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Subject:	February Posts
From:	Cpnorthstar
Date:	Tue, 28-Jan-2025 1:55:02 PM PST
Where:	SoapZone Community: Politics Message Board

New Politicaly Posts for February.

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What the absolute #$&* did the US Attorney's office just put up on Twitter? - Dreamylyfe - 26-Feb-2025 5:00 PM
- Freedom for them, not for the rest of us. That's what these MFers - Cassie - 27-Feb-2025 2:55 PM
Elon: What five things have you done this week? - Justathot - 26-Feb-2025 3:24 PM
He is soo damn STUPID.. - pip - 25-Feb-2025 4:29 PM
- Always looking out for the common folk, not. As his minions in - Cassie - 26-Feb-2025 1:44 PM
- I hate this timeline. 😩 EOM - The_Cat_Did_It - 25-Feb-2025 6:11 PM
  - I’m not sure what you mean by timeline? EOM - Kitchop - 25-Feb-2025 6:41 PM
    - Just a joke reference to the times we are living in. - The_Cat_Did_It - 26-Feb-2025 3:11 PM
- Is that a Saturday Night Live skit? ETA Nope. It’s true. 😳 EOM - Kitchop - 25-Feb-2025 4:35 PM
Yuck. Have to go onto X for work today. It's our issue-based lobby - Cassie - 25-Feb-2025 1:40 PM
Donald Trump Accidentally Insults Himself:‘Who Would Ever Sign A Thing - Kitchop - 25-Feb-2025 11:24 AM
- He knows enough Americans don't know and will think Biden did it, - Cassie - 25-Feb-2025 1:38 PM
AI Video of Trump Sucking Musk's Toes Blasted on Government Office TVs - Antwon - 24-Feb-2025 4:09 PM
Al Sharpton DEI Boycott Plan: 24 Hour Blackout Friday 2/28 12 AM to 11:59 PM - Antwon - 24-Feb-2025 3:27 PM
- I’m seeing a lot of publicity for it, so that’s good. Hopefully people will - Kitchop - 25-Feb-2025 3:41 PM
- I have mixed feelings about this…. - Kitchop - 24-Feb-2025 5:02 PM
  - It's to show a single, one day, coordinated dip in buying... - Justathot - 25-Feb-2025 12:21 PM
    - I totally get what it’s trying to do. I guess my faith in the American people is - Kitchop - 25-Feb-2025 1:46 PM
      - You have a point, seeing how well we worked together during COVID. EOM - Justathot - 26-Feb-2025 3:27 PM
  - I hear you but it's something which is better than nothing. - Antwon - 24-Feb-2025 6:07 PM
    - The risk with this particular call to action is that the enemy knows about it - Kitchop - 24-Feb-2025 9:40 PM
      - I'm not sure I understand what the risk is... - Dreamylyfe - 25-Feb-2025 7:13 AM
        
        The risk is revealing how few people you were able to get to participate. - Kitchop - 25-Feb-2025 10:27 AM
        
        Honestly, I think the bigger risk right now is doing nothing. - Dreamylyfe - 25-Feb-2025 10:39 AM
        
        *Pulls up a chair and sits next to you! That's exactly how I feel. - Antwon - 25-Feb-2025 11:19 AM
        
        I get that people feel beaten down and exhausted. - Dreamylyfe - 25-Feb-2025 6:43 PM
        
        That's how I feel - that I need to do something. - Marriage4All - 26-Feb-2025 5:17 AM
        
        Doing something is better than doing nothing, no matter how little. And perfect - senorbrightside - 26-Feb-2025 9:22 AM
        
        My therapist is also encouraging me to keep calling reps and state government. - Marriage4All - 26-Feb-2025 10:46 AM
        
        I blame the people who didn’t bother to vote as much as I blame the people who - Kitchop - 25-Feb-2025 11:43 AM
        
        I agree. Although I’m skeptical about how effective this particular action will - Kitchop - 25-Feb-2025 11:15 AM
        
        You gotta start somewhere. - Dreamylyfe - 25-Feb-2025 6:36 PM
I feel like this unhinged Musk email just makes DOGE look like clowns. - Dreamylyfe - 24-Feb-2025 7:06 AM
- Just shows why he's such a crappy manager. Five things and then what? - Cassie - 24-Feb-2025 11:26 AM
  - MP Charlie Angus is putting forward a petition to strip him of his Canadian - Dreamylyfe - 24-Feb-2025 11:52 AM
    - Bwahahahaha. I love it. EOM - Cassie - 24-Feb-2025 5:24 PM
- Such a ridiculous exercise. - AmberRedux - 24-Feb-2025 7:50 AM
  - Musk seems to be under the mistaken impression we work for him. - Marriage4All - 26-Feb-2025 5:24 AM
    - Even worse, it seems like he thinks that all the departments work for him... - Justathot - 26-Feb-2025 3:26 PM
  - Did you see Trump's juveline post with Spongebob Squarepants? EOM - ladfan - 25-Feb-2025 6:47 AM
    - I did. *smh* EOM - AmberRedux - 26-Feb-2025 3:30 AM
  - You know, I have never heard anyone complain about rabies shots. - Dreamylyfe - 24-Feb-2025 12:27 PM
Flump wants to target the CA Coastal Commission as a condition for aid. - Cassie - 22-Feb-2025 5:34 PM
The FIFA World Cup next year is being hosted by Canada/USA/Mexico. 😳 - Kitchop - 22-Feb-2025 1:05 PM
You've GOT to be KIDDING - CJCS FIRED!!!! - Justathot - 21-Feb-2025 5:20 PM
Here Are All The Companies Cutting DEI Programs…. - Kitchop - 20-Feb-2025 11:05 PM
- As you guys know, there's a very broad "don't buy American" boycott up here. - Dreamylyfe - 24-Feb-2025 7:53 AM
  - I suggested to my fellow Americans, after the election, to form groups... - Justathot - 24-Feb-2025 9:51 AM
Some people are finding out who's who in the zoo... - Justathot - 20-Feb-2025 7:38 PM
Not sure if this is news, but another plane crash... - Justathot - 17-Feb-2025 1:04 PM
- This is ... probably weather? - Dreamylyfe - 17-Feb-2025 3:24 PM
  - That’s my understanding EOM - Cassie - 17-Feb-2025 5:56 PM
  - It’s a good reminder to stay seated with your seatbelt buckled until the plane - Kitchop - 17-Feb-2025 5:15 PM
    - Well. You guys have been having a lot of plane crashes and they started just - Dreamylyfe - 18-Feb-2025 7:00 AM
      - I believe there was some indication they were going too fast... - Marriage4All - 18-Feb-2025 8:16 AM
        
        Yep -- like I said, the wind was bad, but now I'm hearing that it wasn't bad - Dreamylyfe - 18-Feb-2025 10:29 AM
        
        I have never once in my life been afraid of flying... - Marriage4All - 18-Feb-2025 10:34 AM
        
        These recent events and the "downsizing" of US government functions... - Justathot - 18-Feb-2025 11:54 AM
        I used to be terrified. I think I was traumatized by that picture of - Cassie - 18-Feb-2025 11:24 AM
Roughly 200K federal probational employees will be fired... - Marriage4All - 14-Feb-2025 10:53 AM
- I feel so bad for these people. There isn't 200K jobs just floating around - The_Cat_Did_It - 14-Feb-2025 6:18 PM
- I cannot believe how dumb this is. - Dreamylyfe - 14-Feb-2025 6:14 PM
  - Just found out why there are 150 year olds on the SS rolls... - Justathot - 14-Feb-2025 8:06 PM
- This is not a labor-friendly regime. They’re just starting with government - Kitchop - 14-Feb-2025 12:21 PM
  - His tariff threats are incredibly hostile to autoworkers. - Dreamylyfe - 14-Feb-2025 6:15 PM
  - Yeah, and some unions and union members went with Trump... - Justathot - 14-Feb-2025 1:03 PM
    - Surprise!!! EOM - Cassie - 14-Feb-2025 3:06 PM
    - At least not my union :/ - Marriage4All - 14-Feb-2025 2:43 PM
      - I know probably half our union voted for that idiot. - Kris - 14-Feb-2025 6:39 PM
- OFTEN, people join civil service for the certainty... - Justathot - 14-Feb-2025 11:07 AM
I cannot believe that son of a bitch got confirmed 😡 - Antwon - 13-Feb-2025 4:29 PM
- I never for a second thought he wouldn't be. - Kris - 14-Feb-2025 6:36 PM
- You're in a real race to the bottom. - Dreamylyfe - 13-Feb-2025 6:16 PM
  - I have never agreed with you more and yet—I feel like crying over the - Antwon - 13-Feb-2025 6:35 PM
    - Yeah, somehow saying "I told you so" has no value. - Dreamylyfe - 13-Feb-2025 7:33 PM
      - Musk bought the election for Trump. The deal? Musk gets unlimited power - Kitchop - 13-Feb-2025 8:02 PM
- I can. There is no GOP anymore. It's just the Cult Of Trump now. EOM - The_Cat_Did_It - 13-Feb-2025 6:09 PM
so how much ARE eggs where you are? - Dreamylyfe - 13-Feb-2025 6:55 AM
- The White House Easter Egg Roll/Hunt will be like a Veep episode this year!🥚🍳 EOM - Kitchop - 14-Feb-2025 8:55 PM
  - Oof. I forget about all those little things he has to do... - Dreamylyfe - 15-Feb-2025 8:20 AM
    - The optics of kids hunting for Easter eggs while parents hunt for real eggs is - Kitchop - 15-Feb-2025 8:54 AM
      - Didn't Melania get exposed as actively hating all the Christmas stuff? - Dreamylyfe - 15-Feb-2025 6:16 PM
        
        Melania’s “I Really Don’t Care, Do U?” jacket is one of the only things I’ve - Kitchop - 17-Feb-2025 5:25 PM
    - Yeah, I hate that there's now no chance my son will ever get to go. - Kris - 15-Feb-2025 8:52 AM
      - Aw. That is a bummer. - Dreamylyfe - 15-Feb-2025 6:17 PM
- I saw some for $13.99 for 18 eggs yesterday - Kris - 14-Feb-2025 6:52 PM
  - If people start saying $5-6/dozen eggs is reasonable, that price will become - Kitchop - 15-Feb-2025 9:05 AM
  - That seems pretty reasonable, honestly. Not the $13 for 18 but otherwise... not - Dreamylyfe - 15-Feb-2025 8:19 AM
    - Yeah, I've been surprised I've been able to find some for a decent price. - Kris - 15-Feb-2025 8:48 AM
- oddly enough, the 6pack was $7.99 and the dozen was...$8.99 - chloe - 13-Feb-2025 2:02 PM
  - Wow, yeah, with those prices you'd have to! EOM - Dreamylyfe - 13-Feb-2025 7:25 PM
- This is a great conversation starter. BTW, speaking of ridiculous - Cassie - 13-Feb-2025 12:02 PM
  - I was going to buy skirt steak to try out a recipe...aaaand then I didn't. - Marriage4All - 14-Feb-2025 3:41 AM
    - We're all going to be eating beans and rice at this rate. - Cassie - 14-Feb-2025 3:48 PM
  - We never buy steak or really any kind of beef other than the occasional - Wahoo - 13-Feb-2025 6:46 PM
    - It's been ages since I cooked beef at home - Kris - 14-Feb-2025 6:46 PM
    - we are eating a LOT of chicken thighs and drumsticks - chloe - 14-Feb-2025 4:35 AM
      - Neither Dad nor I really like dark meat chicken (it's a texture thing - Wahoo - 14-Feb-2025 7:21 AM
        
        Dark meat tastes nasty for me. Blech. I only eat white meat. EOM - Cassie - 14-Feb-2025 7:41 PM
        
        Yeah...I admit it's also a little bit of a taste issue for me. Bff is the same - Wahoo - 15-Feb-2025 2:34 PM
    - There’s lots of yummy pork. Carnitas, pastor and bacon to name a few. EOM - Kitchop - 13-Feb-2025 8:17 PM
  - I'm glad! It's hard to be light hearted right now, but at least we have - Dreamylyfe - 13-Feb-2025 1:14 PM
    - It's kitchen table issues, right? We can ALL relate. And with the egg and - Cassie - 13-Feb-2025 4:45 PM
  - I bought a 3lb beef roast last week at $5.99 lb and cut it up to make beef stew. - Kitchop - 13-Feb-2025 12:08 PM
    - Ooh! Good to know. It's been cold and rainy and I was thinking of - Cassie - 13-Feb-2025 12:24 PM
      - You can use almost any cut of meat to make beef stew. My stew was super - Kitchop - 13-Feb-2025 2:51 PM
        
        Thanks for the info! It's happening. EOM - Cassie - 13-Feb-2025 4:52 PM
        
        Leftover beef stew, red wine and the movie Flow are my Saturday night - Kitchop - 14-Feb-2025 12:25 PM
- My local grocery store has large white eggs for $13.99/dozen and they are - Kitchop - 13-Feb-2025 11:40 AM
  - Yikes. Worse than by me. But I bet they're like $15 in SF. EOM - Cassie - 13-Feb-2025 11:57 AM
    - Hunting for eggs is now a blood sport here in NYC. The prices range wildly - Kitchop - 13-Feb-2025 12:03 PM
      - I know. Marty works in Davis and gets off at 7 AM. Hmmm... - Cassie - 13-Feb-2025 12:04 PM
  - Yikes! EOM - Dreamylyfe - 13-Feb-2025 11:55 AM
- They were $7 at Giant :/ - Marriage4All - 13-Feb-2025 11:20 AM
  - Eggs at the Food Lion near me are $5.79/dz, large white eggs. - Kris - 14-Feb-2025 6:56 PM
  - I know...just for plain old white eggs. :/ EOM - Cassie - 13-Feb-2025 11:58 AM
  - That does seem pretty steep. EOM - Dreamylyfe - 13-Feb-2025 11:55 AM
- In NYC, bodegas in poor neighborhoods are selling “loosie” eggs, i.e. - Kitchop - 13-Feb-2025 10:25 AM
  - Wow. Right now since I'm doing W30 and need protein, I am - Cassie - 13-Feb-2025 12:00 PM
  - Good grief, that is honestly very funny. I will be telling people about that. - Dreamylyfe - 13-Feb-2025 10:39 AM
    - People are buying 3 eggs and scrambling them to feed 4 people. Eggs were - Kitchop - 13-Feb-2025 11:05 AM
      - We get our produce from all over the place -- but until a month ago you were our - Dreamylyfe - 13-Feb-2025 11:40 AM
        
        For me, it’s avocados. The US gets most (80 or 90%) of our avocados from Mexico. - Kitchop - 13-Feb-2025 11:46 AM
        
        I think we're all willing to pay more to support countries that aren't the US. - Dreamylyfe - 13-Feb-2025 11:54 AM
        
        GOOD. EOM - Cassie - 13-Feb-2025 12:05 PM
- TJ's had them around $4 or $5 last weekend, but they were sold out. - Cassie - 13-Feb-2025 9:51 AM
  - AND they're rationing them now. Apparently you can only buy - Wahoo - 13-Feb-2025 6:38 PM
    - I saw that. EOM - Cassie - 14-Feb-2025 1:32 PM
  - Yikes. You can find organic, free-range up around $7 here but nothing in double - Dreamylyfe - 13-Feb-2025 10:40 AM
    - Call it the California premium. They use the excuse of the state being - Cassie - 13-Feb-2025 11:55 AM
  - The last few times I went to TJs, they were sold out of eggs. EOM - Kitchop - 13-Feb-2025 10:20 AM
    - Yup. I guess you have to go when they open, but that's never happening - Cassie - 13-Feb-2025 11:56 AM
      - Not happening in KitchopWorld either. EOM - Kitchop - 13-Feb-2025 12:12 PM
- I paid $4.19 about an hour ago at Publix — not the cheapest option. - AmberRedux - 13-Feb-2025 8:06 AM
  - P.S. I love that the price of eggs is now necessarily a PB topic. 😉 - AmberRedux - 13-Feb-2025 8:38 AM
    - You can't just go around asking people about eggs! It's far too loaded a topic! - Dreamylyfe - 13-Feb-2025 9:21 AM
      - No, you can’t. That way lies madness. EOM - AmberRedux - 13-Feb-2025 9:33 AM
For those who rarely visit the GH board, here’s a post from SZer Jeffb…. - Kitchop - 12-Feb-2025 11:13 PM
- Thanks for letting us know! May have missed it. Hope jeff heals well - SoftSoap - 14-Feb-2025 2:48 PM
DOGE is a government office like PraegerU is a university. EOM - Justathot - 11-Feb-2025 1:28 PM
- But they're doing AudItz! My son's first reaction, sadly shared by - Cassie - 12-Feb-2025 1:07 PM
  - And there's this weird idea we aren't audited? - Marriage4All - 13-Feb-2025 11:19 AM
    - Yup. I know. And here in CA, there are special Audit Committees. - Cassie - 13-Feb-2025 12:06 PM
- I.hate.this.so.much. - Marriage4All - 12-Feb-2025 11:08 AM
Why is Trump punishing South Africa and who are the Afrikaners he wants to give - Kitchop - 08-Feb-2025 1:20 PM
- 100% this. EOM - Cassie - 10-Feb-2025 9:42 AM
Trump lawsuit: Chicago, Illinois and Cook County sued by DOJ over sanctuary city - Antwon - 06-Feb-2025 3:21 PM
Those feds rushing for the buyout...not so fast... - Justathot - 06-Feb-2025 3:03 PM
- I know a lot of feds and I am a federal employee... - Marriage4All - 10-Feb-2025 7:01 AM
I am soooo sick of these fundraising texts from Dem groups. - Cassie - 06-Feb-2025 1:12 PM
- Boy do I ever hear THAT! - MontanaKC - 10-Feb-2025 7:25 AM
  - I get multiple texts a day. Keep hitting STOP, and then they use - Cassie - 11-Feb-2025 11:37 AM
  - I don't get texts (I probably blocked them all already) but man do I get emails. - Kris - 10-Feb-2025 3:50 PM
Oh, wow. We aren't at war anymore. - Dreamylyfe - 04-Feb-2025 5:46 AM
- Yup. People are so gullible. EOM - Cassie - 04-Feb-2025 9:40 AM
- yeah....LOOK AT THE TARRIFS (not what Musk is doing!) EOM - chloe - 04-Feb-2025 5:48 AM
  - Yep. And again, I cannot understate how bad the tariffs are for the US... - Dreamylyfe - 04-Feb-2025 6:01 AM
    - Musk is in NOAA now, having seemingly dismantled USAID. - Marriage4All - 05-Feb-2025 4:57 AM
      - FOR YEARS, the Dems have STOLEN the lessons of "experiential learners"... - Justathot - 05-Feb-2025 9:33 AM
Everyone needs to start calling Elon "President Musk". - The_Cat_Did_It - 03-Feb-2025 6:26 PM
- I have been trying to figure out if Elon can go too far with Trump or if he - Dreamylyfe - 03-Feb-2025 6:31 PM
Good morning from Canada. We're at war. - Dreamylyfe - 02-Feb-2025 6:13 AM
- Count me as Team Canada/Mexico as well. The US is already in a kind of civil war - Kitchop - 03-Feb-2025 11:44 AM
  - Honestly, what side can any sane person be on? - Dreamylyfe - 03-Feb-2025 1:50 PM
- Team Canada/Mexico here - MontanaKC - 03-Feb-2025 6:49 AM
  - I don't think it's for show. he's repeatedly said that he wants us to be the - Dreamylyfe - 03-Feb-2025 9:11 AM
    - Trump’s desire to take territory from other countries is very Putinesque. EOM - Kitchop - 03-Feb-2025 10:33 AM
      - Very. EOM - Dreamylyfe - 03-Feb-2025 1:51 PM
    - Musk wants your oil / natural minerals resources. Trump wants to say - CL - 03-Feb-2025 10:28 AM
      - Musk wants a lot of things. - Dreamylyfe - 03-Feb-2025 1:53 PM
- Yeah, I'm on Canada's side. And Mexico's. - Marriage4All - 03-Feb-2025 3:19 AM
  - I think most people who post here understand that he was never going to - Dreamylyfe - 03-Feb-2025 9:13 AM
- I'm totally on Canada's side and the side of anyone who slaps back with - The_Cat_Did_It - 02-Feb-2025 5:29 PM
  - I appreciate that -- I haven't personally spoken with any Americans - Dreamylyfe - 03-Feb-2025 9:20 AM
    - Ugh they are probably the same people who lives in states that are SUBSIDIZIED - CL - 03-Feb-2025 10:27 AM
      - We've already taken American alcohol off our shelves. - Dreamylyfe - 03-Feb-2025 12:06 PM
        
        Yea those MAGA doesn't understand economics and what their states - CL - 03-Feb-2025 1:37 PM
- Team Canada. Hey, upstate NY Felon47 voters. Enjoy those gas prices. EOM - Cassie - 02-Feb-2025 2:40 PM
  - It's the potash that is really going to hurt. EOM - Dreamylyfe - 03-Feb-2025 9:20 AM
Congresswoman introduces bill to add Trump to Mount Rushmore 😳 - Kitchop - 01-Feb-2025 11:15 PM
- I remember Melisssa McCarthy saying, when she was doing the Spicer - Dreamylyfe - 02-Feb-2025 6:15 AM
Pentagon agency bans Black History Month in compliance w/POTUS anti-DEI push - Antwon - 01-Feb-2025 9:24 AM
And now a plane crash in Philadelphia. What's going on EOM - jeffb_FriscoSonnyFan - 31-Jan-2025 5:32 PM
- One day before the midair crash in DC, the already understaffed air traffic - Kitchop - 01-Feb-2025 1:57 PM
  - distractions come in many forms. Good people succumbs to it and make mistakes :( EOM - CL - 03-Feb-2025 10:31 AM
Yeah, great idea. Open up dams in NorCal when 2 atmospheric - Cassie - 31-Jan-2025 5:03 PM
Anyone see MMA star Bryce Mitchell views on Hitler?? Wow! I'm not posting - jeffb_FriscoSonnyFan - 31-Jan-2025 10:15 AM
- I couldn't / didn't watch it all...it was awful... EOM - Cpnorthstar - 31-Jan-2025 6:31 PM
Melissa Gilbert Checks Megyn Kelly’s Threat Against Little House on the Prairie - Antwon - 30-Jan-2025 7:37 PM
- The way the rightwing co-opted and weaponized “woke” is aggravating, - Kitchop - 30-Jan-2025 10:55 PM
  - 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Thank you! I have always appreciated my SZ allies. EOM - Antwon - 31-Jan-2025 8:03 AM
  - The minute a white person uses the term "woke" either unironically... - Marriage4All - 31-Jan-2025 5:00 AM
    - 💐 EOM - Antwon - 31-Jan-2025 8:02 AM
Trump blaming the plane collision on Obama/Biden/DEI after gutting the FAA - jeffb_FriscoSonnyFan - 30-Jan-2025 9:22 AM
- Welp, already sending letters to my senators... - Justathot - 31-Jan-2025 12:25 PM
- DEI is their new scapegoat. Every bad thing that happens for the - The_Cat_Did_It - 31-Jan-2025 9:45 AM
  - And they say they're not racist. BTW, anyone see the two pilots involved? EOM - jeffb_FriscoSonnyFan - 31-Jan-2025 10:12 AM
- Blaming DEI is incoherent as well as offensive. - Marriage4All - 31-Jan-2025 4:58 AM
  - His bestie Elon seems to have convinced him he can - The_Cat_Did_It - 31-Jan-2025 9:54 AM
  - Incoherent and offensive? You just described him to a T. :-) EOM - MontanaKC - 31-Jan-2025 7:06 AM
    - *This* EOM - Antwon - 31-Jan-2025 10:16 AM
- Re: Trump blaming the plane collision on Obama/Biden/DEI after gutting the FAA - Cpnorthstar - 30-Jan-2025 4:42 PM
White House rescinds memo on federal aid freeze that caused widespread confusion - Antwon - 29-Jan-2025 8:14 PM
Welp...not exactly Reduction -in-Force... - CL - 28-Jan-2025 3:40 PM
- I'll say it here too - hold the line, fellow federal employees! - Marriage4All - 29-Jan-2025 4:37 AM
- I just posted about this in the January Politics post (link inside) - Kitchop - 28-Jan-2025 6:15 PM
  - We tecnically never had a January post so I think that's what's going on. - Dreamylyfe - 30-Jan-2025 10:19 AM
    - That makes sense. I didn’t even realize that we didn’t technically have - Kitchop - 30-Jan-2025 3:07 PM
Needed to find some friendly faces to post with… - Cpnorthstar - 28-Jan-2025 1:56 PM

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