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Dud Missile’s Cost Overrun: $3.4 Billion to $16.5 Billion

Written by Gary North on May 23, 2012

Back in 1995, the Pentagon proposed a new missile to defend American air space. The USSR had gone out of business on December 31, 1991, but a new enemy threatened America. So secret was this threat that the Pentagon refused to mention it by name. But it was there. Lurking. Planning. The new missile system […]

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Journalism Student Arrested for Photographing Police

Written by Gary North on May 16, 2012

The police do not like to be photographed. They take away the offender’s camera. They say it’s illegal to make a record of what they are doing. Then they get sued. The city or county usually loses the case. The city or county pays money to the “criminal.” This is good. Bureaucracies change only when […]

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