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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Under his tutelage lost the WH and both Houses





But his narcissism is alive and well.
















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It was the video





Barry sneaks off to Hawaii while his team of investigators are:












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Monday, December 26, 2016

Getting Kwanzaa off with a bang




Five shot Monday, bringing holiday weekend toll to nearly 50 shooting victims


Obama sends Kwanzaa greetings from Hawaii

(He was supposed to go to Chicago... but was afraid he'd get shot)

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Five people wounded in shootings Monday morning brought to almost 50 the number of people shot since Christmas weekend began Friday afternoon. 

Much of the violence happened in areas "with historical gang conflicts on the south and west side of Chicago," said Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department. He also referenced the department's "strategic subject list," which is generated daily from a computerized algorithm and assigns a score from 1 to 500 based on such factors as a person's arrests and the activities of his associates. Those people with a score in the upper 200s or higher are considered in danger of being shot or of shooting someone else.

"Ninety percent of those fatally wounded had gang affiliations, criminal histories and were pre-identified by the department's strategic subject algorithm as being a potential suspect or victim of gun violence," Guglielmi said Monday. 

The most recent shooting happened about 11:20 a.m. in the 1800 block of South Ridgeway Avenue in North Lawndale. A man whose age was not immediately available was shot in each leg. He was being treated at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to police.


Before that, police were called about 10:40 a.m. to the 400 block of West Marquette Road in Englewood. A 24-year-old man was shot in the hand, officials said. Other details about that shooting weren't immediately available. 

In the 7000 block of South Indiana, in the Park Manor neighborhood about 9:30 a.m., an initial call went out for two people shot in the area of 78th Street. Police later said a 25-year-old man had a graze wound to his head and also was shot in a leg. A 26-year-old man was shot in the face. The men were able to get themselves to St. Bernard Hospital, where they were being treated.

The first daylight shooting happened about 9:25 a.m. in the 300 block of South Kostner Avenue. A man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with gunshot wounds to the ankle and leg. He was in stable condition, authorities said.

More than 40 people have been shot since Friday afternoon. Monday morning's shootings came after two brothers were killed and five other people were wounded while shooting dice at a family Christmas party in East Chatham late Sunday.

That mass shooting, and the others on Christmas, added to the tolls this year in Chicago, where more than 700 homicides have been recorded with more than 4,000 people shot -- a level of violence not seen in Chicago since the late 1990s, according to Tribune and police data. Last year, 488 people were killed in Chicago.


The holiday weekend began with five teenagers shot within feet of each other in the South Austin neighborhood. At 3:30 p.m. Friday, a 16-year-old boy was shot in the 4900 block of West Kinzie Street. A little more than an hour later, four other teenagers were shot just feet away, in the 4900 block of West Hubbard Street. Their conditions had stabilized.

Guglielmi said most of the attacks were targeted attacks by gangs against potential rivals who were at holiday gatherings. That only brought on retaliatory gun violence. In response, police adjusted their assignments as needed and seized 45 guns from areas with a heavy presence of gangs, Guglielmi said. 

"While we have promising leads, this unacceptable level of gun violence demonstrates the clear and present need for policy makers to convene in January and give Chicago the gun sentencing tools against repeat offenders so that we can adequately hold people accountable," he said.








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Obama jokes about hoping to still use military gym and golf course in his final speech to US troops - and says being Commander-in-Chief has been 'the privilege of my life'




Barack Obama's final address to US troops was tinged with levity - and perhaps nostalgia - on Sunday.

His Christmas Day address at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, close to where his family is vacationing, saw him paying tribute to the men and women of the military and promising his continued support even when he leaves office.

And, he joked, though he's losing the 'privilege' of being the Commander in Chief of the US military, he does get to keep some fringe benefits.

'I understand that I still have a little bit of rank as ex-President,' Obama said. 'So I still get to use the gym on base - and, of course, the golf course.' 



Farewell: Barack Obama gave his last speech to US troops on Christmas Day in Hawaii, joking that he hoped to still use their gym and golf course even after he stepped down

Obama is the only president in US history to serve full two terms with the nation at war, and in his speed he sought to pay tribute to the men and women who gave up their lives.

'I just want all of you to know that it has been the privilege of my life to serve as your Commander in Chief,' he said, as First Lady Michelle Obama stood at his side.

The President, who spent Christmas Eve calling troops serving overseas, pointed out that as Americans celebrate the holidays, US troops are serving in dangerous, remote places like Iraq and Afghanistan.







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Thar she blows





'Lifelong wish': Lena Dunham went topless as she transformed into a mermaid for a beach photo she posted on Saturday 










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Woe is me











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Sunday, December 25, 2016

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year













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Saturday, December 24, 2016

No Reservations














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Friday, December 23, 2016

Clueless and Gutless vs The Art of the Deal











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US abstains in key Israel vote, clearing way for condemnation of settlements



Barry’s final FU to Netanyahu! 

You can always count on Barry to stab Israel in the back to side with Muslims.

That said, a case could be made Jews had it coming.


I never understood it. Obama has been screwing Israel over since he took office... yet they voted for him... twice!

Netanyahu has to be pulling out what little hair he has left.




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Report: Israel asked Trump team for UN help 


A "shameful" abstention by the U.S. in a United Nations vote Friday allowed passage of a resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.

The UN Security Council resolution was put forward by four nations a day after Egypt withdrew it Thursday under pressure from Israel and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Failure by the U.S. to veto the measure was seen as a double-cross of America's key Middle Eastern ally, and attributed directly to outgoing President Barack Obama, who has had chilly relations with Israel throughout his eight-year tenure.

Reaction from U.S. Republicans and Jewish leaders around the world was swift and sharp.

"It was to be expected that Israel's greatest ally would act in accordance with the values that we share and that they would have vetoed this disgraceful resolution," said Israel's Ambassador Danny Danon. "I have no doubt that the new U.S. administration and the incoming UN Secretary General will usher in a new era in terms of the UN's relationship with Israel."

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., blasted the Obama administration for undermining America's historic Middle East ally.

"This is absolutely shameful," Ryan said. "Today's vote is a blow to peace that sets a dangerous precedent for further diplomatic efforts to isolate and demonize Israel."

Minutes after the vote, Trump took to Twitter to express his opposition.

As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2016

"As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th," Trump tweeted.

The measure was adopted with 14 votes in favor, to a round of applause, after U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power abstained. It is the first resolution the Security Council has adopted on Israel and the Palestinians in nearly eight years.

"The resolution is too narrowly focused on settlements when we all know, or all should know" there are other factors that contribute to the conflict between Israel and Palestinians, Power said in an explanation for why the U.S. chose to sit on the fence, which ensured passage of the resolution

The Obama White House, under heavy pressure from the Israeli government and its supporters to veto the resolution, kept everyone guessing until the vote whether it would stop shielding Israel from council resolutions and permit it to pass by abstaining.

The resolution, warning that Israeli settlement expansion is “steadily eroding the two-state solution and entrenching a one-state reality,” calls on Israel to “immediately and completely cease all settlement activity in occupied territories, including East Jerusalem.” It repeated the longstanding UN position that all settlements on land Israel conquered in 1967 are illegal under international law.

A senior Israeli official accused the U.S. of a "shameful move" after learning that it did not intend to veto the text, the BBC reported.

The U.S., which has veto power as one the council five permanent members of the council, has traditionally sheltered Israel from condemnatory resolutions. But the Obama administration has long made clear its opposition to Israeli settlement-building in occupied territory and there had been speculation that in its final month it might allow a resolution against settlements to pass at the U.N.

A senior Israeli official told The Associated Press: "President Obama and Secretary [of State John] Kerry are behind this shameful move against Israel at the U.N.

"The U.S. administration secretly cooked up with the Palestinians an extreme anti-Israeli resolution behind Israel's back which would be a tail-wind for terror and boycotts and effectively make the Western Wall [the Jewish holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem] occupied Palestinian territory.”

Most of those critical of the move by the U.S. painted it as a stab in Israel's back delivered by Obama.

“This last minute political maneuvering is shameful," said Ric Grenell, former spokesman for the U.S. Mission to the UN and a Fox News contributor. "It is inconsistent with the long standing U.S. policy that no country or organization should be dictating solutions on the two parties.

"Today’s abstention by the Obama Administration will make it harder to find a peaceful solution because it imposes outside positions on Israel without letting them negotiate directly,” he added.

Wael Abu Youssef, a senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization, told Reuters that Netanyahu's government "must not be rewarded" by the initial withdrawal of the draft resolution.

The resolution, although it reiterates long-held U.N. policy, could be more than symbolic. While it does not call for imposing sanctions on Israel, its language could hinder Israel's negotiating position in future peace talks. Given the widespread international opposition to the settlements, it would be nearly impossible for the Trump administration to reverse it.






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Undercover: Chicago Democratic Election Judges Pretend to be Republican Judges




On a tip from Ed Kilbane



You won't see this on any of the major networks!

In this Project Veritas Action video, an undercover journalist exposes how election judges in Chicago were violating election regulations regarding the equal representation of judges in the Republican and Democratic parties. There is supposed to be an equal number of Republican and Democratic judges on election day to ensure equal representation. However, the undercover journalist discovered that Democrats were pretending to be Republicans, resulting in unfair and disproportionate representation. 

We are still going through hundreds of hours of Election Day footage provided by our undercover journalists, and this week, we came across footage shot in the Windy City.

While the Clinton campaign wants to blame everyone from “Russia” to “Fake News” for Hillary’s loss, it’s actually Donald Trump who should be complaining.

You’ll have to watch this video to believe it, as it is so blatantly egregious, it’s like no one cared if they were caught! 

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The tip-off for me is they are young blacks. So the likeli-'hood' of these judges being Republican is the same as membership in the KKK. 








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Tennessee Man Gets $75 Check To "Restart His Life" After Being Wrongfully Imprisoned For 31 Years




Perhaps the "commuter-in-chief" could take a little break from pardoning hardened drug dealers to help clear someone that seemingly actually deserves a break.

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In October 1977, a Memphis, Tennessee woman was raped in her home by two intruders. The woman subsequently identified one of the perpetrators as her neighbor, 22 year old Lawrence McKinney. One year later, McKinney was convicted on rape and burglary charges and sentenced to 115 years in prison.

The only problem is that he didn't do it. After spending 31 years in prison, DNA evidence cleared Mckinney of any wrongdoing in 2008 and he was later released in 2009 with a very "generous" check of $75 from the Tennessee Department of Corrections to help "restart his life." To add insult to injury, McKinney told CNN that "because I had no ID it took me three months before I was able to cash it."


Now, a 61-year-old McKinney is asking Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam to exonerate him, a move that would clear a path to pursue up to $1 million in compensation from the state Board of Claims for 3 decades of wrongful imprisonment. The Tennessee Board of Parole, which makes recommendations to the governor on such issues, denied McKinney's request for exoneration by a 7-0 vote at a hearing in September saying they could not "find clear and convincing evidence of innocence."


"The (parole) board reviewed all relevant information related to the crime, conviction and subsequent appeals, as well as all information provided by the petitioner," said Melissa McDonald, spokesperson for the Tennessee Board of Parole. "After considering all of the evidence, the board did not find clear and convincing evidence of innocence and declined to recommend clemency in this matter."

One of McKinney's attorneys, Jack Lowery, believes the decision should rest solely with Haslam.

"The parole board is not qualified to make these decisions and should not," he said. "For the parole board to step in when many (of them) are not trained in the law is ridiculous."

Apparently the parole board based their decision, in part, on McKinney's admission to the 1977 burglary charge, an admission his lawyer at the time told him he needed to make if he wanted any shot at an early parole.


According to John Hunn, McKinney's pastor and most ardent supporter, the board cited a list of 97 infractions that McKinney incurred while he was in jail, including the alleged assault of a fellow inmate, who testified against McKinney at the hearing. McKinney told the board he'd been in prison for years, and that "only the strong survive," Hunn said. Hunn testified at the hearing on McKinney's behalf.

"Lawrence has told that story at our church," Hunn said. "He doesn't deny that story. He was in prison, man."

The parole board also knew that 28 years into his sentence, McKinney admitted to the burglary charge he was convicted of. McKinney said his lawyers at the time told him that if he wanted any chance of being released early, he would need to admit to something. 

Despite being forced to waste more than half his life behind bars, Mckinney says he's not bitter and just wants to "be treated right and fair for what has happened to me."


"Although I've spent more than half of my life locked up for a crime I did not do, I am not bitter or angry at anyone, because I have found the Lord and married a good wife," McKinney said. "All I ask is that I be treated right and fair for what has happened to me. I didn't do nothing, and I just want to be treated right." 







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Thursday, December 22, 2016

Obama Admin Fired Top Scientist to Advance Climate Change Agenda





Under Barry...what Dept is not politicized?

Some incongruity here? Scientist fired…but Holder, Lerner, Koskinen, Sibelius, Killary, and a whole host of others were not.



Politicizing in all its glory:

When his candidate lost the Electoral College became a... "vestige" a "carryover" from the time of the founding fathers." Would he hold the same opinion if she had won? 


One more:


This is his attempt to get rid of the 2nd amendment under the guise of gun control:




So what is his solution to fix it?

Release thousands of inmates into society who will invariably shoot people so he can blame it on gun control...which was the ultimate goal of his and Holder's in their infamous F&F debacle. 

Oct 2015



His latest:

12-19-2016

Check out the 'pharmacists' scheduled for early release.

Great news for all the rehab centers across the country!


He's releasing thousand of prisoners back into society and wants to admit 10.000 unfettered Syrians into the country. You have to wonder what his true motivation is.

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A new congressional investigation has determined that the Obama administration fired a top scientist and intimidated staff at the Department of Energy in order to further its climate change agenda, according to a new report that alleges the administration ordered top officials to obstruct Congress in order to forward this agenda.

Rep. Lamar Smith (R., Texas), chair of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, released a wide-ranging report on Tuesday that shows how senior Obama administration officials retaliated against a leading scientist and plotted ways to block a congressional inquiry surrounding key research into the impact of radiation.

A top DoE scientist who liaised with Congress on the matter was fired by the Obama administration for being too forthright with lawmakers, according to the report, which provides an in-depth look at the White House's efforts to ensure senior staffers toe the administration's line.

The report also provides evidence that the Obama administration worked to kill legislation in order to ensure that it could receive full funding for its own hotly contested climate change agenda.

The report additionally discovered efforts by the Obama administration to censor the information given to Congress, interfering with the body's ability to perform critical oversight work.

"Instead of providing the type of scientific information needed by Congress to legislate effectively, senior departmental officials sought to hide information, lobbied against legislation, and retaliated against a scientist for being forthcoming," Smith said in a statement. "In this staff report based on lengthy record before the committee, much has been revealed about how senior level agency officials under the Obama administration retaliated against a scientist who did not follow the party line."

"Moving forward, the department needs to overhaul its management practices to ensure that Congress is provided the information it requires to legislate and that federal employees and scientists who provide that information do so without fear of retribution," Smith said.

The report goes into Congress' efforts to regulate the Low Dose Radiation Research Program, or LDRRP, which sought to test the impact of radiation on human beings. The program, started in the 1990s, was meant to support research into waste cleanup and the impact of nuclear weapons.

In mid-2014, lawmakers introduced legislation, the Low Dose Radiation Act of 2014, to help regulate the program and minimize harmful side effects.

During an October 2014 briefing with senior DoE staff on the matter, lawmakers heard testimony from Dr. Noelle Metting, the radiation research program's manager.

Less than a month later, lawmakers discovered that Obama administration officials had "removed Dr. Metting from federal service for allegedly providing too much information in response to questions posed by" Congress during the briefing, the report states.

Congressional investigators later determined that the administration's "actions to remove Dr. Metting were, in part, retaliation against Dr. Metting because she refused to conform to the predetermined remarks and talking points designed by Management to undermine the advancement of" the 2014 radiation act.

Emails unearthed during the investigation "show a sequence of events leading to a premeditated scheme by senior DoE employees 'to squash the prospects of Senate support'" for the radiation act, a move that lawmakers claim was meant to help advance President Obama's own climate change goals.

"The committee has learned that one of DoE's stated purposes for Dr. Metting's removal from federal service was her failure to confine the discussion at the briefing to pre-approved talking points," according to the report. "The committee has also established that DoE management … failed to exercise even a minimal standard of care to avoid chilling other agency scientists as a result of the retaliation against Dr. Metting for her refusal to censor information from Congress."

The investigation concluded that "DoE placed its own priorities to further the president's Climate Action Plan before its constitutional obligations to be candid with Congress," the report states. "The DoE's actions constitute a reckless and calculated attack on the legislative process itself, which undermines the power of Congress to legislate. The committee further concludes that DoE's disregard for separation of powers is not limited to a small group of employees, but rather is an institutional problem that must be corrected by overhauling its management practices with respect to its relationship with the Congress."

These moves by the administration were part of an effort to secure full funding for the president's climate change agenda, the report claims.

"Instead of working to understand the value of the LDRRP for emergency situations, DoE Management engaged in a campaign to terminate research programs that could divert funds from the president's Climate Action Plan," the report states.

Congress is recommending a full overhaul of the DoE's management structure in order to ensure this type of situation does not occur again.







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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Good advice on fake news












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This is precisely why we have an Electoral College



Final tally shows Trump lost the popular vote by 2.8 million – but he BEAT Clinton by 3 million votes outside of California and New York



Final vote tallies from the November 8 election show that Democrat Hillary Clinton out-polled President-elect Donald Trump by 2.8 million votes while losing the contest by a wide margin in the all-important Electoral College.

Her upper hand with voters, however, came down to performances in New York and California that were far stronger than necessary.

Clinton won California by 4.2 million and took New York by more than 1.6 million. The combined 5.8 million-vote advantage in just those two states was more than twice the size of her overall edge nationwide.

When the dust settled, she lost the rest of the country by 3 million votes.



BIG WIN: Donald Trump won the presidency with broad support of a majority of states in the all-important Electoral College that actually selects America's leaders




SMALL COMFORT: Hillary Clinton collected more votes than Trump but did it by running up the score in California and New York, two very liberal states that were virtually guaranteed to her



Trump tweeted, deleted and replaced a message Wednesday morning suggesting that the Electoral College system presents more difficult challenges than an election that relies only on raw vote totals.

'Campaigning for votes under the Electoral College system is much more difficult, and different, than the popular vote,' he wrote on Twitter at first.

That message disappeared almost immediately, and Trump replaced it 20 minutes later with a more aggressive tweet including a direct shot at Clinton.

'Campaigning to win the Electoral College is much more difficult & sophisticated than the popular vote. Hillary focused on the wrong states!' he wrote in the replacement tweet. 

Trump wrote in a follow-up message that 'I would have done even better in the election, if that is possible, if the winner was based on popular vote - but would campaign differently.'

Then he added: 'I have not heard any of the pundits or commentators discussing the fact that I spent FAR LESS MONEY on the win than Hillary on the loss!'





SORE LOSERS: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Wednesday morning blasted liberals who insist Trump's victory is illegitimate because more Americans voted for Clinton




BEFORE AND AFTER: Trump tweeted (top), deleted and then replaced (bottom) a message about raw vote totals and the Electoral College on Wednesday morning





Trump ended Election Night controlling 306 votes in the Electoral College, a number that slipped to 304 when presidential electors cast their ballots on Monday. Clinton had 232, but lost five turncoats for a total of 227.

Clinton would still have won California's 55 electoral votes if her margin there had been far smaller. The same is true of New York's 29 electoral votes.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Wednesday morning blasted liberals who insist Trump's victory is illegitimate because more Americans voted for Clinton.

'This is football season. A team can have more yards and lose the game. What matters is how many points you put on the board. The Electoral College is the points,' he said on 'Fox & Friends.'

'Trump actually carried – in the 49 states outside of California, he had a 1.2 million vote majority. He got killed in California because he never campaigned there,' Gingrich said.

'The Democrats had two people running for the U.S. Senate the way California law works, no Republican running for the U.S. Senate. So we got beaten in the biggest state. It didn't matter. That's not how you pick the presidency. Trump's now going to be president. She's not going to be president. That's called winning the game.'

He said some Democrats are 'not going to get used to the idea' of a President Trump 'because he is, from their standpoint, horrifying. ... They live in a delusional world. That's why they lost the election: They decided to stay with the delusion.'






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Lena Dunham says she never had an abortion but 'I wish I had'








Liberals... truly are fucking whacked!


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Lena Dunham said on the latest episode of her podcast that she wishes she'd had an abortion to fight the "stigma around this issue."

"Something I've thought about a lot is the fact that there is stigma around abortion," Dunham said on her podcast "Women of the Hour" December 14.

The "Girls" creator recounted visiting a Planned Parenthood in Texas several years ago where a young girl asked her to join a project where women share their stories of abortion.

"I sort of jumped," Dunham said. "'I haven’t had an abortion,' I told her. I wanted to make it really clear to her that as much as I was going out and fighting for other women’s options, I myself had never had an abortion."

It was then, Dunham said, she realized "Even I, the woman who cares as much as anybody about a woman’s right to choose, felt it was important that people know I was unblemished in this department."

She added, "Now I can say that I still haven’t had an abortion, but I wish I had."




Many people took to Twitter to express their outrage at Dunham's comments.


.@lenadunham FYI an abortion is not something you "get to have." It's an awful experience one SHOULDN'T wish for like a gift from Santa 😑🙄— s a s h a (@kisslow) December 20, 2016


@lenadunham should never be able to brag about having an abortion it's sad that u think this would make u more authentically pro-choice— s i h (@Susanna_I_H) December 20, 2016


I can't even imagine how offensive Lena Dunham's comments are to women who actually had to go through abortions— KFC (@KFCBarstool) December 20, 2016


@KFCBarstool I can't tell if her consciously making these comments would be worse or being so out of touch she doesn't even realize it.— Andrew Rodriguez (@RodriguezAJ100) December 20, 2016


@lenadunham you're honestly the worst kind of feminist and no one should want an abortion that isn't just like a fun little choice¿??— Nora Baron (@bambibaron) December 20, 2016

A rep for Dunham did not return FOX411's request for comment.







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