Say hello to the Navy's little friend.

Navy scientists set a world record Friday during a test of an electromagnetic railgun, a tractor-trailer sized weapon that sends a 20-pound projectile rocketing through the air at seven times the speed of sound.

The futuristic gun was tested twice at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in…

VATICAN CITY – This is no ordinary bank: The ATMs are in Latin. Priests use a private entrance. A life-size p

ortrait of Pope Benedict XVI hangs on the wall.

Nevertheless, the Institute for Religious Works is a bank, and it's under harsh new scrutiny in a case involving money-laundering allegations that led police to seize euro23 million ($30 million) in Vatican assets in…

David Codrea

• Gun Rights Examiner

Despite the practice being “lawful” in many states (not to mention…

RICHMOND, Va. – A federal judge in…

I told someone this weekend that one of two things will happen in 2011. And believe me, I hope I'm wrong about this. One, the United States will collapse, much like the USSR did in 1991. Or two, the country remains but will be radically altered.

Look at the political landscape, even with the untrained eye, and you can catch a glimpse of the change ahead. President Obama got upstaged by the last Democratic POTUS, Bill Clinton, in a jaw dropping news conference…

By LOUISE STORY

Published: December 11, 2010

On the third Wednesday of every month, the nine members of an elite Wall Street society gather in Midtown Manhattan.

The men share a common goal: to protect the interests of big banks in the vast market for derivatives,…

“Julian Rush is on the case but it already really does look as if there is an…

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SVT's version is reportedly available online free until Dec. 13. The broadcaster may take down the documentary after that date. WikiRebels tracks the early years of Julian Assange, describing his hacking days and trouble with the law. The documentary, which followed WikiLeaks personnel for six months, also includes footage from rarely-seen presentations by Assange and fellow WikiLeaks members at various tech and journalism conferences. Viewers are treated to a…

How To Moderate Chat Rooms Successful.

This guide is to teach you the most effective way to be a chat room moderator and separates you from being a chatter with the power to silence people and convert you into a Popular person with out saying

anything.





The aim of a moderate is not to control the room but to guide it and keep chat flowing. Ideally most of the time is just…

Learn how TheYoungHunt made his first video with Ma. Now don't steal his bulb, be sure to feed him and he'll dance for you. Hee…

Doctors shocked by spread of swine flu – and its severity



H1N1 virus returns, already claiming lives of 10 British adults with early signs that illness has spread to other European countries



By Jeremy…

My apologies for the lack of posts but I have been caught in that supposedly rare event that is becoming more and more common – floods. I could not make it to the front gate as a raging torrent replaced the usually dry valley as over 100mm of rain fell in less than 24 hrs. After a few days of enforced relaxation I made it to the road which was washed out in parts, trees down and not far away significant landslides.

And of all places for this to happen – it was near the…

The following info was taken from Ian R Crane’s website about the DVD for this talk.

BP, POPULATION REDUCTION

& THE END OF AN AGE

Comments from former Schlumberger colleagues of Ian who previewed this DVD:

“Ian has unique insight into the hidden hierarchy of the industrial military complex … I’m just glad…

Immediately on the heels of reports in the Guardian and other Western news media that the U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization has crafted a strategy to intervene with nine army divisions in the Baltic Sea area, President Barack Obama met with his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski at the White House and confirmed plans to increase U.S. military hardware and troops in the latter’s country.

The two heads of state agreed on expanding bilateral military relations “in the…

with respect, and awareness, let us begin...



They, the powers that used to be, are trying it again.



You know, the whole 'problem, response, solution' thing that they use to control large numbers of mostly…

This monthly feature was conceived by writer and Nation editorial board member Walter Mosley as a kind of do-it-yourself opinion and action device. Most often "Ten Things" will offer a brief list of recommendations for accomplishing a desired political or social end, sometimes bringing to light something generally unknown. The purpose of the feature is to go to the heart of issues in a stripped-down, active and informed way. After getting our visiting expert--or everyday citizen--to…