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News for Feb 9 Study: Soda drinkers at increased risk of pancreatic cancer - Due to BPA in the can? WEBMD: 2 Sodas per week raises cancer risk 87% NTEU National Vice President Frank Ferris Discuses Requirement to Bargain Ground Rules in FLRA Decision: Dept of Treasury, IRS and NTEU, 64 FLRA No. 67 (2010) Federal Employees with Blue Cross Blue Shield Standard Ripped Off Purchasing Generic Drugs News for Feb 8 The only reason to end 'don't ask, don't tell': military effectiveness Health Care Spending Skyrockets and Shows No Signs of Tapering Scary - The US Military: A Mindset of Barbarism - Part 1 The US Military: A Mindset of Barbarism - Part 2 Newly-Frugal Guy Tackles the Deficit News for Feb 4 As Federal Employees See Never-Ending Increases in FEHB, What Happens If Nothing Happens to Health Care? Where Gays Do Serve, Openly, in the Military Defense budget tackles major management issues Colin Powell shifts stance on "don't ask, don't tell" policy Unconstitutional So-called Patriot Act News for Feb 3 Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen supports right of gays to serve in military DoD Panel will study impact of gay ban repeal on military Unremitting Ambition [GREED] Tempered by Political And [U.S.] Military Failure Despite Law, Equal Pay For Equal Work Not Happening Not A Defense Budget...A Death Budget President's YouTube Interview News for Feb 2 Six More Banks Fail Federal Employee Lags Far Behind Industry The State of the Union We'd Like to See Aid Quake Our True State... Yep... Bought and Sold Every Day... Nightmare Continues... The End Cycle... Monopolies... Just Sad... No Substance Here... News for Jan 25 Join AFGE Local 3615 in the Haiti Relief Effort AFGE Local 2924 Wins Significant ULP Bill to boost oversight of FEHBP prescription drugs No Justice in U.S. Courts for Iraq's Murdered By Blackwater Gates Confirms Blackwater Thugs in Pakistan Financial Crisis On-Going as Banks Close In Five States New Classes of U.S. Citizens: Corporations, Consumers, Warriors, Prisoners U.S. Republic Sold To Highest Bidder...Democracy Now Just A Sham-Word Declining U.S. Birth Weights Possibly Linked to BPA? BPA Low Birth Weight Connection Corporation Money Wins Again...FDA says it's unable to regulate BPA Big Money Wins Against You... Who Owns You... What Supreme Court Has Done... Compliments of Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy and Alito... News for Jan 22 CDC: "Bisphenol A (BPA - Used as a can liner and in #3/#7 Plastics) is another toxin ... More than 90 percent of those tested in the CDC study were found to have BPA in their bodies" BPA found in 90% of newborns HAITI: "There are 200 flights going in and out every day, which is an incredible amount for a country like Haiti," adding, "But most flights are for the U.S. military." Amen... News for Jan 19 Health Human Services Issues Warning on Feeding Infants And Toddlers Food From or Using Bottle/Cups/Etc Made of Plastic BPA - Used in Cans, Plastic Food Containers - Linked to Heart Problems and Cancer - Now Banned in Canada Scientists: FDA Knew About BPA Dangers ABC News: BPA in Soda Pop Cans, Other Food Containers FDA Issues BPA Warning: BPA Causes Cancer, Diabetes, Obesity, Brain/Liver/Prostrate Problems Click Here for Wikipedia Link on How to Identify Plastic Containing BPA Haiti earthquake: How to help - A list of charitable organizations Limbaugh Denigrates Helping Haiti Even As Our Troops Do Their Best To Help All But The Radicals Another DFAS (contractor) Screw-up: 18,000 pay statements sent to wrong addresses Brass: Leaders must beware self-radicalization - 1st Step, Don't Lie To Troops Protecting The Force Healing Suicidal Veterans: "Military Efforts Are Disgraceful" Only The Guilty Are Afraid Of Recordings News for Jan 15 DEFCON Announcement Schakowsky Prepares Legislation to Ban Blackwater (XE) - Well Earned Banishment Meet Mikey, 8: U.S. Has Him on Watch List - Just Plain Stupid Insanity: Obama wants record $708B for military next year- Rest of the World Combined Spends $170B Mullen lawyers: Delay overturning of gay ban - "It's not a good idea to change the law right now" Charges filed against non-deployed single mom - Its a man's world What Commitment to End the War?... The Big Sell...Different Words...Same Actions... What So Many Seem to Believe... Thanks to GREED!... A Classic Re-run... News for Jan 14 New VA Statistics Show Young Veterans Committing Suicide at an Alarming Rate OPM official Griffin emphasizes workplace diversity Only Fox Would Pay The Dumb Cluck... Just Wrong... News for Jan 13 Suicide prevention continues to elude Army leaders And They Continue To Get Away With It... He Has The Right But Is Completely Wrong... Insurance Industry Wins, People Get Screwed... News for Jan 12 Labor leaders pitch health bill concerns to Obama AFL-CIO President: Lawmakers Lack "Political Courage" to Tackle Unemployment Full-Body Scanners Used on Air Passengers May Damage Human DNA Three Approved GMO's [Corn] Linked to [Human] Organ Damage No Heart... Human Nature What It Is... Just Wait And See... Gone With The Wind... News for Jan 11 Army Imprisons Soldier for Signing Against Military Slavery (Stop-Loss Policy) Factory Farmed Meat Can Trigger a Global Pandemic That Wipes Out Sixty Percent of Those Infected Perfectly Safe Airlines 1.06.10 New Years Redux 12.30.09 Ho Ho Whoa 12.22.09 Bonusmas 12.16.09 Science-gate 12.09.09 Exit Interruptus 12.02.09 Happy Thanksgiving 11.25.09 Terrorist Lockup II 11.18.09 Learn to Speak Tea Bag 11.11.09 Time Flies 11.04.09 Credit Reform 10.28.09 Balloon Bank 10.21.09 More News