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		<title>By: Paata Chkheidze</title>
		<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2009/07/10/the-power-of-ethnonationalism/comment-page-1/#comment-7953</link>
		<dc:creator>Paata Chkheidze</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kilroy is here. Thanks Kilroy. We Georgians do not want American soldiers to come and fight in our ethno-political war. We would be grateful, if you understand us and back morally in our fight for freedom.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kilroy is here. Thanks Kilroy. We Georgians do not want American soldiers to come and fight in our ethno-political war. We would be grateful, if you understand us and back morally in our fight for freedom.</p>
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		<title>By: Dave</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is probably the worst article Buchanan has ever written.  Maybe I am missing the point, but is he suggesting expulsion of non-Europeans?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is probably the worst article Buchanan has ever written.  Maybe I am missing the point, but is he suggesting expulsion of non-Europeans?</p>
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		<title>By: Tripp DeMoss</title>
		<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2009/07/10/the-power-of-ethnonationalism/comment-page-1/#comment-7885</link>
		<dc:creator>Tripp DeMoss</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting- this fear of ethnonationalism is itself ethnonationalist. What a bunch of fascist/mercantalist crap. What, trying to reinvigorate the Know Nothings, Mr. Buchanan?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting- this fear of ethnonationalism is itself ethnonationalist. What a bunch of fascist/mercantalist crap. What, trying to reinvigorate the Know Nothings, Mr. Buchanan?</p>
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		<title>By: Majumder</title>
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		<dc:creator>Majumder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I pray I am wrong on this one!

All signs are out there as anyone with eyes can see.

It will not be too long before the official American language becomes Spanish.

And, the Muslims are growing at every corner in America.

Current U.S. President is a de facto Muslim man. Islam has taken its roots firmly in the White House.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I pray I am wrong on this one!</p>
<p>All signs are out there as anyone with eyes can see.</p>
<p>It will not be too long before the official American language becomes Spanish.</p>
<p>And, the Muslims are growing at every corner in America.</p>
<p>Current U.S. President is a de facto Muslim man. Islam has taken its roots firmly in the White House.</p>
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		<title>By: Andrews</title>
		<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2009/07/10/the-power-of-ethnonationalism/comment-page-1/#comment-7880</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrews</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pat Buchanan takes the correct Long View as to how the 
concentrations of people(Illegal and Legal) loyal to other than Host Country interests can Destabilize,Balkanize and Subvert the Laws and Culture of any Country that allows it. England,France and Italy have
now seen their error and are now moving against illegal immigration
forcefully and are not so happy with the E.U.!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pat Buchanan takes the correct Long View as to how the<br />
concentrations of people(Illegal and Legal) loyal to other than Host Country interests can Destabilize,Balkanize and Subvert the Laws and Culture of any Country that allows it. England,France and Italy have<br />
now seen their error and are now moving against illegal immigration<br />
forcefully and are not so happy with the E.U.!</p>
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		<title>By: Sean Scallon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sean Scallon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good column. One could argue Sarah Palin, to many whites, is an ethnonationalist leader however flawed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good column. One could argue Sarah Palin, to many whites, is an ethnonationalist leader however flawed.</p>
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		<title>By: OneSTDV</title>
		<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2009/07/10/the-power-of-ethnonationalism/comment-page-1/#comment-7876</link>
		<dc:creator>OneSTDV</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I see Buchananan&#039;s point in this article and I think increasing racialism amongst minorities will increase hostility amongst all groups.  The identity politics supported by modern liberalism asserts that individuals are defined by their ethnic or racial make-up and this in turn increases ethnocentric tendencies.

I post extensively about racial issues at my blog.  Here&#039;s a post where I discuss how whites should approach the issue of race in America.

&lt;a href=&quot;http://onestdv.blogspot.com/2009/06/pro-white.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Pro-White?&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see Buchananan&#8217;s point in this article and I think increasing racialism amongst minorities will increase hostility amongst all groups.  The identity politics supported by modern liberalism asserts that individuals are defined by their ethnic or racial make-up and this in turn increases ethnocentric tendencies.</p>
<p>I post extensively about racial issues at my blog.  Here&#8217;s a post where I discuss how whites should approach the issue of race in America.</p>
<p><a href="http://onestdv.blogspot.com/2009/06/pro-white.html" rel="nofollow">Pro-White?</a></p>
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		<title>By: Kilroy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kilroy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pat writes: &quot;&lt;i&gt;Last August, ethnonationalism, with an assist from the Russian Army, relieved Georgia of Abkhazia and South Ossetia&lt;/i&gt;&quot;

Do you believe that one becomes &quot;ethnic&quot; by reason of citizenship alone? If not, then how was Russian involvement in northern and western Georgia driven by ethnonationalism?

The Ossetians were given Russian passports, and under &lt;i&gt;that&lt;/i&gt; pretext, Moscow declared them to be &quot;Russian&quot;... ethnonationalism indeed...

Ordinarily I read and enjoy Pat&#039;s work, and that of &lt;i&gt;TAC&lt;/i&gt;, but you chaps have to understand that we don&#039;t live in the 1600s... when one country sneezes today, half that hemisphere is likely to catch cold. There is no place for isolationism in today&#039;s world. The Georgians represent US strategic interests, and there is no shame in us acting accordingly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pat writes: &#8220;<i>Last August, ethnonationalism, with an assist from the Russian Army, relieved Georgia of Abkhazia and South Ossetia</i>&#8221;</p>
<p>Do you believe that one becomes &#8220;ethnic&#8221; by reason of citizenship alone? If not, then how was Russian involvement in northern and western Georgia driven by ethnonationalism?</p>
<p>The Ossetians were given Russian passports, and under <i>that</i> pretext, Moscow declared them to be &#8220;Russian&#8221;&#8230; ethnonationalism indeed&#8230;</p>
<p>Ordinarily I read and enjoy Pat&#8217;s work, and that of <i>TAC</i>, but you chaps have to understand that we don&#8217;t live in the 1600s&#8230; when one country sneezes today, half that hemisphere is likely to catch cold. There is no place for isolationism in today&#8217;s world. The Georgians represent US strategic interests, and there is no shame in us acting accordingly.</p>
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		<title>By: 1503</title>
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		<dc:creator>1503</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Congratulations M. Patrick J. Buchanan
Here is the title of the American Conservative :


July 14, 2003 Decline of the Dollar
August 11, 2003  Death of manufacting
February 10, 2003 living in the bubble
October 25, 2004 ethnic electorate

About the pest of the ethnonationalism  :
The concept is in the natural law , but it’s also in the natural law to create a competition  ( via the Federal ) among the factions for the commonwealth of everybody.
An example of the new trend is the ‘democratic’ ethnonationalism ( Quebec for exemple , with 5 000 000 of Quebeccers ( by blood ) take power on the land equal of 85% of Mexico!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congratulations M. Patrick J. Buchanan<br />
Here is the title of the American Conservative :</p>
<p>July 14, 2003 Decline of the Dollar<br />
August 11, 2003  Death of manufacting<br />
February 10, 2003 living in the bubble<br />
October 25, 2004 ethnic electorate</p>
<p>About the pest of the ethnonationalism  :<br />
The concept is in the natural law , but it’s also in the natural law to create a competition  ( via the Federal ) among the factions for the commonwealth of everybody.<br />
An example of the new trend is the ‘democratic’ ethnonationalism ( Quebec for exemple , with 5 000 000 of Quebeccers ( by blood ) take power on the land equal of 85% of Mexico!</p>
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		<title>By: Chris Moore</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris Moore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It’s not just ethnic lobbies, leftists and the left-liberal establishment that have opened the borders up in this country at an assimilation-impossible rate (although it’s primarily left-wing policies inhibiting assimilation). Think of the business interests trying to drive down the labor wages. Think of the Corporatists trying to grow the American and NAFTA market ever bigger. Think of the Capitalist internationalists who dream that one day the world will be borderless in service of their ideology of expedited trade and maximized profits. 

America sold its soul to Big Government and Corporatism ages ago, so little surprise that today its leadership is basically comprised of the money-worshipping Right and the government-worshipping Left.

We need to devolve corrupt government in order to restore the moral authority of what the Founders identified as our Creator, because life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness cannot be undertaken where chaos, Corporatism, and the heavy hand of government reigns.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s not just ethnic lobbies, leftists and the left-liberal establishment that have opened the borders up in this country at an assimilation-impossible rate (although it’s primarily left-wing policies inhibiting assimilation). Think of the business interests trying to drive down the labor wages. Think of the Corporatists trying to grow the American and NAFTA market ever bigger. Think of the Capitalist internationalists who dream that one day the world will be borderless in service of their ideology of expedited trade and maximized profits. </p>
<p>America sold its soul to Big Government and Corporatism ages ago, so little surprise that today its leadership is basically comprised of the money-worshipping Right and the government-worshipping Left.</p>
<p>We need to devolve corrupt government in order to restore the moral authority of what the Founders identified as our Creator, because life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness cannot be undertaken where chaos, Corporatism, and the heavy hand of government reigns.</p>
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		<title>By: Charlie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Charlie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>But what do we do, Pat?  This article makes me sad and angry, because as an American originalist I am paralyzed for doing anything for fear of professional repercussions.

I really think it&#039;s too late.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But what do we do, Pat?  This article makes me sad and angry, because as an American originalist I am paralyzed for doing anything for fear of professional repercussions.</p>
<p>I really think it&#8217;s too late.</p>
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		<title>By: Barney Rebble</title>
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		<dc:creator>Barney Rebble</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Most of us have watched this before.  Rutger Hauer plays Pat Buchanan (representing 200 years of US Establishment), Harrison Ford plays Obama (thinks he&#039;s a white guy, but is really the same as the slaves were), and Sean Young plays the US Economy (Edward James Olmos plays the republicans, walking with a crutch, making little figurines out of scraps of paper, betting against the economy):

Mankind kills God:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CkiDuHrxsM

Rutger Hauer on what it was like to play &quot;white people&quot;:
&quot;I want more life, f**ker&quot; - was he atheist?
&quot;I want more life, father&quot; - was he christian?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbhFZihpGfY

Are the masters really the slaves?  Do we regret giving &quot;a hand up&quot;?
The guy in the hat and trenchcoat, right at the end, represents the republicans, betting against the economy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R72dbbtcuO0

But Sean Young (the girl, playing the economy), will live to be made love to, by Harrison Ford (playing Obama and ACORN), who appears to be a white guy, but is really a replicant himself (from the slave race)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fCeH-WnJYM

The economy (the girl), making out with what looks like a white guy who is really a descendent of the slaves, after the death of the previous white slaves who thought they were superior and in charge, while the maker lies dead in a sarcophagus at the top of the glass pyramid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9KAqhbIZ7o

Like I said, we&#039;ve seen all this before...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most of us have watched this before.  Rutger Hauer plays Pat Buchanan (representing 200 years of US Establishment), Harrison Ford plays Obama (thinks he&#8217;s a white guy, but is really the same as the slaves were), and Sean Young plays the US Economy (Edward James Olmos plays the republicans, walking with a crutch, making little figurines out of scraps of paper, betting against the economy):</p>
<p>Mankind kills God:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CkiDuHrxsM" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CkiDuHrxsM</a></p>
<p>Rutger Hauer on what it was like to play &#8220;white people&#8221;:<br />
&#8220;I want more life, f**ker&#8221; &#8211; was he atheist?<br />
&#8220;I want more life, father&#8221; &#8211; was he christian?<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbhFZihpGfY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbhFZihpGfY</a></p>
<p>Are the masters really the slaves?  Do we regret giving &#8220;a hand up&#8221;?<br />
The guy in the hat and trenchcoat, right at the end, represents the republicans, betting against the economy.<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R72dbbtcuO0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R72dbbtcuO0</a></p>
<p>But Sean Young (the girl, playing the economy), will live to be made love to, by Harrison Ford (playing Obama and ACORN), who appears to be a white guy, but is really a replicant himself (from the slave race)<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fCeH-WnJYM" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fCeH-WnJYM</a></p>
<p>The economy (the girl), making out with what looks like a white guy who is really a descendent of the slaves, after the death of the previous white slaves who thought they were superior and in charge, while the maker lies dead in a sarcophagus at the top of the glass pyramid.<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9KAqhbIZ7o" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9KAqhbIZ7o</a></p>
<p>Like I said, we&#8217;ve seen all this before&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew Kern</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andrew Kern</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My great-grandfather came in 1910 and my mother in 1959. I never wondered for a moment what my nationality was or where my allegiance lay. I am an American. 

But USA used to understand that we have a different form of government than other countries. In the 19th century, almost everybody who came to America came from a monarchy. They had to learn how to govern themselves in a Republic - and I might add that most of them were more than eager to do so. They used to come for freedom, i.e. the right to rule themselves.

Now people come to share in &quot;The American way of life&quot; which no longer has anything to do with self-rule. Now it&#039;s about self-indulgence. 

We bid farewell to the Republic of virtue founded by our (Yes, mine too!) founding fathers along time ago. Franklin was prophetic. We haven&#039;t kept it. 

I think that&#039;s behind a lot of PJB&#039;s concerns.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My great-grandfather came in 1910 and my mother in 1959. I never wondered for a moment what my nationality was or where my allegiance lay. I am an American. </p>
<p>But USA used to understand that we have a different form of government than other countries. In the 19th century, almost everybody who came to America came from a monarchy. They had to learn how to govern themselves in a Republic &#8211; and I might add that most of them were more than eager to do so. They used to come for freedom, i.e. the right to rule themselves.</p>
<p>Now people come to share in &#8220;The American way of life&#8221; which no longer has anything to do with self-rule. Now it&#8217;s about self-indulgence. </p>
<p>We bid farewell to the Republic of virtue founded by our (Yes, mine too!) founding fathers along time ago. Franklin was prophetic. We haven&#8217;t kept it. </p>
<p>I think that&#8217;s behind a lot of PJB&#8217;s concerns.</p>
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		<title>By: Tim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fran Rossi writes: &quot;Equating skin color and religious differences with crime and sin is abhorrent.&quot; 

Then 2 sentences later &quot;Which race is at the center of anti-government violence right now?&quot;  

Not sure exactly what anti-government violence you are referring to, but clearly you are implying that the white race is at the center of it. You completely contradicted yourself.

Furthermore the idea that as Americans &quot;We have always welcomed multiple ethnicities and cultures&quot; is complete nonsense.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fran Rossi writes: &#8220;Equating skin color and religious differences with crime and sin is abhorrent.&#8221; </p>
<p>Then 2 sentences later &#8220;Which race is at the center of anti-government violence right now?&#8221;  </p>
<p>Not sure exactly what anti-government violence you are referring to, but clearly you are implying that the white race is at the center of it. You completely contradicted yourself.</p>
<p>Furthermore the idea that as Americans &#8220;We have always welcomed multiple ethnicities and cultures&#8221; is complete nonsense.</p>
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		<title>By: Jack Tracey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jack Tracey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Scott,
To be precise, America was founded for Englishmen by Englishmen.  Read the works of 19th century naturalists like Frank Norris.  All non-Englishmen are of an inferior breed that should not be allowed to mix with us.

Seriously, there&#039;s nothing wrong with a broad base of national/ethnic backgrounds in American society.  The concern that conservatives like PJB have is that there is no end to the constant ebb and flow of new individuals in and out of American society.  Modern transportation and technology make it easy to come here, make money, send it elsewhere, and then leave when you&#039;re done-- all while having never read, listened to, watched or spoken the American language.

American immigration history includes long periods of highly restricted immigration-- periods in which people of diverse backgrounds learned to live with one another, talk like one another, marry one another, and make little Americans.  

Most importantly, these people from diverse backgrounds were expected to learn to be Americans themselves.  They were proud of the prospect.  Today, the celebration of diversity over American-ness (new word?) has been institutionalized.  Who determines what American-ness is?  Americans.

So PJB&#039;s question, and mine, is how can the contents of the pot melt, if they&#039;re constantly changing?  Futhermore, do the current contents not have a right to say, &quot;Enough; the pot is full?&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scott,<br />
To be precise, America was founded for Englishmen by Englishmen.  Read the works of 19th century naturalists like Frank Norris.  All non-Englishmen are of an inferior breed that should not be allowed to mix with us.</p>
<p>Seriously, there&#8217;s nothing wrong with a broad base of national/ethnic backgrounds in American society.  The concern that conservatives like PJB have is that there is no end to the constant ebb and flow of new individuals in and out of American society.  Modern transportation and technology make it easy to come here, make money, send it elsewhere, and then leave when you&#8217;re done&#8211; all while having never read, listened to, watched or spoken the American language.</p>
<p>American immigration history includes long periods of highly restricted immigration&#8211; periods in which people of diverse backgrounds learned to live with one another, talk like one another, marry one another, and make little Americans.  </p>
<p>Most importantly, these people from diverse backgrounds were expected to learn to be Americans themselves.  They were proud of the prospect.  Today, the celebration of diversity over American-ness (new word?) has been institutionalized.  Who determines what American-ness is?  Americans.</p>
<p>So PJB&#8217;s question, and mine, is how can the contents of the pot melt, if they&#8217;re constantly changing?  Futhermore, do the current contents not have a right to say, &#8220;Enough; the pot is full?&#8221;</p>
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