Analysis: Advantages And Disadvantages Of US Seaborne Laser Weapon System
Authored by Andrei Akulov via The Strategic Culture Foundation,
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U.S. Cocaine Seizures Are Going Through The Roof
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has almost doubled the amount of cocaine seized this fiscal year compared to the year before.
You will find more statistics at Statista
As Statista's Dyfed Loesche notes, more than two months before this fiscal year ends on September 30 the agency has seized more than 121,000 million pounds of cocaine.
Amazon's Phone-Charging Robot Will Spare You The Indignity Of Talking To Strangers
Amazon is having a rough week.
Here Are America's Most Underfunded Corporate Pensions
We spend a lot of time talking about the public pension crisis because, well, it's a massive $5 - $8 trillion dollar overhang on the economy and one which will undoubtedly result in some heartache for investors at some point in the future. Unfortunately, there are some problems that are too large for even U.S. taxpayers to fix and, with an underfunding of $52,000 (mid-point) per household, somehow we suspect this is one of them.
"Dirty, Difficult, And Dangerous": Why Millennials Won't Work In Oil
Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com,
Like many industries today, the oil industry is trying to sell its many job opportunities to the fastest growing portion of the global workforce: Millennials. But unlike any other industry, oil and gas is facing more challenges in persuading the environmentally-conscious Millennials that oil is “cool”.
During the Super Bowl earlier this year, the American Petroleum Institute (API) launched an ad geared toward Millennials, who now make up the largest generation in the U.S. labor force.