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Posted: 9/23/2016 9:54:38 PM EDT
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Actually Liverpool was a launching pad for a lot of Irish Emigration to Britain, the USA, Canada and Australia. The Dubliners-The Rocky Road to Dublin In the merry month of June, From my home I started, Left the girls of Tuam, Nearly broken hearted, Saluted me father dear, Kissed me darling mother, Drank a pint of beer, My grief and tears to smother, Then off to reap the corn, And leave where I was born, Cut a stout blackthorn, To banish ghost and goblin, In a brand new pair of brogues, go rattling o'er the bogs, Frightening all the dogs, On the rocky road to Dublin. One, two, three, four, five In Mullingar last night, I rested limbs so weary, Started by daylight, Next morning bright and early, Took a drop of the pure, To keep my heart from sinking, That's the Paddy's cure, When he's on the drinking. See the lassies smile, Laughing all the while, At me darling style, 'Twould set your heart a-bubbling. Asked me was I hired, The wages I required, Till I was almost tired, Of the rocky road to Dublin. One, two, three, four, five Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road and all the way to Dublin, whack-fol-la-de-da! In Dublin next arrived, I thought it such a pity, To be so soon deprived, A view of that fine city. Decided to take a stroll, All among the quality, My bundle it was stole, In a neat locality; Something crossed my mind, When I looked behind; No bundle could I find, Upon me stick a wobbling. Enquiring for a rogue, They said me Connacht brogue, Wasn't much in vogue, On the rocky road to Dublin. One, two, three, four, five Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road and all the way to Dublin, whack-fol-la-de-da! From there I got away, Me spirits never failing Landed on the quay just as the ship was sailing; Captain at me roared, Said that no room had he, then I jumped aboard, A cabin found for Paddy, Down among the pigs played some funny rigs, Danced some hearty jigs, The water round me bubbling, When off to Holyhead, Wished myself was dead, Or better far instead, On the rocky road to Dublin. One, two, three, four, five Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road and all the way to Dublin, whack-fol-la-de-da! The boys of Liverpool, When we safely landed, Called meself a fool; I could no longer stand it; Blood began to boil, Temper I was losing, Poor old Erin's isle They began abusing, "Hurrah my soul, " sez I, Let the shillelagh fly; Some Galway boys were nigh, Saw I was a hobbling, With a loud hurray, They joined me in the fray. Soon we cleared the way, O'er the rocky road to Dublin. One, two, three, four, five Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road and all the way to Dublin, whack-fol-la-de-da! One, two, three, four, five Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road and all the way to Dublin, whack-fol-la-de-da!  The Irish built a lot of roads in the Isles and in the North Eastern US. The Dubliners-Hot Asphalt Good evening, all my jolly lads, I'm glad to find you well If you'll gather all around me, now, the story I will tell For I've got a situation and begorrah and begob I can whisper all the weekly wage of nineteen bob 'Tis twelve months come October since I left me native home After helping them Killarney boys to bring the harvest down But now I wear the gansey and around me waist a belt I'm the gaffer of the squad that makes the hot asphalt Well, we laid it in a hollows and we laid it in the flat And if it doesn't last forever, sure I swear, I'll eat me hat Well, I've wandered up and down the world and sure I never felt Any surface that was equal to the hot asphalt The other night a copper comes and he says to me, McGuire Would you kindly let me light me pipe down at your boiler fire? And he planks himself right down in front, with hobnails up, till late And says I, me decent man, you'd better go and find your bait He ups and yells, I'm down on you, I'm up to all yer pranks Don't I know you for a traitor from the Tipperary ranks? Boys, I hit straight from the shoulder and I gave him such a belt That I knocked him into the boiler full of hot asphalt Well, we laid it in a hollows and we laid it in the flat And if it doesn't last forever, sure I swear, I'll eat me hat Well, I've wandered up and down the world and sure I never felt Any surface that was equal to the hot asphalt We quickly dragged him out again and we threw him in the tub And with soap and warm water we began to rub and scrub But devil the thing, it hardened and it turned him hard as stone And with every other rub, sure you could hear the copper groan I'm thinking, says O'Reilly, that he's lookin' like old Nick And burn me if I am not inclined to claim him with me pick Now, says I, it would be easier to boil him till he melts And to stir him nice and easy in the hot asphalt Well, we laid it in a hollows and we laid it in the flat And if it doesn't last forever, sure I swear, I'll eat me hat Well, I've wandered up and down the world and sure I never felt Any surface that was equal to the hot asphalt You may talk about yer sailor lads, ballad singers and the rest Your shoemakers and your tailors but we please the ladies best The only ones who know the way their flinty hearts to melt Are the lads around the boiler making hot asphalt With rubbing and with scrubbing, sure I caught me death of cold For scientific purposes, me body it was sold In the Kelvin grove museum, me boys, I'm hangin' in me pelt As a monument to the Irish, making hot asphalt Well, we laid it in a hollows and we laid it in the flat And if it doesn't last forever, sure I swear, I'll eat me hat Well, I've wandered up and down the world and sure I never felt Any surface that was equal to the hot asphalt |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 9:56:25 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2016 9:58:06 PM EDT
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I was born above Hadrian's Wall. Boudica gave the Romans hell below it. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 9:58:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryLike posting a pic of a dead relative. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:00:16 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:01:51 PM EDT
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Like posting a pic of a dead relative. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Like posting a pic of a dead relative. Send me one. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:02:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Like posting a pic of a dead relative. Quote HistoryQuoted: Like posting a pic of a dead relative.  Second from the left. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:03:30 PM EDT
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Windmills, wooden shoes, tulips, cheese, weed, and hookers.
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:03:35 PM EDT
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My ancestors were responsible for ending this guy's presidential ambitions. I have to hand it to him, though. How many of today's presidential candidates would be willing to meet the enemies of their country on the battlefield in open combat? |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:04:54 PM EDT
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As the progeny of advanced muttery, I have no idea what would be a good representation.
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:06:22 PM EDT
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Custer_Bvt_MG_Geo_A_1865_LC-BH831-365-crop.jpg My ancestors were responsible for ending this guy's presidential ambitions. I have to hand it to him, though. How many of today's presidential candidates would be willing to meet the enemies of their country on the battlefield in open combat? Well, Hillary would overheat. Trump would be Yuge. Cruz would be makin' bacon. Bernie would be accidentally locked in a love bus somewhere. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:06:50 PM EDT
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Custer_Bvt_MG_Geo_A_1865_LC-BH831-365-crop.jpg My ancestors were responsible for ending this guy's presidential ambitions. I have to hand it to him, though. How many of today's presidential candidates would be willing to meet the enemies of their country on the battlefield in open combat? Your ancestors and mine, had the same goals. It's a shame their ambitions didn't prevail. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:06:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Custer_Bvt_MG_Geo_A_1865_LC-BH831-365-crop.jpg My ancestors were responsible for ending this guy's presidential ambitions. I have to hand it to him, though. How many of today's presidential candidates would be willing to meet the enemies of their country on the battlefield in open combat? He gets a lot of hate, but, he did go down swinging. Lived by the sword and died by it, so to speak. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:06:58 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:07:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:08:10 PM EDT
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He gets a lot of hate, but, he did go down swinging. Lived by the sword and died by it, so to speak. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Custer_Bvt_MG_Geo_A_1865_LC-BH831-365-crop.jpg My ancestors were responsible for ending this guy's presidential ambitions. I have to hand it to him, though. How many of today's presidential candidates would be willing to meet the enemies of their country on the battlefield in open combat? He gets a lot of hate, but, he did go down swinging. Lived by the sword and died by it, so to speak. He was an idiot. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:09:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:09:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryNot big fan of E Pluribus Unum, I take it. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:09:29 PM EDT
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On my moms side we are Germans from Russia
On my dads side we are German Bottom left is my 3rd great grandfather. Served in the 1st Mn Volunteer Heavy Artillery during the Civil War 
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:09:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:09:55 PM EDT
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I come from a savage race both halves 
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:10:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: He was an idiot. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Custer_Bvt_MG_Geo_A_1865_LC-BH831-365-crop.jpg My ancestors were responsible for ending this guy's presidential ambitions. I have to hand it to him, though. How many of today's presidential candidates would be willing to meet the enemies of their country on the battlefield in open combat? He gets a lot of hate, but, he did go down swinging. Lived by the sword and died by it, so to speak. He was an idiot. If you're gonna be an idiot, be a brave one. He had a lot of faults, cowardice was not one of them. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:10:24 PM EDT
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  "If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.” |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:10:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:12:41 PM EDT
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Im American. Sorry not too exciting but I guess my family never celebrated anything else.
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:12:44 PM EDT
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Not big fan of E Pluribus Unum, I take it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Not big fan of E Pluribus Unum, I take it. 
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:13:21 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:14:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: http://www.dailystormer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/6811919_G.0.0.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Not big fan of E Pluribus Unum, I take it. http://www.dailystormer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/6811919_G.0.0.jpg I'm guessing that's cold for a reason. Pass. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:14:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:15:38 PM EDT
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I'm guessing that's cold for a reason. Pass. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Not big fan of E Pluribus Unum, I take it. http://www.dailystormer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/6811919_G.0.0.jpg I'm guessing that's cold for a reason. Pass. Made it live for you.
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:15:43 PM EDT
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If you're gonna be an idiot, be a brave one. He had a lot of faults, cowardice was not one of them. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Custer_Bvt_MG_Geo_A_1865_LC-BH831-365-crop.jpg My ancestors were responsible for ending this guy's presidential ambitions. I have to hand it to him, though. How many of today's presidential candidates would be willing to meet the enemies of their country on the battlefield in open combat? He gets a lot of hate, but, he did go down swinging. Lived by the sword and died by it, so to speak. He was an idiot. If you're gonna be an idiot, be a brave one. He had a lot of faults, cowardice was not one of them. He was a failure. That's all that matters. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:18:36 PM EDT
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My people are Prussians, we contributed to modem warfare and not much else.
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:18:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: He was a failure. That's all that matters. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: He was an idiot. If you're gonna be an idiot, be a brave one. He had a lot of faults, cowardice was not one of them. He was a failure. That's all that matters. You've never counted coup, so of course you'd think that. In his life, he achieved victory in combat. More than once. That's all that matters. Lesser men can never understand that. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:20:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:21:55 PM EDT
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I'm a mutt of the British Isles, with the final immigrant coming in from Northern Ireland. We are apparently the least cool of all the honkeyesque ethnicities.
I'd post a photo of my RIC carbine if I wasn't on mobile. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:24:14 PM EDT
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Trigger warning: the whiteness may be too sickitating for some viewers
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:28:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Trigger warning: the whiteness may be too sickitating for some viewers  https://youtu.be/OneQRawdLv4I was expecting Polka.  |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:28:41 PM EDT
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You've never counted coup, so of course you'd think that. In his life, he achieved victory in combat. More than once. That's all that matters. Lesser men can never understand that. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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He was an idiot. If you're gonna be an idiot, be a brave one. He had a lot of faults, cowardice was not one of them. He was a failure. That's all that matters. You've never counted coup, so of course you'd think that. In his life, he achieved victory in combat. More than once. That's all that matters. Lesser men can never understand that. He chose the battle. He chose the time and place of his defeat at the hands of neolithic villagers. He was an idiot. But I will agree, his prior action at Gettysburg was outstanding. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:29:18 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:31:24 PM EDT
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I'm 4th Gen American. Before that, my ancestors hail from Scandinavia (known from Norway, Sweden, and Finland), and rumors of some from England. The ones from England don't really count though, as their ancestors were more than likely raped and pillaged by my other ancestors. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:33:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:33:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: He chose the battle. He chose the time and place of his defeat at the hands of neolithic villagers. He was an idiot. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: You've never counted coup, so of course you'd think that. In his life, he achieved victory in combat. More than once. That's all that matters. Lesser men can never understand that. He chose the battle. He chose the time and place of his defeat at the hands of neolithic villagers. He was an idiot. But we agree he chose battle, yes? You can't win them all. (Unless you're Alexander.) His actions in '76 did not cover him in glory. He was, however, Johnny on the spot on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Balls not brains. There are times that balls will do. (you can write that down) |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:34:18 PM EDT
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I'll offer you a German beer you can't refuse.(Italian-German)
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:35:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:36:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll offer you a German beer you can't refuse.(Italian-German) Well, in that case, if I offer you an Irish Whisky or Chilean Malbec, you can't refuse either. |
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:36:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:37:00 PM EDT
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There is a great probability that my Mother built the starter motor for this very engine. She was 15 when she started in the RR factory.
My how things have changed. Today is her birthday, happy 89th Mom ! 
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:38:04 PM EDT
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Custer_Bvt_MG_Geo_A_1865_LC-BH831-365-crop.jpg My ancestors were responsible for ending this guy's presidential ambitions. I have to hand it to him, though. How many of today's presidential candidates would be willing to meet the enemies of their country on the battlefield in open combat? I was living in a city named for the one who evicted mine. 
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:38:31 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:43:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2016 10:46:34 PM EDT
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