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Miguel Caballero, the security clothing
Don of Central America, released his most recent line of bullet- and
stab-proof fashions last week. They include women’s suede jackets that’ll stop a .44 Magnum, a $7,500 polo shirt that can take a shot from a 9-mm revolver, and the newest coats that will stand strong against a hail of rain, snow, or lead.

There are three levels of ballistic protection for each garment, and it’s seven times more flexible than regular Kevlar vests.

According to Time, Mr. Caballero’s business made more than $9 million last year, which only means that people are becoming more paranoid for fabric they don’t need, or the mortal danger is actually growing.
Either way, it looks like it’s a market that’s going gangbusters.

The reason the pledge of allegiance was written was to... $ell flags! USA! USA!

In 1888, theYouth’s Companion  (magazine) had begun a campaign to sell American flags to public schools as a premium to solicit subscriptions. ….. aimed to place a flag above every school in the nation. By 1892, the magazine had sold American flags to approximately 26,000 schools.

His original Pledge read as follows:

“I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to* the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”

(* ‘to’ added in October 1892).

The recital was accompanied with a salute to the flag known as the Bellamy salute, described in detail by Bellamy. During World War II, the salute was replaced with a hand-over-heart gesture because the original form involved stretching the arm out towards the flag in a manner that resembled the later Nazi salute.