War is a thing of terror, traditions, heartache and often, boredom. Passing the time between patrols, and the banality that comes from life in the field, is a constant challenge.… Read the rest of the article: Graffiti has been a part of military life for at least 5,000 years
I grew up reading comic books. Green Lantern was my childhood superhero (do not talk to me about the movie.) I loved the X-Men, too. Batman? Hell yes. In my… Read the rest of the article: What comic books should I be reading?
It's the only mainlined injection of capitalism worth your time this week.
I spent the last few days fighting off a mouse infestation in our RV. So far I've trapped and tossed six of the furry little bastards out on their asses.… Read the rest of the article: Mice can get into amazingly tight spaces
I first spoke with Chris Skaife in 2013 after he was was awarded a position at The Tower of London following a long and distinguished career in the the British… Read the rest of the article: The Tower of London's Ravenmaster wrote a great book
A couple of years ago, online read-it-later darling Instapaper got sold to Pinterest. Then, in the lousiest possible way, nothing happened. No real updates, tweaks or refinements for Instapaper the… Read the rest of the article: Instapaper leaves Pinterest
The odds of seeing Nathan Fillion rock the role of Green Lantern in a live action movie are pretty slim at this point. The same goes for him gracing the… Read the rest of the article: Nathan Fillion plays Nathan Drake in this awesome Uncharted fan film
That'd be a no.
On April 18th, Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega, announced that changes would be made to the country’s social security system: workers would be forced to pay more but would receive fewer… Read the rest of the article: As with Nicaragua, so too America
As a teenager in the early 1990s, I never really had friends, so much as close acquaintances. I’d see people at school. We’d laugh, maybe skip class from time to… Read the rest of the article: Game review: Battletech
I saw this trailer for Ghost Stories back in February and it grabbed hold of me immediately. Full of menace, glimpses of gorgeous cinematography and an aura of claustrophobia, it's… Read the rest of the article: Ghost Stories is available to download this week
It’s raining military secrets! Earlier this week, it was revealed that a group of hackers got their meathooks on an operator manual for the United States military’s MQ-9 Reaper UAV.… Read the rest of the article: Former military contractor found guilty of stealing U.S. Navy drone secrets
Last September, an 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico did all kinds of crazy damage to buildings, infrastructure and ended far too many lives. It’s hard to find anything good in… Read the rest of the article: Underneath ancient Mexican temple, archeologists find an even older one
The Trump administration totally has a plan for reuniting immigrant families torn apart at America’s southern borders. Unfortunately it’s a shitty one. The Texas Tribune reports that an Honduran asylum… Read the rest of the article: A stunning amount of red tape is keeping detainee families from reuniting
Farming is a tough gig, made even tougher when racism and greed are plied against you. According to WMC News, a number of African American farmers have claimed that, in… Read the rest of the article: Farming while Black: farmers allegedly sold fake certified seed in an effort to bankrupt them
This is amazing to watch.
In absolute crap weather conditions, two U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crews were dispatched to Jumbo Mountain, 39 miles west of Ketchikan, Alaska on Prince of Wales Island: a charter plane… Read the rest of the article: Alaska plane crash: All 11 on board rescued by U.S. Coast Guard
The MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle is a scary piece of hardware, capable of unleashing hell on an unsuspecting target from miles away, without ever being seen. It’s the sort… Read the rest of the article: Hackers swiped an operator manual for a fancy airborne killing machine
Amidst all the hubbub surrounding a trapped soccer team, Supreme Court nominations and idiot-Canadian music stars getting engaged to models, there’s not been much talk about what’s going on in… Read the rest of the article: Japan's flood woes still have a long way to go
A gaggle of scientists from New York University were on scene in Greenland when a four-mile wide chunk of iceberg broke off from the glacier that it was attached to.… Read the rest of the article: Scientists witness a four-mile wide iceberg being created
