These Photos Show Why Britain’s Small Military Is So Powerful
Despite having a relatively small military (ranking 29th in active personnel), Great Britain is undoubtedly one of the most powerful countries in the world.The British Armed Forces are battle-tested,...
View ArticlePROFESSOR: Here's Why Britain's Military Could Beat China
China's armed forces makes a lot of headlines these days, with 2.3 million active military personnel and the world's second largest defense budget. Some people, like the bloggers at Global Firepower,...
View ArticleSupermarket Buys Last 1,200 Tickets For Colts Wildcard Game, Donates Them To...
The Indianapolis Colts corportate partner Meijer supermarkets bought the last 1,200 tickets for Saturday’s wildcard playoff game against the Kansas City Chiefs and is donating them to local military...
View ArticleThere's A Medal Of Honor Petition For Two Marines Who Stayed In Place When A...
A petition posted to the White House website is asking the president to award the nation's highest award for valor to two Marines who stood in place and stopped a suicide truck bomber barreling towards...
View ArticleLebanon: Will It Hold Together?
"WE lurch from crisis to crisis, with superficial calms in between. But the crises are coming closer and could soon merge into a single, all-consuming crisis." So warned Muhammad Shatah last month. Two...
View ArticleKing Dayne Gonsalves’ Story May Convince You That Hawaii Belongs To The...
The circumstances by which Hawaii was annexed by the U.S. are so sketchy that Congress felt obliged to issue an apology in 1993.It all started 100 years earlier when a group of mostly American...
View ArticleA Seemingly Petty Dispute Has Exposed The Gulf Between India And America
A diplomatic row between India and the US escalated after the Indian government announced a series of retaliatory measures against the US in response to the arrest of its deputy consul-general, Devyani...
View ArticleChina’s Latest Crystal Meth Raids Look Epic [PHOTOS]
Want to see China's war on drugs in action?These photos show raids conducted at the end of December and just publicized today, which saw paramilitary troops and police officers used helicopters and...
View ArticleTell Me Again, Why Did My Friends Die In Iraq?
It was probably chilly that December day in Fallujah back in 2004. A man you probably never heard of, Lance Corporal Franklin Sweger — along with thousands of Marines and soldiers — was engaged in some...
View ArticleWar Photographer Robert Capa's Post-WWII Ski Photos Will Make You Want To Hit...
The end of World War II signaled the beginning of a new era of leisure for Europeans and Americans alike. Those with the means started traveling more than ever before, and for many that meant making a...
View ArticleThe Most-Fascinating Insights From The Man Closest To General Petraeus During...
The former second-in-command to Gen. David Petraeus during the 2007 "surge" of U.S. troops to Iraq just finished up a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything (AmA) that's a fascinating look at the behind-the-scenes...
View ArticleEdward Snowden's Relationship With WikiLeaks Should Concern Everyone
Amid calls for the clemency of Edward Snowden, many questions remain about the 30-year-old's flight from America and asylum in Russia.One major unresolved issue is the relationship between "the most...
View ArticleNorwegian Defense Video Filmed From A Fighter Jet Shows How It Tests Its...
The raw power of this test is pretty undeniable — a missile is fired from a stationary platform on the ground and we get to follow it in flight by catching a ride in a fighter jet, all the way to its...
View ArticleJulian Assange Gave A Very Peculiar Response When He Was Asked About 'Getting...
A strange exchange occurred when members of the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks were asked about the flight of Edward Snowden at a Chaos Computer Club conference last week.WikiLeaks has been...
View ArticleIraq Police Say Much Of Fallujah Has Been Captured By Al Qaeda-Linked Group
BAGHDAD (AP) — The head of police in Iraq's Anbar province says the city center of Fallujah has fallen completely into the hands of fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State in Iraq and...
View ArticleJeff Bezos Was Airlifted From Galapagos For Emergency Kidney Stone Surgery
Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos underwent emergency treatment on New Year's Day for kidney stones after being airlifted from the Galápagos by an Ecuadorian navy helicopter, CNBC is reporting.The billionaire...
View ArticleNew Zealand Woman And British Boyfriend Found Murdered In Libya
A New Zealand woman found murdered with a British companion in Libya was a mother of two visiting her boyfriend, according to media reports Sunday.The New Zealand foreign ministry confirmed the woman's...
View ArticleFired Pro-Gun Writer Speaks Out After Being 'Banished' From Guns & Ammo Magazine
Veteran gun journalist Dick Metcalf has surfaced in a New York Times article two months after his ouster from Guns & Ammo magazine, revealing the inner workings of pro-gun reporting and what you...
View ArticleDICTATORS' WIVES CLUB: Meet 16 Women Married To The World's Biggest Despots
Behind every great man is a great woman, as they say. But who stands behind the world's dictators?In good times and in bad, the ladies of the Dictators' Wives Club sure put up with a lot: corruption,...
View ArticleThe Story About Kim Jong-un Having His Uncle Eaten By 120 Wild Dogs May Have...
Do you remember when People's Daily, a Chinese Communist Party newspaper, mistakenly believed that a satirical Onion article naming Kim Jong Un the Sexiest Man Alive in 2012 was real and published a 55...
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