The thoughts, views, and opinions of some guy in Maryland.
The Air Force flew two B-2 stealth bombers from their home-base in Missouri to the Korean Peninsula and then back again to show North Korea one of the many ways the United States has to destroy it if it ever chooses to do so. This isn’t the first time the B-2 has participated in military [...]
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Sandy Hook Elementary School mass murderer Adam Lanza was a member of the National Rifle Association, at least according to the membership certificate police found in his room. Police also found an NRA membership certificate belonging to his mother, Nancy Lanza, as well as an NRA guide to shooting pistols. Police also found a large [...]
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Reacting to news that the Air Force is flying B-52 bombers over South Korea as part of military exercises taking place in the region, North Korea is ratcheting up the rhetoric directed towards the United States. The following statement was issued by the Supreme Command of the Korean People’s Army and carried by the country’s state-run news [...]
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The College of Cardinals has picked a new pope and for the first time ever, he’s not from Europe. His name was Jorge Mario Bergoglio and he’s from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Now that he’s pope, he will go by the name Pope Francis. Unlike the last pope, he never served time in an American POW [...]
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The Carnival Triumph, the 893 foot passenger cruise ship owned and operated by the Carnival Corporation, is without power and is being towed slowly back to port by tug boats. There was a fire in the engine room on the third day of a planned four-day cruise in the Gulf of Mexico that left the [...]
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Pope Benedict XVI, also known as Joseph Ratzinger, the head of the Roman Catholic church, shocked the world today by announcing that he will be stepping down as pope. This is the first time a living pope will step down in over six centuries. Popes normally don’t step down until they’re dead. Even then, they [...]
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The U.S. Postal Service (not the awesome musical group) has announced that to help curb costs, they will forgo delivering letters, bills, cards, and catalogs on Saturdays. They will continue to deliver packages and mail-order medicine on Saturdays. Post Offices that are currently open on Saturdays will continue to do so. I’m not sure how [...]
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Facebook earned over $1.34 billion in profits, yet because of various tax gimicks involving the country of Ireland and the Cayman Islands, they only paid $4.64 million in taxes. That works out to be a tax rate of 0.3%. If it wasn’t for the Internet, Facebook wouldn’t exist. If it wasn’t for the federal government, [...]
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Jacintha Saldanha, a 46-year-old woman working as a nurse at King Edward VII hospital, where Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, was being treated for acute morning sickness, took her own life early this morning. It’s believed she killed herself in response to being pranked by two Australian radio DJs pretending to be Queen Elizabeth [...]
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Members of the Mexican Federal Police opened fire on an SUV from the U.S. Embassy, wounding two Embassy employees. The vehicle had diplomatic plates and was traveling from the U.S. Embassy to a Mexican navy training facility when the vehicle was ambushed. Along with the two U.S. Embassy personnel, the vehicle was carrying a Mexican [...]
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