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Skip to content MOONHOWLINGS A Place for Civil Debate: A Blog for Grown Ups * BOCS Contact * Contact Us * Guidelines * News Sources * Our Beginnings * Political Daily News VETERANS DAY 2021 BY GEORGE HARRIS November 8, 2021November 8, 2021 MoonHowler VETERANS’ DAY 2021 It’s 10:59 AM, November 11, 1918 and you are standing in a cold, damp trench waiting for the clock to strike the magic hour-11:00 AM. Off in the distance you hear the chatter of gun fire and wonder why would that be happening now when peace is finally so close. But there are those few who want to kill and maim until the very last second. Now, just now, those final 60 seconds tick by and it is finally 11:00 AM; you can hardly believe your eyes and ears-all is quiet on the western front and across the battle scarred landscape you see soldiers, enemy soldiers just a few seconds ago, standing up, cheering and coming across the fields to shake hands and embrace their fellow soldiers. And so it was one hundred and three years ago. Now, it is Veterans’ Day, 2021, and we pause to remember all those who have worn the cloth of our great nation. Years ago, this day was known as Armistice Day, the day the war to end all wars came to an end. But less that a quarter of century later, we were faced with another war, a war involving much of the free world against Germany, Japan and Italy. There were many hard fought battles in this war in Europe and the Pacific until the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan brought an abrupt end to the war in 1945. Millions of young men and women served in this war and hundreds of thousands died while even more suffered lasting injuries from the conflict. We thought we were done with war, after all this was our second world war but in just five years we found ourselves embroiled in war between South and North Korea. Technically this war has never ended but both sides agreed to a cease fire.Peace at last but this was not to last. By 1965 we were once again at war in Vietnam. Again,millions wore the cloth of our nation and we lost more than 50,000 young folks while hundreds of thousands were scarred forever. The end came eight years later with the signing of the Paris Peace Accord.Peace at last! September 11, 2001 dawned bright and shiny and then disaster struck. Four commercial airliners were hijacked and the greatest terrorist attack ever committed in our country brought death to more than 3,000 people and within months we were embroiled in our longest war, nearly 20 years until our final withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Millions of young men and women once again served our nation and hundreds of thousands serve to remind us of the terrible price of war.And so we are once against peace. We still have an Armed Force filled with those who wish to serve our nation. And it is fitting that we take a few moments from our every day hustle bustle to remember them and all those who came before. God bless our military personnel and God bless our great nation. General, Veterans TRUMP’S PAC HAS SPENT NO MONEY ON BALLOT AUDITS July 26, 2021 David Trump’s PAC has spent no money on ballot audits as he pushes his election-fraud claims, but it has funded his flights and other personal expenses, a report says * Trump’s PAC has spent none of the $75 million it raised on election reviews, The Washington Post reported. * Trump has falsely claimed the election was stolen, but he isn’t putting money behind proving it. * Private donors — not Trump’s PAC — are funding election reviews in Arizona and Georgia. Link to Business Insider article General TO WHOM DO YOU PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE? May 17, 2021 MoonHowler Unfortunately, way too many people are confusing nationalism with patriotism. Nationalism is what led countries like Germany, Japan and Italy down that slippery slope–that slope that led to the slaughter of millions of people during WWII. The same misplaced nationalism had reared its ugly head prior to WWI. We all know how that worked out. The “War to End all Wars’ simply provided a petri dish for evil to germinate. Are we on the cusp of this same destructive national phenomena? Did January 6, 2021 not show us clearly what was headed our way if calmer, wiser heads don’t prevail? I might not agree with much of anything that comes out of Liz Cheney’s mouth from a policy standpoint but I respect her for her tough stance on the truth and her efforts to preserve our democracy. Constitution, Culture Warriors/Far Right, National Events, Republican, War/Military/terrorism A VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE FROM GEORGE HARRIS November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 MoonHowler One hundred two years ago, the Principle Allied Powers and Germany agreed that they would stop killing and maiming each other with bullets, bombs and poison gas. At 11:00AM on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918, all was quiet on the Although the United States was only in the war for 18 months, we lost some 117,000 killed and 295,690 wounded. All in all, more than 16.5 million people died and some 21.2 million people were wounded. I remember our Assistant Coach Mr. Ramsey, a World War I veteran, bore the scars of being burned by mustard gas. All of those Doughboys, as they were called, are gone now but the memory of them lingers on. This national Remembrance Day, once called Armistice Day, is now known as Veterans’ Day, a day to remember all those who have worn the cloth of our great nation. And today we are still engaged in the longest war in our 244 year history; we struggle to find a way to honorably remove ourselves from a conflict that seems to have no end in sight. Over a million veterans have served since we we began the Global War on Terrorism just over nineteen years ago. I have one grandson in the U.S Navy and a second grandson will join the Navy’s ranks this month. I hope their children and grandchildren children will grow up,in a peaceful world. This is my 87th Veterans’ Day and I hope folks will take just a moment to remember the millions of young men and women who have served our nation and signed that blank check made payable to all of us and cashed too many times by those brave souls laying down their lives for all of us. President-elect Joe Biden has been ending his speeches with, “ God bless the United States and God bless our troops.” This is my fervent prayer. General TRUMP CALLS SOLDIERS “SUCKERS” AND “LOSERS” September 6, 2020 David > Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become > disheveled in the rain, and because he did not believe it important to honor > American war dead, according to four people with firsthand knowledge of the > discussion that day. In a conversation with senior staff members on the > morning of the scheduled visit, Trump said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? > It’s filled with losers.” In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump > referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood > as “suckers” for getting killed. Personally, I’ve come to believe that one of the things that all people who are Truly Bad People have in common is an inability to understand why a person would make a sacrifice based on principles such as duty to country or defense of democracy. It seems to me that Truly Bad People can only comprehend motivations based on greed or profit/power seeking motives. When a Truly Bad Person sees somebody deliberately put themselves in danger to defend their country they are only capable of perceiving that person as a sucker. Trump and his family have had the means to avoid placing themselves in danger. Donald Trump sought and received four draft deferrments, one due to “bone spurs” in his ankles. And Donald Trump supposedly threatened to disown Donald Jr. if he joined the military, according to Mary Trump’s book (source) General UNPRECEDENTED August 15, 2020 David Latest from the Lincoln Project… General1 Comment WHAT COULD TRUMP DO DIFFERENTLY IF HE WERE A RUSSIAN PAWN? July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 David Trump Pushed CIA to Give Intelligence to Kremlin, While Taking No Action Against Russia Arming Taliban But what things would he do if he actually were a Russian pawn? * Trump knew since Mar 2020 that Russia paid bounties to kill American troops, yet he has done nothing. * The Trump admin seized 5 million masks intended for VA hospitals. Kushner distributes these masks to private entities for a fee, who then sells the masks to the government * Trump fired the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after he warned superiors that COVID19 was spreading among his crew. The virus subsequently spread amongst the crew. * After Iran’s retaliatory strike, 109 US troops suffered brain injuries. Trump dismissed these as “headaches” * On July 20, 2017, in room 2E924 of the Pentagon, Trump told a room full of Generals, “You’re a bunch of dopes and babies” * Pardoned multiple war criminals, which stomped on long standing military values, discipline, and command. Trump has no military experience (May&Nov, 2019) * Trump mocked Lt. Col. Vindman for his rank and uniform. He threatened said purple heart officer, resulting in the Army providing him protection * Trump’s Chief of Staff worked—in secret—to deny comprehensive health coverage to Vietnam Vets who suffered from Agent Orange. * There is a facility in Tijuana for US veterans that Trump deported. Wounded war vet, Sen Duckworth (D) marked Veterans Day 2019 by visiting this facility * Russia took control of the main U.S. military facility in Syria abandoned on Trump’s orders. Russia now owns the airstrip we built * On Oct 7, 2019, Trump abruptly withdrew support from America’s allies in Syria after a phone call with Turkey’s president (Erdogan). Turkey subsequently bombed US Special Forces. * Trump sent thousands of American troops to defend the oil assets of the country that perpetrated 9/11 * In Sept 2019, he made an Air Force cargo crew, flying from the U.S. to Kuwait stop in Scotland (where there’s no U.S. base) to refuel at a commercial airport (where it costs more), so they could stay overnight at a Trump property (which isn’t close to the airport). Trump’s golf courses are losing money, so he’s forcing the military to pay for 5-star nights there. * In Sept, 2019, Pentagon pulled funds for military schools, military housing funds, and daycare to pay for Trump’s border wall. * In Aug, 2019, emails revealed that three of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago pals, who are now running Veterans Affairs, are rampant with meddling. “They had no experience in veterans affairs (none of them even served in the military) nor underwent any kind of approval process to serve as de facto managers. Yet, with Trump’s approval, they directed actions and criticized operations without any oversight. They wasted valuable staff time in hundreds of pages of communications and meetings, emails show. Emails reveal disdainful attitudes within the department to the trio’s meddling.” * Veterans graves will be “dug up” for the border wall, after Trump instructed aides to seize private property. Trump told officials he would pardon them if they break the law by illegally seizing property * Children of deployed US troops are no longer guaranteed citizenship. This includes US troops posted abroad for years at a time (August 28, 2019) * On Aug 2, 2019, Trump requisitioned military retirement funds towards border wall * On July 31, 2019, Trump ordered the Navy rescind medals to prosecutors who were prosecuted war criminals * Trump denied a U.S. Marine of 6 years entry into the United States for his citizenship interview (Reported July 17, 2019) * Trump made the U.S. Navy Blue Angels violate ethics rules by having them fly at his July 4th political campaign event (July 4, 2019) * Trump demanded US military chiefs stand next to him at 4th of July parade (reported July 2, 2019) * In June, 2019, Trump sent troops to the border to paint the fence for a better “aesthetic appearance” * Trump used his D-Day interview at a cemetery commemorating fallen US soldiers to attack a Vietnam veteran (June 6, 2019) * Trump started his D-Day commemoration speech by attacking a private citizen (Bette Midler, of all people) (reported on June 4th, 2019) * Trump made his 2nd wife, Marla Maples, sign a prenup that would have cut off all child support if Tiffany joined the military (reported June 4th, 2019) * On May 27, 2019, Trump turned away US military from his Memorial Day speech because they were from the destroyer USS John S. McCain * Trump ordered the USS John McCain out of sight during his visit to Japan (May 15, 2019). The ship’s name was subsequently covered. (May 27, 2019) * Trump purged 200,000 vets’ healthcare applications (due to known administrative errors within VA’s enrollment system) (reported on May 13, 2019) * Trump deported a spouse of fallen Army soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving their daughter parentless (April 16, 2019) * On March 20, 2019, Trump complained that a deceased war hero didn’t thank him for his funeral * Between 12/22/2018, and 1/25/2019, Trump refused to sign his party’s funding bill, which shut down the government, forcing the Coast Guard to go without pay, which made service members rely on food pantries. However, his appointees got a $10,000 pay raise * He banned service members from serving based on gender identity (1/22/2019) * He denied female troops access to birth control to limit sexual activity (on-going. Published Jan 18, 2019) * He tried to deport a marine vet who is a U.S.-born citizen (Jan 16, 2019) * When a man was caught swindling veterans pensions for high-interest “cash advances,” Trump’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined him $1 (Jan 26, 2019) * He called a retired general a ‘dog’ with a ‘big, dumb mouth’ (Jan 1, 2019) * He increased privatization of the VA, leading to longer waits and higher taxpayer cost (2018) * He finally visited troops 2 years after taking office, but only after 154 vacation days at his properties (Dec 26, 2018) * He revealed a covert Seal Team 5 deployment, including names and faces, on Twitter during his visit to Iraq (Dec 26, 2018) * Trump lied to deployed troops that he gave them a 10% raise (12/26/2018). He tried giving the military a raise that was lower than the standard living adjustment. Congress told him that idea wasn’t going to work. Then after giving them the raise that Congress made him, he lied about it pretending that it was larger than Obama’s. It wasn’t. * He fired service members living with HIV just before the 2018 holidays * He tried to slash disability and unemployment benefits for Veterans to $0, and eliminate the unemployability extrascheduler rating (Dec 17, 2018) * He called troops on Thanksgiving and told them he’s most thankful for himself (Thanksgiving, 2018) * He urged Florida to not count deployed military votes (Nov 12, 2018) * He canceled an Arlington Cemetery visit on Veterans Day due to light rain (Nov 12, 2018) * While in Europe commemorating the end of WWI, he didn’t attend the ceremony at a US cemetery due to the rain — other world leaders went anyway (Nov 10, 2018) * He used troops as a political prop by sending them on a phantom mission to the border and made them miss Thanksgiving with their families (Oct-Dec, 2018) * He stopped using troops as a political prop immediately after the election. However, the troops remained in muddy camps on the border (Nov 7, 2018) * Trump changed the GI Bill through his Forever GI Act, causing the VA to miss veteran benefits, including housing allowances. This caused many vets to run out of food and rent. (reported October 7, 2018) * Trump doubled the rejection rate for veterans requesting family deportation protections (July 5, 2018) * Trump deported active-duty spouses (11,800 military families face this problem as of April 2018) * He forgot a fallen soldier’s name (below) during a call to his pregnant widow, then attacked her the next day (Oct 23-24, 2017) * He sent commandos into an ambush due to a lack of intel, and sends contractors to pick them up, resulting in a commando being left behind, tortured, and executed. (Trump approved the mission because Bannon told him Obama didn’t have the guts to do it) (Oct 4, 2017) * He blocked a veteran group on Twitter (June 2017) * He ordered the discharge of active-duty immigrant troops with good records (2017-present) * He deported veterans (2017-present) * He said he knows more about ISIS than American generals (Oct 2016) * On Oct 3, 2016, Trump said vets get PTSD because they aren’t strong (note: yes, he said it’s ‘because they aren’t strong.’ He didn’t say it’s ‘because they’re weak.’ This distinction is important because of Snopes) * Trump accepted a Purple Heart from a fan at one of his rallies and said: “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.” (Aug 2, 2016) * Trump attacks Gold Star families: Myeshia Johnson (gold star widow), Khan family (gold star parents) etc. (2016-present) * Trump sent funds raised from a Jan 2016 veterans benefit to the Donald J Trump Foundation instead of veterans charities (the foundation has since been ordered shut because of fraud) (Jan, 2016) * Trump said he has “more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military” because he went to a military-style academy (2015 biography) * Trump said he doesn’t consider POWs heroes because they were caught. He said he prefers people who were not caught (July 18, 2015) * Trump said having unprotected sex was his own personal Vietnam (1998) * For a decade, Trump sought to kick veterans off of Fifth Avenue because he found them unsightly nuisances outside of Trump Tower. 1991 * Trump dodged the draft 5 times by having a doctor diagnose him with bone spurs. * No Trump in America has ever served in the military; this spans 5 generations, and every branch of the family tree. In fact, the reason his grandfather immigrated to America was to avoid military service List taken from here General1 Comment WHILE WE ARE ON THE TOPIC OF STEVE SCHMIDT CALLING OUT TRUMP…. July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 MoonHowler Steve Schmidt, as David told us, is a founder of the Lincoln Project. The Lincoln Project formed to inform the American people of the betrayal of Donald Trump. Steve Schmidt is correct. Trump’s behavior, as it relates to our military, is deplorable, despicable, and disgraceful. This election, November 3, 2020, will be the most important election of the past 150 years. Don’t be mislead. Vote Trump and his cohorts out of office. To do otherwise imperils this nation’s very core. General, Republican3 Comments STEVE SCHMIDT’S LATEST ON TRUMP June 24, 2020 David Awfully harsh and terribly true. Just my opinion. Steve Schmidt is a life-long Republican who previously worked for President George W. Bush, Senator John McCain and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He’s a founder of the Lincoln Project. > Donald Trump has been the worst president this country has ever had. And I > don’t say that hyperbolically. He is. But he is a consequential president. And > he has brought this country in three short years to a place of weakness that > is simply unimaginable if you were pondering where we are today from the day > where Barack Obama left office. And there were a lot of us on that day who > were deeply skeptical and very worried about what a Trump presidency would be. > But this is a moment of unparalleled national humiliation, of weakness. > > When you listen to the President, these are the musings of an imbecile. An > idiot. And I don’t use those words to name call. I use them because they are > the precise words of the English language to describe his behavior. His > comportment. His actions. We’ve never seen a level of incompetence, a level of > ineptitude so staggering on a daily basis by anybody in the history of the > country whose ever been charged with substantial responsibilities. > > It’s just astonishing that this man is president of the United States. The > man, the con man, from New York City. Many bankruptcies, failed businesses, a > reality show, that branded him as something that he never was. A successful > businessman. Well, he’s the President of the United States now, and the man > who said he would make the country great again. And he’s brought death, > suffering, and economic collapse on truly an epic scale. And let’s be clear. > This isn’t happening in every country around the world. This place. Our place. > Our home. Our country. The United States. We are the epicenter. We are the > place where you’re the most likely to die from this disease. We’re the ones > with the most shattered economy. And we are because of the fool that sits in > the Oval Office behind the Resolute Desk. Twitter link: watch it yourself. General4 Comments MEMORIAL DAY, 2020 (IN THE ERA OF COVID-19) May 24, 2020May 24, 2020 MoonHowler A huge thank you to our poet Laureate Capt. George Harris (retired) for his annual piece for Memorial Day. MEMORIAL DAY 2020 “On December 7, 1941, a date, which will live in infamy…”. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke these words to Congress after the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In this address to Congress, President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on the Japanese Empire. Today, this Memorial Day, a day we set aside to honor all those who have given the last full measure for our freedom and our Nation, we find ourselves in a new war. But this war is against an invisible, spiked enemy, a new or novel coronavirus that has raced around the world like a wildfire in dry prairie grass. It is no respecter of age, race, religion or sex. But that is not totally true because it has dealt a severe blow to our Native American population as well as our Black and Latino population. Older people seem to be its easiest victims; they often have underlying conditions that are exacerbated by this new enemy. And now we are seeing young children, who we thought were immune to this virus, being viciously attacked. As of today, May 20, 2020, there are 1,504,830 cases in the U.S. with 90,340 deaths. It is very possible that by Memorial Day next week, we will have lost more than 100,000 Americans. We have been the world’s leader in many things and the last thing we would want to be is the leader in the COVID-19 pandemic. But this is where we find ourselves today. There are some 4,731,458 cases world wide and 326,169 people have died. Physicians, nurses and other health care workers are our warriors today. They have no military-style weapons; instead, they are using ventilators, needles and syringes, drugs, and personal protective equipment in their daily struggle. And when we win this battle, which we will win, I doubt there will be any memorial built on the national mall to commentate their efforts. But hopefully, they will be remembered. In the meantime, our military personnel continue to find themselves pitted against terrorists all-around the globe. Many are in places that most of us couldn’t find on a world map. They are there, every day struggling to defeat terrorism in its many forms. Sometimes their enemy is invisible also, using improvised explosive devices and snipers to kill and maim our young men and women. Gold star families are scattered across our nation like stars in the firmament. Hopefully, we will win this war soon and we can put away the burial flags and the mournful echos of Taps and 21 gun salutes will dim. In the meantime, I hope you will pause a moment with me this Memorial and remember our military warriors who have sworn to support and defend our Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. Also, take another moment to remember the warriors fighting this terrible virus. God bless all of them and God bless our Nation. General, Veterans, War/Military/terrorism3 Comments TRUMP COULDN’T HAVE KNOWN? April 28, 2020 David “Nobody knew there’d be a pandemic or an epidemic of this proportion.” — President Trump, March 19 Nobody? Well, let’s see… The outgoing Obama administration briefed at least 30 representatives of Trump’s team for three hours on the danger of a potential global pandemic. > Obama aides … have pointed to the Jan. 13, 2017, session as a key example of > their effort to press the importance of pandemic preparedness to their > successors. … Obama aides say the Trump administration’s fumbling of the > coronavirus outbreak is partly rooted in how unprepared — and in some cases > unwilling — it was to engage in transition exercises at all in late 2016 and > early 2017. (Citation) U.S. intelligence officials repeatedly warned President Trump in multiple intelligence briefings. > The coronavirus first appeared in the President’s Daily Brief of intelligence > matters in early January … U.S. intelligence officials warned in November that > the coronavirus spreading in China’s Hubei region could become a “cataclysmic > event,” (Citation) Americans at the WHO transmitted real time information about the coronavirus to the Trump administration. > A number of CDC staff members are regularly detailed to work at the WHO in > Geneva as part of a rotation that has operated for years. Senior > Trump-appointed health officials also consulted regularly at the highest > levels with the WHO as the crisis unfolded, the officials said. (Citation) General4 Comments NY TIMES: HE COULD HAVE SEEN WHAT WAS COMING April 12, 2020 David Worth a read. A fairly thorough timeline of the Trump admin’s missteps. > An examination reveals the president was warned about the potential for a > pandemic but that internal divisions, lack of planning and his faith in his > own instincts led to a halting response. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-response.html General2 Comments DR. DESAI INTERVIEW ON FOX NEWS: TRUMP’S “WEAK” RESPONSE April 4, 2020 David General1 Comment “MAGA CHURCH” TAKES AIM AT HYPOCRITICAL EVANGELICALS January 9, 2020 MoonHowler Axios > “MAGA Church,” the first digital video from the Lincoln Project, a group of > anti-Trump Republicans, takes aim at President Trump’s standing with > evangelical voters —interspersing clips of him talking about faith with videos > of him speaking crudely. > > Why it matters: Trump has recently taken steps to shore up his evangelical > base after an editorial in Christianity Today, a magazine founded by the late > Rev. Billy Graham, attacked his “gross immorality and ethical incompetence.” > > His latest move was an “Evangelicals for Trump” event last weekend at one of > the largest Latino evangelical churches in Miami. > The state of play: In the video, the group warns evangelicals to “beware of > false prophets.” > > “IF THIS IS THE BEST AMERICAN CHRISTIANS CAN DO,” it says, “THEN GOD help us > all.” > The big picture: The Lincoln Project, which announced its creation last month, > aims to persuade “enough disaffected conservatives, Republicans and > Republican-leaning independents in swing states and districts to help ensure a > victory in the Electoral College, and congressional majorities that don’t > enable or abet Mr. Trump’s violations of the Constitution.” > > The Lincoln Project’s advisory board consists of George Conway, Reed Galen, > Jennifer Horn, Mike Madrid, Steve Schmidt, Ron Steslow, John Weaver and Rick > Wilson. How on earth can people of faith support a serial liar, serial womanizer, serial adulterer? Good for those former Republicans who want to reclaim their party. Whatever happened to the family values crew? They have obviously lost their way if they do not see the folly in worshipping this extremely incompetent, flawed man. It makes you wonder if some sort of possession hasn’t taken over. I was pleased to see the names of George Conway and Steve Schmidt on this list. Religion, Republican, Trump HATE CRIME AND THE TRUMP EFFECT? August 8, 2019August 8, 2019 David (This is a guest post) Some claim hate crime is on the rise — by as much as 17% per year — but can we really trust facts from a deep state institution like the FBI? Myself, I prefer alternative facts. One study found that counties that hosted a Trump rally saw hate crimes rise by as much as 226%. Another study found that cities that hosted Trump rallies saw 2.3 more assaults on the day of the rally as compared to an average day. It’s interesting to me that neither of these studies attempted to uncover the correlation between violent video games and hate crime — what’s the liberal media hiding? Speaking of correlations, a scientific study found a “Trump Effect” on hate crime… > We find compelling evidence to support the Trump Effect hypothesis. Using time > series analysis, we show that Donald Trump’s election in November of 2016 was > associated with a statistically significant surge in reported hate crimes > across the United States, even when controlling for alternative explanations. > Further, by using panel regression techniques, we show that counties that > voted for President Trump by the widest margins in the presidential election > also experienced the largest increases in reported hate crimes. > > Source But we all know scientists are ivory tower liberals. To be sure, science is largely a liberal endeavor, which is why I for one am glad the Trump administration squashed a terrorism study that found far-right terrorism on the rise. 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