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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:50 AM
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I'll betcha Brown resigns or is fired tomorrow. Whaddya wanna bet?
The Bushies had their dirty little tenticles all over the release of that Time piece too.

Bush gets save face after praising an incompetent prick who's guilty of negligent homicide.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:51 AM
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1. Maybe not.
That would be admitting they made a mistake by hiring that putz in the first place.
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Laughlandia Donating Member (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:01 AM
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11. Not a chance
Rove tells chimpy to never admit to a mistake. The republican coverup investigation is in the works. Not going to happen. (I hope I'm wrong.)
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:04 AM
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13. true, but that's something they can also blame on some peon bureaucrat.
I think it would result in a tiny, short boost, but that would get them to National Fear Reprogramming Day, (aka 9-11-05)
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ocd liberal Donating Member (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:52 AM
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2. never happen
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:58 AM
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10. Why? Brown is the perfect sacrificial lamb, and it will take significant
heat off of bush.

welcome to du.
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:27 AM
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23. I tend to agree with you
The "outing" of his bogus resume gives bush* the perfect cover/excuse to fire him and say that they didn't know how unqualified he was.

They are looking for a way to get out from under him, without admitting guilt.

As it is, the drum beats for the head of bush*inc.
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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 02:03 AM
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27. How can they fire "Brownie"
when he is "doin a heckuva job"?
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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:54 AM
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3. Bush doesn't care: What redneck freeper reads TIME?
What redneck freeper reads, for gosh sake? Most of the die-hards will back Brown because Bush backs Brown, don't confuse them with facts. And we know that Bush likes to stay the course, and never, ever admit he was wrong about anything.
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ThoughtCriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:54 AM
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4. Well...It is Friday
News DumpDay!
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:09 AM
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15. Good point.
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:55 AM
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5. I give it a week. n/t
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:55 AM
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6. No way. Michael Brown will get a medal.
Failure is rewarded by Bush.
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:56 AM
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7. You're right....I think the asshole will resign this weekend....
Surely its time for the humiliation to end....
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:57 AM
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8. I'm honestly betting suicide
For real, that guy doesn't look like he's handling all of this too well. As long as he thinks he can make it right, he can hang on. But if that is taken away from him, or doesn't work out, hard telling what he'll do.
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:02 AM
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If he's smart, he'll resign. His reputation won't matter to Halliburton.
They are setting him up and not making any bones about it.

This leaking of his background information is intentional.
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:02 AM
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12. dupe
Edited on Fri Sep-09-05 01:02 AM by Tatiana
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msgadget Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:58 AM
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9. Nope,
it'd be too much a gift to the democrats. This guy NEVER admits to mistakes and wants to maintain that 'onward ahead' image. I've never seen anyone so afraid of appearing mortal.
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6000eliot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:11 AM
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16. Planting this resume story in Time
means not having to admit to a mistake to get rid of him.
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Avalon Sparks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:24 AM
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22. The mistake was to hire him in the first place...
This administration obviously did not even bother to do a background check before they hired him - is what is looks like.

Hey it's only the Head of Federal Emergency Management - who needs checked references or creditials???
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Raksha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:29 AM
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24. Well, yeah...it's not like anyone's life depends
on whether he does his job, or anything like that. :sarcasm:
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 05:06 AM
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29. Same way that let a dual-citizen take the top security job in the country
Which is a job where you certainly don't want to worry where someone's allegiance might be.
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msgadget Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 04:47 AM
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28. I guess it could be a
a plant though it could as well have been the result of curiosity regarding Brown followng his stunning failures this past week. But, I'm willing to hold onto a relatively optimistic hope regarding his future now that you mention this possibility. :)
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Secular Agent Man Donating Member (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:08 AM
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14. His FEMA days are numbered, tomorrow, day after,
Edited on Fri Sep-09-05 01:10 AM by Secular Agent Man
it ain't gonna be very long. Even if his resume had been squeaky clean, this guy is going down.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:14 AM
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17. I don't know
They've gone so far to blame the mayor and governor, why out of nowhere would he fire him? According to Bush nothing went wrong. I doubt it. I wouldn't be surprised if on down the line he got a promotion or a medal.
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:19 AM
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19. 4 years after 9-11 we are still not prepared to deal with any catastrophe
of ANY kind, especially a terrorist attack.

This thing didn't even take us by surprise. The levees breaking wasn't a surprise.

Many many more people will die in the aftermath of Katrina due to the admin's negligent homicide and incompetence.

think about it: Bush is deadlier for Americans than 9-11 was, and a cat 5 hurricane was.
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Bernardo de La Paz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:17 AM
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18. Sunday after the morning gasbags.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:19 AM
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20. In the Backwards Bush administration? Nah, he'll get promoted.
I mean come on, Bizarro World is running this country.
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Be Brave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:20 AM
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21. His PR people are on CNN right now, disputing the TIME report.
Doesn't look like he's going away soon.
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:30 AM
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25. but, but, he was fully vetted!!
:eyes:
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 06:01 AM
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32. So resume padding is worse than criminal negligence?
Although I guess there is a direct link from one to the other. But if they start removing underqualified, inexperienced hacks from positions of management in this regime, they would have a lot of empty desks.
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Raydawg1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:32 AM
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26. They will probablly keep him around................
They will probablly keep him around until after the investigations. That way they can use him as a scapegoat to take the heat off of Bush.
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mopaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 05:06 AM
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30. ...medal of freedom, definitely medal of freedom
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 05:31 AM
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31. Bushies had their tentacles over the release of the Time piece?
how so?

The Bushies smear their enemies with lies, they don't report the truth about their friends, so I'm confused by your statement.
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 08:23 PM
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34. I mean the super 'convenient' release of the piece...It seems like it
worked out almost too perfectly for the bushies.

Bush endorses Brown, "You're doin' a heck of a job"

Brown is actually incompetent, and the media's catching on, so how do they get rid of Brown and save face?

and poof.

Brown goes down.
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 08:20 PM
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33. I just got home and saw the news: Ahem, I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO!!!!
Edited on Fri Sep-09-05 08:21 PM by goodboy
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 08:55 PM
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38. But he's not 'fired' OR 'resigned'. Still head of FEMA, is he not?
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 09:10 PM
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41. yeah, you're right. I didn't say he'd be removed from command, but I
still think he'll be gone soon.
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growlypants Donating Member (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 08:37 PM
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35. no chance. none whatsoever. these people NEVER damit their
mistakes. NEVER!! And the EGOs on these people are IMMENSE. Brown doesnt care if he's inept and a liar (see his Resume). All he cares about is holding onto that position. And Bu$h will NEVER fire ANYONE in his administration. NEVER.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 08:52 PM
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36. here's my prediction: Brown to suicide self;
media to be blamed.

Brownie DOES know a bit about FEMA fraud in Miami, etc.

He will probably shoot himself in the back of the head approximately 12 times with startling accuracy, and the REAL blame game will begin. His "sorrow" and humiliation at the hands of the "leftwing press" will be at fault.

If Karl hasn't thought of this scenario yet, tell him I want credit and a couple of fema debit cards as a thank you.
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 09:47 PM
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42. wow. (nt)
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 08:55 PM
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37. Ah, sweet vindication
even if it is only partial for me :)
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Digit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 08:57 PM
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39. He will move him to another position, full pay
...but we will be watching.....and telling.....
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gate of the sun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 09:04 PM
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40. I think they are cocky enough to stand by their man.
they believe they are untouchable....mostly they are as our representatives do very little to bring the voice of the people to the fore front and demand these creeps stand up and be what they are pretending to be.
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 09:48 PM
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43. I think there's too much heat in this case to "stand by their man" they
will throw him to the wolves hoping it gives them enough cover to get the country thinking about 911 again.
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LaPera Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 09:53 PM
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44. I'll take that bet! Brown' NOT going to pass up that paycheck, Bush people
Edited on Fri Sep-09-05 10:04 PM by LaPera
who lie and protect him only get promoted...Not to mention they can never admit to being wrong.

Now Brown can stay in the backround and receive a huge paycheck...Shit, what else is he qualified to do...to make that kind of money?

No way will he resign...These people don't do that...and Bush loves "Brownie".

He'll stay until they pry him out of there!!!
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NYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 11:34 PM
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45. Congratulations, Nostradamus. Not fired, but
sent back to D.C. to be less visible. Firing him would admit error, so this is as close as they come.

You were close enough.
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 12:55 AM
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46. Cool. I knew something would happen today regarding Brown.
They don't let the MSM pick up a story like the Time piece unless they really want you to go away and save face at the same time.
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enki23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 01:01 AM
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47. not for a little while, if ever. he'll just lay real, real low for now.
the bush administration does not admit mistakes. it makes them in record numbers, and of unsurpassed significance. it just doesn't admit them.
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 11:38 PM
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48. you think? I don't think so. One things for sure, if Brown does go, and
the heat stays on...chertoff will follow, and then it could be a watershed moment with

firings, and resignations and indictments, OH MY!!
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 03:02 PM
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49. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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justiceischeap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 03:03 PM
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50. Hey, what's tomorrow's winning lotto numbers? (eom)
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 03:06 PM
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51. you win!!
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TroglodyteScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 03:08 PM
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52. I hope you'll use your talent for good, not evil... n/t
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 03:30 PM
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53. May the Schwartz be with you! (nt)
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