Tag Archives: Gulf War Vets Help

GWI-BAD PAPER= NO BENNIES

We’ve probably discussed the effects of bad paper or the Big Chicken Dinner on VA benefits so I just wanted to publish this sent in by Frank. While SPN codes are no longer the anathema they were in the 60s-80s, … Continue reading

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2 SQUIDS IN A LIFEBOAT

Shortly after an Al Quaeda wrecking crew sank their destroyer near the Straits of Hormuz, two gentlemen of the Naval persuasion were floating in their lifeboat awaiting rescue. Bob, from Georgia( and an avowed optimist), found what appeared to be … Continue reading

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THE ROBERTS REDUX

The Veterans Administration is one of the largest agencies of the US government. As such, they consume the lion’s share of the finances in their administration of benefits and medical services to Veterans. At last count, I believe the annual … Continue reading

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THE NEW (OLD) SOLDIER

 New Direction for any war: Send Service Vets over 60! I am over 60 and the Armed Forces thinks I’m too old to track down terrorists. You can’t be older than 42 to join the military. They’ve got the whole thing … Continue reading

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SOVALDI APPROVED BY FDA

What we’ve all been waiting a long time for came true today. The FDA approved Sovaldi for production. Now to convince the government to buy it for me. With my luck and Obamacare, they’ll take the eugenics tack and say … Continue reading

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Update on Minot-area HCV outbreak: From 3 cases to 40 cases from an unknown common source

This October I wrote about the North Dakota cluster of acute (recently infected) cases of genetically linked HCV from the same geographical region. It can’t happen in Ward County? Well, it did yet North Dakotan journalists must find the subject boring even though … Continue reading

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ANOTHER VA SECURITY BREACH

If you haven’t heard yet, the VA has once again stepped on their collective necktie. When not busy leaving expensive laptops in plain view in vehicles in high-crime areas, they now have been busted for all but printing out our … Continue reading

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HCV LONGEVITY @ ROOM TEMPERATURE

Wowser. Just the right calibre ammo for that HCV claim where they say everything is pristine clean and HCV is not a “robust ” virus such as it’s close cousins HBV/HAV on the other side of the sheets. This will … Continue reading

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VA BACKLOG IN DECLINE?

We decided to take the Ric Shinseki ‘Find a needy Vet’ challenge and see if we could find even one sick needy Vet falling through the cracks this Christmas. Turns out we didn’t have to look very far. Our very … Continue reading

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T-DAY FOOD STORIES

Every year I contribute some whiney complaint about the world and VA. This year is different. I feel positively ebullient so I will tell stories of my former life. The first concerns rotten butter. If you smoke cigarettes, you really … Continue reading

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