Researchers Explode Celery To Learn About Shock Waves And Brain Damage

Armored vehicles in Afghanistan (top) guard against whirling bomb fragments, but do little to prevent brain damage. From Popular Mechanics:...

Training Future African Warriors

Commodore Austin Oyagha, a representative of the Nigerian navy, gets instructions from Lance Cpl. Robert Barton on how to fire a 40 mm spong...

Another On The Ground Report From the Danger Room In Afghanistan

No Mochaccinos, No Problem for Marines of Echo Company -- The Danger Room MIANPOSHTEH, Afghanistan — By any rational measure, the Marines of...

Obama, Gates Are Gutting America’s Defense Industry -- A Commentary

From The Examiner: When Gen. William Snow arrived in Washington, D.C., to direct the buildup of the artillery for the Allied Expeditionary F...

White House: President Obama More Successful In Killing Terrorists Than Bush. Problems In Afghanistan Are The Fault Of President Bush

Ret. Marine Gen. James Jones speaks at a press conference with President-elect Barack Obama in Chicago, Dec. 1, 2008.( AP Photo/Charles Dhar...

General Stanley McChrystal's Submits His Report/Review On Afghanistan

An American Marine on patrol in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan in early August. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images for The New York T...

South Sudan Clashes Are Escalating

At Least 43 People Killed In Sudan Clashes: Military -- AFP JUBA, Sudan — At least 43 people have been killed, including seven soldiers, and...

Chris Matthews on Bill Clinton: 'That is the Voice of God'

His religious ecstasy continues, this time for former president Bill Clinton . Tonight on "Hardball" he played a clip of Clinton ...

Libyan Leader Khadafi Blames The Jews For Africa's Problems

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi put his credentials as a statesman on display by hosting a meeting of African leaders to discuss 'conflict resol...

Was Russia's 'Hijacked' Ship Carrying Missiles To The Mideast?

Undated photo of the Maltese-registered, Finnish-chartered vessel, Arctic Sea, that mysteriously disappeared off the coast of France three w...

People Sometimes Never Learn

Fears Over Chávez Threaten Oil Auction -- Financial Times The future of one of the world’s biggest oil auctions is in jeopardy as Venezuela’...

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 31, 2009 (Evening)

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Pat Bragan and his Marines prepare to return fire at insurgents in Mian Poshteh, Garmsir district in Helmand provi...

World News Briefs -- August 31, 2009 (Evening Edition)

A U.S. soldier from the 3-71 Cavalry fires his weapon during a gun-battle with Taliban fighters in the village of Bargematal, Nuristan provi...

Ridge Backpedals On Pressure To Raise Terror Alert Level

Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge From USA Today: WASHINGTON — Former Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge, speaking for the fir...

Myanmar Army Routs Ethnic Chinese Rebels In The North

From The New York Times: BANGKOK — The Myanmar military has overwhelmed rebels from an ethnic Chinese minority in the northern reaches of th...

Iraq War News Updates -- August 31, 2009

Plastic flowers were placed along the rim of the blast crater by relatives and friends of victims of the Aug. 19 truck bombing at the Foreig...

Navy’s Role In The Arctic May Change As Icy Lanes Clear Up

Members of the Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station clear ice from the hatch of the submarine USS Annapolis in March during a U.S. Navy ex...

The Boompa Loompas

Commentator Boompa shows Oompa-Loompa-like stature when he attacks Oath Keepers : All Police Officers take an Oath to the Constitution, Oat...

CIA News Updates -- August 31, 2009

CIA's Black Sites, Illuminated -- L.A. Times The facilities were never meant to be 'ordinary prisons,' recently released documen...

Lack Of Translators Hurts U.S. War On Terror

Interpreters provide vital local knowledge, as well as language skills. Photo from The BBC From The Washington Times: U.S. national security...

The Arctic Sea Mystery Gets Stranger And Stranger

The freighter Arctic Sea set out from Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave on the Baltic, with a cargo of timber bound for Algeria. EPA / SOVFRA...

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...

Police 'steal' from unlocked cars [ More ] And if they just happen to "find" something they wish to keep--or leave somethi...

We're the Only Ones Driving By Enough

OKC police officers charged in drive-by shooting outside strip club [ More ] No doubt just a few bad apples. Eight- and seven-year " On...

Could "It" Happen Here...?

" Bill Hicks " says " Yes ."

We're the Only Ones Blameless Enough

The tragedy that led to the Adames lawsuit in Illinois occurred eight years ago, when 13-year-old Billy Swan aimed and fired a Beretta pis...

We're the Only Ones Putting Our Fires Enough

Asst. Fire Chief Shot By Police Officer in Court... “I don't understand why they had to shoot him if there were 7 police officers in the...

Iran News Updates -- August 31, 2009

Image: A general view shows the reactor at the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, 1200 kilometers south of Tehran. Pre-commissioned in late Feb...

We're the Only Ones Cheeky Enough

Several of you have emailed me a link to the video of " Only One " Wesley Cheeks telling a protester to remove an Obama sign. T...

We're the Only Ones Messianic Enough

Jesus of Siberia: The Russian ex-traffic policeman who claims he is the son of God [ More ] What? You mean " Only Ones " aren...

Another "Gun-Free Zone" Success Story

Parents Fatally Shot While Children Slept... Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority officials are fighting to keep a weapons ban on their p...

We're the Only Ones in Pocket Enough

A Miami cop tasked with taking Crime Stoppers tips had other plans, authorities say, instead taking nearly $15,000 in reward money for himse...

We're the Only Ones Maternal Enough

An Essex County corrections officer shot and critically injured her boyfriend, then held police at bay for nearly two hours until turning th...

Martial Law

A primer... [ More ] [Via Tom R ]

Silence on Friesen Case Shows Continued Media Failure on Guns

So why is it we'd have never known about this story at all if we relied on the "mainstream media"? See for yourself what a Goo...

Afghanistan War News Updates -- August 31, 2009

McChrystal (L) commands US and NATO forces in Afghanistan. Photo AFP Turning Point Looms for the U.S. in Afghanistan -- Time Magazine Monday...

This Day in History: August 31

Samuel Mason , a Patriot captain in command of Fort Henry on the Ohio frontier, survives a devastating Indian attack on this day in 1777. [...

Lockerbie Bomber Release -- Contradictions And A MI6 Connection

The release of Megrahi, who is suffering from prostate cancer, on compassionate grounds and his return to Libya provoked a storm of provoke...

Japan's Election -- News And Analysis Updates August 31, 2009

Yukio Hatoyama, third from left, leader of Democratic Party of Japan, places a flower on the name of a party member who was announced a winn...