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Sarah had it pegged.maybe Pigged.

Big Muddy rancher

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Fierce Urgency of Sow
We are witnessing the disrobing of the Obama aura in a spending-drenched feeding frenzy befitting hungry pigs at a wet, putrid trough. The fierce urgency of now has become the fierce urgency of sow.

Camille Paglia sums up these first three weeks of the Obama era:

Money by the barrelful, by the truckload. Mountains of money, heaped like gassy pyramids in the national dump. Scrounging packs of politicos, snapping, snarling and sending green bills flying sky-high as they root through the tangled mass with ragged claws. The stale hot air filled with cries of rage, the gnashing of teeth and dark prophecies of doom.

Yes, this grotesque scene, like a claustrophobic circle in Dante's "Inferno," was what the U.S. government has looked like for the past two weeks as it fights on over Barack Obama's stimulus package -- a mammoth, chaotic grab bag of treasures, toys and gimcracks. Could popular opinion of our feckless Congress sink any lower? You betcha!

Paglia's "you betcha" hat tip to Sarah Palin must have been intentional. Paglia defended Palin and her family during the campaign:

The mountain of rubbish poured out about Palin over the past month would rival Everest. What a disgrace for our jabbering army of liberal journalists and commentators, too many of whom behaved like snippy jackasses. The bourgeois conventionalism and rank snobbery of these alleged humanitarians stank up the place.

Palin, who continues to be attacked as lacking intelligence by the hate-middle-America-first elites, is looking pretty smart right now. I went back and read Palin's speech at the Republican convention, and Palin's words were prophetic:

Now, I've noticed a pattern with our opponent, and maybe you have too. We've all heard his dramatic speeches before devoted followers, and there is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or even a reform, not even in the state senate. This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting and never use the word "victory" -- except when he's talking about his own campaign.

But when the cloud of rhetoric has passed, when the roar of the crowd fades away, when the stadium lights go out and those styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot -- when that happens, what exactly is our opponent's plan? What does he actually seek to accomplish after he's done turning back the waters and healing the planet?

The answer -- the answer is to make government bigger and take more of your money and give you more orders from Washington and to reduce the strength of America in a dangerous world.

America needs more energy. Our opponent is against producing it. Victory in Iraq is finally in sight and he wants to forfeit. Terrorist states are seeking nuclear weapons without delay. He wants to meet them without preconditions. Al Qaeda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America, and he's worried that someone won't read them their rights.

Government is too big. He wants to grow it. Congress spends too much money. He promises more. Taxes are too high, and he wants to raise them.

The use of fear to drive an agenda has been long in coming. Fear has been Obama's stock-in-trade for several months:

Fear is stalking this land, and being stoked by Obama. The genius of Obama is that he has taken a message of fear, and sold it as hope. And the public buys it.

Do something to help move the economy forward? Absolutely. Help fellow Americans who have fallen on hard times make it through this recession? Definitely. Throw away out of fear what it took 200 years to build? No betcha.
Posted by William A. Jacobson at 12:04 AM
 

Mike

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WHOA!!!!

That must cut the Libs to the bone.

I like it. I like it a lot.

I can foresee more in the future too. :lol:
 
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Anonymous

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Comical- bringing up Sister Sarah- the home of the "Road to Nowhere" she built just to spend Federal Dollars- and the state that takes in more Federal Pork than any other... :roll:

Did you guys take note that Sister Sarah was in D.C last week (packing the famdamily along at taxpayer expense :roll: ) groveling and clawing- wining and dining- in her attempt to get her share of the Pork... :???:

And she has come out saying the country/Alaska needs a stimulus package- along with most the other Repub Governors....
 

aplusmnt

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Oldtimer said:
Comical- bringing up Sister Sarah- the home of the "Road to Nowhere" she built just to spend Federal Dollars- and the state that takes in more Federal Pork than any other... :roll: .

Woaaaaaa that is not pork that is stimulus. Democrats have redefined these issues. Spending money is no longer pork it is stimulus! If you are going to support Obama Stimulus it only seems fair you grandfather in and support the Bridge to nowhere stimulus. :wink:
 

Mike

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Can't say as I blame Sarah for wanting a share of the money from this "Porkulus" Bill.

They're hell bent on giving it to someone........

Why wouldn't she want a share for Alaska? She'd be a fool not to.....
 
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Anonymous

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Mike said:
Can't say as I blame Sarah for wanting a share of the money from this "Porkulus" Bill.

They're hell bent on giving it to someone........

Why wouldn't she want a share for Alaska? She'd be a fool not to.....

What was that they said- "putting lipstick on a pig" :???: :lol: :lol: :wink:
 

RobertMac

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Oldtimer said:
Mike said:
Can't say as I blame Sarah for wanting a share of the money from this "Porkulus" Bill.

They're hell bent on giving it to someone........

Why wouldn't she want a share for Alaska? She'd be a fool not to.....

What was that they said- "putting lipstick on a pig" :???: :lol: :lol: :wink:
You can put lipstick on this socialist stimulus bill and it's still Porkulus!! :lol: :lol: :wink:
 

Tam

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Oldtimer said:
Comical- bringing up Sister Sarah- the home of the "Road to Nowhere" she built just to spend Federal Dollars- and the state that takes in more Federal Pork than any other... :roll:

Did you guys take note that Sister Sarah was in D.C last week (packing the famdamily along at taxpayer expense :roll: ) groveling and clawing- wining and dining- in her attempt to get her share of the Pork... :???:

And she has come out saying the country/Alaska needs a stimulus package- along with most the other Repub Governors....

Sept. 21, 2007: Palin cancels the bridge project, which would have cost the state additional millions on top of the federal funds. “Ketchikan desires a better way to reach the airport, but the $398-million bridge is not the answer,” she says in a news release.

Aug. 29, 2008: McCain announces Palin is his running mate.

Sept. 3, 2008: In a speech at the Republican National Convention, Palin portrays herself as a reformer who had cut waste in government, saying, “I told Congress, ‘Thanks, but no thanks,’ on that bridge to nowhere.”

Gee she takes $26 million of the $223 million and builds a road instead of a bridge and then She uses the rest of money for other projects that Alaska also needed. :???: Can you provide something that proves they take more pork than any other state? :wink:

About Palins trip to DC

Palin joins nation's elite at exclusive dinner
EXCLUSIVE: Palin's higher profile got her into the annual dinner.
By ERIKA BOLSTAD
Published: January 31st, 2009 08:29 PM
Last Modified: February 1st, 2009 12:27 AM

WASHINGTON -- Mere months ago, Gov. Sarah Palin was introduced to the world as a hockey mom who hunts and fishes, remains grounded in small-town values and is married to her blue-collar, snowmachine-loving high school sweetheart.

Saturday night, Palin was whisked into the governors-and-Cabinet-members-only section of one of the capital's most exclusive parties: the Alfalfa Club dinner. Wearing an elegant black satin evening gown and a matching wrap, hair loose to her shoulders, Palin was about as far away as anyone can get from field-dressing a moose.

The dinner was held in the heart of Washington, D.C., at the Capital Hilton within sight of the White House. Palin's invitation to the Alfalfa Club was "a coup," said Letitia Baldrige, who served as the White House social secretary and chief of staff to Jacqueline Kennedy.

"It's something that everybody who's anybody in politics wants to be invited to," Baldrige said.

If a roasting by the most powerful people in America is a sign you've made it, then Palin had clearly arrived. Or, at the very least, was acknowledged Saturday night as one of the most interesting women in American politics.
SNIP -----

ultra-exclusive

The Alfalfa Club was so prestigious that in the 1920s and '30s, Washington newspapers would print the names of attendees, Ritchie said. The annual dinner remains an enduring tradition that few besides insiders are allowed to glimpse.

Because its founders were Southerners -- and in 1913, Washington was a Southern town -- they chose Gen. Robert E. Lee's birthday for the date of their annual celebration. The dinner continues to be around Lee's birthday, Jan. 19, although the club's origins appear to have little other connection to the Civil War general.

The guest list is the embodiment of the old question: If you could have a dinner party and invite anyone, who would be on your guest list? Did we mention that President Barack Obama was there, telling jokes?
SNIP -----

The governor's office wouldn't say who invited Palin, but by tradition, each member is allowed two guests.

Her host could be among any number of famous, powerful or once-powerful members, including Palin's fellow Alaskan, former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, who also attended Saturday's dinner.

Palin's presidential running mate, Sen. John McCain, is a member. So is the man whose job she wanted: Vice President Joe Biden.
SNIP----
The Alfalfa Club did not allow women as members until 1993. But Saturday night, dozens of powerful women streamed in, some members, some guests: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell on the arm of her husband, Alan Greenspan. And Palin.

Now about the groveling and clawing- wining and dining- in her attempt to get her share of the Pork

palin keeps low profile

The governor's weekend itinerary wasn't limited to the Alfalfa Club. It included a Friday night dinner at the home of Fred Malek, who headed McCain's campaign finance committee. She also was scheduled to meet with her Washington staff and attend a luncheon at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Palin has kept a low profile on this trip. She turned down all requests for interviews, including the other invitations that indicate one's arrival in Washington: appearances on the Sunday morning talk shows. She also didn't attend any events that could be perceived as partisan, including the winter meeting of the Republican National Committee, also this weekend.

more about her grabbing pork for Alaska

Palin has sought only five projects from the federal government, four designed to help support the natural gas pipeline, along with the Kodiak Launch Complex. Palin issued her list on Jan. 12, saying it would not be a good idea to ask for more, and cautioned it was necessary to be "mindful about the effect of the stimulus package on the national debt." Sen. President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, said the Senate was seeking a "broader reach" for the stimulus that Palin was initially seeking, but that top Senate and House leaders would meet with her today to discuss the stimulus, among other topics. "We are working with the governor hand in hand to deal with this," he said. The Senate held a hearing Tuesday on a resolution introduced by Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, encouraging the state to seek its "fair share" of the stimulus money and spread the impact around the state. Local officials from around the state called into a Senate Finance Committee hearing Tuesday morning and listed projects they'd like to see included in the federal stimulus package. Energy projects, including Southeast electrical interties which could bring inexpensive hydro power to communities such as Kake and Hoonah, and spur their economies. [1] With hundreds of billions of dollars in economic stimulus money potentially at stake, leaders in local government and the state legislature seem to be finding themselves at odds with Gov. Sarah Palin. Lawmakers say there are concerns that Palin is seeking too little federal stimulus money, and Alaska may not get its fair share.[1] JUNEAU, Alaska (AP)

Now Oldtimer can you provide something that proves she took her whole family on tax payers dollars to DC for this trip because the picture of her at the elite dinner she was UN-escorted. and the two articles I found about the trip said nothing about her family accompanying her. :wink:
 

Tam

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Oldtimer said:
The pictures on tv- showed her with kids and the First Dude....

Was the picture new or was it a stock picture pulled from some file. Did the TV say she took the kids and her husband on tax payers dollars or are you reading that in as you seem to do on occasion. :wink:
 
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Anonymous

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Tam said:
Oldtimer said:
The pictures on tv- showed her with kids and the First Dude....

Was the picture new or was it a stock picture pulled from some file. Did the TV say she took the kids and her husband on tax payers dollars or are you reading that in as you seem to do on occasion. :wink:

You know I didn't ask them :roll: Looked pretty new to me... But her MO- previous history-pattern has been to travel with the family- and the Alaskan taxpayers were charged the expense..Even taking the pregnant one with her to a womens club meeting in NYC and spending a week in a swanky NYC Hotel while they went on a shopping spree...
If you want to find it- the article of it was posted before....

But thats OK if Repulicans blow taxpayer dollars down the toilet or she's after Republican Pork- eh :???: :roll: OY VEY...Pass the Koolaid around one more time.....
 

hopalong

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Oldtimer said:
Tam said:
Oldtimer said:
The pictures on tv- showed her with kids and the First Dude....

Was the picture new or was it a stock picture pulled from some file. Did the TV say she took the kids and her husband on tax payers dollars or are you reading that in as you seem to do on occasion. :wink:

You know I didn't ask them :roll: Looked pretty new to me... But her MO- previous history-pattern has been to travel with the family- and the Alaskan taxpayers were charged the expense..Even taking the pregnant one with her to a womens club meeting in NYC and spending a week in a swanky NYC Hotel while they went on a shopping spree...
If you want to find it- the article of it was posted before....

But thats OK if Repulicans blow taxpayer dollars down the toilet or she's after Republican Pork- eh :???: :roll: OY VEY...Pass the Koolaid around one more time.....

You had better back off all that KOOL AID oildtiime it has cooked your brain. OH VEY too late to help ot
 

Tam

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Oldtimer said:
Tam said:
Oldtimer said:
The pictures on tv- showed her with kids and the First Dude....

Was the picture new or was it a stock picture pulled from some file. Did the TV say she took the kids and her husband on tax payers dollars or are you reading that in as you seem to do on occasion. :wink:

You know I didn't ask them :roll: Looked pretty new to me... But her MO- previous history-pattern has been to travel with the family- and the Alaskan taxpayers were charged the expense. Even taking the pregnant one with her to a womens club meeting in NYC and spending a week in a swanky NYC Hotel while they went on a shopping spree...
If you want to find it- the article of it was posted before....

But thats OK if Repulicans blow taxpayer dollars down the toilet or she's after Republican Pork- eh :???: :roll: OY VEY...Pass the Koolaid around one more time.....



I take this as no you don't have proof that the picture was of the Washington trip and not a file picture.

OY VEY Oldtimer claimed something he had no proof of AGAIN.

What about the claim she was there to groveling and clawing- wining and dining- in her attempt to get her share of the Pork. Any proof there yet Oldtimer :wink:
 
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Tammy- you can call it whatever you want.. I've already posted the article which said what she was doing- and what she said...

So you think that its OK if Repulicans blow taxpayer dollars down the toilet or she's after Republican Pork- eh-- but condemn it if its Dems doing the same :???: :roll:
 

Tam

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Oldtimer said:
Tammy- you can call it whatever you want.. I've already posted the article which said what she was doing- and what she said...

So you think that its OK if Repulicans blow taxpayer dollars down the toilet or she's after Republican Pork- eh-- but condemn it if its Dems doing the same :???: :roll:

Who or what are Repulicans :???:

Did your article say she took her family to Washington in Jan 2009 to grovel and claw- wine and dine- in her attempt to get her share of the Pork. If not then what does that article have to do with this

Did you guys take note that Sister Sarah was in D.C last week (packing the famdamily along at taxpayer expense ) groveling and clawing- wining and dining- in her attempt to get her share of the Pork...

And she has come out saying the country/Alaska needs a stimulus package- along with most the other Repub Governors....

Because I posted some articles too, that say she kept a low profile while in Washington and that her Alaskan government was not happy that she wasn't going after enough as they see it. Which I'd say proves your above comment to be opinionated crap. :wink:
 

Tam

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Gee I thought Oldtimer said this
And she has come out saying the country/Alaska needs a stimulus package- along with most the other Repub Governors....

GOP Governors: Split over Obama's Stimulus Plan By Tim Padgett / Miami Tuesday, Feb. 10,
Barack Obama took his stimulus road show into Florida on Tuesday, Governor Charlie Crist was waiting, tapping his foot. Crist, a Republican, is actually six months ahead of Washington in the stimulus game: in August, in response to his state's economic implosion, he launched Accelerate Florida, which is pouring out more than $28 billion in stored-up state funds for the kind of infrastructure and school-construction projects that are still being debated inside the Beltway.

At the time Crist announced Accelerate Florida, few if any fellow Republicans seemed to condemn the idea. And that makes it all the more curious to Crist and other moderate Republicans that now, when states' budget crises are even worse, conservative Republican governors in states like Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alaska are following GOP leaders on Capitol Hill in adamant opposition to Obama's federal stimulus package.
 
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Tam said:
Gee I thought Oldtimer said this
And she has come out saying the country/Alaska needs a stimulus package- along with most the other Repub Governors....

GOP Governors: Split over Obama's Stimulus Plan By Tim Padgett / Miami Tuesday, Feb. 10,
Barack Obama took his stimulus road show into Florida on Tuesday, Governor Charlie Crist was waiting, tapping his foot. Crist, a Republican, is actually six months ahead of Washington in the stimulus game: in August, in response to his state's economic implosion, he launched Accelerate Florida, which is pouring out more than $28 billion in stored-up state funds for the kind of infrastructure and school-construction projects that are still being debated inside the Beltway.

At the time Crist announced Accelerate Florida, few if any fellow Republicans seemed to condemn the idea. And that makes it all the more curious to Crist and other moderate Republicans that now, when states' budget crises are even worse, conservative Republican governors in states like Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alaska are following GOP leaders on Capitol Hill in adamant opposition to Obama's federal stimulus package.

Does she or doesn't she-- Even her hairdresser doesn't know... :wink: But she ain't gonna turn down her chance at adding to the pork barrel....

Palin supports stimulus
by kos
Sun Feb 01, 2009 at 01:00:05 PM PST
Of course she does.

Their state treasuries drained by the financial crisis, governors would welcome the money from Capitol Hill, where GOP lawmakers are more skeptical of Obama's spending priorities.

The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, planned to meet in Washington this weekend with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and other senators to press for her state's share of the package.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist worked the phones last week with members of his state's congressional delegation, including House Republicans. Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, the Republican vice chairman of the National Governors Association, planned to be in Washington on Monday to urge the Senate to approve the plan.

"As the executive of a state experiencing budget challenges, Gov. Douglas has a different perspective on the situation than congressional Republicans," said Douglas' deputy chief of staff, Dennise Casey.

Forced to actually govern rather than grandstand on failed ideological tenets, Republican governors are headed to DC to beg for their share of the bailout money. That part may not be so surprising, but that Sarah Palin is among them is pretty hilarious.

It complicates matters for the anti-stimulus ideologues who see starbursts in the presence of Palin.

Then again, Palin had no trouble lying about her support for the Bridge to Nowhere. Nothing will stop her from trying to rewrite history three years from now
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Tam

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Oldtimer said:
Tam said:
Gee I thought Oldtimer said this
And she has come out saying the country/Alaska needs a stimulus package- along with most the other Repub Governors....

GOP Governors: Split over Obama's Stimulus Plan By Tim Padgett / Miami Tuesday, Feb. 10,
Barack Obama took his stimulus road show into Florida on Tuesday, Governor Charlie Crist was waiting, tapping his foot. Crist, a Republican, is actually six months ahead of Washington in the stimulus game: in August, in response to his state's economic implosion, he launched Accelerate Florida, which is pouring out more than $28 billion in stored-up state funds for the kind of infrastructure and school-construction projects that are still being debated inside the Beltway.

At the time Crist announced Accelerate Florida, few if any fellow Republicans seemed to condemn the idea. And that makes it all the more curious to Crist and other moderate Republicans that now, when states' budget crises are even worse, conservative Republican governors in states like Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alaska are following GOP leaders on Capitol Hill in adamant opposition to Obama's federal stimulus package.

Does she or doesn't she-- Even her hairdresser doesn't know... :wink: But she ain't gonna turn down her chance at adding to the pork barrel....

Palin supports stimulus
by kos
Sun Feb 01, 2009 at 01:00:05 PM PST
Of course she does.

Their state treasuries drained by the financial crisis, governors would welcome the money from Capitol Hill, where GOP lawmakers are more skeptical of Obama's spending priorities.

The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, planned to meet in Washington this weekend with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and other senators to press for her state's share of the package.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist worked the phones last week with members of his state's congressional delegation, including House Republicans. Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, the Republican vice chairman of the National Governors Association, planned to be in Washington on Monday to urge the Senate to approve the plan.

"As the executive of a state experiencing budget challenges, Gov. Douglas has a different perspective on the situation than congressional Republicans," said Douglas' deputy chief of staff, Dennise Casey.

Forced to actually govern rather than grandstand on failed ideological tenets, Republican governors are headed to DC to beg for their share of the bailout money. That part may not be so surprising, but that Sarah Palin is among them is pretty hilarious.

It complicates matters for the anti-stimulus ideologues who see starbursts in the presence of Palin.

Then again, Palin had no trouble lying about her support for the Bridge to Nowhere. Nothing will stop her from trying to rewrite history three years from now
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OMG You quote the Daily KOS as a reliable news source. Hint it is a liberal blog site that put this out :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

The Daily Kos blog made a post that is low, even for their standards, this past Saturday, Sarah Palin Is NOT The Mother, where they claim Trig Palin is not Sarah Palin’s child, but her grandchild.

remember what happen to this news post Oldtimer.
Mine came from Time.com at CNN
 
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Are you saying Sarah didn't come down and lobby for her share of the stimulus package :???: ....And the good "fiscal conservative" she is :roll: - she's not going to take her share :???:
 

Sandhusker

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Oldtimer said:
Comical- bringing up Sister Sarah- the home of the "Road to Nowhere" she built just to spend Federal Dollars- and the state that takes in more Federal Pork than any other... :roll:

Did you guys take note that Sister Sarah was in D.C last week (packing the famdamily along at taxpayer expense :roll: ) groveling and clawing- wining and dining- in her attempt to get her share of the Pork... :???:

And she has come out saying the country/Alaska needs a stimulus package- along with most the other Repub Governors....

You're a little inconsistent, OT. Obama spends money and it's called "stimulus" - unless it's spent in Alaska and then it's "pork"?

Just for clarification, would you libs please explain when "stimulus" becomes "spending" and when "spending" becomes "pork"? It seems to me that your use of those words depends solely on who's idea it is to write the check and no other reason.
 
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