The Morning Report — 6//18/24

Good Morning Kids. This story just underscores the abject failure of Democrats and Leftism on so many levels:

A Secret Service agent was reportedly robbed at gunpoint in Tustin, California, while off-duty during President Joe Biden’s campaign stop with former President Barack Obama and some celebrities. CBS News reported that the off-duty agent’s bag was stolen “Saturday night at about 9:30 p.m.” The agent was able to draw his own gun and fire at the alleged robber, but it is unknown if the suspect was hit. The alleged robber managed to escape. . .

California has more gun control than any state in the Union. Those controls include universal background checks, a red flag law, a ten-day waiting period on gun purchases, firearm registration requirements, an “assault weapons” ban, a ban on carrying concealed for self-defense on college campuses, a ban on teachers being armed in K-12 schools for self-defense, a limit on the number of guns law-abiding citizens can buy in a given month, and controls on ammunition as well.
Despite these gun controls, California led the nation in “active shooter incidents” in 2021.

On top of the epic failure that is gun control to supposedly control crimes and violence, we have a wide open border where criminality on every level is flooding in on top of the intentional decriminalization of crime itself via with the defund the police and decarceration movements.
No wonder, the remaining normal relatively sane Californians are fleeing in droves.

Can any of us truly escape the nightmare we find ourselves in.

The petrodollar agreement with Saudi Arabia began in 1974, two years into Joe Biden’s first term as a United States senator. It ended this week, a half-century later, during Biden’s first term as [spurious]U.S. president.

Among all the news stories that matter, few rank higher than this. It’s bigger than President Trump and Hunter Biden’s convictions, bigger than jobs reports and inflation numbers, and perhaps even bigger than the southern border crisis. The end of the petrodollar is the end of the United States as the world’s lone superpower.

Until last week, the petrodollar was America’s dominance of the global economy. It solidified the oil industry as a thoroughly American industry in which other nations merely partook. In the way Henry Ford didn’t invent the car but rather invented the automobile industry, which brought cars to the masses, American titans like Charles Pratt and Henry Flagler and the great John D. Rockefeller didn’t invent oil refining. They invented the oil industry, which brought petrochemical products to the masses. The oil industry is American, and as much as it exists around the world in places like Venezuela and the Middle East, it is because Americans led the way.

Oil, as a global commodity, is American, thoroughly utterly American, and as such is traded globally in U.S. dollars, as it should be. Until now.
Here’s an analogy to understand the currency of oil trades: You are on vacation in a foreign country and want to purchase something. The seller tells you in English, because everyone seems to speak English, it costs NNN pesos, euro, Canadian, etc. But if you have $20 cash, it’s a deal. It saves you a monetary conversion. It is even a better deal. It is a win for you and for the seller. In a small way, it is a “win” for America as the American dollar replaces the local currency. In that tiny, $20 transaction, buying a trinket for mom from a street vendor, America won. . .

. . . Biden wants to forgo the oil industry and replace it with the Chinese green industry for something climate change existential crisis … as he himself would say “you know, the thing.” It is only a matter of time until America is hooked on Chinese green the way Americans are poisoned by Chinese fentanyl, and then China asks us to convert our currency to theirs for ongoing purchases. As America built the Saudi and Russian oil industries, we are now building the Chinese green industry.

This from the same people who will tell us “America First” is a form of hate speech.

Meanwhile, Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants is all set to completely drain our Strategic Petroleum Reserve to artificially keep gas prices from spiking right before the election.

“The Biden-Harris Administration is laser-focused on lowering prices at the pump for American families, especially as drivers hit the road for summer driving season,” Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said in May. The government spending money to buy oil and then release it (while blocking domestic drilling) isn’t actually saving American families money. It’s a bait and switch. And here comes the big one. President Joe Biden is prepared to release more oil from the country’s strategic reserves if gas prices increase during the summer. “We will do everything we can to make sure that the market is supplied well enough to ensure as low [a] price as possible for American consumers,” Special Presidential Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security Amos Hochstein told the Financial Times. “I think that we have enough in the SPR if it’s necessary.”

It's all for our own good, lest Orange Man Bad who is being turned into Orange Mandela day by day, return to attempt to halt the insanity, if only for a short while:

From friend of the blog and dear friend Michael Walsh:

So, having unhorsed Trump in 2020 but now at least temporarily stuck with a senile old man who was once Barack Obama's vice president and who continues to be his flunky, and are constrained by reality from replacing him with Kamala Harris, they have to start battlefield prep on other fronts.
The ever-helpful Times has been waging a years-long attack on the John Roberts Court, and specifically on Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, and just published a story about how -- amazingly -- the Court is losing respect among the American public, written by the stealth-partisan Linda Greenhouse, who covered the Court for the paper for many years and now teaches at Yale Law School. True, the public observance of "Pride Month" has been noticeably quieter this year as corporations tiptoe past the head of a Bud Light transvestite up on a pike, but there are still Nazis to fight, exotic sexual practices to celebrate, a "racial reckoning" still to come, and Gaza fighters, murderers, and rapists to extol.
At his concession speak after losing the nomination to incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter at the 1980 convention, Ted Kennedy concluded: "the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die." In their house, they believe their own version of the shahada: From the river to the sea, black lives matter, trans rights are human rights, beware of the bird flu, Trump must be stopped, and Mississippi is still burning.

On a personal note, I cannot express my profound gratitude for all the love and support in the comments you have shown me. Starting next week chemo and radiation. Oh joy.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Michael Walsh: As they say, history is written by the winners. Now, however, the Times let the word go forth, from this time and place: even if they can't stop Trump from winning in a campaign against a corrupt, barely articulate, superannuated, semi-ambulatory rutabaga named Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., the Left is fully prepared to obstruct his second administration by -- to use their favorite expression, "any means necessary."
  Battle Stations, Everyone
  
• The Supreme Court’s anticipated overturning or limiting of the Chevron doctrine will enhance regulatory certainty—without harming public health.
  Pushing Back on Deference
  
• The most prolific source of error today is the confusion of moral judgments with irrefutable truth.This confusion is wholly intentional: It’s the ultimate weapon in the war between frameworks of understanding. At every step, terms like “racist,” “fascist” and “colonizer” explode around us, inflicting their fair share of casualties. The terms are meant as statements of fact and are usually taken as such.
  How society survives the world after the Truth is set on fire

ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND BIDEN
• The move comes after Benny Gantz, a centrist and rival of the PM, left the coalition.
  Israeli PM Netanyahu dissolves his war cabinet: report
  
• "Normalization, shmormalization, Israelis don't care about this," Brig. Gen. (Res.) Jacob Nagel, a former head of Israel's National Security Council, told the Free Beacon. "In their top 10 list of concerns, it's No. 11."
  Israelis Couldn't Care Less About Saudi Normalization If It Means Hamas Endures
  
• Ouch: “They made a decision, the decision was a tough one, and we usually hang together. Honestly, when she was Speaker, we hung with her, and I was hoping she would do the same.”
  Malig-Nancy Pelosi Ticks Off Democrats After Disagreeing With Leadership Over Netanyahu Invite
  
• IDF allows ‘tactical pauses’ to boost aid supply as Hamas uses Gazans as human shields.
  Video: Hamas in Civilian Clothes Fire Rockets in Humanitarian Zone Day ending in Y - jjs
  
• In no wars other than those involving Israel does the world impose a standard of civilian-death 'proportionality.'
  Israel and "Proportionality'
  
• Dennis Prager: "Morally speaking, it would be difficult to name a less impressive people than the Palestinians over the past century. For those who do not understand that a generalization means, by definition, that there are exceptions, I should note that there are and have always been noble Palestinian individuals. But the cumulative Palestinian record of evil over the last century has few peers."
  Germans -- Even During the Hitler Era -- Were a Better People Than the "Palestinians"
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• And that’s what these Democrats stand for. Any Democrat who doesn’t puke at these facts simply tells us that deep down, they are in favor of Hamas, the murder of Jews, and a new Kristallnacht, but this time in America rather in Nazi Germany.
  Just remember: These obnoxious disturbers of the peace are all Democrats
  
• Left-wing group's staffers defended Hamas, disrupted NYC traffic
  Liz Warren Leans on Watchdog Group Filled With Anti-Israel Marxists To Garner Support for Private Equity Crackdown

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• “This war is not about @Israel or Gaza. It is about the survival of Western Civilization, capitalism, and democracy.”
  Chicago: Muslim Student Association Speaker Claims “America is the Cancer … Islam Is the Answer”

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• Rabbis also take issue with Schumer’s comments attacking Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
  Rabbis Press Dem Leader Schemer To Pass Bills To Combat Anti-Semitism

  "BIDEN BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• The American Self-Guided Tour Channel is a Chinese-language group with over 8,000 members on the encrypted instant messaging platform Telegram that serves as both a forum for discussing Chinese illegal immigration and a hub for documents detailing specific routes to the U.S., a DCNF review of the channel found.
  EXCLUSIVE: Chinese ‘Cyber Police’ Agent Runs Online Network Helping Illegal Immigrants Flood Into US
  
• We are at risk of becoming a failed state, open to terrorism, sabotage, and other acts against us.
  Biden’s Border Crisis Comes Home to Roost

  
  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS & DEMENTIA WATCH

• “The Third Circuit [appeals court], however, did not then and has not yet issued its mandate as to the orders dismissing either appeal,” Abbe Lowell, the attorney for Hunter wrote in the filing, according to the New York Post. “Thus, when this Court empaneled the jury on June 3, 2024 and proceeded to trial, it was without jurisdiction to do so.”
  Hunter Biden’s Attorneys File Motion for ‘New Trial on All Counts,’ Then Withdraw Request
  
• The media takes an ineffectual stab at portraying Biden as a victim of Russian ‘cheap fakes.’
  Is Biden’s Dementia Just Russian Disinformation?

  SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• During his Manhattan trial, Trump often read aloud remarks against his prosecution made by lawyers and media pundits outside the courtroom in avoidance of violating his gag order. Leadership from the CBA railed against “unsubstantiated and reckless” defenses of Trump by lawyers, saying in the statement that “such statements can promote acts of violence against those serving the public as employees of the judicial branch.”
  Connecticut Bar Association Issues Warning To Lawyers Who Speak Out Against Trump’s Prosecution

  
  CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• Daniel Greenfield: "The Biden Justice Department just issued a press release congratulating themselves for locking up a guy who sent violent threats to Rep. Maxine Waters (who has her own history of threatening rhetoric). Meanwhile, Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana claims that the DOJ and the FBI refused to go after a man who made even more explicit threats to him and his family.
  Threatening Rep. Maxine Waters Gets You Prison, Threatening a GOP Congressman is Fine
  
• Far-left Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is inviting the public to submit design ideas for a new state flag. This follows lawmakers’ decision last year to ask voters to decide whether to scrap the traditional flag, which features the state coat of arms on a blue background.Bellows, who previously attempted to ban Donald Trump from running for the Republican presidential nomination in the Pine Tree State, announced the contest on Friday. “I invite every Mainer to consider submitting a design for consideration,” she said.
  Yet Another State Mulls Changes to Its Flag.
  
• DAVID HARSANYI: The words are no longer interchangeable.
  Why The Left Hates It When You Point Out We’re ‘A Republic, Not A Democracy’
  
• As the nation grows more diverse, race-based policies like affirmative action are losing luster.
  The Democrats’ Emerging Race Problem

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• CNN issued several controversial presidential debate rules over the weekend that will govern the encounter between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden on June 27.
  XiNN Issues Controversial Presidential Debate Rules
  
• What Post staffers are angry about is the very idea of newsroom reforms. These spoiled and entitled fascists believe they have the RIGHT to continue lying to the public to stop Trump. They also believe owner Jeff Bezos should drop $100 million a year to honor that right.
  NYT, WaPo Team Up to Destroy Incoming WaPo Editor
  
• The subpoena asked for all GEC grant recipients and sub-recipients, and specifically mentioned NewsGuard, the Global Disinformation Index, the Atlantic Council, Park Capital Investment Group, and Poynter Institute, which runs Politifact.
  State Department Subpoenaed Over Use Of Foreign Propaganda Weapon Against Domestic Media

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Daniel Greenfield: "If Biden empties the reserve again, we may not have enough to last a week."
  Biden Ready to Empty US Strategic Oil Reserve to a Week’s Supply to Win Election

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• Maxeon said its proposed New Mexico solar site was dependent on federal funds prior to Chinese takeover
  They Were Set To Receive Federal Green Energy Subsidies. A Chinese Company Took Over. Will They Get the Money Anyway?
  
• Environmentally driven government control doesn't give a hoot about the poor.
  The Green Version of Socialism
  
• While proponents tout the “green” aspects of “natural organic reduction”, others are concerned about the callousness of treating human remains as trash.
  Rhode Island House Approves ‘Human Composting’ Option for ‘Deathcare’

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• Rose Montoya, a transgender TikTok personality whom Joe Biden invited to the White House, faces accusations of sexually assaulting multiple people. Montoya, a biological male who exposed his mock breasts at a White House Pride event, allegedly abused at least five individuals over several years.Jesse Diamond, a biologically female transman, and pornographer known online as TransMuscleBear, recounted her experience with Montoya on social media. Diamond, who was recovering from a transgender mutilation surgery at the time, posted screenshots of an email purportedly sent by Montoya. It contains an apology, stating, “I broke your trust and violated you,” and “I’m sorry I forced myself on you.”
  Biden’s WH Tranny Accused of Rape — Blamed Having a ‘Phallus.’
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "And drug legalization is also driving the border invasion."
  California Legalized Drugs. Cartels Took It Over.
  
• According to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), nine states and various municipalities across the U.S. have undertaken similar actions. The Maryland clemency announcement coincides with Juneteenth, a day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.While an increasing number of American states have moved to legalize marijuana use among adults—and issue clemency for those with prior possession arrests, data has begun to indicate that the move towards legalization might have been overly hasty. In May, Thailand Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin made a surprising about-face on the nation’s approach to marijuana, declaring that the substance would be reclassified as a narcotic by the close of 2024. The move comes as the legalization of marijuana use only worsened the country’s drug crisis.
  175,000+ Weed-Linked Convictions to be Mass Pardoned.
  
• Yes, you read that right, now you may not be allowed to wear one.
  Kathy Hochul is considering a new mask mandate…but this time she’s looking to ban their use
  SECOND AMENDMENT

  
  

• California has more gun control than any state in the Union. Those controls include universal background checks, a red flag law, a ten-day waiting period on gun purchases, firearm registration requirements, an “assault weapons” ban, a ban on carrying concealed for self-defense on college campuses, a ban on teachers being armed in K-12 schools for self-defense, a limit on the number of guns law-abiding citizens can buy in a given month, and controls on ammunition as well.
  Gun Control Fail: Secret Service Agent Robbed at Gunpoint in California

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• One donor, who said she didn’t want her support given to white students, stated, “It’s hard to find ways to help people. This was an exciting way to do that and to honor my father, who faced a lot of discrimination as a Black doctor in Missouri and could tell you how hard it is to go it alone. There’s a part of me that really feels like this is an insult to his legacy, to all the years he gave there.”  Apparently, the only way to help people nowadays is to exclude specific racial or ethnic groups for certain benefits.
  Mizzou Donors Feel ‘Betrayed’ They Can't Discriminate Against White Students Anymore
  
• This is explicit and disturbing sexual grooming of minors, and yet the school district administrators can do little more than avoid eye contact and talk about “moving on” as if showing kids graphic porn were a trivial incident. This is the insanity of the American school system now, and, in a right-minded society, such actions as Trinkle’s would be automatically considered criminal.
  NY Superintendents Knew of Graphic Porn Given 7th Grade Kids

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• The law that allows them to.
  Can Russian and Chinese Agents Legally Vote in Washington, DC?

  
  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• Norcross, who served on the Democratic National Committee, was “the most powerful unelected political official in New Jersey,” according to the New York Times.
  New Jersey AG Charges Dem Powerbroker George Norcross III, Allies In Massive Corruption Scandal

  POLITICS

• Based on recent polls, Biden would have to sweep the Great Lakes battleground states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania to have a chance at winning the election in November. Currently, Trump has a razor-thin lead in the polls in Wisconsin in both the FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics averages. But if there's any truth to what McCain predicts, the polling out of Wisconsin is vastly underestimating Trump's support there, which means that if Trump is actually more comfortably ahead in Wisconsin than polls are reflecting, Joe Biden is in real trouble of losing the election.
  This Could Be The Biggest News of the 2024 Campaign Yet
  
• The crowd at the New York City rally was diverse in the literal sense of the word.
  Trump Visits the Bronx
  
• The event was supposed to assure Democrat donors that Biden was competent enough to stay in the White House for another four years. Instead, several headlines highlighting his feebleness became the major talking points, especially the now-viral incident at the end of the event, where Obama directed Biden off the stage like one would their grandpa, who has lost his grip on reality.
  Obama Got Exactly Want He Wanted With His Biden Investment
  
• And, in a possible bad omen for Biden in 2024’s presidential vote, Red State (52% poor, vs. 30% good) and Swing State (49% poor, 32% good) voters seem to be in tune, while even Blue State voters (42% poor, 36% good) seem at best ambivalent about Biden’s fitness for a second term.
  Nearly Half Of Voters Say Biden Not Mentally Fit For A Second Term: I&I/TIPP Poll
  
• Biden is weak and confused, but holds a burning hatred for the conservatives who might displace him in November.
  Return From American Zombieland

  
  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• Today a compliant media, an ignorant public, and an arrogant ruling class have combined to render the risk of nuclear war higher than it was at any point during the Cold War.
  Stumbling Into Nuclear War
  
• State of the Union: Ukrainian conscription officers will pull men at gunpoint to recruitment centers.
  Ukraine Reliant on ‘Conscription Squads’ as Casualties Mount
  
• The country’s hatred for Russia and its despotic tendencies caused it to squander its enormous resources and become a nation dependent on foreign interests.
  Ukraine’s Suicidal Nationalism

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Every nation has had to convert its currency to the U.S. dollar, making it the de facto global currency. Thanks to Joe Biden, it’s all gone.
  The End Of The Petrodollar Is The End Of America’s Global Dominance
  
• “SIPRI estimates that the country has now assembled around 50 warheads and possesses enough fissile material to reach a total of up to 90 warheads,” the report found, “both significant increases over the estimates for January 2023.”
  Report: North Korea Added 20 Nukes to Its Arsenal in 2023
  
• Reflections on the EU election.
  A New Europe?
  
• The East Asian island nation, which has stringent immigration controls, has seen a significant increase in refugee applications from countries such as Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Ethiopia. The total number of asylum-seekers applying for refuge in Japan reached 13,823 in 2023, representing more than a threefold increase from the prior year’s figures. A majority of the accepted refugees, 237 individuals, hailed from Afghanistan. Despite the rise in total asylum-seekers, the approval rate remained low, at just 2.2 percent.
  Japan Granted Asylum to Just 303 People Last Year, Rejecting 98% of Applicants.

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• I hit U-Haul's website to price the 26-foot truck a family would need to move a three- or four-bedroom house from one city to another. Tech workers leaving the Bay Area often end up in Austin, Texas, so that's the route I priced. U-Haul charges $5,040 for the trip east. But if you're a brave and/or confused soul looking to move from Austin to San Francisco, that same 26-foot truck will set you back just $2,514. People will pay big bucks to leave California because it's worth it.
  The California Exodus May Be Just Beginning

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• State's proposal will have ‘chilling effect on speech,’ top expert warns
  Oregon Doctors Could Soon Lose Their Licenses for ‘Microaggressions’ Under Proposed Medical Board Rule

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• The science team running Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) have now released an image of China’s Chang’e-6 lander on far side of the Moon, taken on June 7, 2024 one week after the spacecraft touched down.
  Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter snaps picture of Chang’e-6 on far side of the Moon
  
• The spectroscopic data from this infrared observation has in fact increased the puzzle of the Crab’s origin.
  Webb produces false color infrared image of the Crab Nebula

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• Intel agents can get their nails painted and listen to a non-binary 'Filipinx' activist discuss 'trans rights' — all during work hours
  EXCLUSIVE: Biden’s Intel Community Is Celebrating Pride Month With Free Trans Flag Manicures, ‘Filipinx’ Lectures
  
• Downing's actions have been criticized by world-renowned author JK Rowling after he wrote on X that he wanted to "beat the f-ck out of some terfs and transphobes."Terf is an acronym for trans-exclusionary radical feminist, a term that is used to disparage women like Rowling who want to safeguard women's-only spaces and do not believe that men who identify as women are truly female.
  'Equalities officer' who wanted to 'beat the f*ck' out of gender critical women convicted of sexual assaulting 6 minors
  
• Bush-appointed U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves sided with Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman’s lawsuit against the United States Department of Education (ED) in blocking the Biden administration’s new Title IX rule in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia, according to the court documents. The new Title IX rule, set to take effect on Aug. 1, 2024, expands protections for LGBT students by preventing discrimination based on “gender identity.”
  Bush-Appointed Judge Blocks Biden’s New Title IX Rule In Six More States
  
• Byon York: "Is this a watershed moment for gender ideology - and the Biden [sham] presidency?"
  Push to Promote Transgender Ideology is Backfiring

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• The Hollywood star known for his roles in The Shawshank Redemption and The Dark Knight trilogy made plain his antipathy in an interview, critically appraising the annual event that takes place every February across the country.
  Morgan Freeman Explains Why He ‘Detests’ Black History Month: ‘My History Is American History’
  
• Clinton apparently was one of the producers of a Shaina Taub musical called “Suffs,” which is about the “1913 women’s movement,” according to the show’s synopsis. Who would have thunk that the Clinton had an artistic side to her?
  Hillary Emerges at 77th Tony Awards in Intricate Muumuu, Stresses ‘How Important it is to Vote’
  
• The left’s anti-family ideology took hold and replicated so strongly that this virus will end up killing its hosts.
  The Left’s Marriage And Family Dilemma Is A Nuclear Self-Own

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