“Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.” Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) Updated 12/29/2010 (IRVINE, CA) – I don’t believe in ghosts. If I ran into one or two, maybe I’d change my mind. The stories of lights in the former Marine Corps Air Stations El Toro’s [...]
The sound of men’s voices echoed through the concrete columns of Lower Wacker Drive, desolate and frigid on a recent stormy Sunday night. Nearby, a homeless Army veteran stuck his head out of his foxhole of thin blankets and piles of tattered clothing, soiled and stained by life on the street. By Don Terry With [...]
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (Big Sis) announced today that security will be tightened at so called “soft targets” around the country. By Alex at The Intel Hub Unfortunately for law abiding Americans, this means that low-IQ security officials will not only bother and sometimes molest you at airports, they will also be [...]
DoD CONTRACTS: No. 1179-10 NAVY Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $494,257,945 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Trident II, D5 guidance system tactical engineering support and guidance applications program, and life extension development. Work will be performed in Cambridge, Mass. (82 percent); Pittsfield, Mass. (11 percent); Clearwater, Fla. (2 percent); and [...]
The Gaza massacre, which Israel launched two years ago today, did not end on 18 January 2009, but continues. It was not only a massacre of human bodies, but of the truth and of justice. Only our actions can help bring it to an end. By Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada The UN-commissioned Goldstone Report [...]
Some people wonder why we put ourselves on boats and sail across the Mediterranean to Gaza. We face one of the most vicious armies in the world, armed with only our determination By Greta Berlin 0f the Free Gaza Movement On this, the second anniversary of Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza when 1,400 Palestinians [...]
ADL TO ATTACK JOURNALISTS AND PUBLICATIONS TYING ISRAEL TO WIKILEAKS By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor “There is a list, the Bush administration’s “working group” that green-lighted 9/11. Of the five names on it, three are Jews. “ Last week, responding to a deluge of news reports tying Israel to Wikileaks, Julian Assange announced he [...]
In continuing coverage, ABC’s This Week (12/26, 10:00 a.m. ET) broadcast that many Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are “finding their transition to civilian life overwhelming, sometimes complicated by post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, unemployment, and difficulty adjusting to ordinary life after the extreme environment of combat. Thousands of veterans have been left homeless,” said ABC, which did note that the Department of Veterans Affairs has teamed up with New York City’s “Department of Homeless Services to help identify and house veterans in need.” Bob Woodruff, who covered this story for ABC , said at the end of his report that while the “government is doing a lot” to help homeless vets, “all these holes” in assistance have to be filled “in the private world, as well.”
How the WTC Demolitions Were Set Up Tuesday, December 28th, 9-10 a.m. Pacific (noon – 1 pm Eastern) on http://NoLiesRadio.org, to be archived here a few hours after broadcast… Guest: Evelien Gilbert (check out her blog!), special effects expert & computer simulations professional. Evelien recently sent Richard Gage and me a paper, still in the [...]
Demand that Julian Assange of Wikileaks Offer a Retraction and Apology By Paul Sheridan for Veterans Today (revised) “I’m constantly annoyed that people are distracted by false conspiracies like 9/11…” Julian Assange, July 19, 2010 For perspective we need to review at least two quotes made by the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange. In the December [...]
Dayton, Ohio Chapter of Veterans for Peace represented at the 16 Dec 2010 Peace Protest at the White House. It is important to emphasize that the reason why I’m spending so much time and energy focusing on – what – one War Protest in Washington, DC when over the past decade or so there have [...]
GOOD FILM, BAD INTENT…MOVIES AS PSYOPS Israel is (in)famous for its “false flag” operations, covert provocations meant to create blame for innocent parties or nations. For instance, in the 1950s Israelis propagated the Lavon Affair, in which Jewish operatives in Egypt attempted to blow up American- and British-affiliated buildings and place the blame on Egyptians. In [...]
Pinkerton Government Services Partners with HireVeterans.com Veterans Get Great Security Jobs at Pinkerton Government Services by Randy Miller Since 9/11, security is one of the America’s fastest growing and most vital industries in the country. Seven years after the terrorist attacks, the homeland security business is booming and has become a multi-billion dollar business and [...]
UPDATE to homeless veterans. It looks like the VA may want to stop veterans from living on the streets only so far. This is a report out of Oregon. VA Vouchers Have A Hold Up Tuesday, December 28th 2010 08:46am The Veteran’s Administration is sending over a caseworker to help provide some subsidized housing vouchers [...]
By Brig Samson S Sharaf The message being sent to Pakistan in the post Wikileaks scenario is ominous and bereft of diplomatic dignity. “We will continue to insist to Pakistani leaders that terrorist safe havens within their borders must be dealt with,” said President Obama. Retired Gen. Jack Keane, put it more bluntly: “Don’t just [...]
“LUCY, YOU GOT SOME ‘SPLAININ TO DO..” By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Part of our continuing series, “Everything You Think You Know You Learned From A Liar,” we are going to talk a bit, a short talk as it is the holiday season, about Semites. Semites are people from the Middle East, not a [...]
The King’s Speech is Oscar bound with incredible performances by Colin Firth as King George VI along with Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter, as the queen mother. This is movie making at its best and Director Tom Hooper weaves this historic event of a King and his speech therapist into a flawlessly acted work [...]
There is a hidden war going on in this country that few are talking about. While news reports finally spread the growing crisis of veterans returning home with PTSD, seeing their lives fall apart, these cases are usually attributed to combat operations. A few days ago Dana Morgan, President of Point Man Ministries, and I [...]
President Obama proposal to create a special new legal system by Executive Order is an extremely dangerous end run around Congress and the Judiciary. By Vince Warren and Bill Quigley at AlterNet The right to liberty is one of the foundation rights of a free people. The idea that any US President can bypass Congress [...]
WikiLeaks and the press By Paul J. Balles STAFF WRITER 26 December 2010 Paul J. Balles views the self-serving criticism of WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, offered by a range of media but argues that, ultimately, the whistleblower website’s exposure of cover-ups and promotion of transparency justify its actions. The press is down on [...]
ASSANGE LASHES OUT, PROMISES ISRAEL “LEAK”…IN 6 MONTHS By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor “We know what has been released. The genuinely sensitive material held by Wikileaks, that tying Israel to actions against America in Iraq, tying Israel to the drug trade in Afghanistan and tying Israel to terrorism in Pakistan, have yet to be [...]
Stuart Bramhall, author of “The Most Revolutionary Act: Memoir of an American Refugee” writes this about Wikileaks in response to my latest article, “An Intel Front - The Case Against Wikileaks, Part III” I’m afraid this whole media storm around Assange reminds me of the whole O.J. Simpson circus in a way. I recall it [...]
Marine Lance Cpl. William H. Crouse IV had one of the most dangerous jobs in Afghanistan but he did it anyway. Searching for bombs that could blow up his friends must have seemed worth it to him and his dog but in his last thoughts here on earth, he wanted to make sure his dog [...]
Osama bin Dead awhile Please Visit Our New Website @ www.revoltoftheplebs.com by Keith Johnson The next time the CIA comes up with another Osama bin Laden videotape, you might want to compare their images of the alleged al-Qaeda leader to the photograph I’ve provided here. If he looks any healthier than that, then you’re probably looking [...]
The true meaning of Christmas is the celebration of the birth of a love that unites and binds the universe but also exists deepest within each one of us: Allen L Roland To me, now more than ever, the true meaning of Christmas is the celebration of a never ending love. Not the love [...]
Veterans lead dramatic act of civil resistance at White House – Over 130 arrested protesting the wars. This statement was sent into Veterans Today via Facebook on December 21, 2010 from the young Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans’ group March Forward and is closer to the reality of war than the sanitized versions of Happy Military [...]
Sending this out to Bob Walsh, attorney and veterans’ advocate in Michigan. Bob has taught me more about advocating for veterans’ health and law than any man alive; so this is for you [and take this one weekend off, will ya?]: Merry Christmas to you and your family. Related Posts:No Related Posts
Years from now, perhaps we’ll see the day of glory when men and women of good will live in peace. When an injustice to one the world-over is an injustice to me. Related Posts:No Related Posts
From Wonkette By Jack Stuef Despite Republican attempts to stick in a last-minute defense appropriations amendment that failed to kill the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal, President Obama finally signed it into law, hooray. But while this simple measure to make this country more fair and equal was a no-brainer for most Americans, it was not for [...]
From Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki—A Christmas Message from Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki WASHINGTON — The second year of our declared independence found General George Washington’s Continental Army encamped at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. In the week before Christmas of 1777, more than 12,000 poorly-clothed, hungry and near-frozen American soldiers were [...]
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