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This Chart Make It Pretty Clear That The US Military Can Afford Cuts
This chart from blogger Dave Manual makes clear the absurdity of griping about defense cuts.Adjusted for inflation, the U.S. is spending more than twice as much now on defense as it did in 2001 — and...
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AP Photographer's Instagram Pictures Show What Life Is Like In North Korea
Back in February, North Korea's local service provider Koryolink started allowing foreigners to access the internet on their mobile phones for the first time ever.David Guttenfelder, the Associated...
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Three Dead In Military Plane Crash In Washington State
Local Spokane news affiliate KREM has reported that the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office is confirming that a military plane out of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island has crashed and taken with it the...
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South Korean 'Tunnel Hunters' Fear Surprise Attack By North Korea
Between 1974 and 1990, South Korea discovered four secret tunnels from North Korea that could have unleashed devastating surprise attacks.The largest tunnel, which dumped out 30 miles from Seoul, could...
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Here Are The Places That North Korea Can Theoretically Nuke
With North Korea on the supposed verge of kind of maybe possibly doing something militarily, it would be prudent to give this infographic a gander.The only thing missing is their most recent rocket,...
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North Korea's 'Achilles' Heel' May Still Be Under Chinese Protection
Major South Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo is reporting that South Korean and U.S. authorities "have found dozens of accounts presumed to belong to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in several banks in...
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The FBI Goes To Disturbing Lengths To Set Up Potential Terrorists
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has busted an impressive number of homegrown terror plots over the past decade, but many people don't realize how these plots materialize. In some cases, they are...
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Hacker Leaks Sensitive Information Of Top Government Officials And Celebrities
A hacker has published what appears to be private information — including Social Security numbers — of celebrities and potentially of top government officials, Anthony McCartney of The Associated Press...
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A Bizarre Look At Life In Guantanamo Bay Detention Center
The U.S. Detention Center at Guantanamo Bay is no doubt an unpleasant place to find oneself.Just recently guards used rubber bullets to disperse a crowd of inmates who were throwing rocks at the guard...
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Republicans Ramp Up Demands To Access Americans Wounded In The Benghazi Attack
Republicans are demanding access to American survivors of the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi from new Secretary of State John Kerry, Julian Pecquet of The Hill reports.In a letter...
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More Prominent Data Leaked While Credit Agencies Explain How Hackers Stole It
On Monday a website published sensitive identifying information of 15 public figures including Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Jay-Z, And Arnold Schwarzenegger.The site has since published...
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South Korea Is More Worried About Short Skirts Than Pyongyang
There's plenty of trouble on the Korean peninsula, but the latest battle isn't over borders, or contested islands — it's over skirts.On Mar. 11, a decree was passed at a South Korean cabinet meeting...
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Syrian Christians Dream Of Life Without Assad Or Radical Islamists
Abu Ibrahim says he and his family are the only Christians left in Syria's devastated city of Deir Ezzor, and he is terrified Muslim extremists could make their already difficult life hell.Yet every...
View ArticleDespite High-Tech Sensors, F-35 Pilots Still Need To Look Over Their Shoulder
In a recent post, we explained that a recently leaked Pentagon report highlighted the poor “out-of-cockpit visibility in the F-35A”, a shortcoming that would limit the pilots ability to see aerial...
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This Powerful Book Captures A Grim Reality Many Soldiers Face After Combat
On the streets of Fallujah, Iraq in 2004, veteran journalist Kevin Sites interviewed William Wold (Video link, starts at 23:00), a young Marine emotionally charged from combat, who had killed six...
View ArticleThe Last Time Things Got This Intense In North Korea, The US Wasn't Slashing...
World events are getting more complicated. US markets are ignoring these issues as central bank zero-interest-rate policies continue to drive asset prices higher.When things are event-driven, an...
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Kim Jong-un Estimated To Have Up To $5 Billion In Secret Overseas Accounts
A huge network of secret slush funds owned by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have been discovered during a joint U.S.-South Korea investigation, Seoul-based newspaper Chosun Ilbo reports.As much as $5...
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Chinese Hacker Complains About His Job In Personal Blog
Wake up, 7ish. Work till 5:30, or later. Back to the dorm. Instant Ramen noodles. Watch an episode of Fox's "Prison Break." Go to sleep. Repeat.This is a day in the life of one of China's "elite"...
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'North Korea Propaganda Video' Portrays Americans Eating Snow And Living In...
A "North Korean propaganda video" is circulating the web and it's quite strange.The video — dubbed by a British man who has "translated" others — depicts "how Americans live today" by showing homeless...
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Those Military Attack Dolphins Exist, But Their Escape May Be A Hoax
The report that spurred stories about escaped assassin dolphins is supposedly fake, a news report from an online "Independent" newspaper suggests.We were doubtful about this "hoax," since Ukraine's...
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