Baghdad suicide bomb hits army recruits, kills 61
A suicide bomber sat for hours Tuesday among hundreds of army recruits before detonating nail-packed explosives strapped to his body, killing 61 people and casting new doubt on the ability of Iraqi forces as U.S. troops head home. Bodies of bloodied young men, some still clutching job applications in their ...
Come to NYC's Most Unusual 4th of July Celebration -- In Strawberry Fields
There will always be Independence Day parades, picnics, and fireworks, but there is only one Reading of the Constitution, to be held in Strawberry Fields, Central Park, this coming July 4, starting at noon. For the fourth year in a row, famed civil liberties attorney, Norman Siegel, and his friends will ...
Up to 90 percent of young adults in Philadelphia can't join the military because they're undereducated, too physically unfit or have serious criminal records, a recent study found.The study, conducted by the nonprofit Mission: Readiness, said that the percentage of 17 to 24-year-olds ineligible for miltary service was worse here ...
“Until all of Gaza is destroyed the job is not done.”Words on a sign of a Zionist in San FranciscoSince my son was killed in Iraq and I have come to prominence in the peace movement, the name I am called with the second highest frequency (behind “anti-American”) is “anti-Semitic.” ...
Middleton School Assembly Held Despite Protests
MIDDLETON, Wis. -- An assembly at Middleton High School that included skydiving by a group of U.S. Army paratroopers went on as planned Wednesday despite protests.Members of a local veterans group, who were concerned the event was recruiting students for the military, pushed for the assembly to be canceled.For the ...
VIDEO: Veterans protest Middleton High School parachute display
MIDDLETON, WI -- A scheduled parachute demonstration by the U.S. Army's Golden Knights draws the ire of a veterans' organization.Buzz Davis, a former infantry officer and member of Veterans for Peace, says the demonstration would glorify the military."The problem is that in real life these soldiers once they hit the ...
Marines to probe recruiter tactics
MIDDLETOWN, PA — Joining the military is an option many high school students consider. Michael “Mick” Klock, a senior at Middletown Area High School, weighed his options and decided against military service, for now. But what happened after that surprised him. A female recruiter Klock knew only as Sgt. Jones ...
Army UH-60 Black Hawk drops in for a visit at Torrington High School
TORRINGTON, CT — While their classmates were busy taking notes and handing in homework Tuesday, a lucky group of Torrington High School students were strapping into their seats aboard one of the military’s most prized combat vehicles.As part of an ongoing recruiting effort, the Army and the Conn. National Guard ...
Md. gets 1st US law barring schools from giving student test results to military recruiters
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A first-of-its-kind law bars public high schools in Maryland from automatically sending student scores on a widely used military aptitude test to recruiters, a practice that critics say was giving the armed forces backdoor access to young people without their parents' consent. School districts around the country ...
Investigators: New documents reveal military recruiter misconduct
New documents obtained by the KING 5 Investigators reveal stunning details about recruiter misconduct in the Washington National Guard. They expose the tactics of one “burned out” recruiter and raise questions about what the Guard did when it caught her and another soldier red-handed. In 2006, the U.S. Military was ...
Thousands rally to pull troops from 2 war zones
[From the editor of MichaelMoore.com: Cindy Sheehan, Seven Others Arrested (VIDEO); "We did lose some momentum when Obama came into office, but now we have younger people that are very energetic." – Cindy SheehanPhoenix, AZ (VIDEO); "It's creating enemies rather than causing peace." – David Winkler | Claremont, CA; "I'm ...
Rain-Drenched, Wind-Tossed NYC Peace Grannies Hold Memorial for 1,000 Dead G.I.s in Afghanistan
It seems as if most of our U.S. populace has forgotten that U.S. soldiers are dying in Afghanistan. Focused on Tiger Woods' sex life and, more understandably, the seemingly endless, unresolvable health reform and jobs battles in Washington, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan appear to be ignored. However, a ...
Army recruiter arrested in sex case
For the second time in less than a year, an Inland military recruiter has been arrested on suspicion of engaging in a sex act with an underage girl.Christian Rigal Mercado, 25, of Moreno Valley, was jailed Wednesday after a security guard at the Inland Center Mall in San Bernardino reported ...
U.S. Army enlistment solution to unemployment for Jonathan Masse of Chicopee
Finding himself unemployed and trying to raise a young family in a sinking economy, Jonathan M. Masse did something unexpected - he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Since the Chicopee native joined the military in 2008 he has been stationed in Germany. For the past eight months, he’s been maintaining ...
Army recruiter’s apparent suicide attempt part of troubling military trend
BROCKTON, MA — Army recruiter Raymond Kerr was found clinging to life, gun in hand, in his car in the parking lot outside the military recruiting office on Westgate Drive on Monday morning. The 33-year-old Army sergeant was shot in the head in what appeared to be a self-inflicted wound, ...
Local military recruiters say recession aids in meeting goals
NORTHFIELD, NJ — Jassiel Velez, a former University of Puerto Rico student, came to Brigantine in February to look for new opportunities. She found one with the U.S. Army.Velez, 24, a single mother currently working as a waitress, said she signed up for the Army National Guard in November because ...
Inland rape, other cases spur new ethics training for Marine recruiters
SAN DIEGO - U.S. Marine Col. Mike Richardson told a class of about 150 recruiter cadets to look around. Statistically, at least one of their classmates eventually would land in jail. "Who here is a mediocre Marine?" Richardson asked. His warning came during a new Marine Corps ethics training program ...
Army Recruiter Arrested On Sex Charge
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- An Army recruiter is under investigation after a teenage girl from Oak Park High School told police that she had a sexual relationship with the man.A military man who spent part of his work days at Oak Park High School recruiting students to join the Army ...
Ex-Marine recruiter admits to sex with Olympus High student
A former U.S. Marine Corps recruiter admitted Monday to having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female Olympus High School student. Trevor Adam Hooper, 27, was charged in 3rd District Court with 14 felonies, including first-degree felony counts of rape and forcible sodomy, which are punishable by up to life ...
Marine Offers Recruits Sex With Girl For Enlisting
MURRIETA (CBS) — A Marine sergeant Friday was sentenced to 10 years in prison for offering two recruits sex with a 14-year-old girl if they would enlist. Bryan Damone Cunningham, 34, was sentenced after pleading guilty to felony sex crimes. The former military recruiter, who worked in Long Beach before ...
Veterans: Lip Service, Bankers: Billions & America: Foreclosures - Here’s The Fix
One thing about doing a two hour show that heavily covers both the financial crisis and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is that you notice on a daily basis the shocking juxtaposition between the lucky Wall Streeters and the unlucky soldiers. We all know at this point that our ...
Profiles of Ft. Hood Shooter's Victims
(CBS/ AP) Last Updated 1:39 p.m. ET The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ...
56 days . . . 55 days . . . 54 days . . . Chelsea Caudle began signing her text messages this summer with a countdown. At 14 years old, she knew no better way to express what was coming. Day Zero was to be Oct. 7, the day ...
Bleak U.S. job market boosts military recruitment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Aided by a bleak job market, the U.S. military met all of its recruitment goals in the past year for the first time since it became an all-volunteer force in 1973, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Military services have been stretched thin by conflicts in Afghanistan and ...
A Plan to End the Wars ...by David Swanson
AfterDowningStreet.orgThere are a million and one things that people can do to try to end the U.S. wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and to prevent new ones in Iran and elsewhere, as well as to close U.S. military bases in dozens of other nations around the world. Certain people ...
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June 5th, 2013
Here's How We Built a Movie Theater for the People – and Why the MPAA Says It's #1 in the World
This past week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the main federation of Hollywood's six major studios, posted on their web site a list of what they believe ...
March 23rd, 2013
This evening is going be a big moment in turning our country around on the issue of gun violence. That's why I desperately want you ...
March 21st, 2013
I am hosting a nationwide series of house parties this Saturday night where tens of thousands of people will gather together in living rooms to ...
March 15th, 2013
The response to my Newtown letter this week has been overwhelming. It is so very clear to everyone that the majority of Americans have had ...
March 13th, 2013
America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
The year was 1955. Emmett Till was a young African American boy from Chicago visiting relatives in Mississippi. One day Emmett was seen "flirting" with ...
February 26th, 2013
My Final Word on Buzzfeed and Emad Burnat's Detention at LAX
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me as I spend so much time on what happened to Emad Burnat. It's important to me because he's ...
February 26th, 2013
Michael Moore Responds to Buzzfeed Story on '5 Broken Cameras' Co-Director Emad Burnat
On Tuesday, February 19th, Emad Burnat, the Palestianian co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary '5 Broken Cameras,' was detained with his wife and son at Los ...
September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
OpenMike 9/11/10 Michael Moore's daily blog I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on ...
December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that ...
May 12th, 2011
Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
"The Nazis killed tens of MILLIONS. They got a trial. Why? Because we're not like them. We're Americans. We roll different." – Michael Moore in ...
November 22nd, 2011
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and ...
September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
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Why have you started a comedy festival in northern Michigan in the middle of winter?
Because if you were here in the dead of winter in the middle of nowhere (which is actually somewhere to us), you'd need a few laughs too ... Continue Reading
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