Marines Allowed To Smoke In Afghanistan

Pentagon will not impose smoking ban.

V-22 Osprey Shows Serious Problems

More problems for V-22 Osprey.

Oregon Ducks 2009 Football Uniforms

Nike unveils new uniforms for the 2009 Oregon football season.

Osprey Gets Gun Turret

From Aviation Week,
The U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 squadron preparing to deploy to Afghanistan in the third or fourth quarter of this year is now flight testing a turreted gun to beef-up the aircraft’s fire-power.
The Bell/Boeing MV-22 unit is likely to be deployed to Camp Bastion in the Helmand region as part of the U.S.’s [...]

Guantanamo Bay: Majority Of American Oppose Closing Terrorist Detention Center

In a recent poll Americans say Guantanamo Bay should not be closed by a 2-1 margin.

HBO Hard Knocks: Season Three Cincinnati Bengals

The third season of the HBO show Hard Knocks, which follows training camp for an NFL team, will feature the Cincinnati Bengals.

Satellite Photos Of Pakistani Nuclear Weapons Complex

Satellite photos of nuclear weapons facility in Pakistan.

The Jews Are To Blame For The Current Economic Crisis

In a recent study almost 25 percent of those asked blamed the Jews for the current economic crisis.

The Economics Of Somali Piracy

Over at VC there is a great post by Prof Peter Leeson about the economics of Somali Piracy,
Despite the surge in Somali piracy and encouragement from some employees of the U.S. government, commercial ships aren’t choosing to put armed guards on their vessels. And with good reason: given present conditions, anyway, it’s a bad idea.
As [...]

Obama, California, And A Looming Battle Over Corn Ethanol

Only a few days ago we were informed that California finally awoke to the undeniable truth that corn ethanol is not the answer, unfortunately a few years and a few billion dollar too late.
The California Environmental Protection Agency apparently has concluded that corn ethanol would not help the state implement Executive Order S-1-07. [...]

Carbon Offsets Will Not Help Global Warming

Carbon offsets will not help with global warming.

Fans Of The HBO Show The Wire Are About To Get A New Show

David Simon, creator of the HBO show The Wire, is filming a new show Treme, based in New Orleans.

Somali Pirates Want Revenge Not Money

Somali pirates want revenge not money after the captain of USS BAINBRIDGE was rescued.

Rey Maualuga Top Inside Linebacker In 2009 NFL Draft

USC Trojan linebacker Rey Maualuga is top inside linebacker in 2009 NFL Draft.

Vanity Fair Drops Green Issue

Apparently global warming does not pay,
Spring has sprung, and everything is going green. Everything, that is, except Vanity Fair, which has decided to ditch its annual “green issue”. For the past three years, the monthly glossy has made much of dedicating its May issue to the environment: from Leonardo DiCaprio posing on an iceberg to [...]

Navy And Coast Guard Seize Cocaine Mini-Subs In Seas Off Columbia

From the AP,
Colombian Navy chief Adm. Guillermo Barrera told a counterterrorism conference in Bogota last week that 23 semi-submersibles capable of carrying between 4 and 10 metric tons each have been seized in the past three years.
Though semi-submersibles aren’t new to cocaine transport, a bigger, sleeker, more sophisticated variety that average about 60 feet [...]

Sedatives For Al Gore: Cap-And-Trade May Die In Senate

Senate deals major blow to cap-and-trade.

Blackwater Air To Asked To Leave Iraq

Blackwater to leave Iraq.

USC Football: Pete Carroll Highest Paid University Employee

Pete Carroll of USC is the highest paid private-university employee.

President Obama Will Not Get New Helicopter

President Obama cancels plans to upgrade his helicopters.

Marine Corps Version Of The Joint Strike Fighter To Begin Tests

The Marine Corps version of the Joint Strike Fighter,  F-35B, could begin testing at,
Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, Texas, plant as early as this week.
This will begin perhaps the most critical phase of testing for the F-35 program. About a month of hover-pit testing is planned before the first F-35B, aircraft BF-1, returns to the air [...]