How To Use Math To Crush Your Friends At 'Risk' Like You've Never Done Before
When it comes to board games, Risk might be one of the most cutthroat ways to spend an evening among friends.Sure, Monopoly involves quite a bit of capitalist-oriented skulduggery, but Risk involves...
View ArticleThe Taliban's Letter To Malala Symbolizes Their Failure
The letter sent by a senior figure in the Pakistan Taliban to Malala Yousafzai setting out the case against her is an extraordinary document by any standards.It is an attempt to defend the indefensible...
View ArticleNew Documentary Fails To Prove That TWA Flight 800 Was Hit By A Missile
The documentary claiming that TWA Flight 800 was brought down by a missile attack, which airs tonight on Epix, poses interesting questions, but is full of holes that make it hard to take it...
View ArticleAmerica's Full-Blown Painkiller Epidemic Detailed In Two Minutes
"Overdoses involving prescription painkillers are at epidemic levels and now kill more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined." – Thomas Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., Director of the Center for Disease...
View ArticleAnonymous Hacks FEMA Servers In Defense Of Edward Snowden
Hackers from within the Anonymous collective claim to have broken into a server used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and say they will release the stolen data in what would be one of...
View ArticleVladimir Putin's Fiercest Critic Sentenced To Five Years In Jail
KIROV, Russia (Reuters) - Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to five years in jail for theft on Thursday, an unexpectedly tough punishment which his supporters said proved President...
View Article'The Government Has Killed A 16-Year-Old American Boy. Shouldn’t It At Least...
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View ArticleGlenn Greenwald Is Writing A Book On Edward Snowden And NSA Surveillance
Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who has broken numerous details regarding the National Security Agency's surveillance program, is writing a book that promises to reveal even more.The book's...
View ArticleA Small Colorado Town Might Start Paying Residents To Shoot Down Government...
Deer Trail, Colorado, a small town of 550 or so, may start paying its residents $100 for every government drone they can shoot down, reports Mashable.Deer Trail resident Philip Steel is the prime mover...
View ArticleScuba-Dad Home From War Surprises Family Off The Coast Of Japan [Video]
After 12 years of war in Afghanistan, it’s become increasingly common for service members to surprise their families when they return.There’s an entire site devoted to the practice; it shows everything...
View ArticleRussia's Newly Published Military Modernization Plan Is A Bit Hard To Believe
The Russian Ministry of Defense recently published its activity plan for the rest of the decade. Everyone who can read Russian should go look at the handy summary in table form. There’s a lot of...
View ArticleDangerous Insurgent Groups Are Using Elephant Tusks To Buy Food And Guns
NAIROBI, Kenya— Militant groups in Central and East Africa are cashing in on the lucrative ivory trade to fund their operations across the continent, threatening both regional security and the survival...
View ArticleWatch The Russian Navy Demoralize The US Navy In Tug-of-War
A video posted to LiveLeak depicts the Russian Navy taking on the U.S. Navy in a tug-of-war ... and Russia absolutely crushes the U.S.People are calling it the Cold "Tug of" War.One commenter even...
View ArticlePHOTO: Airbus Unloads Trucks From Its Huge New Warplane
Airbus is busy testing its monstrous new warplane, and it looks like things are going well. At RAF Boscombe Down, an aircraft testing site in the UK, the A400M Atlas proved it can deploy tanks and...
View ArticleTop US Military Officer: America Is Considering Entering Syrian War
America's top military officer told a Senate committee that the Obama administration is considering the use of military force in Syria, Richard Lardner of the Associated Press reports.U.S. Army General...
View ArticleProtests Hit Moscow After Anti-Putin Activist Alexei Navalny Sentenced To...
Protests are taking place in Moscow this evening after vocal Putin critic Alexei Navalny was today sentenced to five years in prison for theft.Official estimates say that there are around 2,500, while...
View ArticleReport: Former CIA Station Chief Detained In Panama
A former CIA station chief for Milan, Italy, has allegedly been detained in Panama, the Associated Press reports.Robert Seldon Lady was one of 23 Americans convicted in Italian court for the kidnapping...
View ArticleSky High Ammo Prices Have Launched A Nationwide Reloading Craze
If you are a gun owner, chances are you are familiar with the nationwide shortage of ammunition. You may have even thought about trying to save cash by learning to reload your own bullets.You’re not...
View ArticleSnowden's Choice For Russian Asylum Reveals His 'Mind-Boggling Naiveté'
Following his request for asylum in Russia, it's become pretty clear that Edward Snowden is officially the most naïve person in the room.Not only is he surrounded by members of Russia's Foreign...
View ArticleSexual Battery Charge Dropped For Air Force ‘Sexual Assault Prevention Chief’...
Prosecutors in Virginia have declined to charge the lieutenant colonel who headed the Air Force’s sexual assault prevention branch with sexual battery, after a May 5 incident where he allegedly groped...
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