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smirkymonkey

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9. What is the saying? "A flame burns brightest just before it goes out."

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #6)

Sun Jun 3, 2018, 09:01 PM

Jun 2018

I think and hope that is the case here. They are in their death throes and they know it so they have resurged to claim the power back that they never really had in the first place.

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