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Missile Command

February 23, 2009 – 1:53 pm

The creation of a missile shield to protect America from nuclear attack has been the dream of the Pentagon for decades. Billions have been spent on Star Wars technology without any of the tests achieving their goal. President Bush push the concept of the anti-ballistic system on Eastern Europe with the expected result that the […]

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Poland Goes Dumb

August 15, 2008 – 11:09 am

In 1991 I travelled through Indonesia. They are fierce badminton competitors and on the island of Ambon a 17 year-old challenged me to a game. The previous match was at a BBQ in upstate NY at Howie Montauk’s old cabin. I beat back every challenge and walked onto the dusty court behind a school with […]

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