IGTNT: Until we bust
I Got the News Today (4/13/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the name of one soldier killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the...
View ArticleIGTNT: He was so happy.
I Got the News Today (4/19/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the names of two soldiers killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the...
View ArticleIGTNT: Living His Dream
IGTNT logo by Timroff I Got The News Today (IGTNT) is among the oldest continuous series on Daily Kos and provides an opportunity and venue to pay respect to those who have died as a result of the...
View ArticleCholesterol Challenged? My Cardiologist's Secret and the TED Talk that...
I am not a medical professional. I have a cardiologist and regularly see him since the, um... "incident" in 2006. Starting in 2006 my total cholesterol (TC) target was 150 and we managed the...
View ArticleGuantanamo Bay Detainee Transfer Announced
The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Nabil Said Hadjarab and Mutia Sadiq Ahmad Sayyab from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Algeria. As directed by...
View ArticleThe March to War
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George SantayanaEach link is to an article that was part of the drumbeat leading up to the Iraq War. Click and read for more detail or...
View ArticleSyria: Alternatives to Military Strikes
There's another benefit, too, of relying on the rule of law. Doing so would strengthen the institutions, like the United Nations and the International Criminal Court, designed to settle conflict...
View ArticleSyria: What it will cost
Click Here for Part I We are already under the threat of government shutdowns, austerity, and cutbacks before spending money on Syria. There are existing diaries here on DailyKos that do the math and...
View ArticleReverse tax shelters to maximize your Obamacare subsidies (Updated)
In Texas, if the income of my wife and I for the purposes of Obamacare is $15,000 I get zero subsidy. But if it is $16,000 I can get an annual subsidy of over $11,000. The income taxes I would need to...
View ArticleI still get goosebumps..
Full Text I still get goosebumps reading or watching this. Sometimes it gives me hope again. Maybe it can do that for you.Much of it seems relevant today. A few excerpts below...
View ArticleIGTNT: Young Marine from Massachusetts
IGTNT logo by Timroff I Got The News Today (IGTNT) is among the oldest continuous series on Daily Kos and provides an opportunity and venue to pay respect to those who have died as a result of the...
View ArticleU.S. releases last 3 Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay
Detainee Transfer Announced Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby provided the following: “The Department of Defense is announcing today the transfer of Yusef Abbas, Saidullah Khalik, and...
View ArticleIGTNT: New Year's Day
Keirsten Hess dedicates her life to serving those who served As several white-haired veterans file into the dining room, Keirsten Hess [now Keirsten Lyons] kneels to greet each one, crouching down...
View ArticleGuantánamo Bay Detainee Transfer Announced
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Release No: NR-122-14 March 13, 2014 Detainee Transfer AnnouncedThe Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Ahmed Belbacha from the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay...
View ArticleIGTNT: Never Forgotten
Spc. Kerry M. G. Danyluk The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Kerry M. G. Danyluk, 27, of Cuero, Texas, died April 15 at...
View ArticleIGTNT: Army paratrooper stabbed to death near Kabul airport
IGTNT logo by Timroff I Got The News Today (IGTNT) is among the oldest series on Daily Kos and provides an opportunity and venue to remember and pay respect to those who have died as a result of the...
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