So Why Are We Funding Aid Projects?

  (Click on Image to Enlarge) Cash flow: This graphic shows how much money is being sent by migrants to their families back home and where i...

Most American's Support Defense Cuts

For Defense Sector, Americans’ Support F or Military Cuts Is A n Inconvenient Truth -- Defense News For Pentagon officials, defense-sector C...

Congress Is Sounding The Alarm On Sequestration And It's Impact on National Security

GOP Hawks Sound Alarm On Sequester -- The Hill Two leading Republican defense hawks say they’re worried about the lack of urgency over the s...

Is The Defense Industry Ignoring The Looming Defense Budget Cuts?

Defense Biz Ignores Pending Cuts—A Case Of Denial? -- David Francis, The Fiscal Times Wall Street and the rest of the country woke up yester...

Body Of Missing F-16 Pilot Found In Adriatic Sea

Captain Lucas Gruenther. U.S. Air Force ( Facebook) Pilot From Downed Air Force F-16 Found Dead In The Adriatic -- Business Insider The pilo...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Office Tries To Deny Rumors That His Wife Is Pregnant

Screenshot: The Washington Post Assad’s Office Posts Pictures Of His Wife Looking Decidedly Not Pregnant -- Washington Post The office of Sy...

Israel Gets Ready For Blowback From Their Attack On Syria

Israel Faces Repercussions Of Air Strike On Syria -- The Guardian Jewish state maintains its traditional silence in the face of accusations ...

North Korea Placed Under Martial Law. Orders Troops To 'Be Ready For War'

Soldiers march past the podium during a military parade in Pyongyang ( Reuters ) North Korea 'Under Martial Law' -- The Telegraph No...

Iran And North Korea Are Upping Their Nuclear Games

Don't Look Now, But Iran And North Korea Are Upping Their Nuclear Games -- Alexander Abad-Santos, The Atlantic There are two countries i...

Senator Chuck Hagel Confirmation Hearing For U.S. Secretary Of Defense -- News Roundup

Hagel Faces Barrage Of Criticism During Tense Confirmation Hearing -- FOX News WASHINGTON – Defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel endured a...

Commentaries, Opinions, And Analysis On Senator Chuck Hagel's Confirmation Hearing To Be U.S. Secretary of Defense

Hagel's Hearing: 7 Things We Learned -- Frank James, NPR So what did we learn from Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel's someti...

Massive Explosion At Headquarters For Mexican Oil Giant Pemex Office Kills 14, Wounds 100

14 Killed, 100 Injured In Blast At Mexican State Oil Company Offices -- CNN Mexico City (CNN) -- An explosion rocked the offices of Mexico...

What Was Israel Targeting When They Launched Their Attack Against Syria?

Q&A: Israeli 'Strike' On Syria -- BBC Israeli jets are reported to have attacked inside Syria - hitting either a research facili...

My Take On Today's U.S. Secretary of Defense Confirmation Hearing For Senator Chuck Hagel

My Comment: If you want to listen to and/or watch the hearing .... the above video has it all (i.e. 6 hours worth). I must confess that I d...

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- January 31, 2013

Approximate path of alleged Israeli strike on Syria's border with Lebanon, Jan. 30, 2013, according to foreign reports. Haaretz Israel S...

World News Briefs -- January 31, 2013 (Evening Edition)

Syria Warns Israel Of 'Surprise' Retaliation -- Al Jazeera Diplomat's threat comes as Syrian ally Iran says air raid near Damasc...

Armenian Presidential Candidate Shot And Injured In An Assassination Attempt

Paruyr Hayrikyan Armenian Presidential Candidate Injured In Assassination Attempt -- RT An Armenian presidential candidate has been shot in ...

A Conversation on "Gun Violence"

Nope, sorry, that's not what they want to talk about. [ Read ] [Via Ron W ]

Has China Declared A Cyberwar Against The New York Times?

A Cyberattack From China: TimesCast: Chinese hackers infiltrated The New York Times’s computer systems, getting passwords for its reporters ...

"Assaulted" Update

They need help to meet the final goal. [ More ]

Despite Calls To End The Violence, The Unrest In Egypt Continues

Egypt Opposition Forces Gear Up For More Anti-Govt Rallies On Friday -- Ahram Online Opposition parties, 'revolutionary' movements c...

Hollywood continues to exemplify hypocrisy on guns

Right. Only a nutty conservative website would find the whole concept of laughing at shooting sprees disturbing and more than a bit hypocri...

Vice President Joe Biden Will Meet Russia's Foreign Minister For Talks On Syria And Nuclear Weapons

Reduction talks: A Russian Topol-12M mobile nuclear missile is being moved at a strategic forces base near the central Russian city of Yoshk...

Bringing Scissors to a Gunfight

It's not only the dumbest thing I'll watch today, it's also the most arrogant, presumptuous and offensive. [ More ] Naturally th...

Was Yesterday's Israeli Strike In Syria A Very-Small-Scale Dress Rehearsal For A Military Strike Against Iran?

The U.S. said the target was a truck convoy carrying weapons bound for Hezbollah ( Baz Ratner/REUTERS ) Israel’s Strike On Syria As A Dress ...

Syria And Iran Threaten Retaliation For Israeli Strike

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Syria’s Allies Denounce Israeli Strike -- Washington Post JERUSALEM — Syria’s allies on Thursday...

Iran Vows To Speed Up Uranium Enrichment

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility. (Reuters) Iran Is Said to Be Set to Accelerate Uranium ...

We're the Only Ones Porcine Enough

Ali Haleem, 45, is the 11th officer charged in a continuing federal investigation of Chicago police, called Operation Tow Scam... He became...

War in Mali -- News Updates January 31, 2013

Mali Militants 'In Disarray' After French Air Strikes -- BBC Three weeks of French targeted air strikes in northern Mali have left I...

Meanwhile, Over in Furious Mike Paradise

So -- what are the names of these bullies? [ Read ] [Via William T ]

Damned Vigilante

How DARE she...??? [ Watch ] [Via William T ]

How Afghan Aid Money Is Being Wasted Or Stolen

'Incalculable Waste' In U.S.-Paid $100 Billion Afghan Fund -- Washington Examiner The unprecedented $100 billion program slated to r...

Don't Freak Out

Hush now. Go back to sleep.   Shhhhh... [ Read ] [Via William T ]

Help Wanted

That's funny--I don't see any mention of "gunwalking" or "stonewalling" in the qualifications . [ Read ] And ...

Nobody Wants to Take Away Your Guns

Can you imagine going through life being "sporks"?  The self-loathing and futile attempts to compensate through hatred of his bett...

Duck Season!

Alrighty, then. [ Read ]

Men Who Mean Just What They Say

The brave men of the Green Beret [ Read ] [Via Pythagoreans] 

Well That's the First Bad Assumption Right There

Adults Favor Gun Control in Post-Newtown Era [ More ]  No, because that's a childish position adopted by those who have not undergone th...