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VIPR: America's new federal goon squad?
Submitted by Pete_Eyre on Sat, 2011-12-17 01:00
Author Garry Reed doesn't minch words: "The Transportation Security Administration has taken a giant step towards mutating itself into America's first truly statist/socialist/fascist federal goon squad: VIPR."
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