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Canadians donate to widow

| July 18, 2017 | 10 Comments
Canadians donate to widow

We discussed Prom Minister Trudy Trudeau’s US$8 million gift to Gitmo grad Omar Khadr last week. It turns out that not all Canadians agree with the payment to the terrorist who killed US soldier Christopher Speer. According to Huffington Post, a radio host has attracted donors who are giving money to the soldier’s widow, Tabitha […]

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CMP reunites Pat Farmer with his rifle

| July 17, 2017 | 24 Comments
CMP reunites Pat Farmer with his rifle

Dave sends us a link from Buckeye Firearms Association which tells the story of Pat Farmer who, thanks to the efforts of the Civilian Marksmanship Program, was reunited with his basic training M-1 Garand #4305638 56 years after he left the rifle in basic training. It seems like most of us, he kept every little […]

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Capotorto Vitantonio; suicide by parachute

| July 16, 2017 | 78 Comments
Capotorto Vitantonio; suicide by parachute

Time reports that skydiver, Capotorto Vitantonio, 27 years old, an Italian national left a video message for his wife that he wasn’t going to open his parachute on his 13,500 foot jump at Skydive DeLand in Florida last Tuesday. She arrived too late at the airport to stop him and he kept his promise. Before […]

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China establishes base in Djibouti

| July 13, 2017 | 28 Comments
China establishes base in Djibouti

China is sending troops to it’s new “support base” in East Africa in the nation of Djibouti according to the Telegraph; China started building its base in Djibouti just over a year ago. It is stationed just a few miles from a US camp, and France and Japan also have bases in the nation, which […]

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Human chain saves family from riptide

| July 11, 2017 | 36 Comments
Human chain saves family from riptide

The Washington Post reports about a daring rescue on a Panama City, Florida beach. An entire family was swept out in the water by a riptide and that’s when scores of people formed a human chain to bring the eight adults and two boys back to shore in a rescue that took more than an […]

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Americans support travel ban (if you don’t mention Trump)

| July 6, 2017 | 12 Comments
Americans support travel ban (if you don’t mention Trump)

Politico conducted a poll on the travel ban that went into effect last week and it turns out that 60% of the people polled support the ban. This poll conflicts with the results of similar polls, but they didn’t mention President Trump when communicating with respondents; The POLITICO/Morning Consult question doesn’t mention Trump, nor does […]

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Flori-Duh. Yet Again.

| July 4, 2017 | 39 Comments
Flori-Duh.  Yet Again.

Headline tells part of the story: Florida man sits on gun, shoots self in penis  Yeah, you read that right:  the damn fool apparently tried to use a loaded pistol with a round in the chamber as a seat cushion, and ended up shooting himself in the dong. The part the headline doesn’t tell? He […]

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Earned Valor Refused

| July 3, 2017 | 84 Comments
Earned Valor Refused

Some of you regulars here at American Thinker may know that I also post at a combat veteran-operated military website called This Ain’t Hell. Its primary mission is exposing Stolen Valor fraud, that is, going after those sleazy types who dishonestly claim military service, deeds, heroism, and awards which they did not perform or earn, […]

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