I’ve read a lot of twisted opinions on gays in the military but this one blows my mind. HORVAT: Making our war fighters expendable Homosexual experimentation jeopardizes lives and honor By John Horvat II -The Washington Times4:22 p.m., Wednesday, November 24, 2010 How much is the life of an American soldier worth? When does a [...]
I once called Alan Dershowitz a snake on Al Manar television. Al Manar is Hezbollah’s news channel in Lebanon. When he found out what I had said, he wrote a column in the Jerusalem post, calling me an anti-Semite. My response has been – to him and to anyone else – that an anti-Semite is [...]
Each day in the United States and around the globe, guns, knives & fists are used to rob, rape and kill. Often times those senseless acts of violence could be prevented with some training.
Tom DeLay symbolizes the Bush-Cheney-lobbyists corruption of the beginning of the new millennium By James McKinley Jr. in the NYT AUSTIN – A Texas jury Wednesday found Tom DeLay, the former House majority leader and architect of the Republican Party’s 1994 takeover of Congress, guilty in a money-laundering trial involving contributions to political campaigns. Jurors deliberated [...]
CONTRACTS: No. 1087-10 AIR FORCE Lockheed Martin Space Systems Corporation of Sunnyvale, Calif., was awarded an $85,859,894 contract modification to exercise the option to continue service under MILSATCOM Orbital Operations and Logistics Support. At this time, no funds have been obligated. SMC SLG/PKM, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is the contracting activity (FA8808-10-C-0002, PO0016). General [...]
Sarah Palin and international law are clearly complete strangers. By Alan Hart Sarah Palin (or her publisher) chose a title for her latest book with three “F” words -America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and the Flag. But surely there’s something missing. Another “F” word. One with four letters. What could it be? (My [...]
Excerpts from a speech by Chris Hedges. The author spoke at the Revolution Books Town Hall Meeting at Ethical Culture Society on January 13, 2009 condemning Israel and USA complicity in Israel’s murderous destruction and genocide of the innocent men, women and children of GAZA and the West Bank. Dedicated to the children of GAZA [...]
Those pushing President Obama for a pardon of Israeli spy, Jonathan Pollard, ignore the harm Pollard inflicted on the security of the United States. Do these members of Congress know anything about justice at all? Why haven’t any of them stepped up to defend Rachel Corrie, murdered by an IDF bulldozer as she non-violently attempted to block [...]
Shame on these wealthy whiners who will spend their Thanksgiving counting their money, enjoying their record profits, and living their lives of luxury. By Brent Budowsky [via IleneProctor.net] News has come that corporate profits have reached record levels, light years greater than corporate profits were under the last Republican administration. The Dow Jones Industrial average [...]
“SNVC ANNOUNCES ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH HIREVETERANS.COM” By Randy Miller SNVC has joined forces with the Nation’s leading Military job board, HireVeterans.com, to reach out to the talented pool of Military Veterans seeking to re-enter the civilian workforce. As a Veteran-owned company, SNVC understands the leadership, skills, and talents that veterans bring to the workforce. On [...]
So what’s going on with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)? First, it’s a good bet that he doesn’t actually know much about monetary history. By Paul Krugman Menzie Chinn goes after Paul Ryan’s challenge: “Name me a nation in history that has prospered by devaluing its currency.” But why go back to the 1930s? How about: [...]
No figure in American politics combines such blatant ignorance with a fervid advocacy of Israeli militarism as Sarah Palin—2012 GOP Frontrunner. Yet, the question remains: Is Palin so foolish that even the lowly GOP nomination for the American presidency would elude her, frontrunner status notwithstanding. Matt Taibbi says Palin is the ONE for the Tea Party, the renegade [...]
CASS Joins HireVeterans.com to Search for and Employ Military Pilots By Randy Miller CASS was founded in 2003 with a mission to merge specific and distinguished military and civil expertise into a truly unique entity focused on the growing challenges the US and its Allies were facing in the Global War on Terrorism. Our Goal [...]
“Freedom triumphant in War and Peace” is a nice thought but often impossible to find, yet we are only willing to glorify the victories while avoiding any unpleasantries connected to combat. We wave flags and send them off to war expecting they will be trained properly to join the “best military in the world” and [...]
Making racism, bigotry and fear funny, The Simpsons: “We’re here to come up with the next phony-baloney crisis to put Americans back where they belong—in dark rooms glued to their television too terrified to skip the commercials.” By scarce at Crooks and Liars Related Posts:Media OUTFOXEDThe Assassination of Cpl. Pat Tillman, USAWashington’s Rancor Over Iran-Downed Spy [...]
The NYT reports that, in petty retaliationfor the fraud disqualifications, Karzai’s attorney general, Mohammad Ishaq Aloko, is threatening two officials on the country’s two electoral commissions with prosecution for defaming the nation. … So, can we withdraw now? Or do we have to kill and maim a few thousand more U.S. servicemen? By Juan Cole [...]
Expanding Gulf War Presumptives Would Be Another Victory for VA Sec. Shinseki and President Obama over the Likes of Sens Webb and Burr Via 91Outcomes Federal Register: Department of Veterans Affairs 38 CFR Part 3 RIN 2900-AN83 Presumptive Service Connection for Diseases Associated With Persian Gulf War Service: Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Action: [...]
Sen. Jon Tester called PTSD the “signature injury” of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, and said the nation failed its Vietnam-era veterans on mental health care. By Sanjay Talwani in the Helena Independent Record For veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or other mental health injuries, inpatient care from the VA has meant a trip to Idaho, Wyoming [...]
By Ron Seman in the HudsonHubTimes Cleveland is one of two cities in the country selected by the Department of Veterans Affairs for a pilot program to personalize Veterans Health Benefits Handbooks. The other city: Washington, D.C. The handbooks are tailored to provide enrolled veterans with the most relevant health benefits information based on their [...]
The Marine Corps encourages all those who lived or worked at Camp Lejeune before 1987 to register to receive notifications regarding Camp Lejeune Historic Drinking Water. The Department of the Navy is funding independent research initiatives Camp Lejeune Historic Drinking Water For example, see the Background section This section provides background information on how contaminants [...]
Who is cowing Americans into submission, terrorists or the TSA Gestapo? By Paul Craig Roberts It doesn’t take a bureaucrat long to create an empire. John Pistole, the FBI agent who took over the Transportation Security Administration on July 1 told USA Today 16 days later that protecting trains and subways from terrorist attacks will [...]
Finally, the Beltway’s paper has someone to make the case for war with Iran By Alex Pareene in Salon The Washington Post has finally achieved online balance, by hiring a conservative blogger to make up for those two liberal bloggers they have, who make up for the majority of their Op-Ed page. Fred Hiatt is [...]
Are you flying this week? Know someone else who is? Download our “Know Your Rights at TSA” flier and make sure you and your fellow passengers know the risks and rights while dealing with TSA. Sign the Petition to Congress to Investigate the TSA — By Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake.com It’s the busiest week for air travel [...]
Philadelphia, Pa – As the trajectory of criminality dynamic by Czars accelerates, the illusion of Democracy hoax becomes reality on “Thanksgiving Day Legacy c.2010″ By Tommy Tucci Posted by Salem News. Holiday travel conflict that goes beyond comprehension of any normal citizenry. Translation, the “Chances are Greater that Americans can be Hit or Killed by Lightning in a Bathtub [...]
CONTRACTS: No. 1085-10 ARMY New Mexico Technology Group, LLC, El Paso, Texas, was awarded on Nov. 19 a $84,365,864 cost-plus-award-fee contract for mission support services to support the testing mission at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Work is to be performed in White Sands Missile Range, N.M., with an estimated completion date of Nov. [...]
In Dishonoring the Medal of Honor by Patt Morrison an opinion piece in LA Times, once again it was proven that while some people are priceless, jerks are a dime a dozen. Nothing rare about being a jerk at all. Now we have the insulting ignorance -– or ignorant insult -– of this other supposed [...]
Why should George W. Bush have been “angry” to learn in late 2007 of the unanimous judgment of all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies that Iran had stopped working on a nuclear weapon four years earlier? Seems to me he might have said “Hot Dog!” rather than curse under his breath. By Ray McGovern Nowhere in [...]
President Obama: You do understand why the American people DO NOT take cries of terrorism at face value? Please acknowledge. Admitting that the American people have been lied to in the name of security would be a good start. From the Business Insider: Related Posts:Obama is a Fraud as is his Birth Certificate and Bin Laden’s [...]
Don’t extend the Bush tax cuts to the wealthy. Give unemployment benefits to people who need them. By Robert Reich America’s long-term unemployed — an estimated 4 million or more — constitute the single newest and biggest social problem facing America. Now their unemployment benefits are about to run out, and the lame-duck Congress may [...]
This guest post is contributed by Mark Paul and Anastasia Wilson. Both are members of the class of 2011 at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. From the Baseline Scenario In some cultures asking how the kids are doing is a colloquial way of asking how the individual is faring, acknowledging that the vitality of the younger [...]
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