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Afghanistan Hearings: Watch Video, Twitter Analysis

Afghanistan Hearings: Watch Video, Twitter Analysis

Commented Dec 02, 2009 at 11:38:58 in World

“Part 2 When our corporate geniuses exported millions of jobs out of the country, to China, India, Indonesia and Africa, then seem puzzled as to why Americans can't buy their goods any longer, I have to wonder who the hell is doing such bad math?

When a President of the United States is a lifelong oil man from a family of oil men, why is there any reason to doubt that the man is following the agenda of big oil in both Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan? Why would we not connect the ridiculously high price of gas at our pumps to an administration that actually set out to pursue and accomplished a criminal program of enrichment for these "interests" . Why are American soldiers dying? So others may get rich. Are the soldiers getting any of that wealth? Hell no! Are the American people whose taxes pay for these wars getting any of that wealth? Hell no! Yet here we are..[.THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE, DO AND WILL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES when terrorism visits our shores, our communities again] with the blood of children, brides, old men, old women on our hands, people who have never caused us harm, because we are not effective in making our will known to our government? A government proclaimed to all the world to be of, for and by the people?”
Afghanistan Hearings: Watch Video, Twitter Analysis

Afghanistan Hearings: Watch Video, Twitter Analysis

Commented Dec 02, 2009 at 11:28:05 in World

“Part 1 Across the board, no matter where you look, it has become apparent that those folk we hired, elected, appointed or otherwise gave responsibility for managing the common wealth have no useful clue about anything. It is simple really. Yet we allow language to confuse matters. When they say they want to bring peace to the region but instead drop bombs on wedding parties with women and children present, I have to question whether their comprehensions skills are skewed. When they say, defense of our country but end up fighting thousands of miles away in another, not one but two countries, bringing the entire military to bear to take out no more than a few thousand people AND CAN'T GET THAT DONE IN NINE YEARS, while 20-30 million illegal aliens crossed our borders in the same period with still no valid response, I have to wonder if they understand the meaning of the word "Defense". When our corporate geniuses exported millions of jobs out of the country, then seem puzzled as to why Americans couldn't buy imported goods and I have to wonder who the hell is doing such bad math? They need to have their degrees rescinded if that is”
Afghanistan Hearings: Watch Video, Twitter Analysis

Afghanistan Hearings: Watch Video, Twitter Analysis

Commented Dec 02, 2009 at 09:38:44 in World

“Obama is trapped in the White House, just as I knew he would be. For all who voted for him, understand this fact. The President Of The United States Of America is a figurehead. He is not a ruler. Nor a dictator, King or other despot with total power. His mandate comes from a host of powerful interests that participate in true power, the power of money. Maybe he thought differently before he took it on, but I am certain he has seen that handwriting on the wall. Take comfort in the fact that this one decision will ultimately destroy the power of their money, making it useless and therefore the source of their power impotent. When every bomb we drop costs millions, when the entire military machine we employ costs billions per day,, when our country is already bankrupt and wallowing in it's death throes, take comfort in the fact that a day is coming soon when we will no longer be able to support imperial capitalist agendas at all. Then this miserable nightmare will end.”

bbrecht replied on Dec 02, 2009 at 10:42:12

“And this sad truth was never the only option.”
Senate Report: Bin Laden Was 'Within Our Grasp' In 2001

Senate Report: Bin Laden Was 'Within Our Grasp' In 2001

Commented Dec 01, 2009 at 11:38:12 in World

“Not one American can tell you what the facts are about the doings of our government unless they have a security clearance beyond top secret by several orders of magnitude. Not even our Congress seems to have a clue. A body of representatives charged with the welfare and security of a nation should never find itself relegated to making decisions based on lies. Don't we have the capacity to independently verify the facts? As far as the quote about the Saudi Family, read again. I didn't attribute that statement personally to Bush.
As far as a conspiracy regarding Sept. 11, you're dang right it was a conspiracy.”
Senate Report: Bin Laden Was 'Within Our Grasp' In 2001

Senate Report: Bin Laden Was 'Within Our Grasp' In 2001

Commented Nov 29, 2009 at 10:41:23 in World

“Well, if you believe that, let me tell you about my bridge. It's a major thoroughfare over the San Francisco Bay and you can buy it for a measly half million. Point being: We have for far too long been lazy, complacent, distracted, naieve, gullible and just plain uninformed about the processes and plans of our government. Nobody can lie to you if you have the facts. The first fact is, Saddam Hussein was not responsible for the attacks on WTC. Even if you swallowed the hook, line and sinker about the bombings, the logical place to launch a war of retribution was Saudi Arabia, home of the implicated Saudi Prince, Osama Bin Laden. If Bush thought for one minute Bin Laden was responsible, why did they quietly escort the royal Saudi family out of the U.S. the day after when every plane except Air Force one and the military were grounded? Face folks. That was a distraction of epic proportions. What was who hiding and why? As a result of these folks using our tax dollars to for a criminal enterprise, we are not red-blooded Americans, we are red-handed Americans. Accessories after the fact of mass murder, and war crimes yet to be fully known.”

Brendan H replied on Nov 29, 2009 at 11:17:12

“You have a fundamental misunderstanding about what happened. Congress was not sold on the Iraq war on a connection to 9/11. That was what was done to the public. It's very important to separate these campaigns. Congress was sold on information that was cherry picked by the Bush administration to paint a picture that would make invasion of Iraq seem dire. It had nothing to do with connections to 9/11. That only came in when they started campaigning for PUBLIC support, and even then they did it mostly through linguistic slight of hand, not outright statements.

I was not talking about the people of the country. I was talking about the government. It is the role of the executive branch to say "This is the intelligence and here is what we want to do with it" when it comes to foreign affairs. It is the role of congress to say "Is this intelligence actionable and how she would we handle it." You can call this a flaw in the process, but to blame the Democrats in congress is weak.

I am as much against Bush as any liberal, but the "HE FLEW THEM OUT OF THE COUNTRY" is an old and disproven conspiracy theory. The actual story is significantly more complex. Let's stick to the facts. We don't need anything else.”
Obama Pushes Lobbyists Off Federal Advisory Boards

Obama Pushes Lobbyists Off Federal Advisory Boards

Commented Nov 27, 2009 at 10:43:34 in Business

“Exactly. You are fanned. I said it before, I'll say it again. This is chess. The subtle, seemingly innocuous moves have the most power. A pawn here, a pawn there can lock down the board and set up a series of moves by the opposition that can't help but force them to lose valuable pieces. The pawn is perhaps the most powerful piece on the chessboard if you know how to use them. ONLY WITH OUR HELP is dead on.

Now we need to make it a felony to offer or receive a campaign contribution when the intent of that contribution is to skirt laws against bribing public officials. Any money that changes hands immediately before important votes on legislation is suspect, especially when the legislator becomes a voting proponent of the contributor's position on the matter under consideration. We have to shut down the lobby industry completely. Make K street a ghost town. Mr. President, my hat is off to ya!!!!!!”
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Will Americans Who Ignore Car Insurance Laws Obey Health Coverage Mandate?

Commented Nov 26, 2009 at 20:32:16 in Politics

“And it is those people will be unfairly targeted, fined, jailed and otherwise harrassed. Time for change. Really time for change. Deep, near revolutionary CHANGE!!!!!”
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Will Americans Who Ignore Car Insurance Laws Obey Health Coverage Mandate?

Commented Nov 26, 2009 at 20:25:31 in Politics

“Add to that the fact that auto insurance companies drag their butts about paying. My case has been hanging around for three years waiting for trial. The insurance company offered $8000 to settle a claim that amounts to more like $300,000 and I was injured by a drunk driver. I ended up with a 25% permanent disability and I was only a passenger in the vehicle. There is absolutely nothing anybody can tell me that would make me go along with any mandate and any attempt to enforce one with me will be met with the stiffest legal resistance possible. If you disagree with the mandate as I do, please sign this petition:

petition @barackobama44 to sign this petition http://act.ly/155 RT to sign #actly”
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Will Americans Who Ignore Car Insurance Laws Obey Health Coverage Mandate?

Commented Nov 26, 2009 at 19:01:58 in Politics

“I am not waiting for luck about this and nobody should. Personally, I don't trust this system at all. Having awakened from a hernia operation during miltary service to find I had been clinically dead for fifteen minutes, having watched my mother-in-law essentially killed by doctor in Pennsylvania as w ell asa brother and a sister, all dead because our health care system operates more like a nazi death camp where patients are legally experimented on and held hostage when their lives depend on it, a health insurance mandate is not on my list of desirables. The cozy relationship between pharmaceutical companies and doctors is as criminal as anything I know to be so and their conjoined ability to affect national policy about our health and wellness completely undermines any possibility of a fair shake for patients. Not to mention there is not a single word in this bill that supports alternate care or provides for an option to pursue such care in the event you don't want to put your life in the hands of people too jaded, too exhausted, too poorly trained and too greedy to even heal you in the first place. Telling me I have to pay for that or get fined or go to jail for refusing to participate is to tell me that we are no longer free to choose. If that is the case or becomes the case, my tenure in America is over.”
Lou Dobbs Reaches Out To Latinos

Lou Dobbs Reaches Out To Latinos

Commented Nov 25, 2009 at 09:10:27 in Politics

“Unfortunately, we don't need another politician. That is the problem in the first place.

We set to out elect public officials, we get politicians

We set out to empower able administrators of the public trust, we get more politicians

We aim to protect our communities with a system of checks and balances that discourage corruption and graft in government, we get politicians.

We think we got public servants doing the business of federal, state and local government. We get politicians who think we are sheep to be sheared. Our public servants presume they are our masters.

A politician is an ingrate, a liar, a narcissist, a thief, a philanderer, a hypocrite, an egomaniac and a criminal waiting to happen if he/she hasn't ripened into one already.

The sad part? We outnumber their arses millions to one. Want to change the entire world America. Take one day out of your life and stand in front of your city, state or federal capital with a sign that says "Do what we hired you to do or go home!" Make sure you have thousands surrounding that edifice. Take pictures of our elected officials as they come and go. Do that for a month, then if things don't correct themselves, vote their carcasses out.”
Obama Calls War Council Together For Meeting On Afghanistan

Obama Calls War Council Together For Meeting On Afghanistan

Commented Nov 23, 2009 at 16:51:27 in Politics

“The crushing poverty of the majority of the people of the world has everything to do with the imperial practices of the west. That news is older than Alexander The Great, who also could not win a war in this region. This is why terrorism exists in the first place. What do we call terrorism? The same things we would do if we found hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops in America trying to dictate our lifestyles, government and religion. We have no business in Afghanistan. It will be the undoing not only of the US but of many nations. What is truly wrong is that "corporate oil interests" are using the United States military like it was their own private army. There is no "public interest" in Afghanistan. We are not fighting a war of liberation, except to liberate these people from vast oil reserves. Obama should move to bring all our troops home from such engagements. They are dying for nothing.”
Sherrod Brown: Obama Focused On Main Street, But Not All His Advisers Are

Sherrod Brown: Obama Focused On Main Street, But Not All His Advisers Are

Commented Nov 22, 2009 at 12:54:37 in Politics

“Responsible commentary means working with a set of facts. E ven if your take on the facts may be erroneous, at least there is a somewhat honest attempt at positive debate. When you make a statement like "Obama hates people who own" and offer like you know something it's obvious you can't know [because you're not in Obama's head, nor can you offer even a typo to quote such a statement] that is irresponsible.

This is pandemic with all the Obama haters. Incredible, unfounded statements parade themselves as fact. Fear is so rampant in this current economic environment nobody thinks clearly that this mess is not Obama's mess. There is no such thing as ObamaCare. Afghanistan is not Obama's war and all the things you blame him for and suspect him of are truly groundless. The net effect is to diminish whatever possible respect such statements could have had to zilch....z­ero...nada­. These problems have been building right under everybody's uninformed, distracted or complacent noses. Now that it has hit the fan, everybody whines like they have no responsibility. Spoiled America is being forced to grow up or drown.”

SJML replied on Nov 22, 2009 at 15:48:48

“Well said”
Nidal Hasan Emails Could Indicate Fort Hood Shooting Was A Terrorist Plot

Nidal Hasan Emails Could Indicate Fort Hood Shooting Was A Terrorist Plot

Commented Nov 21, 2009 at 11:57:02 in Politics

“It's not secret. Doesn't take genius to figure out that a hard core of defense and other money makers need this kind of thing to happen in order to keep the money flowing. The problem is, this is treason at very high levels. Same thing happened with 9-11. The day after the bombings suddenly we have pictures and details about the "terrorists' that should have taken months, if not years to uncover. Supposedly definitive info on a group who trained to fly planes right here in the US. Notably in Fla. where good ol' Jeb was governor. Why is it that suddenly now, we have emails indicating a terrorist plot yet these same emails never got a response from FBI, CIA and others until American soldiers died at home? It's time for a deep and comprehensive investigation into the doings of the government agencies who get paid to prevent such acts of violence in this country. Nobody can tell me these are not planned for a specific effect. That effect being, to drag us deeper and deeper into an apocalyptic war against Islam. We can continue to be fools and fall for these extreme dirty tricks that make trillions for defense contractors or we can dry them up, jail them and stop creating these scenarios entirely. Somebody(s) needs to hang for this one.”
Rachel Maddow, Frank Schaeffer Discuss The Latest In Thinly-Veiled Evangelical Christian Obama Death Threats

Rachel Maddow, Frank Schaeffer Discuss The Latest In Thinly-Veiled Evangelical Christian Obama Death Threats

Commented Nov 18, 2009 at 19:23:02 in Politics

“This is not at all true and speaking it tells me you don't know a damd thing about God. God is love. Only love. No judgement. No penalties, no hell. Ignorance by people who call themselves Christians is all the more venal because they see the life of Christ, read his words which are about love, forgiveness, and redemption but create, in his name one of the bloodiest, most hypocritical religions on the face of the Earth, responsible for millions, if not billions of deaths, expropriation of peoples, land, children, cultures, wealth and self determination, a religion so far from Christ that it can only be Satan's index finger to God.

Hell is the mental condition of an evil person bereft of his body. Bereft of body and unable to rejoin the spirit of love, the soul is in turmoil and confronted with its own evil. The evil spirit remains Earthbound because it cannot reconcile itself to death nor the evil it is. God has nothing to do with the torment. It is self induced. Like oil and water, love and hate cannot join together. They must resolve the difference or remain apart.

So let the hellions who think they have the right to kill what they fear continue in their way. They are only in for some very intense, hellish realities once their bodies and their supporters can no longer distract them from facing the truth about themselves.”
Obama CBS Interview: I'd Fire The Afghanistan Decision Leakers

Obama CBS Interview: I'd Fire The Afghanistan Decision Leakers

Commented Nov 18, 2009 at 15:19:12 in Politics

“I'm glad he's mad. I hope he gets madder yet. Maybe then he'll send these idiots a few cases of their own come-uppance. By now the crime syndicates in banking, medical, pharma and defense think they own the government and Americans are a herd of sheep to be tagged with implants, milked at their leisure and they don't even make good herdmen or shepherds. Look at America in general: Broke, pissed off, sick and get ready to explode. Problem is, the needed consensus among us, that K street hacks need to be rounded up and jailed en masse, along with every single member of Congress who ever took a dime of their money, is not what we have. In the final analysis, whether you are right/left, liberal/co­nservative the question is: Will you continue to be able to trust the value of your money, which means keeping a roof, feeding and educating your children and having a social safety net if you become ill or unemployed? That there exists any group of people affecting our nation with bribery and financial rapine, who arrogantly persist in what they do to the detriment of our country is a sad statement of how many miss the point of it all. United we stand. Unite around the idea of prosperity for ALL Americans, not just a corrupt, greedy few.”
Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment

Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment

Commented Nov 11, 2009 at 11:03:00 in Politics

“Link to petition is here: http://act.ly/153
Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment

Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment

Commented Nov 11, 2009 at 11:01:50 in Politics

“HRC 3962 has a very dangerous clause that could effect you immediately. Please read and sign the petition at this link which reads in part:

k_kojei with 2 followers started this.

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/15141066/You-Will-Go-To-Jail-Under-the-Pelosi-Health-Care-Bill-If-You-Dont-Buy-The-Government-Option????//////
This clause in HRC 3962 completely undermines a citizens right to choose not to participate in any health insurance plan, including the public option by criminalizing any refusal to purchase at least the government run public option. Many of us prefer to manage our healthcare in ways that do not involve drugs, doctors, hospitals or clinics except in life or death emergencies, preferring instead to follow organic, holistic solutions to health care, that preclude drugs and other mainstream methodologies.

This clause is a thinly disguised attempt to tax Americans, especially the middle and not-so middle class worker, tie the healthcare plan to IRS reporting requirements and subject Americans who choose not to participate in it and become victims to a known to be criminal healthcare empire and to make it a criminal offense not to comply, including $25,000 fine and/or one year in jail. This is by far the most sinister intrusion on our privacy, our freedom to choose and our civil rights. It cannot be allowed to become law.”
Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment

Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment

Commented Nov 11, 2009 at 08:50:12 in Politics

“The abortion clause in HCR 3692 is the least of our worries. It is actually something they did right. All this abortion debate does is distract us from the doozie clause to this bill that affects our freedom to choose or not, to participate in a loaded game. Here is the BIG problem with this bill. Read it and get on it before this becomes law:

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/15141066/You-Will-Go-To-Jail-Under-the-Pelosi-Health-Care-Bill-If-You-Dont-Buy-The-Government-Option

By the way: Where is Arriana Huffington now when we need her? Why is this not front page news on The Huffington Post?”
Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment

Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment

Commented Nov 11, 2009 at 08:38:30 in Politics

“Then do something about it. Speak out!!!! Remove war mongers from office. Remove the criminal element from our business, judicial, legislative and even spiritual processes by refusing to support their crimes. Being uncomfortable is not enough. What does it take? Do you have to have the headless bodies, blown off legs, guts, tissue, fetuses pile up in your living room before you are disgusted enough to be outraged? You may not see it yet but the blood is right there on your hands.”
Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment

Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment

Commented Nov 11, 2009 at 08:32:30 in Politics

“OK enhancedvibes. Let me spell it out. I am a man. I have five sisters and a mom whom I love dearly but for truth have watched over our lifetime together make the stupidest moves regarding men I have ever seen, despite vociferous protests from me about their choices. Over and over again they fall for the same crap. Crap that resulted in my experience of childhood being one of abuse bordering on torture from supposedly loving parents. As a result of my own experiences and theirs, I chose and made a vow, which I have never broken in my life, NEVER to subject a woman to such misery as I have witnessed not only in my own family but in families of every race, class and religion. So NOWHERE in this conversation is there even the slightest idea that there is any blame or shame on women for having sex and to insist this is true is to deliberately obscure the issue. Education, planning, responsibility are the keys. Especially if you are the one left holding the bag because your choice in a man showed his true color and dipped!!!! Recreational sex is irresponsible sex. And yes, lives-beautiful little angelic lives hang in the balance. The only shame here is that you are not thinking at all well about the matter or are blurring the facts so you don't HAVE to take responsibility.”

enhancedvibes replied on Nov 18, 2009 at 13:00:46

“Recreational sex is not irresponsible sex if BOTH parties take precautions against STIs and pregnancy. Huh?

Otherwise, in response to your post I will just re-post my previous comment:

We have preventative measures to take to prevent an unwanted pregnancy but they dont always work and there are a lot of other variables at work here - like peer pressure, the differences between men and women and what we are taught about sex and sexuality, lack of comprehensive sex ed in our public schools AND from our parents and more.

It is obvious from a lot of posts by men on here that they have no idea what images and ideas regarding sex young women are barraged with in our society. In society and our culture, young men's (and then adult men's) sexuality is ok to express and young women's (and in turn adult women's) is not. We have to change the way we teach our young men and women about sex. Abortion is not going away. Deal with it.”
Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment

Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment

Commented Nov 10, 2009 at 12:01:08 in Politics

“Thank you Magnoliabird. I was beginning to think it was me. Those of us with a conscience, those of us with a will to be responsible for our actions in the world, those of us who remain connected to love cannot accept being a party to this behavior any longer and need to speak out now about it. Pro-Sexual Responsibility is the mantra. And it applies not only to the pro-life/pro-choice issue, it applies to gay rights, it applies to careless spreading of deadly STDs, it applies to televised indoctrination of young children to begin sexual lives long before they understand clearly what sexuality is really about. The saddest part about it is, in my studies, my preparation for managing a responsible sexual life, I found more information about natural birth control methods than I ever dreamed. Ignorance is no excuse. Maybe before the internet, but not anymore.”
Glenn Beck Advertiser Exodus Goes Global: Waitrose Pulls From UK Fox News

Glenn Beck Advertiser Exodus Goes Global: Waitrose Pulls From UK Fox News

Commented Nov 10, 2009 at 10:26:06 in Media

“Productive? Of What? Global mass murder? Rapine of our financial systems? Scam after toxic scam in everything from pharmaceuticals to medical services to the worst ignorance parading as somehow conservative? Conservatives engineered the bankrupting of America. Conservatives put the game into play. Conservatives robbed the middle class of any hope for a secure future and yes, it is costing trillions in debt to recover. Personally, I think you're right about one thing:

Obama should not drive this country into more debt to pay for a recovery. What he should do is take back every dime stolen by "conservative" individuals and institutions. Arrest, try, convict every one of them and take their bank accounts and property to return the money to our economy. After all, it is a matter of public record where you live, where you bank and how you stole the commonwealth. What I find amazing is that you are all still running your mouths, drawing attention to yourselves and the criminal conspiracies you perpetrated on this country. Keep talking. Maybe he will here you and do what we REALLY want him to do. Lock your arses away for the rest of your lives.”
Obama on Abortion Amendment: Don't Want to Change

Obama on Abortion Amendment: Don't Want to Change "Status Quo" (VIDEO)

Commented Nov 09, 2009 at 19:17:58 in Politics

“A private insurer is well within reason to cover or not cover an elective procedure such as abortion most certainly is. However, tax payer dollars include much money of people who have moral issues with underwriting a procedure, an elective procedure no less which kills an unborn fetus in the womb. To those who think this is murder, it is not conscionable to know taxpayer dollars contribute to this activity. Once again, an ELECTIVE procedure, meaning the person chooses to do it. The federal government is right to restrict public funding of abortions.”
Abbas Says He Won't Seek Re-Election

Abbas Says He Won't Seek Re-Election

Commented Nov 06, 2009 at 14:38:13 in World

“There it is again. Some of the longest players in these games, people who have been directly or indirectly involved, responsible and generally in the mix when it comes to issues of war and , think that over night a new American President is supposed to make everything magically alright. This near universal passing of the buck is entirely counterproductive. We have to each take individual responsbility for peace in our world by refusing to set upon each other with these terrible attitudes toward each other, of race, class, gender nationality or religion. Time is short. We have to get it right or will see the fruits of this labor and all the bitter aftertaste, not as a group, but as a world. Obama can't fix ills people refuse to address themselves. Israelis and Palestinians will not stop until they are too tired of war, until they see that each death prolongs the vendetta. It has to stop somewhere.”
Vitter Confronted By Rape Victim Over Franken Amendment Vote

Vitter Confronted By Rape Victim Over Franken Amendment Vote

Commented Nov 03, 2009 at 01:31:15 in Politics

“Apologies are no where near enough. So what! Three empty words!!!! The vote counted. The vote was a stab deep in the backs of every woman [and man for that matter] who have the right to defend the sanctity of their bodies from sexual assault when it should have been a comfort vote at least. A vote of sympathy and support. Apologies mean nothing. Their votes put them in the pack of gang-rapists as surely as if they were there. Vitter is finished. So is each and every one who voted against that bill. They are all pariahs...­dead men walking.”
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