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t r u t h o u t | 11.28
Fueled by War on Drugs, Mexican Death Toll Could Exceed 120,000 as Calderon=
Ends Six-Year Reign
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13001-calderon-reign-ends-with-six-year-mexi=
can-death-toll-near-120000
Mark Karlin, Truthout: In the first part of this year, Truthout posted a se=
ries of ten articles that dispelled the myths surrounding the failed US/Mex=
ico war on drugs. As a follow-up, this article details newly-released stati=
stics that indicate the predicted death toll from the alleged war-turned-bl=
oodbath will likely far exceed past estimates.
Interview With Hostess Worker: "I'm Better Off Fighting to Keep Wonder Brea=
d in a Union"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13012-interview-with-hostess-worker-im-bette=
r-off-fighting-to-keep-wonder-bread-in-a-union
Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: What has been conspicuously missing in the Hostes=
s saga is the voice of the people on the shop floor. Truthout interviewed M=
ike Hummel on his time at Hostess, and why he supported the strike.
Santa Claus Faces the Democratic Firing Squad? =20
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13023-santa-claus-faces-the-democratic-fi=
ring-squad=20
Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: Americans have handed Democrat=
s electoral victories through the decades because they want the sort of Ame=
rica that the Democratic Santa Claus offers: a "we" society that allows for=
a strong middle class and basic protections from old age, sickness and une=
mployment.
Jim Hightower | A Death in the Family - and the Question Is: Whodunit?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13013-a-death-in-the-family-and-the-quest=
ion-is-whodunit
Jim Hightower, Truthout: Like a character in a bad Agatha Christie whodunit=
, the private equity outfit that had taken over Hostess - the one so insist=
ently pointing the finger of blame at others - turns out to be the one who =
killed the Twinkie. Along with the livelihoods of 18,500 workers.
Anthology for Change: Howard Zinn's Impassioned Progressive Speeches Span F=
our Decades
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12992-anthology-for-change-howard-zinns-i=
mpassioned-progressive-speeches-span-four-decades=20
Mark Karlin, Truthout: Edited by Anthony Arnove, a new release from Haymark=
et Books offers the first collection of Howard Zinn's inspiring, fearless s=
peeches over the course of more than 40 years. Zinn is best known for refra=
ming American history from a progressive perspective.
Breaking Private Manning =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13010-breaking-private-manning
Michael Ratner, Counterpunch: Bradley Manning is being punished - and tortu=
red - for a crime that amounts to believing one's highest duty is to the Am=
erican people and not the American government.
How Ideology Seduces Us - and How We Can (Try to) Escape It
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12972-the-perverts-guide-to-ideology-how-=
ideology-seduces-us-and-how-we-can-try-to-escape-it =20
Yosef Brody, Truthout: In the first of a series from the Copenhagen Film Fe=
stival, Yosef Brody reviews Sophie Fiennes' new movie, which demonstrates h=
ow "the hidden universal framework of ideology must be unmasked in order fo=
r liberating political change to be given a chance."
CEOs Try to Shred the Safety Net While Pigging Out on Corporate Welfare =
=20
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13000-nine-ceos-trying-to-shred-the-safety-n=
et-while-pigging-out-on-corporate-welfare=20
Lynn Parramore, AlterNet: These CEOs were bailed out by the American taxpay=
er after a Wall Street-driven financial crash.To show their appreciation, t=
hey have joined forces to promote economically disastrous and socially irre=
sponsible austerity policies.
America's Future: War and Peace in the 21st Century=20
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12980-americas-future-war-and-peace-in-th=
e-21st-century =20
Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Truthout: Despite the political rhetoric, America=
is not defined by its division into red and blue states, but by its addict=
ion to imperialism, exceptionalism and a military budget that positions it =
as The United States of War.
Outlawing Nuclear Weapons: Time for a New International Treaty? =
=20
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13020-outlawing-nuclear-weapons-time-for-=
a-new-international-treaty=20
David Krieger, Truthout: The question is not whether we need a new internat=
ional treaty. We do. The question is: How do we achieve the political will =
among the nuclear weapons states to begin negotiations for a new internatio=
nal treaty to outlaw and eliminate all nuclear weapons?
On the News With Thom Hartmann: "Stand Your Ground" Gun Law Strikes Again i=
n Florida, and More =20
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13021-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-stand-y=
our-ground-gun-law-strikes-again-in-florida-and-more
In today's On the News segment: "Stand your ground" struck again in Florida=
this past weekend, as 17-year-old Jordan Russell Davis was shot and killed=
for yelling back at 45-year-old Michael David Dunn; 71 CEOs have joined to=
gether as part of a "Fix the Debt" coalition to call for cuts to social saf=
ety net programs, instead of higher taxes on rich people like themselves; a=
n audit of the Kabul Bank in Afghanistan finds rampant fraud and crony capi=
talism; and more.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
John Kerry's Senate Seat May Be the Real Target of the GOP Benghazi Suicide=
Squad
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17660-john-kerry-s-senate-se=
at-may-be-the-real-target-of-the-gop-benghazi-suicide-squad
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Speculation is rampant on why three GOP=
senators are conducting an utterly disproportionate attack on Susan Rice. =
Could it be that their real goal is winning a senate seat for the GOP?
Not a Single Woman Will Lead Any of the Major House Committees in the 113th=
Congress
Read the Article at Politico
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/84293.html#ixzz2DWkFLCYH
UN Readies for Protests on Eve of Secret Internet Regulation Treaty
Read the Article at ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/u-n-readies-for-protests-on-eve-of-secret-internet-reg=
ulation-treaty-7000007962/
Matt Taibbi: Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan Apparently Can't Remember A=
nything
Read the Article at Rolling Stone
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/no-evidence-he-was-ston=
ed-but-bank-of-america-ceo-brian-moynihan-apparently-doesn-t-remember-much-=
of-the-last-four-years-20121127
Heartbeat Bill and Defunding of Planned Parenthood Look Dead in Ohio Senate
Read the Article at the Cleveland Plain Dealer
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/11/heartbeat_bill_and_defundin=
g_o.html
The Pace of Leaving Afghanistan
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/opinion/the-pace-of-leaving-afghanistan.h=
tml
Jon Stewart: Employees Strike Back=20
Watch the Video at The Daily Show
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-november-27-2012/the-employees-strike=
-back
The Coming Liberal Wave
Read the Article at The American Prospect
http://prospect.org/article/coming-liberal-wave
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: </strong>Speculation is rampant on why three GOP senators are conducting an utterly disproportionate attack on Susan Rice. Could it be that their real goal is winning a senate seat for the GOP?</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jDQo48aqaiIXH7vSsvEVIgDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Not a Single Woman Will Lead Any of the Major House Committees in the 113th Congress</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>UN Readies for Protests on Eve of Secret Internet Regulation Treaty</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Matt Taibbi: Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan Apparently Can't Remember Anything</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Yt9NzAtU6%2BQqxUZCGRljDgDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Rolling Stone</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Heartbeat Bill and Defunding of Planned Parenthood Look Dead in Ohio Senate</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cvQ0k7qceOLKqqd5Er20IwDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at the Cleveland Plain Dealer</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The Pace of Leaving Afghanistan</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kg7GFXIyMQhlQZCKdjE%2BRADSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The New York Times</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Jon Stewart: Employees Strike Back</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aACulkXEpoQU%2FH1A9vFtBQDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video at The Daily Show</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The Coming Liberal Wave</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=L6YEu3BRQDM4sRCmYMXwPwDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The American Prospect</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hQsplcq5e7JrKmwDX2UExwDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Fueled by War on Drugs, Mexican Death Toll Could Exceed 120,000 as Calderon Ends Six-Year Reign</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Mark Karlin, Truthout:</strong> In the first part of this year, Truthout posted a series of ten articles that dispelled the myths surrounding the failed US/Mexico war on drugs. As a follow-up, this article details newly-released statistics that indicate the predicted death toll from the alleged war-turned-bloodbath will likely far exceed past estimates.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vErcacJ0%2FctRjBuQ%2BBuFRADSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dmsGs4u6T%2B9V338ISE9IUADSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Interview With Hostess Worker: "I'm Better Off Fighting to Keep Wonder Bread in a Union"</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Yana Kunichoff, Truthout:</strong> What has been conspicuously missing in the Hostess saga is the voice of the people on the shop floor. Truthout interviewed Mike Hummel on his time at Hostess, and why he supported the strike.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=d714Jhl7thxbVfFxMagvSgDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Interview</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7AUlA%2F7W47wxzCc0F5KJPQDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Santa Claus Faces the Democratic Firing Squad?</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take:</strong> Americans have handed Democrats electoral victories through the decades because they want the sort of America that the Democratic Santa Claus offers: a "we" society that allows for a strong middle class and basic protections from old age, sickness and unemployment.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=783EivUYfDP6yRt2wU%2FXlQDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KnoJ9B1FwANfp266%2FQdPfwDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Jim Hightower | A Death in the Family - and the Question Is: Whodunit?</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Jim Hightower, Truthout:</strong> Like a character in a bad Agatha Christie whodunit, the private equity outfit that had taken over Hostess - the one so insistently pointing the finger of blame at others - turns out to be the one who killed the Twinkie. Along with the livelihoods of 18,500 workers.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2g3ZiyAJTpVTSInxHZI1NGLsj0vq%2BYK6" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7w%2FSgUZw5wxI8NSwbyZDmwDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Anthology for Change: Howard Zinn's Impassioned Progressive Speeches Span Four Decades</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Mark Karlin, Truthout:</strong> Edited by Anthony Arnove, a new release from Haymarket Books offers the first collection of Howard Zinn's inspiring, fearless speeches over the course of more than 40 years. Zinn is best known for reframing American history from a progressive perspective.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ytewMfpRZoIzfx78mVanRgDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Interview</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OgXifzuClC6dHJqyZvAcWgDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Breaking Private Manning</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Michael Ratner, Counterpunch:</strong> Bradley Manning is being punished - and tortured - for a crime that amounts to believing one's highest duty is to the American people and not the American government.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Yosef Brody, Truthout:</strong> In the first of a series from the Copenhagen Film Festival, Yosef Brody reviews Sophie Fiennes' new movie, which demonstrates how "the hidden universal framework of ideology must be unmasked in order for liberating political change to be given a chance."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FVGHZX0jy3gGhlt%2BJQc9MADSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Movie Review</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EShYFyIVrbMQLgMfnm0FrwDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>CEOs Try to Shred the Safety Net While Pigging Out on Corporate Welfare</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Lynn Parramore, AlterNet:</strong> These CEOs were bailed out by the American taxpayer after a Wall Street-driven financial crash.To show their appreciation, they have joined forces to promote economically disastrous and socially irresponsible austerity policies.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Yw89siTpWVPaDKwJcRVqLGLsj0vq%2BYK6" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KRtlE6wZ%2BCyRr6TO7zQjlADSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>America's Future: War and Peace in the 21st Century</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Truthout:</strong> Despite the political rhetoric, America is not defined by its division into red and blue states, but by its addiction to imperialism, exceptionalism and a military budget that positions it as The United States of War.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YjAFSLWXIeBiSw5DkNILpQDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=h1eBvd6q2N2ogpaNTsB%2FMgDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Outlawing Nuclear Weapons: Time for a New International Treaty?</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>David Krieger, Truthout:</strong> The question is not whether we need a new international treaty. We do. The question is: How do we achieve the political will among the nuclear weapons states to begin negotiations for a new international treaty to outlaw and eliminate all nuclear weapons?</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YqO4vSGLKgUdjjUBUZ8SdQDSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mRdROBDDnh29rreUnfM8JADSYA0TxRb%2F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: "Stand Your Ground" Gun Law Strikes Again in Florida, and More</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>In today's On the News segment:</strong> "Stand your ground" struck again in Florida this past weekend, as 17-year-old Jordan Russell Davis was shot and killed for yelling back at 45-year-old Michael David Dunn; 71 CEOs have joined together as part of a "Fix the Debt" coalition to call for cuts to social safety net programs, instead of higher taxes on rich people like themselves; an audit of the Kabul Bank in Afghanistan finds rampant fraud and crony capitalism; and more.</p>
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