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FOCUS: Japan Has Few Cards to Play 1 Month after Putin's Isle Visit
9+ hour, 58+ min ago (361+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japan has been unable to take concrete countermeasures since Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a disputed northwestern Pacific island a month ago. Japan has lodged a strong protest following Putin's Aug. 13 visit to the island of…...
Homeowner stumbles upon SECRET World War II documents in his garage
5+ hour, 55+ min ago (639+ words) After 14 years living in his rural New York home, Jason Hurdle thought he knew every inch of his property. So he was left stunned to discover a previously hidden crawlspace while cleaning his Waterloo garage back in July. However, his…...
Conservative students??? 9/11 memorial defaced with pro-Palestinian, pro-Antifa vandalism
5+ hour, 7+ min ago (431+ words) A 9/11 memorial set up by students at a California State University campus was defaced with pro-Palestinian and pro-Antifa vandalism, prompting a police investigation. Vandals destroyed about 30 of the 2,177 memorial flags set up on Stanislaus State’s “free speech lawn” to mark…...
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
3+ hour, 51+ min ago (60+ words) Continue reading on Medium » “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat....
USMC Harrier pilot on how fighter pilots can talk to an enemy aircraft in an air engagement
8+ hour, 30+ min ago (540+ words) Fighter pilots absolutely do not chat with each other in the way you see in the Top Gun movies: they know that anyone on the assigned frequency can hear what you say, unless you use encryption or other methods to…...
Wow: 102-Year-Old WWII Veteran Delivers Beautiful, Heartfelt 'God Bless America' on 9/11
9+ hour, 34+ min ago (391+ words) On the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11, there were a lot of sobering memories. We recalled people taken from us by those brutal actions and the many heroes who gave their all, even their lives. There were also concerns…...
First Things First: Dignity is the floor, not the prize | Chattanooga Times Free Press
10+ hour, 58+ min ago (612+ words) Lately, one word has been following me around: dignity. First Things First is preparing to open and operate Provident Place, a family homeless shelter, in the next year or so. As we make decisions about blueprints, furniture, food, programming, pathways…...
nepolion was a great leader once he was with his army he had to
6+ hour, 36+ min ago (67+ words) nepolion said no that mountain is almost 10 times bigger than that they crossed that mountain and reached to there destination then they asked where is that mountain? they had to cross a mountain they reached to a mountain then they…...
Kosovo protesters rally in support of ex-president ahead of war crimes trial verdict
23+ hour, 56+ min ago (563+ words) People rallied in support of a former president and three other ex-fighters ahead of their verdicts next week at a Netherlands-based court which tried them for alleged war crimes during a 1998-1999 separatist war from Serbia, in the capital Pristina, Kosovo,…...
Move Over, Patton: 276 Years Ago, Frederick the Great's Famous Line on Defense Is Still of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
11+ hour, 45+ min ago (412+ words) Concentration of force was the whole of Frederick's genius. The line is a warning against spreading an army thin enough to be strong nowhere, and it has outlived every war he fought....