Here's What Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter Did To Earn The Medal Of Honor
Staff Sgt. Ty Carter, 33, became the fifth living recipient of the nation's highest award for action in Iraq or Afghanistan when Barack Obama pinned the Medal of Honor around his neck Monday...
View ArticleRetired Army Officer and Chicago Billionaire Becomes Latest High-Profile...
In an announcement via her company last week, the normally private billionaire and retired lieutenant colonel formerly known as James Pritzker announced she is transgender and would henceforth like to...
View ArticleBill O'Reilly: Anyone Opposing US Strike In Syria Is A 'Loon'
Bill O'Reilly must think America is made up mostly of loons.As Andrew Kirell of Mediaite points out, O'Reilly said yesterday during his show that bombing Syria was the only course of action left for...
View ArticleThe Scariest Thing About NSA Analysts Spying On Their Lovers Is How They Were...
Last week Siobhan Gorman of The Wall Street Journal reported that National Security Agency analysts have occasionally used vast surveillance tools to spy on love interests.NSA Chief Compliance Officer...
View ArticleEverything You Need To Know About The Missile The US Will Likely Use To...
With the U.S. darkening the doorway of direct military intervention in Syria, we thought it necessary to break down the weapon the U.S. will most likely employ in what is being described as an...
View ArticleDying In A Chemical Weapons Attack Is An Incredibly Painful, Terrifying...
Imagine trying desperately to catch your breath, and no matter how hard you try, you just can't manage it. While this is happening, you may experience spastic twitching, drooling, and your head is...
View ArticleIAN BREMMER: The US Has To Attack Syria
All signs coming out of the White House indicate that America will strike Syria in the coming days.And according to one eminent geopolitical expert, the choice is largely unavoidable at this point.Ian...
View ArticleREPORT: The Saudis Offered Mafia-Style 'Protection' Against Terrorist Attacks...
Buried inside a Telegraph post about secret Russian and Saudi talks was a strange passive-aggressive alleged quote from the Saudi head of intelligence about terrorist attacks at the Sochi Olympics in...
View ArticleNew Images Surface Of Boston Bomber Emerging From Boat, Getting Wrestled Down...
New images of the Boston Bomber emerging from a boat the night of a chase and shootout have surfaced thanks to the Associated Press and ousted Boston Police officer Sgt. Sean Murphy.Murphy famously...
View ArticleThis Video Of A Syrian Father Reunited With The Son He Thought Was Dead Will...
The U.S. is on the brink of a military strike against Syria, with much of the push for intervention coming from video evidence of an alleged chemical attack on Aug. 21.The attack injured roughly 3,600...
View ArticleComputer Science Professor Explains How Phone Call Metadata Can Be More...
The American Civil Liberties Union, which is suing the U.S. government over the National Security Agency's bulk collection of U.S. telephone records under the "business records clause" of the Patriot...
View ArticleSOCGEN: The Syria Conflict Could Spill Over Into Iraq, And Brent Oil Could...
Oil has been rising lately, as the prospects for some kind of strike in Syria seem like almost a sure thing.But why does Syria really matter to oil?Michael Wittner at SocGen has produced a special...
View ArticleMAP OF THE DAY: Here's A Look At The US, British, French, And NATO Forces...
From Reuters, probably a useful map to keep as a reference.Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleFormer White House Official: It 'Would Be Devastating' If Obama 'Fails To...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans want no part of a U.S. military intervention in Syria, but there is a growing sense in Washington that President Barack Obama would face more political risks from...
View ArticleUnnamed US And Israeli Officials Say Intercepted Syrian Communications Prove...
Unnamed officals from U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies reportedly claim that intercepted communications involving top Syrian officials prove that the Syrian government was responsible.Noah...
View ArticleIncredibly Convoluted Chart Shows Just What A Mess The Middle East Really Is
The Big Pharaoh, the preeminent Egyptian blogger, tweeted a chart that attempts to map the relations between different groups in the Middle East.As you can see, it is a convoluted mess. The red lines...
View ArticleObama's Plan For Attacking Syria Would Be Another Gigantic Flip-Flop
On Tuesday, a 2007 quote from then-Sen. Joe Biden popped up again. "I want to make clear and submit to the United States Senate pointing out the president has no authority to unilaterally attack Iran,"...
View ArticleTomahawk Missiles Would Send A Crystal Clear Message To Syria
The U.S. will probably send several Tomahawk missiles at Syria sometime this week, defense analysts tell Bloomberg.The choice of the 30 year-old Tomahawk when the U.S. could deploy newer, equally...
View ArticleBashar Al Assad's Brother May Have Ordered Last Week's Chemical Weapons Attack
The reported chemical weapons attack in Syria last week that killed more than 1,000 people and sent the Western world baring down on the conflict may have been ordered by the little brother to Syrian...
View Article18-Year-Old Syrian Hacker Says It Took 3 People Just Hours To Compromise New...
On Tuesday, The New York Times, Twitter, and the Huffington Post U.K. suffered website difficulties after apparently coming under attack from the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).The pro-Assad SEA appears...
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