Army Surplus News
- Harvesting surplus food Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:23PMShane Johns is out on the road every day collecting surplus food for charity.
- Morici: Neither Party Deserves to Lead Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:43PMBoth political parties are guilty of mismanagement of the U.S. economy.
- The Price Of Victory Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:08AMAugust 30, 2010: According to data released by the Afghan government, war related deaths are running at the rate of 40 per 100,000 population (about 12,000 dead a year). Two thirds of the dead (at least in the last month) have been Taliban.
- Rocky Barker: Maybe it's time to rethink the 'don't feed the bears' rule Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:10AMFrank Craighead's idea of supplemental feeding of grizzly bears will be hard to dismiss in the face of the reality of climate change
- Old pot charge dashes Army dream: Marina recruit deemed unfit due to high school incident Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 3:46AMAll the running and weight-training honed Martin Gilbert's wiry 120-pound, 5-foot-9 frame into peak condition.
- UKSD leads youth movement Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 1:02AMHYANNIS – Lee Docherty and James Boden don't mean any disrespect when they say there are fundamental aspects of teaching and training athletes, from youth sports on up, that are wrong.
- Wanted con artist arrested in Deadhorse Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 3:45PMFAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Fairbanks police say a convicted con artist with a history of impersonating Army officers has been arrested in Deadhorse. William Clark was cited for trespassing earlier this week and let go. Police learned later he has outstanding warrants in other states.
- Student’s Grenade Evacuates Fairfield School Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 2:04PMFAIRFIELD, Iowa - Officials evacuated a Fairfield Elementary school after a teacher spotted a grenade in a student's backpack. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s department confirms a student brought a non-active hand grenade to school.
- OLD POT CHARGE DASHES ARMY DREAM Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 3:33AMAll the running and weight-training honed Martin Gilbert's wiry 120-pound, 5-foot-9 frame into peak condition. He fully expected to be in Army boot camp by September. He wanted to be ready.
- How we got here Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 2:55AMHere are some key dates in the history of the Chesapeake Bay Hydraulic Model, which was located along the bay in the Matapeake area of Kent Island. 1952: The Bay Bridge opens, dooming the bay ferry service that used Matapeake as one of its terminals.
- www.outlookindia.com | Churchill’s Famine? Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 2:33AMChurchill’s Famine? Madhusree Mukerjee, physicist and former editor of Scientific American , “currently a housewife” living in Germany with her husband and son, has a curious way of writing books: she catches hold of any subject that she wants to learn about, no matter how difficult or complex, and doesn’t let go until she’s ferreted out whatever it takes to answer her questions as a rank ...
- Humanity must preserve itself in order to live for thousands of years Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:40PM"Humanity must preserve itself in order to live for thousands of years," Fidel responded to Russian writer Daniel Estulin, author of the Bilderberg Club trilogy, who is visiting Havana.
- Lakeland aims to change reputation as homeless haven Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:21PMPolk County's largest city is developing a reputation it doesn't necessarily want.
- Don Bates celebrates 60 years of auctioneering Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 1:13PMWhen Don Bates was 12, he knew he wanted to be an auctioneer. Standing outside the auction house selling candy and water just wasn't enough.
- U.S. colonel canned for committing candor at Afghan HQs Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 8:47AMApparently the U.S. military doesn't only have a surplus of generals (see earlier post), but colonels as well. Army Reserve Col. Lawrence Sellin offers a keen peek at what happens inside the headquarters running the war in Afghanistan. The blog Danger Room reports he has already been booted for his observations.
- Jean's day goes to arts Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 8:42AMIn her last two public appearances in Winnipeg, outgoing Governor General Michaëlle Jean paid the city's arts community the ultimate compliment -- she gave it her undivided attention.
- Jean's day goes to arts Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 8:28AMIn her last two public appearances in Winnipeg, outgoing Governor General Michaëlle Jean paid the city's arts community the ultimate compliment -- she gave it her undivided attention.
- Pakistan orders evacuation of town as flood spreads Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 6:12AMKARACHI (Reuters) - Fresh flooding sent a million people fleeing from their homes in Pakistan's south in the past 48 hours, the U.N. said on Friday, as officials evacuated a town threatened by the swollen Indus.
- Pakistan orders evacuation as flood spreads Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 5:45AMPakistan has ordered the evacuation of a southern town after the swollen Indus river broke its banks, nearly a month after devastating floods first struck.
- Pakistan orders evacuation of town as flood spreads Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 4:12AMKARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan has ordered the evacuation of a southern town after the swollen Indus river broke its banks, nearly a month after devastating floods first struck, an official said on Friday.
- Pakistan orders evacuation of town as flood spreads Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 4:10AMFresh flooding sent a million people fleeing from their homes in Pakistan's south in the past 48 hours
- Pakistan orders evacuation of town as flood spreads Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 4:09AMKARACHI, Aug 27 — Pakistan has ordered the evacuation of a southern town after the swollen Indus river broke its banks, nearly a month after devastating floods first struck, an official said on Friday. Floodwaters are beginning to recede across most of the country as the water flows down the Indus, but because of high tides in the Arabian Sea, ...
- Best of Peter Rhodes – August 27 Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:54AMFriday 27th August 2010, 8:43AM BST. The best of this week’s Peter Rhodes column from the Express & Star.
- Army surplus store owner facing prison Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:50AMA BUSINESSMAN is facing a minimum five-year jail sentence after being caught with an illegal pistol and live bullets at his Army surplus store.
- Council OKs denser housing on golf course Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 1:48AMIn a 3-2 vote Monday night, Horsham Council approved a change in the zoning for Horsham Valley Golf Course that will allow for more dense development on its 70 acres.
- Witness Protection Lacking In Indonesia, Nepal Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 12:14AMThe Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to highlight two situations that illustrate the obstacles to the protection and enjoyment of human rights and the delivery of justice in cases of violations of human rights.
- 'Monumental' works: David Black comes home Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 11:27PMGLOUCESTER — As valedictorian of the Gloucester High's Class of 1946, David Black left Cape Ann to study science on a full scholarship at Wesleyan University. Two years into college, after meeting a sculptor on Wingaersheek Beach, he would change his major to art and embark on a path of study that would lead to what can be called a "monumental" career.
- An artist's 'monumental' works: David Black comes home Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 9:55PMDavid Black has about 40 public sculptures of a gargantuan proportion across the world, from Fairbanks, Alaska to Nagano, Japan. And he'll discuss his works Wednesday at Sawyer Free Library in Gloucester, where, as he says, "it all began."
- U.S. Pullout From Iraq A Mountainous Challenge Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 8:57PMCAMP ADDER, Iraq, Aug 24 (Reuters) - For months now First Lieutenant Sidney Leslie's mind has not been on protecting U.S. military convoys in Iraq from bomb and insurgent attacks but on packing up, loading trucks and going home to Bedford, Virginia.
- Pepe Escobar: Patagonia: The End of the World Is on Sale Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 6:23PMPatagonia's future is uncertain. Will it be the ultimate gated condo for the globe's ultra-wealthy, a granary for those lucky enough to escape the north's disasters or a Pandora's box of natural treasures that will unleash the next world wars?
- Turning problem properties into profit Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 5:56AMCrown corporation Canada Lands is getting international attention for how it gets maximum value for its properties
- Flying drone W.A.S.P. sniffs out vulnerable WiFi networks Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 4:57AMUS Army surplus turned into unsecure network detector A pair of hackers have created the ultimate gadget for finding unsecured WiFi connections, one made with a surplus US Army drone. "Mike" and "Rich", also known as Rabbit Hole, created the autonomous W.A.S.P (WiFi Aerial Surveillance Platform) to fly around and find people's unsecured Internet connections.
- U.S. pullout from Iraq a mountainous challenge Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 1:11AMCAMP ADDER, Iraq (Reuters) - For months now First Lieutenant Sidney Leslie's mind has not been on protecting U.S. military convoys in Iraq from bomb and insurgent attacks but on packing up, loading trucks and going home to Bedford, Virginia.
- US pullout from Iraq a mountainous challenge Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 10:28PMCAMP ADDER (Iraq): For months now First Lieutenant Sidney Leslie's mind has not been on protecting US military convoys in Iraq from bomb and insurgent attacks but on packing up, loading trucks and going home to Bedford, Virginia.His 1st Battalion of the 116th Infantry Regiment ran military convoys across Iraq...
- FEATURE-U.S. pullout from Iraq a mountainous challenge Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 9:18PMSource: Reuters * U.S. moves into training and advisory role * Biggest military operation since World War Two * U.S. move is blow to food and logistics firms in Kuwait By Ulf Laessing CAMP ADDER, Iraq, Aug ...
- Beacon Bits Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 8:22PMVideo Shoot
- Shikhar Balwani's This Week in India: India's private insurers run for cover Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 6:45PMCome September, and India’s life-insurance industry will undergo a major overhaul, as new regulations governing the popular unit-linked insurance products, or ULIPs, take effect.
- Turnbull keen to play a bigger role Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 12:15PMMALCOLM TURNBULL has praised a ''remarkable campaign'' by Tony Abbott, the man who deposed him as Liberal Party leader.
- Build new development paradigm Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 11:30AMUrooj S. Malik’s article, “Mindanao can be RP food basket” (Talk of the Town, Aug. 8), is a well-meaning attempt at breaking the current political and economic impasse in Mindanao.
- Australia Election Result May Take Days, Gillard Says Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 9:21AMPrime Minister Julia Gillard said the outcome of Australia’s election won’t be known for days after voters split their support between her Labor Party and Tony Abbott’s Liberal-National coalition in the tightest national ballot in almost five decades.
- Giant W.A.S.P Sniffs Out Insecure Wi-Fi Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 7:38AMA pair of hackers have created the ultimate gadget for finding unsecured Wi-Fi connections--one made with a surplus US Army drone. "Mike" and "Rich", also known as Rabbit Hole, created the autonomous W.A.S.P (Wi-Fi Aerial Surveillance Platform) to fly around and find people's insecure Internet connections.
- Gillard, Abbott Deadlocked in Australian Election Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 7:34AMAustralian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s Labor Party and Tony Abbott’s Liberal-National coalition were deadlocked with more than half the vote counted in the tightest national election in almost five decades.
- Treasure hunt turns up nothing Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 7:17AMThinking of the fate of his long-lost childhood treasures, Bob Badger's mind always drifted back to the home he grew up in on Barrie Road. The 79-year-old remembers keeping his treasures in a small, brown suitcase inside a cupboard in his family's second-storey apartment at 31 Barrie Road.[...]
- Polls Close in Australia’s Closest Election in 40 Yrs Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 5:54AMPolls closed across Australia as officials began counting ballots in the tightest national election in more than 40 years.
- College Sports Capsules: BYU, Texas agree to play series Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 5:27AMPROVO, Utah (AP) — BYU and Texas have agreed to a home-and-home series starting in 2013. The Longhorns will visit Provo for the first game, then the Cougars will travel to Texas for a game in 2014. The two schools will play three times in four seasons.
- Counting Begins in Australia’s Closest Election in Four Decades Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 4:09AMPolls in most parts of Australia closed as officials began counting ballots in the closest national election in more than 40 years.
- Gillard, Abbott Face Close Race in Australia Election Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 2:04AMAustralians vote today in a national election to choose whether Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the first woman to lead the country, or coalition head Tony Abbott can best helm the economy, meet technology needs and protect the environment.
- Suitcase draws former Orillian home Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 5:32PMThinking of the fate of his long-lost childhood treasures, Bob Badger's mind always drifted back to the home he grew up in on Barrie Road in Orillia.[...]
- 08/20/2010 10:19 ISRAEL - PALESTINE A quiet Ramadan on Temple Mount Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 3:34AM» Two thousand police officers deployed, but no tension so far. Easier access to permits from the West Bank and Gaza. The army asked not to smoke, drink or eat in public during the fasting month. Two thousand more cubic meters of water for Bethlehem, where there has been a shortage for months.
- As Terry Butcher said to Gazza: don't knock Scottish football till you've tried it Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 1:52AMTerry Butcher's reposte to Gazza's taunts still holds true today.