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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:14 AM Original message |
WTF is with the RW obsession with ACORN? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's their manifestation of the same mental illness as the LW obsession with Sarah Palin |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Uhh -- No. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Nonsense, she never stood a chance of becoming VP |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. No. Any number of events could have made that scenario true. She was closer to becoming POTUS than |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. She LOST big-time, and has no hope of being a credible candidate in the future |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. Now she is irrelevant. But, she had a very good shot at becoming President just a few months ago. nt |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Irrelevant people are marginally useful for entertainment value |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Yes it COULD have happened -- very easily, |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. And it didn't |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
73. But we could not have known that for sure at the time |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 06:17 AM Response to Reply #73 |
84. I wasn't sure my car would start yesterday morning |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. If he does kick, I'll cook you up a nice plate of crow. n/t |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Where is the outrage over Charles McNary? |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Maybe the 80 year olds are over it by now? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. WHAT IF THE GERMANS HAD INVENTED THE ATOMIC BOMB DURING WWII?!?!? |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
76. Why concern yourself with a situation that DIDN'T HAPPEN? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 06:08 AM Response to Reply #76 |
81. BECAUSE THINGS MIGHT HAVE TURNED OUT ALL DIFFERENT!!! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
74. I'm making a wild guess that he was not as crazed as Palin |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 06:10 AM Response to Reply #74 |
82. The point is that he LOST just as Palin LOST, and now nobody gives a rat's ass about him |
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oligarhy (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Very tacky |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
31. What a dumb thing to say. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. I thought the discussion was about how the RW feels about ACORN |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. You brought it up. n/t |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. No, I didn't say anything about President Obama |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
77. You may be insane. But get a second opinion, by all means! n/t |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 06:15 AM Response to Reply #77 |
83. JIMMY HOFFA!!! WHY DOESN'T ANYONE CARE ABOUT JIMMY HOFFA ANY MORE?!?!? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
61. I imagine what one may percieve... |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
64. Here's what it is... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
79. What? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 06:19 AM Response to Reply #79 |
85. Concerns about Palin WERE legitimate at the time, and I shared those concerns at the time |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Polls show she |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Cook me up a serving of crow in a few years if I am wrong, but I say she's going nowhere |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. ACORN helps all those black people |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Ding! Ding! Ding! ... We have a winner - that is the undercurrent of all that HATE. eom |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. That's it in an acorn's nutshell! nt |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
69. psst, I see black people |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. EEEEEEEEK! |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. Glenn Beck tells them so. |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
62. He can't go 5 seconds without mentioning them |
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RDANGELO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. It is a mostly African American organization. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
65. +1 |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
5. They help register poor people to vote |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Ding ding ding! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
58. i'd add to that: the organization = a local power structure linked to a national |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
6. They register voters |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Bingo! ........n/t |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. And wingers only see black voters being registered. n/t |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. You hit the nail on the head |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Primarily poor and black voters, at that. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's organized black people |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
8. Any organization that encourages voting is in league with Satan. |
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Blue Meany (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
9. When people vote in large numbers, the GOP loses n/t |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
53. A modest amendment: When votes are counted in large numbers, the GOP loses. |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. they are effective at organizing poor people |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. It's impossible to understand their stance |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
13. Racism, pure and simple |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. They can not belive America elected a black man... |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
34. My mom blames it o me and my brother, and blacks. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
75. ding ding |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
17. The RW Legion of Liars (Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Coulter, et al) are inciting their followers |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
25. Many questions about Americans are difficult to answer, when one refuses to use the word "racism". |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. McCarthyism is so much easier to resurrect in dealing with it. n/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Now *that's* one attempt to prevent the use of the word "racism" you don't see every day... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. because no one is talking about obama being a socialist or wanting |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
28. Blood in the water... |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. So transparent. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. You noticed too? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Been on my 'buddy' list since day one. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Unfortunately . . . |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
29. You answered your own question... |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
66. I figured I probably was |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 05:04 PM Original message |
It occured to me that canceling the ACORN census plans was wise. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
42. Their voter registration efforts can divert attention from Republican manipulation of voting. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Is there any pushback going on against these right-wing smears? |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Yes there is some, but a lot more trashing than defending is going on. |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
43. Oh & don't forget the SEIU. |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. how dare poor people want power |
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jpljr77 (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
45. Uh, it's a group of organized African Americans. Duh. n/t |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
46. Poor and/or unpropertied people voting terrifies the PTB. nt |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
54. It's part of their tactic to de-legitimize the results of the presidential election |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
60. ACORN has been around since 1970 |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
63. "ACORN" attacks are right wing code for blacks. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Sort of like Nixon's "Southern Strategy"? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. When they say "ACORN" they mean "those uppity damn activists Negroes!" |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Right |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
72. Its about the census and its because they are black.. |
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booley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
78. They need an enemy |
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