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Stories Tagged With War

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WOW!

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WWI Camouflage

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British Artist and naval officer Norman Wilkinson had this very insight and pioneered the Dazzle Camouflage movement (known as Razzle Dazzle in the United States). Norman used bright, loud colours and contrasting diagonal stripes to make it incredibly [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Afghan Taliban's second in command captured in Karachi

The Afghan Taliban's second in command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, was captured last week in Karachi during a joint operation by Pakistan's intelligence service and the CIA, according to U.S. and Pakistani sources.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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U.S. successfully tests airborne laser on missile | Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. high-powered airborne laser weapon shot down a ballistic missile in the first successful test of a futuristic directed energy weapon, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said on Friday. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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You miss him yet?

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The billboard sitting along I-35 near Wyoming, Minn., displaying a photo of former president George W. Bush and this question: "Miss Me Yet?" apparently is a sign in search of an author. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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FUNNY

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The counter anti-gay protest

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Most of us are familiar with Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist "Church" from their hate-filled protests of funerals and other occasions around the US. Often times counter-protesters will show up and try and drown out their disgusting rhetoric and h [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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HUGE

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"Doomsday Clock" moves one minute away from midnight

Citing a more "hopeful state of world affairs" in relation to the twin threats posed by nuclear weapons and climate change, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) is moving the minute hand of its famous Doomsday Clock one minute away from midnigh [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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GUNS

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Al-Qaeda in Yemen: Does the U.S. Have a Military Option? - TIME

Have "military options" been all used up already? Cheney rants that "we're at war" and you've gotta wonder what war can mean that's not some extravagant metaphor. How do you "target" rich kids wanting to equal Daddy's impact?  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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World May Be Entering a New Age of Peace

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Some scholars now even cautiously speculate that the era of traditional war—fought by two uniformed, state-sponsored armies—might be drawing to a close. "War could be on the verge of ceasing to exist as a substantial phenomenon," says John Mueller [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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WORRY

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Predator drones use less encryption than your TV, DVDs

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"The potential drone vulnerability lies in an unencrypted downlink between the unmanned craft and ground control. The US government has known about the flaw since the US campaign in Bosnia in the 1990s, current and former officials said. But the Penta [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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AGREE

OBJECT

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Lt. Col. Weitz: Learn From Vietnam- No Winning In Afghanistan

Have we not learned the lessons of Vietnam and Iraq? No! Listen to defense strategists and generals. How about McNamara, Westmoreland, Rumsfeld and the many generals replaced in Iraq? As for supporting democratic governments, what about those puppet g [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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APPROVE

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Pelosi to include raising the debt ceiling in defense bill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she would include legislation to raise the debt ceiling in a must-pass defense spending bill headed to the floor of her chamber next week. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Accepting Peace Prize, Obama Evokes ‘Just War’ - NYTimes.com

Well did our man in Washington do us proud? [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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