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Announcing the New ‘Sport’ Javelin Missile Launcher

Raytheon & Lockheed Martin are proud to introduce our new “Sport” Model FGM-148 Javelin missile launcher.

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‘Offscouring 2022’: Our List of the World’s Least Powerful People

TRIGGER WARNING: Some may find descriptions of  societal vulnerability below very disturbing. I know I did. Forbes magazine likes to occasionally compile a list of the world’s most powerful people. For example, in their most recent compilation from 2018, Chinese … Continue reading

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Chicken Soup for the Apocalypse

As I watched coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with the threat of nuclear war lurking, I was not comforted when televangelist Pat Robertson came out of retirement to tell us that God Himself was pushing Vladimir Putin into … Continue reading

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Cuneifordle: An Ancient Near Eastern Pastime

Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Near Eastern Languages and Cuneiform Studies Dept. recently discovered what might have been a prototype of today’s popular Wordle online word puzzle.

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Covid, Masks and the Great Church Bus Standoff at Main & Jackson

Many pastors are being lionized in Christian circles for resisting ‘Draconian’ Covid-19 pandemic restrictions about crowds, masking and social distancing, heroically putting their congregations’ and neighbors’ health in danger regardless of the personal cost to themselves. But some faith heroes … Continue reading

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