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News for Veterans Exposed to Herbicides Outside Vietnam

Even if you did not serve in Vietnam, you can still apply for service-connected benefits if you were exposed to an herbicide while in the military which you believe caused your disease or injury.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Herbicides were used by the U.S. military to defoliate military facilities in the U.S. and in other countries as far back as the 1950s.

Sick Veterans Sue KBR Over Iraq and Afghanistan Burn Pits

KBR burned biohazard materials
 including human corpses, medical supplies, paints, solvents, asbestos,
 pesticides, animal carcasses, tires, lithium batteries, Styrofoam, wood, rubber, medical waste, large amounts of plastics, and even entire trucks.



(WAYNE, N.J.) - A lawsuit was filed alleging that KBR, Inc.
(NYSE KBR) endangered the health and safety of American soldiers in
 Iraq and Afghanistan.

They're accused of exposing them to huge quantities of toxic dust, fumes and other air pollutants by burning unsorted waste in vast open-air pits without any safety controls.



Even The New York Times Doesn`t Believe Netanyahu

The point the editorial missed is that Netanyahu is not a complete liar, he is merely thoroughly disingenuous, as Zionism by nature is, was and always will be.

(LONDON) - In an editorial on 26 March The New York Times declared that it is “even more skeptical now” of Netanyahu’s professed commitment to peacemaking and a two-state solution. A sign that Zionism’s freedom to muzzle the mainstream American media is no longer without limit? Perhaps.

But refreshing though this NYT editorial stance was - broadly pro Obama and anti Netanyahu - it missed, by default or design, a major point; but we’ll come to that in a moment.

FBI Says Public Corruption is Their #1 Criminal Priority

Bribery is the most common. But there’s also extortion, embezzlement, racketeering, kickbacks, and money laundering, as well as wire, mail, bank, and tax fraud.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Public corruption is a breach of trust by federal, state, or local officials—often with the help of private sector accomplices.

Willamette Author Tells Stories of Those who Confronted Hitler

Bill Smaldone’s book, now in paperback, provides opposition leaders’ perspectives.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Willamette University history professor William Smaldone’s latest book, “Confronting Hitler: German Social Democrats in Defense of the Weimar Republic, 1929-1933,” tells the stories of how ten Social Democratic leaders addressed the impending threat of Nazism and communism.

Full of relevant historical context, the book explores the constraints and political choices these leaders made in the shadow of Hitler’s chancellorship and their struggle for political freedom and social justice. The book examines how circumstances and events shaped party leaders’ perspectives and decisions.

Book Review: Catastrophe Law, Politics, and the Humanitarian Impulse

Not necessarily “user friendly” - but a great contribution for those who want serious, academic knowledge.

(PORTLAND, Ore,) - Great insight with very real conclusions made a bit dry and academic. A paragraph made six sentences too long with six five-syllable words. A complex issue made more incomprehensible by convoluted language.

There is much to learn and grasp with this issue; the audience that needs to be reached will not have the time to dissect the language. Activism and policy change will only happen with the broadest of populations.

Treason by Members of the United States Congress

The Iranian president did not threaten to "Wipe Israel off the map".

(BANGKOK) - Nearly 300 members of the U.S. Congress signed a statement, affirming their commitment to Israel, an illegal Apartheid State. The writing and signing of that letter should be considered an act of treason.

The letter has totally undermined the power of the President of the United States by virtually telling Israel: "It does not matter what you do to the Palestinians, how many illegal structures you build on the territory you stole from them; how you behave towards the Lebanese, or what you have in mind for Iran... We, the signatories on this letter, are with you all the way."

Documentary Investigates Kecksburg UFO Site

Sci-Fi documentary with Bryant Gumbel about one of the most fascinating American UFO stories.

(KECKSBURG, Pa.) - On December 9, 1965, an object landed near Kecksburg, Pa. It was observed as a fireball in the sky across several U.S. states and Canada. Witnesses provided signed statements and independent, corroborated descriptions of the object and its location.

Firefighters, reporters and a radio news director described a military presence at the crash site — and some saw a military truck quickly leaving with a large, tarpaulin-covered object.

A Slice of Life: A review of Faded Love

Many of the stories in the book are set in Alberta and British Columbia, both in the urban centres and in the hinterlands.

(GOLD RIVER, B.C.) - R.N. Friedland's Faded Love, is a collection of short stories mostly centered in the Canadian West, but ranging afield to both Europe and Asia. It has the air of a
Roman a clef, perhaps with a good dose of imagination.

It certainly speaks of an author with a wide range of experience and knowledge of humanity.

Bill Gives Ugandan Government Legal Right to Torture, Imprison and Kill

Anti-Homosexuality Bill features provisions that may spur a witch hunt

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - How can we have expectations on the treatment of our children, and even animals, and not have the same respect for human life everywhere?