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September 2010

GORDON DUFF: AMERICA’S REAL ANTI-GOVERNMENT THREAT

FIND OUT WHO IS FINANCING AMERICA’S EXTREMIST “PATRIOTIC REVOLT?“ By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor “However, an investigation of site ownership and client lists funding the “Patriotic Revolt” were not what we expected.  The “patriots” that were going to replace the armed militia’s of the 1990′s  were actually the Republican Party, their phony “think tanks”  [...]

September 25th, 2010 | Posted in 9/11,WarZone | Read More »

ALAN SABROSKY — THE COMPLICATED FACES OF ANTI-SEMITISM

Anti-Semitism Reconsidered By Dr. Alan Sabrosky I cannot speak for the situation elsewhere, but in the US, I doubt if there is another definable group that equals or surpasses Jews in their achievements in so many different fields, their support for civil liberties and civil rights, and their philanthropy or general support of charitable causes. [...]

September 25th, 2010 | Posted in World | Read More »

PAUL BALLES — VOICES FOR PEACE?

When Time Magazine carried an article on “Why Israel Doesn’t Care about Peace”, a whole coterie of American Zionist supporters reacted as if Time had become anti-Semitic. For any writer to cast the slightest aspersion on Israel’s claim to wish for peace is tantamount to alleging that there never was a Sermon on the Mount. [...]

September 25th, 2010 | Posted in Israel,Palestine,World | Read More »

RABBI ARIK ASCHERMAN: RABBIS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN ISRAEL

Sukkot Thoughts-Rededicating Ourselves To Those Who Have No Homes, Or Whose Homes Are Endangered By Rabbi Arik Ascherman Introduction by Rabbi Michael Lerner, Tikkun Magazine Rabbi Arik Ascherman’s note below raises for us a very important question: is it anything more than hypocrisy for Jews to dwell in Sukkot this holiday***, pretending to make ourselves [...]

September 25th, 2010 | Posted in Israel,World | Read More »

STUART LITTLEWOOD — CLEGG NOW SINGING OFF ZIONIST HYMN-SHEET

Cameron  came from nowhere to lead a party that’s said to be 80 percent loyal to Israel. This patron of the Jewish National Fund then became prime minister… with Clegg’s help. In the space of a few short years Nick Clegg has shot from obscurity to stardom in British politics, joining Conservative leader David “I’m-a-Zionist” [...]

September 25th, 2010 | Posted in World | Read More »

PRESS TV — TALKS TO IRAN’S ENVOY AND JAMES MORRIS ABOUT THE ANTI-ISRAEL IAEA RESOLUTION

Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency Ali Asghar Soltanieh discusses the rejection by the 51 mostly Western countries of a resolution urging Israel — reportedly the sole possessor of a nuclear arsenal in the Middle East — to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and allow UN inspections of its covert nuclear facilities. [...]

September 25th, 2010 | Posted in Israel,Politics,World | Read More »

URI AVNERY: GANDHI’S WISDOM

Uri Avnery GANDHI’S WISDOM September 25, 2010 Gandhi’s Wisdom SURFING THE television channels, I came across an interview with the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi on an American network (Fox – would you believe it). “My grandfather told us to love the enemy even while fighting him,” he said, “he fought against the British resolutely, but [...]

September 24th, 2010 | Posted in Israel,World | Read More »

U.S. CONGRESSMEN TO OBAMA: FREE POLLARD TO FACILITATE MIDEAST PEACE

An American Jew Jonathan Pollard, steals American secrets for the sake of a foreign country, Israel, and committed one of the most serious national security compromises in American history has U.S. Congress on his side. Does this not illustrate sufficiently the power of the Israel Lobby to influence the US Congress? Several United States congressmen have [...]

September 24th, 2010 | Posted in Israel,Palestine,Politics,World | Read More »

U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards

No. 872-10 September 24, 2010 ———————————- CONTRACTS AIR FORCE                 United Launch Service, Centennial, Colo., was awarded a $461,567,412 contract modification will exercise an option to extend the evolved expendable launch vehicle contract by six months.  At this time, $58,535,286 has been obligated.  SMC LRSW/PK, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8816-06-C-0002; PO0237).                 [...]

September 24th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »

New York Institute of Technology Offers Impressive Careers to Our Veterans

New York Institute of Technology is a private, non-sectarian, co-educational university located in New York. The University has two New York campuses, one in Old Westbury Long Island and one near Columbus Circle in Manhattan. They also have several global campuses and programs which are found in China and the Middle East. Overall they have over 15,000 students registered at NYIT.

September 24th, 2010 | Posted in Economy,Jobs & Careers | Read More »

UPDATE NO 2: Evacuate H-Bomb Factory Areas Now

Mayak in Russia or Rocky Flats in the US – what’s the difference? Both are H-Bomb factories. Both are National Sacrifice Zones, contaminated Forever and a Day.

September 24th, 2010 | Posted in Military,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Sign the Petition for Operation Recovery – STOP deploying injured troops!

Iraq Veterans Against the War [IVAW] is launching their first strategic campaign to stop the deployment of troops suffering from PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injuries, and Military Sexual Trauma. They will publicly announce the campaign, Operation Recovery, to the media on October 7, the anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, and they need the support of [...]

September 24th, 2010 | Posted in Peace,Support the Troops | Read More »

GORDON DUFF: WHAT AHMADINEJAD ISN’T TELLING US

TERROR CONFERENCE IN TEHRAN WILL FALL SHORT OF THE MARK By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor When President Ahmadinejad announced, before the United Nations that most people in the world believe that the U.S. government was involved in the planning and execution of the 9/11 attacks, he told the truth.  In America, groups have been [...]

September 24th, 2010 | Posted in 9/11,WarZone | Read More »

Watch the Agent Orange Hearing, Senators Plot Cutting Out Agent Orange Victims

Here’s video of Thursday’s United States Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Oversight Hearing:  VA Disability Compensation:  Presumptive Disability Decision-Making. Thank you Sens. Sanders and Rockefeller for standing with veterans. As for the veterans-hostile Sens. Jim Webb (D-VA) and Richard Burr (R-NC), please note they are up for reelection; Webb in 2012, Burr this November. Vote them [...]

September 24th, 2010 | Posted in Corruption,Politics | Read More »

Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth hit the American mainstream

Whoever planned the 9/11 operation and whoever managed to fool the masses of terrorized people and trick them into believing that al Qa`ida and its members of Afghanistan cave dwellers pulled this thing off did not consider that scientists and trained specialists would be the ones to finally expose the conspiracy and unravel 9/11 mystery.

September 24th, 2010 | Posted in 9/11,WarZone | Read More »

Politico: Senate Committee Laying Groundwork to Gut 1991 Agent Orange Law

- Veterans Affairs Secy. Eric Shinseki strongly defended his controversial decision last year to add ischemic heart disease. Former VA Secy.  (2001-05) and current Pfizer lobbyist Anthony Principi hits payments to veterans – - Sen. James Webb wants political control, maintains hostile stance towards veterans. – Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vermont) and Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) [...]

September 24th, 2010 | Posted in Corruption,Politics | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News

Shinseki Defends Agent Orange Disability Payment Proposal

September 24th, 2010 | Posted in Benefits,Regional,Top 10,Vet News,Veteran Service Organizations,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Secretary Shinseki Provides Agent Orange Victims Defense in Testimoney

From the VA: Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki testified before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee concerning the role of presumptions of service connection in claims for Veterans’ benefits. Read his prepared remarks. Related Posts:No Related Posts

September 24th, 2010 | Posted in Corruption,Politics | Read More »

VA defends Agent Orange, heart disease links against Sen Webb

- Shinseki, a Vietnam veteran wounded in combat, said six of nine rigorous studies reviewed by the agency showed strong associations between the herbicide and heart disease. The evidence “more than satisfies” the law’s requirements, he said. – By BEN EVANS WASHINGTON (AP) – Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on Thursday defended an expensive proposal [...]

September 24th, 2010 | Posted in Agent Orange,Health | Read More »

SPREADING FALSEHOODS ABOUT IRAN: “United Against Nuclear Iran”

By publishing propagandistic reports and articles on the purported hazard of Iran’s nuclear activities, UANI also functions as a mouthpiece which is exclusively dedicated to fear-mongering and spreading falsehood about Iran. By Kourosh Ziabari (source: Global Research) Those who regularly follow the developments of Iran might have come across  the website of “United Against Nuclear [...]

September 24th, 2010 | Posted in WarZone,World | Read More »

A Letter to Senator Richard Burr

I urge all Veterans and their supporters to contact Senator Richard Burr, Senator Jim Webb and all the other politicians that want to balance the budget on the backs of Veterans. We need to remind politicians that never served in the military like Richard Burr, to stop trying to “change the rules” on Veterans after [...]

September 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Veterans Affairs | Read More »

10 Upcoming Devices that will Protect Future Soldiers

With combat overseas still lingering, it seems that our fighting men and women will forever be in harm’s way. Although we currently have bullet proof vests and armored vehicles, the number of those who perish in battle is still far beyond acceptable. With technology available to deliver a virtual computer onto a tiny pane of glass and store thousands of songs onto a device the size of a pack of gum, what is being done to improve the invaluable lives of soldiers?

September 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Military,Support the Troops | Read More »

U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards

No. 868-10 September 23, 2010 ———————————– CONTRACTS  AIR FORCE                  United Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney, East Hartford, Conn., was awarded a contract modification not-to-exceed $279,703,743 for the acquisition for 22 priority initial spare F-119-PW-100 engines.  At this time, $279,703,743 has been obligated.  ASC/WWUK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8611-08-C-2896; P00040). [...]

September 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »

Admiral SIROHEY TO General COLIN POWELL: “SAVE AMERICA’S HONOR”

ADMIRAL SIROHEY TO COLIN POWELL: “SAVE AMERICA’S HONOR” By Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey (Retd) Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Naval Staff, Chairman BOG Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad   Dear General Colin L. Powell Greetings I am addressing this letter on the strength that we both held same appointments at the same [...]

September 23rd, 2010 | Posted in AfPak,WarZone | Read More »

PRESS RELEASE: JUDGE SENTENCES RAPE VICTIM TO 86 YEARS IN PRISON

JFAC STATEMENT ON SENTENCING OF AAFIA SIDDIQUI Editor’s note:  “The entire staff of Veterans Today and her sister publications are outraged at Judge Berman’s abuses, not just in sentencing an innocent victim but in staging an unjust trial.  Serving the United States with honor has now become much more difficult.  Every American serving in Afghanistan [...]

September 23rd, 2010 | Posted in AfPak,WarZone | Read More »

Shinseki Fights off Veterans’ Enemy Sen. James Webb, Defends Agent Orange Benefits

- Watching C-SPAN 3′s telecast of the hearing on VA Disability Compensation, Presumptive Disability Decision-Making  by the United States Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs is an illustration why no veteran or advocate in Virginia should consider voting for Sen. James Webb (Traitor-VA) – This morning, while posturing as the earnest student of empirical investigation, Webb prefaced his [...]

September 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Agent Orange,Coping,Health | Read More »

ALAN HART: OBAMA SPEAKS AT THE UN….GOODBYE TO PEACE

Obama speaks at the UN… Goodbye to peace By Alan Hart On marks out of ten for his speech to the UN on the subject of ending the conflict in and over Palestine that became Israel, I’d give President Obama minus five. Earlier this month (on 4 September) I wrote a piece with the headline [...]

September 23rd, 2010 | Posted in AfPak,WarZone | Read More »

Peter Dolan and COL. EUGENE KHRUSHCHEV: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, U.S. POLICY IN AFGHANISTAN

GROUND BREAKING INTERVIEW WITH TOP SOVIET/RUSSIAN EXPERT ON AFGHANISTAN Colonel Eugene Khrushchev’s last post in Afghanistan was in 2006 as First  Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Kabul. Khrushchev serves today as Editor  of Veterans Today and Military Affairs Analyst of Russia Today) > (Question) In a 2001 BBC interview, just after 9/11, you stated [...]

September 23rd, 2010 | Posted in 9/11,WarZone | Read More »

Updated -Give ‘em Hell, General Shinseki!

- Update: See VA defends Agent Orange, heart disease links against Sen Webb.  WATCH LIVE as we hope VA Secretary Shinseki tells the bureaucrats Senators Webb and Burr and cohorts to get off their asses, and stop protesting the cost of veterans’ benefits. Watch the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on VA Disability Compensation Presumptive Disability [...]

September 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

VCS to Testify on Cost of Wars on Sept. 30

Just as mainstream media is finally figuring out that the Global War on Terror has divided the Obama administration on issues surrounding Afghanistan Woodward Book Exposes Obama Team’s Internal Afghanistan, Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) is preparing to give testimony to Congress on the Cost of Wars, next Thursday, 30 Sep 2010. Robert L. Hanafin, [...]

September 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Peace,Veteran Service Organizations | Read More »

 

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