The Egyptian quisling "official" government runs nothing of consequence. Bin-Ladenites run most of the cities in Cyrene. The Islamic State runs the homeland of the Ghaddafi Tribe. The muslim brotherhood runs most of Tripolitania. And the Berbers rule Fezzan and all the oilfields. Guess which one wins long term.
My decision to not fly commercial unless it's to never return continues to be vindicated. This is one of the few places I can boycott the Government and it's Cronies.
Not American War crimes, mind you. All the war fighters are criminals -- particularly in Syria. Peace is what's needed, not more killing or regime change.
If it can stand against the laws already against it, then there's nothing stopping F-Troop from just redefining all guns as NFA, and forcing all owners to get FFLs.
The first successful pogo rocket! What an accomplishment.
Quite the celebration over this. Saving ~$16 Million per launch is pretty huge.
Orbcomm must be quite happy with this -- having a global satellite network for trucks and construction equipment is a big deal.
That isn't the flashlight, honey...it's your teeth! No way any sane person is going to visit -- kids are still being born without brains downstream of that place.
At extreme cost. I'm seriously doubting they'll ever make a dent in the Houthi stronghold in the north, short of carpet bombing the place...which they can do based on the amount of bombs they just bought.
Mainstream Sunni doctrine is wholly illiberal; if their culture is to be compatible with western classical liberal tradition, a "protestant reformation" needs to happen in Islam. Given the political corruption surrounding the Islamic based states currently and in the past, that's eminently sensible. And amongst the better educated western Muslims, much of this work has already happened; If our governments quit meddling, such a reformation might just have started to take hold. As things are, it'll be another half century before it does, or more, if our governments keep meddling.
Echoes of W.J. Sidis, teaching 2 years old to read. I remember the excitement I felt as a 4 year old finally understanding phonics -- I'd been read to and already talked with my parents on a wide range of subjects but phonics really made it click; it was off to the races at that point. Having been able to read at a higher level than the rest of my cohort was, and still is, a leg up; I'm prosperous and nonimprisoned, in contrast to a large segment of my cohort.