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An Undiscussed Consequence of Expanded Draft Registration
An Undiscussed Consequence of Expanded Draft Registration The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY) NOV. 26, 2021 Rick Jahnkow / Committee Opposed to Militarism & the Draft - The most immediate danger of expanding draft registration to...
If You’re Joining the Military, is This Your Destiny?
If You’re Joining The Military, Is This Your Destiny? Wes Frank, Masters in American History from Northwestern UniversityAdapted from Quora,” Was there a battle where America left its dead?”https://www.quora.com/ The concept of “never leave your dead behind” is...
U.S. Job Availability – Quora
U.S. Job Availability Quora Question Mike Rowe, of Dirty Jobs fame, claims that thousands of jobs are available in the US but nobody will take them. In our capitalistic country, doesn't this demonstrate that the rate of pay needs to be increased for these same jobs?...
Many Jobs Feel Meaningless Because They Are
Too Many Jobs Feel Meaningless Because They Are If work that is of no real value has proliferated, no wonder productivity is stagnant. Bloomberg Mark Buchanan https://getpocket.com/explore/item/too-many-jobs-feel-meaningless-because-they-are Are we creating...
A Scapegoat for Boeing’s Failures?
Don Chapin’s experience as a government oversight Engineering System Team Lead leads him to question whether Boeing chief technical pilot Mark Forkner’s testimony made him a scapegoat for Boeing’s failures or a testimony to business as usual.
Burn Pits and Sick Veterans
In interview with Jon Stewart, Veterans Affairs chief says he’s ‘frustrated’ over slow pace of burn pit benefits By...
Military Contaminating All of Us and STILL Receives Out-of-sight Annual Increases!!!
The Military is Contaminating ALL of us and STILL Receives Out-Of-Sight Annual Increases!!! DOD releases new data on PFAS contamination of bases By Pat Elder, October 9, 2021 (Pat is a nationally-recognized investigative journalist with Civilian Exposure, an...
17 Retired B-1s Sent to Boneyard
Last of 17 Retired B-1s Sent to Boneyard as Air Force Preps for B-21s Military.com | By Stephen Losey 24 Sep 2021https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/09/24/last-of-17-retired-b-1s-sent-boneyard-air-force-preps-b-21s.html (Interjection by Don Chapin: GOOD...
Why the US-Trained Afghan National Army Have Been Defeated with Ease by the Taliban
Why the US-Trained Afghan National Army Have Been Defeated with Ease by the Taliban 15 Aug 2021 https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/08/15/why-us-trained-afghan-national-army-have-been-defeated-ease-taliban.html (Interjection: AGAIN... the story repeats itself......
One President I Blame for Afghanistan
There is one president I blame for Afghanistan. And it isn't Trump. Christopher Reeves , Daily Kos Staff , Monday August 16, 2021 · 11:05 AM PDT https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/8/16/2046197/-There-is-one-president-I-blame-for-Afghanistan-And-it-isn-t-Trump...
Honorable Discharge for Army Colonel Facing Kidnapping, Assault Charges
Army Gives Colonel Facing Kidnapping and Assault Charges After Police Standoff an Honorable Discharge By Steve Beynon https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/08/13/army-gives-colonel-facing-kidnapping-and-assault-charges-after-police-standoff-honorable-discharge.html...
Vietnam and Afghanistan Similarities
Deceptions and Lies in America’s Wars... Vietnam and Afghanistan similarities. (INTERJECTION - In his below 24-page synopsis of his new book, “The Afghanistan Papers,” Craig Whitlock lays bare a cover-up of the Afghanistan war, VERY similar to the lies I remember the...
Reinventing the US Military for Real National Defense
Reinventing the US Military for Real National Defense By William Astore, TomDispatch, August 2, 2021 https://consortiumnews.com/2021/08/02/reinventing-the- us-military-for-real-national-defense/ Save Collectively, Americans need to imagine a world in which they are no...
Ballooning F-35 Sustainment Costs
GAO Warns of Ballooning F-35 Sustainment Costs, Need Plan to Cut Billions Two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs, assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, conduct flight training operations over the Utah Test and Training Range on Feb 14,...
Study: Sloppy Maintenance Culture, Multiple Errors Caused F-22 to Overheat
Sloppy maintenance culture, multiple errors caused F-22 to overheat, investigation finds (INTERJECTION: This incident is SO FAMILIAR –ref. “A Near Miss - And How Many More Unreported?” concerning a similar maintenance error, but in nuclear maintenance, that could have...
US Army has Downplayed Loss of Firearms for Years
US Army has hidden or downplayed loss of firearms for years By KRISTIN M. HALL, JAMES LAPORTA and JUSTIN PRITCHARD June 16, 2021, 1150 hrs https://apnews.com/article/al-state-wire-business-gun-politics- army-government-and-politics-9b85eb5aa443564f5a2bbedd1530dbfe The...
Off the Rails: Trump’s war with his generals
Off the rails - Trump’s failed 11th-hour military withdrawal campaign A behind-the-scenes look at former President Trump’s unprecedented clash with the Pentagon. Ask yourself: “How does Trump’s hand-written order stack up against ‘the Contract’ and our Constitution’s...
We Echo DailyKos’ Position!
WE ECHO DAILYKOS’ POSITION - Congress: Stop funding war and militarism — invest in our communities! DailyKos: As we continue to economically struggle amidst the COVID pandemic, suffer at the hands of federally-militarized police, and fund ICE and their inhumane...
14 Points Against Draft Registration
14 Points Against Draft Registration By Leah Bolger (another ex-military officer) – President, World BEYOND Warhttps://worldbeyondwar.org/14-points-against-draft-registration/ (Interjection – Quote from RootsAction Team on Apr 20, 2021, 8:01 AM:The U.S. Congress is...
UK Nuclear Arsenal Plan Slammed as Violation of International Law
In a move that peace campaigners say violates Britain’s disarmament commitment under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday unveiled a plan that would increase the size of the nation’s nuclear arsenal by up to 40%.