Word of the Day
Opulent (adj.)
Show-off rich or luxurious. A Maybach. Bill Gates' House. Anything involving the Queen of England. Saddam Huessin's palaces. The reign of Louis XIV. Cowboys Stadium.
Gif of the Day
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Link of the Day
Paintballing with Hezbollah
Long read of the week, about four journalists, a former Army ranger, and four Hezbollah fighters playing paintball together. Yes, you read that right.
Our collective reasoning for the game was simple: bragging rights. Hezbollah’s military wing is widely considered the most competent group of “nonstate actors”—or, depending where you sit, “terrorists”—in the world....If I could get them into a paintball game, I could witness their battlefield tactics firsthand. And if our team could beat them, we could walk around calling ourselves “the most dangerous nonstate actors on the planet.”ArticlesLong readsHezbollahPaintballOdd pairings