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by David Axe Follow @daxe on TwitterL | The National Interest
The U.S. ambassador to Denmark wants the Nordic country to buy more American-designed F-35 stealth fighters.
Ambassador Carla Sands’s advocacy for a “made-in-America” warplane should come as no surprise.… Read the full article.
by Sebastien Roblin | The National Interest
Key point: These two planes are excellent and have skills that complement each other.
In June, the U.S. Navy released a budget allocating $264.9 million towards upgrading its roughly six hundred FA-18E and F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler fighters to the new Block III standard, which includes some of the enhancements proposed for the Advanced Super Hornet.… Read the full article.
BY PHILIP ELLIS | Men’s Health
He’s come a long way since his first big screen appearance as the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns, back when he was a wrestler with an arched eyebrow and dreams of becoming an actor.… Read the full article.
By Amanda Perelli | Business Insider
The pianist Alice Sara Ott plays the Piano Concerto No.3 composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mikko Franck. Live recording on january 27th 2018 in the auditorium of Radio France (Paris).
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no.3 was first performed in Vienna on 5 April 1803, the same day as the oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives and the Symphony no.2.… Read the full article.
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We are proud to present our Officially Licensed 1:4 Scale Xenomorph statue from Alien Covenant!… Read the full article.
By Ricky L. Jones, Opinion contributor | USA Today
What happened to Kamala Harris? The once-celebrated presidential candidate recently called it quits, and mainstream pundits struggled to explain why.… Read the full article.
By Clare Jim and Felix Tam | Reuters
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam visited Beijing on Saturday for her first trip to the Chinese capital since her government was handed a crushing defeat in local elections last month, prompting speculation about changes to her leadership team.… Read the full article.
By Kerry Justich | Yahoo Lifestyle
UPDATE 12/13/19: Zola tells Yahoo Lifestyle that the Hallmark Channel pulled the wedding website’s commercial — which featured a same-sex couple — as of Friday afternoon.… Read the full article.
Not as highly as I rate him as a street fighter and an OG.
Here he is responding to disparaging comments made about him recently by notorious former underboss of the Gambino family Sammy Gravano. Most observes felt Teddy would just let them slide because ”Sammy the Bull” is not the kind of person anyone in the right mind wants beef with.… Read the full article.