A Soldier For Life
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A few days ago, I put on my favorite blue sports jacket for a graduation
ceremony. My “Retired: Soldier For Life” lapel pin is always affixed to it.
I’m ...
Weekend 14th June 2025
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The end of the world again … ? BBC in deep mourning for the Islamic
Republic of Iran . It will be spouting about ‘international law ‘ and ‘war
crimes’ pret...
Celebrating A Wedding With Some Gunfire
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Cops: Shots came from rented Lamborghini on way to banquet
As far as wedding celebrations go, when did throwing rice get replaced by
firing gunshots out ...
Iran Strikes Israel, Ends Nuclear Talks With US
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On Friday, Iran began its response to an Israeli war launched on the
Islamic Republic last night. Additionally, Tehran said it would withdraw
from talks wi...
Why China is eating its tiny neighbor, Bhutan
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Your neighbor is eating you, bit by bit. He’s strong and you’re weak, so if
you protest too much against his occasional nibbling, he might just swallow
y...
Prevalence of current tobacco use
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Prevalence of current tobacco use, % of adults, 2000–2020
The post Prevalence of current tobacco use appeared first on Human Progress.
Early Adopters Win Wars
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Not every innovation in military technology transforms warfare at first.
But only early adopters, whether in the 19th century or today, find the
ones tha...
David Atlee Phillips' The Carlos Contract
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David Atlee Philips’s The Carlos Contract
November 22, 2024
By William Kelly (billkelly3@gmail.com]
David A. Phillips has written a number of important ...
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Hello all,
It is with great sadness that I share with you the passing of our beloved
sister, Mother, and Grandmother, the individual that you all knew ...
10 Historical Chads Who Practiced Celibacy
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For the last decade, discourse has been dominated by the topic of incels
complaining about their lack of sex. However, little was said of the
inadverten...
A Trail Gone Cold
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Iceland is known to the rest of the world as the land of Vikings and
volcanos, an island caught between continents at the extremities of the
map. Remote ...
A Trail Gone Cold
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Iceland is known to the rest of the world as the land of Vikings and
volcanos, an island caught between continents at the extremities of the
map. Remote ...
Cortex #142: Scrying Your List
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Grey gets a promotion, and is trying to tame chaos. Myke gets some
important news during the recording. They also cannot resist more
discussion on backpa...
Toshiba Thrive Going on Pre-Order June 13th
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The Toshiba Thrive 10.1-inch tablet is due to go on pre-order on June 13th.
It will be running the latest version of Android thats
The post Toshiba Thriv...
Cathédrale de Palerme
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Palerme a été fondée par les Phéniciens, un comptoir dans un « bon port »
(panormos). La flotte de Carthage, battue à Himère par les Grecs en 480
avant, s’...
Why China is eating its tiny neighbor, Bhutan
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Your neighbor is eating you, bit by bit. He’s strong and you’re weak, so if
you protest too much against his occasional nibbling, he might just swallow
y...
British Invaders 480: Noughts + Crosses (Part 2)
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Noughts + Crosses was a BBC alternate-history series that ran in 2020 and
2022. It showed us a world where an African empire colonized Europe, and
African ...
BIRDY: Limited Edition Blu-Ray - Notes on an essay
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Due for release on 28 October 2019 by Indicator, this limited edition
Blu-Ray of Alan Parker's film *Birdy *(1984) features my new essay on the
film in t...
The Golden Transcendence Ep. 24: Deep of Fire
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From THE GOLDEN TRANSCENDENCE, vol. III of my debut trilogy. In the far
future, the Golden Oecumene has elevated the immortals of the solar system
to untra...
A Twisted Geis
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Prepare for a thrilling journey into a terrifying jungle with Prodigal Sun,
a brand new, free-to-download audio play from Magic Bullet Productions.
Narra...
Doctor Who And… 54: The Underworld (24/1/1980)
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Written by Terrance Dicks, based on Bob Baker & Dave Martin’s scripts for
the 1978 TV serial. Underworld is one of the great unloved Doctor Who
stories. Wh...
Cover Boy
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Hot damn.
I'm a cover boy.
An ESQUIRE cover boy!
(On the Chinese edition of ESQUIRE)
Some fun pictures inside as well. And lots of text I cannot read.
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Wizard Of Tarantino
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Nothing like an old-school Dave Macdowell painting to pull me out of my pop
culture slumber. Love this one, especially Dorothy as Beatrix Kiddo. Badass.
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A most peculiar fallout
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Almost as if outrage and anxiety,
goaded by virulent, unrelenting
cynicism and savagery, had ex-
tinguished all hope of resort to
reason in recovering th...
The Top 10 Rare Comics
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Comic books have been around since the early 30s, with kids spending a dime
per comic book, it’s amazing what they are worth today in mint condition.
Who w...
Who's DC's Hercules?
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*Who's This? *A future demi-god.
*The facts: *Because Hercules is a character from Greco-Roman myth, he of
course appears in Wonder Woman stories as earl...
Daleks @ Peterborough
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To be honest there are only a handful of Daleks from "Nu-Who" in the
exhibition - a red New Paradigm one, the standard bronze model, and black
Dalek Sec ...
Voyage of the Damned
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*Christmas Special 2007: 1 x 75 min episode, 25th December 2007, Writer:
Russell T. Davies, Director: James Strong, Producer: Phil Collinson,
Executive Pr...
Creature Feature appearance...
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If you live long enough, everything comes back full circle at some point,
things that become unfashionable and that people move on from, can be
re-evalua...
The Sci-Fi & Fantasy Artworks of Zezhou Chen
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There’s something dark and strange in these superb sci-fi
and fantasy-themed illustrations by Zezhou Chen, a freelance digital artist
and illustrator bas...
Looking Back at D.A.R.Y.L.
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Science fiction films often explore humanity’s relationship with
technology, but few manage to do so with the heart and charm of *D.A.R.Y.L.*.
Released o...