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Pissed off Aussies
This from Tim Blair:
READER GEORGE S., from Seattle, writes:
You know something? I believe these Islamofascist bastards just permanently welded together the iron balls of the two ballsiest peoples on the planet.
Too fucking right. I remember that the third thing I thought when I learned about the Bali attacks, after “Those poor people,” and “Those Islamist fucks!” was “Well, Al Qeada just lost any chance of ever gaining a foothold anywhere within a thousand miles of Australia.”
I’m anxious to find out what how the Aussies interpret “with extreme prejudice.”
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukesthem into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
computer systems.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
looks like a green light, no?
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
I've been blogging since July 2005, and in that time, I've had a few inter-blog arguments with the folks on the other
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
that I hadn't thought of it first!
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
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by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
Wheeler Hall last spring.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
looks like a green light, no?
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
to penetrate.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
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For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
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use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
being the reaction described above.
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
Maybe I can't change the fact that I have to be intimately confronted with the death and pain in order to really feel the
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
computer systems.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
that I hadn't thought of it first!
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
University or Diversity
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
cause, but I,
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
So welcome. If this is the first and/or only post you can see, it means I haven't imported my archives from Blogspot yet,
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
Maybe I can't change the fact that I have to be intimately confronted with the death and pain in order to really feel the
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
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Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
again soon, didn't we?"
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
hacky-sack?"
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
At the very least, don't let me hear any of these things when you're standing in my presence, unless you want a faceful
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
but I hope to do that soon. I also hope to win the Nobel Prize in Kickboxing, and judge each of those things to be of
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
cause, but I,
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really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
nothing may stand in our way!
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
conflict.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
trying to get an education
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
the Feds know about it.
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
of the mass moron movement.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
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them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
University or Diversity
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
the not-being-a-jerk department.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
I've been blogging since July 2005, and in that time, I've had a few inter-blog arguments with the folks on the other
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
about equal probability.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
being the reaction described above.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
that I hadn't thought of it first!
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
vulnerability.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
hacky-sack?"
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
trying to get an education
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
who like to chant slogans and can't come up with any better rhyme than something that has to do with the number "four" and "war."
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
of the mass moron movement.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
In your face, Space Coyote!
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
to penetrate.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
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when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
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