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Date Sent: 2018-10-07
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Monday, October 8, 2018 |
SWIFT and the Weaponization of the U.S. Dollar
The Post-Fiat World Begins: Venezuela's Cryptocurrency A Necessity To Obtain A Passport -- "Bankrupt" UN Budget: Who Hasn't Paid Their Dues? -- NYT Columnist Wants a Jeff Bezos "Without All the Wealth Creation" -- Europe's Junk Bond Bubble Has Finally Burst -- "Fess Up To Reality" - Former Google Exec Exposes Silicon Valley Hypocrisy... -- Australia Auto Crash on Top of Housing Crash -- Russia gunmaker proposes hypersonic sniper gun -- Everything Is A Hoax -- Exposing The Elites' "Unwinnable Battle" -- German Coalition Agrees To Seek "Skilled Migrants" -- Two bullets 'were found in pilot's body' after helicopter crash... -- Can A Home Garden Produce Enough Food To Live On? -- Wife of Israeli prime minister goes on trial for fraud -- Brexit: Jean-Claude Juncker says chance of deal has increased -- Why Nobody Trusts the FBI… And That's a Good Thing -- The new trailer for Star Trek Discovery's second season shows off plenty of action and... -- Crypto Volumes Tumble To 17-Month Low As "Bitcoin Becomes Boring" -- "Preplanned Murder": Turkey Says 15-Member Saudi Hit Team Murdered Journalist... -- US Home Prices Hit Peak Unaffordability As Prospective Buyers Better Off Renting -- China Cuts Reserve Ratio, Releases 1.2 Trillion Yuan Amid Rising Trade War, Record Defaults -- Brett Kavanaugh Sworn In As 114th Supreme Court Justice -- Washington Post writer who fiercely criticized the Saudi government 'was tortured'... -- Trump's Remarkable Week -- Human Action: A Chapter-by-Chapter Summary -- Someone Says "Rape Culture Is a Myth." -- There Was No Debate When We Needed One -- Compulsory Schooling Laws: What if We Didn't Have Them? -- We Are All Deplorables Now -- On the Hunt for Disease X --
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News Link • Currencies
SWIFT and the Weaponization of the U.S. Dollar
10-07-2018
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https://fee.org, Michael Maharrey
The U.S. has used the system as a stick before. Continuing down this path could trigger de-dollarization and an ensuing currency crisis.
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News Link • Venezuela
The Post-Fiat World Begins: Venezuela's Cryptocurrency A Necessity To Obtain A Passport
10-07-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
The case for cryptocurrencies sure looks to have gotten stronger over the past week and Venezuela's "Petro" looks like it may be the concept's first "beta test" on a country-wide scale.
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News Link • United Nations
"Bankrupt" UN Budget: Who Hasn't Paid Their Dues?
10-07-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Having been accused of 'moral bankruptcy' by US officials, The United Nations appears to be heading for fiscal bankruptcy as, earlier this summer, UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned staff that the world body is running out of cash and urged member
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News Link • General Opinion
NYT Columnist Wants a Jeff Bezos "Without All the Wealth Creation"
10-07-2018
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https://fee.org by John Tamny
Even if Bezos drops all of his billions into the poorest parts of the world from helicopters, those dollars will only be useful to the poor to the extent that a future Bezos is getting filthy rich serving them
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News Link • Economy - International
Europe's Junk Bond Bubble Has Finally Burst
10-07-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Earlier this week, the euphoria over US high yield bonds hit new post-crisis highs when amid a sharp slowdown in supply, a rise in the oil price and generally solid economic conditions...
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News Link • Books
"Fess Up To Reality" - Former Google Exec Exposes Silicon Valley Hypocrisy...
10-07-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
"Fess Up To Reality" - Former Google Exec Exposes Silicon Valley Hypocrisy In Scathing Essay
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News Link • Australia
Australia Auto Crash on Top of Housing Crash
10-07-2018
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moneymaven.io by Mike Mish Shedlock
New car sales in Australia are down for the sixth consecutive month. The real numbers are worse.
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News Link • Weapons/Weaponry
Russia gunmaker proposes hypersonic sniper gun
10-07-2018
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https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian Wang
Vladislav Lobaev, the founder and chief engineer of Lobaev Arms is researching hypersonic ammunition and with funding could create a precision cartridge that will have a muzzle velocity of 2,000 m/s (about 6,560 fps) which is about mach 5.8.
This gu
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News Link • Hoax?
Everything Is A Hoax
10-07-2018
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https://www.paulcraigroberts.org by Paul Craig Rob
An Israeli expert on terrorism and covert assassination procedures explains that the alleged Russian GRU attack on the Skripals with a supposedly deadly nerve agent is a completely obvious hoax to anyone who knows anything at all. https://russia-insi
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News Link • Germany
German Coalition Agrees To Seek "Skilled Migrants"
10-07-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Soeren Kern
The new immigration law is a tacit admission that Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door migration policy, which has allowed into Germany more than a million mostly unskilled migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East, has failed to resolve the cou
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News Link • World News
Two bullets 'were found in pilot's body' after helicopter crash...
10-07-2018
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, by WILL STEWART
Two bullets 'were found in pilot's body' after helicopter crash which killed senior Putin prosecutor linked to lawyer who held Trump Tower meeting
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News Link • Agriculture
Can A Home Garden Produce Enough Food To Live On?
10-07-2018
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http://www.shtfplan.com, by Tess Pennington
Have you ever wondered why you should start your own garden when food is readily available at grocery stores?
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News Link • Israel
Wife of Israeli prime minister goes on trial for fraud
10-07-2018
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https://www.yahoo.com By Maayan Lubell
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara, appeared in court on Sunday for the first hearing in the fraud trial against her, in which she is alleged to have misused state funds in ordering catered meals.
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News Link • European Union
Brexit: Jean-Claude Juncker says chance of deal has increased
10-07-2018
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https://www.bbc.com
Top EU officials have expressed optimism that a Brexit deal can be struck by the end of the year.
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News Link • FBI
Why Nobody Trusts the FBI… And That's a Good Thing
10-07-2018
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https://www.lewrockwell.com By Joe Jarvis
When the FBI came out with a report on Hillary Clinton weeks before the 2016 election, Democrats were livid.
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
The new trailer for Star Trek Discovery's second season shows off plenty of action and...
10-07-2018
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thttps://www.theverge.com By Andrew Liptak
The series will debut on January 17th on CBS All Access
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News Link • Bitcoin
Crypto Volumes Tumble To 17-Month Low As "Bitcoin Becomes Boring"
10-07-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
All of those new crypto-focused hedge funds hoping to extract profits from volatile cryptocurrencies are about to be very disappointed.
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News Link • Turkey
"Preplanned Murder": Turkey Says 15-Member Saudi Hit Team Murdered Journalist...
10-07-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
"Preplanned Murder": Turkey Says 15-Member Saudi Hit Team Murdered Journalist Inside Consulate
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News Link • United States
US Home Prices Hit Peak Unaffordability As Prospective Buyers Better Off Renting
10-07-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
With unaffordability reaching levels not seen in decades across some of the most expensive urban markets in the US, a housing-market rout that began in the high-end of markets like New York City and San Francisco is beginning to spread.
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News Link • China
China Cuts Reserve Ratio, Releases 1.2 Trillion Yuan Amid Rising Trade War, Record Defaults
10-07-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
China's central bank announced it would cut the Required Reserve Ratio (RRR) for most banks by 1.0% effective October 15 for the fourth time in 2018, a little over three months after the PBOC announced a smaller, 0.5% cut on June 24, as Beijing seeks
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Brett Kavanaugh Sworn In As 114th Supreme Court Justice
10-07-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Update: The monthslong Kavanaugh confirmation saga has finally come to a close...he has been sworn in as the 114th Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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News Link • Turkey
Washington Post writer who fiercely criticized the Saudi government 'was tortured'...
10-07-2018
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk, by SARA MALM
Washington Post writer who fiercely criticized the Saudi government 'was tortured, murdered and cut into pieces inside his country's consulate in Istanbul', Turkish police claim
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News Link • Economic Theory
Human Action: A Chapter-by-Chapter Summary
10-07-2018
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https://www.lewrockwell.com by Martin Stefunko
Introduction
Economics is the youngest of all sciences. But it opened to human science a domain previously inaccessible and never thought of -- the regularity in the sequence and interdependence of market phenomena.
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News Link • General Opinion
Someone Says "Rape Culture Is a Myth."
10-07-2018
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https://www.lewrockwell.com By Tom Woods
From The Tom Woods Letter:
OK, at this point my newsletter is getting too easy to write.
Now it's Texas Christian University that's gone insane.
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News Link • General Opinion
There Was No Debate When We Needed One
10-07-2018
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https://www.paulcraigroberts.org by Paul Craig Rob
The utter failure of democratic politics
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News Link • General Opinion
We Are All Deplorables Now
10-07-2018
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https://www.lewrockwell.com By Patrick J. Buchanan
Four days after he described Christine Blasey Ford, the accuser of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, as a "very credible witness," President Donald Trump could no longer contain his feelings or constrain his instincts.
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News Link • Pandemic
On the Hunt for Disease X
10-07-2018
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https://www.lewrockwell.com by The Telegraph
The as-yet-undiscovered virus that could kill us all
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Plans for Regional Hydrogen-Electric Passenger Aircraft
10-07-2018
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https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian Wang
HES Energy Systems revealed its plans for Element One, the world's first regional hydrogen-electric passenger aircraft. They have been developing hydrogen propulsion systems for drones for the last 12 years.
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News Link • Transportation
Self-driving trucks will cut logistics costs in half and boost GDP
10-07-2018
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https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian Wang
The digitization and automation of processes and delivery vehicles will reduce logistics costs for standardized transport by 47% by 2030, according to a new report from PwC's Strategy and consultancy.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Kavanaugh Vs. Feinstein - Flawless Victory
10-07-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tom Luongo
Yesterday's dramatic cloture vote to push SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh to a final confirmation vote is one of those political moments of pure victory. It was messy and it was tense, but the ultimate outcome was better than I could have ever orig
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News Link • Prepping
Think You're Prepared For The Next Crisis? Think Again
10-07-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Adam Taggart
Even the best-laid preparations have failure points...
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News Link • United States
US Rotates To Ukraine As Location To Start Conflict With Russia
10-07-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Eric Zuesse
The United States Government is now treating Ukraine as if it were a NATO member, and on September 27th donated to Ukraine two warships for use against Russia.
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News Link • World News
Danske Bank â€" Who Helped Them Launder?
10-07-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
A couple of days ago the always good Francis Coppola wrote a piece for Forbes entitled,
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News Link • Trump Administration
Trump: "Angry Mob" of "Radical Democrats" Has Become "Too Extreme And Too D
10-07-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Trump: "Angry Mob" of "Radical Democrats" Has Become "Too Extreme And Too Dangerous To Govern"
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News Link • Prepping
Hamptons millionaires build luxe panic rooms to hide from MS-13
10-07-2018
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https://nypost.com By Chris Cameron
There is a specter haunting the Hamptons -- one that's turning some of the priciest properties in the country into fortresses equipped with bulletproof glass, weaponry and panic rooms.
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Mormons' church commitment each Sunday to be relaxed, leaders say
10-07-2018
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http://www.latimes.com By Associated Press
Mormons will start spending less time at church each Sunday -- two hours instead of three -- after a change announced Saturday aimed at making worship more manageable for members around the globe.
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News Link • Brazil
With most returns in, Brazil's far-right candidate ahead
10-07-2018
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https://apnews.com By SARAH DiLORENZO
A far-right former army captain who expresses nostalgia for Brazil's military dictatorship took a strong lead in its presidential election Sunday, rallying voters to his promises to rid Latin America's largest nation of rampant corruption, crime
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Kavanaugh sworn to high court after rancorous confirmation
10-07-2018
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https://www.apnews.com
Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in Saturday night as the 114th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, after a wrenching debate over sexual misconduct and judicial temperament that shattered the Senate, captivated the nation and ushered in an acrimonious new le
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News Link • Government
DECONSTRUCTED EPISODE SPECIAL: THE RIGHT WON THE BATTLE OVER...
10-07-2018
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https://theintercept.com, Deconstructed
DECONSTRUCTED EPISODE SPECIAL: THE RIGHT WON THE BATTLE OVER BRETT KAVANAUGH. CAN THE LEFT WIN THE WAR?
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News Link • Transportation
Tesla Model 3 Total Cost of Ownership Estimate -- Crushing It
10-07-2018
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https://cleantechnica.com by Paul Fosse
For another article I am writing on how to make my friends want a Tesla Model 3, I needed a good tool for estimating vehicle total cost of ownership (TCO), something that I could easily use to compare any cars out there.
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News Link • Weapons/Weaponry
Hypersonic weapons are the top US military research priority
10-07-2018
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https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian Wang
Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Dr. Michael Griffin's top priority is hypersonic weapons.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Real life ad-blockers: IRL Glasses black out computer and TV screens
10-07-2018
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https://newatlas.com by Rich Haridy
In a world bombarded by screens constantly blasting ads and visual noise, a team of artists and designers wondered if glasses could be created that can black out all those invasive messages. After a year of research and prototyping, the IRL Glasses a
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News Link • Technology: Software
Microsoft pulls Windows 10 October 2018 Update after reports of documents being deleted
10-07-2018
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thttps://www.theverge.com By Tom Warren
A major bug has hit some Windows 10 users
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News Link • Social Networking/Social Media
How Facebook polarized us during the Kavanaugh hearings
10-07-2018
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thttps://www.theverge.com By Casey Newton
How the News Feed and Groups can push Americans in opposite directions
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News Link • Technology: Software
Apple's New Proprietary Software Locks Will Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros
10-07-2018
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https://motherboard.vice.com by Jason Koebler
Failure to run Apple's proprietary diagnostic software after a repair "will result in an inoperative system and an incomplete repair."
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Researchers Created 'Quantum Artificial Life' For the First Time
10-07-2018
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https://motherboard.vice.com by Daniel Oberhaus
"Our research brought these amazingly sophisticated events called life to the realm of the atomic and microscopic world …and it worked."
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
Forget Lemonade Stands, These 'Kidtrepreneurs' Are Running Million-Dollar Companies
10-07-2018
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https://fee.org by Brittany Hunter
More and more kids are embracing their entrepreneurial spirits and running wildly successful businesses.
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