Print AWR Hawkins Follow Read Full Bio Forget Gold, .22 Ammo up More than 400% While many individuals have looked at precious metals for moderate gains and even some losses over the last year, the combination of base metals like lead and brass have seen an incredible return--particularly when those base metals are combined to form .22 ammunition. 11 Jun 2013 U.S. Has Given Afghan Army More than $1 Billion in Ammo A new oversight report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction shows that the U.S. government has provided the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) over $1 billion worth of U.S. taxpayer funded ammunition. 10 Jun 2013 CBS News: Did the State Dept Cover-up Investigations of Alleged Misconduct? Just when it seemed the scandal-plagued climate of the Obama administration could get no worse, CBS NEWS is reporting the possibility of cover-ups in investigations of alleged misconduct within the State Department. 10 Jun 2013 Armed Citizen Project Gives Firearms Training, Shotguns to Single Houston Women The Armed Citizen Project (ACP) has begun implementing its plan to arm single women and residents of neighborhoods in high crime areas by training 50 residents from Houston's Oak Forest neighborhood. 9 Jun 2013 Afghan Parliament Blocks Ban on Child Marriage Although Afghan President Hamid Karzi supported a new body of laws which banned violence against women, the Afghan legislature has rejected the laws on the grounds that parts of them "violate Islamic principles." 9 Jun 2013 Washington Post: Maybe NSA Programs Thwarted Terror, Maybe Not When The Washington Post carried Senator Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) claim that NSA surveillance programs had successfully thwarted a terror attack by Najibullah Zazi, the paper also highlighted the counter claim that Zazi's plans were actually thwarted by good police work. 9 Jun 2013 Police Chief: Actions Of 'Cowardly' Santa Monica Shooter Were Premeditated Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks says the shooting spree of the "cowardly murderer" in Santa Monica was "premeditated." 9 Jun 2013 Some Details of Internet Data Collection Program Declassified On June 8 intelligence director James Clapper released details on the inner workings of PRISM--the collection program used by the Obama administration to monitor internet users. 9 Jun 2013 Soldier Faces Punishment for 'NOBAMA' Bumper Sticker, Reading David Limbaugh Master Sergeant Nathan Sommers is a 25-year Army veteran facing "retribution and punishment" for having a "NOBAMA" bumper sticker on his car and for reading David Limbaugh's The Great Destroyer privately backstage at a U.S. Army band concert. 9 Jun 2013 Lessons from Santa Monica: Criminals Know Gun-Free Zones Are Easy Targets From the 1999 Columbine shooting to Sandy Hook Elementary to the June 7th shooting in Santa Monica, CA, an overarching narrative from public shootings in gun-free zones is the demeanor of the shooter(s)--they are confident their victims will not be able to fire back and therefore feel little reason to stop their rampages. 8 Jun 2013 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
Forget Gold, .22 Ammo up More than 400% While many individuals have looked at precious metals for moderate gains and even some losses over the last year, the combination of base metals like lead and brass have seen an incredible return--particularly when those base metals are combined to form .22 ammunition. 11 Jun 2013
U.S. Has Given Afghan Army More than $1 Billion in Ammo A new oversight report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction shows that the U.S. government has provided the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) over $1 billion worth of U.S. taxpayer funded ammunition. 10 Jun 2013
CBS News: Did the State Dept Cover-up Investigations of Alleged Misconduct? Just when it seemed the scandal-plagued climate of the Obama administration could get no worse, CBS NEWS is reporting the possibility of cover-ups in investigations of alleged misconduct within the State Department. 10 Jun 2013
Armed Citizen Project Gives Firearms Training, Shotguns to Single Houston Women The Armed Citizen Project (ACP) has begun implementing its plan to arm single women and residents of neighborhoods in high crime areas by training 50 residents from Houston's Oak Forest neighborhood. 9 Jun 2013
Afghan Parliament Blocks Ban on Child Marriage Although Afghan President Hamid Karzi supported a new body of laws which banned violence against women, the Afghan legislature has rejected the laws on the grounds that parts of them "violate Islamic principles." 9 Jun 2013
Washington Post: Maybe NSA Programs Thwarted Terror, Maybe Not When The Washington Post carried Senator Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) claim that NSA surveillance programs had successfully thwarted a terror attack by Najibullah Zazi, the paper also highlighted the counter claim that Zazi's plans were actually thwarted by good police work. 9 Jun 2013
Police Chief: Actions Of 'Cowardly' Santa Monica Shooter Were Premeditated Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks says the shooting spree of the "cowardly murderer" in Santa Monica was "premeditated." 9 Jun 2013
Some Details of Internet Data Collection Program Declassified On June 8 intelligence director James Clapper released details on the inner workings of PRISM--the collection program used by the Obama administration to monitor internet users. 9 Jun 2013
Soldier Faces Punishment for 'NOBAMA' Bumper Sticker, Reading David Limbaugh Master Sergeant Nathan Sommers is a 25-year Army veteran facing "retribution and punishment" for having a "NOBAMA" bumper sticker on his car and for reading David Limbaugh's The Great Destroyer privately backstage at a U.S. Army band concert. 9 Jun 2013
Lessons from Santa Monica: Criminals Know Gun-Free Zones Are Easy Targets From the 1999 Columbine shooting to Sandy Hook Elementary to the June 7th shooting in Santa Monica, CA, an overarching narrative from public shootings in gun-free zones is the demeanor of the shooter(s)--they are confident their victims will not be able to fire back and therefore feel little reason to stop their rampages. 8 Jun 2013
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