Re: Fwd: British, French, US military strikes on Libya expected within hours 17 Mar 2011

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Breaking: U.N. Security Council votes to approve Libyan no-fly zone; military strikes expected 17 Mar 2011 The United Nations Security Council voted 10 to 0 supporting the use of "all necessary measures" including the use of a no-fly zone to protect civilians and rebel forces in Libya from forces loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi. Russia and China, which held veto powers, abstained from the vote, along with three other council members. The passing of the measure is expected to lead to U.N.-backed military strikes in Libya within hours, according to media reports.

 

Britain, France and US prepare for Libya air strikes 17 Mar 2011 British, French and US military aircraft are preparing to defend the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi after Washington said it was ready to support a no-fly zone and air strikes against Muammar Gaddafi's forces. Jets could take off from French military bases if a no-fly zone is approved [it was] in a fresh United Nations security council resolution authorising "all necessary measures short of an occupation force" to protect civilians. France, which has led the calls for a no-fly zone along with Britain, has offered the use of military bases on its Mediterranean coast about 750 miles from the Libyan coast.

 

UK forces 'could be in action by Friday' 17 Mar 2011 UK forces could be in action over Libya as early as Friday, after the UN backed a no-fly zone and "all necessary measures" to protect [?!?] civilians. A senior UK government source has told the BBC action could take longer, but would be within days of the vote. The resolution rules out a foreign occupation force in any part of Libya. Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK would "now respond" to the responsibility it placed on UN members.

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UNSC orders no-fly zone over Libya 17 Mar 2011 The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution ordering a no-fly zone over Libya, while suspending the country from the Human Rights Council. Resolution 1970 authorizes a no-fly zone over Libya and to allow "all necessary measures" to be taken "to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in (Libya), including Benghazi, while excluding an occupation force," Reuters reported on Thursday. It allows for airstrikes to halt Gaddafi's offensive against the revolutionary forces in Libya.

 

In Reversal, US Backs Libya No-Fly Zone 17 Mar 2011 Supporters of a no-fly zone over Libya called for a vote Thursday on a U.N. resolution aimed at preventing Moammar Gadhafi's planes from carrying out aerial attacks, while the United States, in a striking reversal, pushed for broader action to 'protect civilians' from ground and sea attacks as well. U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said the Obama administration is "fully focused on the urgency and the gravity of the situation on the ground," where Gadhafi's fighters are intensifying attacks and heading toward rebel-held Bengazi, Libya's second-largest city, and is working "very hard" for a vote on Thursday.

 

Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media --Military's 'sock puppet' software creates fake online identities to spread pro-American propaganda --The project has been likened by web experts to China's attempts to control and restrict free speech on the internet. 17 Mar 2011 The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda. A Californian corporation has been awarded a contract with United States Central Command (Centcom), which oversees US armed operations in the Middle East and Central Asia, to develop what is described as an "online persona management service" that will allow one US serviceman or woman to control up to 10 separate identities based all over the world.

 

Radiation detected at Chicago and Dallas airports as U.S. citizens are evacuated from Japan  --UN predicts nuclear plume could hit U.S. by FRIDAY --Obama finally falls in line with the rest of the world and starts evacuating American citizens from Japan --French minister: 'Let's not beat about the bush, they've essentially lost control' --Cooling pool for spent fuel rods has 'boiled dry at reactor number four' --Japanese have 48 hours to avoid 'another Chernobyl' --Experts warn that crisis is 'approaching point of no return' as officials run out of options 17 Mar 2011 Radiation from Japan was detected in Chicago and Dallas today as U.S. citizens fleeing a potential nuclear disaster arrived back on American soil. Travellers landing at Chicago's O'Hare airport and Dallas Fort-Worth airport are said to have tested positive for minute amounts of radiation.

 

'Please continue to live well': Fukushima Fifty 'on suicide mission' to battle N-plant meltdown send haunting messages to families... as radioactive steam pours from wrecked reactor --Nuclear workers accept their fate 'like a death sentence' --Fears for their health as one expert says it is 'perhaps a suicide mission' --Radiation levels rise in Japan as crisis continues --Radioactive plume to hit US west coast tomorrow --17,000 British nationals could be evacuated as last-ditch efforts are made to stop nuclear catastrophe 17 Mar 2011 Japan was today rallying behind the anonymous nuclear emergency workers at the stricken Fukushima power plant - as heartbreaking details of their plight emerged. The 180 workers face soaring radiation levels as they make ever more desperate attempts to stop over-heating reactors and spent fuel rods leaking more radiation into the atmosphere.

 

Fear of radiation sickness near Fukushima plant 16 Mar 2011 Concerns about radiation sickness in Japan are focused on the area within 20 miles of the quake-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. If the worst happens -- a full core meltdown and a large release of radiation -- people living within hundreds of miles of the plant could have a somewhat higher risk of developing cancer in coming decades. Experts say the risks depend on how much radiation is released, how much people are exposed to and over how long a period, and how the winds blow.

 

Radiation Plume Headed to California From Japan 17 Mar 2011 The United Nations is forecasting a possible radioactive plume coming across the Pacific Ocean and arriving in California Friday, according to the New York Times. While health and nuclear experts say the plume will dilute as it moves east, there will be hints of radiation. The island of Japan is more than 5,000 away from the California coastline.

 

Obama says does not expect harmful radiation to reach U.S. 18 Mar 2011 U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday that he does not expect harmful radiation sparked by the crippled Japanese nuclear plant will reach the U.S., including its West Coast and Hawaii. "We do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the United States, whether it's the West Coast, Hawaii, Alaska or U.S. territories in the Pacific," he said in a prepared speech at the White House. Obama said right now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health experts do not recommend that people in the United States take precautionary measures beyond staying informed.

 

U.S. radiation experts try to decipher reports from Japan 17 Mar 2011 The Japanese government's radiation report for the country's 47 prefectures Wednesday had a notable omission: Fukushima, ground zero in Japan's nuclear crisis. Measurements from Ibaraki, just south of Fukushima, were also blanked out. Radiation experts in the USA say that the lack of information about radioactivity released from the smoldering reactors makes it impossible to gauge the current danger, project how bad a potential meltdown might be or calculate how much fallout might reach the USA.

 

Japanese power companies hid nuclear safety problems: WikiLeaks 17 Mar 2011 Eighteen months before Japan's radiation crisis, U.S. diplomats had lambasted the safety chief of the world's atomic watchdog for incompetence, especially when it came to the nuclear power industry in his homeland, Japan. Cables sent from the U.S. embassy in Vienna to Washington, which were obtained by WikiLeaks and reviewed by Reuters, singled out Tomihiro Taniuchi, until last year head of safety and security at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

 

House votes to permanently bar NPR from receiving federal funds 17 Mar 2011 In a mostly party-line vote, the House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday that would permanently bar NPR from receiving federal funds, the latest escalation in conservatives' campaign against the broadcaster. Republicans already voted to eliminate all federal support for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the current fiscal year, which helps public stations buy NPR programming, but the provision was not incorporated into the continuing agreements that have kept the government funded. The latest vote was 228 to 192, with one lawmaker voting "present."

 

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UN Authorizes War

Thursday, March 17, 2011
UN Authorizes War
Posted by Sheldon Richman at 6:55 PM

"He who mounts a wild elephant goes where the wild elephant goes."

I thought of those words of Randolph Bourne, the Progressive who became disillusioned by his fellow Progressives' enthusiasm for U.S. entry into World War I, when I heard that the UN Security Council, led by the Obama administration, voted to authorize "all necessary measures" to protect civilians against Libyan Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

All necessary measures.

Advocates of liberty, not to mention of decency, wish the Libyan people the best in their courageous struggle against the brutal bastard Qaddafi, but that is no justification for U.S. intervention, even under UN cover. A hundred reasons could be cited, but two points should suffice: The government has no moral right to insert the American people into another Mideast war. Moreover, whatever the Obama administration does will have the foreseeable even if unintended effect of killing and maiming innocent people. When you go to war you release an evil, unpredictable genie from the bottle, and it's difficult to put him back in. In the meantime you do a lot of damage. We need no more enemies in the Muslim world. The U.S. government has wreaked enough havoc -- has spilled enough blood -- there to last a long while.

John Quincy Adams has been quoted in similar contexts countless times, but evidently not enough. America, the then-secretary of state said in 1821,

goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.

She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.

She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.

She will commend the general cause by the countenance of her voice, and the benignant sympathy of her example.

She well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom.

The fundamental maxims of her policy would insensibly change from liberty to force....

She might become the dictatress of the world. She would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit....

If those words ever really described America, they certainly haven't for a long while. So let's work for a future in which that description applies. We must rise in protest to prevent the Nobel Peace Prize-winning president from making more war.

http://sheldonfreeassociation.blogspot.com/2011/03/un-authorizes-war.html

Re: Wringing-the-Neck of Empty Ritual.

Correction: In the next to last sentence, make that OUR customers
(rather that out customers). — J. A. A. —
>
On Mar 17, 8:35 pm, NoEinstein <noeinst...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Freedom doesn't stop at any doorstep.
>
> Fox News has shown video of a portly school boy being bullied and
> socked by a smaller, but bold kid who danced like a boxer.  After
> being hit several times, the larger kid, rightly, asserted his right
> to self-protection and threw the smaller kid, upside-down, to the
> sidewalk.  Amazingly, the larger boy got suspended from school because
> the "rules" of the school require kids to report violence to a
> teacher, rather than taking action themselves.  That rule is a clear
> violation of every citizen's right to self-protection.  Under my New
> Constitution, those who made a rule which violated that boy's civil
> rights will be spending at least the next three years in prison for
> violating the New Constitution all of them would have had to have
> sworn to uphold.
>
> In a similar case, Wal-Mart fired two security men for attacking a man
> with a gun.  The "store policy", supposedly, requires those facing an
> armed person to become submissive and not to foment "violence".  That
> Wal-Mart "rule", also, violates the right to self-defense, and would
> subject that company to severe civil penalties for firing those men.
> But no one would be going to jail, because businesses don't have to
> swear to uphold the New Constitution—though they are bound by the
> requirements, therein.
>
> In medical facilities all across the country, "medical protocol"
> sometimes runs counter to the Constitutional rights of both patients
> and their families.  In a personal experience, I observed non-
> professional care being administered.  When I rightly complained, I
> was accused of "making a scene" and was threatened with arrest if I
> didn't leave the facility.  So, I have included the following in my
> New Constitution:
>
> "A Citizen's constitutional rights supersede any medical protocol."
>
> From my experience, the USA—be that governmental or societal—is taking
> away civil liberties at an alarming rate.  It used to be that
> customers were valued by businesses.  Just this week, I inadvertently
> purchased a box of #10 business envelopes without the blue, security
> printing.  That same day I returned the box to STAPLES, expecting to
> quickly be credited for the purchase amount and allowed to pay the
> balance for the secure envelope type.  When I got back to the checkout
> counter, the "Yankee-seeming" checkout man asked for my sales
> receipt.  He insisted that he needed such to know "how much" I had
> paid for the envelopes.  I rushed to the shelf price sticker and
> reported the cost was $7.99.  He said he would need to see my driver's
> license, which I gave him.  I was amazed that he copied every single
> word on that license as if he was catching a thief.  I was still
> expecting that jerk to credit my purchase.  He again said that he
> didn't know how much I had paid.  I suggested that he SCAN the barcode
> to find out. The idiot-like checkout man did that, then said he would
> only give me $4.99.  Needless to say, in my entire life, I have never
> had any business question my honesty when returning any purchase, much
> less such a cheep purchase.  It was as though he was accusing me of
> stealing the first box, just so I could get that much money taken off
> my second purchase.  Whether as a threat or not, he said he would have
> to call the manager.  I was thrilled and said for him to do so.  I
> explained to the incredulous-looking manager what the problem was.  I
> told him I had paid for the purchase with my business credit card.
> Without much difficulty, the manager found that day's record of
> purchases and determined that I had paid $7.99 just like I'd said.
> Within another minute, I had paid the balance due.  It is important to
> note, that at no point did that "manager" or the idiot clerk apologize
> for detaining me for approximately ten minutes, and for defaming my
> character in a public place for simply being one of their, obviously
> not very appreciated customers.  I would not recommend STAPLES as a
> corporate culture to be emulated.  They have only adversarial
> relationships with their customers.
>
> Similar experiences of my own and others that have been reported in
> the news over the years have resulted in my writing the New
> Constitution so STRONG, that no inexcusable behavior by governments or
> by businesses will ever again just be just shrugged off.  A sign above
> a business's door read: "Through this door walk the most important
> people in the world—out customers!"  Wouldn't it be great if the whole
> country felt that way toward others?
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
> — John A. Armistead —  Patriot
>
> On Mar 16, 2:53 pm, NoEinstein <noeinst...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Folks:  The vast majority of the still apt portions of our original
> > Constitution remains within my New Constitution.  Issues relating to
> > having government be deferential to the people, and placing reasonable
> > limits of the type and scope of the laws that may be passed, is the
> > subject of much that I have expanded on in my New Constitution.  I've
> > placed great importance on seeing to it that the corruption in
> > government—state, local and federal—which I have observed first hand,
> > shall never again negatively impact any law-abiding citizen.
>
> > There are dozens of well-defined, unconstitutional acts by government
> > employees or elected officials that will either get the persons fired
> > or sent to prison.  Working for government, even for the President, is
> > not a license to violate laws, or to have privileges that good
> > citizens don't have.  Other than my eliminating the unconstitutional
> > (in the SPIRIT) US Senate, and excluding 'career politicians',
> > lobbyists and elitist media from ever setting foot in the Capital, the
> > changes in the daily operation of government won't be too obvious to
> > most Americans.
>
> > Not specifically written into the New Constitution, I am personally
> > recommending that Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Unemployment
> > Insurance ALL be privatized—while continuing to "cover" only those
> > older or sicker people who have no other means of surviving or of
> > getting first rate care.  When most taxes and restrictions on the FAIR
> > operation of businesses in this country have been removed, the US
> > economy will experience a BOOM so large, that most people will be
> > making enough money (Prosperity!) to provide for their own futures
> > without needing to look to government for any handouts.
>
> > The next sentence will assure that socialism—now closely associated
> > with the Democratic Party—will never again influence any future action
> > taken by government: "Fair play and democracy shall have supremacy in
> > the USA!"  Those in government employment must swear, on penalty of
> > death, to agree with that one sentence and to act accordingly.
> > Democrats, who consistently want better things without requiring any
> > work on their part, must learn that they will get no more free lunches
> > or free medical care.  It is my sincere hope that the hard-core 40% of
> > socialist democrats in this country will realize that they will be far
> > better off working in an efficient capitalist economy than from
> > continuing to seek government-doled, socialist mediocrity.
>
> > I invite the readers to comment on the general people-oriented-tone of
> > my document.  *** However, no specifics are open for discussion. ***
> > — John A. Armistead —  Patriot
>
> > On Mar 15, 9:36 pm, NoEinstein <noeinst...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > > Folks:  I've now presented over 50% of my New Constitution.  That,
> > > plus the following, should give you a good idea of the love and
> > > devotion I've put into this long project.  My efforts, aided by
> > > computer, exceed the combined total time spent by the actual
> > > contributers to writing the original Constitution by a factor of ten.
> > > At each step, I asked myself what the Founding Fathers would say.  I'd
> > > bet they are happy people!
>
> > > "Article VI:
>
> > > Section 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5:  Laws in effect at the time of the adoption of
> > > this New Constitution shall remain in effect while such are
> > > systematically reviewed, debated and revoted in the House.  Whether
> > > for the revoting of existing laws and regulations or for new bills,
> > > early and conspicuous public notice in the media shall invite Public
> > > input.  Bills passing without broad and substantiated Public input,
> > > especially by those law-abiding Citizens most affected by the
> > > legislation, shall not become laws.  The House shall make new laws and
> > > define procedures for implementing this New Constitution.  Federal
> > > functions to be returned to local or state governments shall be phased
> > > out gradually and considerately for those to be displaced or relo-
> > > cated.  Under this New Constitution the future state taxes of Citizens
> > > or businesses, typically, shall not exceed their com-bined former
> > > total of state and federal taxes.  At any level of services provided,
> > > streamlining government and minimizing bureaucracy via wise laws shall
> > > always be primary goals.
> > >      Local, state and federal law enforcement, the courts, or any
> > > branch or branches of the military or their respective parts shall at
> > > no time be used in support of corruption in government by any public
> > > official(s) at any level.  Legal authority of law enforcement or the
> > > courts over the Citizens is voided if used in support of corruption.
> > > Local, state and federal law en-forcement agencies shall not be
> > > organizationally affiliated, and persons or groups, therein, shall not
> > > be presumed by law enforcement to be acting lawfully solely because of
> > > such auspices.
> > >      All local, state and federal officer holders and employees—upon
> > > taking office or assuming employment—shall take the following oath:
>
> ...
>
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Re: Wringing-the-Neck of Empty Ritual.

>In medical facilities all across the country, "medical protocol"
>sometimes runs counter to the Constitutional rights of both patients
>and their families.

What 'constitutional rights' do you imagine to have 'run counter'?
Please cite some examples.

Regard$,
--MJ

Today, when a concerted effort is made to obliterate this point, it
cannot be repeated too often that the Constitution is a limitation on
the government, not on private individuals -- that it does not
prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the
government -- that it is not a charter _for_ government power, but a
charter of the citizen's protection _against_ the government. --
Alyssa Rosenbaum

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Re: Wringing-the-Neck of Empty Ritual.

Jonathan: Be assured that nothing you say nor do, now or later, will
give you any sway over the content of my New Constitution. Do this:
For the next 14 years, write your own version of a US constitution.
Maybe then you will have learned to be a bit more respecting of
others. — J. A. A. —
>
On Mar 16, 3:38 pm, Jonathan Ashley <jonathanashle...@lavabit.com>
wrote:
> As usual, "no specifics are open for discussion." What an ego this guy
> has. Mustn't let anyone ask any questions. His head might explode.
>
> On 03/16/2011 11:53 AM, NoEinstein wrote:
>
> > Folks:  The vast majority of the still apt portions of our original
> > Constitution remains within my New Constitution.  Issues relating to
> > having government be deferential to the people, and placing reasonable
> > limits of the type and scope of the laws that may be passed, is the
> > subject of much that I have expanded on in my New Constitution.  I've
> > placed great importance on seeing to it that the corruption in
> > government�state, local and federal�which I have observed first hand,
> > shall never again negatively impact any law-abiding citizen.
>
> > There are dozens of well-defined, unconstitutional acts by government
> > employees or elected officials that will either get the persons fired
> > or sent to prison.  Working for government, even for the President, is
> > not a license to violate laws, or to have privileges that good
> > citizens don't have.  Other than my eliminating the unconstitutional
> > (in the SPIRIT) US Senate, and excluding 'career politicians',
> > lobbyists and elitist media from ever setting foot in the Capital, the
> > changes in the daily operation of government won�t be too obvious to
> > most Americans.
>
> > Not specifically written into the New Constitution, I am personally
> > recommending that Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Unemployment
> > Insurance ALL be privatized�while continuing to "cover" only those
> > older or sicker people who have no other means of surviving or of
> > getting first rate care.  When most taxes and restrictions on the FAIR
> > operation of businesses in this country have been removed, the US
> > economy will experience a BOOM so large, that most people will be
> > making enough money (Prosperity!) to provide for their own futures
> > without needing to look to government for any handouts.
>
> > The next sentence will assure that socialism�now closely associated
> > with the Democratic Party�will never again influence any future action
> > taken by government: "Fair play and democracy shall have supremacy in
> > the USA!"  Those in government employment must swear, on penalty of
> > death, to agree with that one sentence and to act accordingly.
> > Democrats, who consistently want better things without requiring any
> > work on their part, must learn that they will get no more free lunches
> > or free medical care.  It is my sincere hope that the hard-core 40% of
> > socialist democrats in this country will realize that they will be far
> > better off working in an efficient capitalist economy than from
> > continuing to seek government-doled, socialist mediocrity.
>
> > I invite the readers to comment on the general people-oriented-tone of
> > my document.  *** However, no specifics are open for discussion. ***
> > � John A. Armistead �  Patriot
> > On Mar 15, 9:36 pm, NoEinstein<noeinst...@bellsouth.net>  wrote:
> >> Folks:  I've now presented over 50% of my New Constitution.  That,
> >> plus the following, should give you a good idea of the love and
> >> devotion I've put into this long project.  My efforts, aided by
> >> computer, exceed the combined total time spent by the actual
> >> contributers to writing the original Constitution by a factor of ten.
> >> At each step, I asked myself what the Founding Fathers would say.  I'd
> >> bet they are happy people!
>
> >> "Article VI:
>
> >> Section 1, 2, 3, 4&  5:  Laws in effect at the time of the adoption of
> >> this New Constitution shall remain in effect while such are
> >> systematically reviewed, debated and revoted in the House.  Whether
> >> for the revoting of existing laws and regulations or for new bills,
> >> early and conspicuous public notice in the media shall invite Public
> >> input.  Bills passing without broad and substantiated Public input,
> >> especially by those law-abiding Citizens most affected by the
> >> legislation, shall not become laws.  The House shall make new laws and
> >> define procedures for implementing this New Constitution.  Federal
> >> functions to be returned to local or state governments shall be phased
> >> out gradually and considerately for those to be displaced or relo-
> >> cated.  Under this New Constitution the future state taxes of Citizens
> >> or businesses, typically, shall not exceed their com-bined former
> >> total of state and federal taxes.  At any level of services provided,
> >> streamlining government and minimizing bureaucracy via wise laws shall
> >> always be primary goals.
> >>       Local, state and federal law enforcement, the courts, or any
> >> branch or branches of the military or their respective parts shall at
> >> no time be used in support of corruption in government by any public
> >> official(s) at any level.  Legal authority of law enforcement or the
> >> courts over the Citizens is voided if used in support of corruption.
> >> Local, state and federal law en-forcement agencies shall not be
> >> organizationally affiliated, and persons or groups, therein, shall not
> >> be presumed by law enforcement to be acting lawfully solely because of
> >> such auspices.
> >>       All local, state and federal officer holders and employees�upon
> >> taking office or assuming employment�shall take the following oath:
> >> �I, (Name), promise to serve and be deferential to the People, and to
> >> be unbiased toward any group with a pro democracy, pro fairness
> >> ideology.  I swear to honor and uphold the full civil rights of the
> >> citizens, as guaranteed by the Constitution, and I shall expect my
> >> coworkers and superiors to do the same.   I understand that my
> >> employment in or by government is conditional upon my adherence to
> >> this oath.�   No employee nor office holder shall be sanctioned for
> >> making complaints against another office holder, employee or
> >> superior.  No government employee nor office holder shall be coerced
> >> into wrongdoing, immoral action or non action, or illegality by a real
> >> or implied threat of the loss of one�s job, promotion or benefits, nor
> >> by any bribe or promise of promotion or benefits.   Making such a
> >> threat, bribe or promise is a felony carrying a minimum ten year
> >> prison sentence�and if part of a pattern�making such threats, bribes
> >> or promises is treason.  Acqui-escing to such is a felony.  Government
> >> officials, agents or employees who become aware of corruption in
> >> government or in any of its departments shall notify the Executive
> >> Branch and the courts; willful failure to do so is a felony.  With
> >> impunity, a government officer(s) or employee(s) shall enforce no law
> >> nor perform any order or directive which violates their personal moral
> >> conscience or their oath.
> >>       Local governments shall have 10 or more councilmen or a direct
> >> vote of the People is required to pass ordinances or raise taxes.
> >> Upon request by the Executive or 1/5 of the larger governing body,
> >> federal, state or local law making authority shall defer to the People
> >> on controversial issues where the Will of the People is in doubt.  No
> >> law nor previous or subsequent vote on any issue shall usurp the right
> >> of an informed Public to decide controversial issues in direct
> >> referenda; the vote for passage shall be 60%.  The apt macro-Will of
> >> the People in elections or referenda, as manifested by their votes,
> >> shall take precedence over any contrary existing or subsequent law,
> >> governmental hierarchy or judicial ruling.  Because conditions change,
> >> older laws aren�t necessarily the Will of the People.
> >>       Laws shall be concise and well defined.  If�due to brevity,
> >> simplicity or lack of foresight, etc.�such laws have consequences
> >> outside the intended or implied scope, for justice and expediency, a
> >> judge may decree rightful, specific exceptions without new
> >> legislation.  Only laws, rules, regulations and procedures that are in
> >> the best interest of the People and the world environment shall be
> >> passed, enacted or enforced, and no business contrary to such shall be
> >> allowed to prosper.  No business, organization nor alliance shall use
> >> their auspices to sway the House for selfish gain.  No business shall
> >> exist that uses computer invasion to coerce sales or to monitor others�
> >> regardless of any disclaimer or pact.  There shall be no
> >> discrimination against any law-abiding Citizen, business or
> >> organization due to arbitrary categorization.  No public nor private
> >> regulation shall require disclosure of a person�s stand or vote on any
> >> issue which might cause them discrimination.  Laws shall respect the
> >> People�s diverse mores without setting arbitrary social standards.  No
> >> government shall criminalize behavior that the Public considers to be
> >> innocuous, or is macro-typical, or where government isn�t being
> >> deferential to the Public; nor shall they: prosecute victimless crimes
> >> other than gross reckless endangerment; restrict the freedoms of
> >> Citizens through oppressive laws and procedures; enact laws too broad
> >> in scope to address narrow issues; pass laws disallowing any
> >> reasonable criminal defense, or solely at a bureau�s request;
> >> selectively or inequitably enforce any laws; impose unfair,
> >> drastically different punishments due to one�s sex, race, color, creed
> >> or age; nor sentence someone differ-ently due to their having a prior
> >> criminal record.  An arresting officer may reverse such with impunity
> >> at any time, regardless of the forms, procedures or processes begun.
> >> The arrested person shall be freed and the record expunged.  Agreeable
> >> restitution to crime victims may, at their option, substitute for the
> >> apt trial.
>
> >> Section 6, 7, 8&  9:  Governments shall regulate no businesses nor
> >> professions on the presumption that only governments have the best
> >> interest of the Public at heart.  Businesses or professions meeting
>
> ...
>
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Re: Wringing-the-Neck of Empty Ritual.

Freedom doesn't stop at any doorstep.

Fox News has shown video of a portly school boy being bullied and
socked by a smaller, but bold kid who danced like a boxer. After
being hit several times, the larger kid, rightly, asserted his right
to self-protection and threw the smaller kid, upside-down, to the
sidewalk. Amazingly, the larger boy got suspended from school because
the "rules" of the school require kids to report violence to a
teacher, rather than taking action themselves. That rule is a clear
violation of every citizen's right to self-protection. Under my New
Constitution, those who made a rule which violated that boy's civil
rights will be spending at least the next three years in prison for
violating the New Constitution all of them would have had to have
sworn to uphold.

In a similar case, Wal-Mart fired two security men for attacking a man
with a gun. The "store policy", supposedly, requires those facing an
armed person to become submissive and not to foment "violence". That
Wal-Mart "rule", also, violates the right to self-defense, and would
subject that company to severe civil penalties for firing those men.
But no one would be going to jail, because businesses don't have to
swear to uphold the New Constitution—though they are bound by the
requirements, therein.

In medical facilities all across the country, "medical protocol"
sometimes runs counter to the Constitutional rights of both patients
and their families. In a personal experience, I observed non-
professional care being administered. When I rightly complained, I
was accused of "making a scene" and was threatened with arrest if I
didn't leave the facility. So, I have included the following in my
New Constitution:

"A Citizen's constitutional rights supersede any medical protocol."

From my experience, the USA—be that governmental or societal—is taking
away civil liberties at an alarming rate. It used to be that
customers were valued by businesses. Just this week, I inadvertently
purchased a box of #10 business envelopes without the blue, security
printing. That same day I returned the box to STAPLES, expecting to
quickly be credited for the purchase amount and allowed to pay the
balance for the secure envelope type. When I got back to the checkout
counter, the "Yankee-seeming" checkout man asked for my sales
receipt. He insisted that he needed such to know "how much" I had
paid for the envelopes. I rushed to the shelf price sticker and
reported the cost was $7.99. He said he would need to see my driver's
license, which I gave him. I was amazed that he copied every single
word on that license as if he was catching a thief. I was still
expecting that jerk to credit my purchase. He again said that he
didn't know how much I had paid. I suggested that he SCAN the barcode
to find out. The idiot-like checkout man did that, then said he would
only give me $4.99. Needless to say, in my entire life, I have never
had any business question my honesty when returning any purchase, much
less such a cheep purchase. It was as though he was accusing me of
stealing the first box, just so I could get that much money taken off
my second purchase. Whether as a threat or not, he said he would have
to call the manager. I was thrilled and said for him to do so. I
explained to the incredulous-looking manager what the problem was. I
told him I had paid for the purchase with my business credit card.
Without much difficulty, the manager found that day's record of
purchases and determined that I had paid $7.99 just like I'd said.
Within another minute, I had paid the balance due. It is important to
note, that at no point did that "manager" or the idiot clerk apologize
for detaining me for approximately ten minutes, and for defaming my
character in a public place for simply being one of their, obviously
not very appreciated customers. I would not recommend STAPLES as a
corporate culture to be emulated. They have only adversarial
relationships with their customers.

Similar experiences of my own and others that have been reported in
the news over the years have resulted in my writing the New
Constitution so STRONG, that no inexcusable behavior by governments or
by businesses will ever again just be just shrugged off. A sign above
a business's door read: "Through this door walk the most important
people in the world—out customers!" Wouldn't it be great if the whole
country felt that way toward others?

Respectfully submitted,

— John A. Armistead — Patriot
>
On Mar 16, 2:53 pm, NoEinstein <noeinst...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Folks:  The vast majority of the still apt portions of our original
> Constitution remains within my New Constitution.  Issues relating to
> having government be deferential to the people, and placing reasonable
> limits of the type and scope of the laws that may be passed, is the
> subject of much that I have expanded on in my New Constitution.  I've
> placed great importance on seeing to it that the corruption in
> government—state, local and federal—which I have observed first hand,
> shall never again negatively impact any law-abiding citizen.
>
> There are dozens of well-defined, unconstitutional acts by government
> employees or elected officials that will either get the persons fired
> or sent to prison.  Working for government, even for the President, is
> not a license to violate laws, or to have privileges that good
> citizens don't have.  Other than my eliminating the unconstitutional
> (in the SPIRIT) US Senate, and excluding 'career politicians',
> lobbyists and elitist media from ever setting foot in the Capital, the
> changes in the daily operation of government won't be too obvious to
> most Americans.
>
> Not specifically written into the New Constitution, I am personally
> recommending that Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Unemployment
> Insurance ALL be privatized—while continuing to "cover" only those
> older or sicker people who have no other means of surviving or of
> getting first rate care.  When most taxes and restrictions on the FAIR
> operation of businesses in this country have been removed, the US
> economy will experience a BOOM so large, that most people will be
> making enough money (Prosperity!) to provide for their own futures
> without needing to look to government for any handouts.
>
> The next sentence will assure that socialism—now closely associated
> with the Democratic Party—will never again influence any future action
> taken by government: "Fair play and democracy shall have supremacy in
> the USA!"  Those in government employment must swear, on penalty of
> death, to agree with that one sentence and to act accordingly.
> Democrats, who consistently want better things without requiring any
> work on their part, must learn that they will get no more free lunches
> or free medical care.  It is my sincere hope that the hard-core 40% of
> socialist democrats in this country will realize that they will be far
> better off working in an efficient capitalist economy than from
> continuing to seek government-doled, socialist mediocrity.
>
> I invite the readers to comment on the general people-oriented-tone of
> my document.  *** However, no specifics are open for discussion. ***
> — John A. Armistead —  Patriot
>
> On Mar 15, 9:36 pm, NoEinstein <noeinst...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Folks:  I've now presented over 50% of my New Constitution.  That,
> > plus the following, should give you a good idea of the love and
> > devotion I've put into this long project.  My efforts, aided by
> > computer, exceed the combined total time spent by the actual
> > contributers to writing the original Constitution by a factor of ten.
> > At each step, I asked myself what the Founding Fathers would say.  I'd
> > bet they are happy people!
>
> > "Article VI:
>
> > Section 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5:  Laws in effect at the time of the adoption of
> > this New Constitution shall remain in effect while such are
> > systematically reviewed, debated and revoted in the House.  Whether
> > for the revoting of existing laws and regulations or for new bills,
> > early and conspicuous public notice in the media shall invite Public
> > input.  Bills passing without broad and substantiated Public input,
> > especially by those law-abiding Citizens most affected by the
> > legislation, shall not become laws.  The House shall make new laws and
> > define procedures for implementing this New Constitution.  Federal
> > functions to be returned to local or state governments shall be phased
> > out gradually and considerately for those to be displaced or relo-
> > cated.  Under this New Constitution the future state taxes of Citizens
> > or businesses, typically, shall not exceed their com-bined former
> > total of state and federal taxes.  At any level of services provided,
> > streamlining government and minimizing bureaucracy via wise laws shall
> > always be primary goals.
> >      Local, state and federal law enforcement, the courts, or any
> > branch or branches of the military or their respective parts shall at
> > no time be used in support of corruption in government by any public
> > official(s) at any level.  Legal authority of law enforcement or the
> > courts over the Citizens is voided if used in support of corruption.
> > Local, state and federal law en-forcement agencies shall not be
> > organizationally affiliated, and persons or groups, therein, shall not
> > be presumed by law enforcement to be acting lawfully solely because of
> > such auspices.
> >      All local, state and federal officer holders and employees—upon
> > taking office or assuming employment—shall take the following oath:
> > "I, (Name), promise to serve and be deferential to the People, and to
> > be unbiased toward any group with a pro democracy, pro fairness
> > ideology.  I swear to honor and uphold the full civil rights of the
> > citizens, as guaranteed by the Constitution, and I shall expect my
> > coworkers and superiors to do the same.   I understand that my
> > employment in or by government is conditional upon my adherence to
> > this oath."   No employee nor office holder shall be sanctioned for
> > making complaints against another office holder, employee or
> > superior.  No government employee nor office holder shall be coerced
> > into wrongdoing, immoral action or non action, or illegality by a real
> > or implied threat of the loss of one's job, promotion or benefits, nor
> > by any bribe or promise of promotion or benefits.   Making such a
> > threat, bribe or promise is a felony carrying a minimum ten year
> > prison sentence—and if part of a pattern—making such threats, bribes
> > or promises is treason.  Acqui-escing to such is a felony.  Government
> > officials, agents or employees who become aware of corruption in
> > government or in any of its departments shall notify the Executive
> > Branch and the courts; willful failure to do so is a felony.  With
> > impunity, a government officer(s) or employee(s) shall enforce no law
> > nor perform any order or directive which violates their personal moral
> > conscience or their oath.
> >      Local governments shall have 10 or more councilmen or a direct
> > vote of the People is required to pass ordinances or raise taxes.
> > Upon request by the Executive or 1/5 of the larger governing body,
> > federal, state or local law making authority shall defer to the People
> > on controversial issues where the Will of the People is in doubt.  No
> > law nor previous or subsequent vote on any issue shall usurp the right
> > of an informed Public to decide controversial issues in direct
> > referenda; the vote for passage shall be 60%.  The apt macro-Will of
> > the People in elections or referenda, as manifested by their votes,
> > shall take precedence over any contrary existing or subsequent law,
> > governmental hierarchy or judicial ruling.  Because conditions change,
> > older laws aren't necessarily the Will of the People.
> >      Laws shall be concise and well defined.  If—due to brevity,
> > simplicity or lack of foresight, etc.—such laws have consequences
> > outside the intended or implied scope, for justice and expediency, a
> > judge may decree rightful, specific exceptions without new
> > legislation.  Only laws, rules, regulations and procedures that are in
> > the best interest of the People and the world environment shall be
> > passed, enacted or enforced, and no business contrary to such shall be
> > allowed to prosper.  No business, organization nor alliance shall use
> > their auspices to sway the House for selfish gain.  No business shall
> > exist that uses computer invasion to coerce sales or to monitor others—
> > regardless of any disclaimer or pact.  There shall be no
> > discrimination against any law-abiding Citizen, business or
> > organization due to arbitrary categorization.  No public nor private
> > regulation shall require disclosure of a person's stand or vote on any
> > issue which might cause them discrimination.  Laws shall respect the
> > People's diverse mores without setting arbitrary social standards.  No
> > government shall criminalize behavior that the Public considers to be
> > innocuous, or is macro-typical, or where government isn't being
> > deferential to the Public; nor shall they: prosecute victimless crimes
> > other than gross reckless endangerment; restrict the freedoms of
> > Citizens through oppressive laws and procedures; enact laws too broad
> > in scope to address narrow issues; pass laws disallowing any
> > reasonable criminal defense, or solely at a bureau's request;
> > selectively or inequitably enforce any laws; impose unfair,
> > drastically different punishments due to one's sex, race, color, creed
> > or age; nor sentence someone differ-ently due to their having a prior
> > criminal record.  An arresting officer may reverse such with impunity
> > at any time, regardless of the forms, procedures or processes begun.
> > The arrested person shall be freed and the record expunged.  Agreeable
> > restitution to crime victims may, at their option, substitute for the
> > apt trial.
>
> > Section 6, 7, 8 & 9:  Governments shall regulate no businesses nor
> > professions on the presumption that only governments have the best
> > interest of the Public at heart.  Businesses or professions meeting
> > licensing standards germane to the type and scope of work such
> > perform, and being regularly apprised of substantive new developments,
> > may control their own work without governmental sanction, nor, once
> > licensed, being required to be other than
>
> ...
>
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Fwd: British, French, US military strikes on Libya expected within hours 17 Mar 2011

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Breaking: U.N. Security Council votes to approve Libyan no-fly zone; military strikes expected 17 Mar 2011 The United Nations Security Council voted 10 to 0 supporting the use of "all necessary measures" including the use of a no-fly zone to protect civilians and rebel forces in Libya from forces loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi. Russia and China, which held veto powers, abstained from the vote, along with three other council members. The passing of the measure is expected to lead to U.N.-backed military strikes in Libya within hours, according to media reports.

 

Britain, France and US prepare for Libya air strikes 17 Mar 2011 British, French and US military aircraft are preparing to defend the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi after Washington said it was ready to support a no-fly zone and air strikes against Muammar Gaddafi's forces. Jets could take off from French military bases if a no-fly zone is approved [it was] in a fresh United Nations security council resolution authorising "all necessary measures short of an occupation force" to protect civilians. France, which has led the calls for a no-fly zone along with Britain, has offered the use of military bases on its Mediterranean coast about 750 miles from the Libyan coast.

 

UK forces 'could be in action by Friday' 17 Mar 2011 UK forces could be in action over Libya as early as Friday, after the UN backed a no-fly zone and "all necessary measures" to protect [?!?] civilians. A senior UK government source has told the BBC action could take longer, but would be within days of the vote. The resolution rules out a foreign occupation force in any part of Libya. Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK would "now respond" to the responsibility it placed on UN members.

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UNSC orders no-fly zone over Libya 17 Mar 2011 The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution ordering a no-fly zone over Libya, while suspending the country from the Human Rights Council. Resolution 1970 authorizes a no-fly zone over Libya and to allow "all necessary measures" to be taken "to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in (Libya), including Benghazi, while excluding an occupation force," Reuters reported on Thursday. It allows for airstrikes to halt Gaddafi's offensive against the revolutionary forces in Libya.

 

In Reversal, US Backs Libya No-Fly Zone 17 Mar 2011 Supporters of a no-fly zone over Libya called for a vote Thursday on a U.N. resolution aimed at preventing Moammar Gadhafi's planes from carrying out aerial attacks, while the United States, in a striking reversal, pushed for broader action to 'protect civilians' from ground and sea attacks as well. U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said the Obama administration is "fully focused on the urgency and the gravity of the situation on the ground," where Gadhafi's fighters are intensifying attacks and heading toward rebel-held Bengazi, Libya's second-largest city, and is working "very hard" for a vote on Thursday.

 

Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media --Military's 'sock puppet' software creates fake online identities to spread pro-American propaganda --The project has been likened by web experts to China's attempts to control and restrict free speech on the internet. 17 Mar 2011 The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda. A Californian corporation has been awarded a contract with United States Central Command (Centcom), which oversees US armed operations in the Middle East and Central Asia, to develop what is described as an "online persona management service" that will allow one US serviceman or woman to control up to 10 separate identities based all over the world.

 

Radiation detected at Chicago and Dallas airports as U.S. citizens are evacuated from Japan  --UN predicts nuclear plume could hit U.S. by FRIDAY --Obama finally falls in line with the rest of the world and starts evacuating American citizens from Japan --French minister: 'Let's not beat about the bush, they've essentially lost control' --Cooling pool for spent fuel rods has 'boiled dry at reactor number four' --Japanese have 48 hours to avoid 'another Chernobyl' --Experts warn that crisis is 'approaching point of no return' as officials run out of options 17 Mar 2011 Radiation from Japan was detected in Chicago and Dallas today as U.S. citizens fleeing a potential nuclear disaster arrived back on American soil. Travellers landing at Chicago's O'Hare airport and Dallas Fort-Worth airport are said to have tested positive for minute amounts of radiation.

 

'Please continue to live well': Fukushima Fifty 'on suicide mission' to battle N-plant meltdown send haunting messages to families... as radioactive steam pours from wrecked reactor --Nuclear workers accept their fate 'like a death sentence' --Fears for their health as one expert says it is 'perhaps a suicide mission' --Radiation levels rise in Japan as crisis continues --Radioactive plume to hit US west coast tomorrow --17,000 British nationals could be evacuated as last-ditch efforts are made to stop nuclear catastrophe 17 Mar 2011 Japan was today rallying behind the anonymous nuclear emergency workers at the stricken Fukushima power plant - as heartbreaking details of their plight emerged. The 180 workers face soaring radiation levels as they make ever more desperate attempts to stop over-heating reactors and spent fuel rods leaking more radiation into the atmosphere.

 

Fear of radiation sickness near Fukushima plant 16 Mar 2011 Concerns about radiation sickness in Japan are focused on the area within 20 miles of the quake-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. If the worst happens -- a full core meltdown and a large release of radiation -- people living within hundreds of miles of the plant could have a somewhat higher risk of developing cancer in coming decades. Experts say the risks depend on how much radiation is released, how much people are exposed to and over how long a period, and how the winds blow.

 

Radiation Plume Headed to California From Japan 17 Mar 2011 The United Nations is forecasting a possible radioactive plume coming across the Pacific Ocean and arriving in California Friday, according to the New York Times. While health and nuclear experts say the plume will dilute as it moves east, there will be hints of radiation. The island of Japan is more than 5,000 away from the California coastline.

 

Obama says does not expect harmful radiation to reach U.S. 18 Mar 2011 U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday that he does not expect harmful radiation sparked by the crippled Japanese nuclear plant will reach the U.S., including its West Coast and Hawaii. "We do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the United States, whether it's the West Coast, Hawaii, Alaska or U.S. territories in the Pacific," he said in a prepared speech at the White House. Obama said right now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health experts do not recommend that people in the United States take precautionary measures beyond staying informed.

 

U.S. radiation experts try to decipher reports from Japan 17 Mar 2011 The Japanese government's radiation report for the country's 47 prefectures Wednesday had a notable omission: Fukushima, ground zero in Japan's nuclear crisis. Measurements from Ibaraki, just south of Fukushima, were also blanked out. Radiation experts in the USA say that the lack of information about radioactivity released from the smoldering reactors makes it impossible to gauge the current danger, project how bad a potential meltdown might be or calculate how much fallout might reach the USA.

 

Japanese power companies hid nuclear safety problems: WikiLeaks 17 Mar 2011 Eighteen months before Japan's radiation crisis, U.S. diplomats had lambasted the safety chief of the world's atomic watchdog for incompetence, especially when it came to the nuclear power industry in his homeland, Japan. Cables sent from the U.S. embassy in Vienna to Washington, which were obtained by WikiLeaks and reviewed by Reuters, singled out Tomihiro Taniuchi, until last year head of safety and security at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

 

House votes to permanently bar NPR from receiving federal funds 17 Mar 2011 In a mostly party-line vote, the House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday that would permanently bar NPR from receiving federal funds, the latest escalation in conservatives' campaign against the broadcaster. Republicans already voted to eliminate all federal support for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the current fiscal year, which helps public stations buy NPR programming, but the provision was not incorporated into the continuing agreements that have kept the government funded. The latest vote was 228 to 192, with one lawmaker voting "present."

 

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Probation Ok’d For New Haven Cop Charged In Chase

Would you or I receive such special treatment?

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Probation Ok'd For New Haven Cop Charged In Chase
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2011/03/17/news/new_haven/aa3_nereynoldschase031611.txt

"NEW HAVEN — A police sergeant charged last year with leading officers from his own department on a high-speed pursuit while off duty has been granted a lenient form of probation that will leave him with a clean record."

"Officers reported smelling alcohol on his breath but Reynolds was not arrested at the scene."

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NYPD Made 536,000 Arrests For Marijuana Possession (1997-2010)

Who is the victim if you or I choose to smoke a plant?

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Jacob Sullum | March 17, 2011

A new report from the Drug Policy Alliance estimates that New York City spends $75 million a year to arrest people for marijuana possession, even though possession of up to 25 grams (about nine-tenths of an ounce) is not an arrestable offense in New York state. The report's authors, Queens College sociologist Harry Levine and drug policy researcher Loren Siegel (formerly with the ACLU), note that "carrying a small amount of marijuana in a pocket, backpack or purse...is not a crime" in New York. It is a citable offense, similar to a traffic violation, punishable by a $100 fine. But as Levine has shown, police in New York City routinely trick people (overwhelmingly young blacks and Hispanics) into taking out their marijuana and exposing it to "public view," which converts a citable offense into a misdemeanor. "From 1997 through 2010," Levine and Siegel report, "the NYPD made 536,000 arrests for marijuana possession." This little-noticed crackdown on pot smokers, they estimate based on conservative assumptions, has cost taxpayers between $500 million and $1 billion. That's on top of "the serious human costs and consequences," which include not only the inconvenience and humiliation of the arrest and time spent in jail but permanent criminal records that can be a lifelong handicap.

Go here for more on Levine's studies of marijuana arrests in New York and California.

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