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Police get help with violent vets

RavenNH — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:50:07 +0000

First they identify veterans as a threat with the homeland security memo and now the police are specifically training to take down veterans as potential threats with federal money.

Australian soldiers home-bound, charged with drinking, returned to war

AdrocK48 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:34:59 +0000

So for the terrible crime of drinking, a group of Australian soldiers (nicknamed diggers) are sent back to Afghanistan. In true Obama latest national defense bill style, the men 'misbehaved' in one country, and are then called to another country to defend themselves.

Soldier at Ron Paul rally could face trouble

ElGuapo — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:22:33 +0000

"An Army reservist who took the stage at a political event for Ron Paul and expressed his support for the Republican presidential candidate could face legal troubles, the military said Thursday."

I'm not sure how to find the videos and pictures now, but I recall seeing in-uniform military members on the stage with John McCain in 2007 and various military members peppering political news coverage since, endorsing various candidates other than Ron Paul.

Defense Bill

LoveFreedomAndLiberty — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:58:24 +0000

What will come from the defense bill? Read more here:

Ron Paul Says "Wars Are Biggest Threat to Families"

mrtruth — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 22:06:31 +0000

War is the greatest threat to the modern family, Rep. Ron Paul told an audience filled with social conservative activists today. Speaking to a packed crowd at the Values Voters Summit in Washington D.C., the Texas congressman said that wars in the last decade cost thousands of soldiers’ lives.

Computer virus hits US Predator and Reaper drone fleet

George.Safford.Parker — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:49:24 +0000

A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other war zones.

More military donations than all candidates combined, INCLUDING OBAMA

JoelG — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:21:48 +0000

It's official...Ron Paul gets more donations from U.S. Servicemen than all candidates combined, INCLUDING OBAMA.

What can we as Individuals do to Free Ourselves and our Country?

mikesylvia — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:25:58 +0000

Complaints without at least suggestions for solutions are a dime a dozen. The cartel of international bankers, weapons manufacturers, politicians, government "security" agencies and warmongering thieves is huge and imposing...how can individual citizens effect any kind of change or improvement? By voting?

Ron Paul Says "Let's Get Out of Middle East...And United Nations."

mrtruth — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:08:19 +0000

The real, pro-US solution to the problems in the Middle East is for us to end all foreign aid, stop arming foreign countries, encourage peaceful diplomatic resolutions to conflicts, and disengage militarily. In others words, follow Jefferson’s admonition: “Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.”

The Phantom Menace: Al Qaeda was never an "existential" threat.

joestros — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:55:08 +0000

Last week, RAND Corp. published a study looking at homegrown jihadi terrorism. Of the 32 "plots" uncovered in the U.S. since 9/11, "only 10 developed anything resembling an operational plan that identified a specific target, developed the means of attack, and offered a sequence of steps to carry [it] out." "Of these, six were Federal Bureau of Investigation stings" involving fake bombs—"on their own, only two individuals actually attempted to build devices. One was arrested while doing so, and the other's device failed."

U.S. Tax Dollars Fund Child Sex Slavery in Afghanistan

doc2724 — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 03:42:00 +0000

The now infamous Wikileaks recently released a cable from Afghanistan revealing U.S. government contractor DynCorp threw a party for Afghan security recruits featuring trafficked boys as the entertainment.

White House lifts ban on military suicide condolences

slayer548 — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:57:23 +0000

The move comes nearly six weeks after a group of senators -- 10 Democrats and one Republican -- asked President Barack Obama to change what they called an "insensitive" policy that dates back several administrations.

US Army spent $2.7 billion on a computer that doesn’t work

slayer548 — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:07:39 +0000

It has emerged that the multi-billion-dollar DCGS-A military computer system that was designed to help the US Army in Iraq and Afghanistan simply doesn’t work. DCGS-A is meant to accrue intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, and provide real-time battlefield analysis and the current location of high-value targets. According to two former intelligence officers that have worked with the system, however, it has hindered the war effort rather than helped.

10,000 US Troops On Offer For Iraq

slayer548 — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:14:25 +0000

The White House is offering to keep up to 10,000 troops in Iraq next year, U.S. officials say, despite opposition from many Iraqis and key Democratic Party allies who demand that President Barack Obama bring home the American military as promised.

Air Conditioning the Military Costs More Than NASA's Entire Budget

XD45 — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:54:26 +0000

According to Steve Anderson, a retired brigadier general who served as Gen. Petraeus' chief logistician in Iraq, the Department of Defense spends $20 billion air conditioning tents and temporary structures for the military. That's more than NASA's entire $19 billion annual budget.

US Government To Launch “Defensive” Cyber Attacks

highline — Thu, 12 May 2011 00:25:41 +0000

Within the chairman’s mark of the 2012 Defense Authorization bill is language that would allow DoD to carry out clandestine operations in cyberspace against targets located outside the United States and to defend against all attacks on DoD assets.

Soldiers fire an estimated 25000 bullets for every "insurgent" killed

berserker13 — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:21:04 +0000

US forces have fired so many bullets in Iraq and Afghanistan - an estimated 250,000 for every insurgent killed - that American ammunition-makers cannot keep up with demand. As a result the US is having to import supplies from Israel.

National Guard in federal medical marijuana raid raises questions

delelles — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:47:05 +0000

LANSING — On Nov. 30, the Drug Enforcement Agency raided a facility in Meridian Township. Along with ground forces, the Michigan National Guard provided two Blackhawk helicopters to assist in the operation. The facility was a joint growing operation by several registered patient caregivers. The caregivers decided to rent the facility to grow medical marijuana for their patients, and remove the drug from their homes.

The Navy's New Super Gun Explained

Thrain — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:00:55 +0000

(Dec. 14) -- The world's most powerful gun is one step closer to becoming the super-weapon of the future.

The Navy on Friday demonstrated a record-setting 33-megajoule shot from its developmental electromagnetic rail gun, a weapon that will be able to shoot farther than conventional guns. This weapon of the future could someday go on U.S. Navy ships, but for right now, it's a science and technology project.

Military bans disks/removable harddrives in order to stop more leaks

berserker13 — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:35:12 +0000

t’s too late to stop WikiLeaks from publishing thousands more classified documents, nabbed from the Pentagon’s secret network. But the U.S. military is telling its troops to stop using CDs, DVDs, thumb drives and every other form of removable media — or risk a court martial.