The way that boys are raised in Russia is very different from how boys are raised in the United States.  In Russia, boys as young as five years old are taught survival skills, learn how to use military equipment and are trained in hand to hand combat.  Boys as young as twelve are taught to fire assault rifles and some of them even get to experience real paratrooper training. MORE

City rejects media cover-up when violence breaks out in newspaper parking lot. Ten years ago, the media in Louisville, Ky., could have gotten away with reporting this weekend’s events this way: A group of 10 “roving teens got into a fight with two girls … then it happened a few more times over two hours.” MORE

“‘God’s Not Dead’ earned an incredible $8.56 million,” the site noted, which placed the film at No. 5 at the box office this past weekend. “That ranks seventh all-time among faith-based movies, and ranks first among those opening in fewer than 1,000 theaters. It’s a bit below ‘Courageous’ ($9.1 million), but above ‘Fireproof’ ($6.8 million).” MORE

Uganda’s health minister says the government has lost up to $6 million in annual U.S. government support over the East African country’s new anti-gay law. Ruhakana Rugunda said Friday that the U.S. had not renewed a contract that helped pay the salaries of Ugandan doctors and nurses involved in mostly AIDS programs. He said that under the contract that expired earlier this year, the U.S. gave between $4 and $6 million each year over the last 10 years. MORE

Away from the conflict in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is quietly seeking a foothold in Latin America, military officials warn. To the alarm of lawmakers and Pentagon officials, Putin has begun sending navy ships and long-range bombers to the region for the first time in years. MORE

Michael Voris is joined by Lynn Mills, Shawn Sullivan and Leif Arvidson to discuss the insanity that takes place in Catholic Hospitals. MORE

(pope) Francis reprimanding the Mafia has been all over the news, but I thought I’d pass it up…until a friend of mine commented flippantly: ‘Have you heard that the pope told the Mafia that they’ll end up in Hell if they don’t repent? I wonder if they (the mobster/mafia) blackmailed the pope?’  ‘Lol. That would be an interesting strategy on his (popes) part,’ I said, and then left if like that.  But today came across this article: The drugs had been mailed from South America, and were bound for the Vatican post office, where any of the Vatican’s 800 citizens could have picked it up… INCLUDING the Pope. Well, there’s a 1/800 chance, at least. VIDEO

With the blockbuster news that all of Israel’s embassies and consulates are closing for the first time in history, supposedly due to a union “strike,” it is noteworthy that just days before this hit the MSM, it was reported that Israel was preparing to launch the “first strike” against Iran, as part of a “coordinated operation led by the Pentagon.”

Furthermore, in January, two months before the reports of Malaysia Flight 370 mysteriously disappearing, Israel conducted an emergency preparedness drill, which included, “a fictional airplane crashing into a residential area, causing hundreds of casualties.”  MORE

France’s far-right National Front party dealt a major blow to the ruling Socialists Sunday after several of its candidates took prime position in the first round of local elections.

The main centre-right opposition UMP party also hailed a “big victory” as initial estimates showed it came out trumps in the elections, as President Francois Hollande suffers record unpopularity against a backdrop of near-zero growth and high unemployment. MORE

The Foreign Ministry’s worker’s committee declared a full-fledge strike on Sunday, closing the ministry and all the country’s embassies and consulates around the world for the first time in the country’s history. MORE

VIDEO: For the First Time in History, Israel Suspiciously Closes All Embassies & Consulates World Wide! MORE

A spiritual healer from Bromley has reportedly revealed that she was the wife of Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger in the 15th century.

Stephany Cohen, who claims that she is the god of all aliens, has said that Wenger was heir to the French throne at the time and she was the saint Joan of Arc in a previous life, when she married the football boss. MORE

It sounds all and good until one finds he has no conscience.

Bad memories are not only part of our conscious mind, they also leave a trace in our unconscious. But now, new research shows that actively trying to forget an unwanted memory can help erase this unconscious trace. MORE

Police officers have a message for state lawmakers: Undercover officers need to be able to have sex with prostitutes.

It’s a message they’re pressing as legislators weigh a bill that would crack down on prostitution. As part of that bill, lawmakers initially did away with an existing exemption allowing officers on duty to have sex with prostitutes during investigations. But after testimony from Honolulu officers, the bill was amended to restore that protection. MORE

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