Take A Tour Of An Abandoned Underground Cold War Missile Base
In 1960, during the height of the Cold War, the US Air Force introduced the Titan I, its first series of multi-stage Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. Along with the Atlas missile program, they...
View ArticleNorway's Island Prison For Violent Criminals Looks Like No Prison We've Ever...
About a mile off the coast of Norway, in the Outer Oslofjord, is an island that's home to 115 criminals, including convicted murderers, rapists, and drug dealers.Yet no barbed-wire-topped walls or...
View ArticleHow The Saudi National Guard Maintains The Royal Family's Authoritarian Grip...
The Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) is one of the most efficient tools of internal control — and even internal oppression — in the Middle East.It has foreign training, equipment that is constantly...
View ArticleThese Incredible Photos Show The Final Days Of A Major Coalition Base In...
At the beginning of 2014, about 38,000 Americans were still deployed in Afghanistan. That number is set to plunge in the next few months as US and British soldiers leave the site of America's long...
View ArticleBehind Turkey's Humiliating Failure To Win A UN Security Council Seat
It all seemed to be going so well.Turkey was, it appeared, in the driving seat to be one of five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. "We believe, God permitting, that we will get the...
View ArticleOK, Haters, It's Time To Admit It: The World Is Becoming A Better Place
People love to complain about how horrible everything is all the time.And there are certainly plenty of horrible things to complain about. People are mean, for example. And people get sick. And there...
View ArticleHere's How The US Reacted To China's First Nuclear Test 50 Years Ago
This month marks 50 years since one of the most consequential events in the history of nuclear proliferation — a reminder of the very high stakes that led the international community to prevent...
View ArticleThe American Fighting Against ISIS In Syria Is Trying To Recruit More US...
The 28-year-old former US soldier who joined a Kurdish militia to fight against militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) is urging more military veterans to join the fight.Through his own...
View ArticleHackers Breached The White House Computer System, And Russia Is Suspected
Washington (AFP) - The White House's unclassified computer network was recently breached by intruders, a US official said Tuesday, with The Washington Post newspaper reporting that the Russian...
View ArticleUS Airstrikes Just Destroyed An ISIS 'Command Node' In Syria
A series of US airstrikes against ISIS-held targets in the beleaguered Syrian border town of Kobani destroyed a "command and control node," the US military said Wednesday.The US-led coalition conducted...
View ArticleBoehner Goes Off On Obama After White House Official Calls Netanyahu 'Chickens—'
House Speaker John Boehner blasted President Barack Obama and his administration the day after a senior administration official was quoted describing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as...
View Article'Chickens---gate' Is All About Iran
The most generous interpretation of a "senior US official's" now-infamous smear of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is that the speaker was caught in a fit of pique.After all, the Atlantic's...
View ArticleWhite House Fires Back At Boehner Over 'Chickens---gate' Criticism
The White House reacted with disdain on Wednesday after Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) blasted the administration for an anonymous "chickenshit" insult used to describe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
View ArticleThe Navy SEAL Who Killed Bin Laden Is Reportedly Going To Reveal Himself To...
Fox News will broadcast an exclusive interview with the Navy SEAL who shot dead Osama Bin Laden during the raid on Bin Laden's Pakistan compound on May 1, 2011.The SEAL, commonly referred to as "The...
View ArticleA Top NYPD Official Just Said A Bunch Of Wild Stuff About Weaponizing Drones
NYPD Deputy Chief Salvatore DiPace appeared on "CBS This Morning" Wednesday and discussed why the police are increasingly concerned drones could pose a terrorist threat."Can a drone be weaponized?...
View ArticleThis Chart Shows How The US Military Is Responsible For Almost All The...
Nearly all of the technology in many of the world's most ubiquitous electronic devices can be traced to a single, taxpayer-funded source: the US Department of Defense.In an article promoted by the...
View ArticleNATO Has Intercepted 26 Russian Jets In The Past Two Days
NATO has scrambled fighter jets to intercept an unusually high number of Russian military aircraft on Oct. 28 and 29. The incidents have taken place throughout Europe, from the Atlantic Ocean to the...
View ArticleREPORT: Right-Wing Activist Targeted In Assassination Attempt In Jerusalem
A rabbi who is leading the effort to open up Jerusalem's Temple Mount — known to Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sancutary — to Jewish worshippers has reportedly been shot in Jerusalem....
View ArticleWhite House Officials Say John Kerry Is Lost In Space Like Sandra Bullock In...
The White House and the State Department might need to get together for some high-level talks.Just one day after a "senior administration official"sparked controversy after being quoted by The...
View ArticleTaxi Association President Compares UberX To ISIS Terrorists
It's not often you hear ride-sharing compared to a terrorist group.But that's exactly what happened at a Philadelphia Parking Authority board meeting on Tuesday when President of the Pennsylvania Taxi...
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