Inspirational: 7 Extreme Survival Stories
From being stranded in the heart of Antartica to three men forced to go further in outer space than any human being has ever gone before, our picks for the most amazing stories of people who pushed the far edges of endurance. The Robertson Family For 38 days, the Robertson family was lost at…
1914: Yet Another Cautionary Tale
For several years now many states and organizations in the Middle East and elsewhere have become involved in the situation in Syria. Though there are many players and overlapping interests, there is little evidence that they have established a common goal or common objectives, nor that common practical plans have been made to achieve them….
Espionage Files: European Companies Sold Spy Tech to a Secret Egyptian Intelligence Unit Amid Brutal Repression
When pro-democracy Egyptian protestors succeeded in ending the authoritarian rule of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, they would soon reap an unexpected double-coup. The following month reports claimed that the much-feared Egypt’s State Security Investigations Service (SSI) had been shuttered. A powerful symbol of state repression was no longer. Or so it seemed. Amid the flux…
Cyber-Security: Googles New “Neural Network” can Locate the Location of any Photo on the Web
For those of you that are “seasoned” Science Fiction fans like myself, perhaps you remember the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and the HAL Computer? Yeah this “neural network” called PLaNET kinda reminds me of that…unsettling in a way, no? -SF Here’s a tricky task. Pick a photograph from the Web at random. Now…
Cartel Corner #57: 6 Common Misconceptions about the MS-13 Street Gang
In response to a recent article on the MS13 published by Foreign Policy and reprinted at InSight Crime, gang expert Carlos Garcia challenges six commonly held misconceptions about the street gang based in several parts of Central America, Mexico, and the United States. There is an abundance of journalists, communicators and even academics who accuse…
Mission: Welcome Home
This is an awesome story and a worthwhile cause, please donate a couple bucks to it and let’s all help this story get told worldwide! -SF Marine Raiders Film at Indiegogo Kat Croft befriended a Marine Raider. After his death, she was witness to the way his brothers in arms welcomed him home from…
Time for Hospital Staff to Be Armed
The controversy surrounding firearms being allowed in hospitals rages on. Those who believe that guns shouldn’t be allowed in a hospital, or anywhere else for that matter, continue to point to incidents in which the use of a weapon is controversial. As Elizabeth Rosenthal points out in her recent article When the Hospital Fires the Bullet most hospitals are…
Second Marine Attacked and Left for Dead in D.C.
OK, This is starting to really piss me off. Two Marines attacked in the same night! The Reaper needs to visit this neighberhood and take out some trash, most pronto. -SF WASHINGTON — Not one but two Marines were brutally attacked on February 12 in two unrelated incidents. One attack happened at a McDonald’s when two…
Historical Fiction Book of the Month Suggestion: Halestorm by Becky Akers
Author Becky Akers has long lived in the eighteenth century—or at least she wishes she had. Now readers can join the excitement via her debut novel, Halestorm. They’ll meet such icons as General George Washington, who must learn the British Army’s plans for quashing the rebellion or perish with his troops; Sir William Howe, the…