Monthly Archives: October 2013

Will Veterans’ benefits be delayed in November?

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Laura

If the debt ceiling isn’t raised, and the shutdown ended, this IS a likely possibility according to Sec. Lew testifying before the Senate Finance Committee today.  The story is reported by Fox news and other outlets.   VA Secretary Shinseki … Continue reading →

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JETGUNS BUSTED IN 1985

Posted on October 10, 2013 by asknod

I find it interesting that VA has used the argument repeatedly that jetguns have never been implicated as a cross contaminator of diseases. The biometric has always been that HBV was shown to be transmitted at a weight loss clinic … Continue reading →

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NEW HIGH-PROTEIN BREAD FOR TROOPS

Posted on October 9, 2013 by asknod

Wonder Bread has won the contract with the Federal Government to provide fresh, highly enriched protein bread for our troops in Afghanistan. Starting in early September, in an effort to comply with Sequestration goals, hot meals were reduced from three … Continue reading →

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GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM

Posted on October 9, 2013 by asknod

Seems like it’s time to take the protein pill again and strap on the brain bucket. When we become Veterans, it is to be assumed we have finished our commitment to preserving America’s freedom. We then pass that torch on … Continue reading →

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VABACKLOG DEADLINE SAVED BY GOVT. SHUTDOWN

Posted on October 8, 2013 by asknod

In a rare stroke of luck for the Department of Veterans Affairs, meeting their date of a 0% backlog in 2015 just got a reprieve. This actually couldn’t have happened at a more propitious time for the good general. In … Continue reading →

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FED. CIRCUS–COMER v. PEAKE(MD)–VSOS ARE NOT LAW DOGS

Posted on October 8, 2013 by asknod

“We also reject the government’s contention that the board had no duty to construe Comer’s appeal sympathetically because he had assistance from an aide from a veterans’ service organization.   Although we have held that the duty to construe a … Continue reading →

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Not eligible for VA health care?

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Laura

To get a sense of which “high income” non-service connected vets might be denied VA health care now, we need to get acquainted with Priority 8 GMT income limits for Fiscal Year 2012, (see health benefit chart) and a desired state and county.   … Continue reading →

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MORE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS

Posted on October 7, 2013 by asknod

This just in from member and neighbor Mark- formerly of Mexifornia as he fondly remembers it. Due to the climate of political correctness now pervading America, people who live in or are from northeast Alabama, north Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and West … Continue reading →

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DETROIT JOBS

Posted on October 7, 2013 by asknod

Member Bruce (Tip of the Spear) from Georgia sends us this one. Absolutely priceless and probably all too true. Bob was sitting on a plane waiting to fly to Detroit when a fellow took the seat beside him. The guy … Continue reading →

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RAISING THE CEILING

Posted on October 5, 2013 by asknod

Just received this from member Debbie S. I guess it says it all. Drain the swamp or raise the ceiling and continue to swim in shit. My grandson wants to know why the government would pay anyone NOT to grow … Continue reading →

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