Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Veterans Day - 370,000 Vets have a traumatic brain injury (TBI)

90,000 Casualties, but Who’s Counting? Can anyone explain to me why we are occupying Iraq and Afghanistan? an estimated 370,000 (or 19.5 percent of) veterans have a traumatic brain injury (TBI) ... VCS also estimates that some 18.5 percent of veterans come home with PTSD.



Video: 1400 Vehicles burnt/melted near WTC on 9/11 Video: The 9/11 Diane Sawyer interview with an eyewitness to the WTC7 collapse and the burnt vehicles. Aired 6:50pm 9/11/01. Youtube has removed this video.




When America Ceases To Be Good America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.
Alexis de Tocqueville ... Is America a Good Nation? Is she a Great Nation? Let's examine the evidence ... recently we went to war with Iraq and Afghanistan. Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11. Iraq had no Weapons of Mass Destruction and no ties with Al Qaeda. In fact they were enemies. All of this was known before the invasion. Yet the controlled news media did not share these facts with us until after the occupation had become a disaster. So why are we killing so many innocent people and sacrificing the lives of so many of our young soldiers and marines?




Justice Dept. Asked For News Site's Visitor Lists Kristina Clair, a 34-year old Linux administrator living in Philadelphia who provides free server space for Indymedia.us, said she was shocked to receive the Justice Department's subpoena. (The Independent Media Center is a left-of-center amalgamation of journalists and advocates that – according to their principles of unity and mission statement – work toward "promoting social and economic justice" and "social change.") The subpoena (PDF) from U.S. Attorney Tim Morrison in Indianapolis demanded "all IP traffic to and from www.indymedia.us" on June 25, 2008. It instructed Clair to "include IP addresses, times, and any other identifying information," including e-mail addresses, physical addresses, registered accounts, and Indymedia readers' Social Security Numbers, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, and so on.



Blackwater Said to Pursue Bribes to Iraq After 17 Died secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad ... Four former executives said in interviews that Gary Jackson, who was then Blackwater’s president, had approved the bribes and that the money was sent from Amman, Jordan, where the company maintains an operations hub, to a top manager in Iraq ... Five Blackwater guards involved in the shooting are facing federal manslaughter charges, and their trial is scheduled to start in February in Washington. A sixth guard pleaded guilty in December. The company has never faced criminal charges in the case




Suicides in the downturn raise worries about recession’s real cost Elkhart may be a harbinger of deadly increases in other hard-hit areas In more than a quarter of the cases, White said, distress caused by job loss or financial failure was cited as the last straw



The reason why on 9/11 I didn't believe a damn thing they said 9/11 was over six years after the Oklahoma City bombing. We had plenty of time to get the 'alternative' viewpoints ... I certainly remember Retired Brigadier Gen. USAF, Benton K. Partin ... told his side of the OK City 'terrorist' attack and cover up to anyone who would listen ...
General Partin doesn't exist because he is not in Wikipedia ... Our 'government' is trying to turn the greatest mass murder on our shores (911) into a 'day of service' as a diversion to the lies.



Obama Meets With Bibi:The Unusual Media Blackout A White House statement after the one-hour, 40-minute session framed the meeting in only general terms, saying the two leaders discussed “how to move forward on Middle East peace” and also spoke about Iran and security issues ... Me: So maybe the President was afraid that Americans would connect the dots if Israel does something nasty after Obama's boss told him what to veto at the UN in advance of another Zionist atrocity.




Kucinich backs out of dinner after complaints Rep. Dennis Kucinich canceled his keynote speech at a Democratic Party fund-raising dinner after several elected officials protested his stance on Israel.



Video Do Flu Shots Work? Ask A Vaccine Manufacturer




Obama: Jail Time for Those without Health Insurance During an exclusive interview with ABC News’ Jake Tapper today, President Obama said that penalties are appropriate for people who try to “free ride” the health care system ... Comparing Health Insurance to Car Insurance implies that like driving, living is a "privilege" ...



Inside Britain's Israel Lobby Dispatches investigates one of the most powerful and influential political lobbies in Britain, which is working in support of the interests of the State of Israel ... I am waiting for PBS to make a similar report on AIPAC.



Repeat After Me.... "There Is No Carry Trade" The big banks own 200 trillion dollars in interest rate derivatives. If interest rates were raised, the bankers would lose their bonuses and we would not have enough money to bail them out. That means interest rates cannot go up until after the dollar collapses and the bankers have stolen everything.







Yemen rebels claim territorial gain This is a related story Yemen War Leading to Regional Conflicts



Video Reason TV UPS vs. FEDEX: Ultimate Whiteboard Remix Unions using government to raise FedEx rates.



Statistics: Wealth in America (and in Congress) As others have pointed out, the average wage of Americans, adjusting for inflation, is lower than it was in the 1970s. The minimum wage, adjusting for inflation, is lower than it was in the 1950s. Of the 535 members of Congress, over 44% - 237 to be exact - are millionaires




Who Got the Bribes for Obamacare Endorsements Liberals do not really care about the needy; their goal is to control the lives of people from cradle to grave.




Statin Drugs Cause Muscle Damage Even After You Stop statin drugs may cause serious and long-term muscle damage that persists even after the drugs are halted, according to a new study conducted by researchers from Tufts Medical Center and the University of Bern, and published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.



Conflicts of interest? Dr. Mehmet Oz owns 150,000 option shares in vaccine technology company Dr. Mehmet Oz is a huge promoter of vaccines. He's been on television reinforcing fear about H1N1 swine flu and telling everyone to get vaccinated. But what he didn't tell his viewing audience is that he holds 150,000 option shares in a vaccine company that could earn him millions of dollars in profits as the stock price rises



Gold Hits Another Record As All Assets Melting Up Equally In Bernanke's Face Gold hits another all time high of $1,118.00 an ounce.



Free Speech: The Sword of Slaves. Of Mind and Mouth The mind and mouth of the slave are two things that a dictator can never be sure of from anyone they rule. Fear is their only weapon of choice. Fear of retribution, once thought is discovered, is the only way to keep the mind and mouth in check.


On a New Form of Indentured Servitude “There are families not eating at the end of the month,” said Stephen Quinn, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Wal-Mart Stores, and “literally lining up at midnight” at Wal-Mart stores waiting to buy food when paychecks or government checks land in their accounts."



Dark secrets of AARP finally exposed to light AARP collects royalties on "Medigap insurance," a privately purchased insurance coverage that helps pay some of the health-care costs that Medicare doesn't cover ... AARP saw that it would lose revenue if it didn't stop the Medicare Advantage programs ... "The House bill would dramatically cut money out of Medicare Advantage programs, forcing people to need the Medigap policies that are such a big cash cow for the AARP," she said.




1,200 janitors fired in 'quiet' immigration raid The janitors worked for ABM, a San Francisco-based contract company ... "Letter said we had to bring in documents, our Social Security cards, green cards, state ID, or be immediately fired," he said. The letter on ABM letterhead, obtained by MPR, informed the workers that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, had found problems with their paperwork




U.S. citizen sues over treatment in 'rendition' Man, never charged, says he was threatened with torture and death



Goldman’s Undisclosed Role in AIG’s Distress [PDF]



Overall, 46% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Fifty-three percent (53%) disapprove. Republicans have opened a six-point lead on the Generic Congressional Ballot We need to run an anti-Goldman Sachs slate of candidates in both the Republican and Democrat parties so we have two chances to unseat every congressman between now and November of 2010.

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