The 800 Pound Guerrilla

The AP released a story today about how certain newspapers were up in circulation, and others were down, some quite dramatically. I can't help but notice (where they ignored) that the papers that are down in circulation (again) are considered liberal-leaning, and the the ones that are up are considered centrist or conservative-leaning. This trend not limited to newspapers, mind you, and is the primary reason that Dem's want to bring back the "fairness doctrine." The list:

1. USA Today, 2,278,022, up 0.2 percent
2. The Wall Street Journal, 2,062,312, up 0.6 percent
3. The New York Times, 1,120,420, down 1.9 percent
4. Los Angeles Times, 815,723, down 4.2 percent
5. New York Post, 724,748, up 7.6 percent
6. New York DailyNews, 718,174, up 1.4 percent
7. The Washington Post, 699,130, down 3.5 percent
8. Chicago Tribune, 566,827, down 2.1 percent
9. Houston Chronicle, 503,114, down 2 percent
10. The Arizona Republic, 433,731, down 1.1 percent
11. Dallas Morning News, 411,919, down 14.3 percent
12. Newsday, Long Island, 398,231, down 6.9 percent
13. San Francisco Chronicle, 386,564, down 2.9 percent
14. The Boston Globe, 382,503, down 3.7 percent
15. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., 372,629, down 6.1 percent
16. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 357,399, down 2.1 percent
17. The Philadelphia Inquirer, 352,593, up 0.6 percent
18. Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul, 345,252, down 4.9 percent
19. The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, 344,704, up 0.5 percent
20. Detroit Free Press, 329,989, down 4.7 percent

I keep saying it... the people of America are TIRED of liberalism being shoved down their throats, and this trend WILL continue.

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Repost: Churchill "Never Surrender" Speech

Sir Winston is at his best:

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Global Warming- A Convenient Fiction

This guy pretty much sums up my feelings on the issue. My problem is not with the basic science, but how it is distorted and exaggerated by the MSM and politicians on the left to further their political agenda. On a side note, doesn't "carbon offsets" seem a lot like the Indulgences of the Catholic Church? Somebody else may have made that observation, but I have not read it anywhere. Anyway, here are the vids:

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The Eagles - Tequila Sunrise (LIVE)

No words

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Allman Brothers - Jessica (Live)

This song is arguably the greatest instrumental in the last 50 years.

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The Islamization Of The U.K. Continues

British courts to allow veils during trials:

The guidance has been drawn up by senior judges on the Judicial Studies Board’s Equal Treatment Advisory Committee. It said: “There is room for diversity and there should be willingness to accommodate different practices and approaches to religious and cultural observance.”

It added: “While there may be a diversity of opinions and debates between Muslims about the nature of dress required, for the judicial system the starting point should be respect for the choice made, and for each woman to decide on the extent and nature of the dress she adopts.”

Forcing a woman to choose between participating in a court case or removing the veil could have a “significant impact on her sense of dignity”, it added, and could serve to “exclude and marginalise” her.

*Tears dripping off my face* But we have to understannnd and be respectful of their cullllture...

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The Religion of Peace™ Pittsburgh: Ayaan Hirsi Ali Should Be Murdered

To the people that still think that Islamic violence is not rooted in the Koran, please note this sort of thing is said by Imams and public figures on a daily basis in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, The Philippines, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Iraq, Turkey, the U.A.E., etc. I am not even going to mention the doomed European nations where you can hear something like this on any given Friday in most Mosques.

Furor over author Ayaan Hirsi Ali's visit stirs debate on religious freedom:

Islamic leaders tried to block the lecture, which was sponsored through an endowment from the Frank J. and Sylvia T. Pasquerilla Lecture Series. They argued that Hirsi Ali's attacks against the Muslim faith in her book, "Infidel," and movie, "Submission," are "poisonous and unjustified" and create dissension in their community.

Although university officials listened to Islamic leaders' concerns, the lecture planned last year took place Tuesday evening under tight security, with no incidents.

Imam Fouad ElBayly, president of the Johnstown Islamic Center, was among those who objected to Hirsi Ali's appearance.

"She has been identified as one who has defamed the faith. If you come into the faith, you must abide by the laws, and when you decide to defame it deliberately, the sentence is death," said ElBayly, who came to the U.S. from Egypt in 1976.

If you are not familiar with this women, she is the author of Infidel, and also wrote the script to Submission, a short that was produced and directed by the late Theo Van Gogh, and is a former MP in the Netherlands, whom came to the United States to seek protection from the radical Muslims that were hunting her.

-Tommy

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Megadeth: Tornado Of Souls(LIVE)

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CB4- Straight Outta Locash

I Love this movie...

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Straight Outta Compton - NWA

Yet another classic:

Content Warning: Strong Language including "nigga"

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Public Enemy: Fight The Power

A personal favorite of mine...



Now that Air America tanked and Chuck D is pretty much out of a job, and Flava has found new fame in reality shows... Maybe they can get Terminator X off his ostrich farm and get Griff a new Uzi, then maybe, just maybe they can stage a real comeback. I'm sorry, Rebirth of a Nation was not a comeback, it sucked.

-T

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IslamTube Watch

This is a lovely video posted on IslamTube by user Humble_1, faithful member of The Religion of Peace™:


MujahideeN plant an IED in the Road killin Many U.S./Afghan PuppeT SoldieRs

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Interview Me

I usually don't participate in these things, but this one is pretty fun. I received these questions from Ordinary Girl. See below if you want in (you probably don't want me to ask you any questions, however.)

What song do you like playing the most on guitar and why?
That would be Over the Hills and Far Away by… Well if you don’t know who wrote that, you’re a moron. Anyway wanting to be able to play that song was the reason I started playing in the first place. Too bad I could never quite get it down.

If you were dictator.. er, president, what would your first action be and why?
Well that’s a tough one. First I would instruct KBR (Halliburton) to continue building the detention camps they were contracted to construct after 9/11, because after I declare martial law (2nd action), we are going to need some place to put illegal aliens, Muslims, Liberals, Democrats, Liberal Democrats, and anybody else I can think of. Just kidding, I think my first action would be to give my inauguration speech as I believe that is what is traditional after you are sworn in.

What do you think your life will be like in 20 years?
Well since I doubt I will be elected president after what I just wrote, I’m sure I will live in some totalitarian regime, probably in some ultra-PC dystopia such as described in Fahrenheit 451. That or living under shari’a law, having the sword of Mecca hanging over my neck.

Do you have any genuine aversions or phobias?
Oh yeah, I hate crowds. And lines. If a drive-through has more than four cars ahead of me, I will park and go in.

What one person has been the biggest influence in your life and why?
My mother. I’m really glad she decided not to abort me.

If you want to continue, here are the rules:
1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by emailing you five questions. I get to pick the
questions.
3. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else
in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five
questions.

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Imus Replacements: O-Dog and The Goat

(H/T Jawa Report)

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Guns, Guns, Guns!

While the left and right politicize the tragedy at Virginia Tech to advance their respective agendas, there was this little gem: The mayor of Nagasaki, Japan was assassinated by the Yakuza:

OKYO (Reuters) - The mayor of the Japanese city of Nagasaki died early on Wednesday after being shot by a man police said was a member of a criminal syndicate, public broadcaster NHK reported.

Itcho Ito, 61, seeking re-election for a fourth term in Sunday's election, was shot at least twice in the back by the man in front of his campaign office just before 8:00 p.m. (1100 GMT) on Tuesday, officials had said.

Japan has very strict gun control laws and illegal firearms are mostly in the hands of "yakuza" gangsters or registered hunters.

Like the VA Tech campus, the people of Japan are not allowed to carry guns, but that’s not what was interesting about this article from Reuters. Please direct your attention to the last paragraph for your weekly dose of liberal anti-American media bias:

Nagasaki, on the southernmost main island of Kyushu, was the second city to suffer an atomic bombing by the United States on August 9, 1945.

Oh, you mean the atomic bomb that Nagasaki “suffered” because the evil Americans wanted to incinerate brown-people? Or do you mean the atomic bombs that ended the bloodiest war in History and that ultimately saved millions of lives, and would never have been dropped in the first place if the Japanese hadn't Killed 3000 people in Pearl Harbor and instigated the resulting war with the United States that cost over 200,000 American lives. Yes, we dropped the Ultimate Weapon on the suicidal maniacs that had stated they would fight to the last man and never surrender, whom had started a war of conquest in 1937 that resulted in deaths of over 20 million Chinese and several million others in the South Pacific. The Japanese were direct cause of the rise of Mao, whom killed an additional 60 Million, not to mention North Korea and the rise of Kim-Il-sung… wow there’s about 4 million more deaths we can lay directly at the feet of Tojo and the people that “suffered” our nuclear strikes. This could go on for another several paragraphs, but I think you get the idea.

-Tommy

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Led Zeppelin: Bron-Y-Aur Stomp Cover

This is fantastic! Enjoy!


When I see something like this, it makes me want to pile up my 4 guitars, set them on fire, and send the ashes to the people that have musical talent.

-T

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Michael Savage Rap: "If She’s Got 10 Toes She’s a Ho"

Yet another lyrical rhymadelic from Reverend Doctor Savage Slick:

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The Religion of Peace™: 80 Lashes For Rape Victims

A PAKISTANI man faces death by stoning in the United Arab Emirates for committing adultery with four of his stepdaughters.

In the first case of its kind in the UAE, the Federal Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence issued by an Islamic sharia court in the emirate of Ajman, the English-language Gulf News reported.

Police arrested the man, identified only as Abdul Aziz, in 2005 after his youngest and fifth stepdaughter reported the case when he refused to let her marry a local man, it said.

The man, who had 11 children from illicit relationships with his four stepdaughters, admitted his guilt but said he was the father of only some of the children, Gulf News said.

The four stepdaughters had been sentenced and received 80 lashes each, it added.

Like most Arab states, the UAE implements Islamic sharia laws, but rarely executes convicted criminals.

Pfft, these nappy headed ho's got off easy. According to the Qur'an 24:2, they should have got 100 lashes. And the right-wing wants to call Muslims intolerant and barbaric.

-Tommy

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Michael Savage Rap: "I'm The Biggest Pimp"

Lordy

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Storm Update: SPC Outlines "High Risk" Area

(Latest Updates Here)
(Update 6:28: A large supercell is tracking right through DFW)




Second High Risk day, and it's only the middle of April! This is one hell of a storm, and after it's done with TX, it's going to wreck the East Coast in a couple of days.

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Michael Savage Rap: "I Speak 50 Words of English"

You have to listen to the show to understand why this is so funny.

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Rest In Peace, Kurt

Kurt Vonnegut 1922-2007

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AQ Calls For The Re-Conquest Of Spain

Madrid-The emergence of a new al-Qaeda-linked organization in Northern Africa is alarming Spain, which is concerned about Islamists' calls for the reconquest of the country they regard as a lost part of the Muslim world.

"We will not be in peace until we set our foot again in our
beloved al-Andalus," al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said on claiming responsibility or an attack which killed at least 24 people in Algiers on Wednesday.

Al-Andalus is the Moorish name for Spain, parts of which were ruled by Muslims for about eight centuries until the last Moorish bastion, Granada, succumbed to the Christian Reconquest in 1492.

Nice. And they still want to build the tunnel?

-Tommy

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Income Tax

I do not like the income tax. I have decided to express myself using my 1st amendment rights while I still have them, and created this here video:



It ain't Spielberg, but I think you get the idea. I was trying to think of a video I could make to the Metalocalypse/Dethklok song Dethharmonic, and the MOD suggested doing an IRS thing.

Brilliant, my friend.

-Tommy

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Stock Update

I dumped AVNX (no loss), because according to the SEC filings, it looked like the company officers were bailing out... Maybe I'm wrong but hey, I don't like it. It was shaky ground to start with. I am going to re-buy Lumera (LMRA), I think. It's somewhat undervalued anyway, and they keep wining contract after contract.

-T

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The Royal Navy

1805:


"England expects that every man will do his duty."

2007:


"I was made to sit there, and say stuff I didn't want to say."

Rule Britannia.

-Tommy

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Comedy Classic: Baseball and Football

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Winston Churchill: Blood, Toil, Tears & Sweat

Repost of yet another Winston Churchill masterpiece, that was banned by YouTube:



"You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs — Victory in spite of all terror — Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival."

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My 5 Favorite Video Games*

I have thought long and hard about this, and since there were so many choices, I had to split them up in to platforms. Please feel free to email or comment your own lists.

NES:
L’Empereur
Pool of Radiance
Conflict
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Bionic Commando

Sega Genesis
Golden Axe
Evander Holyfield's 'Real Deal' Boxing (No article, but we all know it was da' bomb)
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World
General Chaos
Romance of the Three Kingdoms III

SNES
Rock N’ Roll Racing
Metal Marines
Utopia
Uncharted Waters: New Horizons
Aerobiz

P.C.
Everquest
Hitman: Blood Money
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Dawn of War
Neverwinter Nights 2

Other
Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters (3DO)
Floor 13 (DOS)
Syndicate Wars (PS1)
Culdcept (GameCube)
Guitar Hero II (PS2)

Out of all of these great games, I have to say that Star Control II is my favorite of all time. Download the version for PC here.

-T
*This list is subject to change at my whim.

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Maddox Exposes the Titanic Conspiracy

O.K. man, a couple more like this and I might once again agree that you have The Best Page in the Universe.

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Communist Bathrooms and Corn

China is the next Superpower?



An associate of the M.O.D took this photo of her hotel bathroom when she was in Shaoguan, Gangdong Province:


It doesn’t take a whole lot of imagination to figure out how this is supposed to work.

Things looked up a tad when I received this next photo, and I commented, “Well at least they provide reading materiel,”


“Guess again,” replied the M.O.D.

In another email from the M.O.D.:

We ordered pizza hut to deliver last night, so I printed up a menu to look at. All their special pizzas had names, and there was one that just made me start laughing because of how ridiculous it was. It was called "American Adventure" and the toppings were Peperoni, beef, and corn. This is the American adventure I guess... they had other ones for other places, Tokyo, Itialian etc. but most had corn on them. They put corn on everything...seems like each time I come here, corn is going on more and more things. The other funny one was called like From the Farm, and it had corn, ham and crab sticks. You know, nothings better than those farm raised crabs.

He isn't joking. Click here for the Pizza Hut Hong Kong Menu.

Corn, and a manually flushed squat toilet. We are supposed to fear this country?

-Tommy

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Eric Clapton's "Layla" Live

The musician formerly known as God performs his greatest song before a live audience:

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Pelosi In Syria

There was quite the hubbub this week when pictures were released of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wearing a hijab while visiting the Omayad Mosque in Syria.



On The Savage Nation Monday, Mike shocked many listeners when he came out in support of Pelosi's trip, saying if some good came of this, than she is doing more to better U.S. relations with Muslim countries than the White House, where they unilaterally condemned the mission (which included three Republicans). Savage called her courageous for making the sign of the cross in front of the tomb where the Muslims keep the head of John the Baptist, the most important man in Christianity behind Jesus himself. Several callers expressed their dismay to Mike, one even accusing him of being a Communist for supporting the trip. Mike went on to speculate that the White House probably tacitly if not actively endorsed the trip in private, while condemning it publicly to save face-I will return to this later.

I agree with Savage that if something good can come of this mission, more power to her. However, I felt that he missed on (or ignored) a couple of important points.

First, to call her “courageous” for making the sign of the cross inside a Mosque is disingenuous on his part, because Speaker Pelosi is the third most powerful person in the government of the most powerful nation on the face of the Earth, and an accredited diplomat with immunity. She could have walked in to that Mosque, pulled out a Koran and took a dump on it and all that would have happened was that she would have been declared persona non grata, and kicked out of the country.

Second, she wore a hijab, not a “headscarf”. Granted they probably would not have let her enter the Mosque without one, but she decided to don the Muslim symbol of misogyny and the oppression of women. The great liberal feminist from San Francisco willingly wore the hijab, and therefore tacitly supported the Muslim oppression of women. This would be no different than an American diplomat strapping on a swastika arm-band before attending a rally at the Reichstag in 1939.

A story today from the AP said that Syria was “instrumental” in negotiating the release of the British sailors and Marines. The implication is that Pelosi was in part responsible:

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syria played a key role in resolving the standoff over the 15 British sailors and marines held by Iran, two government officials said Wednesday. “Syrian efforts and the Iranian willingness culminated with the release of the British sailors," said Information Minister Mohsen Bilal.

He said Syria had been asked "to help positively in the issue of British" crew members since their March 23 seizure by Iran in the Persian Gulf. He did not elaborate. Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem told reporters that "Syria exercised a sort of quiet diplomacy to solve this problem and encourage dialogue" between Britain and Iran.

Al-Moallem, who also did not give any details on the Syrian mediation, spoke at Damascus international airport before the departure of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for Saudi Arabia.

I think that releasing the hostages is likely a political move on Iran’s part, and a brilliant one at that when you think about it, especially in an Islamic context. While the Syrian officials quoted do not state that Pelosi-a woman-negotiated the release, it is clearly implied. This makes Bush look weak, and it makes the U.K. look even weaker, especially in the eyes of Muslims. This also makes Ahmadinejad look just and compassionate for releasing the Brits, whom "invaded” Iranian waters to “spy”. There seems to be little coverage of Iran's nuclear program or U.N. sanctions this week, because of this story. Mahmoud may be fanatic, but he isn’t stupid.

Earlier I mentioned Savage said that the White House may have supported this mission in private. This story came out yesterday:

While U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's upcoming visit to Syria has caused the White House to bristle, a little-publicized rendezvous took place Sunday between Syria's president and Lancaster County's congressman. And though Bush administration officials have been criticizing Pelosi, it's not clear what role the White House and the U.S. Department of State played when U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts and two other Republican congressmen met with Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Pitts is a Chester County Republican who represents Lancaster County. Gabe Neville, Pitts' chief of staff, said Monday the conference between Assad and the three Republicans was intended to be "low profile." "It was done in cooperation with the administration," he said.

However, White House spokesman Alex Conant said Monday the Bush administration — as a blanket policy — "discourages all of (Congress') visits" to Syria, a country believed by the White House to sponsor terrorism.

Huh. I think either way Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his puppet Syria win the gold medal for this round. The next question I have to ask is if Iran knew about Pelosi’s trip before the Brits were captured? If so that would seem to indicate a security leak in the State Department or White House. Just a thought.

-Tommy

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Undercover Mosque

Watch this if you haven't already (about 45 mins.)

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Stock Update

Today I dumped Lumera and Microvision (Nice gains, BTW) and I am picking up Avanex Corp. I pray to Innuruk they won't go out of business.

-T

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Alanis Morissette Covers "My Humps"

I thought this was a prank at first, but I guess it ain't:
(Hat Tip, O.G.)



God have mercy! Look at this!

-Tommy

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More Chris Rock

Hilarious!
Content warning: This video contains adult language and copious usage of the word "Nigga"



-Masterson

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Chris Rock Classic

Chris Rock educational video, How To Not Get Your Ass Kicked By The Police:

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Religion of Peace™ Atrocity De Jour

An Iraqi Christian mom’s toddler is kidnapped by Muslim “militants” for ransom, and when the mother can’t pay the money, she receives the kids head back, roasted, on a bed of rice:

Iraq’s Assyrian Christians face extinction four years after the toppling of Saddam, says Ed West

“When they cook a dish in the Middle East, it is traditional to put the meat on top of the rice when they serve it. They kidnapped a woman’s baby in Baghdad, a toddler, and because the mother was unable to pay the ransom, they returned her child – beheaded, roasted and served on a mound of rice.” The infant’s crime was to be an Assyrian, but this story, reported by the Barnabus Fund, went unnoticed in the West, like so many other horrific accounts of Christian persecution in Iraq.

Since the invasion of Iraq, Muslim militants have bombed 28 churches and murdered hundreds of Christians. Last October, Islamists beheaded a priest in Mosul in revenge for the Pope’s remarks about Islam at Regensburg. But never let it be said that jihadis do not have a sense of ironic humour: that same month they crucified a 14-year-old Christian boy in Basra.

The MSM won’t report things like this because they are afraid of Muslims, but more on point, since all religions and cultures are equal in their eyes, they CAN’T report it because it might make Islam “look bad”. Here is something else that makes Muslims look bad:



-Tommy

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