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The Supreme Court itself is not made up of gods or wizards. They are just people, with agendas. And sometimes they have rendered opinions that make you wonder if the whole legal system isn't just full of crazy people from the top down.
- By J.F. Sargent, Ricardo R. Read
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- September 06, 2012
War, indeed, is hell. But, man -- all morality and sanctity of human life and blah blah blah aside -- sometimes it just looks plain friggin' crazy, doesn't it?
- By Eric Yosomono, Douglas A. McDonnell
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- August 28, 2012
It's a real disservice to war heroes if we never give people anything to compare them to. So let's take a moment to celebrate some of the hilariously stupid shit that goes on in the name of war.
- By Richy Craven
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- August 20, 2012
If your only knowledge of Christian saints is that certain holidays and cities are named after them, hang on to your asses.
- By Richy Craven, Dustin Koski, Dagmar Baer
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- August 12, 2012
There is this very elite class of buildings so iconic that they transcend the country that built them. So it's kind of weird how often we almost let the things get destroyed.
- By Evan V. Symon
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- July 19, 2012
Humanity became great for two reasons: our ability to create beauty through art, and our urge to build increasingly huge, terrifying gadgets. It only makes sense that these two impulses would converge in amazing, if largely useless, ways.
- By Isaac Cabe, Jeff Sloan
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- July 14, 2012
War is hell, and tragedy, and terrible, terrible posters.
- By Jacopo della Quercia
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- July 10, 2012
It turns out that, unlike the Greeks, more modern armies have downright insane methods of concealment.
- By Chris J.
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- July 07, 2012
For every inspiring revolution by the oppressed, there are several low-rent slapdick operations where the insurgents trip getting off the boat.
- By Evan V. Symon , Chris J.
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- July 05, 2012
The entire point of using a symbol is that it conveys meaning and saves space. But sometimes the meaning of a symbol will get lost to history, and we'll just keep right on using it anyway.
- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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- July 02, 2012
Apparently, things that we thought only existed in the black and white world were still around until just a few years ago.
- By Jacopo della Quercia , Eric Yosomono, Xavier Jackson
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- July 01, 2012
Secret schemes that shaped the world around us are hiding in the footnotes of our history books. You just need to know where to look.
- By Jacopo della Quercia , Eric Yosomono, Kenny Thompson, Mohammed Shariff
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- June 22, 2012
War is hell. (Or a hell of a lot of fun, depending on who you ask.)
- By Jacopo della Quercia
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- June 14, 2012
If we listen to the badass old-timey magazines of our grandparents' generation, we could learn a hell of a lot more than if we listened to them.
- By Robert Brockway
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- June 08, 2012
There are two places you'll never expect to find stories of cuteness: the toilet and warfront. But, well, here we are.
- By Dustin Koski, R. Jason Benson, Adam Koski
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- June 06, 2012
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