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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on February 18, 2021, 02:29:51 pm
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Trump ready to make McConnell's life miserable
By Jonathan Easley and Juliegrace Brufke - 02/18/21 06:00 AM EST
Allies of former President Trump say he’s determined to make life miserable for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
Trump’s political machine, which has $60 million in a super PAC and an unmatched grassroots fundraising apparatus, is vowing to go aggressively after GOP lawmakers in primaries in the wake of an unprecedented feud between the nation’s two most powerful Republicans.
Trump was prepared to give McConnell a pass, sources in his orbit stated, after he gave a blistering post-impeachment floor speech saying the former president was “practically and morally†responsible for the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol that led to five deaths and the evacuation of Congress.
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But McConnell’s follow-up op-ed knocking Trump in The Wall Street Journal was the final straw, provoking a blistering response in which the former president insulted McConnell and his family and threatened to back primary challengers against GOP incumbents.
“Our goal is to win back the House and Senate,†said Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Trump. “We’ll be looking at open seats, Democratic-held seats, and maybe there are places where we look for upgrades and more MAGA-friendly voices. I have no idea why McConnell decided to lash out at the president this way, but when you do, you can expect to get hit back.â€
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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/539298-trump-ready-to-make-mcconnells-life-miserable
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I didn't see any "insults" of Murderturtle's family in Trump's message. Just an accurate description of it's business interests, which conflict with the Minority Leader's duties in public office.
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So McConnell can all but threaten Trump with criminal prosecutions without cause and Trump should lie back and take it? Considering the source, The SHill ...
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Mitch has become a prime example of the problem. You can't go along to get along. The left will eat you alive than discard you when you disagree in the least bit with them.
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Trump: If Only McConnell Hit Schumer, Biden as Hard as Me . . .
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/mitch-mcconnell-senate-gop-chuck-schumer/2021/02/17/id/1010464/ (https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/mitch-mcconnell-senate-gop-chuck-schumer/2021/02/17/id/1010464/)
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Mitch has become a prime example of the problem. You can't go along to get along. The left will eat you alive than discard you when you disagree in the least bit with them.
TRUMP cannot stop with China Mitch ONLY. He needs to get GRAHAM, McCarthy, Cornyn, Collins, Sasse and many more RINOS that HATE him. If he gets a few of them the rest will back off because they do not want to be NEXT. If he is to have a chance in 2024 he needs to get all the RINO PARTY Leadership OUT. If not he will get the same results as 2020 even if he gets 90% of the VOTE. ALSO, quit listening to his advisors and JARVANKA and GO on offense for ONCE. If he drained a FEW SWAMP Members while in OFFICE he would still be in the WH. Politicians are COWARDS by nature and if threaten they will back him on everything because they do NOT want to be NEXT on the LIST. :shrug: :patriot:
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In McConnell’s floor speech, he pointed out that he was not disparaging Trump’s movement, only the former president’s behavior and the behavior of those that sacked the Capitol.
Oh! Never mind then. 9999hair out0000
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Mitch has become a prime example of the problem. You can't go along to get along. The left will eat you alive than discard you when you disagree in the least bit with them.
Yep. That's right.
Mitch is still living in the old days when the Dems would leave you alone if you sit down, shut up, and do what you are told.
This new brand of fascistic Democrats do not tolerate any Republican of any kind.
These days Dems are so fanatically ideological there is nothing a Republican/Libertarian/or anyone else, can do to be 'accepted' by them no matter how much you kiss their butts.
The new Democrats want anyone who opposes anything they say, do, or believe, to be killed (literally). Or at least they want them all out of office with a 100% Democrat majority. There is no more friendly difference of opinion with the Democrats anymore. They have become totalitarian freaks. If you dare disagree with any of their "holy and enlightened" views about anything, they want you dead.
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I didn't see any "insults" of Murderturtle's family in Trump's message. Just an accurate description of it's business interests, which conflict with the Minority Leader's duties in public office.
As I understand it, China builds ships for Chao's family, staffs the ships for Chao's family, exports cargo on the ships of Chao's family and Chao's family "owns" the ships and keeps the profits. All this started after McConnell made a trip to China with his wife and her family back in the 90's. UNBELIEVABLE!
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As I understand it, China builds ships for Chao's family, staffs the ships for Chao's family, exports cargo on the ships of Chao's family ...
Got a source for this claim, a real source, not some conspiracy theory mongering clickbait blog?
In real life, Elaine Chao's father escaped the mainland in 1949, i.e. around the end of the revolution, and went to Taiwan. His soon-to-be wife also escaped to Taiwan, where they married and had children. The father rose through the ranks among merchant shipping, became a captain, and after coming to the US started his own company. Her family immigrated to the US when Elaine was 8.
Some of Foremost Group's ships were built in China. Some, in recent years, were built in Japan. Most of its business is in the Asia and Australian area, including with China. Believe it or not, doing business with Chinese companies is not a crime, nor is it evidence of being Chinese spies.
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TRUMP cannot stop with China Mitch ONLY. He needs to get GRAHAM, McCarthy, Cornyn, Collins, Sasse and many more RINOS that HATE him. If he gets a few of them the rest will back off because they do not want to be NEXT. If he is to have a chance in 2024 he needs to get all the RINO PARTY Leadership OUT. If not he will get the same results as 2020 even if he gets 90% of the VOTE. ALSO, quit listening to his advisors and JARVANKA and GO on offense for ONCE. If he drained a FEW SWAMP Members while in OFFICE he would still be in the WH. Politicians are COWARDS by nature and if threaten they will back him on everything because they do NOT want to be NEXT on the LIST. :shrug: :patriot:
Graham is untouchable, he was just re-elected last November.
Collins is probably going to retire.
McCarthy should be primaried out, but don't trust CA voters, not even GOP voters, to be rational and ruthless.
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Got a source for this claim, a real source, not some conspiracy theory mongering clickbait blog?
In real life, Elaine Chao's father escaped the mainland in 1949, i.e. around the end of the revolution, and went to Taiwan. His soon-to-be wife also escaped to Taiwan, where they married and had children. The father rose through the ranks among merchant shipping, became a captain, and after coming to the US started his own company. Her family immigrated to the US when Elaine was 8.
Some of Foremost Group's ships were built in China. Some, in recent years, were built in Japan. Most of its business is in the Asia and Australian area, including with China. Believe it or not, doing business with Chinese companies is not a crime, nor is it evidence of being Chinese spies.
The reason to go after McConnell's old lady is obvious.
Hurting her business interests hurts his business interests, and thus should be done as a reasonable path to inform McConnell and the other RINOs of the disdain the Americans feel for them.
McConnell has hurt the business interests of middle class families by promoting his self-serving policies, time to send it back around.
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Yep. That's right.
Mitch is still living in the old days when the Dems would leave you alone if you sit down, shut up, and do what you are told.
This new brand of fascistic Democrats do not tolerate any Republican of any kind.
These days Dems are so fanatically ideological there is nothing a Republican/Libertarian/or anyone else, can do to be 'accepted' by them no matter how much you kiss their butts.
The new Democrats want anyone who opposes anything they say, do, or believe, to be killed (literally). Or at least they want them all out of office with a 100% Democrat majority. There is no more friendly difference of opinion with the Democrats anymore. They have become totalitarian freaks. If you dare disagree with any of their "holy and enlightened" views about anything, they want you dead.
So stand back, pull any support and let him be hoist on his own petard. He made that monster by his inaction, now he can feed it, personally.
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#DitchMitch
He is the epitome of what’s wrong with the GOP.
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As I understand it, China builds ships for Chao's family, staffs the ships for Chao's family, exports cargo on the ships of Chao's family and Chao's family "owns" the ships and keeps the profits. All this started after McConnell made a trip to China with his wife and her family back in the 90's. UNBELIEVABLE!
Got a source for this claim, a real source, not some conspiracy theory mongering clickbait blog?
Here's a link to a painstakingly long article on the Chao family business and its deep ties to China. There are lots of details about the business itself and the Chao family personal relationships with Chinese businesses, the CCP and the top echelon of American politics, including McConnell. Take from it what you will ... but it appears the Chao family (and by extension McConnell) have deeper and more active financial ties to China than Hunter Biden.
BTW, one of the most amazing things that jumped out at me reading this is Elaine Chao has never faced ethics charges. With the mere suggestion of such action, a third party explained the misstep and the charge disappeared. Striking, too, is she always turned up in a Republican president's administration since GHWB. Every one. The power of the swamp is stunning.
Anyway, here's the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/us/politics/elaine-chao-china.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/us/politics/elaine-chao-china.html)
@PeteS in CA @bilo
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Graham is untouchable, he was just re-elected last November.
Collins is probably going to retire.
If you mean Susan Collins, she's like Graham, untouchable. She, too, was just reelected Nov 2020.
@Sled Dog
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McConnell is practically a cadaver how much life does he actually have left?
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McConnell is practically a cadaver how much life does he actually have left?
That statement applies to most of Congress and Washington bureaucrats.
The problem is that they never, never, never ever, resign, no matter how rich they are.
No matter how old they are. No matter how terminally sick they are.
They stay in office until they are carried out of their office, with one hand on a cellphone and the other clinging to their desk.
At this point it is acutely pathological. They are addicted to their power and their perqs beyond all reason.
It is a certifiable mental disorder. If I still had to 'go to work' at 80+ years old, I made some very 'wrong' decisions in my life.
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That statement applies to most of Congress and Washington bureaucrats.
The problem is that the never, never, never ever, resign, no matter how rich they are.
No matter how old they are. No matter how terminally sick they are.
They stay in office until they are carried out of their office, with one hand on a cellphone and the other clinging to their desk.
At this point it is acutely pathological. They are addicted to their power and their perqs beyond all reason.
It is a certifiable mental disorder. If I still had to 'go to work' at 80+ years old, I made some very 'wrong' decisions in my life.
LOL!
@240B
You point out all the reasons they cling to importance/power...and then you suggest poor financial planning is the 'culprit'??
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Here's a link to a painstakingly long article on the Chao family business and its deep ties to China. There are lots of details about the business itself and the Chao family personal relationships with Chinese businesses, the CCP and the top echelon of American politics, including McConnell. Take from it what you will ... but it appears the Chao family (and by extension McConnell) have deeper and more active financial ties to China than Hunter Biden.
BTW, one of the most amazing things that jumped out at me reading this is Elaine Chao has never faced ethics charges. With the mere suggestion of such action, a third party explained the misstep and the charge disappeared. Striking, too, is she always turned up in a Republican president's administration since GHWB. Every one. The power of the swamp is stunning.
Anyway, here's the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/us/politics/elaine-chao-china.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/us/politics/elaine-chao-china.html)
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It's behind the NYT's paywall. You trust the NYT not to spin an article about a member of Trump's cabinet?
If companies doing some of their business in China makes them Chinese spies then chuck out your computers, tablets, and cell phones, because part or all of just about every one of those was made in China. If you doubt that, look at the label on the silver box into which your computer's power cord plugs and look at the labels on the power adapters for your laptop, printer, tablet, and cell phone (whichever applies to the electronic stuff you own).
Two of my employers were started by people born in Taiwan (am I the only one who remembers what happened between China and Taiwan in late 1949? *****rollingeyes***** ), one based in Taiwan, the other here in Silicon Valley. Both do substantial manufacturing in China. The products of one may be in your computers. If a company and its employees are Chinese spies because the companies were started by Taiwanese person and do some business in China, then I am a Chinese spy!
Can we move from six-degrees-of-separation-grade guilt-by-association to something weird, like evidence? You want a zero-separation association? Elaine Chao was a cabinet member, all four years, in an Administration that was the toughest on China since before Nixon.
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Got a source for this claim, a real source, not some conspiracy theory mongering clickbait blog?
In real life, Elaine Chao's father escaped the mainland in 1949, i.e. around the end of the revolution, and went to Taiwan. His soon-to-be wife also escaped to Taiwan, where they married and had children. The father rose through the ranks among merchant shipping, became a captain, and after coming to the US started his own company. Her family immigrated to the US when Elaine was 8.
Some of Foremost Group's ships were built in China. Some, in recent years, were built in Japan. Most of its business is in the Asia and Australian area, including with China. Believe it or not, doing business with Chinese companies is not a crime, nor is it evidence of being Chinese spies.
https://www.shiftfrequency.com/chao-and-mitch-mcconnells-china-ties/ (https://www.shiftfrequency.com/chao-and-mitch-mcconnells-china-ties/)
" As Schweizer recounts in Secret Empires,"
If you read the article at the link it will give you a better perspective on McConnell and his in-laws. I believe Schweizer is a pretty good investigative journalist.
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McConnell is practically a cadaver how much life does he actually have left?
There are several cadavers still lurking around; SJB (Sloe Joe Biteme), Nutty Nancy, and the Turtle -- they are what ails Congress and the WH. There are others as well, but they are prime examples as to why we definitely need term limits in the House, Senate and SCOTUS.
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Here's a link to a painstakingly long article on the Chao family business and its deep ties to China. There are lots of details about the business itself and the Chao family personal relationships with Chinese businesses, the CCP and the top echelon of American politics, including McConnell. Take from it what you will ... but it appears the Chao family (and by extension McConnell) have deeper and more active financial ties to China than Hunter Biden.
BTW, one of the most amazing things that jumped out at me reading this is Elaine Chao has never faced ethics charges. With the mere suggestion of such action, a third party explained the misstep and the charge disappeared. Striking, too, is she always turned up in a Republican president's administration since GHWB. Every one. The power of the swamp is stunning.
Anyway, here's the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/us/politics/elaine-chao-china.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/us/politics/elaine-chao-china.html)
@PeteS in CA @bilo
Thanks for the additional info. I also posted an article about this that doesn't have a paywall.
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Longiron:
TRUMP cannot stop with China Mitch ONLY. He needs to get GRAHAM, McCarthy, Cornyn, Collins, Sasse and many more RINOS that HATE him. If he gets a few of them the rest will back off because they do not want to be NEXT. If he is to have a chance in 2024 he needs to get all the RINO PARTY Leadership OUT. If not he will get the same results as 2020 even if he gets 90% of the VOTE. ALSO, quit listening to his advisors and JARVANKA and GO on offense for ONCE. If he drained a FEW SWAMP Members while in OFFICE he would still be in the WH. Politicians are COWARDS by nature and if threaten they will back him on everything because they do NOT want to be NEXT on the LIST.
christian:
Exactly so, but what can be done with China's best ally Zhou Bei-den in office?
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It's behind the NYT's paywall. You trust the NYT not to spin an article about a member of Trump's cabinet?
The article wasn't behind a pay wall @PeteS in CA --- I read it without a problem in full --- including photos, maps and videos.
I'm not going to comment further on your post since you didn't read the article....which is remarkably well researched and evenhanded with a response from the organization and Sec. Chao to each issue raised. You're still doing the kneejerk thing. I'd prefer to engage with the intellect thing.
Ciao. :seeya:
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In McConnell’s floor speech, he pointed out that he was not disparaging Trump’s movement, only the former president’s behavior and the behavior of those that sacked the Capitol.
christian:
Of course not, he was just NEVER TRUMPING Trump, non-judgmentally of course to escape being thought of as doing what he was doing. Backstabbing cowardice on display there as well as what we see elsewhere. Those that sacked the capital, the lie the democrats have lock-stepped for, McConnell marches to as well. They eventually reveal themselves....as McConnell just did, not all of them are so careless. The escape mechanism they count on is: Judge them by their intentions.
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The article wasn't behind a pay wall @PeteS in CA --- I read it without a problem in full --- including photos, maps and videos.
I'm not going to comment further on your post since you didn't read the article....which is remarkably well researched and evenhanded with a response from the organization and Sec. Chao to each issue raised. You're still doing the kneejerk thing. I'd prefer to engage with the intellect thing.
Ciao. :seeya:
For me it was behind the NYT's paywall (I include sites that require the viewers give their email address under that term, since the result will be receiving advertising). Why are you essentially calling me a liar, @Right_in_Virginia?
Like I posted below, can we move from six-degrees-of-separation-grade guilt-by-association to something weird, like evidence? If a company doing significant business in China makes their employees Chinese spies then I'm a Chinese spy. Is an immediate member of my family a Chinese spy because of being ethnic Chinese? How far will this I read it on the Internet conspiracy-theory paranoia go?! Got real evidence? Produce it. An insinuation-laden NYT guilt-by-vague-association hit-piece is not evidence (do I have to remind how crazy-inaccurate and untrue the NYT's Hate-Trump hit-pieces have been the past five and counting years?).
If asking evidence to support a serious accusation - still waiting, @Victoria33, where's the evidence Trump tried to murder Mike Pence? - is being "kneejerk", well, yeah. By that standard our criminal court system is "kneejerk".
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My company had business with China since I joined it in 1984, very significant business as the jobs got shipped there. Mine left in 2018, and I was glad for it by then! Imagine working in a department that got hit with layoffs every few years, who never were replaced, while the aggregate workload never went down.
I never knew I was a spy, and I'm aggrieved because I never got a tumble like Bang Bang Fang Fang.
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My company had business with China since I joined it in 1984, very significant business as the jobs got shipped there. Mine left in 2018, and I was glad for it by then! Imagine working in a department that got hit with layoffs every few years, who never were replaced, while the aggregate workload never went down.
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The largest and best power supply companies are Taiwanese and Chinese (including one that began in Hong Kong in the 1970s or earlier). All do significant manufacturing in China. The one I used to work for is the largest or second largest; its high-volume products are made in China and more moderate volume products in another Asian nation.
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The largest and best power supply companies are Taiwanese and Chinese (including one that began in Hong Kong in the 1970s or earlier). All do significant manufacturing in China. The one I used to work for is the largest or second largest; its high-volume products are made in China and more moderate volume products in another Asian nation.
Greeting fellow Chinese Spy! You got Bang Bang's phone number?
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Greeting fellow Chinese Spy! You got Bang Bang's phone number?
888mouth
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For me it was behind the NYT's paywall (I include sites that require the viewers give their email address under that term, since the result will be receiving advertising). Why are you essentially calling me a liar, @Right_in_Virginia?
Of course not @PeteS in CA and I apologize if you took it that way. I'm curious why copying the link put it behind the pay wall .. (I don't have a subscription, either) and if there's a way around this.
Like I posted below, can we move from six-degrees-of-separation-grade guilt-by-association to something weird, like evidence? If a company doing significant business in China makes their employees Chinese spies then I'm a Chinese spy. Is an immediate member of my family a Chinese spy because of being ethnic Chinese? How far will this I read it on the Internet conspiracy-theory paranoia go?! Got real evidence? Produce it. An insinuation-laden NYT guilt-by-vague-association hit-piece is not evidence (do I have to remind how crazy-inaccurate and untrue the NYT's Hate-Trump hit-pieces have been the past five and counting years?).
If asking evidence to support a serious accusation - still waiting, @Victoria33, where's the evidence Trump tried to murder Mike Pence? - is being "kneejerk", well, yeah. By that standard our criminal court system is "kneejerk".
There is a great deal of "evidence" in the article -- substantive stuff with video, receipts, photos, etc. (Damn! I've got to find a way to link to that ... ) I'm not saying the Chao family are Chinese spies .... I'm saying the Chao family effectively used their father's lifelong connection with the head of the CCP (they were schoolmates and remained friends) and Elaine's political connections through her government positions and through McConnell to become very rich, very rich indeed.
If we're going to fault Joe and Hunter for this, why not the Chaos and McConnell?
If we're going to say Joe makes political decisions to benefit China because of this, why not Elaine and Mitch?
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My company had business with China since I joined it in 1984, very significant business as the jobs got shipped there. Mine left in 2018, and I was glad for it by then! Imagine working in a department that got hit with layoffs every few years, who never were replaced, while the aggregate workload never went down.
I never knew I was a spy, and I'm aggrieved because I never got a tumble like Bang Bang Fang Fang.
No one's talking about spying @Cyber Liberty The web of qui-pro-quos to keep the China money flowing is what I'm discussing. One doesn't have to spy for China or sleep with Chinese spies to help China at our expense.
It's far more ingenious for China to have the USA implementing economic, education, sports and foreign policies that bolster China's global position and influence. It's a more effective way to achieve their goals without the messy spying and without firing a shot.
The thirst for money truly is the root of all evil. For starters, ask the Bidens and Harvard.
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No one's talking about spying @Cyber Liberty The web of qui-pro-quos to keep the China money flowing is what I'm discussing. One doesn't have to spy for China or sleep with Chinese spies to help China at our expense.
It's far more ingenious for China to have the USA implementing economic, education, sports and foreign policies that bolster China's global position and influence. It's a more effective way to achieve their goals without the messy spying and without firing a shot.
The thirst for money truly is the root of all evil. For starters, ask the Bidens and Harvard.
I know! Just pulling your leg! :laugh:
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I know! Just pulling your leg! :laugh:
Thanks for clarifying, I missed that.