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Americans getting ‘emotionally attached’ to drones

heroic drones known to be accurate to within 20 milesAn increasing number of Americans are questioning why brave drones are being sent to fight intractable wars in distant countries, with many concerned citizens becoming distraught when they don’t come back in one piece.

In Fort Baker, Alabama, home of the US Air Force drone school, communities are ‘trying to hold it together’ after news that yet another of their courageous, professional drones has been lost in the skies over Afghanistan. The loss brings the total to seven this year, a toll which local residents feel is becoming unacceptable.

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Posted: May 24th, 2013
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Rugby to end ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ and admit heterosexuals

rugger buggersThe International Rugby Board has finally agreed to lift the policy which has sought to bar openly-heterosexual players from the game.

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Posted: Sep 24th, 2011
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North Korea threatens massive invective strike against US

Pyongyang last night threatened a strongly-worded intercontinental attack against ‘the US imperialist bastards and their traitorous lickspittles in Seoul,’ adding that there was ‘more where that came from’.

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Posted: Aug 6th, 2010
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