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September 2010

GORDON DUFF: G-D’S LITTLE AIR FORCE

AIR FORCE ACADEMY “BRAINWASHING CADETS” By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Mickey Weinstein and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation have been fighting the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs for a very long time.  Weinstein’s group is working to restore normal constitutional rights and practices in a military organization that has been hijacked by Christian [...]

September 30th, 2010 | Posted in Military | Read More »

Mid-East talks and the Palestinian exodus

The idea is so simple, and yet so sinister. The Zionists wanted to establish a state with an overwhelming Jewish population in an area of overwhelming indigenous non-Jewish population. So, the only option is to expel them out- in mass exodus- of their land to live as Palestinian DIASPORA.

September 30th, 2010 | Posted in Israel,Palestine,World | Read More »

U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards

No. 889-10 September 30, 2010 ———————————- CONTRACTS AIR FORCE                 Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Meadows, Ill. (FA8626-10-D-2132), and Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Fla. (FA8626-10-D-2133), were awarded a $2,300,000,000 contract which will provide new advanced targeting pods and associated support equipment, spares and product support.  At this time, $23,682,962 has been obligated for Northrop, and $23,484,117 [...]

September 30th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »

GORDON DUFF: THE MACRO-ECONOMICS OF PHONY TERROR AND CONTRIVED CONFLICT

HOW MERCHANTS OF DEATH RULE THE WORLD By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Both elements of “Al Qaeda” along with its clear history as a CIA established organization make every mention of it suspicious.  Whenever there is a need for a “wag the dog”news story, “Al Qaeda” is dragged out as the whipping boy.  Never [...]

September 30th, 2010 | Posted in 9/11,WarZone | Read More »

RAJA MUJTABA: NATO FORCES ATTACK PAKISTAN

Pakistan Blocks NATO Supplies  By Raja G Mujtaba STAFF WRITER/Editor General Aslam Beg, former Army Chief has also come hard, he demanded to shoot down intruding ISAF copters, drones, etc. Talking to the media, he said Pakistan Air Force should be ordered to chase and hunt any intruders within our airspace till shot down.   AP [...]

September 30th, 2010 | Posted in AfPak,WarZone | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News

From the VA: Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1.      VA Eases Benefits Path For Vets From Gulf War, Iraq And Afghanistan. The American Forces Press Service (9/30, Miles) reports, “Veterans of the first Gulf War as well as…Iraq and Afghanistan now have a smoother path toward receiving health-care benefits and disability compensation for nine [...]

September 30th, 2010 | Posted in Benefits,Regional,Top 10,Vet News,Veteran Service Organizations,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

VA Releases Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses Task Force Report

In August 2009, Secretary Shinseki directed a comprehensive review of the Department’s approach and practices in meeting the needs of Veterans of the 1990 – 1991 Gulf War. The 2010 final report on that review is now available. Related Posts:No Related Posts

September 30th, 2010 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »

PHILIP GIRALDI — WAKE UP AMERICA

In the damage assessment made after the arrest of Jonathan Pollard, it was determined that the espionage had been the most devastating ever experienced by the United States of America, both in volume and in the sensitivity of the information that had been betrayed.   Let us suppose for a moment that an individual enjoying [...]

September 30th, 2010 | Posted in Politics,World | Read More »

Joint Press Conferences announcing new scientific evidence contradicting the official explanation of 9/11

New Scientific Evidence Contradicting Official 9/11 Explanation By grtv YouTube – Veterans Today – Quick recap of the Joint Press Conferences announcing new scientific evidence contradicting the official explanation of 9/11 and the launch of three new 9/11 Truth groups: Scientists for 9/11 Truth, U.S. Military Officers for 9/11 Truth and Actors & Artists for [...]

September 30th, 2010 | Posted in World | Read More »

VETERAN FIGHTS RARE CANCER LINKED TO AGENT ORANGE

(SALEM, OR) – Agent Orange is a deadly and dangerous toxic chemical that has killed and maimed  millions of Americans and Vietnamese. For those of you who don’t know, Agent Orange is the code name for one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation [...]

September 29th, 2010 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »

Reno, We’ll See You Again

I fell in love with German Shepherds while I was serving in South Vietnam. I was not a K9 handler but when our slicks Hueys would be loading up the Infantry while we circled above in our C model Huey gunships, I would once in a while see a German Shepherd leaping on board with [...]

September 29th, 2010 | Posted in Veterans Affairs | Read More »

VA’s Disclosure Policy Lauded in New England Journal of Medicine

WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) policy on disclosure of adverse medical events was praised as a “valuable resource for all health care institutions” in an article in a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. “At VA we strive every day to deliver superior health care,” said Dr. Robert Petzel, [...]

September 29th, 2010 | Posted in Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards

No. 885-10 September 29, 2010  ——————————————–  CONTRACTS  AIR FORCE                 The Boeing Co., Wichita, Kan., was awarded a sole-source $11,900,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract over an eight-year period.  The contract provides for the acquisition and sustainment activities needed to support B-52 weapon system modernization.  At this time, no funds have been obligated.  ASC/WWVK, Wright Patterson Air Force [...]

September 29th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »

EL TORO’S MOST TOXIC 200 ACRES

Veterans of former Marine Wing Support Group-37,  MCAS El Toro, California  are unaware of their risk of exposure to carcinogens and many have ‘not connected the dots ‘of illness to military service. UPDATED OCTOBER 2, 2010   (IRVINE, CA) – Hundreds and maybe thousands of 55 gallon drums of trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE) were used at [...]

September 29th, 2010 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »

Military Families join Operation Recovery: Stop the Deployment of Traumatized Troops.

Less than a week after Veterans Today posted Sign the Petition for Operation Recovery – STOP deploying injured troops!, Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) has joined Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) in helping to promote this effort. ROBERT L. HANAFIN, Major, U.S. Air Force-Retired, U.S. Civil Service-Retired, Veterans Issues Editor, Veterans Today News Network, [...]

September 29th, 2010 | Posted in Peace,Support the Troops | Read More »

EDWIN CROSBY: Board for Correction of Military Records Failing Veterans

As veterans are aware, there is only one place they can turn to correct errors on their DD-214’s, or, there military records. Each branch of the military has what is known as a “ BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS “. The law governing said BOARDS is TITLE 10, Section 1552.

September 29th, 2010 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News

From the VA: Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1.      Shinseki Leads Delegation To Events Commemorating Recapture Of South Korea. Armed Forces Network Korea (9/28) broadcast that this week in South Korea, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki “led a four-person presidential delegation to represent the United States” as tribute was “paid…to the fallen service members [...]

September 29th, 2010 | Posted in Benefits,Regional,Top 10,Vet News,Veteran Service Organizations,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

VA TO REVIEW CASES OF NEARLY 17,000 “BROWN WATER” AND OTHER VIETNAM VETERANS PREVIOUSLY DENIED AGENT ORANGE BENEFITS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following oversight requests from Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii), the Department of Veterans Affairs has agreed to review the cases of nearly 17,000 “Brown Water” and other Vietnam Era veterans who claimed disabilities related to Agent Orange.  VA had previously denied a number of claims without properly determining [...]

September 29th, 2010 | Posted in Agent Orange,Health | Read More »

GARETH PORTER: UN Fact-Finding Mission Says Israelis “Executed” US Citizen Furkan Dogan

Asked by this writer whether the DOJ had received the autopsy report on Dogan, DOJ spokesperson Laura Sweeney refused to comment By Gareth Porter via t r u t h o u t The report of the fact-finding mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the Israeli [...]

September 29th, 2010 | Posted in Israel,Palestine,World | Read More »

President Obama Answers Questions about Our Veterans and Choosing Priorities in Albuquerque

By Jesse Lee at the White House Having met with with Andy and Etta Cavalier at their home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, President Obama spoke openly on the economy with area families in the Cavaliers’ front yard. The final question was an emotional one, with the President asked about what he was doing to strengthen [...]

September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Benefits,Regional,Vet News | Read More »

Court OK’s Federal Support for Stem Cells While Appeal Continues

- White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs applauded the move, saying President Barck Obama had made “stem cell research and the pursuit of groundbreaking treatments and cures a top priority when he took office. We’re heartened that the court will allow National Institutes of Health and their grantees to continue moving forward” while the legal [...]

September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Corruption,Politics | Read More »

Iranian Independence Cause of U.S. Refusal to Talk

- Why have successive U.S. administrations been reluctant to enter into a conflict-resolution dialogue with Iran, which could clearly be in the national interests of the United States?  The answer, in a nutshell, is that U.S. foreign policy, especially in the Middle East, is driven not so much by broad national interests as they are by [...]

September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Corruption,Foreign Relations,Politics | Read More »

New Act of Israeli Piracy SOP, Memory of Murdered American Dims

- Israeli Piracy Continues, Terror State Issues No Apologies – As news broke that the Israeli navy engaged in yet another act of piracy of nine Jewish activists off the coast of Gaza halting humanitarian aid on the ship, Irene, memories have dimmed of last May’s deadly assault, the infamous Massacre on the Mediterranean. By Dave Lindorff and Linn [...]

September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Corruption,Foreign Relations,Politics | Read More »

U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards

No. 883-10 September 28, 2010   ————————————————— CONTRACTS NAVY                 The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $5,297,000,000 modification to convert the previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-09-C-0019) to a fixed-price-incentive-fee multi-year contract.  In addition, this modification provides for the procurement of 46 F/A-18E, 20 F/A-18F, and 58 EA-18G airframes for the Navy.  [...]

September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »

GORDON DUFF: WHY THE CONSTITUTION FAILED

LISTEN?  ANYONE SAYING “NOT A PERFECT FORM OF GOVERNMENT BUT…” By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor In 2000, the United States Supreme Court, by a 5/4 margin, the deciding vote being Justice Clarence Thomas, perhaps the worst justice in court history, elected a President.  Investigations since have shown that the election wasn’t even close, Bush [...]

September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Politics | Read More »

Whoop! Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets Association, USAA Announce Alliance

USAA and the Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets Association (CCA) have joined forces to offer a credit card that helps fund cadet programs at Texas A&M University and gives its members access to a wide array of USAA’s financial services.

September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Living,Personal Finance | Read More »

Updated: Army Still Says Risky Behavior, Not War Drives Suicide Rates

- U.S. Army: It’s not war; the “risky behavior” of our troops at home drives them to suicide. Did you know that a solider committing suicide with a pistol often has just engaged in the high-risk behavior of aiming at his head and squeezing the trigger, in blatant violation of existing Army policies and standards? – [...]

September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Politics | Read More »

Army Failed to Notify Family of AWOL Status, Leading to Apparent Suicide by Cop

- Shane Barrett said the Army never told the family his brother Brandon was AWOL, although Army officials apparently told the Tucson Police Department (TPD) the soldier was in such a status. Shane works for TPD as a detective. Family did not know Brandon would put on his military gear, carry weapons and ammunition and walk along one of Salt Lake [...]

September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Military | Read More »

NATIONAL PRESS CLUB: UFO INCURSIONS AT NUCLEAR BASES CONFIRMED

120 U.S. MILITARY (RETIRED) CONFIRM MISSILE ACTIVATIONS BY UFO’S   September 27, 2010 Washington DC (National Press Club)  Broad confirmations of 60 years of UFO interaction with both America’s and Russia’s nuclear forces are confirmed by reliable sources, particularly Air Force personnel who witnessed, not only sightings but much more, missile activations. YouTube – Veterans [...]

September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Military | Read More »

GORDON DUFF: WAR CRIMES, AMERICA’S MORAL MELTDOWN

MASS KILLINGS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN “WINK AND NOD” ARMY POLICY By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Over 40 years ago, I was in Vietnam, part of an American military effort draped with shame and failure.  My Lai was the crowning achievement of the war, nearly 600 women and children mowed down by automatic weapons [...]

September 28th, 2010 | Posted in 9/11,WarZone | Read More »

 

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