Archive for the 'Weapons' Category
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Police: Man shot churchgoers over liberal views
By DUNCAN MANSFIELD, Associated Press Writer 16 minutes ago
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - An unemployed man accused of opening fire with a shotgun and killing two people at a Unitarian church apparently targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal social policies, police said Monday.
Posted in Religion, Society, Crime, Weapons |
Sunday, July 27th, 2008
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Alf. P. Lane: From the Bain News Service- Library of Congress
Posted in New York, Weapons, 1900-1919, Police |
Friday, July 18th, 2008
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Before he was to become the first Million Dollar Mover in Manhattan,
Bill the Butcher had once said,
“The closest thing to the flesh of a man is the flesh of the pig.”
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By JAYMES SONG, Associated Press Writer Fri Jul 18, 4:27 AM ET
HONOLULU - The Army says it’s critical to saving the lives of […]
Posted in Pentagon, U.S.A.F., Medicine, Weapons, U.S. Navy, U.S.Army |
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Reason #73,864,325 why comedy is hard…
Church Cancels Teen Gun Giveaway
POSTED: 10:38 pm CDT July 11, 2008
UPDATED: 8:56 am CDT July 12, 2008
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma church canceled a controversial gun giveaway for teenagers at a weekend youth conference.
Windsor Hills Baptist had planned to give away a semiautomatic assault rifle until one of the event’s […]
Posted in Religion, Weapons, Oklahoma |
Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Expert: Iran `doctored’ photo of missile launches
By CARLEY PETESCH, Associated Press Writer Thu Jul 10, 7:25 PM ET
NEW YORK - An Iranian photograph showing a cluster of missile launches was apparently altered to add a fourth missile lifting off from a desert range, a defense analyst said Thursday.
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(Images) Stalin) via listverse.com; (missiles) AP via […]
Posted in Iran, Photography, Weapons |
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
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THE NY JULES DASSIN PROWLER-CLASS; PC-18
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“NAKED CITY”
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Images: (harbor) Steven J. Weber, USN via wikimedia.org (police car model) firstgearmodels.com; (16-inch guns & superstructure) picou.org; (wake) ih6.ggpht.com via picasweb.com (explosions) J. David Rogers via web.mst.edu;
Posted in New York, Terrorism, Weapons |
Friday, July 4th, 2008
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BADGER + BADGER VS. SPY + SPY
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Images: (Badgers) dailymail.co.uk; (bomb) squaregoldfish.co.uk; (Spy vs. Spy) from Mad Magazine via mediabistro.com
Posted in Nature, Weapons, Espionage, Cartoons |
Monday, May 12th, 2008
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Images: (real cover of Popular Science) blog.modernmechanix.com; (parlor) moviemail-online.co.uk
Posted in Fashion, Magazine, Science, War, Weapons |
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
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Reuters
NY duck gets “order of protection” after attack
Fri Apr 4, 2008 5:39pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A pet duck named Circles, shot and wounded by a neighbor with a pellet gun, has received an order of protection to keep it safe, the first duck in New York state’s Suffolk County to benefit from such an […]
Posted in Law, New York, Nature, Crime, Weapons, Pets |
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
U.S. Pilot Sues Boeing Over F-15 Falling Apart
By bruce rolfsen
Published: 24 Mar 15:27 EDT (11:27 GMT)
The pilot of the F-15C Eagle that broke apart in November, forcing an U.S. Air Force-wide grounding of F-15s, has sued the jet’s builder.
The lawsuit seeks more than $75,000 from Boeing.
(Capt. Tana Stevenson / U.S. Air Force)
Maj. Stephen Stilwell’s lawsuit […]
Posted in U.S.A.F., Weapons, Aircraft |