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Everywhere in the past few weeks, we’ve been inundated with scenes of violence that have spread around the country via the media like wildfire. Protests in Charlottesville, VA, Berkeley, CA and to a lesser extent in Boston has many people lamenting “What is Wrong With Our Country?” People on the fringe of our society got […]
NASA is developing the capabilities needed to send people to Mars by the 2030’s. When people go to Mars they will need a high tech space suit much more advanced than what the astronauts wore on the moon. Plus, the gravity on Mars is one third that of the Earth compared to the moon being one sixth […]
Hurricane Harvey hit Texas three days ago, bringing with it an unprecedented amount of rainfall that has caused serious flooding in many communities. According to an early Accuweather estimate, Harvey is now expected to be the most costly natural disaster to ever hit the United States, and as the storm closes back in on land […]
A grand jury in the U.S. capital has issued indictments for 19 people, including 15 identified as Turkish security officials, for attacking protesters in May 2017. The indictments, announced Tuesday, charge the defendants with attacking peaceful demonstrators who were protesting the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on May 17. Read the whole […]
A North Korean video game developer claims to have released a video game called “Hunting Yankee” inside the reclusive country. The game purports to be a first-person shooter, similar to the massively popular “Call of Duty” franchise, the objective of which is to kill American soldiers with a sniper rifle. Images were released appearing to […]
The NASA Orion spacecraft took an important step toward one day ferrying astronauts to Mars last week, as Lockheed Martin powered on the ship’s onboard computers for the first time. The Orion is NASA’s planned replacement for the long retired space shuttle, and is intended to serve as America’s primary space-based personnel carrier in the […]
Hurricane Harvey wreaking havoc on Texas: • At least five deaths and more than a dozen injuries were reported by Sunday in the aftermath of Harvey, the hurricane that tore across the Gulf Coast of Texas over the weekend. • The powerful system, now a tropical storm, pounded the region with torrential rains that were […]
It is neither hyperbole nor simple exaggeration to state that at this point, in the wake of Hurricane (now Tropical Storm) Harvey’s arrival over Texas, the Houston metro area is in the grip of some of the most significant flooding ever recorded in the United States of America. Specifically, the country’s fourth largest city is […]
As regular readers of this author will know, I have a soft spot for those who go from the world of U.S. special operations to the fire service. Likewise, I admire those who stand out as parents and raise their kids using the skills, principals, and traits they developed in their professional lives within the […]
Hate groups are on the rise in the US, prompting questions over how to stop the spread of such ideologies. A former white supremacist says violence against these activists is unlikely to convince them to leave movements. He says “compassion” is the key to changing minds. The deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has laid bare […]
The United States Marine Corps is no stranger to high-profile guests. Katy Perry once filmed an entire music video, that aside from insinuating women should shave their heads prior to enlistment, served as much as a recruiting commercial as it did a chance for Perry to strut her stuff. These kinds of deals are beneficial […]
In recent months, North Korea’s efforts to build and arm a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile have garnered significant attention, but it’s important to remember that Kim Jong-un isn’t the only nuclear player on the block. Another nation the United States has found itself butting heads with increasing frequency already possesses a massive nuclear stockpile (the […]
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