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PopularResistance.Org11 hours ago
Venezuelan Government Envoy Alex Saab Extradited To The United StatesVenezuelan government envoy Alex Saab has been extradited to the United States from Cape Verde, where he had been imprisoned since 2020. The extradition was first reported by local Cape Verde outlets and later confirmed by US officials. The contractor will face trial in Florida where he was charged with money laundering. The Nicolás Maduro government immediately reacted, denouncing the "kidnapping" of Saab by the US government. The post Venezuelan Government Envoy Alex Saab Extradited To The United States appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
PopularResistance.Org11 hours ago
Building Towards Climate Resilience In The CaribbeanIn 2017, Hurricane Maria raged across the Caribbean island of Dominica, leaving 31 people dead with many more still missing to this day. When the hurricane had passed, island residents were left to contend with widespread infrastructural damage and economic instability. Life as Dominicans knew it, would never be the same again. The post Building Towards Climate Resilience In The Caribbean appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
Climate Collections12 hours ago
David Hay Explains “Greenflation”Originally posted on Science Matters: A two part series at Evergreen financial advisers analyses the market effects of the intensified push for “green” energy. Excerpts in italics with my bolds. The two posts are: Green energy: A bubble in unrealistic expectations? David Hay / October 8, 2021 As I have written in past EVAs, it… read more
naked capitalism12 hours ago
Swimming With Sharks in the MaldivesMaldivians are changing their attitudes towards sharks, sparking a tourism boom. Tourists bring plastic, creating a waste disposal problem. read more
PopularResistance.Org12 hours ago
Climate Activists Resume Weeklong Protest At CapitolIndigenous groups and other environmental activists marched to the Capitol Friday as they continued a weeklong protest demanding that Congress and the Biden administration stop new fossil fuel projects and act with greater urgency on climate change. Nearly 80 people were arrested on the fifth day of the “People vs. Fossil Fuels” protest. That brings the total arrested during the week to more than 600, organizers said. The post Climate Activists Resume Weeklong Protest At Capitol appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
PopularResistance.Org12 hours ago
Maryland Naval Installation Pollutes Region By Incinerating MunitionsThe Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (Indian Head) has conducted open burning/open detonation (OB/OD) of military flares that contain up to 45% of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), according to a report by Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger, (CSWAB). Indian Head has conducted OB/OD for decades without a hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) permit. EPA officials confirm there are no enforceable permit conditions restricting the amount or type of munitions treated by OB/OD, including flares. The post Maryland Naval Installation Pollu... read more
PopularResistance.Org12 hours ago
Washington Demands Acquiescence In AfghanistanWar and conflict rarely benefit the lives of ordinary people. Indeed, the very nature of war is destructive. In the case of Afghanistan, once the US war and occupation ended, any delusive stability or vitality in the nation’s economy collapsed too. The post Washington Demands Acquiescence In Afghanistan appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
Climate Collections12 hours ago
Drought Alarmism – Ignorance Or Deliberate Deception?Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Dr. John Happs ~ “The reality is that climate is a hugely variable and hopelessly complicated thing, that it is actually meaningless to attempt to identify anthropogenic climate change through climate events like floods or droughts.” – (Professor Stewart Franks) https://ipa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/archive/Franks_article.pdf Contrary to available evidence, a number… read more
PopularResistance.Org12 hours ago
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee Prepares For DemonstrationsAs 2021 comes to a close, the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee is collaborating closely with Jailhouse Lawyers Speak as they organize collective actions inside prisons and jails from August 21 to September 9, 2022. These actions will include labor strikes, work equipment sabotage, sit-ins, boycotts and hunger strikes. The campaign, called “Shut ‘Em Down 2022,” plans to focus on locally organized actions driven by incarcerated people to meet their abilities and the demands of their specific facilities. IWOC is a committee of the Industrial Workers of the World. “When you’r... read more
Mining Awareness +13 hours ago
Appeals Court Fast Tracks Maine Health Care Workers Vaccine Mandate Case“Appeals Court Fast Tracks Maine Health Care Workers Case Oct 15, 2021 BOSTON, MA – Yesterday, Liberty Counsel filed an … Continue reading → read more
Mining Awareness +13 hours ago
NY Health Care Workers’ Vaccine Mandate Hearing on Tuesday Oct. 19“NY Health Care Workers’ Hearing Next Week Oct 13, 2021 ALBANY, NY – Liberty Counsel filed the reply brief in … Continue reading → read more
Mining Awareness +14 hours ago
US House Republicans Demand Documents Over Biden’s Rushed and Illegal Vaccine Mandate“Press Release Published: Oct 15, 2021 House Republicans Demand Documents Over Biden’s Rushed and Probably Illegal Vaccine Mandate Express concerns … Continue reading → read more
A Different Perspective11 hours ago
Where is the UAP Update?I seem to remember, back in June, upon the release of the UAP report that told us nothing really, that there would be a follow up in 90 days. That meant we should have heard something around September 25, but I don’t remember seeing anything about it. The date seems to have come and gone without any sort of follow up. Instead, we are told that Arizona democrat and Iraq War veteran (oh, who isn’t?) Representative Ruben Gallego, had introduced and pushed legislation that would require a permanent office working under the Secretary of Defense to, I want to say, “investigate,” but ... read more
Organizing Notes11 hours ago
More from an extraordinary Indian studentOn October 7 Global Network board member Dr. Aruna Kammila organized a space week webinar for students and faculty at the law school where she teaches at Galgotias University near New Delhi - as well as students from around India. Several leaders from the GN spoke during the event. I previously briefly mentioned here that after this webinar (which was attended by 103 people) one of the students contacted me and said she wanted to know more and do her school project on the space issue. So I made some suggestions including checking out the monthly Global Network space videos m... read more
Small Dead Animals11 hours ago
Coal is Back on The MenuZerohedge- US Coal “Roars Back” Under Biden U.S. power plants are on course to burn 23% more coal this year, the first increase since 2013, despite President Biden’s ambitious plan for a national grid to run on 100% clean energy by 2035. A global energy crunch is rippling through the world amid a huge rebound… Continue reading → read more
21st Century Wire12 hours ago
Episode #391 – ‘More Bread and Circuses’ with Patrick Henningsen and Basil Valentine*SUNDAY WIRE* | Strap yourselves in and lower the blast shield – this is your brave new world… read more
Science Matters12 hours ago
David Hay Explains “Greenflation”A two part series at Evergreen financial advisers analyses the market effects of the intensified push for “green” energy. Excerpts in italics with my bolds. The two posts are: Green energy: A bubble in unrealistic expectations? David Hay / October 8, 2021 As I have written in past EVAs, it amazes me how little of […] read more
Small Dead Animals13 hours ago
The Children Are Our FutureFrom the replies: We are in Ontario. Our school board has a policy that gr 11 English class is now taught thru the lens of indigenous culture. English class. No grammar. No Shakespeare. All the reading was indigenous stories. One essay project was “sports mascots are racist. Tell me why”, etc read more
Turcopolier13 hours ago
Better than sharks with frickin laser beams – TTGChina’s new hypersonic missile demonstrated an advanced space capability that caught US intelligence by surprise, report says Alia Shoaib, Sunday, October 17, 2021, 7:39 AM In August, China tested a hypersonic missile that orbited the Earth before speeding towards its … Continue reading → read more
From the Trenches World Report13 hours ago
National security laws may suggest that COVID-19 is a falsified pandemic ‘exercise’LifeSiteNews – by Robert L. Kinney III One of the approaches used to determine whether COVID-19 may be a falsified pandemic is to observe the... The post National security laws may suggest that COVID-19 is a falsified pandemic ‘exercise’ appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
Small Dead Animals13 hours ago
“Transitory”Philip Cross: Welcome to our new economy of shortages, comrades Since the pandemic began, governments have focused almost exclusively on boosting aggregate demand — in the belief that understandably cautious spenders were the main threat to economic growth. But it is becoming increasingly clear that the pandemic’s more enduring impact is disruption of supply. The… Continue reading → read more
From the Trenches World Report13 hours ago
Amazon Caught Throwing Away Tons of Unexpired Food as US Faces Unprecedented Food InsecurityFree Thought Project – by Matt Agorist Food insecurity in the Land of the Free is at a historical high. Thanks to the fed printing... The post Amazon Caught Throwing Away Tons of Unexpired Food as US Faces Unprecedented Food Insecurity appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
From the Trenches World Report13 hours ago
Chicago Time Bomb: Anarchy Looming as FOP Resists Vax Mandate?Ammoland – by Dave Workman U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- With nearly 640 people having been murdered so far this year in Chicago, and a showdown unfolding between Mayor Lori... The post Chicago Time Bomb: Anarchy Looming as FOP Resists Vax Mandate? appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
The Duran13 hours ago
Kwarteng v Sunak, the fight for the future of UK Conservative PartyKwarteng v Sunak, the fight for the future of UK Conservative Party The Duran: Episode 1115 Sunak v Kwarteng row lays bare tensions at top of UK government Sunak v Kwarteng row lays bare tensions at top of UK government Rishi Sunak’s frustration with Kwasi Kwarteng may only have burst into the open on Sunday […] read more
Small Dead Animals13 hours ago
La PalmaYesterday's Enormous Lava Outflow at the Main Cone#LaPalma #CumbreVieja #CanaryIslands #Canarias #GranCanaria #LaPalmavolcan #volcanCumbreVieja #España #Spain #volcano #volcan #lava #Canaries #LasPalmas #ErupcionenLaPalma #ErupcionLaPalma #Erupcion pic.twitter.com/FGieVvAVNa — NaqNab🐦 (@NaqNab) October 16, 2021 A new mouth formed on the volcano yesterday. Check out the thread. read more
Real Climate Science13 hours ago
The US PandemicOne year ago the New York Times bashed Sweden for not implementing tyranny. Opinion | What Fans of ‘Herd Immunity’ Don’t Tell You – The New York Times Experts predicted 100,000 COVID-19 deaths in Sweden by June of last year. … Continue reading → read more
Small Dead Animals13 hours ago
Fall Of CivilizationsI can’t begin to describe how good this channel is. The latest installment dropped a few hours ago. In this episode, find out about one of the most remarkable ancient civilizations: the society known today as the neo-Assyrian Empire. Discover how the Assyrians built their empire out of the ashes of the Bronze Age, and… Continue reading → read more
The Duran13 hours ago
Debunking Anti-Chinese Psy Ops: Social Credit as Distasteful Necessity in an Age of Asymmetric WarfareOriginally published by the Strategic Culture Foundation Ever since COVID-19 made a crazy world even crazier, many good people have become absorbed into anti-Chinese hysterics all across the Five Eyes-managed parts of the rules-based liberal west. Every day, new accusations that China is running spy rings, honey pots, Trump’s overthrow, and even the Great Reset […] read more
Lawfare13 hours ago
Why Right-Wing Extremists Love the UnabomberTed Kaczynski's off-grid cabin near Lincoln, Montana, is cordoned off by the FBI after his arrest in April 1996. Photo credit: FBI/Public Domain Editor’s Note: *Ted Kacyznski, the Unabomber, is having a revival. Although Kacyznski was known for his opposition to modern technology, Georgetown’s Kiernan Christ finds that the far right is claiming him as one of their own and that his reemergence shows how labels like “right wing” and “left wing” are often misleading and ignore how different extremes intermingle.* *Daniel Byman* *** “The Industrial Revolution and its consequences hav... read more
Science Matters14 hours ago
Nebraska AG Frees Doctors and Patients to Use HCQ and IVMJim Hoft reports at Gateway Pundit Nebraska AG Issues Opinion on Doctors Prescribing HCQ and Ivermectin for COVID Treatment Will Not Face Punishment. Excerpts in italics with my bolds. The Office of the Attorney General in Nebraska issued an opinion Friday in response to the request of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services […] read more
Socio-Economics History Blog14 hours ago
PANIC IN ITALY As Ports Closed By Workers! Jab Mandates REJECTED By Millions! MASSIVE Protests!musingsofanoldfart15 hours ago
More Sunday soliloquysI hope your weekends are going fabulously. For our Australian, Filipino, New Zealand et al friends, I hope yours was grand. Here are a few mix and match comments, around a theme of needed history lessons. Speaking of that part … Continue reading → read more
War News Updates4 hours ago
Editor's NoteThe GF's daughters are taking me out for Sunday Brunch. Blogging will return when I come back. *Update 17:10 EST*: Just got back home. These young ladies spoiled me for the entire day. Blogging will resume within the hour. read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 29 hours ago
"How It Really Is"Maybe... read more
Snopes.com13 hours ago
Online Gambling Company Offers a Gig Watching ‘Simpsons’ EpisodesHowever, the odds are not in your favor. read more
The Itihasa & The Darshana13 hours ago
The East Versus The West“New Guineans… impressed me as being on the average more intelligent, more alert, more expressive, and more interested in things and people around them than the average European or American is. At some tasks that one might reasonably suppose to reflect aspects of brain function, such as the ability to form a mental map of unfamiliar surroundings, they appear considerably more adept than Westerners.” ~ Jared Diamond in *Guns, Germs & Steel* Jared Diamond is not arguing for the genetic inferiority of the Western brain. His argument is that the quality of the human brain is not related... read more
From the Trenches World Report13 hours ago
The Movie That Accidentally Killed Almost Half Of Its CastLooper Jun 14, 2019 The story of the 1956 film The Conqueror is among the most shameful in the history of Hollywood. The big-budget would-be... The post The Movie That Accidentally Killed Almost Half Of Its Cast appeared first on From the Trenches World Report. read more
PopularResistance.Org13 hours ago
Make Gig Work Decent WorkThis past summer, Doug Ford’s Conservative government set up an advisory panel to look at the “future of work.” The Ontario Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee was like the proverbial “if you blinked your eyes, you missed it.” It ran for less than seven weeks, in the height of a COVID summer, with a single website to explain what it was doing, and only one way to participate. The post Make Gig Work Decent Work appeared first on PopularResistance.Org. read more
PopularResistance.Org13 hours ago
Brazil: GM Workers Reject Contract, Continue Strike In Defiance Of UnionThe readiness of workers to continue their struggle for jobs and decent wages is an expression of the growing resistance of the working class in Brazil and worldwide to the assault on their living conditions and the ruling class’s demand for a new “normal” of mass COVID-19 infections. Recently, strikes in defense of living conditions were also conducted by Jurong shipyard workers in Espírito Santo, metalworkers in Paraná, app delivery workers throughout Brazil, and yesterday by teachers and municipal employees in São Paulo. Since the beginning of the year, the living conditions of... read more
PopularResistance.Org13 hours ago
Union Victory For NOLA City Workers As Council Ratifies $15 Minimum WageBecause of sky-rocketing inflation, $15 dollars doesn’t go as far as it did even a few months ago. Nevertheless, the raise is a major victory for the working-class movement here, and will be welcomed by city workers struggling to make ends meet. As reported in Struggle-La Lucha back in July, the council was forced to move forward when the firefighters’ union and allies marched into the chambers on July 1, right in the middle of a session. When put on the spot, the council members voted unanimously that they would find the money for a raise. Now it’s official. The post Union Victor... read more
PopularResistance.Org13 hours ago
‘Dozens’ Of Oregon Cops Have Paid Dues To The Oath Keepers Militia GroupMore than two dozen members of the police and military in Oregon have at one point been members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right anti-government militia group, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported Friday. According to the leaked data obtained by Distributed Denial of Secrets, a non-profit whistleblower organization that shares leaked information with journalists and researchers, Oregon police signed up to join the group as early as 2009. The data includes members’ names, the date they joined Oath Keepers and contact information for anyone who paid dues to the group, which is compri... read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 213 hours ago
"I'm Sure...""I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here." - Arthur C. Clarke read more
The Rio Times13 hours ago
Brazil has 35.9% of young people who neither study nor work -OECDRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Lack of opportunities, high unemployment, and school dropout rates make Brazil only behind South Africa the runner-up among the countries with the highest proportion of young people who neither study nor work. In 2020, there were 35.9% of young Brazilians aged 18 to 24 in this situation. Next in line […] The post Brazil has 35.9% of young people who neither study nor work -OECD appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 213 hours ago
"It’s Time For All Good Men to Stop Fearing John Galt"*"It’s Time For All Good Men to Stop Fearing John Galt"* by Tom Luongo “Who is John Galt? Ayn Rand, "Atlas Shrugged" "There comes a point in every person’s life when they have to reckon with the person in the mirror. Who am I? What do I want? Where am I going? Since the beginning of the COVID-9/11 story I’ve watched it break so many people who couldn’t answer these basic questions. The fear of the virus uncovered a lot about all of us. For many, unfortunately, it provoked their inner tyrant. Last year, during the height of the COVID insanity after publicly hanging up on an unhinge... read more
The Free Thought Project13 hours ago
Cop Finds SD Card in Dept Locker Room Belonging to Officer Who Was Secretly Recording Child Undress[image: hidden camera cop sd card]A cop has been sentenced to ten years after a fellow cop found an SD card on the department's locker room floor with utterly disturbing images on it. read more
Halifax Examiner14 hours ago
White lawyer Nash Brogan and Black lawyer Lyle Howe are each charged with professional misconduct, but the Barristers Society is treating Nash with kid gloves while throwing the book at HoweThe allegations against “Sydney’s senior lawyer,” 71-year-old Nash Terrance Brogan, seem, on the face of them, serious matters. According to a bill of particulars filed against him in August by the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society under the general banner of “professional misconduct and professional incompetence,” Brogan had, over the course of a more than two-year […] read more
Northern Reflections14 hours ago
Rebuilding The Conservative PartyTip O'Neil famously proclaimed that "all politics is local." But in Canada, Robin Sears writes, all three of the national parties are top-down organizations. They're dead at the local level. This presents particular problems for the Conservatives: Each of the three national political parties is a hollow shell at the local level in many parts of Canada. Each party has ridings where the flag is kept flying by a handful of — usually — aging activists. This exposes them to takeover by determined outside groups. No one is more vulnerable to this threat than Canadian conservatives. They... read more
Organizing Notes14 hours ago
Sunday songCaitlin Johnstone14 hours ago
The US Has Placed Itself In Charge Over Which Nations Get To EatListen to a reading of this article: ❖ The globally influential propaganda multiplier news agencies AP and AFP have both informed their readers that a “fugitive” has been extradited to the United States. “Fugitive businessman close to Venezuela’s Maduro extradited to US,” reads the AFP headline. “Alex Saab, […] read more
Turcopolier14 hours ago
Who is running the White House?“Judge Jeanine Pirro questioned who was really in charge of the White House Saturday on “Justice with Judge Jeanine.” JUDGE JEANINE: In case you didn’t know it, Joe Biden is the president of the United States in name only. Someone else is running … Continue reading → read more
null14 hours ago
Confessions of a Broken Sparrow: What I Got Right and Where I Erred about My Tsunami “Prediction”Two weeks before the September 18th J6 protest, the Department of Homeland Security issued a terror alert that warned of a potential domestic terror attack The post Confessions of a Broken Sparrow: What I Got Right and Where I Erred about My Tsunami “Prediction” appeared first on . read more
Modern Tokyo Times15 hours ago
Japan politics: Komeito opposes LDP focus on increased military spendingJapan politics: Komeito opposes LDP focus on increased military spending Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The general election of the Lower House will take place in Japan on October 31. However, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), under Fumio Kishida, is upsetting the junior Komeito Party that is part of the […] The post Japan politics: Komeito opposes LDP focus on increased military spending first appeared on Modern Tokyo Times. read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 214 hours ago
"The Monstrous Thing...""The monstrous thing is not that men have created roses out of this dung heap, but that, for some reason or other, they should want roses. For some reason or other man looks for the miracle, and to accomplish it he will wade through blood. He will debauch himself with ideas, he will reduce himself to a shadow if for only one second of his life he can close his eyes to the hideousness of reality. Everything is endured - disgrace, humiliation, poverty, war, crime, ennui - in the belief that overnight something will occur, a miracle, which will render life tolerable. And all the while... read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 214 hours ago
"Only Human...""A person who is going to commit an inhuman act invariably excuses himself to himself by saying, 'I'm only human, after all.'" - Sydney J. Harris Only human... compared to what? ○ "Whenever I hear someone sigh and say life is so hard I'm always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?'" - Sydney J. Harris ○ Full screen recommended. Billy Joel, "You're Only Human" read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 214 hours ago
"Truth...""If Truth is taken away from us, then Right and Wrong are taken from us as well. If we don't know Right and Wrong, then we can't, we won't control ourselves, but will look to someone else to bring order through brute force and raw power. We will be controlled by a tyrant, and we will no longer be free." - Frank Perettio read more
The Free Thought Project14 hours ago
Amazon Caught Throwing Away Tons of Unexpired Food as US Faces Unprecedented Food Insecurity[image: amazon]A source inside an Amazon warehouse revealed a disturbing practice of destroying good food as Americans face a food scarcity crisis. read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 214 hours ago
"Internet Sacred Text Archive"*“About Sacred-Texts”* “All ancient books which have once been called sacred by man, will have their lasting place in the history of mankind, and those who possess the courage, the perseverance, and the self-denial of the true miner, and of the true scholar, will find even in the darkest and dustiest shafts what they are seeking for, - real nuggets of thought, and precious jewels of faith and hope.” - Max Müller, "Introduction to the Upanishads" Vol. II. “This site is a freely available archive of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends and folklore, and occult and esot... read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 215 hours ago
“The Web Gallery of Art”*“The Web Gallery of Art”* “The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism and Realism periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 51,400 reproductions. It was started in 1996 as a topical site of the Renaissance art, originated in the Italian city-states of the 14th century and spread to other countries in the 15th and 16th centuries. Intending to present Renaissance art as comprehensively as possible, the scope of the collection was later extended to show its ... read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 215 hours ago
"Luminarium"“I have undertaken a labor, a labor out of love for the world, and to comfort noble hearts: those that I hold dear, and the world to which my heart goes out. Not the common world do I mean, of those who (as I have heard) cannot bear grief and desire but to bathe in bliss. (May God then let them dwell in bliss!) Their world and manner of life my tale does not regard: it's life and mine lie apart. Another world do I hold in mind, which bears together in one heart its bitter sweetness and its dear grief, its heart's delight and its pain of longing, dear life and sorrowful death, dear ... read more
The Rio Times15 hours ago
Covid-19: 29 scientific studies from around the world show natural immunity provides effective protection against infectionRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Since the start of the March 2020 lockdowns for SARS-CoV-2 virus, the issue of natural immunity (also called post-infection immunity) has been neglected. Once the vaccine became widely available, the initial silence turned into an almost complete blackout of the issue. Even now, there is no open discussion, presumably in […] The post Covid-19: 29 scientific studies from around the world show natural immunity provides effective protection against infection appeared first on The Rio Times. read more
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly 215 hours ago
The Poet: James Broughton, "Having Come This Far"*"Having Come This Far"* "I've been through what my through was to be, I did what I could and couldn't. I was never sure how I would get there. I nourished an ardor for thresholds, for stepping stones and for ladders, I discovered detour and ditch. I swam in the high tides of greed, I built sandcastles to house my dreams. I survived the sunburns of love. No longer do I hunt for targets. I've climbed all the summits I need to, and I've eaten my share of lotus. Now I give praise and thanks for what could not be avoided, and for every foolhardy choice. I cherish my wounds and their cures, a... read more
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