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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Crooked Clarence Thomas and fat dog defector Tara Reade

Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "The Point THE NEW YORK POST Missed,"

And "White House Service: Donald Tries To Please His Man"

Crooked Clarence Thomas should have been removed from the bench long, long, long ago. Alex Woodward (INDEPENDENT) reports:

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said he would “explicitly overturn” 25-year-old precedent that legalizes protest-free buffer zones outside abortion clinics to prevent anti-abortion preachers and protesters from obstructing patients’ access to care.

On Monday, the Supreme Court turned down a challenge from anti-abortion activists who sought to eliminate protest-free zones outside clinics, landing a critical blow to an emboldened anti-abortion movement following Donald Trump’s election.

A majority of justices on the nation’s high court — which is increasingly hostile to abortion rights — declined to hear arguments in a pair of cases seeking to overturn 2000’s Hill v Colorado decision that upheld clinic protest restrictions.

We could have had a real Supreme Court. Kamala could have gotten to work to fix the damaged that Chump did in his first term.

Instead, we got Socialists like Rashida -- backed by her DSA crew -- working over time to elect Chump. It was their plan and now they try to lie and pretend otherwise. We're not that stupid.

Danielle Moodie thought we were stupid. She thought she could shuck and jive the Black woman. Bless her mixed little heart. She lied and then she lied some more. But now we know she's not a Democrat and that she's part of the machinery that defeated Kamala.

Danielle had to choose between supporting Black women or supporting DSA and it was never a contest for her. The mixed gal kills Black mommy and sticks to DSA.

Speaking of people the country can't trust, the anti-Jenny Craig is back in the news -- fatty Tara Reade. Nick Mordowanec (NEWSWEEK) reports:

Tara Reade, the former Democratic staffer who accused former President Joe Biden of sexual assault, is seeking $100 million in damages as part of a new legal complaint filed Monday against the Biden administration's "weaponization."

An amended tort complaint, filed February 24 to the FBI legal counsel in Washington, accuses the FBI, Department of Justice (DOJ), former U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and former FBI Director Christopher Wray, of "violating [Reade's] state and federal constitutional rights."

The original tort complaint filed for the period between April 4, 2019, and January 20, 2025, never received a formal response from Biden's DOJ. Reade originally sought $10 million in damages.

"I think the lawsuit's going to just kind of show the Deep State; how the Biden administration was able to manipulate Western media pretty well using money and other means," Reade told Newsweek on Monday, referencing the Hunter Biden laptop story.

Fat ass defected to Russia -- her term "defected." She needs to stay there. Fat ass changed her story hundreds and hundreds of time. She also tried to get people to life for her. But I gave her the benefit of the doubt.

That stopped when our 'Democrat' began surrounding herself with transphobes and homophobes and racists. As she moved ever rightward, she became a buddy to convicted pedophile Scott Ritter. It just got worse with each year.

She lied about what she believed in and what she supported -- we know that now.

So, yeah, she lied throughout.

Like Judge Judy says, it only takes you being caught in one lie.

Fatty needs to give it up. We can't afford to foot her feed bill for a month. That's what $100 million would cover -- one months feed for big fatty.

And unlike E Jean Carroll no one's going to believe Tara. She's so fat and ugly no one's going to believe her. Truth is, even when she wasn't so fat, she was ugly. If Joe Biden was going to go after a woman, no one believes it would be fat ass Tara.

"The snapshot" (THE COMMON ILLS):

Tuesday, February 25, 2025. Musk has put the nation at risk and it's a story the country is interested in but Democrats are silent when they should be speaking about this to the media. Our focus today is on how Musk has put undercover CIA agents at risk through his incompetence.

You may be the stupidest person on the face of the planet. Yes, you may be Convicted Felon Donald Chump. But even your stupidity does not act as an excuse for the outing of CIA agents.

We've been here before. Valerie Plame was outed by the Bully Boy Bus administration. Some didn't get the point then. Some pretended they did. (Glenneth Greenwald was a great pretender and a strong poser who made an idiot of himself when he went on to out a CIA agent -- and got called out for it by THE NEW YORK POST during Barack Obama's second term as president.)

Stupidity isn't an excuse for Chump.

He put an idiot with no experience in place and that idiot has exposed undercover CIA agents.

Matthew Chapman (RAW STORY) reports:

The Central Intelligence Agency is conducting an assessment of their own security after a White House email about civil service layoffs appeared to compromise the names of certain undercover officers, reported CNN on Monday.

This damage control, reported CNN, is "just one of multiple aftershocks from President Donald Trump’s push to take a jackhammer to the federal government — including the CIA. The administration’s efforts to cut the workforce and audit spending at the CIA and elsewhere threaten to jeopardize some of the government’s most sensitive work, current and former U.S. officials familiar with internal deliberations say."

The CIA first began discussing layoffs amid tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force and its rampage through agencies across the executive branch, originally billed as a mass buyout that would infuse "renewed energy" into intelligence operations.

However, chaos erupted after the White House sent an email over an unclassified server suggesting the layoffs of a number of CIA employees who were on probationary status due to being recent hires — which may have included the first and last names of some undercover agents.

Making matters worse, said the report, "some U.S. embassy positions that are actually filled by CIA officers under cover may now be at risk of being revealed — potentially angering the host nation and exposing companies or endangering CIA assets who are known to have met with past occupants of the role."

Grasp what the South African born Alien Musk has now done. Valerie Plame? Robert Novack and others outing her in the press -- or Glenneth outing a CIA agents? That's the media. Freedom of speech protects that and should. But before Bully Boy Bush went into the White House, his father was already there. And it was under his father that the only real law on outing CIA agents came into place. Government employees and officials -- that would be Musk -- can be prosecuted.

Josh Fiallo (DAILY BEAST) reports:

The agency launched an assessment to determine just how much damage was done by the email, which was sent in early February amid President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to slash the federal workforce via the Department of Government Efficiency.

DOGE’s breakneck speed in firing tens of thousands workers has officials fearing harsh consequences. U.S. officials told CNN that Musk’s minions may “jeopardize some of the government’s most sensitive work” if the alleged recklessness keeps up.

Perhaps the most chilling of those fears, some in the CIA’s leadership told CNN, is the possibility that a “group” of disgruntled CIA agents swept up in a mass layoff—or pressured into taking a buyout—may take their sensitive knowledge to a foreign intelligence agency.

Edward Coristine, a protege of Elon Musk’s at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), who has already gained notoriety for his checkered early tech career and for glorying in the nickname “Big Balls”, is the grandson of a KGB spy, according to a new report.

Coristine, 19, dropped out of Northeastern University to find work in Silicon Valley, only to be fired from a cybersecurity internship last year for allegedly leaking insider information to a rival company and accused of frequenting Telegram and Discord communities linked to cybercrime.

Donald Chump put Musk in charge. There was no reason to do so. He'd already been assessed as a security threat by the US government. But Donald gave him unfiltered and unlimited access to US data -- confidential data.

THE JERUSALEM POST notes:

The CIA is conducting an internal formal review to assess any potential damage caused by an unclassified email sent to the White House that discussed possible layoffs, using names and initials that had the potential to expose undercover officers, a source familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday.

The email, sent in early February, was part of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plan to cut the workforce and spending of the federal government.

The Trump administration’s continuous efforts to audit federal organizations threaten to jeopardize the government’s most sensitive work, CNN reported, citing current and former US officials familiar with internal deliberations.

Alien Musk has clearly broken the law -- I'm sure Steve Bannon will be all of this, covering it from the right.

Musk was never fit for this job and should never have access to the American people's data.

He should be in prison right now for his 'mistake' -- if it was a mistake. Considering his history, his actions seem intentional.

Here's the good news for our government -- Chump created this post. Therefore, it did not require Senate confirmation.

This isn't Pete Hegseth, fresh off a Senate confirmation, making a fool of everyone who voted to confirm him by outing undercover CIA agents.

Right now, a normal follow up would be the appointment of a special counsel but, as we all know, Chump doesn't believe in that.

He's the man who put Musk in charge, he's the one who gave him access to our secrets. And Musk outing CIA agents?

That falls on Convicted Felon Donald Chump.

Cleary, Chump is not up to the job. Clearly, Chump would be impeached for this did MAGA idiots not control the House (for now).

Chump has yet again demonstrated that he does not have the knowledge or the character to be president of the United States.

Let's talk about some more idiots. Senator Ron Wyden 's office issued the following:

WATCH: Wyden’s Exchange with University of Oregon’s Presidential Chair in Science, Dr. Richmond Here

Washington, D.C. — During a hearing held in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., underscored that Elon Musk’s business dealings in China pose a serious threat to national security.

According to public reporting, Elon Musk is running the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as a federal employee while remaining Tesla’s largest shareholder. Public filings indicate Tesla invested billions of dollars in China and annually produces nearly 1 million cars at a factory in Shanghai on land owned by the Chinese government.

“According to public reporting, Tesla’s contract allows the Chinese government to revoke Tesla’s lease on the land at any time if it determines doing so is in the public interest,” Wyden said. “Now, on this committee, every one of us works for the AMERICAN public interest. And given that is our highest priority, I intend to come back and ask further questions about this in the days ahead.”

Senator Wyden also questioned Dr. Geraldine Richmond, Presidential Chair in Science at the University of Oregon and former Under Secretary for Science and Innovation at the Department of Energy, on the national security consequences of Musk’s decision to make drastic and abrupt workforce cuts at the Bonneville Power Administration. Dr. Richmond emphasized that these cuts would undermine the grid’s safety and drive up energy prices for working families across America.

Last week, Senator Wyden demanded answers from the Trump administration in a letter regarding Musk’s workforce cuts at the Bonneville Power Administration.

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Oh.

So, Ron, you do get the importance of national security and the threat to it that Musk can be.

Hmm.

Well where the hell is your press release on that?

Same goes for Mark Warner. Both Democrats are on the Senate intelligence committee.

They are saying nothing. Not one word.

The media is actually paying attention to this moment, to the outing of CIA agents. And yet the Democrats are AWOL.

They're not feeding the news cycle at all.

There are some non-MAGA Republicans who supported Chump.

And they can be peeled off via this issue just as the outing of Valerie Plame hurt Bully Boy Bush wihtin his own party.

But people have to know what went down.

It feeds into the perception that Musk is not to be trusted.

This is not a story you have to try to get the press interested in.

Later today, Dems will hold a press conference and, sadly, they'll probably continue to ignore this topic. It's an important one.

It's an indictment of Chump's stupidity and an example of why a foreign-born non-elected person is not put in charge of America's data.

Even on BLUESKY, people don't seem to realize what's gone down. Here are two who do grasp it.

David Corn led on covering the outing of Valerie Plame. Where's David now?

The American people don't want Musk to have their data. His actions now demonstrate why he shouldn't. They also call into question Chump's ability to do the job.

You don't get stories like this that queue themselves up so well.

When you do get one, though, you need to make the most out of it.

Elected Democrats are doing nothing with this. Even though it backs up everything that they've said about Chump and bout Musk, they're doing nothing with it.

At THIRD, Ava and I wrote "Media: Musk a purveyor preying on children" about how Musk is praised by conservatives -- as he serves up porn on Twitter. The same porn that Musk-praiser Greg Abbott (governor of Texas) has gone out of his way to block on PORN HUB and other sites to 'save the children.' But when it comes to billionaire Musk, those 'family balues' GOPers don't give a damn.

They're okay with Musk putting porn out there.

I'm not a prude.

But I do find it so interesting that Musk, who profits from the porn on Twitter, is behind haled by 'family values' types across the country.

It's the height of hypocrisy.

This is who Chump chose to go through the american people's date -- a porn king.

There are no standards in the Chump administration.

Last night, Rachel Maddow had an important segment on the rule of law and how Chump's destroying it.

Last night, Rachel Maddow did more in one segment than elected Dems combined did all day Monday.

I don't hate Ron Wyden -- he's one of our country's best senators.

But he can be better and this is the perfect example of that.

The party needs to be out front calling out Musk's exposure of under cover CIA agents. They need to lead on this.

Yet they're nowhere to be found.

Again, right now, the media is interested. Right now, this is an issue that needs to be addressed. But it's not being addressed.

We'll wind don with this from Senator Patty Murray's office:

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on the Trump administration taking action Sunday to permanently eliminate 1,600 USAID employees’ positions and put nearly every other agency employee on administrative leave—in flagrant violation of the law.

“Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to unilaterally shutter USAID—with their latest announcement of permanent reductions in force for 1,600 positions—are a dangerous concession to our adversaries who will fill the void we leave behind. It is a slap in the face to the dedicated Americans who have honorably chosen to serve their country and help keep us all safe.

“Trump and Musk’s reckless actions are also illegal. USAID’s existence as an independent agency has long been enshrined in law and affirmed by bipartisan majorities year after year in annual appropriations. Our appropriations law also requires the administration to notify and consult with Congress before undertaking any efforts to reorganize, realign, or downsize USAID—as the sweeping reductions in force issued Sunday and all the other brazen actions we’ve seen clearly seek to do. These actions make waste and fraud more likely, will prevent even foreign assistance programs supported by the administration from being effectively implemented, and will illegally block hundreds of millions of dollars for other programs enacted into law by bipartisan majorities.

“Needless to say: the Trump administration has not consulted Congress on these changes—in flagrant violation of the law—and the reckless, indiscriminate gutting of the agency seriously weakens America’s credibility and our ability to advance our national security interests across the globe.”

Section 7063 of Division F of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47) prohibits funds from the Act and prior Acts from being used to implement a reorganization without prior consultation with, and a detailed and justified notification to, the appropriate congressional committees. A reorganization, redesign, or other such plan is further defined in the Act and includes any activity to expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize covered departments or agencies, the United States official presence overseas, or the size of the permanent Civil Service, Foreign Service, eligible family member, and locally employed staff workforce from staffing levels previously justified to the Committee on Appropriations for fiscal year 2024.

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Monday, February 24, 2025

Mixed and Mixed Up

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX & THOMAS FRIEDMAN IS A GREAT MAN & ANN'S MEGA DUB & THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS & THE COMMON ILLS -- THE KOOL AID TABLE

WHITE GIRL DANIELLE MOODIE WENT OFF ON A TANGENT AGAINST DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS AS SHE TRIED TO YET AGAIN PRETEND SHE WASN'T A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST (DSA IS A SOCIALIST PARTY). MOODIE BUILT HER NAME AND FAME AFTER THE 2024 ELECTION BY CALLING OUT THOSE WHO WOULDN'T VOTE FOR A BLACK CANDIDATE (KAMALA HARRIS) BUT IT WAS ALL SUBTERFUGE SINCE SHE WAS PART OF DSA -- THE GROUP BEHIND "UNCOMMITTED."

WE CAUGHT UP WITH MOODIE TO ASK HER WHO SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS FOOLING?

"WHOM I FOOLING, BLACK FOLK, I'M FOOLING YOU AND YOU AND YOU TOO! THAT'S 2 PLUS 40 AND COMES TO NINETY AND THE ALGEBRA AIN'T TRAPAZOIDING!"

HUH?

"IT'S STREET LINGO YOU CAR ALARMS!"

ARE YOU TRYING TO CALL THE ONE WHITE PERSON IN OUR GROUP A "HONKEY"?

"WHAT'S A HONKEY. I'M BLACKER THAN BLACK, SEE HOW I WORK MY NECK AND TOSS AROUND MY WAVE!"

YOU MEAN WEAVE?

"HEY, VANILLA ICE WASN'T JUST A PROPHET, HE WAS A BALLER!"

OH, YOU POOR PATHETIC, CHILD. MIXED AND MIXED UP.

KEEP POSING AS BLACK. YOU'RE SORT OF LIKE THE INVERSE OF THE MOVIE WHITE GIRLS. HERE A WHITE GIRL TRIES TO PRETEND SHE'S BLACK. KEEP FAKING AND SHAKING DANNIE.

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

Bob Norris was a wee man

And a wee little man was he

He blustered and threatened

As long as the target was a she

Sheriff Bob Norris.

Look at the fat goober. Bob Norris. Of Idaho. Although he seems to believe he lives in Nazi Germany. He's a sheriff who needs to be removed from office immediately. He's a smug looking piece of crap because he's never been held accountable before.

Not for threatening, on duty, to pepper spray a citizen he was disgracing with. Not for anything. From WIKIPEDIA:

In 2023, Norris claimed that books with explicit sexual content were available to teenagers in local libraries, specifically citing the books Deal With It! A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a Gurl and Identical.^[15] Norris argued that these books generally violated Idaho state law and should be placed in an area for adult library patrons only.^[16]

Norris's unauthorized removal of two books and his refusal to return them drew public attention to the county.^[17]^[18] The Community Library Network (CLN), which operates the Post Falls library, defended the books following Norris's actions, noting that they are classified as young adult non-fiction. CLN also clarified that minors require parental or legal guardian permission to sign up for a library card.^[19]

The CLN had and continues to have a process in place for people to request that the library reconsider the materials it makes available to youth.^[20]

And:

In July 2024, Pennie Collinson, a photographer who had worked for Norris's opponent from the 2020 election during his 2022 primary campaign for county clerk, filed a notice of tort claim against Norris personally, seeking over $500,000 in damages for defamation.^[21] She alleged that during an April 2024 campaign event, Norris made derogatory remarks about Collinson and her photography business.^[21]^[22]

After the defendants, Norris and Kootenai County, failed to respond to the initial tort claim, Collinson was able to file a lawsuit in October 2024.^[23] The lawsuit accuses Norris of slander, defamation, placing her in a false light, and causing emotional distress.^[24] Addressing the lawsuit once more in a sheriff's office news release, Norris reaffirmed his stance, describing the claim as politically motivated and promising to contest what he termed "a hoax".^[23]^[24] He offered a $10,000 reward to members of the public who could assist with defending himself from the personal lawsuit, issuing his statement on the official sheriff's office letterhead and posting it on the office's Facebook page.^[21]

The Spokane Spokesman-Review reported the response of Fred Scheffelmaier, owner of the Country Barn Bed and Breakfast in Cataldo, who hosted the forum where Norris allegedly made his statements. Scheffelmaier expressed shock at what Norris said, saying, "Why would you call someone something like that in a public meeting?"^[24]

His use of official sheriff's office resources to address personal allegations raised concerns regarding the legality of his actions, prompting inquiries to state agencies for clarification on potential campaign finance violations.^[25]

Let's stay on the last one for a minute. In real time, Alexandra Duggan (THE SPOKESMAN REVIEW) reported on the penis challenged Bob:

Local Coeur d’Alene photographer Pennie Collinson filed the lawsuit Monday against Norris and the county over comments she said he made to her in July. Collinson attended the Kootenai County Republican Party Primary Election Forum in Cataldo at the time, where she was working as a photographer for Mike Bauer, a candidate for sheriff. During the candidate questioning portion of the forum, the lawsuit says, Norris pointed out Collinson and accused her of performing sex acts and photographing child pornography at a local library. More than 50 people attended the event.

The lawsuit, filed in Kootenai County, accuses Norris of slander, defamation, publication in a false light and inflicting emotional distress. Collinson originally filed an intent to sue Norris over the alleged incident in August, but because there was no reply to the claim, Collinson was able to sue.

Since the lawsuit was filed, Norris wrote in a news release on a sheriff’s office official letterhead he will be fighting the accusations and will “expose the extent of this hoax.”

Bob called it fake news -- apparently like the rumors that all his female partners have had to ask repeatedly over the years, "It it in yet?"

While Norris says it didn’t happen, four witnesses provided written statements in which they corroborated Collinson’s accusations against Norris. Norris said “she likes taking pictures” of pornography and accused her of molesting children, a witness wrote in a statement. Another said he acknowledged Collinson and told the crowd she “likes” performing certain sex acts.

All witnesses in the lawsuit stated the crowd gasped and the room went silent.

Fred Scheffelmaier, the owner of the Country Barn Bed and Breakfast in Cataldo, hosted and emceed the forum. Scheffelmaier opened the meeting with a prayer, he told The Spokesman-Review in August.

“I was dumbfounded,” he said. “Why would you call someone something like that in a public meeting? … It wasn’t right. I just got through stating we were there to promote yourselves, no negative conduct.”

He's an idiot. The big surprise was when he went after books because, frankly, many did not believe he knew how to read. But he's not just any idiot, he went to a certificate training -- "LASO’s prestigious Leadership Certification" -- guess that's supposed to make up for any formal education.

He's in the news due to the video below.

Those are not deputies.

The men attacking Teresa Borrenphohl in the video above are not deputies. They are security guards with LEAR Asset Management. The sheriff, when Tereasa refuses to surrender her Constitutional rights, calls to them. Why? Because he's off duty and he has no power there. (He was there, he insists now, to deliver a prayer. To Satan?)

A reality that the city's Police Chief Lee White has made clear to the media.

No, Boss Hogg Faty Bob actually broke the law and a lawsuit needs to be filed immediately. In addition, he needs to be removed from his post. He has disgraced law enforcement.

Want to send him some love?

Email the Sheriff's Office

Remember, no threats of violence. Just congratulate him for things like not committing suicide despite obviously never have been able to satisfy a woman. Congratulate him on his carny background and how well he performed as Ned Beatty's stunt double in DELIVERANCE. Or maybe just e-mail him a copy and paste of the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

If you don't know, he's a self-described "American Warrior" -- one of those nut jobs in Idaho who didn't believe COVID was a real threat.

You know what's a real threat? A bully with a badge who thinks he can override the First Amendment. He and his uneducated ass need to be thrown out of office.

He and two men attacking a woman in public.

Thinking he had gotten away with it, he was strutting and preening until early Sunday. Then he was informed of the videos, of the First Amendment and that he had acted inappropriately. He needs to be removed from office.

Kaye Thornbrugh (COEUR D'ALENE PRESS via IDAHO STATESMAN) reports:

Borrenpohl said she didn’t recognize Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris at first when he approached her in the semidarkness of the auditorium because he was dressed in jeans and a baseball cap. “I was really dumbfounded because he said, ‘Do you want me to pepper spray you?’” she recalled. “That was the first thing he said to me that I remember.” Footage from the event showed Norris take Borrenpohl’s arm with both hands and make multiple attempts to pull her from her seat. Borrenpohl said that after she declined to leave, Norris turned to the unidentified men and said, “Guys, get her.”

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[Police Chief Lee] White said it’s not appropriate for law enforcement to forcefully remove a person from a town hall for speaking out of turn or shouting. “I don’t care what your message is, especially in an open town hall like this,” White said. “We have to respect everybody’s First Amendment rights, regardless of what side of the aisle you happen to sit on. I know there’s some people up here who probably disagree with me and would like us to take action and maybe try to silence a voice that’s in opposition to theirs at a town hall, but there’s very little we can do with regard to First Amendment protections. We have to make sure people have the protections afforded them under the Constitution.”

KTVB adds:

Idaho Democratic Party Chair Lauren Necochea released the following statement regarding the incident:

“Our democracy rests on our First Amendment rights. If we can’t question leaders elected to represent us without fear of reprisal, we are not free. The town hall is a valued American tradition that embodies these principles, providing a place for constituents to ask questions and share their opinions on the issues of the day. At the recent Kootenai County Republicans’ town hall, it was clear organizers did not intend to allow dialogue between legislators and the constituents they serve. It is a very sad day when a woman who voices dissent is physically dragged out of a public venue by unidentified men while the event moderator belittles and taunts her. Idaho deserves better.”

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