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Bombshell

May 12, 2026March 15, 2025

Making waves. A 7,600-pound nuclear weapon has been languishing off the coast of Georgia since 1958, when it was lost by the U.S. Air Force during a Cold War training exercise. What could possibly go wrong? Click here to go to the article in Airmail News.

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Voting with Your Gut

May 12, 2026October 24, 2024

Politics on the rocks. The straw vote at Harry’s Bar, in Paris, has predicted the results of the American presidential election as accurately—if more drunkenly—than many more scientific polls. Click here to go to the article in Airmail News.

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