AUDIT: The Largest Afghan Bank Was A 'Ponzi Scheme' From The Beginning
Kabul Bank—Afghanistan's largest financial institution—functioned as a "well-concealed Ponzi scheme" from its very beginning, according to a confidential forensic audit and reported by Matthew...
View ArticleThis May Be The First Hybrid-Electric Combat Vehicle The World Has Ever Seen
In an effort to shed some of its lurching dependence on gasoline, the Army is hosting the Ground Combat Vehicle Competition and this is BAE's official entry.Matt Cox at Military.com reports:BAE’s...
View ArticleA $110K State-Of-The-Art Bionic Arm Goes A Long Way To Building A New Life
Cpl. Sebastian Galagos is one of those Marines who's seen the difference between war in Hollywood and war in the field. He did, after all, wake up one day next to his detached right arm, blown off by...
View ArticleSouth Koreans Are Afraid To Put Up Christmas Lights And Make Themselves...
A South Korean church group has scrapped plans to display Christmas lights near the border with North Korea after residents voiced fears Pyongyang might shell the illuminations, officials said...
View ArticleA Glimpse At The California Highway Patrol Of 2025
The year 2000 came and went without flying cars and robots in the kitchen for everybody, but the dream lives on in law enforcement.At least at the LA Design Challenge this year, where auto companies...
View ArticleThere's A New Form Of Tebowing, Except It's From China, And It's Militaristic
The world seemed to issue a collective gasp as China successfully landed an aircraft on a boat — a feat America achieved almost exactly 100 years ago.If you're waiting for China's military to take over...
View ArticlePersonal Photos Leaked From Belarus Show Life In Post-Soviet Military
The Belarus army is a conscript force, burdened by ancient equipment and traditions instilled by the Stalinist regime of the 20th century.The following photos were made public by Alexander Mihalkovich...
View ArticleBest To Ignore The AP's Bogus Graph On Iranian Nuclear Weapons
Uncritical, fear-mongering media propaganda is far too common to take note of each time it appears, but sometimes, what is produced is so ludicrous that its illustrative value should not be ignored....
View ArticleRussia Is About To Give Valuable Aviation Secrets To China
Anyone familiar with military programs has heard of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: a political and technological effort with aerial prowess matched only by its beleaguered and costly production.The...
View ArticlePakistan May Have Played A Key Role In Deadly Attack On US Base In Afghanistan
The well-trained, well-equipped attackers that breached the wall of the biggest U.S.-U.K. base in Helmand Province several months ago may have been trained in Pakistan, according to a USA Today...
View ArticleBritish Lord Suggests Dropping A Nuke On Pakistan
It probably went largely unnoticed in the States when Lord Gilbert, a former Labour Party defense minister, advocated nuking Pakistan, according to Huffington Post UK.Yes, that's right, on Thanksgiving...
View ArticleThe War For Syria Is Also A War For Iraq
Divided by history, geography and God, Abu Mohammed and Abu Hamza both smoke Marlboro cigarettes and agree on one point: The war for Syria is also a war for Iraq.Driven from their homes by the 2003...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Is 'Alarmed' By China's Big Move Into Drones
The U.S. is worried about the rapid growth of China's drone industry, Mark McDonald of the International Herald Tribune reports. China will display several unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at an air...
View ArticleNew 'TrackingPoint' Rifle Sight Turns Every Shooter Into A Deadeye Sniper
Veteran war correspondent and former Green Beret Michael Yon posted this video to his website under the heading "Now everyone can be a sniper."The sight is one of a long line of new rifle sights coming...
View ArticleThis Email From A 'Bitterly Disappointed' Dad To His Children Is Going Viral
This is the full email that retired Royal Navy officer Nick Crews sent to his son and two daughters in February expressing his and his wife's disappointment in them.Dear All ThreeWith last evening's...
View ArticleYouth Arrests In California Plunged 20 Percent In One Year After Marijuana...
Arrests of youths under age 18 in California fell by 20 percent from 2010 to 2011, and researchers identified marijuana decriminalization as the largest contributor to the sharp decline.An analysis of...
View ArticleFamily Of US Scientist Frank Olson Claims He Was Drugged With LSD And...
A US government scientist was drugged by CIA agents and then thrown to his death from the 13th floor of a Manhattan hotel after he learned about secret torture sites in Europe, according to a lawsuit...
View ArticleNewest Version Of The NDAA Does More To Protect Americans From Indefinite...
The newest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes a clause that protects American citizens from being indefinitely detained as long as they're in the U.S.But the language is...
View ArticleHuge Billboards Thanking Iran Have Popped Up All Over Gaza
Vast billboards have appeared in Gaza expressing thanks to Iran for its help in the recent conflict between Hamas and Israel.Written in English, Farsi, Arabic and Hebrew, the billboards carry the words...
View ArticleFormer Israeli PM Says Palestinian Request For UN Recognition Should Not Be...
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has expressed his opinion that Gaza and the West Bank, Palestine altogether, should be recognized in the United Nations, according to a Daily Beast...
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