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[I had no idea that the discussion of Trump’s presidency and its survival could be elevated to the enviable level of an unending β€˜Yes he is …’, β€˜No he isn’t …’, β€˜Yes he is …’, β€˜No he isn’t …’, β€˜Yes he is …’, β€˜No he isn’t …’, β€˜Yes he is …’, β€˜No he isn’t …’, β€˜Yes he is …’, β€˜No he isn’t …’, β€˜Yes he is …’, β€˜No he isn’t …’, β€˜Yes he is …’, β€˜No he isn’t …’, β€˜Yes he is …’, β€˜No he isn’t …’, β€˜Yes he is …’, β€˜No he isn’t …’, without any perceptible loss of interest by the discussants.  Nevertheless, on the off chance that someone wants to introduce a new topic thread, here’s some fresh sand.  However, any such forays into new issues are not required, especially for those convinced that other readers are hanging on every clever word in their repartees πŸ˜‰  gjr]

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  1. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Frisch 7:19pm
    No Steven, you’re ducking the issues.

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  2. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Then George how are we the people going to know when outr elected leaders are breaking the law? Is it not our duty to report crimes if we witness them? Without Ellsberg we would not have known about the secreat illegal war Nixon was waging in Southeast Asia and without Deep Throat Nixon could have successfully covered up his plethora of illegal activities. What would be the proper path to revealing these things if Ellsberg adn Deep throat would have been prosecuted?

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  3. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 1032pm – You’re confusing Nixon with Johnson’s “secret illegal war”. Remember it was Nixon who ran on the promise to extract us from Vietnam, which he did by 1973. Ellsberg ratted on what was set up before Nixon. Our Associate FBI Director Mark Felt was the sleaze bag who didn’t have the courage to put out the evidence against Nixon, and instead disguised himself as Deep Throat to bring Nixon down through the press. That is not the way our federal investigative agencies are supposed to work if they have evidence of politicians’ wrong doings.
    But if you like what Ellsberg and Felt did, then you must doubly like what Wikileaks and their sources did to the Dems since that exposed wrong doings without violating any oaths or institutional trusts. And even more so what Team Trump subsequently did with the publicly revealed evidence.

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  4. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    What is the eco warriors actual number, the world wonders? πŸ˜‰

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  5. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Patriot or traitor? Whistleblower or leaker? The lines are drawn.
    “Then George how are we the people going to know when outr elected leaders are breaking the law?”
    Well, thank goodness for Right Wing sites that let us know. The election of 2016 and its aftermath has laid bare one thing for all the world to see. The major collusion was not the DNC stacking the deck against Bernie Sanders. It was not the Trump and Putin holding hands narrative. Nah, that is small potatoes in comparison.
    The real nonfiction story I reference is the MSM working hand in hand 100% with the Establishment Left, the bureaucracy that runs our government, and the “deep state” to control the narrative and masses. I unabashedly declare that the MSM is in collusion with the powers to be that control and run our government, no matter what the will of the people is. MSM is nothing more than Pravda. The Department of Misinformation and purposely designed to be such. The warty tool.
    So, George, how are people going to know when our elected (and appointed) officials are breaking the law? Good question. The answer will definitely NOT be coming from the 4th Estate in its present form.
    The stage is being set right now. Charles Krauthammer had been warning about this lately. The damage to our nation, our Constitution Republic, may be take decades to repair. Michael Savage is not far off base here.
    https://www.infowars.com/savage-civil-war-if-trump-taken-down/
    Granted, if Trump committed a crime, I am all ears. But, the only thing Punchy the unknowing and unwitting (yet enthusiastic) accomplice for the Establishment offers is a conspiracy in search of a crime. Trump is a traitor! Wikileaks released stolen files! Hacked, stolen, and Immoral! An attack against the United States! Or, “We are at war”, declared Sen. McCain, the guy with the brain tumor. Yes, we are at war, but not against foreign governments as such.
    Hero or zero? Greater good? Is Bradly Manning a good guy or should be executed by a military firing squad? Not always black and white, yes or no. But the question remains. How can we the people know about the corrupt going ons of elected and appointed former administration officials and their cronies when our Media Establishment ignores, squelches, squashes, turns a blind eye, and sits on stories that they deem damaging to their true agenda?
    Welcome to Pravda, made in America. Our only hope is sources outside the control of Fakesnews Agenda.

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  6. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Disclaimer: to me, Alex Jones is a mixed bag. Akin to Glen Beck. Spot on on some things with piercing deep insights, and off base on other things. Alex Jones lost me on Sandy Hook being fake. Ironically he was reading from the same script I heard on KVMR. Be that as it may, I will continue with this news:
    https://www.infowars.com/australia-bans-jewish-synagogue-citing-terrorist-risk-to-general-public/
    The tactics are becoming clear. Whether banning the construction of a synagogue in Australia due to security concerns, barring speakers on college campus due to security concerns, or labeling an Islamic terrorist in Europe an “Asian” due to security concerns, the movement is global and effective. Disguised as fighting against “hate speech” or disguised as “security concerns” for what MIGHT be a security concern to those who in reality oppose contrary r minority views, the march towards tyranny continues on…in democracies across the globe. They are not even trying to conceal it anymore.

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  7. L Avatar
    L

    BroGeo @ 22:47 masterful! L
    ditto, BT @ 23:57 good stuff.

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  8. ScenesFromTheApocalypse Avatar
    ScenesFromTheApocalypse

    re: The Paul
    “Without Ellsberg we would not have known about the secret illegal war Nixon was waging in Southeast Asia”
    The full title for the Pentagon Papers:
    “United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense”
    lol. Nixon. This is why there’s no point in the argument to begin with. I have a funny feeling that Mr. Emery has never read a single page of the publication, it has just become some sort of mythical tome that exposes evil Republican doings. Come on, ‘fess up, you don’t have the slightest idea what the contents are. I’m sure that mad googling is to follow.
    On more current matters, I saw an interesting point on Reddit. If the intelligence community can’t find the leaks, what’s the point of the intelligence community?

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  9. Steve Frisch Avatar
    Steve Frisch

    Posted by: Gregory | 05 August 2017 at 09:49 PM
    I’m ducking what issue shitheel? The issue of Todd constantly supporting men who behave like pigs if they are Republicans? Yep boys, it is clearly a conspiracy to destroy conservative men by getting them to text pictures of their junk. Because that is the issue I posted on….everything else is a diversion from my original post πŸ™‚

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  10. ScenesFromTheApocalypse Avatar
    ScenesFromTheApocalypse

    re: SteveF@5:35AM (and good morning to everyone who gets up at a proper time).
    “Yep boys, it is clearly a conspiracy to destroy conservative men by getting them to text pictures of their junk.”
    Meh. Both sides of the aisle have plenty of lecherous fools.
    This whole business of tarring a political party or philosophy because some semi-prominent member picked up a prostitute or sent junk mail is pretty boring. The kind of hand wringing that goes on with sex scandals hopefully will die off over time. Just imagine a JFK, LBJ, or even Bill Clinton with the total surveillance of both government and individual cell phones now available.
    The real danger in all of this is now that the 17 intelligence agencies are making a play for more control of the rudder, just imagine what they have on absolutely everybody. That is a serious business and I don’t see it getting better.

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  11. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Oh Stevie, I support people who are real men and are unjustly accused. Seen that ploy all my life and seen many real men get destroyed. The media will destroy a conservative man in a heartbeat and allow the country to go under if it was their choice to go after a liberal scofflaw and let the Bill Clinton’s get away with something simillar. But you would not recognize real men, would you? The metrosexual males like you are so PC you can’t even stand up against something wrong like this. Oh well, at least I can see my feet.

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  12. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Scenes @ 7:11 am.
    Wow. Stop the pressses! I had to read it twice to see if your links were from The Onion. Another nail in the coffin.
    “Having so many students start their freshman year being told that they are already behind and giving them just one year to dig themselves out also doesn’t help foster a sense of social or academic belonging, officials said.”
    DARN IT SCENES. I can’t even come up with a snide remark. This one leaves me both speechless and speech less. A silver lining for the reader.

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  13. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Frisch 535
    Shitheel? I had to look that one up… is that racist slur something you learned in Chicago, growing up (or at least pretending to grow up)?
    http://www.racialslurs.com/slur/shitheel
    No, in this sandbox thread the issue was your hypocrisy.
    Personally, I think it’s wrong to send pictures of genitalia to any associates at one’s place of work. It’s also arguably wrong to make such charges years after the event.

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  14. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Frisch used a racist term! Wow! Do as I say, not as I do. What poopfoot.

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  15. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    In a related story to Scene’s 7:11 am, “No Dummy Left Behind”:
    National Review’s Robert VerBruggen explains, β€œIt would end the diversity lottery and preferences for family members aside from spouses, minor children, and elderly parents in need of care. And it would put those seeking green cards on the basis of employment β€” 140,000 of which would be available annually, the same number as today β€” through a new point system similar to those used in other developed countries.” That point system would evaluate β€œtheir level of education, their English fluency, their age (with ten points for those 26 to 30 and zero points for those 50 and up), and the salary they’ve been offered.” The one downside is that it deliberately reduces the number of immigrants, which is odd if we’d be getting more desirable immigrants.
    “It’s probably fair to say the repeal and replacement of ObamaCare had a better chance of passing than does the RAISE Act. ”
    https://www.facebook.com/PatriotPost

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  16. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Scenes again, @ 6:12 am.
    Scenes, you are killing it. The early bird gets the worm.
    Nice way of putting it. Seeing the forest from the bark beetle infested teee. No, not the “Pentegon Papers” that shows Punchy’s complete and utter ignorance on which he speaks (@ 5:29 am), nor the shocking issue of powerful men texting pictures of what’s behind the fig leaf (@ 6:12 AM), but your putting it all into perspective in the grand scheme of things.
    “The real danger in all of this is now that the 17 intelligence agencies are making a play for more control of the rudder, just imagine what they have on absolutely everybody. That is a serious business and I don’t see it getting better.”
    Posted by: ScenesFromTheApocalypse | 06 August 2017 at 06:12 AM
    https://www.facebook.com/PatriotPost/photos/a.82108390913.80726.51560645913/10154951954015914/?type=3&theater
    Always a silver lining.

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  17. Walt Avatar

    This is where the Paul goes back to demanding Trump’s taxes. (something he has no real interest in reading either.)

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  18. Walt Avatar

    Only a LIB could come up with this “peace symbol”. I know… Hitler was just misunderstood.
    http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/US-T-shirt-company-sells-swastika-design-as-symbol-of-love-and-peace-501687

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  19. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Frisch 906
    Shitheel? I had to look that one up… is that racist slur something you learned in Chicago, growing up (or at least pretending to grow up)?
    http://www.racialslurs.com/slur/shitheel
    No, in this sandbox thread the issue was your hypocrisy.

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  20. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Walt @ 9:01 am:
    Dunno. Think this is where he goes back to the unassailable fact that the Rooskies cheered the election results in a building they knew full well was bugged, proof certain that Putin’s boys and his hot hotv lady spies interfered successfully with our election and results. Nothing to do with that silly rumor floating around about the Democrat Party’s favored candidate being under two criminal investigations, yet still made the decision to run for President of these here United States anyway. :). It fits the narrative perfectly and explains everything you need to know why the liberals lost.
    Why, why, why did the Russians cheer?
    https://youtu.be/pddW-HeHAwo
    Some folks don’t rejection kindly.
    https://www.facebook.com/lastamericapatriots/photos/a.235087906641439.1073741826.235086849974878/898594426957447/?type=3&theater

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  21. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Well, another he said, she said type of thing. I do not want to cast judgement on either the accused nor the accuser at this preminilary time. Let the chips fall where they may.
    http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/08/eric-bolling-accuser-anti-trump-professor-also-accused-bill-oreilly/
    In other totally unrelated news, teaching shop classes has come a long way. Again, let the chips fall where they may.
    https://www.facebook.com/lastamericapatriots/photos/a.235087906641439.1073741826.235086849974878/899055740244649/?type=3&theater

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  22. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    BillT the babe also accused Bill Oreilly. So my guess is she is a slut and has little self-control. She came onto them and set them up for her own jollies and probably for Nancy Pelosi and Blabbermouth.

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  23. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    ” So my guess is she is a slut and has little self-control. She came onto them and set them up for her own jollies and probably for Nancy Pelosi and Blabbermouth.”
    My estimate of your IQ just dropped 10 points, Todd.

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  24. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Screw you Gregory. Get a sense of humor.

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  25. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Todd, it wasn’t funny.

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  26. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Todd: Let’s just see how this plays out. Doubt it will ever see a court of law, so we will never know. Settlements usually have “no do speak of such matters” clauses. Yes, she accused Bill O’Reily just a couple hours before he got dismissed, not the days and weeks of rumors, accusations, and innuendos leading up to O’Reily’s dismissal. That looks bad, but looks bad only at first glance.
    If Eric B pulled an Anthony Weiner, one who think there is evidence. If it happened several ago, then it might be her words against his without the smoking gun, pun intended. Neither of us know for sure at this moment in time.
    She is an attractive women, the look that Fox News perfers to hire. If the glove don’t fit, one must acquit. Or, be found guilty in the court of public opinion.
    The story is not all that big in my opinion. Politically motivated? Who knows. Did it happen? Who knows. Could it have happened? You bet. The last thing we want to do is excoriate Eric or the accuser(s) at this moment in time. All men and women have feet of clay.
    Let’s not pull a Punchy and connect random dots to a false conclusion. Why did the Russians cheer Trump’s stunning upset win? Why did the Russians cheer Hillary’s loss? Why, why, why? It’s proof! No, we wait and see. If the good professor is a slut, that still has little bearing on unwanted (unwelcome) sexual advances/ dirty pictures she may or may not encountered at Fox. Apples and oranges.
    As Gregory used to say, correlation does not mean causation. I do understand knee jerk responses and can sympathize with them…..a thing that I have been certainly guilty of. “Liberals are stupid!” for example.
    Or, as Milo said, SJWs push for free birth control because it gives them an excuse to be sluts. He is a funny guy, but not everyone appreciates his quips.
    My definitions of a ho or slut is simple: Anybody that wants to do it again when I don’t, or anybody that wants it more than I do. Take your pick. :).

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  27. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Boy, Scenes opened the day with good posts, but noooo. Sex sales. Well, it is the Sandbox, is it not?
    https://www.facebook.com/ChicksOnTheRight/photos/a.205470340493.271404.195530355493/10159150744445494/?type=3&theater

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  28. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Gregory, it was funny and sorry you are lacking a sense of humor or irony. Using the tactics of the opposition to mock them is above your pay grade I guess. And you attacked me personally so I assume then you are fair game. You need to realize who is on your side. If you don’t then I am sad for you.

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  29. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Bill Tozer | 06 August 2017 at 11:07 AM
    I watched and listened to her a few times when she was on. She came across as a man hating feminist. She is attractive and my guess is she was a plant by the feminists to take out those guys. Pretty shrewd. Anyway, Bolling and O’Reilly are too powerful to let alone to the left. You watch and see all the BS tossed at them and FOX. It is the new strategy.

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  30. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Could be, Todd. They are after everything to the right of Maxine Waters, and is part of an overall tactic to achieve a goal: Fox must go. Drudge must go. Like buttons on FB must go if the link is tied to conservatives….especially pro-lifers. Bubba whined about Fox, then Obama started in during his first month in office and then got more jabs in as he was leaving for a better paying gig. Well, at least Fox took the heat off of Limbaugh.
    Guess I did not grasp you were being facetious. Strike that. I did not grasp you were being facetious. Better. No worries.

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  31. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    My view is we have to stick together on the right. The left is winning when we attack our side. Funny or not.

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  32. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Todd, making crap up about people like that is so very not cool. That person never did anything to you, slandering them with or without a nudge, nudge or some sort of emoji does not help you get back at your nemeses. It does not make you even.
    “My view is we have to stick together on the right”
    I’m not right wing, Todd, and your antics do not help the folks you think should stick together.

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  33. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Take a break Gregory.

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  34. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    My antics have elected many people here Gregory. So put a lid on it or get involved.

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  35. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Golly, Todd, perhaps you need a nap. Or a time out.
    Chill.

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  36. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    No I am just fine. You seem like you may need one yourself.

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  37. Steve Frisch Avatar
    Steve Frisch

    “BillT the babe also accused Bill Oreilly. So my guess is she is a slut and has little self-control. She came onto them and set them up for her own jollies and probably for Nancy Pelosi and Blabbermouth.”
    Exactly WTF I am talking about. πŸ™‚

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  38. Walt Avatar

    OH let this get voted on passed,, and signed.
    http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/06/second-amendment-guarantee-act-would-protect-popular-rifles-shotguns-from-antigun-politicians/
    Yup,, this would cut the balls off the gun grabbers in Sac. And how they will howl.

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  39. Todd Juvinall Avatar
    Todd Juvinall

    Steve Frisch | 06 August 2017 at 03:36 PM
    Dreaming are you?

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  40. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Walt @ 11:47 am
    Shocking. Alarming. Toxic waste sites on our public lands in CA. Yep, I read that article twice and my blood began to boil. I copied it and just when I went to post it around noon, I saw you beat me to it.
    This unbiased link should alarm and upset all readers, no matter what side of the political aisle you are on, no matter where you fit across the entire socio-economic system, no matter what your background is.
    For those who missed Walt’s link, take a peek. Opening paragraph:
    “Pollution from illegal marijuana farms deep in California’s national forests is far worse than previously thought, and has turned thousands of acres into waste dumps so toxic that simply touching plants has landed law enforcement officers in the hospital.”
    https://ca.news.yahoo.com/toxic-waste-u-pot-farms-alarms-experts-100944016.html

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  41. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Ancient politically incorrect news BT. 😦

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  42. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    My my. Being a community organizer pays more than I thought. Screw the victims, give me the green!
    “Instead, $3 billion of the multi-billion-dollar 2013 agreements with Citigroup and Bank of America to settle cases related to mortgage-backed securities went to community-organizing groups.
    The $17 billion Bank of America deal gave the bank β€œextra credit” if it donated $100 million or more to activist groups approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
    The list included UnidosUS, which advocates for illegal immigrants; the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, a left-leaning housing lobbyist group; Operation Hope, which pushes banks to lend to unqualified mortgage applicants in Los Angeles; and the Mutual Housing Association of New York, a spinoff of the controversial community-organizing group ACORN.”
    http://nypost.com/2017/08/05/sessions-investigating-slush-fund-used-by-left-wing-groups/?ref=yfp

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  43. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Can we say claw back @ 548! πŸ˜‰

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  44. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Don @ 5:46 pm
    Yes, I have read that story before, but this one is an update as that person catalogues more and more toxic waste marijuana grows gathers more and more data. Just the tip of the iceberg. Poor bears, flora, watershed, wildlife, soil. The more you look, the more you find.

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