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Right In Florida

Motto: This is what happens when Insanity and Banality come together.

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Location: North Central Florida, United States

I'm an aging boomer, white male (cue scary music); not religious, mostly conservative. Married to the same woman forever. No kids-by choice (I believe in personal choice in most areas of life). Voted mostly Republican until November 2000 when the national Democrats tried to steal the election in Florida. I promised to never again vote for another Democrat; kept that promise to date.

Tuesday, August 03, 2021

"Your Papers, Citizen!"

From the linked article: New Yorkers will now have to show their vaccination papers if they want to eat at a restaurant or attend a Broadway show. “If you want to participate in society fully, you’ve got to get vaccinated,” Mayor Bill de Blasio added.

At some point in near future, we all may be required to show their vaccination certificates in order to buy food, remove money from bank accounts, get a loan, attend 'churches' and even just to leave their houses.

This is the easily foreseen outcome of the unrestricted totalitarian state. I'm not surprised and neither should you be.
Even Democrat voters know this...and of course voted for it.
Show your papers, wear the yellow insignia of the criminal for challenging Big Brother, be censored for expressing your opinion and thinking the 1st Amendment applied to you AND MOST VEXING having your fellow citizens excoriate you for daring to challenge Big Brother.
I've long said the American "Night of the Long Knives" is here, just waiting for the appropriate time to get rid of troublemakers.


Saturday, July 31, 2021

Unsolicited Advice

Unsolicited advice from your grandpappy or uncle or that strange guy who shows up from time to time that other family members seem to know. But it's from someone who does care about you at least a bit.

Can't wait to be an adult and go out on your own? I understand, so did I. I do recommend it.

But please be aware that the parental 'domination' and decisions are not made to keep you a child or to just piss you off.

Your parents did the best they could, and they probably knew the following.

So much of life is just winging it. Ya know, seat of the pants flying if you will. Why? Because life is not lived in a straight line and you are not the center of the universe. You are not bullet-proof. Others wield much control over you and, yeah, you often make dumbass decisions that not even you can explain. And let's face it, you are not as smart or cunning as you think.

So go, get out of your parents' care and hair. Life is out there and it's waiting for you. Just be ready.

But you won't listen. Neither did I.



Thursday, July 29, 2021

And Big Brother's CDC Is At It AGAIN

 


Religion of the Magic Masks

UPDATED:  July 29, 2021 

One year later and the Religion of the Magic Masks is still around and preparing another INQUISITION.

July 29, 2020

I've heard it said that America is no longer a nation of religious faith.
That may be true as to Christianity but there is so much faith in another religion.
This is the true religion of MAGIC and it is proselytized by the federal and state and local governments. In fact you can be fined and jailed if you do not at least appear to be a true believer.
Of course I'm talking about the religious belief that a viral pandemic can be stopped by wearing cloth masks, that a virus can only be spread within 6 feet of a carrier AND NO FARTHER, that habitual hand washing and sanitizing will appease the virus gods AND that we must all shelter in our own temples praying until the virus gods tell us that they will kill no more of our fellow acolytes.
Me...apparently I have no faith of any kind.
I fully expect the Virus Inquisition to come for me during early morning hours. Either I will be forcefully Sanitized or Discarded like a empty used alcohol bottle.
Oh, yeah...America IS very religious these days and heretics will be held accountable for not showing their faith in the true gods.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Thoughts I shared on Facebook on Jan 10, 2013

Thoughts I shared on Facebook on Jan 10, 2013 before the Democrat's Lord God Obama was re-installed as prez.

These thoughts seem relevant again TODAY.

"Couldn't sleep well again last night. This time I had other thoughts.

But first, let me be clear…it could never happen here.

I was just ruminating about current events. You know, gun control and privacy rights and the ability of citizens to ‘speak truth to power’ and such other mundane issues related to that old out of date document, the Constitution.

And I was thinking of those ‘men of the people’ dictators in both Cuba and Venezuela and how fortunate Americans are because such could never…I repeat, never…happen here. We would never allow a tin pot dictator to take charge here. We know our history, don’t we and we are superior to all other nations who ended up with dictators or a committee of dictators. Those old white European men who created this concept of America are so déclassé, so last millennium.

So anyway, I was thinking of how a tin pot dictator historically removes freedom of speech and assembly of his citizens. That often begins with the neutering a free press. And of course he must limit any challenges to his rule, so citizen ability to self defend, individually or in unison with his fellows, must be eliminated. Then he must divide His people so that they will not unite against him. To assure this, he must give enough of them special privileges, even it’s an extra bottle of aspirin a year to supplement the wonderful health care system. Then he must give HIS citizens something or someone else to hate and fear, thereby considering him their defender.

But thankfully that could never happen here.

Yet, I was considering that the American lapdog media have been leg humping Obama for 5 years and the Dems in general for at least the 20 years since the Clintons came on the scene.

Or course Obama and all the Dems have made conservatives and Republicans the bête noire of all good people. I mean they hate women, old folks, poor folks, clean air, children, the future….!!!! They are EVIL and must be eliminated.

And now Obama and his minions are proposing ‘controlling’ the guns of American citizens. And he/they will use Executive Orders as needed to ensure the right thing gets done. You can’t trust Congress or the Courts to do the right thing, doncha know. Not confiscation you understand and it’s only for the greater good….for the children, if you will. But don’t worry, Dems love and respect the Constitution...and they know it’s a very flexible document.

Oh, and a couple Dems are sticking their hands up to propose amending the Constitution to allow Obama to run for a third or more terms. Of course, some Dems proposed that during Bill Clinton’s second term but then became remarkable silent when George Bush was elected and re-elected. Couldn’t let that Republican crazy man become a dictator! That will never happen here! But the world moved on.

Well, Bush was re-elected and used his ‘mandate’ to try to reform social security, medicare and medicaid to ensure the continuity of those programs. Obama? Well, he’s supposed to care about the same, as well as jobs-jobs-jobs but so far has no program nor have his supporters required such of him. Of course that’s all the Republicans fault. But it is of interest that he feels strongly about taking away guns from His citizens, but only for the best of reasons.

But I remember that Hugo Chavez was sure he knew Obama well and could work with him. He recognized a fellow traveler on the road toward America’s justified diminishment as a world power. And Obama also had and has the support of Fidel Castro. Perhaps they both knew then and know now more than the American Obama supporters? Nah, couldn’t be.

But it’s of no consequence. Things will change completely if there is another Republican president. The lapdog press will become the fierce ankle biting Chihuahuas they were during the Bush years. Oh, they will still be leg humping the Dems. And the Dems will suddenly discover that government by presidential fiat is un-Constitutional and dictatorial.

So I feel very confident, and let me be very clear, it could never happen here!

But in the meantime, I’m practicing the following Dem anthem that the Obama Youth will be goose stepping to at his inauguration: “ Barack Obama über alles, über alles in der Welt!”

Thursday, August 17, 2017

American Taliban

The American Taliban is on the march.

Preceded by the Democrat Brown Shirts to cow the population, the Taliban will now destroy all unacceptable speech and statuary.

They have their gods on their side. You will bow.

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The American Taliban is on the march. The only history is the correct history as determined on a daily basis.

Be careful, Democrats. These dogs will slip their leashes and will turn on most of you unless you accept their gods as your own.

I've said for many years that totalitarianism will come to America only from the Left.

I Denounce!

I denounce racism! All subsets of racism. But since I know that racism has many forms and colors, guess I'm a Nazi or at least a white supremacist. Liberal logic.

When will it be enough?

Can the American Night of Broken Glass be far behind?

Liberals and other Democrats...your Brown Shirts are marching; are you in control?

When will it be enough?

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Book burning is inevitable. What is the "liberal" position on this?

Art burning after that? People banning after that?

When will it be enough?

I Believe

I believe in the First Amendment, individual freedoms and person choice. These are significant reasons why America has been great and has gotten through many tough times in our past.

Remember when just a few years ago a New York City art museum had a work of art that consisted of a crucifix that was dunked in a jar of urine? You know, the great art work aka Piss Christ? There was later another work of art that had excrement covering a rendering of the Virgin Mary.

Remember when Liberals and other Enlightened People celebrated this art and railed against the Troglodyte religious fanatics and conservative masses who had a problem with such art? Ah, so much smugness and snickering about the Unenlightened backward peasants who didn't believe in freedom of artistic expression. Freedom of expression was paramount and there was a First Amendment after all.

Where are those Enlightened People now? Presently statues and other works of art are being protested, destroyed, defiled and railed against. Surely all art is sacred and must be protected.

Bizarre how fast things can change, huh?

Democrat Brown Shirts marching in the streets, Democrat Media praising them and vilifying any who do not agree.

Democrat politicians thinking they are in control of the mob.

Republican cowards thinking all will be well if they go along to get along.

Does no one read history anymore; or is history whatever the hell those in power say it is.

Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, and the not so ancient National Socialists Germany, have much to teach us, but seem to be ignored by those who should know better. And so much history and historical consequences are no longer being taught to the young.

But why bother when so many older people do not remember. Hell, the current example of Venezuela is being ignored or deliberately misconstrued.

Are there are no longer any true Liberals? I'm so glad I was kicked out of that club for not goose stepping in formation. When I was very liberal, I didn't have to be a conforming leftist and was able to have my own opinions and others were able to have theirs and we could still get along.

(Filed under “Not with a bang but with a whimper.” But only if we're lucky.)


Saturday, August 08, 2015

Pointless Query

I know it's a cliche, but what would happen to a white separatist leader if urged death to 'others?'


Farrakhan: We Must Rise Up and Kill Those Who Kill Us; Stalk Them and Kill Them
breitbart.com

The Scumbag in Chief

There is no lie that President Prick(ly) will not tell.

He knows this can be checked so easily, but he's had such a free ride from our alphabet media for so long that he knows he will be covered.


“Obama knows that also Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries oppose the accord, but Israel is the only brave country to do it publicly."
unitedwithisrael.org

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Feminists. Feh!

You tell them, Michelle. Feminists in general and their writers in particular are a bunch of whiny pussies.

Conservative women writers, especially those "of color," take all the crap from Libs and Feminists AND get trashed by the Washington Post. Nothing scares a Lib, especially Lib men, than a strong woman. And strong conservative women make them pee their pants.
News flash: Conservative women face abuse too, but they're not quitting.
TWITCHY.COM

Well, well.

Well, imagine that.
Interesting isn't it how upset Dems and other liberals get when truth is told about them.
It still pisses me off how Dems and other Libs trashed and still trash George W for being a drunk and killing American soldiers "for oil" getting us in wars that have destroyed the Middle East.
But dare to question Lord Obama's patriotism or even his abilities? Racist! My but what prissy children are Democrats. They so easily get the vapors.
Of course Obama is the least patriotic president we've had. Hell, how could he not be.

I've read "his" book...his mother was an America hater who loved getting busy with foreign America haters. Then takes little Barry to the least American places on earth. Then his granddaddy takes him to an America hater American communist to "learn how to be black." Then he marries an American hating woman and spends 2 decades in an America hating church.
Now, did I mis-read "his" two books or not?
In 2008 then Senator Obama called President Bush "unpatriotic" for adding trillions to the national debt. Bush added about four trillion to the debt in eight years after...
THEGATEWAYPUNDIT.COM

Obama not a Christian? Why, you jest!

I actually don't agree with Scott Walker but I understand why he doesn't really know.
I don't think Obama is a Muslim, but I'm damned sure he's not a Christian.
How dare I question his Christianity? Because I'm not a damned fool and I don't drink anyone's kool-aid.
There's a bible verse some of you will recognize "by their works you shall know them." Obama spent 20 years in racist, American hating church. He has nothing good to say about Christianity except some platitudes that don't seem very relevant to Christianity.
So no, I don't question if he's a Christian. He's not.

As a recovering atheist, I recognize a fellow traveler. He will be whatever he needs to be to get what he wants. So he found his niche in the Democrat party and blathers to the boobs whatever they want or need to hear.
The potential 2016 contender dismissed questions about the president’s faith as insignificant.
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Of Course.

None are taught true history or are freaking idiots.

Che was on t-shirts and posters when I was a teen, but too many of us were asses back then because he was treated same as rock stars. Of course back then it was current events and youth are generally shallow. However it is now verifiable history that Che was a murderer and terrorist and a racist who despised black Cubans and others he found subhuman. Same as the Nazis. But some lies become the truth.

Why is it only the leftists make heroes of such evil people?
Did y'all see this interview John Stossel did with Michael Moynihan from the Daily Beast exposing the morons who wear Che Guevara stuff? Because it's a must see....
CHICKSONTHERIGHT.COM|BY MOCKARENA

Oh, No!!

Look, I'm not surprised about climate criers.

I've been following this for more than 30 years. I once was a True Believer in Global Warming/Climate Change until I found I'd been lied to or at least misinformed. Now most of the misinformation was presented with the best of intentions ... at the beginning ... and was understandable but since Al Gores simplistic book when he thought he could become president but became VP I and we have been treated as easily led fools. Don't know about you but that pisses me off.


Kerry the horse face boy

Jeebus what an ass. And he wanted to be president. Well, he wouldn't have been worse than Prez Putz but that defines "damning with faint praise."

Nothing to see here

Nothing to worry about. Obama and his minions are all over this. Can't wait to see what happens when Obama allows them to go nuclear.
"WATCH: Iran fired missiles and attacked a scale replica of a U.S. warship as part of a large-scale military exercise of their naval and air defense forces in the Strait of Hormuz."  (Fox Business)

Friday, December 19, 2014

A Seasonal Re-Post: Scrooge Was Libeled!

I think I'll Re-Post This from years ago.



I have felt for many years that Ebenezer Scrooge was criminally libeled and horribly misunderstood.  The following is an article that pretty well states my position.  Enjoy.  And do you agree?


Scrooge Defended

by Michael Levin

https://mises.org/library/scrooge-defended

It's Christmas again, time to celebrate the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge. You know the ritual: boo the curmudgeon initially encountered in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, then cheer the sweetie pie he becomes in the end. It's too bad no one notices that the curmudgeon had a point—quite a few points, in fact.

To appreciate them, it is necessary first to distinguish Scrooge's outlook on life from his disagreeable persona. He is said to have a pointed nose and a harsh voice, but not all hardheaded businessmen are so lamentably endowed, nor are their feckless nephews (remember Fred?) always "ruddy and handsome," and possessed of pretty wives. These touches of the storyteller's art only bias the issue.

So let's look without preconceptions at Scrooge's allegedly underpaid clerk, Bob Cratchit. The fact is, if Cratchit's skills were worth more to anyone than the fifteen shillings Scrooge pays him weekly, there would be someone glad to offer it to him. Since no one has, and since Cratchit's profit-maximizing boss is hardly a man to pay for nothing, Cratchit must be worth exactly his present wages.
No doubt Cratchit needs—i.e., wants—more, to support his family and care for Tiny Tim. But Scrooge did not force Cratchit to father children he is having difficulty supporting. If Cratchit had children while suspecting he would be unable to afford them, he, not Scrooge, is responsible for their plight. And if Cratchit didn't know how expensive they would be, why must Scrooge assume the burden of Cratchit's misjudgment?

As for that one lump of coal Scrooge allows him, it bears emphasis that Cratchit has not been chained to his chilly desk. If he stays there, he shows by his behavior that he prefers his present wages-plus-comfort package to any other he has found, or supposes himself likely to find. Actions speak louder than grumbling, and the reader can hardly complain about what Cratchit evidently finds satisfactory.

More notorious even than his miserly ways are Scrooge's cynical words. "Are there no prisons," he jibes when solicited for charity, "and the Union workhouses?"

Terrible, right? Lacking in compassion?

Not necessarily. As Scrooge observes, he supports those institutions with his taxes. Already forced to help those who can't or won't help themselves, it is not unreasonable for him to balk at volunteering additional funds for their extra comfort.

Scrooge is skeptical that many would prefer death to the workhouse, and he is unmoved by talk of the workhouse's cheerlessness. He is right to be unmoved, for society's provisions for the poor must be, well, Dickensian. The more pleasant the alternatives to gainful employment, the greater will be the number of people who seek these alternatives, and the fewer there will be who engage in productive labor. If society expects anyone to work, work had better be a lot more attractive than idleness.

The normally taciturn Scrooge lets himself go a bit when Cratchit hints that he would like a paid Christmas holiday. "It's not fair," Scrooge objects, a charge not met by Cratchit's patently irrelevant protest that Christmas comes but once a year. Unfair it is, for Cratchit would doubtless object to a request for a day's uncompensated labor, "and yet," as Scrooge shrewdly points out, "you don't think me ill used when I pay a day's wages for no work."

Cratchit has apparently forgotten the golden rule. (Or is it that Scrooge has so much more than Cratchit that the golden rule does not come into play? But Scrooge doesn't think he has that much, and shouldn't he have a say in the matter?)

Scrooge's first employer, good old Fezziwig, was a lot freer with a guinea—he throws his employees a Christmas party. What the Ghost of Christmas Past does not explain is how Fezziwig afforded it. Did he attempt to pass the added costs to his customers? Or did young Scrooge pay for it anyway by working for marginally lower wages?

The biggest of the Big Lies about Scrooge is the pointlessness of his pursuit of money. "Wealth is of no use to him. He doesn't do any good with it," opines ruddy nephew Fred.

Wrong on both counts. Scrooge apparently lends money, and to discover the good he does one need only inquire of the borrowers. Here is a homeowner with a new roof, and there a merchant able to finance a shipment of tea, bringing profit to himself and happiness to tea drinkers, all thanks to Scrooge.

Dickens doesn't mention Scrooge's satisfied customers, but there must have been plenty of them for Scrooge to have gotten so rich.

Scrooge is said to hound debtors so relentlessly that—as the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Be is able to show him—an indebted couple rejoices at his demise. The mere delay while their debt is transferred will avert the ruin Scrooge would have imposed.
This canard is triply absurd. First, a businessman as keen as Scrooge would prefer to delay payment to protect his investment rather than take possession of possibly useless collateral. (No bank wants developers to fail and leave it the proud possessor of a half-built shopping mall.) Second, the fretful couple knew and agreed to the terms on which Scrooge insisted. By reneging on the deal, they are effectively engaged in theft. Third, most important, and completely overlooked by Ghost and by Dickens, there are hopefuls whose own plans turn on borrowing the money returned to Scrooge from his old accounts. Scrooge can't relent what Caroline and her unnamed husband don't pay up, and he won't make a penny unless he puts the money to use after he gets it back.

The hard case, of course, is a payment due from Bob Cratchit, who needs the money for an emergency operation on Tiny Tim. (Here I depart from the text, but Dickens characters are so familiar to us they can be pressed into unfamiliar roles.) If you think it is heartless of Scrooge to demand payment, think of Sickly Sid, who needs an operation even more urgently than Tim does, and whose father is waiting to finance that operation by borrowing the money Cratchit is expected to pay up.

Is Tim's life more valuable than Sid's just because we've met him? And how do we explain to Sid's father that his son won't be able to have the operation after all, because Scrooge, as Christmas generosity, is allowing Cratchit to reschedule his debt? Scrooge does not circulate money from altruism, to be sure, but his motives, whatever they are, are congruent with the public good.

But what about those motives? Scrooge doesn't seem to get much satisfaction from the services he may inadvertently perform, and that seems to be part of Dickens's point. But who, apart from Dickens, says that Scrooge is not enjoying himself? He spends all his time at his business, likes to count his money, and has no outside interests.

At the same time, Scrooge is not given to brooding and shows absolutely no sign of depression or conflict. Whether he wished to or not, Dickens has made Scrooge by far the most intelligent character in his fable, and Dickens credits his creation with having nothing "fancy" about him. So we conclude that, in his undemonstrative way, Scrooge is productive and satisfied with his lot, which is to say happy.

There can be no arguing with Dickens's wish to show the spiritual advantages of love. But there was no need to make the object of his lesson an entrepreneur whose ideas and practices benefit his employees, society at large, and himself. Must such a man expect no fairer a fate than to die scorned and alone? Bah, I say. Humbug.
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Michael Levin is professor of philosophy at the City University of New York.




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Monday, November 03, 2014

Election Day 2014

Getting ready to vote tomorrow and then take the afternoon off for lots of personal errands. (note-personal stuff really accumulates when you don't take care of them timely)
Each item on the ballot is pretty cut and dried for me, except for governor.
On the one hand we have the current Republican governor-Rick Scott-who has been accused of illegal business dealings. But that was known and debated - OVER 4 years AGO when we first elected him. Oh, and as I recall, the allegations against Scott were about 10 years old even then. And, hmmm, let me recall...oh yes, Scott wasn't even indicted, much less convicted of a damned thing.
On the other hand we have the former Republican governor-Charlie Crist-who had a hissy fit when the Republican voters chose a Cuban American over him as senator. He left with his panties in a twist, became an "Independent" then a Democrat. On his way, he became a lawyer with an ambulance chasing law firm. Oh yes, now I recall...he also has denied every position he took over the years as Republican and is now the total bitch for the Democrats and Obama. He spouts the Democrat party line even more than real Democrats. And I've never liked his fake tan, which was the least fake thing about him.
Now that I think of it....not a hard decision after all.

Sunday, October 19, 2014

It's Possible?

From Rocky Mountain Black Conservatives.  
So you see, it can be done.  It seems that black people really are NO MORE INCOMPETENT THAN WHITE PEOPLE. 

Who knew?! 

Hmm, that would mean that Democrats have been lying about black people for decades.

Democrats - Always the Party of Racism.

"My name is Derrick. I am a black-American, a direct descendant of the slave trade in North America. Both of my parents are black, as are all 4 grand parents, all 8 great grand parents, all 16 great greats. I first attained a government-issued photo I.D. at the age of 16 when I passed the state driver's test. I have somehow managed to have a photo ID ever since.
My 87 y/o father has a photo ID, as does my sister as does my mother. My 82 y/o mom (has had a photo ID for 6 decades) lost her driver's license/photo ID last year. So she went to the DMV & got another one. No one hassled her b/c she's black. No one made her jump thru a bunch of hoops that white people do not have to jump thru. No on intimidated her. No one threatened her. They took her picture and information, politely told her what amount to make the check out for, and gladly gave her a new one."

My name is Derrick. I am a black-American, a direct descendant of the slave trade in North America. Both of my parents are black, as are all 4 grand parents...

Watch Out, Republicans! Here comes the Media's October Surprises

Beware, Republicans. The Democrat Big Media are out to get you...still. With lies...still.
The Democrat Media continues the Democrat War on Women. This time it's Joni Ernst.
Tell me, Democrat women...will you let your Party's War on Women "kill" another woman?
Your Party won't continue its War on your sex IF you say No...Hell, No...you won't go.
If any of your trusted news sources includes the Daily Kos...you will believe any crap your Party dishes out.

If so, the Democrat War on Women will continue.
October is always full of political revelations. Take, for instance, Kirsten Anderson, who was fired from her position as communications director for the Iowa Senate Republican Caucus in May 2013. So it’s curious that she waited until three weeks...
NATIONALREVIEW.COM

Uh Oh...Did I Get It Wrong? Nah!

Wow. Maybe the cop didn't "murder" the innocent giant. Maybe the innocent giant was a thug who tried to hurt the cop. Maybe the Sharptons and Jacksons of this world are lying sacks of crap who want to start a race war. Maybe the Dept of "Justice" of the Obama administration want to make sure a race war starts.
Can you say, "Tawanna Brawley." I wonder how Sharpton will handle THIS news from the Ferguson grand jury?
THEBLACKSPHERE.NET

Hillary's History

The Democrat Party faithful know all of this. And want Hillary! anyway. Because they want BJ Bill back in the White House.
BJ used and abused women. Hillary ran the original Democrat War on Women to protect BJ - and herself - so she could finally have the power she so desired.
Democrats. They will vote for her, maybe not at first but they will come around. What choice do they have? They refuse to learn from their past mistakes and have to burden us with those mistakes.
It's always Groundhog Day with Democrats.
Bill Clinton wanted to run for president in 1988, but didn’t because “he was terrified that one or more of his countless paramours would come forward,”...
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