eXile’s War Nerd wrote a fascinating column about Count Carl Gustav von Rosen, a Swedish aristocrat that led a flight of hand-painted Cessnas into battle against MiG-17—okay, the jets were on the ground—and other military targets in the Biafra conflict in Nigeria.
Von Rosen specialized in noble lost causes. Way back in 1938, when he was […]

Because you never know when you might have to do a high kick into the face of the checkout girl who won’t take your coupons, Chuck Norris Action Jeans “won’t bind your legs.” Of course, you might want to skip the slick-bottomed cowboy boots, unless you’re Chuck Norris, who does not interface with friction like […]

Going to war over oil is pretty horrible—I think we’d all rather just find a way to live without the constant infusion of oil. But going to war over beer? I am already packing my bags.
Mamand Mamandy, a Kurdish Iranian who sought asylum to Norway in ‘99, was back in Iran visiting his mother when […]

Is Danny Sullivan’s “Real Kickboxing Bag Workout” actually “real?” Does it exist in our shared dimensional space? I’m going to go out on a limb and say that it does, because anyone selling you a $350 set of instructional DVDs, a water-filled kick-boxing bag, a jump rope, and a pair of boxing gloves must know […]

Although guns are definitely one of the most effective tools for self defense, do you really have what it takes to pull the trigger if the situations arises? Shooting someone, even in self defense, comes with a lot of unwanted baggage like civil suits and guilt. So instead of pulling out a Glock, you could […]

Erwin Kowalke, a member of the German War Graves Association, excavates the remains of soldiers who died during World War II. To this point he has collected and cataloged the remains of over 20,000 soldiers.
“People tell me to just let the bones sleep in the woods,” said Kowalke, a member of the German War Graves […]

CNN is running a gallery documenting Japan’s “Sumo Crying Babies” competition, in which giant men hold tiny babies face-to-face. The first one to cry wins.
What’s that, sumo baby? You are hungry? So is your handler! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha chomp smlormf crunch glurgb.
Gallery: Sumo Crying Babies [CNN]

Here’s what I don’t know about boxing: two shits. But I like to watch two dudes beat up on each other, even if it’s not in front of a 7-11 while I throw nickels at them.
Here’s what I know about Bon Jovi: I wish he weren’t singing over this highlight film of the 2005 Corrales […]

I never would have suspected chickens of feeling the need to keep the peace, but there you are. Or maybe they wanted in on the fight and the rabbits wussed out.
Either way, they’re all still good eatin’.

My favorite war thing of all time, Band of Brothers, is about to get a companion mini-series according to Variety.
“The Pacific” follows the stories of the two authors, as well as that of fellow Marine John Basilone, as they the fight against Japan across the entire Asian theater.
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But despite the similarities between “The Pacific” and […]

For obvious reasons, there has been much armchair prognosticating about what a person should do if confronted by an attacker with a gun. Slate’s Explainer has one take:
Fight or flee, depending on the situation. Running away should be your first plan, when possible. At 20 feet from the gunman, you’re still within a deadly range, […]

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