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by | March 1, 2024 · 1:11 pm

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2024: [3:58] – The Supreme Court has decided to hear Trump’s case regarding presidential immunity. This decision means the lower courts cannot proceed with their cases against him until SCOTUS hears and rules, which won’t be any time soon.

BORDER: An illegal alien from El Salvador has been arrested in connection with the deadly shooting of a 2-year-old. This is his fifth arrest in two years.

An illegal alien from Venezuela has been arrested for the brutal murder of 22-year-old nursing student, Laken Riley. Jose Antonio Ibarra (26) Ibarra entered the U.S. illegally in 2022 and has been arrested at least once before.

An illegal alien has been arrested for sexually assaulting a minor in Virginia. Renzo Mendoza Montes (36) was arrested and released six months ago in El Paso under a Biden catch-and-release policy.

CALIFORNICATION: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law exempting Panera Bread from its new wage hike for fast food workers. Funny coinkidink … Greg Flynn, a billionaire who owns about two dozen Panera Bread locations in California, has quite a history with Gavin Newsom. They attended the same high school and have been involved in business dealings together; Flynn also donates to Newsom’s campaigns.

DEMOCRAT CRICKETS: President Biden posted 27 times about the death of George Floyd; he’s had nothing to say about the murder of of Laken Riley. Likewise, the Slime Stream Media has had nothing to say. In the 24 hours following her death, the New York Times posted six stories on the front page about a dead owl, but none about Laken Riley. The AP said Riley had been killed by an “Athens resident” and suggested she shouldn’t have been out jogging alone if she’d cared about her own safety. She wasn’t jogging in a crime-ridden neighborhood, but on campus. The AP article got down to paragraph seven before saying that the suspect “doesn’t have an extensive criminal history and is not a U.S. citizen.”

DIVERSITY HIRE: CLICK https://twitter.com/atwitty2/status/1762876552314753189 to hear Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson say twice that bump stocks shoot 800 rounds per second and NO ONE corrects her.

According to Wikipedia, a bump stock causes a semi-automatic firearm trigger to reset automatically rather than require the shooter to pull it manually. This somewhat mimics a fully automatic weapon. Bump fire stocks can be placed on a few common weapons such as the AR or AK families. They can achieve rates of fire between 400 and 800 rounds per minute depending on the gun.

“Per minute” vs. “per second” … it’s all the same to the brainiac who doesn’t know what a woman is.

FASCISM: “Remember when Donald Trump was the worst president ever and was an enemy of the First Amendment and regularly attacked a free and fair press because he’d call Jim Acosta ‘fake news’? What do you call it when a government starts arresting real journalists? … Remind me, how many journalists did Trump arrest?” – Harris Rigby at Not The Bee

SEXPLOITATION: The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times report that social-media giant Meta has known that people are using its Facebook and Instagram paid subscription tools to facilitate child sexual exploitation, but has done nothing to stop it.

Hundreds of “parent-managed minor accounts” sell adult male users’ images of their own young daughters wearing swimsuits and leotards. The photos themselves were not pornographic, but the parents running the accounts know the users are getting off on the photos. Some go so far as to talk trash with or even have their daughters engage in sexual talk with users.

“One calculation performed by an audience demographics firm found 32 million connections to male followers among the 5,000 accounts examined,” the Times report says adding that Instagram users who report sexually explicit images and suspected predators “are typically met with silence or indifference.”

SENATE: Mitch McConnell (82) announced he is retiring as Republican leader. He will continue in his Senate seat until 2027.

SNOWFLAKES: Question – If you see somebody holding a sign you don’t like, what do you do? Answer – Call the POLICE! CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gnJQnVZ8OTM and shake your head.

STUFF MANAGEMENT: Thanks to a random comment on a Blacktail Studios video, I have added a fifth item to my Principles.

GRAMMY NOTES: I told Dearest we were out of one thing. He offered to run to the store. I suggested as long as he was going, he could pick up ONE OTHER THING. He said, “I’ll need a list.”

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by | February 29, 2024 · 8:10 am

Happy Leap Day!

GRAMMY NOTES: Go have fun! I’m taking the day off. 🙂

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by | February 28, 2024 · 6:12 am

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BIDEN CRIME FAMILY: Click the link to read about some of them that had news breaks during the past three months that received no coverage on ABC, CBS and NBC’s evening or morning shows, nor their Sunday round table shows.

BORDER: CLICK https://twitter.com/MAGAIncWarRoom/status/1762496684418863205 [:57] to see a new Trump ad. Not The Bee says, “It’s a single-issue election, friends.”

DEMOCRATS: In 2022, Arizona enacted a voting law that requires proof of citizenship in order to vote in presidential elections. Biden’s Justice Department sued. In 2023, a federal judge blocked the law, saying that the federal government, not state governments had jurisdiction for federal elections. This same issue has come up again with Democrats suing states to try to keep Trump off the ballots. At least some of these cases have failed because the courts said the federal government, not state governments have jurisdiction for federal elections.

MICHIGAN: Trump just won his 7th straight primary.

NEW YORK SUCKS: When Gov. Hochul was asked if business people should be worried that prosecutors could do to them what they did to Trump, she told them there was “nothing to worry about because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior.” Translation: Don’t piss off the ruling elite and you’ll be fine.

GRAMMY NOTES: “Wait, wut? You mean there is a whole WORLD outside the NICU?!” #10 went home yesterday!!! Woohoooo!!!!

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by | February 27, 2024 · 5:28 am

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FAUXTUS: CLICK https://twitter.com/alx/status/1761845230620590527 [:45] to hear Dementia Joe butcher a line from Lincoln’s inaugural address.

S&G: [1:11] – Newsweek reports, “A substitute teacher was fired, after refusing to meow a student that identifies as a cat. By not meowing back at the student, she somehow oppressed him.”

THE GREAT TRAIL MIX SAGA: Once upon a time, I came up with this great trail mix recipe.

***Equal parts by volume: almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, walnuts, chocolate chips, raisins, and wasabi peas.***

For reasons that make no sense to me at this time, I was keeping the bags (bulk purchases) in my pantry cupboard, transferring the contents to quart jars in the kitchen (3 feet away), then mixing the trail mix and storing most of it in a bag in the pantry, some of it in a quart jar in the cupboard and some in a “I saw this at a thrift shop and thought it was adorable” glass snack thing with a lid that my daughter gave me.

Since New Year’s Day of 2024, I’ve been on a big Organize And Declutter binge. One day, I went to make more trail mix and actually stopped to wonder WHY I was moving plastic bags full of stuff 3 feet to the counter under the cupboard, just so I could restock the jars and adorable glass snack thing, then put the bags back on a shelf where they were constantly threatening to slide on to the floor. With my newly enlightened by Clutterbug videos brain I thought, “I should keep these in a box.”

Then I thought to myself, “I have no money. I’ll grab one of those Amazon boxes.” It fit beautifully, so then I needed to raid my fabric stash and order more glue from Amazon to cover said box, for which I made a really swell handle cuz I’m just that clever … and also I have a lot of time on my hands what with my kids being grown and living far away.

While I was bragging on my very pretty and very sturdy box that has made my trail mix mixing a LOT easier, Dearest pointed out that we needed chocolate chips and raisins AGAIN. I asked him why it is that, when he wants a snack, he ignores the adorable snack jar and goes to the cupboard, pulls out the jar of chocolate chips out, takes off the lid, and shakes out a hand full (he has HUGE hands!), tosses it in his mouth like a cowboy taking shots, then while chewing, he puts the lid back on the jar and puts the jar back in the cupboard. Then, he gets the jar of raisins out, takes off the lid, and shakes out a hand full (he has HUGE hands!), tosses it in his mouth like a cowboy taking shots, then while chewing, he puts the lid back on the jar and puts the jar back in the cupboard. He then repeats the process until either he empties the jars or I yell at him … all while staring at the other jars, possibly pondering whether he needs a snack or, more likely, just enjoying time inside his man brain’s “Nothing Box.”

He said, “I dunno.”

I proposed eliminating the jars entirely to encourage him to snack on the trail mix on the table, since he has a heart condition and the doctor wants him to cut down on sweets. He actually agreed!

Net result: I picked up a LOT of space in that cupboard, won back 8 quart canning jars, and got hubby to eat trail mix instead of just chocolate chips and raisins. (He won’t go into the pantry cupboard; I have no idea why.) Then, he got sick from eating too much trail mix and we discovered he is allergic to wasabi. I had to drop it from the blend that goes into the adorable snack jar. Since I love the crunch and zing, I have a secret “with wasabi” stash in the pantry cupboard. 😉

VAXXX: An Australian peer-reviewed study entitled “Audiovestibular adverse events following COVID-19 vaccinations” was published in Vaccine on February 22, 2024. It reported finding increases in cases of vertigo and tinnitus in the 42 days following a ‘rona jab.

SHORT:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4 to see the stupidest box. It’s very funny!

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by | February 26, 2024 · 8:36 am

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AMAZON: I opted to save a couple of bucks on this, because it wasn’t a gift, so I don’t care how the box looks. However, one of the two lights doesn’t work at all. I strongly suspect this box was a tad banged up, because it had already been returned at least once because that light doesn’t work and they just put it back on the shelf. Sadly, they’re going to be rewarded for their shoddy business practices, because I am not going to bother returning it. I really need the one that does work.

CATHOLIC: [4:11] – This video unpacks how Matthew 17:24-17 supports the papacy.

DEMOCRATS: Let me think how they’d feel about opting their kids out of any class that had any Christian content. Back in the early 90s, I had called the guy in charge of hot lunches to ask if they could move the weekly hot, meatless entree from Mondays to Fridays to accommodate the Catholic kids during Lent. He said he didn’t dare. I asked how it could possibly matter which of the 5 days the meatless entree appeared. He said, “It matters. I once had a Jewish lawyer dad threaten to sue him for putting pale blue tablecloths out at lunch time on the last day before Easter. I was just trying to make the last day before spring break more festive! So, yeah, if tablecloths have ‘religious content’, then moving a meatless entree to accommodate Catholic kids would be even worse.”

EDUCATION: Public schools were originally founded so that every American citizen could learn to read the Bible. Spellcheck just told me it had never heard of “Capernaum.” ::sigh:: Methinks our educational system has gone to Hell. CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/7267783586611897 for more evidence.

ICE FOOTBALL: [4:28] – CLICK https://twitter.com/CoachDuggs/status/1761495184150344030 [1:06] to see highlights of an American football game on ice. My baby brother was way ahead of the curve on this one. When there was enough snow, he and his buddies would play tackle basketball on the outdoor court.

TENNESSEE: Gov. Lee signed a law this week that gives public officials the right to refuse to “solemnize a marriage” if to do so would violate their consciences. The law went into effect immediately.

VAXXX: During a congressional hearing held on February 15, 2024, public health officials from both the FDA and CDC admitted that people vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine can still catch and transmit COVID.

GRAMMY NOTES: When my girls were in pre-K and elementary school, their play room was in the basement. To come up for dinner, they had to go through a door, up a scissor stair (turns 90° at the landing), and around a corner. Long story short: There was NO way anyone in the kitchen could ever see if they had left the lights on in the play room. Yet, somehow, if they forgot to turn them off, I always knew. They were mystified and puzzled over my strange super power for ages. I finally broke down and told them. The play room lights were cans installed between the play room ceiling and the kitchen floor. Since I rarely wear shoes indoors, it was easy for me to feel the hot spots on the floor when those lights were on.

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by | February 25, 2024 · 3:04 am

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2024: Trump won the South Carolina GOP presidential primary with 60% of the vote. Nikki Haley who was the governor of South Carolina from January 12, 2011 to January 24, 2017 got 40%.

BORDER: San Diego County has paid $6 million to South Bay Community Services (SBCS) since October to operate a “migrant welcome center” at a closed school in San Diego. On February 22, the organization ran out of money and shut down operations. On February 23, more 550 illegal immigrants were shoved out the door … on to the streets of San Diego where, hopefully, voters will wake up and stop voting for Democrats.

Meanwhile, a nursing student at Augusta University College of Nursing was jogging on the University of Georgia campus when an illegal “migrant” snatched and murdered her. The perp, Jose Antonio Ibarra (26), crossed into El Paso, Texas, illegally back in 2022. Five months ago, he was arrested in Queens, NY, after injuring a minor. Thankfully, this time he has been denied bail.

CABRINI: [6:08] – This is an excellent review.

CATHOLIC: [28:47] – This is a particularly beautiful celebration of the Mass.

DEMOCRATS: Secretary of State Anthony Blinken recently issued a memo to his staff saying they need to replace words like “manpower,” “you guys,” “ladies and gentlemen,” “mother/father,” “son/daughter” and “husband/wife” with with words like, “labor force,” “everyone,” “folks,” “you all,” “parent,” “child,” “spouse” or partner.”

Also, “When speaking, avoid using phrases like ‘brave men and women on the front lines,'” the memo continues, suggesting the “use more specific language such as ‘brave first responders,’ ‘brave soldiers,’ or ‘brave DS agents.‘”

Because, of course, these are the TOP concerns for the second-highest-ranking member of the president’s Cabinet.

PERJURY: Fani Willis claimed under oath that she only began her relationship with Nathan Wade AFTER she appointed him to prosecute the Trump case. On Friday, cell phone data was released, showing that Nathan Wade, the man whom Fani Willis openly committed adultery with, visited Hapeville where Fani Willis resided at least 35 times, including 10 times BEFORE his appointment to the Trump case.

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: “The year: 2024. The problem: New York City has more ‘undocumented migrants’ than it can feed and house. Solution: Give them each a pre-loaded debit card worth up to $10,000! WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?!?!”

VAXXX: It may take more than 10 years for someone injured by a COVID-19 vaccine to receive a decision on whether their claim is eligible for compensation by the government’s vaccine compensation program—if they receive a response at all.

But hey, no worries!! The FDA’s latest ‘rona jab update says, “COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for everyone ages 6 months and older in the United States for the prevention of COVID-19. There is currently no FDA-approved or FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than age 6 months. CDC recommends that people stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccination.”

WHY SHOULD WE TRUST THESE PEOPLE? – Once upon a time, I got Social Security to admit they had been underpaying me for years. I was supposed to receive a check to correct the injustice. I waited and waited, then called the lawyer who had handled it for me. She said, “They’re just slow. It’ll come.” Twenty years later, it came. Out of the blue. All they had had to do was cut a check to satisfy a court decision that was already a done deal.

GRAMMY NOTES: I love this foot soak bucket. It is so easy to fill in the tub and soak my feet in while I sit on my shower stool. When I’m done, I can just push it over to dump the water out; no lifting or slopping water on the floor! The fabric and lining only took about 2 weeks to outgas and I have now used it twice without having any chemical sensitivity issues. There is also a tab sewn into the bottom seam that I use to hang it upside down to drip dry. It is all fabric, folds up small, and comes with a carry bag. I can imagine it would be very handy for many purposes … carrying water for cooking and washing up while camping, bringing wet towels and suits home from swimming, bringing wet produce or meats home, etc.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OQlQfVijN3U for a good R*CKST*R.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Y8MKB2Mg4VI and try not to overload on cuteness.

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by | February 24, 2024 · 2:41 am

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CATHOLIC: Friday abstinence year round was never eliminated; it was just adjusted to allow things other than meat to be sacrificed. I wish more people would realize this. It’s a beautiful devotion that reminds us every week, not just in Lent, that Jesus suffered in the flesh for our sake.

NEW YORK SUCKS: After making guns for 208 years in Ilion, New York, Remington is wisely relocating to Georgia on March 4. We’re not going anywhere, because Dearest’s business is based entirely on word of mouth and reputation. But I swear, if he were just starting out, this is the second to last place I’d want us to settle, California being first last.

S&G: Another trannie has been arrested for child-sex crimes. Regina Mai Allen (27) has been charged with 20 felony counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing child sexual abuse content.

GRAMMY NOTES: It continues to be a pleasure to garden the internet with all y’all!

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by | February 23, 2024 · 4:13 am

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2024: Reuters is reporting, “The Biden administration is expected to ease seasonal restrictions on ethanol-gasoline blends but has delayed the change until after the 2024 election to avoid a price spike.”

FAUXTUS: The Faux Couple have had three German Shepherds at the White House – Champ, Major, and Commander. Major attacked so many Secret Service agents and WH staff members that the press finally reported on it. The Bidens sent him to Delaware, waited until the furor died down, then brought him back to the White House … where he continued to bite agents and staff.

It was then discovered that their other dog, Champ, was also chomping on staff and agents. As before, the First Couple dismissed the concerns. In one eight-day period, agents were bitten every day. Biden said the Secret Service agents lied and never you mind about the photos that were taken to document that attack.

Commander was brought in to replace Major. When Commander also started to bite people, executive residence staff and other White House workers, the Bidens again brushed it off. The attacks increased, but the press were not informed . . . again.

In June 2023, the Secret Service had to change security procedures to deal with the vicious dog, warning that agents “must be creative to ensure our own personal safety.” In July 2023, the NY Post reported that Commander had bitten seven people and threatened three others; one agent reported having to defend himself from the dog with a chair.

Any other family’s dog would’ve been put down after the first or maybe second attack. At this point, the Bidens would be barred from ever owning pets again. But, as per usual in our Demo-corruptocracy, this family gets to do as it pleases. I feel sorry for people who work there who have to choose between their well-paying jobs, seniority, benefits, etc. and their personal safety.

LIBS OF TIKTOK: Chalk up another (partial) win for LoTT! In January, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) dismissed a 90-year-old volunteer after six decades of selfless service, because she didn’t understand the left’s new obsession with pronouns. On February 14, LoTT reported the travesty. On February 21, the NMSS published an apology of sorts. They admitted they didn’t handle Fran’s pronoun confusion very well, but assured us all that it was all done in the spirit of “diversity” and “making everyone feel welcome.” I dunno how Fran feels about all this. I’m with this guy. CLICK https://twitter.com/LibertyCappy/status/1759617536599928842 [:37].

NEW YORK SUCKS LESS: A state appeals court has declared a New York City law permitting non-citizens to vote in local elections “violates the New York State Constitution and Municipal Home Rule Law, and thus, must be declared null and void.”

S&G: Update on the sicko who was arrested in Wisconsin. His charges stem from pornographic photos he took of his adopted son and then distributed. I need a barf bag.

TEXAS: In 2023, Fronton Island became a hot spot of human trafficking and drug smuggling. On September 7, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham determined that the land was state property. Gov. Abbott sent the Texas Ranger Division and Texas Army National Guard on October 2, 2023, to drive the cartels out, clear cut the vegetation, and install concertina wire.

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by | February 22, 2024 · 7:33 am

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FAUXTUS: He has been banned from using the regular stairs that real presidents use to board Air Force One. Now, it seems he can’t even manage the kiddie stairs. CLICK https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1760034647885459519 [:15].

FACEBOOK ADS: Scams are bad enough. But I get really riled up when the scammers claim to be veterans running small businesses. This product is for sale at ridiculously cheap prices at Amazon. Both listings have one star ratings.

I did an image search and found the “my little workshop” photo at a site that claims to be selling “handmade in the USA” (top line) products that, if you scroll down a bit, are apparently are also “MADE IN GERMANY.” Funny thing how it shows a guy laminating slices of wood to allegedly illustrate a guy who allegedly makes horseshoe art and/or fancy knives.

It’s like the jerks doing this just grab images from the internet to cobble together their websites, sell garbage to stupid foreigners, then when they get outed, change the names, make a new website and start all over. I swear … if somebody advertises on Facebook any more, my FIRST reaction is, “Probably a Chinese rip off.“

NEW YORK SUCKS: The totally corrupt New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron recently ordered Trump to pay nearly $355 million in penalties for imagined crimes and barred him from doing business in New York State for three years. State Attorney General Letitia James says if Trump can’t pay up, she’ll seize his assets.

Kevin O’Leary says, “New York was already a loser state, like California is a loser state…I would never invest in New York now and I’m not that only person saying that.” CLICK https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1759969359282463085 [4:38] and CLICK https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1759758733259731134 [2:14] to hear him explain how really BAD this is for New York. It’s worth hearing.

QUEBEC: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal has sued to overturn a Quebec law that would force St. Raphael’s Nursing Home to murder the sick and elderly or close its doors.

Harvest Ministries is also suing the Quebec provincial government after Quebec’s Minister of Tourism Caroline Proulx with the full blessing of Quebec’s Premier François Legault forced the CEO of Quebec’s convention center to cancel their contract for a religious, cultural, and artistic event.

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by | February 21, 2024 · 2:05 am

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FAUXTUS: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=428651846279205 [3:09] to see Babylon Bee’s “Biden’s Greatest Accomplishments From 2023” video!

SCIENCE: Michael Guillén, PhD writes, “TRUE. According to the latest research, only 43 percent of your body’s cells are human cells. The rest of you – 57 percent of your body’s cells – are microbial, including bacteria, viruses, yeasts, and fungi. Altogether, these micro-organisms are called your body’s “microbiome.” Only 1 percent of the microbes are harmful to you. The rest – 99 percent of them – are good guys. Without them, you would not be alive.” ………. In that case, I would like to respectfully request the fungus that has invaded my blood stream get back to being ONLY ONE PERCENT.

VAXXX: On February 12, 2024, the peer-reviewed results of a multinational study of over 99 million vaccinated people was published in Vaccine. In the paper, entitled “COVID-19 vaccines and adverse events of special interest: A multinational Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN) cohort study of 99 million vaccinated individuals” researchers report finding much higher than expected cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), myocarditis, and pericarditis.

VFAUXTUS: She really did say this. Some of the traits of someone with Narcissistic Personality Disorder include a grandiose sense of self-importance, a belief that one is capable of exceptionally high levels of achievement despite evidence to the contrary, interpersonally exploitative behavior, lack of empathy, arrogance, and conceit.

GRAMMY NOTES: Bootz is preparing to receive his First Holy Communion soon. Mama got him the Brother Francis Stations of the Cross play set for Lent. She said what really decided her was the character of Simon the Cyrene who can actually take Jesus’ cross for Him.

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