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I have always had a soft spot for the B-58: B-58 appearances in movies are rare. Here's a short vid from Fail Safe (1964), starri...

Polish Krab mobile 155mm howitzers have apparently been a welcome addition to the Ukrainian battle order: Ukrainian Advent Calendar: Day ...

This image shows the destructive results of a powerful supernova explosion in X-ray light captured by NASA's Chandra and ESA's XMM-N...

Hat tip Kuruki. Handle on X/twitter: @Kuruki23882260 And if you haven't already bought Murray's 'The Strange Death of Eur...

It's low key, it's modest, but it's good. How could it not be good when it was written, produced and directed by Francis For...

A forgotten sci-fi/horror movie from the late 80s. A shame, because it's damn good. Directed by Jack Sholder, it stars Kyle McLac...

Queen with Las Palabras de Amor . Album Hot Space (1982). Lyrics were written by Brian May. Prefab Sprout with I remember that ....

Mark Steyn proves that he's still as eloquent and relevant as 2 decades back: "In our initial report on this new war yesterday...

In Birmingham, UK: Pro-Hamas rally in Birmingham, UK. Birmingham has been named "super-diverse" with 51.4% of inhabitants from a...

In 2005, Israel decided to disengage from the Gaza Strip, manu militari removing some 8,000 Jewish settlers from their homes and in the proc...

A working one, to be sure, because there is at least one historic predecessor ( John Barber , 1731) which could not be realised for a variet...

JUST IN: Footage has been released of migrants wreaking havoc at the Southern Border last night near El Paso, first reported by @ElPasoYa . ...

In this insane (Western) world where everything that was once understood to be beautiful, noble and worthwhile is now suspect, a voice like ...

Something to battle the negativity, this marvellous account of an early Spring walk in the Lake District: I can sympathize. I have va...

Indeed. Worth listening. These are important issues. https://t.co/ex3rT8zGVe — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 3, 2023 Welcome to the ...

Oh the joys of successful entrepreneurship! Is there anything less American??? Order HERE. The only thing I hold against Tru...

Three musicians by John Koch (August 18, 1909 — April 19, 1978), an American painter and teacher who started out as an impressionist but i...

Via Nius , yesterday, 29 SEP 2023: "Gang violence in Sweden has reached such dramatic proportions that the Swedish PM is now con...

Here's another sci-fi flick that got trashed on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic and it's all bull. Like Screamers, Impostor , also ba...

Electric vehicles are taking over.. but for real, I want cleaner air, don’t you? pic.twitter.com/bKKpRXPrm2 — Teslaconomics (@Teslaconomics)...