‘Alice in Wonderland’ Ruling Allows Obama Administration To Keep Drone...
In the latest sign that President Obama's targeted killing program may be forever shrouded in secrecy, U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon has denied a Freedom of Information Request from the American...
View ArticleUS Taxpayers Are Subsidizing Gun Companies That Make Deadly Assault Rifles
Five companies that make semiautomatic weapons have gotten $19 million in tax breaks from nine states within the past five years, according to the Maine Center for Public Interest...
View ArticleHow Obama's 'Disposition Matrix' Decides The Fate Of 'Terrorists'
Over the past two years, the Obama administration has begun to formalize a so-called "disposition matrix" for suspected terrorists abroad: a continuously evolving database that spells out the...
View ArticleVolatile Venezuela Braces Itself For A Dead President
Speculation is growing that Hugo Chavez, long time (and recently re-elected) president of Venezuela, may be losing his long battle with cancer.According to an ABC News report, Dr. Rafael Marquina, a...
View ArticleMeet The Japanese Tourist Who Is Vacationing On The Front Line Of The Syrian...
Japanese trucker Toshifumi Fujimoto is bored with his humdrum job, a daily run from Osaka to Tokyo or Nagasaki hauling tanker loads of gasoline, water or even chocolate.Yet while the stocky, bearded...
View ArticlePakistani Girl Shot By Taliban Leaves UK Hospital
Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban, has been discharged from the Birmingham hospital where she was being treated.The Queen Elizabeth hospital said...
View ArticleThe Iraqi Government Has A Problem With Fat Cops
Ihsan Ghaidan, a policeman in one of Iraq's most volatile provinces, admits he stands little chance of promotion and notes his performance is increasingly under the microscope, for one simple reason --...
View ArticleThe Blimp That May Change World Travel Is Ready To Fly [PHOTOS]
When we first wrote about the Aeroscraft ML866 in October it was still being built, but the airship has finished testing and is preparing for its first flight.Built by Worldwide Aeros Corp. in...
View ArticleUS Reported To Be Fighting 'Secret War' In Yemen With Help Of Saudi Arabia
The United States is aiding local troops in a fight against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen, the Times of London reports.The British newspaper calls it "the secret war", with the...
View ArticleCONFIRMED: The NSA Is Developing A 'Perfect Citizen' Program To Protect The...
Newly released documents confirm that the National Security Agency (NSA), America's top cyberespionage organization, is spearheading a cloaked and controversial program to develop technology that could...
View ArticleThe 'War On Terror' Is Designed To Never End
Last month, outgoing Pentagon general counsel Jeh Johnson gave a speech at the Oxford Union and said that the War on Terror must, at some point, come to an end:"Now that efforts by the US military...
View ArticleThe US Is Waging An All-Out Proxy War With Russia In Syria
Let's call it what it is: a proxy war.Ben Brumfield of CNN reported that U.S. troops arrived in Turkey today to man Patriot missile systems. The systems themselves are officially NATO property, but the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Just Scored A HUGE Win For Windows 8 With The Department Of Defense...
Microsoftjust scored a whopping three-year software-licensing deal that will put Windows 8 into the hands of 75 percent of people who work for the United States Department of Defense.The DOD employs...
View ArticleVideo Claims To Show An Impressive Rebel Tank Strike In Syria
Free Syrian Army rebels are laying siege to Assad's Taftanaz airport, which they claim he uses to mount helibourne assaults on rebel positions.This video claims to have caught a direct hit from a rebel...
View ArticleAny Political Settlement In Syria Could Prolong The Civil War
In recent weeks international players have called for a political settlement to the ongoing civil war in Syria. It's been part of an attempt to end widespread violence and prevent a sectarian war...
View ArticleDrone Toy For Kids Draws Sharp Response From Amazon Reviewers
The Amazon page for Maisto's miniature RQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has become a sounding board for Americans disgusted with their government's targeted killing program. The armed RQ-1...
View ArticleThe 'Demon' Was An All-Weather Tip Of The Spear Against The Soviets Of The...
The F3H 'Demon' served as the U.S. Navy's strong arm in the air from 1956 to 1965, when its younger brother, the famed F4 Phantom took to the skies.Though the Demon never saw much combat, it did serve...
View ArticleUS Sale Of Armed Drones To Japan And South Korea Would Transform Tensions In...
America's two closest Asian allies hope introduce U.S. unmanned Global Hawk aircraft by 2015.According to UPI.com, South Korea is looking to buy four RQ-4 Global Hawks to "to monitor and deter regional...
View ArticleA Quick Glimpse At The Coolest Job In The World [VIDEO]
Fighter pilot attitude is the stuff of legend with whole movies based on potential cockiness alone, and sometimes it's easy to see why.There are few other place so much power and speed are combined for...
View ArticleJapan Sends Fighter Jets After A Second Ever Chinese Invasion Of Its Airspace
China's first ever invasion of Japan's airspace happened just weeks ago, but the move appears to becoming a routine addition to the burgeoning standoff.The AFP now reports:Japan scrambled fighter jets...
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