GLASGOW

Above, we see Princess Diana in Glasgow. Above we see some Glaswegians. ... 36 Hours in Glasgow - The New York Times Above, we...

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Picture Of The Day

Aiming Techniques A soldier demonstrates proper aiming techniques using a AT-4 rocket launcher during weapons familiarization at the 7th A...

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Thousands Flee Myanmar As A New Rohingya Muslim Insurgence Emerges And The Military Cracks Down

Time: ‘The Villages are Burning Down.’ Fear and Fire Send Rohingya Fleeing to Bangladesh Attacks by insurgents. A brutal military crack...

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Australia Offers Military Assistance To Philippines In Their Battle Against The Islamic State

Australian troops would be advising in Marawi City, where Islamic State terrorists have been most active. (Reuters: Romeo Ranoco) ABC New...

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U.S. And South Korean Defense Chiefs Talk Of Redeploying U.S. Nuclear Weapons To South Korea

Korea Times : Allies discuss redeployment of nuclear weapons Defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States discussed the possible ...

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Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Believes Private Contractors Will Save Afghanistan

Erik Prince testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on security contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan on Capitol...

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Top U.S. Commander Believes Islamic State Leader Al-Baghdadi Is Alive

US News and World Report: U.S. General Thinks Baghdadi Is Alive The elusive leader should probably be killed rather than captured, the ...

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 31, 2017

The U.S. has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years. Talking is not the answer! — Donald J. Trump (@re...

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World News Briefs -- August 31, 2017

Reuters: Mattis signs orders to send additional troops to Afghanistan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on ...

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 31, 2017

PHOTO: South Korea and Japan join US strategic bombers as they conduct a show of force in response to North Korea. (Twitter: US Pacific Com...

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Editor's Note

Running behind. Blogging will return in the next hour or two.

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SPOOKY MANCHESTER BROTHELS; SAVILE, PROFUMO ...

Vivien Ella Walden Vivien Ella Walden managed brothels in Manchester, in the UK, for almost 40 years. Aged 22, she married she West Ha...

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Rube Walker 2.0

Rube Walker, 2017 . Wisconsin's offer to Foxconn grew substantially and hit $3 billion on handwritten note The other Rube Walker, 1953...

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Clarke leaving. Stepp leaving. Rule of 3's says, who's next?

Cathy Stepp, off to Kansas City . David Clarke  has quit . So if things happen in threes, who do you want see join that disastrous duo? ...

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Milwaukee Sheriff Clarke resigns. Questions abound

Milwaukee County Sheriff and right-wing self-promoting spokesman David Clarke resigned 15 minutes ago. Was five  relatively recent deaths i...

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U.S. Deployment Of Additional Soldiers To Afghanistan Has Begun

New York Times: Mattis Orders First Group of Reinforcements to Afghanistan WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Thursday t...

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U.S. Orders The Closure Of The Russian Consulate In San Francisco And Two Other Diplomatic Offices

Politico : U.S. retaliates against Russia by forcing diplomatic closures State Dept. calls the Kremlin's prior ouster of diplomatic ...

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Expect new UW CROWE 'think' tank to eat a lot of crow

A pro-Foxconn report by a Walker donor and would-be adviser  for a Koch/Bradley institute on the UW-Madison campus that did not impress Urba...

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This is Why You Serve When The President Asks You To

BREAKING: Why doesn't Mattis quit? Why did he serve? I just asked him. Here's what he said to us minutes ago, on record at the Pent...

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The U.N.'s Nuclear Watchdog Will Not inspect Iran's Military Sites

Reuters: U.S. pressure or not, U.N. nuclear watchdog sees no need to check Iran military sites VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States is ...

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Pentagon Acknowledges That There Are More Soldiers In Afghanistan Than Previously Reported

Reuters : U.S. acknowledges more troops in Afghanistan than previously stated WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 11,000 U.S. troops are servin...

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Experts: "D" at Stepp's DNR = 'decline/demoralized/damage'

Given the departure by WI DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp for a regional EPA position in the Trump administration, and some early speculatio...

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 30, 2017

North Korea's official news agency distributed this photo, purportedly of the rocket launch. KCNA Justin Bronk, BBC: North Korea: Wh...

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World News Briefs -- August 30, 2017 (Evening Edition)

Reuters: Storm-hit Houston strains from influx of evacuees, crime outbreak HOUSTON (Reuters) - Houston strained under the arrival of te...

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George Takei on what constitutes a Presidential disaster response

George Takei ‏ Verified account   @GeorgeTakei     4h 4 hours ago More Pete Souza's brilliant Instagram does it again, remindin...

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U.S. -Led Coalition Now Battling Syrian Rebels Once Supported By The CIA

Newsweek: US Military Battles Syrian Rebels Once Supported by CIA, Now Backed by Turkey Soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition tasked wit...

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