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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 09:49 PM Original message |
White House: Obama plans on cutting benefits for the poor and elderly |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. I look forward to hear |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. good god... |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. good god is right!! |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. "Every corner of the federal government has to be looked at," |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ok - got to say this. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Indeed |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Health care Reform was Hillary's goal and dream |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yep - |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Yeah, they wanted the "historical" candidate. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
59. Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. I think she would have been a very good President. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #73 |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
79. And that's the truth. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
88. Maybe you should consider that what really happened in 2008, |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
87. Will you Clinton people make up your minds! |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
75. Hillary's plan was also insurance based |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. I had the privilege of talking to Hillary for about 10 minutes |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #80 |
86. Did I say she didn't? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's been coming down the pike. So sick of this shit. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. How am I going to answer Republican friends who tried to tell me the other night |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Keep on telling them the same thing. The headline is a lie. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. how do you cut benefits for old, sick and poor |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
44. He will do it by saying he's "cutting, waste, fraud and abuse." |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. Plouffe said no such thing |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Where do people get these crazy ideas? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. From |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Ah, I thought it was from Plouffe |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I went and read the transcript, |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Lol, she may well be a partisan piece of shit but there's more in that preview than that. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I read the script...... |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
51. yup...that about sums it up |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
54. I'm reacting to his track record... |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
57. Ineffective communicator |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #57 |
84. Hear hear n/t |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 04:06 AM Response to Reply #57 |
90. More than not bashers have been the liars, another debuncked BS post |
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8 track mind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
72. Winner!!!!! n/t |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 06:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Dude...when someone says savings it doesn't equal cuts. |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. by selectively snipping transcripts, I guess |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yes, those words are not really there. |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. Sorry. Meant for post 40 to be a response |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
40. Sorry, wasn't referring to your post as the selective snipper |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. "cost savings" and "benefits cuts" are 2 different things. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Two different things that are not mutually exclusive. |
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krawhitham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. cost savings != cutting benefits |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 06:34 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. How? When in all departments there are problems of fraud? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. ! = means "not equal" |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. Where does the transcript mention fraud? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. Actually that's my point. It could very well mean cutting down on fraud. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #67 |
77. We will have to see what happens Wednesday. |
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wysingm (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. ... we ought to look if there is a way to strengthen Social Security |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. "Can't be all on the backs of seniors and the middle class." |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
55. your interpretation is taking a leap |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
39. Sounds good, but...... |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
68. Plouffe is a weasel. He can't just give a straight answer. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. Quite a headline. (nt) |
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wysingm (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. That headline is messed up! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 05:09 AM Response to Original message |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 05:25 AM Response to Original message |
32. No, you DON'T have it. Stop seeing only what you want to see. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
33. On this, I'll wait and see what he says |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
35. Some people talk about Fox News. Man...Brentspeak---Fox got's nothing on you. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. +1 |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
60. The difference is that that Fox attacks Obama from the right and the OP attacks him from the left. |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. But when they both use the same dishonest tactics... |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Dunno...to me it sounds like the same talking points with people who claim different ideologies. n/t |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
62. The other sad part is how many bandwagoneers pile on to agree with this stuff |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 04:06 AM Response to Reply #35 |
91. +1!!!! |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
37. I hear Obama has death panels!!!! |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
38. Since the Rethugs WON'T vote to raise taxes on the wealthy, what will Obama do? |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. fall on his sword and set off nuclear bombs. |
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ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
43. He said deficit-reduction will not be done by "putting all the burden on seniors." |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. What do you think "all the burden on seniors" means? Think about it... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #45 |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. You didn't answer my question ....instead slung an insult. |
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ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. sorry, I'm incapable of the twisting you do |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. It means you can't read |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
61. Not "all of the burden on seniors," just most of it. n/t |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #61 |
78. most of it? |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
50. Pure hysteria |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
64. Calm down ... CALM DOWN ... ?? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. 5-10? you're lowballing that figure, buddy |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. lol ... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
56. Well your first sentence first states raising taxes on the wealthy |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
63. What about a means test for Medicare recipients? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
69. Plans to, preparing for, the president favors... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
71. the campaign slogs on. why do you make up headlines? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
76. You are seeing what you want to see - Pouffle did not say that - a reporter did |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
83. If he doesn't stand up for Social Security, he can kiss the next election goodbye. |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
85. seems like a reasonable plan to me.... |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
89. Ah, bullshit. Wait. I'm sorry. MORE bullshit. |
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