In Wake of Dubai, Trying to Predict the Next Blowup
Like overstretched American homeowners, governments and companies across the globe are groaning under the weight of debts that, some fear,...
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CIA goes hiring in heart of Arab America
DEARBORN, Michigan (Reuters) – At Tuhama’s Lebanese deli in Dearborn, and at bakeries and barbershops throughout town, it’s no secret...
Continue reading »Brazil: ‘Gringos’ must pay to stop Amazon razing
MANAUS, Brazil – Brazil’s president said Thursday that “gringos” should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting rich Western nations...
Continue reading »UK diplomat: US was ‘hell bent’ on Iraq invasion
LONDON – The United States was “hell bent” on a 2003 military invasion of Iraq and actively undermined efforts by...
Continue reading »The Plot Against Google
On Sunday, the Financial Times broke the news that Microsoft and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. were cooking up a plan...
Continue reading »Military Video System Is Like YouTube With Artillery
Making footage shareable and searchable online has sparked a revolution in the cute animal, stupid human, and delicious tamale communities....
Continue reading »Navy’s ‘Affordable’ Shoreline Ship: $477 Million Overbudget
It only took an extra half billion dollars, but the Navy is now inching closer to having a fleet of...
Continue reading »Rabbits Get Self-Assembling Contact Lenses; Soldiers Next?
The Head Up Display was invented for the military during World War II, projecting imagery on to the cockpit canopy...
Continue reading »‘Counterinsurgency’ to Fight U.S. Crime? No, Thanks
After the sickening murder of a 9-year-old boy in Washington, our friend Spencer Ackerman made an impassioned plea: U.S. Central...
Continue reading »Special Forces Ready to Unleash the PDAs of War
Right now in Afghanistan, most U.S. infantrymen don’t have a personal radio, or a way to digitally keep tabs on...
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