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</html><description>WE DON&#x2019;T EVEN WORRY ABOUT HURRICANES WHEN THEY ARE THIS FAR AWAY We seriously live in the stupidest of times: Defense Secretary James Mattis is expected to sign deployment orders as soon as Thursday that could send 800 or more troops to the border with Mexico to help border patrol authorities stop a caravan of &hellip;</description><thumbnail_url>https://balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/thegreatestthreatever2-600x403.jpg</thumbnail_url></oembed>
