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We Can Keep the American People Safe
“These statistics can seem glib, and they’re certainly fodder for left-wing listicles on the internet, but they’re also true! If you include those who were killed on September 11 itself, a one-time, extraordinary event, the number rises to roughly two hundred people per year, the same number of Americans who are killed each year by failing to come to a full stop at a stop sign.” By Richard Beck.
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Pentagon Spends $10 Million On Powerball Tickets With Hopes Of Bolstering F-35 Program [Rimshot]
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Obama at the Palazzo
“For nearly an hour, journalists essentially asked Obama, ‘Why isn’t America killing a bunch of people,’ and Obama essentially replied, ‘Listen, we are.’” By Richard Beck. -
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Toward an Index of the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture
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Pentagon spokesperson Col. Steve Warren announced US aircraft participating in Operation Inherent Resolve, the code name for the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), struck targets in Tel Aviv today. When asked why US warplanes would attack a long-standing ally...
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I read this as "can't" rather than "can" and nodded in agreement.
Fear sells.....and we sell a lot of it.
100% safe, no. 99.99% safe yes.
You have a promising career at the TSA!