Archive for the 'Military' Category
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Think Progress…June 13, 2010
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‘The United States “has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself,” according to senior U.S. officials. An internal Pentagon memo dubs Afghanistan the “Saudi Arabia of lithium.”’
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How about these […]
Posted in Military, Afghanistan, Iraq, Terrorism, Middle East, Lebanon, Dubai, Pakistan, Iran, Syria, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Somalia, Natural Resources |
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Who’s the Builder of the Guys
In Two-Fifteen B.C,
Y-I-N,
C-Z-H,
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Images: (Army) via historyofscience.com: (pandas) (AP photo by Muhammed Muheisen / May 14, 2010)
Posted in Military, China, Industrial Design, Sculpture |
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Indian military to weaponize world’s hottest chili
By WASBIR HUSSAIN, Associated Press Writer
GAUHATI, India – The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism: the world’s hottest chili.
After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized “bhut jolokia,” or “ghost chili,” to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilize suspects, defense officials said Tuesday.
The […]
Posted in Military, India, World War II, Cuisine, Weapons, Korean War, Technology, World War I |
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
TODAY - January 19, 2010
Bible codes found on military weapons
Rifle scope with Bible verse inscription (ABC News)
Bible codes found on military weapons
A contractor has been inscribing coded references to Bible verses on rifle scopes for years. The controversy
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My story pales in comparison…
The Vatican has only one chance.
If the Pope’s troops take it the distance, […]
Posted in Military, Religion, Pentagon, Islam, Weapons, Holier Than Thouists-Conservative Evangelical Arm, Holier Than Thouists--Muslim Arm, Bible |
Friday, August 7th, 2009
And the Pentagon hopes to deploy it next year
By Dan Smith Posted 08.03.2009 at 2:42 pm
Popular Science
The Pentagon is trying to speed up the deployment of an ultra-large bunker-busting bomb, which would constitute the largest non-nuclear bomb the U.S. has ever used. The Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP, is a 30,000-pound bomb that would dive […]
Posted in Military, Terrorism, Weapons, 1930s, Technology |
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
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Image: (Chinese President Hu) chinadaily.com; (Hugh Beaumont) Leave It To Beaver via dijh.1964.files.wordpress.com; (Red army) chinatoday,com
Posted in Military, China, Television, President Hu |
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
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ABCNews
Grim’ Afghanistan Report To Be Kept Secret by US
“No Plans to Declassify” New National Intelligence Estimate for White House
By BRIAN ROSS
September 23, 2008
US intelligence analysts are putting the final touches on a secret National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Afghanistan that reportedly describes the situation as “grim”, but there are “no plans to declassify” any of […]
Posted in Military, Afghanistan, Bush, Cheney, Movies, War |
Sunday, July 27th, 2008
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Please take a look at these three articles from Huffington Post.
Posted in Military, John S. McCain III, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama, GI Bill |
Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Bush: I quit golf over Iraq war
Tue May 13, 10:01 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush said in an interview out Tuesday that he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of US soldiers killed in the conflict in Iraq, now in its sixth year.
“I think playing golf […]
Posted in Military, Bush, Iraq, Golf, Bush 41 |
Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Wake up, Folks! This administration is beneath all contempt.
Think Progress
May 10, 2008
Since 2001, the U.S. military has cremated the remains of approximately 200 service members at Friends Forever Pet Cremation Service, a Delaware facility that primarily cremates pets. The practice was stopped yesterday, as the Washington Post reports:
The revelation came to light when an Army […]
Posted in administration, Military, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pentagon, Pets |
