Highest Five

I recently took on the daunting task of cleaning out my attic. The reason that I put myself through this torturous job was because the accumulation of many years worth of junk had my wife worried sick that our bedroom roof might collapse. One box that I found brought back many happy childhood memories for me. This box was the one with all of my boyscout material; books, badges, Swiss army knife, used ammunition etc.  I used to really enjoy being a part of a club with a bunch of other kids who liked to go camping and do other fun activities. This led me to wonder about the types of adult clubs that were out there; and because I am a little twisted I started thinking about some of the strangest ones that I have heard about. It has been four days since that incident and now that I have finally finished clearing out the attic I have a new job to do. I want to find some of the strangest cult followings that humans have joined.

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There be explosions in them thar Yemen hills!  Aside from the fact that Yemen has one of the highest birthrates in the world, with a population increase of 700,000 every year, it also suffers from a massive increase of al-Qaeda militants, pouring into the country as pressures rise in Afghanistan and Pakistan.  This has led to much warfare.  The US military has been helping Yemen deal with these dangerous pests, training their counter-terror forces, assisting them with intelligence and logistics to carry out air strikes, one of which successfully killed six members of an al-Qaeda cell.  The truth is, many of the techniques employed to wipe out a military target, have also been used to supply consumers like you with goods.

They say necessity is the mother of invention.  So you can protest war all you want, but just remember that throughout history the necessities to succeed in battle have led to many inventions that society uses today, inventions that we ironically couldn’t survive without.

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Round one of the 2010 NHL playoffs was jam-packed with upsets & pretty awesome goals. Here is a list of the 10 most impressive goals of the first round.

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The power of a nuclear bomb is something that has been feared since their creation. No rational mind could desire a nuclear war. Some believe that North Korea’s nuclear program is a major threat to the west; but is nuclear war really a possibility or is North Korea just another nuclear capable country?

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Everyone is obsessed with the substance that makes the world “go ‘round”. We spend our lives trying to earn money and we need to manage our finances properly in order to plan for our futures. Financial investment may seem scary, but if you take a little time to study your options a comfortable retirement could be waiting for you.

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