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Michelle Obama throws wicked shapes to Beyoncé in epic Carpool Karaoke trailer
This could be the Carpool Karaoke that finally breaks the internet. On Tuesday morning, the trailer for Wednesday's episode — which stars a dancing, singing Michelle Obama — was dropped on YouTube. SEE ALSO: Selena Gomez takes Carpool Karaoke to a roller coaster and drive-thru In the clip, James Corden drives into the White House and is met by the smiley First Lady; they chat for a bit, and then
Queen says Trump's use of 'We Are the Champions' was 'against our wishes'
Donald Trump to Queen: You're my best friend. Queen to Donald Trump: We want to break free. On the first night of the Republican National Convention on Monday evening, Donald Trump entered the arena in Cleveland backed by the music of Queen's iconic tune "We Are the Champions." Twitter was quick to note that late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury would likely be against everything Trump st
Bloomberg tells business leaders to say climate change is real or risk “survival”
The 6th richest guy in the US and the head of a major media corporation made it clear last December: “No CEO could survive if they tried to say climate change isn’t real,” Bloomberg said, offering a suggestion for why Fox News rarely features business leaders to tout climate sceptic positions. | BusinessGreen Dec 4th 2015 What about business leaders who just have a few doubts? He’s got that cover
Greenpeace slam Australia’s new Environment Minister (so Frydenberg can’t be all bad)
The one thing Malcolm Turnbull has got right in the last year? Out with Greg Hunt, and in with Josh Frydenberg. The new ministry has been announced, as predicted, without magnanimity, wisdom or grace. There is no role for Tony Abbott; Turnbull is still too afraid of him. But Greg Hunt has finally been moved out of the Environment portfolio which can only be a good thing. He has been a key propone

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The Most Damning Speech of the GOP Convention
The 2016 Republican National Convention is a marvel of cognitive dissonance. It seems to have been constructed as though Republicans were nominating a normal presidential candidate. But they aren’t. We keep hearing that the nominee stands for this or has said that—but he doesn’t, and he hasn’t. He’s outside the bounds of presentable behavior. So the party, in its presentation, ignores his record.
Meet the parents raising vegan babies
The rapid rise in veganism in the UK has been driven by young people. Here, four parents explain how to raise a vegan child safely The number of vegans in the the UK has shot up by 350% to 542,000 people in a decade. This increase seems mainly to be driven by young people - almost half of all vegans are aged 15-34. Some of these people will choose to bring up their children the same way. For many
The world is taking its revenge against elites. When will America's wake up? | Thomas Frank
Despite the shocks – Brexit, Trump, Dallas – a complacent political class shows no sign of changing its venal ways. The consequences will be dire A snapshot of America in the middle of June 2016. It is several days before the first great shock of the summer, the Brexit vote , and here in America, all is serene. The threat posed by Senator Bernie Sanders has been suppressed. The Republicans have c
How do hummingbirds navigate at such high speeds?
Scientists probe the remarkable mechanism that allows hummingbirds to avoid collisions.

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Electron 'spin control' of levitated nanodiamonds could bring advances in sensors, quantum information processing
Researchers have demonstrated how to control the "electron spin" of a nanodiamond while it is levitated with lasers in a vacuum, an advance that could find applications in quantum information processing, sensors and studies into the fundamental physics of quantum mechanics.
Some earthquakes on San Andreas Fault triggered by gravitational tug of sun and moon
The gravitational tug between the sun and moon is not just a dance of high and low tides: It can also trigger a special kind of earthquake on the San Andreas Fault.
Melania Trump’s Suspect Speech Shows You Can’t Hide from the Internet
And it all seemed to be going so well for the GOP, at least by 2016's Trump-ian standards. The post Melania Trump's Suspect Speech Shows You Can't Hide from the Internet appeared first on WIRED .
The Sea Will Get a Lot Quieter Without the Navy’s Whale-Killing Sonar
On July 15, a federal court ruled that the Navy can't use a particularly powerful sonar tool in waters inhabited by marine mammals. The post The Sea Will Get a Lot Quieter Without the Navy’s Whale-Killing Sonar appeared first on WIRED .

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Thunder Road
Officer Arnaud loved his Mom. Send your condolences: Email: jimmycthatsme@mac.com Twitter: twitter.com/jimmycthatsme Share Thunder Road on Twitter: bit.ly/29IyEaZ Share Thunder Road on Facebook: bit.ly/29R8lCC My love to everyone. Cast: Jim Cummings , Drew Daniels , Mark Vashro , Bossi Baker , Kathryn Burns , Benjamin Wiessner , danny.m , Anthony Massung , Mike Greenberg , Melissa Papel , Troy Er
The best Bluetooth speaker (2016)
The best portable bluetooth speakers can transform any situation — the beach, living room, kitchen, and, yes, even the shower — into a surprisingly good music experience. The problem: there’s too many to choose from, and only a select few are worth your cash. At around $100 to $250 bucks for a decent speaker, it’s not a trivial purchase. But there’s good news: your choice isn’t as hard as it soun
Endangered Sea Turtle Rescued After Selfie-Takers Nearly Kill It
An endangered loggerhead sea turtle is recovering after allegedly being beaten by people who were taking selfies with it on a beach near Beirut, Lebanon. Read more about this latest in a string of attacks on wildlife. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/06/sea-turtle-stepped-on-for-selfies-injured-rehabilitation-lebanon-beach/ Learn more about loggerhead sea turtles. http://animals.nationalge
My Kid Would Never Do That
In her new segment, Ellen shared some of her viewers' unfortunate pet incidents. From: TheEllenShow

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Interview 1194 – Larry Rosen Gives Practical Advice on Controlling Your Smartphone
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-07-19%20Larry%20Rosen.mp3"][/audio] Do you use your smartphone and other tech devices intelligently, responsibly and sparingly? Then congratulations, this interview isn't for you! But if you (or someone you know) find yourself distracted by your fondleslab and feel anxious when you're not able to check your latest notifications, then it'
Interview 1193 – Sibel Edmonds Dissects the Turkish Coup
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-07-18%20Sibel%20Edmonds.mp3"][/audio] As we predicted last year, the deep state coup against Erdogan finally materialized last weekend...but it fizzled out almost as quickly as it arrived. So what are we to make of this would-be putsch? Did Erdogan allow it to happen in order to further cement his control on the rebound? Or was this mere
Weekend Open Thread

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Rare Leopards Released into Russian Reserve Threatened by a Ski Resort
Three endangered Persian leopard cubs are intended to reintroduce the species to the Sochi area
How Butterfly Farmers Are Safeguarding the Forest in Kenya
Community-based conservation project helps transform former loggers into forest advocates
The Young and the Restless
The story of two giant otters in Peru’s Manu National Park
In Canada, Oil Sands Workers Are Building a Greener Energy Sector
Worker-led initiative trains tradespeople in renewable energy to join help them join bourgeoning industry

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Persian leopards set to make roaring comeback in Russia's Western Caucasus
Gland/Moscow, 15 July 2016 – Researchers released three Persian leopards into the Russian wilderness today in the first-ever attempt to reintroduce the species into the wild. The animals are expected to become the founders of a new population of Persian leopards in Russia as part of an ambitious programme to bring the animal back to a region it once roamed in abundance. The release of the leopard
World Heritage meeting reveals emerging threats to European sites
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee today expressed concern over three sites facing severe pressures from harmful industrial activities, but failed to take bold action to protect them. At the meeting, WWF objected to a sharp logging increase in the Polish portion of Bialowieza Forest World Heritage site, which also spans part of Belarus. The forest is one of Europe's oldest, and is home to the mo
Top firms in Singapore join new alliance to meet consumer demand for haze-free products
Singapore, 27 June 2016 – Today marks the formation of a new Singapore-based alliance between players in the palm oil industry, retailers and manufacturers, to tackle deforestation, haze pollution and ultimately deliver haze­-free products to consumers. The primary goal of the Singapore Alliance on Sustainable Palm Oil announced today, is to increase the uptake of certified sustainable palm oil b
Changes in Russian law threaten world famous nature reserves
World Heritage sites and critical nature reserves in Russia will face new and expansive threats following a vote on Friday to reduce environmental protections across the country. The Russian parliament vote weakens protections for natural areas and favors the expansion of private ski resorts over caring for the environment. The legal changes on environmental protection, the first in almost five d

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My List of the Best UFO Cases
For decades I have avoided answering the questions about what I believe to be the ten best UFO cases. I understood it to be a trap. Once I provide the answer, the debunkers would attack, explaining why those cases are nothing spectacular. There would find mundane answers for all of them, even if they have to make up the answers, which is not an unreasonable assumption. I have discussed the Coyne
D. B Cooper (aka Dan Cooper) and History
History has done it again. Sucked me into another of their documentaries, this one just two parts dealing with the Dan Cooper (which everyone calls D. B. Cooper following the lead of one of the news organizations that got his name wrong so long ago) who hijacked an airplane back in 1971 or some 45 years ago. After all this Dan Cooper then and Dan Cooper now. time, after millions spent on official
Chasing Footnotes - Roswell and Original Sources
This is another of those posts that chases footnotes and though it begins with Richard Dolan, he is merely the starting point and this isn’t a criticism of his scholarship… well, maybe a little bit but you’ll understand as we get deeper into this. As an aside, and one that is not directed at Dolan here, I wonder how it is that some lies seem to mean nothing in our world of the UFO and simple mist
Chasing Footnotes, Jesse Marcel and the Gouge
In the last few days I have been in communication with a number of friends about the Roswell case and what I have discovered in my reinvestigation of it. At one point I had mentioned that the description of the gouge on the debris field was problematic because there was only Bill Brazel who had reported it. The response was there were three other witnesses who had described the gouge complete wit

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Certifiable
Updating a previous post... the act will come into force on the 29th August 2016. Touch wood. Then I can apply for the appropriate Recognised Details certificate, which I can then use to apply for a UK Gender Recognition Certificate, which I can then use to apply for a corrected UK Birth Certificate... which will then allow me to, amongst other things, not only board aircraft in the US and Canada,

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Evolutionary anthropology and racism
From an anthropological perspective, humans are all racist and have always been racist. Evolutionary anthropologists call racism "parochialism" and "in-group favoritism" and show it to be a fundamental characteristic in species, including primates and humans, that form hierarchical social orders. This anthropological understanding informs us that the "solution" is NOT
Today's national news: Canada will lead a new NATO battlegroup against Russia!
Happy Canada Day! (today's news!) Liberal Canada is more war mongering than was Harper. Selling arms to Saudi Arabia despite an election campaign message of change and of peace keeping, and now threatening Russia in order to satisfy insane US geopolitical machinations. Systematically gutting its own economy in order to become an arms dealership for the US-allied war machine. Russia is
Evolutionary anthropology of police practice of containment of targeted populations, and of self-defence strategies including rockets and boycott
By Denis G. Rancourt, PhD SUMMARY: I show that the de facto police practice of constant random harassment by carding (demanding identification) and a spectrum of other means, combined with less frequent unprovoked executions and prosecutions using false charges, in containing groups targeted for containment is exactly the most effective and efficient strategy for hierarchical containment
Carding and random murder: Evolutionary anthropology of police practice in maintaining a high-gradient hierarchical social-class structure
By Denis G. Rancourt, PhD SUMMARY: I show that the de facto police practice of constant random harassment by carding and other means, combined with less frequent unprovoked executions and prosecutions using false charges, in containing groups targeted for containment is exactly the most effective and efficient strategy for hierarchical containment developed by evolution and described by

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Donna Summer - Last Dance (Nobel Peace Prize Concert '09) HD (no Copyright Infringement Intended)
I n honor of those who died of AIDS in the 1970's, the long term survivors who still fight the good fight today and to those who were killed in Orlando, Florida this week. Peace this Gay Pride.

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Hillary'S I Am Not A Crook Moment On The Big Stage
Watch closely Hillary's body language as she obviously lies during her recent news conference and how a black aide literally pulls her off the stage before she says too much ~ much like Nixon's body language after his famous I am not a crook speech in 1973 while supposedly welcoming an inquiry from the press about his obstruction of justice: Allen L Roland, PhD Hillary Clinton vs. James Comey: Em
Stop Bombing, Shooting And Listen / Ex Cia Agent Speaks Out
In light of President Obama's drone assassination program with countless collateral civilian deaths as well as worldwide blowback terrorist attacks, such as recently in Iraq, with thousands of senseless civilian deaths ~ perhaps it's time, voiced by many Americans this Independence day, for America to take the lead, stop its War of Terror and begin to listen to our enemies, as former undercover C
Preparing For The Final Event Horizon Of Death
A Black hole in space with its center of convergence is similar to the center of convergence or singularity deepest within ourselves. Black holes in space are in stark reality reminders of another stage of consciousness deepest within ourselves as experienced in the near and after death experience. They are not meant to be feared but instead to be celebrated as the ultimate event horizon leading
Combat Vets Invisible Scars Now Becoming Visible
A new study supports what a small group of military researchers has suspected for decades: that modern warfare destroys the brain which has huge implications for Veteran health Care. If Perl’s discovery is confirmed by other scientists, which I believe it already has, and if one of these bomb blast’s short-term signatures is indeed a pattern of scarring in the brain, similar to asbestos scarring

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Twas Brexit and the Slimey Goves
Twas Brexit and the slimey Goves, Did lie and grumble in the Mail. All Menschy were the Boris droves, And Farage starts to wail. Beware the Brexiteer, my son, The fear that bites, the lies that catch. Beware Teresa May and shun, Her frumious randy snatch. With Sturgeon’s speech in hand, went he, Long time the bigot foe he sought, So rested he, in the EEC, And prepped his speech for court. And as
Brexit and Scotland
Scotland voted to remain in the EU. It also voted, two years ago, to remain in the UK. Clearly Scots believe that we’re better off as part of a larger entity. But which one? Some reasons why Scotland should choose the EU over the UK: 1. The “better together” argument is that we are better off as part of something bigger. The EU is bigger than the UK. 2. The converse of being part of something big

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Just Stand: A Video Interview With Albert Woodfox
(PHOTO: Albert enjoys a canoe ride in Austin, Texas.) Since Albert’s release on his birthday, February 19th, a few short months ago, he’s been really busy… After nearly a month of visiting with family and friends in New Orleans sharing more birthday cake than he’s been able to consume in over forty years, Albert has been catching up with his dreams. This trio of video-interviews with Albert recor

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3D Modeling as an Analytic Tool
For a few years now, we here at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and our benevolent overlords at the Nuclear Threat Initiative have been using 3D modeling as a way to create flashy visuals to engage the public. We do so to remind them that nuclear missiles are (a) horrifically dangerous instruments of …
MH17 Anniversary
A joint post by Catherine Dill, Jeffrey Lewis, Melissa Hanham and David Schmerler Two years ago, on 17 July 2014, someone shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight Number 17 (MH17) over an area of Ukraine held by Russian-backed separatists, killing all 298 persons aboard. The Dutch Safety Board has now concluded that the aircraft was shot …
Kashmir on the Boil
Kashmir is on the boil again. Unrest has been on the rise for months now. The involvement of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence can be safely assumed, but less than in previous flare-ups, if clashes along the Line of Control dividing Kashmir are used as an indicator. In any event, the ability of outsiders to make trouble …
Alliances and No First Use
The Bill Clinton Administration made a questionable call to expand NATO after the Cold War ended. The George W. Bush Administration made matters far worse by expanding NATO up to Russia’s border in the Baltics and pushing club membership further east, lobbying to include even Ukraine and Georgia. The action/reaction syndrome then kicked in – …
Club Membership
Kwangmyonsong Debris

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"The New York Times" Still Peddling Long-Debunked Bill Clinton Haircut Myth
By MARC McDONALD In 1993, the mainstream media peddled the myth that a Los Angeles airport shut its runways for an hour so President Bill Clinton could get a haircut. There was only one problem: the story was complete bullsh*t. That's OK. The media does sometimes screw up. Nobody's perfect. There's only one problem. Here we are, nearly a quarter of a century later and the media is still peddling
Shocking Brexit Result A Huge Blow For Anglo-American Capitalism
By MARC McDONALD British voters' decision to leave the European Union will have an enormous impact on the global economy for years to come. I expect there will be a number of losers as a result. I think Britain eventually will rue the day it decided to leave the EU. And I think the U.S. will also suffer as a result of this momentous vote. But in the long run, the biggest loser is the entire syste

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Fake Coup In Turkey Presented As Real By The Mainstream Media
Not too many miles from that contractor's air base in Iraq military coup = Mossad Turkey coup: President Erdogan says military elements guilty of 'treason', as he tells nation government is in charge, after violent clashes in Ankara and Istanbul leave '161 dead' Turkey coup: military attempt to seize power from Erdogan as low flying jets and gunfire heard... Tell me that everbody in DC didn't kno
Off The Table Of Discussion: U.S. Cops Are Trained In Apartheid Israel
Part of the national discussion during this time of cops vs blacks & protesters should be the fact that U.S. cops are trained in apartheid Israel. It's a simple formula: police kill 3 U.S. citizens a day - U.S. police are trained in apartheid Israel: U.S. BLACKS = SUBHUMAN PALESTINIANS to the police. 3 U.S. citizens killed by police per day = SUBHUMAN PALESTINIANS. Why did every large city se
Fourth Of July: Arrest Rita Katz & SITE For Terrorism
Rita Katz IS A TERRORIST!!! With the major American holiday being celebrated today, you can expect to see terrorist threats from radical Islamists, according to Rita Katz and her SITE group. Don’t forget that it was Katz that brought us all those videos of IS headchoppers that were utterly fraudulent, complete fakes, propaganda designed to introduce a new, terrifying bogey man to the US public an

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Boo! If By Sea: More Scary Tales of US-Bound Iranian Ships
Breathless reports are again circulating that Iran will deploy warships to the Atlantic Ocean. Based on a mid-June announcement by Iranian Navy chief Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, news is spreading that Iran plans to establish a naval base somewhere along the Atlantic coast. Sayyari said, “We have yet to determine which country will assist us regarding the presence of our naval fleet. When

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World | Fri Jul 8, 2016 7:22am EDT Related: World, Russia Kremlin says NATO talk of Russian threat absurd, short-sighte...
World | Fri Jul 8, 2016 7:22am EDT Related: World, Russia Kremlin says NATO talk of Russian threat absurd, short-sighted The Kremlin said on Friday it regarded NATO's suggestion that Russia posed a threat as absurd, saying it hoped that common sense would prevail at the military alliance's summit in Warsaw. The Kremlin spoke out after U.S. President Barack Obama urged NATO leaders to stand firm a

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Oh CAPSS, Where Art Thou?
An umbrella group for fake clinics in Canada is Canadian (formerly Christian) Association of Pregnancy Support Services (CAPSS) . It used to have its "core documents" online but pulled them sometime recently. Nonetheless, we at DJ! have obtained copies. Here is its "Code of Counselling Ethics." Note numbers 6 and 12. They seem to conflict a bit, don't they? But number 12 is pre
No, Not This One: But Three from Pembroke, Ontario?
In healthcare, patient confidentiality is taken pretty seriously. Here's Ontario's legislation . Three Ontario hospital workers were prosecuted for snooping into Rob Ford's records . And a fetus fetishist was fired after she accessed hundreds of patient abortion files. It comes as no surprise then that crisis pregnancy centres (CPCs), pretending as they do to be actual clinics, would also give str
Fake Clincics Now Breaching Confidentiality to Nutbar Stalkers
We've all the seen the ads. Variants on the one above, used on the recent Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada report on the lies told by crisis pregnancy centres, aka fake clinics. Our pal, Cliff at Rusty Idols spotted one in Calgary for the subsequent phase of the slut-shaming process, the "post-abortion trauma" counselling. Fake clinics claim to offer "non-judgmental options"
"Unmitigated Disaster" for Fetus Freaks
I don't have time for more than a quick happy dance over the US Supreme Court's "beat down" of Texas's anti-abortion law. I just love this headline from ThinkProgress . And the photo that accompanies the story. Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt is a beat down of Texas’ anti-abortion law HB 2. Justice Stephen Breyer’s majority opinion piles facts upon evidence upon statistics to demolis

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Plastic is killing us and our wild life.
So this is going to be a short story for the time being but I will be adding to it. Some o you have noticed the Osprey nests I posted about earlier. They give you a gimps into different worlds. I will also add a few more on this post for everyone to view. Some are good some you have to wonder about. First of course is a bit on plastic. Scary stuff Right It should scare you. Guess who is responsib
The Osprey World A Must to See
This is far from any other story I have ever posted For anyone, who wants a real reality show, thee are the ones to watch, I am only going to talk about few here, but there many around the world. Each is an Island unto itself. No two nests or sites are the same. The Osprey itself is also and Island unto itself. Summer is here and the children are out of school. There are a few places I will recom

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A New Green History of the World
A New Green History of the World (2007) is the new and improved version of A Green History of the World (1991), which was translated into 13 languages. British historian Clive Ponting did a fantastic amount of research, and then refined it into a very readable, mind-altering 400-page book (a silver bullet cure for folks suffering from denial). It spans the two million year saga of our hominid anc
Black Gold
Albert Marrin is a history professor who has written dozens books for young readers. In Black Gold , he discussed the geology of fossil energy, emergence of the oil industry, geopolitics, oil wars, environmental impacts, and future challenges. I was intrigued by his perspective on geopolitics. Before World War One, the British navy scrapped many coal-burning warships and began building modern boa
Fire: A Brief History
We live in a perplexing era. On one hand, we are the most brilliant critters that ever existed. On the other hand, we are knowingly destroying the ecosystem upon which our survival depends, which sane folks might see as the opposite of brilliant. You and I descend from ancestors who, once upon a time, lived in balance with the family of life. What happened? Obviously, the industrial era has super

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The 2020 Census and the Re-Indigenization of America
I've been on the road and have been neglecting this page. Thought I would post an article I recently wrote for Truthout's Public Intellectual Page Re the 2020 Census. http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/36514-the-2020-census-and-the-re-indigenization-of-america

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Use over time
Not quite at random, "use over time" graphs from Google:

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Blog Me No Blogs: THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
Blog Me No Blogs: THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ZZZZZzzzzzz.....
These are strange times folks. We have a Secretary of Defense that doesn't understand what a uniform is. Ashe Carter se...
These are strange times folks. We have a Secretary of Defense that doesn't understand what a uniform is. Ashe Carter seems to think that we should have a different kind of military that he calls "The Force of the Future'. A military that resembles the IDF, which involves every citizen in Israel. It calls for the involvement of every family member in the defense of our country, which goes far

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