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A driver is dead after his jet truck was engulfed in flames when he released his parachute while racing planes going 300mphs. The driver was killed during the 'pyrotechnic' event at the Battle Creek Air Show in Michigan shortly after 1pm on Saturday, police confirmed. Witnesses say the Shockwave jet truck was racing two planes that were going 300 mph. When the driver deployed his parachute, the truck reportedly engulfed in flames and a large plume of black smoke. '[The driver] was doing his show and going down the runway,' Suze Gusching, media relations for Field of Flight told the...

Democrats Sink To New Low I have been taking a lot of flak from some fellow Republicans lately over the way I am attacking liberals in my columns. They feel that insulting liberals by calling them wackos or loonies is just “stooping to their level” and should be stopped. I guess many of my Republican friends prefer the “intellectual” approach to arguments. Which means to sit back with a smile on your face while being insulted by a liberal. Once the liberal has finished his or her insults, then and only then, make an intellectual argument about a conservative position....