Like Toy Soldiers

The Best War Movies on Netflix

Edit Coming Soon 07 May 2016

Ridley Scott‘s 2001 film tells the true story of a Military raid in Mogadishu wherein a Black Hawk helicopter was shot down and the soldiers inside forced to fight for their lives while stuck in the cross hairs from every direction ... We Were Soldiers. Two months after Black Hawk Down hit theaters we got We Were Soldiers, starring Mel Gibson, Sam Elliot, Kerri Russel, and more....

EXCHANGE: County engineer plays major role in commuter lives

Edit The Miami Herald 07 May 2016

But few have the chance to shape the present and the future of the Decatur area quite like Macon County Highway Engineer Bruce Bird ... Meachum, a longtime member of the Macon County Board and former chairman of its transportation committee, said it seemed like Bird would be the kind of candidate who could lead the department into the future ... Tonka, a toy brand most known for its wide collection of vehicles....

Army foils infiltration bid along LoC in Keran sector, one soldier killed

Edit Indian Express 07 May 2016

The spokesman said while being evacuated, the young soldier succumbed to his injuries and attained martyrdom.(Representational picture) ... In the operation a soldier was killed, the operation is still in progress ... In the ensuing encounter one soldier, Sepoy Ramesh Chand Yadav sustained a bullet injury,” official said....

An all-star team game

Edit The Hindu 07 May 2016

The First Avenger (2011) that took us back to 1940s, when sickly but strong-minded Steve Rogers was transformed into the world’s first super-soldier ... Winter Soldier (2013) ... On the other hand, Tony Stark/Ironman — the cockiest (and egotistic) of all popular superheroes, the one more likely to rebel against the Government — has become a bit of a realist....

Uganda Denies Deploying M23 and Salvar Kiir troops to crush pro-democracy protests

Edit Modern Ghana 07 May 2016

Yoweri Museveni has deployed former soldiers from M23 and Salva Kiir fighters from South Sudan to crush the defiance campaign to reverse the sham February elections. The foreign soldiers are deployed because some Ugandan soldiers have told their commanders they won't fire on or shoot and kill innocent civilians, according to the pro-democracy elements ... The soldiers fled to Uganda and Rwanda....

TRIBUTE TO VETERANS FILM COMING TO CHULA VISTA LIBRARY (City of Chula Vista, CA)

Edit Public Technologies 07 May 2016

Soldier Down - Kickstands Up,' on Saturday, May 21, at 1 p.m. Shown at the Civic Center Branch Library, located at 365 F Street, the 73-minute film takes viewers on a solemn ride to funerals of soldiers killed in action ... Director Ellen Frick examines the usually untold legacy of war - the families of fallen soldiers....

PETA Offers Urgent Tips for Safeguarding Animals During Possible Tornadoes (PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)

Edit Public Technologies 07 May 2016

(Source. PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Group Warns That Leaving Animals Unattended During Severe Weather Could Turn Fatal. For Immediate Release .. May 6, 2016. Contact . ... Take water and food bowls, a favorite toy, a blanket, a towel, and enough food for at least a week ... Although emergency shelters sometimes turn away animals, motels in the area are likely to accept dogs, cats, and other small animals in an emergency....

Rio security head says $550 million budget cut poses risk to Olympics

Edit Denver Post 07 May 2016

Beltrame said that despite millions of dollars of cuts to his budget, he will deploy the largest contingent of police and soldiers in Brazilian history to guard the games ... Rio de Janeiro?s state Security Secretary Jose Mariano Beltrame said he will deploy the largest contingent of police and soldiers in Brazilian history to guard the games....

Three militants killed in encounter in Pulwama

Edit The Hindu 07 May 2016

Army foils infiltration bid in Kupwara, one soldier killed. An Army soldier was killed in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district where the army foiled an infiltration bid by militants on the Line of Control, sources said ... One soldier identified as sepoy Ramesh Yadav was martyred in the gunfire exchanges with the ......

The Windsors review – Harry Enfield demolishes the monarchy

Edit The Guardian 07 May 2016

Prince Charles is a deluded dolt and the Middletons swig Diamond White in a Morrisons car park in this hilarious new royal satire. @samwollaston ... “I rather liked Henry Anfield, until this.” ... Camilla’s not just a bitter outsider, she’s pretty much Lady Macbeth, plotting the downfall of everyone around her (a brilliant idea – tricking Kate into going to Harry’s ball for amputee soldiers dressed as Long John Silver) ... Glorious ... ....

Is grit the true secret of success?

Edit The Guardian 07 May 2016

“I mean, the question is, would I have done so well – so far as I’ve done – if my dad was just, like, ‘You’re great’!” She replies that she cannot know the answer, she can only reason ... “He likes to look outside, so I wheeled him to a window.” Feeling a little afraid, she drew up a chair next to him, and opened Grit ... By now, their relationship feels like a long conflict, and this – the reading – is the final frontier....

Joe Simpson: How I found my father in the jungles of Burma

Edit The Guardian 07 May 2016

Mountaineer Joe Simpson, of Touching the Void fame, followed his soldier father’s second world war footsteps. His mission – to understand a man who, like many of his peers, rarely expressed his feelings ... On many occasions, soldiers were left behind with a pistol and some rations ... At eight years old, like his brothers and sisters before him, Joe was sent to boarding school in England ... A good soldier....

9 injured when SUV, bus collide head-on in San Angelo

Edit my SA 07 May 2016

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — A sport utility vehicle veered into an opposing lane on a West Texas city street and slammed head-on into a bus, sending nine people to local hospitals. A police statement says the SUV with a 46-year-old woman and her 5-year-old granddaughter were driving past the air base when the woman reached down to grab a toy for her grandchild ... ....