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  • DARPA is implanting chips in soldiers’ brains, according to this new book

    09/28/2015 6:59:34 AM PDT · by Van Jenerette · 31 replies
    Fusion ^ | September 27, 2015 | Kristin V. Brown
    For decades, DARPA, the secretive research arm of the Department of Defense, has dreamed of turning soldiers into cyborgs. And now it’s finally happening. The agency has funded projects that involve implanting chips into soldiers’ brains that they hope will enhance performance on the battlefield and repair traumatized brains once the fog of war has lifted. “Of the 2.5 million Americans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, 300,000 of them came home with traumatic brain injury,” journalist Annie Jacobsen told NPR. “DARPA initiated a series of programs to help cognitive functioning, to repair some of this damage. And those programs...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Captain Katherine Jenerette Gives A Woman’s View From Afghanistan

    11/22/2011 12:55:22 AM PST · by Van Jenerette · 34 replies
    The Kitchen Cabinet ^ | November 18, 2011 | Editor
    EXCLUSIVE: Captain Katherine Jenerette Gives A Woman’s View From AfghanistanAbout Katherine: Katherine Jenerette is Captain in the US Army Reserve and a paratrooper from North Myrtle Beach, SC. She is serving with the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division ‘Task Force Arctic Wolves’ in the Horn of Panjwa’i in one of the most volatile districts in Kandahar Province (and Afghanistan). She is a former U.S. Congressional Field Representative for South Carolina’s First District and a North Myrtle Beach Planning Commissioner and was a Candidate for US Congress in 2010. Katherine was recently name as one of THE 45...
  • Lost Chapter: The DMZ War - KOREA

    02/18/2007 7:31:46 PM PST · by Van Jenerette · 15 replies · 886+ views
    The Northwest Herald Chicago ^ | February 18, 2007 | KEVIN P. CRAVER
    Lost chapter - The DMZ War in Korea By KEVIN P. CRAVER - kcraver@nwherald.com Pvt. Robert Haynes awoke from his first night in his new post in South Korea to a nightmare. The hustle of men and the metallic clicks of loading rifles roused him from his sleep Nov. 2, 1966, before a truck pulled up with seven bodies. Six Americans and one South Korean on patrol were ambushed by North Korean troops. Their bodies, filled with grenade shrapnel and bullets, had been mutilated after death. One American survived. Haynes, an 18-year-old vehicle mechanic in the 2nd Infantry Division, witnessed...
  • A look Back: Has the Real Islam Finally Stood Up!

    02/09/2006 11:54:24 PM PST · by Van Jenerette · 18 replies · 685+ views
    various publications ^ | Original: October 2001 | Van Jenerette
    February 2006: Has the Real Islam Finally Stood Up! A Time Machine look back to a FreeRepublic Old Thread from 2001Will the Real Islam Please Stand Up!Van Jenerette Editorial Comment, Various Publications ^ | Sunday, October 14, 2001 | Van Jenerette Posted on 10/14/2001 7:45:23 PM PDT by Van Jenerette Will The Real Islam Please Stand Up? Stop telling me about Islam. Shouldn't the media and talk shows hosts really be instructing 'wayward' Muslims and their followers who have 'hijacked' Islam about the true meaning of the Koran and Islam. I really don't care about their religion. Tell them about...
  • Bill would make organ donation automatic for drivers in South Carolina

    12/06/2005 8:10:49 AM PST · by Van Jenerette · 106 replies · 1,636+ views
    The Greenville News, SC ^ | Nov 30, 8:38 PM EST | By JIM DAVENPORT
    Bill would make organ donation automatic for drivers By JIM DAVENPORT Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Drivers would have to say they don't want their organs donated if they die under a bill filed by a Myrtle Beach senator becomes law. Sen. Luke Rankin wants drivers to automatically become organ donors when they get or renew licenses. Current law allows drivers to opt in as organ donors. Organ donation "ought to be the rule rather than the exception," Rankin said. The Republican said it is not an attempt to mandate organ donation. But the legislation says unless applicants...
  • INS RoundUP? Mandatory registration of nonimmigrant aliens...

    12/10/2002 5:06:12 PM PST · by Van Jenerette · 9 replies · 10+ views
    email - government channels ^ | Monday, December 9, 2002 email | INS
    the INS AT WORKFREEP FYI...   "...male nonimmigrant aliens....from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Syria... must register with a designated INS office by Dec. 16. Registration includes being photographed, fingerprinted, and interviewed under oath. Failure to comply could result in arrest and deportation..."   -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 2:59 PM To: Jenerette, Katherine, Katherine.Jenerette@mail.house.gov Subject: Fwd: Mandatory registration for designated nonimmigrant males - FYI See attached. Deadline: December 16, 2002 From AACC: THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION Service (INS) has instituted a new "call-in" procedure for male nonimmigrant aliens, including international students, from Iran, Iraq,...
  • One Year After 9/11 - A Few Questions for the Islamists and their American Apologists

    09/10/2002 8:36:20 PM PDT · by Van Jenerette · 14 replies · 187+ views
    Speech Commentary Delivered at 9/11 Commemoration ^ | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 | Van Jenerette
    One Year after 9-11 - Care to answer a few Questions? Some tough questions for the Islamists and their American Apologists- my comments by Van Jenerette "If you ask a man who beats his wife if he is still beating her, he will most likely tell you one of two things. First, he'll tell you that he never raised a hand to her. But, if you have the proof that he beat her, he will then tell you that she did something to provoke him and it was really her fault." - Excuses to Give when You are a Wolf...
  • An Islamic ambassador - [In Detroit, USA]

    10/27/2001 5:51:03 PM PDT · by Van Jenerette · 19 replies · 2,266+ views
    The Detroit News ^ | Saturday, October 27, 2001 | Kara G. Morrison / The Detroit News
    <p>Detroit mosque leader Imam Sayed Hassan Qazwini has been a spokesman and teacher to help clear up misconceptions of the Islamic faith since the Sept. 11 attacks.</p> <p>Area imams, religious leaders who lead prayers and perform other duties in mosques, have been helping non-Muslims better understand the Islamic faith since Sept. 11.</p>
  • "Arab Nations Defend Islam's Image" [B#%L! S*@#t^ NEWS]

    10/24/2001 5:14:11 PM PDT · by Van Jenerette · 33 replies · 238+ views
    AP News ^ | Wednesday, October 24, 2001 | Associated Press - ADNAN MALIK
    &quot;Arab Nations Defend Islam's Image&quot; [B#%L! S*@#t^ NEWS] &quot;We are putting our efforts together as ministers to reach all media in the Western world to explain our position that all Muslims and all Arabs are against terrorism...'' - from the Associated Press - Wednesday October 24 2:51 PM ET &nbsp; &nbsp; ...this Associated Press story also said that, &quot;Hamad Ali al-Sulayti, assistant secretary-general of political affairs for the Gulf Cooperation Council, accused Western media of connecting Islam with terrorism.&quot; &nbsp; Arab Nations Defend Islam's Image By ADNAN MALIK, Associated Press Writer &nbsp; MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - Six Persian Gulf ...
  • Will the Real Islam Please Stand Up!

    10/14/2001 7:45:23 PM PDT · by Van Jenerette · 141 replies · 6,850+ views
    Van Jenerette Editorial Comment, Various Publications ^ | Sunday, October 14, 2001 | Van Jenerette
    Will The Real Islam Please Stand Up? Will The Real Islam Please Stand Up? Stop telling me about Islam. Shouldn't the media and talk shows hosts really be instructing 'wayward' Muslims and their followers who have 'hijacked' Islam about the true meaning of the Koran and Islam. I really don't care about their religion. Tell them about their religion! Just tell the Muslims who have their Koran and the Prophets' message all wrong that they have it backwards and inside out. They seem to be the ones who need to understand the 'true' meaning of the Koran and Islam.by ...
  • Muslim Warriors - For America

    10/13/2001 6:51:03 PM PDT · by Van Jenerette · 44 replies · 62+ views
    Newsweek ^ | October 15, 2001 | By Lorraine Ali
    Arab-American soldiers: What is the Dilemma for Muslims in American Uniform? &quot;...some Arab-American soldiers can't help but feel conflicted. Sgt. Jamal Abdelwahed, a Palestinian-born U.S. citizen working at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, says he can't imagine what it would be like to be deployed now. He avoided the infantry because of the possibility of going to war against a Muslim nation. &quot;Facing the thought of killing other Muslims was awkward for me, so I decided to serve my country by providing medical assistance,&quot; says Abdelwahed, 37.&quot; - Newsweek, October 15, 2001 pg.40 &nbsp; &nbsp; ...this Newsweek story also ...
  • The Islamic Martyrs' Nightmare

    10/06/2001 4:32:57 PM PDT · by Van Jenerette · 5 replies · 5+ views
    South by God Carolina USA ^ | 6 October 2001 | Van &amp; Katherine Jenerette
    SUBJECT: The Islamic Martyrs' Slash Terrorists' Worst Nightmare I'm not sure what more I can add to this discussion except to contribute a poster that says more than most politicians care to say.....I'll add more later &nbsp; &nbsp; ...if all religions are basically the same then these guys will be real happy - otherwise they are in for a rude awakening.&quot; - Van Jenerette with the help of Katherine - who worked all day on this poster &nbsp; &nbsp;ISLAMIC PARADISE &nbsp; The good news and the bad news..... &nbsp; (click here for full size poster -667 kb - feel ...
  • US Post Office Stamp Honors Communist Artist

    08/11/2001 4:24:38 PM PDT · by Van Jenerette · 1,483+ views
    US Poastal Service ^ | Current August 20001 | USPS with Commentary
    SUBJECT: US Post Office Stamp Honors Communist Artist... &quot;Sooner or later up will become down and left will become right. Bozo logic will be correct and sinners will become saints. The same government who sent it's young men off to fight the spread of communism, when the dead are buried and the smoke clears, will come out from behind the safety of their desks and sing praises to the other side.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;...when I has just turned 19-years old my country sent me to a small war, and told me and my friends to die, if necessary, to ...
  • STEM CELLS, LIFE and RIGHTS and the REAL QUESTION

    08/09/2001 11:58:44 AM PDT · by Van Jenerette · 14+ views
    Ten Foundation's for America's Future ^ | Thursday, August 9, 2001 | Van Jenerette
    SUBJECT: STEM CELLS, LIFE and RIGHTS and the REAL QUESTION &quot;Are we all cowards as we dance around the real issue? We should at least be brave enough to start by asking just one question: What if scientific medical research finds that embryonic stem cells are a cure for any disease or condition known to man and they could be used to prolong and improve human life indefinetely? &nbsp; &nbsp; ...would this change the argument? or, at this point would the argument really just begin?&quot; - Van Jenerette from Ten Foundations for America's Future &nbsp; &nbsp;HUMAN LIFE and RIGHTS ...
  • BIBLES and GUNPOWDER and a New World

    07/01/2001 3:28:00 PM PDT · by Van Jenerette · 182+ views
    SUBJECT: BIBLES and GUNPOWDER and a New World excerpts from Van Jenerette's ten foundations for America's future GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE &nbsp; &nbsp;The Constitution provides the legitimate foundations of this country as a nation that is of the people and by the people. &nbsp; We, the people, are the caretakers of the Constitution of the United States. Our charge is to pass on to future generations of Americans the rights and privileges that have been passed to us for over two centuries. It is a trust. The notion that Supreme Court Justices, government officials or elite scholars are the ...