Afghanistan war documents for once again letting us in on the sick joke that passes for U.S foreign policy. – By Robert Scheer What WikiLeaks did was brilliant journalism, and the bleating critics from the president on down are revealing just how low a [...]
- Pakistan Warned; Noose Being Tightened – “There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that should an attack against the United States be traced to be Pakistani it would have a very devastating impact on our relationship.” – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton By Raja G Mujtaba Wiki leaks, Hillary threats, Mike Mullen’s parrot repeats, [...]
- Legal Americans with by injunction, Constitutional rights upheld … NYT: “There is a substantial likelihood that officers will wrongfully arrest legal resident aliens,” U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton writes. “By enforcing this statute, Arizona would impose a ‘distinct, unusual and extraordinary’ burden on legal resident aliens that only the federal government has the authority to [...]
IN 2001 ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE OF UPI INTERVIEWED HAMID GUL ON 9/11 WHAT DOES THIS INCREDIBLE INTERVIEW MEAN TO US 9 YEARS LATER? By Arnaud de Borchgrave for UPI (Veterans Today Editors note: This is being reprinted in consultation both with de Borchrave and Hamid Gul, former head of Pakistan’s controversial ISI. In light of [...]
Via Salem-News.com- As a Vietnam Veteran, Webb is Against Legislation to Help other Veterans Suffering from Agent Orange Contamination (CYPRESS, Calif.) – During a five year period in the Vietnam War, between 1965 and 1970, approximately 12,000,000 US gallons (45,000,000 l; 10,000,000 imp gal) of Agent Orange were sprayed in Vietnam, eastern Laos and parts [...]
- “The VA does not listen to expert scientists. The VA does not even listen to Congress,” said Paul Sullivan of Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) in his testimony. “Two decades of inaction have already passed. Gulf War veterans urgently want to avoid the four decades of endless suffering endured by our Vietnam War veterans exposed to [...]
From the VA: Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1. Bill With Money For Agent Orange-Exposed Vets Headed To President. The AP (7/28, Abrams) reports, “Months behind schedule and stripped of money for domestic stimulus programs, legislation to fund the troop surge in Afghanistan was sent to President Barack Obama on Tuesday after disgruntled Democrats [...]
By Sylvia L. Ramsey I am a widow of a veteran, a child of a veteran and a mother of veterans. I saw the article that was posted about the high incidence of bladder cancer in veterans and the article about the veteran who couldn’t afford surgery. I am a 15 year survivor of bladder [...]
- Taxpayers own 60 percent of GM, and GM now sells more cars in China than it does in the US, but makes most of them there. The company now employs 32,000 hourly workers in China. But only 52,000 GM hourly workers remain in the United States – down from 468,000 in 1970 – By Robert [...]
- Why is Obama hesitating on nominating Elizabeth Warren to head the new consumer agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, that banks and the GOP fought to kill? – By Paul Krugman I have to say, I don’t get the administration waffling on Elizabeth Warren at all. Leave aside the merits of appointing Warren, which are [...]
- Testimony before VA Committee on Oversight and Investigation, July 27, 2010 – Submitted by Denise Nichols, Maj, USAFR(ret), RN(ret health), MSN, Gulf War Veteran, Vice Chairman National Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans Coalition I come to you with issues, that are probably not being addressed in this hearing but are significant and need to be [...]
- The U.S. military has become increasingly excited about positive psychology techniques. Maybe a better route would be to offer soldiers respect for their critical thinking – By Bruce E. Levine at AlterNet While U.S. military psychiatrists are prescribing increasing amounts of chill pills, America’s psychologists are teaching soldiers how to think more positively about [...]
- It is clear to many Veterans, Widows, and Damaged Offspring you obviously have no idea what you are talking about – By Charles Kelley Camp Carroll Vietnam 67-68 (for Mike) The Third Marine Division Toxic Chemical Corridor (QL9) Jim Webb, Senator United States Senate Washington, D.C. Daniel Akaka, Senator United States Senate Washington, D.C. [...]
By Defensebaseactcomp Never attend any medical or psychiatric evaluation on behalf of the DBA insurance company without your lawyer or an advocate that your attorney provides and Never attend one of these without a videographer. NEVER The Insurance Company may have you see a doctor of their choice for a second opinion. While you must [...]
- “Big Science,” Continued collaboration between stakeholders and VA, and VA leaders holding VA staff accountable are required – By Anthony Hardie, 91outcomes.com (91outcomes.com) - Yesterday’s Congressional oversight hearing on Gulf War illness issues was a mix of old and new, but for the first time in history painted a picture of the way forward to [...]
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