You Can’t Beat It: The Army Uses This Powerful Rifle To Win Wars and Slay Enemies

Meet the classic M4.

by Kyle Mizokami | The National Interest

The M4 still has its critics, including a retired major general, who have derided this descendant of the M16 as inadequate for modern ground forces. They point to the direct impingement gas operating system, which siphons off hot gases from burning gunpowder to chamber the next round, as guilty of fouling the inside of the rifle, increasing the likelihood of jams.… read the full article

Exotic Love (1968) – Martin Denny [ * EXOTICA – FULL VINYL LP * ]

Side A

0:00 – SAY A LITTLE PRAYER

2:22 – WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW

5:00 – A BEAUTIFUL MORNING

7:33 – LOVE EXOTIC STYLE

10:33 – THE EYES OF LOVE

13:26 – YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME

Side B

16:46 – MACARTHUR PARK

2:01 – THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU

25:54 – LOVE IS ALL AROUND

28:20 – A MAN WITHOUT LOVE (QUANDO M’INNAMORO)

31:38 – VOODOO LOVE

34:58 – THE LOOK OF LOVE (FROM THE COLUMBIA RELEASE “CASINO ROYALE”) … read the full article

Analysis: China blinks, but divide from Hong Kong remains

By KEN MORITSUGU | Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — The leader of China, it turns out, may not be all-powerful.

Faced with huge and disruptive protests in Hong Kong, China blinked. The decision to shelve the legislation that sparked the demonstrations shows that limits still exist to how hard China can, or is willing, to push.… read the full article

Huawei phone sales plunge, cutbacks planned as US pressure bites

By AFP

Huawei’s founder says overseas smartphone sales have tumbled after US pressure on the Chinese firm (AFP Photo/HECTOR RETAMAL )

Huawei’s founder said Monday the Chinese telecom giant’s overseas smartphone sales have tumbled since the US last month threatened to blacklist the company, and he warned the embattled firm would slash production to weather the US drive to isolate it.… read the full article

Liz Hurley looks fantastic modelling her bikinis, but how well is her swimwear business doing?

By Caroline Allen, Contributor | Yahoo Style UK

She has posted nine Instagram photos of her in her bikini range in the last month alone. [Photo: Getty]

Elizabeth Hurley has ramped up the self-promotion this month by posting a total of nine pictures of her in her swimwear collection to her 1.2 million followers.… read the full article

Airplane Mode Secret Tricks You Must Know

Amazing android tricks you should know to Access Internet In Flight or Airplane Mode on your smartphone. The Advantages of Airplane mode Save battery life, Speed up charging and disables Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, cellular networks, switching off notifications. This is what is flight Mode in Mobile and Why You need put mobile Phone on airplane mode.… read the full article

Data suggests Walmart’s biggest reason for store closures could be itself

By Donovan Russo | Yahoo Finance

Walmart (WMT), America’s largest employer, has started the process of shutting down 17 stores in the US and Canada.

But recent data suggests the retail giant’s main reason for downsizing isn’t another competitor — but Walmart itself, which operates over 5,000 combined retail locations in the U.S.… read the full article

Flowers pile up for dead Hong Kong protester

By Ross Adkin and Helen Roxburgh | AFP

Mourners place flowers and offer prayers at the site where a protester died falling from the top of a building in central Hong Kong (AFP Photo/Anthony WALLACE)

Bouquets of white flowers, written tributes and origami cranes piled up Sunday outside a high-end Hong Kong shopping mall, where a young man plunged to his death protesting against a controversial extradition bill.… read the full article