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NORAD’s fighter jet escort for Santa: cool or crass?

http://twitter.com/#!/jaketapper/status/415267824039251969 Last Christmas, Reuters suddenly started worrying about Santa’s safety, fretting that America’s planned East Coast missile defense system might shoot him down. We weren’t worried then, and we’re not worried this year either, considering that Santa will be flanked by fighter jets as NORAD tracks his journey around the world. As the Washington Times reports:…

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