 A
C.I.A. secret kept for 35 years was found in the
Smithsonian's vault. Needing money for medical expenses,
creator Jim Sanborn was auctioning off the solution to
Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence
agency's headquarters in 1990. Then, two fans of the work
screwed up that plan by discovering the key to solving the
message.
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Cyprus Nat'l Preserve
Every year people head to Florida for the winter. They flock
there by the millions pulling or driving their winter homes.
Who wouldn't want to RV in Florida for the winter? As you
head south, it gets warmer and the best place to swim and
spend time on the water is near the Gulf. Getting your
reservation, even a year ahead of time, is good planning on
your part. Is your RV older than 10 years? 5 years? The best
RV parks, especially in the Keys, can be snooty and turn you
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Voters
rightly expect prompt results after the democratic process
of casting ballots. Voter confidence in election outcomes
suffers when winners and losers are not promptly announced.
If Americans do not have confidence in the results of our
elections, our entire system of government is imperiled.
Russian dictator Josef Stalin is often quoted as saying ''
The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who
count the votes decide everything'', but historians now say
he never actually said it.
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2019: In 2013, President Obama weaponized his shutdown to
maximize disruption, closing memorials not normally staffed,
hiring security to patrol bike paths, closing self-supporting
national parks, throwing veterans out of the WWII memorial,
creating new websites explaining that existing websites were
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