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Early Morning Swim: Chicago Way Edition

By: Blue Texan Monday October 6, 2008 4:46 am
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  • Over the weekend, McPalin debuted their new strategy.
  • You knew this was coming.
  • They pull a knife, you pull a gun.
  • Sarah Palin can see Afghanistan from her window.
  • Top Gun? Not so much.
  • Obama hits all-time high at 538.
  • Wingnut ideas fail in free market.
  • Palin's in FL; McSame's in NM.

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56 Responses to “Early Morning Swim: Chicago Way Edition”

KayInMaine October 6th, 2008 at 4:54 am
1

Sarah Palin is the white woman who screams in a crowd, “That black man raped me!!!” to get the white men to kill the black man.

I hate her.

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JimWhite October 6th, 2008 at 4:59 am
2

Good morning, BT. Love the YouTube.

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billybugs October 6th, 2008 at 5:02 am
3

I don’t think we will have heard the last of Ms Palin once the election is over.
Expect to hear her on right wing talk radio,she may even end up with her own show,a female Rush Blowhard.
The right love her; a programmable Barbie Doll spewing right wing hate ,and not a brain in her head!!

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foothillsmike October 6th, 2008 at 5:07 am
4

This should be an interesting week. After tomorrow nights debate, the AK special prosecutor will release his report on friday. This will give the rethugs all weekend to spin it as democrat persecution of poor tough Palin. The fact that AK is rethug?

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Waccamaw October 6th, 2008 at 5:13 am
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In response to billybugs @ 3

True, dat! One thing you gotta give the woman, she sure knows how to kiss the camera; faux probably already has her under contract. :-(

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selise October 6th, 2008 at 5:13 am
6

naomi klein on democracy now! - and, i think, will be on for the rest of the hour to discuss current economic situation.

watch/listen live.

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TobyWollin October 6th, 2008 at 5:15 am
7

Has anyone seen this? I just discovered it - you can look at any election all the way back to the earliest ones in terms of electoral college votes..
http://www.270towin.com/
Check out the difference between the election of 1928 and 1932.

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T-Bear October 6th, 2008 at 5:18 am
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What is so difficult to understand?

Charles Keating was a bank-robber

John Sidney McCain III was driving the getaway car.

Sarah Palin is no more than an accomplice to a lie (her whole life).

Simple, ¿no?

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Elliott October 6th, 2008 at 5:20 am
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Holy Moly!

That would be a neat diary, Toby

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billybugs October 6th, 2008 at 5:22 am
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In response to Waccamaw @ 5

This woman loves attention and doesn’t care how she gets it.
You never know where she might rear her head!!

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Beerfart Liberal October 6th, 2008 at 5:23 am
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The fact that the polls clearly show Palin lost the debate on the merits? Forget it. I’m smitten, just like Rich Lowry. She’s Xena Santorum Palin, the Culture warrioress. Who cares about a little thing like reality when you can have pseudo-facts? And who cares what the eggheads think?

That’s from Mark Steyn.

Never heard of this asshole. Who he?

Morning.

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Bluetoe2 October 6th, 2008 at 5:26 am
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Although Palin/McSame pulled out of Michigan the RNC hasn’t. They are running a smear campaign along with a 527 that questions who Obama might nominate for SCOTUS.

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TobyWollin October 6th, 2008 at 5:27 am
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In response to KayInMaine @ 1

Now, now, Kay, that’s not exactly correct - Palin is the white woman who shoots the black guy the death, guts him and THEN screams “He raped me”.

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Beerfart Liberal October 6th, 2008 at 5:27 am
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In response to KayInMaine @ 1

yeah. i almost called her a name here that woulda got me in big trouble - each of the past two nights. she deserves it. what really disgusts me is that on top of all this bullshit she’s too stupid and two scared to sit down with anybody to defend it. Hey Plain, tehre’s a standing invite from KO & Rachel both. Right. She might go on.

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View this users Facebook profile SouthernDragon October 6th, 2008 at 5:28 am
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In response to selise @ 6

Mornin’, BT, selise, pups

I read the post over at the orange satan and will listen to the clip before I catch DN at noon. I started seeing red flags when I saw that Shrub had stationed troops in the US to act as security forces here. The Waffen SS is not welcome in my town.

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Beerfart Liberal October 6th, 2008 at 5:29 am
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In response to Bluetoe2 @ 12

emptywheel was aying tbe other night that the MI pullout didn’t smell right. i don’t think Obama & Biden went for it. McSame is limited in what he can spend but Palin is doin’ big time fundraisers every single day. I’m sure the $$ goes to RNC and some finds its way to 527’s.

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billybugs October 6th, 2008 at 5:30 am
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In response to Beerfart Liberal @ 11

Are you sure this remark wasn’t an attempt at sarcasm?

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Elliott October 6th, 2008 at 5:30 am
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In response to billybugs @ 10

or where her rear may head

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Bluetoe2 October 6th, 2008 at 5:32 am
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In response to billybugs @ 10

After this election and the Republicans slither away in total humiliation and disgrace I wouldn’t be surprised if Palin is the first VP candidate in history to pose for Penthouse. She needs attention anyway she can get it. In 10 years she will be the subject of a TV show that asks the provacative question, “Where are they now?”

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KayInMaine October 6th, 2008 at 5:33 am
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In response to TobyWollin @ 13

Oh yeah. I forgot. ;-) She’s also the kind of woman who daintily drops her hanky in front of the black man to get the racist knuckle draggers furious when they see the black man looking at her ass! Oh wait. That’s the same thing I said in comment #1 above. LOL Nevermind!

Beerfart Liberal, Palin would never take a question on this. She’s a neocon infomercial, which means we’ll never get the truth from her no matter how hard we try.

Okay, going to work with the rest of the schmucks of America. ;-)

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View this users Facebook profile SouthernDragon October 6th, 2008 at 5:33 am
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In response to Beerfart Liberal @ 16

McSFB knows he can get more mileage from 527’s, particularly now that his spending is limited by public financing. Cliches become cliches because of their truism - there is no honour among thieves.

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Bluetoe2 October 6th, 2008 at 5:35 am
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In response to Beerfart Liberal @ 16

It didn’t smell right with me either. I think it was an attempt to try and get Obama/Biden to lower their guard in MI. The RNC along with 527 have ramped up in MI working on getting Obama’s negatives up. Not seeing as many Obama ads. Hope he didn’t take the bait.

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KayInMaine October 6th, 2008 at 5:35 am
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In response to Bluetoe2 @ 19

Pose for Penthouse? LOL! I bet she will and she’ll hold a press conference outside the Penthouse building to say, “We republics are the family values people of our country. Posing for Penthouse, pregnant teenagers is truly a sign of patriotism. Talk to you later, schmucks! Gotta get my pee-pee-thing photographed!”.

*shaking head*

I hate her.

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billybugs October 6th, 2008 at 5:35 am
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In response to Elliott @ 18

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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T-Bear October 6th, 2008 at 5:36 am
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In response to Beerfart Liberal @ 14

You need to get Benard Share’s Slanguage, a dictionary of Irish slang ISBN 0-7171-2683-8 ref pp 139-140. Then you can say it’s in the dictionary - that word. ;-)

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Beerfart Liberal October 6th, 2008 at 5:37 am
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Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce

http://www.backstreets.com/news.html

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View this users Facebook profile SouthernDragon October 6th, 2008 at 5:38 am
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Off to swim in the great capitalist cesspool.

Be good to yourselves, and all other living things.

Namaste

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Beerfart Liberal October 6th, 2008 at 5:38 am
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In response to billybugs @ 17

don’t know. i never heard of the guy. The way the wignuts are writing about her it’s like a Palin SNL skit–don;t know what’s realy or what’s the joke.

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billybugs October 6th, 2008 at 5:38 am
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In response to Bluetoe2 @ 19

That may happen ,but she is 44 years old they’ll need alot of vasoline on the camera lens!!!

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Blue Texan October 6th, 2008 at 5:39 am
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In response to Beerfart Liberal @ 11

Really? Steyn is one of the biggest asshats in the kingdom of wingnut asshats.

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View this users Facebook profile SouthernDragon October 6th, 2008 at 5:39 am
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In response to KayInMaine @ 23

Hope she didn’t cut herself with her razor.

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Beerfart Liberal October 6th, 2008 at 5:41 am
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In response to Blue Texan @ 30

see my 28? this was so fucked up, i didn’t know if the guy was joking. i thought he was serious but couldn’t be sure.

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billybugs October 6th, 2008 at 5:42 am
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In response to Blue Texan @ 30

Now we know!

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Beerfart Liberal October 6th, 2008 at 5:43 am
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Can I see a show of hands? How many think McCain’s negative shit will work?
(By “work” i mean stop BO/Jo momentum.)

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billybugs October 6th, 2008 at 5:46 am
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In response to Beerfart Liberal @ 34

McCain has far more skeletons in his closet than Obama.
If anything this tactic will backfire.

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Beerfart Liberal October 6th, 2008 at 5:46 am
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Just saw this linky at the msnbc site:

NYT: McCain, Obama sharply divided on Iraq

uh, no shit?

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Beerfart Liberal October 6th, 2008 at 5:46 am
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In response to billybugs @ 35

agree.

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JimWhite October 6th, 2008 at 5:47 am
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In response to Beerfart Liberal @ 34

Not this time. People see through the Wall Street bailout story and know that we just got screwed. They’re mad as hell and won’t listen to the crap from McCain. Obama’s people warned this weekend that if McCain goes too negative, it will be all Keeting all the time. McCain loses that one big time because it’s a direct repeat of the current problem. I’ll bet Obama has some really good ads in the can on that one just waiting to pull the trigger.

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Beerfart Liberal October 6th, 2008 at 5:48 am
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think KO will have a special commentary? he can get pretty indignant about shit like this Palin/Ayers bullshit. rightly so.

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Beerfart Liberal October 6th, 2008 at 5:51 am
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In response to JimWhite @ 38

yeah. i don’t think Palin is all that popular down here. much less than I would have thought. this state is getting screwed. i’ve put this up before and you know it —- this state gets over 90% of its revenuies from sales tax. bad economy, people not spending; no tourists; no money for government. my kids’ school will not be having class trips. no money for the gas for the buses. it ain’t gonna work. the people who eat up this stuff were against obama a long time ago. is palin gonna be out by you? yeah, right? clearwater?

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Crosstimbers October 6th, 2008 at 5:53 am
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In response to JimWhite @ 38

I hope you’re right, but don’t like the way the polls jog up and down over the most ridiculous matters, like the Palin nomination, lipstick on pig, etc. As Obermann pointed out, the McCain crowd only has to get them to jog up on November 4.

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billybugs October 6th, 2008 at 5:55 am
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In response to JimWhite @ 38

Obama campaign has a 13 minute “documentary ” coming out today at 12noon detailing McCains involvement with Keating.
I can’t wait to see it!!

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JimWhite October 6th, 2008 at 5:56 am
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In response to Beerfart Liberal @ 40

Clearwater’s a couple of hours away. I drove to Jacksonville this weekend and nearly drove off the road. In the middle of Lawtey is a huge billboard with an international no symbol through “McSame”. It was put up by the vasectomy do who advertises everywhere. I didn’t get a picture of it, so I’ve emailed him asking for a photo and a sentence or two on why he put it up, hoping to get a good Oxdown diary out of it. [For those of you who don’t know Florida, Lawtey is a very small, very conservative town in North Florida whose only industry is prison. It’s only previous claim to fame is as one of only a handful of places AAA still labels as speed traps.]

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Elliott October 6th, 2008 at 5:58 am
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aHAHAHA

Nooner said “there ain’t enough learning going on”
what a flake she is.

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cbl2 October 6th, 2008 at 6:01 am
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Good Morning Blue Texan and Firedogs -

a little bit of historical trivia for ya -

Not everyone was satisfied with the Senate Ethics Committee conclusions. Fred Wertheimer, president of Common Cause, which had initially demanded the investigation, thought the treatment of the senators far too lenient, and said, “The U.S. Senate remains on the auction block to the Charles Keatings of the world”.

yep - that Fred Wertheimer. as we all know, he’s gone all Nancy Keegan these days, but wonder if he’ll appear in the Keating Economics video today ;o

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Phoenix Woman October 6th, 2008 at 6:02 am
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Did somebody say “Keating”?

http://www.keatingeconomics.co.....l#research

Have at it, my little chickadees!

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cbl2 October 6th, 2008 at 6:03 am
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In response to Crosstimbers @ 41

some dfh pointed out the Right has spent $10 Million on Ayres to date . . . and the polling hasn’t changed a wit :D

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billybugs October 6th, 2008 at 6:05 am
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For anyone who’s interested here’s the link to the McCain/Keating documentary.

www.KeatingEconomics.com.

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Elliott October 6th, 2008 at 6:05 am
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McCain’s Cronies: Charles Keating And McCain’s Failure To Learn Deregulation Lessons

Christy’s on it upstairs!

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Beerfart Liberal October 6th, 2008 at 6:05 am
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In response to JimWhite @ 43

great! i was out in lake county last weekend. not exactly country but alot more rural than O-town. there’s mccain stuff but probably as much Obama stuff in front of houses and waaaay more obama buimper stickers. i’m really getting excited about FL. Whoda thunk it? Biden’s comming. BTW, Obama put his headquarters here in the Little Saigon neighbor hood of the city. Major McCain country. How’s that for “in your face”?

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Waccamaw October 6th, 2008 at 6:09 am
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In response to JimWhite @ 43

Lawtey sounds like a place to avoid at all costs….did they name the town for the prison industry? That noise you heard driving thru’ was the sound of reich wing heads exploding. *g*

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Crosstimbers October 6th, 2008 at 6:09 am
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In response to cbl2 @ 47

I know, and in a way I’m encouraged that it seems the only option they have is to raise garbage that’s already been pushed twice before. But when I see that anyone views the candidacy of Palin as anything but a national disgrace, I get antsy.

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Phoenix Woman October 6th, 2008 at 6:10 am
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In response to cbl2 @ 45

Ah, Fred — the guy who was too busy looking at alleged and/or nonexistent campaign-finance violations by the Obama team to notice that McCain was way over the limit for fundraising allowed a candidate who had opted into the public-financing system in the primaries.

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i4u2bi October 6th, 2008 at 6:14 am
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In response to Beerfart Liberal @ 16

McLiar’s campaign is going full bore here in mid Mi.

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Frank33 October 6th, 2008 at 6:23 am
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File under Irony. Sarah Sixpack live on the tee vee.
“I always knew I was accountable to the people who hired me, the people of Alaska.”

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sadlyyes October 6th, 2008 at 8:11 am
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In response to cbl2 @ 47

oh my

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