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Talking About Banning Guns Is Actually Great For The Gun Industry
The ongoing fight over gun control has actually been great for the firearms industry. While sales dipped in the days following December's school shooting in Newtown, Conn., many gun manufacturers such...
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Here's What The American People Really Want To Cut From The Federal Budget
The Pew Research Center conducted a poll in mid-February asking respondents what aspects of federal spending they would prefer to see cut. The poll confirms past surveys that show that although...
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21 Terrible Budget Cuts That Will Hurt America If Sequester Hits
The heads of nearly every government agency have announced their plans to implement sequestration, and the results aren't pretty. Sequestration cuts will result in $85 billion of across-the-board...
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Americans Would Rather Cut Military Spending Than Social Security And Medicare
A majority of American voters said in a new poll conducted by The Hill that cutting the nation's debt is more important than continuing to fund domestic and military programs at current levels.The poll...
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Pablo Escobar's Right-Hand Man Explains Why The Drug War Is Unwinnable
In a five-part series about lessons learned from the failed war on drugs, Jochen-Martin Gutsch and Juan Moreno of Der Spiegel explore possible solutions to a campaign that's had "devastating...
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Boehner Accuses Obama Of Having A Spending 'Addiction'
House Speaker John Boehner did not sound optimistic when asked if he foresaw a solution to avert the across-the-board cuts known as the sequester, which are set to begin kicking in this week.But "hope...
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Obama's Former Press Secretary Was Told Not To Talk About The Drone Program
On Sunday’s “Up w/Chris Hayes” on MSNBC, former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs revealed the Obama White House’s early public-relations strategy on the drone program: avoid it if at all...
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How A Family Of Four Manages To Live Well On Just $14,000 Per Year
In the years since the recession, the median household income in the U.S. has dropped to just over $50,000, while fixed costs like health care, higher education, and housing have only soared. Now...
View ArticleThe Most Brutal Budget Cuts Of The Sequestration
Sequestration is the series of blunt across-the-board cuts that will slash the budget of every non-exempt government agency by a predetermined and non-negotiable percentage. Only days away, we now have...
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This Tiny Gulf Kingdom Holds The Key To America's Control Of The Mideast
The tiny monarchy of Bahrain is struggling to hold on during a time of unrest and constant regional tensions. Thankfully, they've got some help.Bahrain is home to America's 5th Fleet, which extends a...
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RAND PAUL SLAMS GOP LEADERS: 'We Announce Our Surrender Before Every Battle'
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Speaking to a meeting of influential conservatives here Monday night, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul criticized his fellow Republicans in Congress for lacking a unified leadership on the...
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11 States That Are Going To Get Slammed Hardest By The Sequester
With less than a week to go until the sequester kicks in, the White House is warning of the effects that the automatic, across-the-board cuts will have on individual states.Here, we've compiled a list...
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OBAMA: The Sequester Is A 'Pretty Bad Name,' But Its Effects Are Going To Be...
President Barack Obama gave a stark warning to a shipyard crowd in Newport News, Va., telling them that the coming cuts known as the sequester are a "dumb way to do things.""This work, along with...
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Here's Why Only One Stealth Nighthawk Was Ever Painted Gray
The Lockheed F-117A was not only the world’s first operational stealth aircraft, but also one of the most secret planes ever developed.Conceived for secret night missions, the “Nighthawk” was...
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The Iranian Government Gives 'Argo' Two Thumbs Down
The government of Iran doesn't care much for the film "Argo," calling it an "advertisement for the CIA," and a Zionist plot to misrepresent the events surrounding the 1979 Islamic revolution, according...
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Pro-Assad Hackers Take Over @AFPphoto And Tweet Graphic Propaganda
Pro-Assad hackers took over the Agence France-Presse (AFP) Twitter at about noon Tuesday and started posting pro-Assad/anti-Obama tweets and images.Spokespeople at AFP promptly issued an apology to...
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Crazy Videos Of The Greek Prison Break Attempt That Involved A Helicopter
This Sunday Greece saw one of the craziest jail break attempts we've ever heard of, with a gang trying to use a helicopter to free a convicted murderer from a prison courtyard.Some details of the...
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The Military Is Already Trying To Replace Aircraft That's Only Five Years Old
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the main research arm of the military, just released some details of a new experimental aircraft program "to develop the next generation of vertical...
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After A Brutal Fight, Chuck Hagel Is Easily Confirmed As Secretary Of Defense
The Senate has voted to confirm former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as the nation's next Secretary of Defense by a vote of 58-41.The biggest surprise was Republican Sen. Rand Paul's vote in favor of...
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7 Huge Boondoggles That The Military Should Cut Right Now
Lost in the apocalyptic talk about automatic $50 billion cuts to the military is the simple fact that there is plenty of fat to cut.Starting with some of the more bombastic weapons programs: it cost...
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