The full size, full length Bloodhound SSC model car unveiled at the Farnborough International Air Show The British team hoping to drive a car faster than 1,000mph has unveiled a full-scale model of the vehicle. The 1:1 replica of the 12.8m-long (42ft) Bloodhound SuperSonic Car (SSC) is the result of three years of aerodynamic study. The model is a star turn at this year’s Farnborough International... 

WHILE SOME IN CONGRESS want to cut the military budget, Joe Lieberman, the “independent” Democratic senator who is supposed to represent Connecticut but seems to spend more time representing the Israeli lobby, continues to agitate for more war. In a recent public statement, Lieberman claims he has been told that the Pentagon is ready for war with Iran. Ironically, Lieberman’s views were... 

This image was posted on BP’s main website until yesterday. Look at all of those people working so hard to stem the oil disaster! Now look a little closer. Now be appalled that it’s egregiously—and very, very poorly—photoshopped. Americablog first caught the deception, which wasn’t terribly hard to catch given what a sloppy job BP did. For the most part, it seems as though images... 

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., contributed $5,000 to the Legacy Foundation, which is raising money for a legal defense fund to fight SB 1070 lawsuits. The funds will provide legal defense to county sheriffs Paul Babeu of Pinal County and Larry Dever of Cochise County from lawsuits brought on by the American Civil Liberties Union and U.S. Department of Justice. McCain said he would like to see... 

What are 308,367,109 Americans supposed to do? First of all, despite clamping down on immigration, our population grew by 2.6M people last year.  Unfortunately, not only did we not create jobs for those 2.6M new people but we lost about 4M jobs so what are these new people going to do? Not only that, but nobody is talking about the another major job issue.  People aren’t retiring.  They can’t... 

Illegal immigration supporting Brown Beret protesters harass American patriots in front of Californians rallied in front of Angel Stadium (Anaheim, CA) that are trying to support Arizona’s SB 1070 law on Tuesday July 13, 2010. Nicknamed the Tan Klan or Latino KKK, the Brown Berets are a paramilitary organization founded in the 1960’s that support illegal immigration as a way to forge a racially... 

The Church of Homecoming Commemoration of the Victims of the Benes Decrees in the Church of Homecoming. Sudeten Germans deported and slaughtered following the introduction of the Benes Decrees in Czechoslovakia were commemorated in the Church of Homecoming on Sunday, 27 June. The Benes Decrees came into force between 14 May and 27 October 1945. Out of the 143 discriminatory decrees, denouncing both... 

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday unveiled $500 million worth of civilian aid projects for key ally Pakistan, in an attempt to counter rampant anti-Americanism in the country by reaching out to the population with tangible help. The aim of the projects was to show that the U.S. relationship “goes far beyond security,” and they ranged from restoring a historical fort to boosting... 

Mel Gibson is poised to quit the US after selling his mansion near New York. The Lethal Weapon star, who faces allegations of violence from his Russian former girlfriend, sold the mock Tudor property, known as Old Mill Farm, for £16 million – £10 million less than the asking price. Gibson has also put his Malibu home, Lavender Hill Farm, on the market for £10 million, according to a property... 

Photo taken on July 17, 2010 shows disturbance in Grenoble city, southeast France. Between 50 to 60 cars were burned out in an overnight disturbance in Grenoble city, southeast France, from Friday to Saturday after police shot dead an armed malefactor who was on his fly from a robbery. The blaze took place at night at a populous district in Grenoble, the area where policemen killed the young fugitive... 

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in an interview that getting precise data from the security system can be difficult. The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it, or exactly how many agencies... 

The United States plans to provide Israel with its most extensive military aid package in history. The US Assistant Secretary of State, Andrew J. Shapiro claims that the increased US military assistance should help Tel Aviv reach tough decisions in peace talks with the Palestinians. He said that there is “hope that the administration’s expanded commitment to Israel’s security... 

U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel and Vice President Joseph Biden introduce the government’s intellectual property enforcement strategy in June. Once again, the Obama administration has violated the Bill of Rights. Earlier this month, the feds took down a free WordPress blogging platform and disabled more than 73,000 blogs. The action was completely ignored by the... 

Argentina legalized same-sex marriage Thursday, becoming the first country in Latin America to declare that gays and lesbians have all the legal rights, responsibilities and protections that marriage brings to heterosexual couples. After a marathon debate in Argentina’s senate, 33 lawmakers voted in favor, 27 against and 3 abstained in a vote that ended after 4 a.m. Since the lower house already... 

Dothan, Alabama — one of many Southern U.S. towns that has seen its Jewish community wither. Stephanie Butler had not seen Reggie Wilson in almost a decade and then there he was, standing beside her, at a grocery store in St. Petersburg, Fla. Reggie was new in town, so Ms. Butler invited her old college pal over to watch what every other University of Alabama alumnus watches in early September: Alabama’s...