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Words of encouragement
Know that you choose to not just talk the talk, walk the walk but also keep your eyes and ears open. I suspect that, upon reflection, you would choose no other path and have a sincere pity for those who may not talk, walk, see or hear. It is not that it is a happy choice, just a choice that is better than any other option. So my advice is to do what I do. Intermittently I wallow a bit in despair and self-pity because they deserve their due, and then slap myself upside the head (literally as well as figuratively) and ask myself what part of reality demands that I be unhappy against my own will. Screw it. I just recommit to keep on truckin' and try to win the battles I can win. One that I most assuredly can win is the battle against boredom, which is worse than any other fate in my estimation.
Has the tide turned?
Where’s your checks and balances now? I'm cautiously optimistic, but totally cynical. Who passed out balls in Congress? I just know things are moving along, and hopefully not as planned!
Prudie
I just wanted to say that Prudie is obviously wrong on this one: I myself was a one-teddy girl and remain so to this day. Except it was a frog, which also remains true to this day. I don't usually read slate.com, but I hafta admit I was tempted to click on 'The case of the diamond dildo'. Oh, yep. All for sleeping in, too. I don't know that I would have been put off by the 'boring and predictable' part. Just the sleeping in bit. I just don't get the friends who are cafeteria Catholics [I'm repeating myself here, I'm pretty sure] and I'm always a bit scandalized when they take the pill or whatever and go to church. Or have non-marital sex and then go to church right after [shock and a partial expectation of lightning bolts]. It seems like they might as well be Episcopals, but not my problem. Anyway, I really dislike the new Pope, with his handmade shoes and bespoke suits and hard line pronouncements, but he's not my problem either. My main hope [after the part about not being wrong and going to hell for leaving the church] is that I'll return on my deathbed, like so many other folks. I don't think they do it out of comfort, but out of fear. I'm tired of gods that are all about fear and hate. I wanted to mention that either because it makes a crackling noise or for some reason known only to the feline mind, Cat actually plays with her Fat Cat toy [which was not a political action figure but a cheaper toy]. She usually doesn't care for toys, and this one seems to be showing puncture holes kinda early, but they seem to make things that cats like. Since she always wants to play and I can't figure out how to play like a cat [other than allowing my hand to be used as a chew-toy] this is a great thing for both of us.
Shooting oneself in the foot
This is what is know in the business as "shooting oneself in the foot". Their demographic, those in the 18 to 30 year old area, get most if not all of their music and music info from the internet and internet radio. By putting these people out of business, the exposure of current and future artists will take a nose dive.
Unknown soldiers
Republicans want all truly faithful American soldiers (especially dead ones-- and all those who actually know and believe in and practice their rights under the US Constitution to speak their opinion, even if it's adverse to their leaders) to be 'unknowns': nameless; faceless; anonymous; mute; impoverished-- PAWNS. There's also relevant news items from past years about Republicans and allies raising a stink about ABC and others wanting to list dead soldiers' names on TV
Software meltdown
The Government models at the end of their 3 month 3000 question warranty are failing.
A shadow of contempt
A good place to start is taking a good look at our own families. The class system is a systemic phenomenon. It is reiterated in virtually every relationship we enter into no matter how brief and superficial or long-lived and intimate. In virtually all of our families, maybe not in yours, there is a system of rank that is based on wealth and power. The contempt for welfare recipients is just a shadow of the contempt practiced in families for the poor cousins, the black sheep siblings, the handicapped nephews, the shut in grandparents and God help the mentally disturbed relations. In a class system we are indoctrinated at a very early age to denigrate weakness and worship power. Class systems are dependent on convincing people to suck up and kick down. The motto is the nice guy finishes last. Of course the irony is that rigid class based systems are very primitive and inherently self destructive. Power relentlessly concentrates and introduces increasingly self destructive dynamics in a society. Part of the core function of class based systems is to systematically create myths of invincibility for power, for the idea that might makes right. But as any open minded person looking at their own extended family dynamics can testify, the assertion of rank by virtue of wealth just brings endless sorrow and suffering to everyone involved. Its crowning achievement is the system of patriarchy that has enslaved almost half of the worlds population and reduced the other half to the level of scavenger dogs fighting over ever decreasing resources. The system of rank and privilege gains intuitive support from the natural, genetically determined structuring by rank of the small human groups that existed for countless millennia and gave us our genetic heritage. In such small groups many forces come into play to restrain the destructive potential of dominance. In large social groups, such as now dominate the earth, these negative feedback mechanisms that assure that assignments of rank are just and fair break down and the elevation of the most worthy of emulation is replaced by the elevation of the most ruthless and intimidating. Fear replaces love. Following orders replaces a natural tendency to cooperation for the mutual good. Real Darwinism is replaced by "Social Darwinism" which is a euphemism for thuggery. Another way to look at this is that, in a system held together by fear, a tortured lowest class is necessary as a goad to the rest of the classes as an object lesson against insubordination. This is what so irritates the troglodytic politicians of the right about "social welfare" programs. They sense, correctly, that taking care of the poor undermines what they like to call "worker discipline." Would you put up with the indignities of the workplace if you didn't fear hunger, pain, loss and death? or Dependency - Love = Slavery. If you can't impeach, at least don't continue approving appointments. Sincerely, The Citizens
A weird kid's view on other churches
I used to really worry about people like Socrates and Plato. I didn't know who they were, but I knew they were pretty smart. Then my little brother came home from school one day, near tears because a friend of his, a sweet kid, had said, 'I'm sorry you're going to hell. I just found out you're Catholic.' My folks explained that a lot of good Christians weren't Catholic, and a lot were. We didn't know any non-Christians, although there were some agnostics and atheists hanging around. They wouldn't have said anything to me. Anyway, later I started having problems with the Catholic Church on some other issues. I was worried about infants who died before they got baptized. It wasn't really fair that they'd end up in Limbo [although I figured they'd grow up to be pretty smart, hanging out with Plato and Socrates and those other smart dead guys]. I knew that in the past sometimes they'd squirt a little holy water into the mother hoping the infant was still alive, but I didn't think that was a sure thing. Then I started worrying about gay people. I didn't know any [except for some relatives and a couple of classmates, but it took me a while to figure that out, just like the atheists and agnostics]. It didn't seem fair that they were going to hell because of a chemical difference in the brain. And finally, the thing that really blew the whole Christianity thing for me was that I was afraid I might get raped and get pregnant. I couldn't have a baby at 11, but I couldn't have an abortion or go on birth control. This sounds really weird, but remember I was worrying about Plato before I knew who he was. I also had a plan in case everyone else died of a super-virus [I'd read my Stephen King] or if the Communists took over my hometown. So there I was, 11 years old. I couldn't protect myself from attack and I couldn't protect myself from getting knocked up before I was even a teenager. I couldn't be a Catholic anymore, so I stopped being a Christian. Because I thought to be one, I had to be the other. As it turned out the bad stuff didn't happen: the super-flu never came, and neither did the Communists. In fact, the Communists went away when I got to be a grown up. But I never went back to the Church. I've never missed being Christian, although occasionally when I pray I hedge my bets: 'um, if I'm really wrong about this whole thing, I'm really sorry.' If God is the Christian God I hear about from a lot of Christians and the Old Testament [what's with swiping the Jewish Holy Books, anyway?], I doubt He's ok with it. If God is the Christian God I've read about in the New Testament or the Gnostic Gospels, I might squeak through. Who knows? Pope Benedict might be right, but I'll always have a soft spot his predecessor, the pope of my youth. He seemed like a really special guy even as I was walking out the Church door. It seems like it should be possible, but they'd have to get everyone who submitted anything to sign it before it was opened....how could they make sure every package already had its contract? It sounds like a logistical nightmare to me. That's why literary agents have 'slush piles'. They can go through the stuff and since they don't publish they aren't liable. I don't think publishers really want to discover the next big talent. They aren't paying new writers much; the publishers are paying the bills with the Grishams and the Kings. They don't market/advertise their new authors much; they don't send out many review copies to outlets or schedule author tours. Most new authors are probably are holding down a job besides cranking out their second novel, and often they are sending out copies of their first published work at their own expense. I know this from working at a small publication and a large independent bookstore. And I know someone who is writing their second book for a major publisher, which is probably a better indicator than simply watching them pass through the store or the review page
I worked at a small weekly that published reviews if the author/performers were coming to town, and we strongly discouraged them from sending us their stuff [at their own cost] if they weren't going to be in the area, or if it just didn't fit our needs. It was too sad to have some poor guys spending hundreds of dollars trying to get a listen or a read from someone 1,000 miles away. And they do. And it sucks.
I don't know that the publishers are bothering with rationales....they just do whatever they want. Unless they really screw up, like with the OJ Simpson book. I remember trying to hand-sell new authors that I loved years ago. The store I where I worked reported to the NY Times Book Review, so there was always hope that a breakaway book would sell elsewhere, and the author would become known. Stephen King said very much the same thing recently in a column in Entertainment Weekly about publishers not pushing small authors. Mr. King will get more press, but a lot of booksellers said it first. And I bet he would have said it earlier if he'd hit it big 25 or 30 years later than he did.
How many are here at home?
Iran will be a bigger blunder than Iraq. What does Bush think he's going to do, hit 223 targets in Iran by air and by sea and then expect Iran to do nothing as he tries to cripple them? It will be interesting to see if Putin sits on his hands while all this is going on. Bush's Twisted Logic is going to get us all killed!
Conditioned for something to happen
The message is coming from many sources and many depts within the US military-industrial complex. Hmmm... one would begin to wonder if we were being conditioned for something to happen?
What ever became of Howard?
I wonder how many people here tonight remember Howard Dean, he used to be Governor of Vermont. From time to time you read something about him pinning a medal on somebody or making a speech, or every now and then you read something in one of those where are they now columns: Whatever became of Deanna Durbin and Howard Dean and so on. Whatever became of Howard? Has anyone heard a thing? Once he shone on his own, Now he sits home alone And waits for the phone to ring. Once a fiery liberal spirit, Ah, but now when he speaks, he must clear it. Second fiddle's a hard part, I know, When they don't even give you a bow. "We must protest this treatment, Howard", Says each newspaper reader. As someone once remarked to Schubert, "Take us to your Lieder"... (Sorry about that.) Whatever became of you, Howard? We miss you, so tell us, please: Are you sad? Are you cross? Are you gathering moss While you wait for the boss to sneeze? Does Kerry recall when he was nothing at all, Say "I'll do unto you like they did unto me"? Do you dream about staging a coup? Howard what happened to you? Well this ought to be for pissing off those who are not already pissed off by the "Christian" church. Now we'll have all the right wing Protestant churches pissed at the Catholics. Just goes to prove that when a committee chooses a leader, they nearly always wind up choosing a jerk.
This totally blows any claim that Iran is supporting the Taliban or Al Qaeda totally away. Iran = Shia. Al Qaeda = Suni. Taliban = Suni. Suni can't stand Shia and visa versa.
I would like to make two points here. First that people are finally discovering that they can do it themselves, if they put their minds to it. Second, and more importantly, the more they do without Washington's help...the less they will feel obliged to pay any attention to anything that comes out of Washington. In short, the "Little Red Hen" syndrome will start to take over and more and more people will feel OK about giving the federal government the finger. by Rude one, The Rude Pundit US grassroots tackle climate change
I think that last paragraph just about sums it up. The vast majority of people in this country are far more concerned about their own lily livered behinds and whether or not they will be able to continue to drive their bulbous cars to their mortgaged to the hilt gated castles. As long as they can do that, well screw anything else. Other industrialized nations have universal or near universal care which keeps their populations healthier, happier, and longer living than oursThere will be no national health in this country. Period. Not because the people don't want it. Not because of the Insurance companies. (Health insurance is a small piece of their overall pie.) Not because of the pharmaceutical industry. (They can just as easily over charge the government as anyone else.) Not because of the for profit medical establishment. (See pharmaceutical industry above.). No...it is because the right, especially republicans but even some democrats and progressives, absolutely hate the idea of anyone getting anything for free. Especially those worse off than themselves. They would rather burn their money than to see it given to anyone for any reason. "The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin. He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dogdays; and didn't thaw it one degree at Christmas."
Gut
Wonder if this gives Chertoff that "gut" feeling
Yesterday, dogs and cats. Tomorrow, people.
This is bound to happen in the U.S. someday. Yesterday, dogs and cats. Tomorrow, people. Thanks to our Congress, nothing has been done to change the situation.
Are you running with me, Jesus?
Republicans need this guy.
In high esteem
Rest assured, sir, that you are held in very high esteem by me, and, I'm sure, by every intelligent reader here.
Over the transom
I don't know about Orem, Utah, but parts of the country are in a severe drought. It's 'cause if publishers accept submissions and then publish anything remotely similar [even if no one ever opened the package] they open themselves up to lawsuits for ripping off artists/writers.
Ignoring the huge and historic deceptions
Unfortunately, I'm a US citizen myself, with a long fascination with history and current events, and I don't see any falsehood or exaggeration at all in at least one claim the reporter says that book makes "The book claims that the U.S. and Britain's obsession with fighting terrorism risks turning them into totalitarian states, and accuses Washington of trying to build "a global empire" under the guise of spreading democracy."A do-over for Russian history?: Putin-backed manual spurs concern nation is whitewashing its past by Andrew Osborn, The Wall Street Journal Plus, the WSJ reporter seems to be utterly ignoring the huge and historic deceptions Bush/Cheney used to justify going to war in Iraq, as well as many, many other lies they've told to both Americans and the world since getting into office. He's also ignoring the scandal of what fanatics are doing to America's own text books, in terms of rewriting history, dumping science for religious nonsense, and more. This reporter is apparently grossly incompetent or uneducated for speaking of such matters at all. WSJ must be getting their employees from the same source as Fox News. This guy seems to be trying to out-Bush Bush.
America's idiotic politicians couldn't find their own butts with both hands. Why try re-inventing the wheel as poles and rectangles and star-shaped monstrosities which cannot work, when we can just copy fine working wheel designs from the rest of the world? They won't charge us anything for it! Other industrialized nations have universal or near universal care which keeps their populations healthier, happier, and longer living than ours Have you noticed that often when Republican politicians get into trouble, the media doesn't identify their party affiliation? Or else 'buries' that information deep into the article, so that most readers will never reach it. There's been times I had to do a separate Google search to determine the party affiliation of an errant politician in the news In the article linked below, the fact the guy is a Republican isn't noted until the 21st paragraph: the next to last! At least that's the count by my old strained eyes. The placement seems suspicious too even beyond the general concept I note here
PS: As you know, news items online often get rewritten completely one or more times
Great deal on worthless swamp land
Gee... how convenient. Just when things are really starting to get hot for the Pres and Cheney there happens to be an Al Qaeda Cell just waiting to come a blow up some more buildings. HORSE HOCKY !! These guys remind me of the Coral Gables real estate firm the tried to sell the same exact piece of worthless swamp land over and over to some poor sucker from up north.
However, apparently the Sunni and Shia militias have not missed their goals .
It's OK, you can feel something
A walk in the park compared to what happens in Iraq EVERY DAY! And it's always a big deal when it happens in the USA ... http://www.local6.com/news/13652238/detail.html No, this is not a story coming out of Iraq, so there's no need to discard. It's OK, you can feel something, because it's an American child who is in pain. As you know our children feel pain much worse then the children in Iraq. In Iraq during Shock and Awe little Ali who was severely burned and ran around with his arms cut off was not nearly in as much pain as this little American boy. And there were no on the spot ambulances with special burn units for that Iraqi kid, or any of the Iraqis, but that's OK He's just an Iraqi, living in a country where they all hate us. How many times a day does this go on in Iraq? Oh you really don't want to know that do you? They are both casualties of Greed. Think about it. This is good news. Oh, Colin, can't you come up with a better line of crap? So now he says for two and half hours he tried to talk Bush out of going to war. Wow, if he was so against it then WTF didn't he tell the press and then resign? I'll tell you why, because he a God Damn Liar. He lied in Vietnam and he's lying now. He does an about face and goes in and tells the American people we have a case for war in Iraq. Literally lies to them for Bush. A war that has already caused a million Iraqis to be killed and if you believe the militaries body count on US soldiers killed since the war began (WHICH I DON'T!) according to them it's almost 4000 now. Colin Powell is just another war criminal!
Open season on grandmothers
Woman bruised, bloodied, and arrested over dry lawn
The thugs in blue are feeling their oats. They must be feeling that it is "Giuliani time" in the US. And who could argue. Nice that we have the BBC to cover our local news. On a need to know basis: by Paul Buchheit, Media Channel
Rock for impeachment
by John S. Koppel, Dept of Justice
We all know John Koppel will be fired, or already has been.... Although the latest news on Gonzales is not so hot... Impeach, impeach, impeach.... them all.... a mass impeachment..... We need a concert!!! That's the only thing that gets people out these days!
A shot at the big time
"DC Comics is launching an online imprint that will accept submissions from the public and pay for the best work that comes in."
Listening to KPFA
Against the Grain (Noon on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, archived on this page) Your Own Health and Fitness (Tuesdays at 1PM, archived here) Visonary Activist (Thursdays at 2PM, archived here). The archives of Against the Grain are a great resource on left politics and environmental issues, but I usually listen live while doing my exercises. Your Own Health only has the show available for the week. It is the best source I know of for actual objective reporting on medical research and controversies. Wish more docs listened to it. Maybe post-Sicko they will start. The Visionary Activist is where I go for moral support. Caroline Casey, the host, is an astrologer with a totally open mind I usually listen to Amy Goodman and Democracy Now at 6 AM (7 AM my time, archived here) and continue (as I am as I write this) with The Morning Show (news magazine type show that occasionally has great guests, archived here) for the next two hours while doing dishes, writing for Unknown News, feeding and caring for the grandson, etc. I have way too much time on my hands. Marinated in guilt I am, but don't tell anyone. The idea of a footloose licensed physician is hard for folks to digest.
If you want to wreck Iraq
It seems that it’s a daily occurrence for mainstream media articles and TV news about Iraq to mention sectarian violence. If it’s true it would weaken Iraq and perhaps lead to Iraq getting divided up and its absolute weakness. So if you want to wreck Iraq, bring about sectarian violence. I wonder, who would come up with a plan with that purpose? But is it true? Is it really happening? Why should I believe reports from sources that have become less and less credible? It IS often true that minority groups in a country have grievances. The Kurds in Turkey have grievances. The Blacks in the US have grievances. How about the Sunnis in Iraq? A source called Iraq: A Country Study (prepared for the US Library of Congress) provides some pretty straightforward answers. It indicates that until the 1980s the dominant view of political analysts was that it was the Sunnis who ran Iraq and discriminated against the majority Shias who lived in the most depressed region, southern Iraq. In the 80s, the top leaders in the secular Baath Party were Sunnis. However, closer examination has shown that since Iraq became a republic in 1958, Iraqi leaders have come from both the Sunni and Shia groups and that both Sunnis and Shias were well represented in the Baath Party at all levels. Also, both Sunnis and Shias have made educational and economic progress. The Iraqi military had both Sunni and Shia commanders. In the latter 80s, tensions did rise, but not between the Sunnis and Shias. It was between the majority of the population, the more religious Sunnis and Shias together, and the secular Baathists. I have also observed tensions between those who are more secular/modernist/urban and those more religious/traditional/rural in Turkey. They seem to occur around the world and in parts of the US, too. This source also offered information that might help to us understand whether Iran is providing support to the Iraqis. It reminds us that both groups in Iraq are Arabs who have been traditional enemies of the Persians for centuries (Persians are the largest group in Iran). Also, Iran and Iraq did fight a war during most of the 80’s. Finally, the resigning Iraqi parliamentarian called on his fellow nationalists. The Country Study indicates that Iraqis have developed their own national identity, too. As for the US leaving Iraq and Iraq handing over its oil to US companies, what if it’s not just a “benchmark” but a condition?
Clawing at Bush, Clinton, and Schwarzenegger
I thought that would catch your interest :). We're a long way from California, so the Guvinator dolls wouldn't be as popular here. Here's their website, although I don't see the Mr. Universe version of Mr. S [I can't spell his name right so I don't even try].
Civilization is killing us
I'm no fan of Cybercast news either, but I make a point to read 'right wing' sources as well, to try to get a well-rounded picture of our ailing body politic. Besides, people can be right about some things and wrong about others. An example, I finally got an apology from a cousin of mine for the silent treatment I got for statements I made after 9/11/01, because she started listening to that David Icke, who is incredibly OUT THERE (no offense intended to anyone, but critical thinking is required in life). It's hard for me to come down incredibly hard on biodiesel and ethanol users, because they're using it out of the best intentions, and they're right in a sense that it's 'a step in the right direction'. But that's not enough. Part of the problem is that we settle for the alternatives we're provided, and don't always consider the full consequences of our actions (myself included). Although I do know that using straight recycled vegetable oil through a heated hose is a huge reduction in pollution and energy costs from petroleum diesel - that's not true of biodiesel or ethanol. Every time an alternative is 'discovered' or 'rediscovered', the 'capitalistas' will search for a way to subvert and profit from it. I don't have time to get into my 'civilization is killing us' rant, but one of the fundamental roots of the problem is believing we all need 2 ton metal personal vehicles that we can drive anywhere, at any time, at any cost to humanity and the Earth, plus having cultures, cities and industries that reinforce those beliefs. Sigh. I'll leave it at that for now. I'm still ruminating on this one....
Gaping
We all know who the "gaping hole" is. You're doing a hell of a job, Cherkoff!
Handled
Adviser: Bush aided Libby to avoid 'fracture' with Cheney
Recipe: "Parmesan flat bread"
As an experiment I added some parmesan and garlic powder to my flat bread. Then after cooking I topped with salsa. EXCELLENT! By the way, my new/final flat bread method is as follows: Take big bowl, put in some salt and a little corn oil. (and garlic powder, parmesan, etc.) then add HOT water. mix until dissolved. then add 1/3 of the flour and beat it really good to try and dissolve the flour. then add 1/3 of the flour and stir good to get some air in the mixture. then add rest of flour. and mix. the final "dough" should be pretty soft and sticky, like biscuits, maybe. more or less. ideally, put the mix in the frig overnight and the dough really sets up good, but that is not necessary. to cook, a seasoned pan won't require much or any cooking oil put a small chunk of dough, like a golf ball or a bit bigger in the HOT pan and let it cook enough to form a seal. then flip it and mush flat with the spatula. repeat that until it is about 1/4 or 3/16 inch thick. cook on both side to brown. put on oven rack to cool (if you put it on a plate right away condensation will make it soggy.) also, instead of parmesan you can use other things. like peanut butter (don't add oil in that case). or raisins. or protein powder. whatever you like. even sugar. or a bit of nonfat milk powder for flavor.
Unethical bordering on fraud
by Rude One, The Rude Pundit
Both of my parents were in WWII as well as one of my uncles. I have known a number of Vietnam vets over the years, some of them truly messed up. Not just physically, but mentally and emotionally as well. All of these people were treated a hell of a lot better than we are treating those who are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan now. And I'll be you won't see any photos like this in any magazines either. "You would have to be dead to be unaffected by Moore's movie..."
I wanted to mention this because one of the things that Moore does not mention in his film, nor has anyone else mentioned is the unethical to down right illegal billing practices of the medical establishment. Even the "non-profs" engage in this. Case in point. After I got out of the Hospital I naturally began to receive bills from all those good people who had some small part in my treatment. What I was not prepared for was the intimidation tactics that they use. Implying or even strait out saying that if I did not pay this bill immediately, that legal action would commence. These billing notices arrive far in advance of anything from your insurance company. I was clued in by my sister who informed me that this is common practice and it behooves one to wait a few weeks before paying so you know what your insurance company has paid. Oh and if you do pay the full amount, these fine folks in the medical industry will not only keep that payment, but also what ever they get from the insurance company and tell nothing about this and you cannot get it back ether. This is at best unethical bordering on fraud. So not only are you getting ripped off by the insurance companies, you are also at risk of getting ripped off by the health professionals as well. Add to that, that anyone who passes your hospital room and says "hi" will charge for the privilege. The whole stinking system is corrupt.
Sands through the hourglass
Tick-tock. Tick-tock.
Hindsight
Yes, my reply was vitriolic, and in hindsight without merit. I have met some very intelligent racists, who write their messages of hate very skillfully and very subtly. This is done to slowly and carefully introduce people to their ideas. These kind of people I hate the most, because they are smart enough to know better, but still choose to hate. I thought I perceived this in Marie's writing. I should have probed Marie's intent, and verified her message. My error in judgement. My rudeness. I'll be the first person to admit I am not perfect. You'll note, I quickly and subsequently apologized.
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