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Murder at WV VA Hospital

| August 26, 2019 | 23 Comments
Murder at WV VA Hospital

Sickening:  https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/claim-death-of-vietnam-vet-at-louis-a-johnson-va/article_58cc08fe-edc5-5e44-8877-1470351a071e.html The name of the suspect has not been released. SGT McDermott is one of at least 9 people at that VA hospital who died under suspicious circumstances. He was injected with insulin that he did not need, and hie records show that his condition was improving. Per the article: If the armed forces […]

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Free health care for illegals? What about the elderly?

| July 4, 2019 | 35 Comments
Free health care for illegals? What about the elderly?

Our own Poetrooper is up and about, spitting fire just like his old self. Good to see, Poe. The target of his ire is two-fold- the brutal costs of long term healthcare, and Democrat Presidential Candidates and their Free Shit Army. And so… Poetrooper Last week, my wife and I visited her elderly, lifelong severely […]

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House Passes Legislation to Extend “PRESUMPTIONS OF EXPOSURE” to Vietnam Veterans 

| May 15, 2019 | 27 Comments
House Passes Legislation to Extend “PRESUMPTIONS OF EXPOSURE” to Vietnam Veterans 

In what appears to be a public cacophony of back-slapping and self-aggrandized adulation, people are to have “PRESUMPTIONS OF EXPOSURE” to Agent Orange even in the face of evidence that they were never exposed. Today, Chairman Mark Takano (D-Cali.) and Ranking Member Dr. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) released the following statements after the House passed the […]

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Three Veteran Suicides, at VA Facilities, in in Five Days

| April 14, 2019 | 15 Comments
Three Veteran Suicides, at VA Facilities, in in Five Days

One veteran committed suicide in the VA parking lot. If they found him there post suicide, he reasoned, they’d focus on what happened in his situation. This would result in other veterans being spared what he was going through. Another veteran paced around in the lobby, then walked outside to shoot himself. A third veteran […]

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Vets’ Benefits In the News – Again

| April 10, 2019 | 33 Comments
Vets’ Benefits In the News – Again

  It seems that, according to this article linked below, women are either not signing up for the VA benefits upon discharge, or else they don’t know that they have them. Per the article: Pennsylvania Rep. Chrissy Houlahan admits she never even looked into her veterans benefits until she ran for Congress. “I just never thought that […]

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Nurse stole opioids from VA hospital

| April 6, 2019 | 16 Comments
Nurse stole opioids from VA hospital

Jared Scott, 35, was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for his role in the unlawful removal of prescription narcotics from a VA hospital in Rhode Island. (rclassenlayouts/Getty Images) BLUF- Laughing boy here would access vials of liquid opiates meant for patients for his own use, and replace it with saline. MrsAW1 is on […]

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Veteran claims he was harassed over service dog at VA Medical Center 

| March 22, 2019 | 60 Comments
Veteran claims he was harassed over service dog at VA Medical Center 

Emotional support animals are everywhere and it’s easy to get a certificate for one. People can go online and pay $20 for bogus service dog vests, certificates and the list goes on. Shortly after, a package will most likely arrive in the mail. With the sudden increase of emotional support animals, it’s wreaking havoc on […]

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Texas veteran experiences long phone time calling VA – A sign of how much better the VA has become under Trump.  

| March 17, 2019 | 23 Comments
Texas veteran experiences long phone time calling VA – A sign of how much better the VA has become under Trump.  

For decades the media seemed to have little trouble finding cases of veterans who died of old age in one of their waiting rooms. A local veteran is raising concerns about a long wait time for medical help. Chris Symons of College Station told KBTX that he waited more than an hour on the phone […]

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