While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” recently nationalized Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (a.k.a. “Freddie Mac”), having lost 6,700,000,000 “dollars” in the first three months of 2010, asks the department of the treasury for an additional 10,600,000,000 “dollar” loan, or it will run out of capital in the next six weeks.

       [added 3/13/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.