Obama is falling faster than a meteor that has penetrated our
atmoshere. I will leave you to read this opinion from Germany
where they were totally ga ga over Obama. Bad policies, a few
early elections, one has elapsed and Bary is tanking fast.
The World Bids Farewell to Obama
SpiegelOnline
US President Barack Obama has had a number of difficult weeks during his first year in the White House. Right after he took office, he had to wade through a week full of partisan bickering over his economic stimulus package combined with a tax scandal surrounding Tom Daschle, the man Obama had hoped would lead his health care reform team.
Then there was the last week of 2009, when a failed terror attack on a flight inbound for Detroit exposed major flaws in US efforts to identify and stop potential terrorists.
This week, though -- a week when Obama should have been celebrating the first anniversary of his inauguration -- may have been the president's worst yet. Scott Brown, an almost unknown Republican member of the Massachusetts Senate, defeated the Democratic candidate Martha Coakley for the US Senate seat vacated by the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy. The defeat in a heavily Democratic state not only highlights Obama's massive loss of popular support during his first year in office, but it also could spell doom for his signature effort to reform the US health care system.
There were immediate calls for a suspension of health care votes in the Senate until Brown is sworn in. The loss of the Massachusetts seat means that the Democrats no longer control the 60 Senate seats necessary to avoid a filibuster. Obama's reform package, which aims to provide health insurance to most of the over 40 million Americans currently lacking coverage, may ultimately fail as a result.
More than that, though, the vote shows just how quickly the political pendulum has swung back to the right following Obama's election. The seat Brown won had been in Democratic hands for all but six years since 1926. Now, its new occupant is a man who not only opposes the health care bill, but also favors waterboarding as a method of interrogation for terrorism suspects and rejects carbon cap-and-trade as a means of limiting carbon emissions.
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Now will Obama and the democrats change course?
Labels:
2010 Kennedy vacancy election,
Democrats.,
Obama
Will Obama now alter course now that he and the democrats had their
tails handed to them in pieces after the Massachusetts debacle? I
have to agree with Mr. Russell here from TOTUS. Obama and his
minions are too arrogant and leftarded to do what is best for
this country and us. It may be a long, hard fall in 2010 and in 2012.
Will Obama Moderate?
Ron Russell
Many are now waiting to see if the recent election in Massachusetts and the election of a Republican will cause president Obama to moderate, to move to the center of the political spectrum, much as Bill Clinton did after the disaster the democrats faced following the off year elections in 1994. The answer here is simple for most astute political observers---he will not. Bill Clinton was a member of the political left, but not an extreme radical like Obama. Obama will go down with the ship before he abandons his deeply held political convictions. He is not a finger in the wind kind of guy like Slick Willy. Obama thinks he is right and the majority of the people in this country are wrong. He lied during his campaign, indicating he would govern from the center, but once in office he forgot his campaign promises, promises he never intended to keep, to the American people and pushed ahead with his radical agenda. The vote last night in Massachusetts is a message to Washington, but a message that will fall on deaf ears in the Oval Office, but maybe some in Congress (those who are up for re-election this year) will hear the voters of the Bay State and tens of million more like them throughout this great nation.
Link to post at TOTUS
tails handed to them in pieces after the Massachusetts debacle? I
have to agree with Mr. Russell here from TOTUS. Obama and his
minions are too arrogant and leftarded to do what is best for
this country and us. It may be a long, hard fall in 2010 and in 2012.
Will Obama Moderate?
Ron Russell
Many are now waiting to see if the recent election in Massachusetts and the election of a Republican will cause president Obama to moderate, to move to the center of the political spectrum, much as Bill Clinton did after the disaster the democrats faced following the off year elections in 1994. The answer here is simple for most astute political observers---he will not. Bill Clinton was a member of the political left, but not an extreme radical like Obama. Obama will go down with the ship before he abandons his deeply held political convictions. He is not a finger in the wind kind of guy like Slick Willy. Obama thinks he is right and the majority of the people in this country are wrong. He lied during his campaign, indicating he would govern from the center, but once in office he forgot his campaign promises, promises he never intended to keep, to the American people and pushed ahead with his radical agenda. The vote last night in Massachusetts is a message to Washington, but a message that will fall on deaf ears in the Oval Office, but maybe some in Congress (those who are up for re-election this year) will hear the voters of the Bay State and tens of million more like them throughout this great nation.
Link to post at TOTUS
Parker Griffith leaves the socilaist, oops I mean Democratic party.
Labels:
Democrats.,
Party switch,
Republicans
Perhaps there will be more than this
former democrat jumping from the
party of demosocialistacrats. We can
only hope so. The liberals feel there is
have not much to fear in the upcoming
2010 elections. I think otherwise. Even
if the economy turns around but remains
a jobless recovery, on top of all else the
democrats have done to us, the 2010
elections maybe their Waterloo. My
own PCP is strongly against the health
care bill.
House Democrat blames Pelosi, leaders for switch - - POLITICO.com
Democratic Rep. Parker Griffith announced Tuesday that he's switching parties – saying he can no longer align himself “with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for our country, hurts our economy and drives us further and further into debt.”
“Unfortunately there are those in the Democratic Leadership that continue to push an agenda focused on massive new spending, tax increases, bailouts and a health care bill that is bad for our healthcare system,” Griffith said in a statement. “I have always considered myself to be an independent voice and I have tried to be that voice in Congress – but after watching this agenda firsthand I now believe that the differences in the two parties could not be more clear and that for me to be true to my core beliefs and values I must align myself with the Republican party and speak out clearly on these issues.
Griffith’s party switch comes on the eve of a pivotal congressional health care vote and will send a jolt through a Democratic House Caucus that has already been unnerved by the recent retirements of a handful of members who, like Griffith, hail from districts that offer prime pickup opportunities for the GOP in 2010.
The switch represents a coup for the House Republican leadership, which had been courting Griffith since he publicly criticized the Democratic leadership in the wake of raucous town halls during the summer.
Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House, hailed Griffith's move from a large majority to a small minority as proof that the Democrats have become “completely disconnected from seniors, young workers and and families in America.”
Liberals countered that Griffith was essentially a Republican all along, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said he should give back the money Democrats have contributed to his campaign.
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"House Democratic members and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee took Parker Griffith at his word and, as a result, invested a great deal in working with Alabamans to bring Mr. Griffith to Congress," he said in a statement. "Mr. Griffith, failing to honor our commitment to him, has a duty and responsibility to return to Democratic Members and the DCCC the financial resources that were invested in him. His constituents will hold him accountable for failing to keep his commitments."
No. Griffith is honoring his commitments to those who voted for him in the first place.
Griffith, who captured his seat in a close 2008 open seat contest, will become the first Republican to hold the historically Democratic, Huntsville-based district. A radiation oncologist who founded a cancer treatment center, Griffith cited the Democratic health care bill as a major reason for his switch.
“I want to make it perfectly clear that his bill is bad for our doctors, our patients and will have unintended consequences far beyond what we know today,” he said. “As a doctor and as a Republican, I plan to once again oppose this measure and hope that we can defeat this bill that is a major threat to our nation.”
While the timing of his announcement was unexpected, Griffith’s party switch will not come as a surprise to those familiar with his voting record, which is one of the most conservative among Democrats. "He has bucked the Democratic leadership on nearly all of its major domestic initiatives, including the stimulus package, health care legislation, the cap-and trade energy bill and financial regulatory reform. "He was one of only 11 House Democrats to vote against the stimulus.
Read the rest here
former democrat jumping from the
party of demosocialistacrats. We can
only hope so. The liberals feel there is
have not much to fear in the upcoming
2010 elections. I think otherwise. Even
if the economy turns around but remains
a jobless recovery, on top of all else the
democrats have done to us, the 2010
elections maybe their Waterloo. My
own PCP is strongly against the health
care bill.
House Democrat blames Pelosi, leaders for switch - - POLITICO.com
Democratic Rep. Parker Griffith announced Tuesday that he's switching parties – saying he can no longer align himself “with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for our country, hurts our economy and drives us further and further into debt.”
“Unfortunately there are those in the Democratic Leadership that continue to push an agenda focused on massive new spending, tax increases, bailouts and a health care bill that is bad for our healthcare system,” Griffith said in a statement. “I have always considered myself to be an independent voice and I have tried to be that voice in Congress – but after watching this agenda firsthand I now believe that the differences in the two parties could not be more clear and that for me to be true to my core beliefs and values I must align myself with the Republican party and speak out clearly on these issues.
Griffith’s party switch comes on the eve of a pivotal congressional health care vote and will send a jolt through a Democratic House Caucus that has already been unnerved by the recent retirements of a handful of members who, like Griffith, hail from districts that offer prime pickup opportunities for the GOP in 2010.
The switch represents a coup for the House Republican leadership, which had been courting Griffith since he publicly criticized the Democratic leadership in the wake of raucous town halls during the summer.
Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House, hailed Griffith's move from a large majority to a small minority as proof that the Democrats have become “completely disconnected from seniors, young workers and and families in America.”
Liberals countered that Griffith was essentially a Republican all along, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said he should give back the money Democrats have contributed to his campaign.
\
"House Democratic members and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee took Parker Griffith at his word and, as a result, invested a great deal in working with Alabamans to bring Mr. Griffith to Congress," he said in a statement. "Mr. Griffith, failing to honor our commitment to him, has a duty and responsibility to return to Democratic Members and the DCCC the financial resources that were invested in him. His constituents will hold him accountable for failing to keep his commitments."
No. Griffith is honoring his commitments to those who voted for him in the first place.
Griffith, who captured his seat in a close 2008 open seat contest, will become the first Republican to hold the historically Democratic, Huntsville-based district. A radiation oncologist who founded a cancer treatment center, Griffith cited the Democratic health care bill as a major reason for his switch.
“I want to make it perfectly clear that his bill is bad for our doctors, our patients and will have unintended consequences far beyond what we know today,” he said. “As a doctor and as a Republican, I plan to once again oppose this measure and hope that we can defeat this bill that is a major threat to our nation.”
While the timing of his announcement was unexpected, Griffith’s party switch will not come as a surprise to those familiar with his voting record, which is one of the most conservative among Democrats. "He has bucked the Democratic leadership on nearly all of its major domestic initiatives, including the stimulus package, health care legislation, the cap-and trade energy bill and financial regulatory reform. "He was one of only 11 House Democrats to vote against the stimulus.
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Health care plan is tanking Obama and Democrats. The heat is on them, big time.
Labels:
Democrats.,
Health Care Plan,
Joe Lieberman
The Democrats making a mess out of health
care. Obama is tanking fast, and so is the
approval rating of Congress.
The 'Blow' Monkey
The Monkey Trap
From the Belmont Club
Richard Fernandez
With President’s Obama’s approval ratings down to 44% and his approval index at its lowest points ever, the administration may have difficulty getting the 60 votes needed to obtain health care “reform”, even after a proposal to appeal to voters aged 55 to 64 was included. Megan McArdle writes that Joe Lieberman’s opposition even to the current compromise will make “progressives … livid”. While the numbers may be against the Democrats now, they will move heaven and earth to get the votes and will stop at nothing to get them.
It’s highly unlikely that Democrats will keep exactly 58 seats plus Bernie Sanders. At that point, one way or another, Joe Lieberman becomes largely superfluous. And the Democrats are going to have their knives out.
But the answer to her self-posed question is elsewhere on the Atlantic article. Maybe it’s not Lieberman who’s cutting his own throat but the Democrats themselves. The harder they try with health care “reform” the lower they fall in the polls. Why? maybe because many voters have concluded that health care not about health so much as about money. The trust is gone; the words remain the same by the melody is broken; the administration has lost that lovin’ feelin’. McArdle notes that the louder they sing, the more the audience stops its ears.
Read the rest here:
Belmont Club
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/12/14/the-monkey-trap-2/#more-7100
care. Obama is tanking fast, and so is the
approval rating of Congress.
The 'Blow' Monkey
The Monkey Trap
From the Belmont Club
Richard Fernandez
With President’s Obama’s approval ratings down to 44% and his approval index at its lowest points ever, the administration may have difficulty getting the 60 votes needed to obtain health care “reform”, even after a proposal to appeal to voters aged 55 to 64 was included. Megan McArdle writes that Joe Lieberman’s opposition even to the current compromise will make “progressives … livid”. While the numbers may be against the Democrats now, they will move heaven and earth to get the votes and will stop at nothing to get them.
It’s highly unlikely that Democrats will keep exactly 58 seats plus Bernie Sanders. At that point, one way or another, Joe Lieberman becomes largely superfluous. And the Democrats are going to have their knives out.
But the answer to her self-posed question is elsewhere on the Atlantic article. Maybe it’s not Lieberman who’s cutting his own throat but the Democrats themselves. The harder they try with health care “reform” the lower they fall in the polls. Why? maybe because many voters have concluded that health care not about health so much as about money. The trust is gone; the words remain the same by the melody is broken; the administration has lost that lovin’ feelin’. McArdle notes that the louder they sing, the more the audience stops its ears.
Read the rest here:
Belmont Club
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/12/14/the-monkey-trap-2/#more-7100
Senate votes to gut Home health care. How are your parents aging?
Labels:
Democrats.,
Health Care Plan,
Home Health Care,
Obamacare
Senate Votes for Cuts in Medicare Home Health Payments - NYTimes.com
I am so relieved that my Mom is no
longer around to witness this travesity.
She would not have lived as long a life
as she did without the Home Health Care
she received from Medicare.
Senate Clears Way for Home Health Care Cuts Sign in to Recommend
Published: December 5, 2009
WASHINGTON — Snowflakes swirled around the Capitol on Saturday, whipped by wintry winds, but on the Senate floor inside, a heated debate raged as Democrats and Republicans traded jabs over legislation to achieve President Obama’s goal of near-universal health insurance coverage.
Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press
By a vote of 53 to 41, the Senate on Saturday rejected a Republican effort to block cutbacks in payments to home health agencies that provide nursing care and therapy to homebound Medicare beneficiaries.
Republicans voted against the cuts, saying they would hurt some of the nation’s most vulnerable citizens. Most Democrats supported the cutbacks, saying they would eliminate waste and inefficiency in home care.
The Democrats’ health care bill would reduce projected Medicare spending on home care by $43 billion, or 13 percent, over the next 10 years. The savings would help offset the cost of subsidizing coverage for the uninsured.
Mr. Obama planned to visit Capitol Hill on Sunday to attend a meeting of the Senate Democratic caucus. The caucus is split over several major provisions of the bill, including one that would create a government health plan to compete with private insurers.
A handful of Democrats and Senator Olympia J. Snowe, Republican of Maine, met Saturday to explore ideas for a possible compromise on the public plan.
In the past, weekend sessions of Congress have dealt with momentous issues like impeachment or fiscal emergencies. But the Saturday session — the sixth day of Senate debate on the giant health care bill — felt, in some ways, like an ordinary workday, as senators debated the health care bill in public and tried to thrash out differences in private.
The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, said the Senate had to meet Saturday so it could finish work on the bill before the end of the year.
“Fourteen thousand people lose their health insurance every day in America,” Mr. Reid said. “The American people don’t get weekends off from this injustice. Bankruptcy does not keep bankers’ hours. The bills don’t go away just because it’s Sunday or Saturday. The pain is still there. And so our work continues this weekend.”
Senator Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania, said: “We gather on a Saturday, which is rare. But it is entirely appropriate and, I think, essential that we spend the time on a weekend to debate this bill and get it passed.”
The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said his party would not bow to pressure from Mr. Reid.
“The majority leader believes that somehow if we stay in on weekends, Republicans are going to blink,” Mr. McConnell said. “I can assure him we are not going to blink. The longer we discuss this with the American people, the more unpopular it becomes.”
Indeed, Republicans appeared to relish the debate.
“A fight not joined is a fight not enjoyed,” said Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona.
Senator Bob Corker, Republican of Tennessee, said, “I would not want to be any other place than on the floor today talking about the most important piece of legislation we probably will deal with in our tenure here.”
Much of the debate Saturday focused on what Mr. McCain had said as the Republican presidential candidate in 2008. Democrats said it was odd to see Mr. McCain styling himself as a defender of Medicare because, in the past, he had favored deep cuts.
Mr. McCain denied that he had tried to cut Medicare benefits.
Democrats said Republicans were stalling. Republicans tried to put Democrats on the defensive.
“I don’t understand what it is that would cause my friends on the left, on the other side of the aisle, to throw seniors under the bus,” Mr. Corker said.
Senator Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana and chairman of the Finance Committee, said, “Nobody here is trying to throw seniors under the bus.”
Mr. Baucus, a principal author of the health care bill, noted that his mother was receiving home health care and said he would not do anything to hurt beneficiaries.
“We are reducing overpayments,” Mr. Baucus said. “We are rooting out fraud. We are getting the waste out. The savings go back in Medicare and extend the solvency of the trust fund.”
But Senator Mike Johanns, Republican of Nebraska, said, “The cuts will hurt real people.”
And Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, said: “The Medicare home health benefit is under attack. The impact of these cuts will ultimately fall on seniors. Home health agencies will simply not be able to afford to serve seniors living in smaller communities off rural roads.”
Four Democratic senators joined 37 Republicans in voting to block the home health cuts. The four were Evan Bayh of Indiana, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Jim Webb of Virginia.
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/health/policy/06health.html?_r=2
I am so relieved that my Mom is no
longer around to witness this travesity.
She would not have lived as long a life
as she did without the Home Health Care
she received from Medicare.
Senate Clears Way for Home Health Care Cuts Sign in to Recommend
Published: December 5, 2009
WASHINGTON — Snowflakes swirled around the Capitol on Saturday, whipped by wintry winds, but on the Senate floor inside, a heated debate raged as Democrats and Republicans traded jabs over legislation to achieve President Obama’s goal of near-universal health insurance coverage.
Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press
By a vote of 53 to 41, the Senate on Saturday rejected a Republican effort to block cutbacks in payments to home health agencies that provide nursing care and therapy to homebound Medicare beneficiaries.
Republicans voted against the cuts, saying they would hurt some of the nation’s most vulnerable citizens. Most Democrats supported the cutbacks, saying they would eliminate waste and inefficiency in home care.
The Democrats’ health care bill would reduce projected Medicare spending on home care by $43 billion, or 13 percent, over the next 10 years. The savings would help offset the cost of subsidizing coverage for the uninsured.
Mr. Obama planned to visit Capitol Hill on Sunday to attend a meeting of the Senate Democratic caucus. The caucus is split over several major provisions of the bill, including one that would create a government health plan to compete with private insurers.
A handful of Democrats and Senator Olympia J. Snowe, Republican of Maine, met Saturday to explore ideas for a possible compromise on the public plan.
In the past, weekend sessions of Congress have dealt with momentous issues like impeachment or fiscal emergencies. But the Saturday session — the sixth day of Senate debate on the giant health care bill — felt, in some ways, like an ordinary workday, as senators debated the health care bill in public and tried to thrash out differences in private.
The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, said the Senate had to meet Saturday so it could finish work on the bill before the end of the year.
“Fourteen thousand people lose their health insurance every day in America,” Mr. Reid said. “The American people don’t get weekends off from this injustice. Bankruptcy does not keep bankers’ hours. The bills don’t go away just because it’s Sunday or Saturday. The pain is still there. And so our work continues this weekend.”
Senator Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania, said: “We gather on a Saturday, which is rare. But it is entirely appropriate and, I think, essential that we spend the time on a weekend to debate this bill and get it passed.”
The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said his party would not bow to pressure from Mr. Reid.
“The majority leader believes that somehow if we stay in on weekends, Republicans are going to blink,” Mr. McConnell said. “I can assure him we are not going to blink. The longer we discuss this with the American people, the more unpopular it becomes.”
Indeed, Republicans appeared to relish the debate.
“A fight not joined is a fight not enjoyed,” said Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona.
Senator Bob Corker, Republican of Tennessee, said, “I would not want to be any other place than on the floor today talking about the most important piece of legislation we probably will deal with in our tenure here.”
Much of the debate Saturday focused on what Mr. McCain had said as the Republican presidential candidate in 2008. Democrats said it was odd to see Mr. McCain styling himself as a defender of Medicare because, in the past, he had favored deep cuts.
Mr. McCain denied that he had tried to cut Medicare benefits.
Democrats said Republicans were stalling. Republicans tried to put Democrats on the defensive.
“I don’t understand what it is that would cause my friends on the left, on the other side of the aisle, to throw seniors under the bus,” Mr. Corker said.
Senator Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana and chairman of the Finance Committee, said, “Nobody here is trying to throw seniors under the bus.”
Mr. Baucus, a principal author of the health care bill, noted that his mother was receiving home health care and said he would not do anything to hurt beneficiaries.
“We are reducing overpayments,” Mr. Baucus said. “We are rooting out fraud. We are getting the waste out. The savings go back in Medicare and extend the solvency of the trust fund.”
But Senator Mike Johanns, Republican of Nebraska, said, “The cuts will hurt real people.”
And Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, said: “The Medicare home health benefit is under attack. The impact of these cuts will ultimately fall on seniors. Home health agencies will simply not be able to afford to serve seniors living in smaller communities off rural roads.”
Four Democratic senators joined 37 Republicans in voting to block the home health cuts. The four were Evan Bayh of Indiana, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Jim Webb of Virginia.
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/health/policy/06health.html?_r=2
Of course, it is all about race with those who dislike Obama, all 283 people they polled.
Labels:
Conservatism,
Democrats.,
Obama,
Obamacare,
Racism
Study finds race affects attitudes on Obama policy obama, health, racism - Front Page - The Orange County Register
Thanks to Fousesquawk
"Some have touted the election of Barack Obama as heralding a “post-racial era,” but prejudice swayed some from voting for the black man and is causing many to be wary of his policies, according to a new study led by UC Irvine's Eric Knowles."
I am so tired of this argument! According to
Mr. Knowles many of us did not vote for the
"black man" because we are prejudice. Oh
no, does that mean we are bigots, racists,
card carrying members of the KKK and
American nazi party? Not even close,
Mr. Knowles. For many of us it is about
Obama, what he represents through his
policies and agenda. It has nothing to do
with Obama being a black man. I could
care less if he was Chinese, a Jew, white,
Hispanic, Korean, whatever. I do not
like Obama because of what is doing to
our country and where he, and the
Democrats want to take to the United
States. Here is a suggestion Mr. Knowles:
try talking to more than 283 people before
you make assumptions about 300 million
Americans.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/obama-51165-ocprint-health-racism.html
Thanks to Fousesquawk
I am so tired of this argument! According to
Mr. Knowles many of us did not vote for the
"black man" because we are prejudice. Oh
no, does that mean we are bigots, racists,
card carrying members of the KKK and
American nazi party? Not even close,
Mr. Knowles. For many of us it is about
Obama, what he represents through his
policies and agenda. It has nothing to do
with Obama being a black man. I could
care less if he was Chinese, a Jew, white,
Hispanic, Korean, whatever. I do not
like Obama because of what is doing to
our country and where he, and the
Democrats want to take to the United
States. Here is a suggestion Mr. Knowles:
try talking to more than 283 people before
you make assumptions about 300 million
Americans.
There are more of us than you think.
The number is growing larger every day.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/obama-51165-ocprint-health-racism.html
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