Wish I could give extra stars for comment/picture/user name synergy.

No worries. It was reported by the “esteemed” Daily Mail. I only read it cause the other news outlets are very selective in their reporting.

She picked up an Israeli flag. Tied it in a knot and put it underneath a different flag. The guy hid an Israeli flag underneath a Palestinian flag.

The lady in the first video took objection to a certain blue and white flag that a had star in the middle.

Ok, sure, it's a lot of hair.

If we want to start pulling back on our global footprint (bases, etc.), then high-speed hypersonic aircraft that can be based from the US become relevant. I don’t know if this particular aircraft is the right one, but it’s definitely something we need to consider. And at the end of the day, every weapon is going to…

Speak for yourself.

I think the author meant that it’s relatively simple in concept, not necessarily easy in execution. The materials you would need to accomplish this are still fairly well protected, even at hospitals.

Yes yes, poor destitute countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE. Such poverty. And all those middle-class Muslim college students living in the west who turn into suicide bombers or travel to Syria to join ISIS. Life must be simply awful for them.

Meanwhile at the Brussels tribute...

It’s far beyond NPR. I believe it supports the theory that we’re dealing not just with asymmetry of ideology and methodology, but in many cases, intellect. As long as you have a just a few smart, evil people spewing hate here and there, the most dangerous ones are the dimwits who are inspired by them. I really think…

Doesn’t even have to be a nuclear bomb in the sense of causing the trademark mushroom cloud. A “dirty bomb” is just as bad...

Dirty bombs don’t kill that many people from the bomb itself. It’s more about making an area of the world off-limits, and the economic/social consequences that follow.

Western right-wing extremists did some pretty terrible things to Middle Eastern folks. As a result, Middle Eastern right-wing extremists did some pretty terrible things to Western folks. It has gotten a bit more complicated over the past 600 years, but not much more so.

Looks like someone took the M1 out for a quick run to Costco....

SNACK TANK

Great post, as always.

When you got to go to war, but need to bbq by sundown!