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To: bitt
It is not Blackmail.

It is Extortion.

12 posted on 03/26/2024 8:24:17 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Deaf Smith

From Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates:

Captain Bainbridge remarked, his resolve firm, “I hope I shall never again be sent to Algiers with tribute, unless I am authorized to deliver it from the mouth of our cannon.


38 posted on 03/26/2024 10:06:20 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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