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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 08:13 AM Original message |
FALSE PRETEXTS in LIBYA intervention called out by IRAQ WMD lies Whistle-Blower |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Duh!! |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. BUT look at the poor deluded folk following Libya social network propaganda every day |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yep, the thousands of dead Libyans |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. +rec |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. How UNINFORMED. It is not a sig photo, but an example of why we believe the propaganda |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. False equivalency. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
70. women are raped by police in the us. should canada bomb us? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
77. We did not miss that story. What we did miss were the |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Unfortunately, those women were too "black" to matter. Or AC360 would have them on |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. If there are thousands who support him |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. WHY doesn't everyone support OBAMA. He must be demonic if you listen to the haters |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. pardon? |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Factional Opposition, coup and assasination attempts documented for decades |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. ... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
72. why does the us "import mercenaries" to fight for it? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
46. +1...nt |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I never buy BS |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Desmond Tutu |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. He said the carnage must stop. He didn't say, let's make it worse. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Have you read anything that Tutu said? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
80. Have you? Try readng your own post. n/t |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Deceptive Practice? Tutu has CALLED FOR END of Conflict by negotiation |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Yes, but he supported the fact that |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
82. Coalition members already acknowledge that NFZ talk and vote was "fig leaf" for strikes |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. I keep thinking of the fake Contras and the Bay of Pigs. n/t |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. The fake Contras and the Bay of PIgs |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Precisely. The Contras and the Bay of Pigs originated here. n/t |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. And the Arab Spring |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Libya is NOT "ARAB SPRING." Arab Spring was USED by long-running armed factional opposition |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. So, it was a Libyan-sourced uprising. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Well documented record of militant opposition since overthrow of theocratic King Idris |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Sorry, I have found the Asia-Pacific journal |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. You trust Western media that supported Vietnam, Iraq, Indonesia -- Millions killed? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Where did I say who I supported. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. The Asia-Pacific Journal post is just a catalog of References Cited -- Go to those! |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. Total BS. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The Director of National Intelligence testified that it was NOTHING outside |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Did you see the video of the |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. If the tea baggers rose up against Obama, what would you expect him to do? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. The tea baggers |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. The demonstrations in LIbya turned violent almost right away. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Yes, because Gaddafi started shooting at unarmed protesters. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #43 |
60. Tabatha, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain is shooting unarmed civilians!!! Please, more civilians are being |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
65. Can you imagine the TEA BAGGERS roaming around with WEAPONS like Libyan opposition?? |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. And they could not be stopped without mass Killing and destruction! Right?? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. What are you saying and what are you meaning? |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
50. Where did you get "KILLED VERY FEW PEOPLE," from? They killed a heap of |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I am well aware of the numbers in Iraq. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Don't you understand that we NEVER get real data on locals killed |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
81. A column of military vehicles doesn't PROVE an impending civilian massacre |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. leave ghadaffi aloooooonne!! |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yes, he cannot possibly be the most brutal |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Tabatha, have you ever read a historical treatment of the Libyan Revolution |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. That book was wriiten in 1987. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
48. So? It was before the major Western efforts to oust Gaddafi began |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Hobnobbing with Gaddafi |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #51 |
61. NOT IN 1987. Gaddafi's revolution was internally focused. Western assets NATIONALIZED! |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. I am talking about JUST BEFORE THE FEB revolution. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Cheap emotionalism belied by the facts |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Where are your facts to support your contention? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
73. the most brutal dictator in the world my ass |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Hannah, It is AMAZING the power of Anti-Gaddafi PROPAGANDA disseminated over the last |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
22. Folks, can we at least READ THE PUBLIC SENATE TESTIMONIES as well as twitter $ youtube propaganda?? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. The ICC is in Libya this week to investigate war crimes. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Wrong. Tutu, like me, support end of violence, but NOT level of Western Killing ongoing now |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Please read the link |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. WRONG! Tuto, supports end of violence, as I do. But NOT mass killing by Coalition on behalf |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. The coalition has killed very few people. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
31. All is not lost - the Eurofighter makes it's arms sale pitch |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Probably true. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #32 |
52. Tabatha, if there was real evidence of genocide, I would be the FIRST WITH YOU! |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I don't know why someone would lie. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #54 |
63. Have you met Tutu? Mandela? Lived in Africa? I HAVE |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. I was born there. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Where? If you lived in Libya much of your life then I am shocked by you lack of knowledge, but |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. I meant South Africa. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Tabatha, you really have to distinguish FACTS from insinuation and propaganda. We are in a world of |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. I was not going to say this. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. also documented fact that several insiders have said there was no basis for intervention. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. "sourceable facts"? Please show numbers for the massacres and justify using "genocide" |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
39. K+1=R |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
64. I am out of time. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
69. kr |
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Gravel Democrat (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
83. ^^^ |
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Gravel Democrat (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
85. Kick for the most important article re: Libya since the humanitarian bombing began |
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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
86. K&R |
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