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POPSLt. Walter Mitty, McCain Supporter Cont.... "Apparently, Lt. Mitty is too humble to share the full tale of his heroic HALO polingfest/jump. I guess it's up to me to tell the rest of the story. Unsatisfied with the killing power of the Marine Corps issued Super Cobra, Lt. Mitty snuck onto an Army base and stole an Apache assault chopper. Upon arriving on target, Lt. Mitty, ejected from the pilot seat of the two-seater aircraft, leaving his gunner, Gunney Deadmeat, to soften the drop zone with 30mm M230 chain gun fire before the chopper augered into the pockmarked sand."
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POPSquickmustangs The website displays Powerful Ford Mustang Cars, featuring Cobra Mustangs news and Cobra Mustangs photos.
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POPSReport From a Forgotten War: Second in a Series
Taliban leaders also provided a haven for Usama bin Laden's Al Qaeda to launch the 9/11 attack. In November 2001, when they were deposed by the U.S.-backed Northern Alliance, many of the Taliban fled south to Pakistan and east into Iran. This spring, they came back, intent on overthrowing the democratically elected government of President Hamid Karzi. That's when the Marines of TF 2/7 arrived "in country" to train and mentor Afghan Army and police forces. It's been a challenging assignment for the 1300 Marines, sailors, soldiers and airmen of TF 2/7. The unit's Area of Operations (A/O) is more than 28,000 square kilometers — roughly the size of Vermont. There is only one paved highway. Overland transport to some of the fifteen forward bases and combat outposts where TF 2/7 operates often takes more than 24 hours of continuous day and night movement. Until this week — when four CH-53 transport helos and four Cobra gunships arrived, the task force had to rely on NATO aircraft...
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POPSInterreligious dialogue When the goddess Bhagavati calls on the virgin Mary, is it interreligious dialogue at a higher level? Or is it inculturation, or syncretism?
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POPSAre Meerkats Naturally Altruistic?
For centuries, there's been a debate over whether true altruism exists among humans. Helping others at our detriment is risky behavior, evolutionarily speaking. Say you're overcome with an urge to give your last piece of bread to someone else. The other person eats, but you don't. Ultimately, after enough of these selfless acts, you'll starve and die, and your dangerous habit of helping others should die along with you. In the animal kingdom, altruism poses an equally prickly problem to explain. Why some animals exhibit generosity is a real mystery to biologists. It's not like they're thinking about the tax write-off they can get by donating money. Meerkats have one of the most cooperative societies in the animal kingdom. These African desert dwellers are perfect subjects for an investigation into altruism. For one, they live in a harsh habitat, quite a long way from easy street. Danger lurks around every corner because they sit at the bottom of the food chain.
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POPSD-Day June 6th 1944 - Sixty eight years ago today Allied land forces that saw combat in Normandy on D-Day itself came from Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Substantial Free French and Polish forces also participated in the battle after the assault phase, and there were also contingents from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, the Netherlands, and Norway. Other Allied nations participated in the naval and air forces. - sixty eight years ago today.
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POPSCobra GPSM 4000 5.0″ Handheld GPS Receiver Take an off-roading adventure — and record your trail! The Cobra GPSM 4000 5.0″ Handheld GPS Receiver features: Automatic Route Navigation, odometer, trip timers, speedometers, detour and “via” capabilities, and 2D or 3D maps.
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POPSNew species... Spitting Cobra... Just as well there isn't only news about dying species... This one will probably be a killer... hopefully , they'll find a way to protect him as well....
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POPSTo Name Their Kids, People Turn to Consultants
More: Moss, who admits that she had doubts when she first launched her personal naming service. "I thought, 'Who's going to want to pay us to help name their baby?' But a lot of people really need an outside, third-party, independent input. I was surprised at the demand." Albert Mehrabian, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles and author of "The Baby Name Report Card." "The reaction your name prompts from other people can help form your personality. For example, Chad scored consistently high in all categories, while Bud ranked low – including a zero in the "successful" category. The worst names he has encountered include Fayle, Farm, and Latrina for girls, and Cobra, Jane, and Swindle for boys – "equivalent in intensity to the effects of dressing a boy in girls' clothing, or dying a child's hair blue or pink," he states in his findings. Alfie, a derivation of Alfred, means "one who counsels the elves