Thursday, September 06, 2018
Pelosi Haunted by Women Her Party SuppressedThe American Spectator
Pelosi Haunted by Women Her Party SuppressedThe American Spectator:
The Democratic war on women’s suffrage became even more vicious in 1878, when Republican Senator Aaron A. Sargent, a friend of Susan B. Anthony, introduced the Nineteenth Amendment. Congressional Democrats, when they were unable to bottle it up in committee, voted it down every time it reached the floor of either House until 1919, when the GOP won landslide victories in both houses of Congress. James R. Mann, a Republican congressman from Illinois, reintroduced the amendment in the House and it was at long last passed by both houses and subsequently sent to the states for ratification.
Professor: One Reason Why Universities Became Day Cares | Intellectual Takeout
Professor: One Reason Why Universities Became Day Cares | Intellectual Takeout:
"Last fall, university president Dr. Everett Piper made headlines when he warned students that college was not intended to be a day care, but “a place where you will quickly learn that you need to grow up.”
The realization that many of today’s university students have not grown up has caught on with the general public, and many are now wondering how such a thing happened.
One of the individuals pondering this development is Professor Jonathan Zimmerman.
In an article for Aeon, Zimmerman opines that increased emphasis on campus bureaucracy may have been a major contributor to the “infantilizing” of today’s students:
“[The years between 1976 and 2012] witnessed a dramatic shift in patterns of university employment, away from faculty and towards administrators.
In 1975, universities had almost twice as many professors as administrators; 40 years later, the administrators outnumber the faculty.
Over this span, the number of ‘executive, administrative, and managerial employees’ at universities rose by 85 per cent; meanwhile, so-called ‘professional staff’ – accountants, counsellors, and so on – ballooned by an astonishing 240 per cent.
...As universities layered on more and more bureaucracy, students came to believe that every campus problem had a bureaucratic solution..."
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"Last fall, university president Dr. Everett Piper made headlines when he warned students that college was not intended to be a day care, but “a place where you will quickly learn that you need to grow up.”
The realization that many of today’s university students have not grown up has caught on with the general public, and many are now wondering how such a thing happened.
One of the individuals pondering this development is Professor Jonathan Zimmerman.
In an article for Aeon, Zimmerman opines that increased emphasis on campus bureaucracy may have been a major contributor to the “infantilizing” of today’s students:
“[The years between 1976 and 2012] witnessed a dramatic shift in patterns of university employment, away from faculty and towards administrators.In 1975, universities had almost twice as many professors as administrators; 40 years later, the administrators outnumber the faculty.
Over this span, the number of ‘executive, administrative, and managerial employees’ at universities rose by 85 per cent; meanwhile, so-called ‘professional staff’ – accountants, counsellors, and so on – ballooned by an astonishing 240 per cent.
...As universities layered on more and more bureaucracy, students came to believe that every campus problem had a bureaucratic solution..."
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History for September 6
History for September 6 - On-This-Day.com
Marquis de Lafayette 1757, Jane Addams 1860, Joseph P. Kennedy 1888
Jane Curtin 1947, Jeff Foxworthy 1958, Rosie Perez 1964
1941 - Jews in German-occupied areas were ordered to wear the Star of David with the word "Jew" inscribed. The order only applied to Jews over the age of 6.
Wednesday, September 05, 2018
Kavanaugh cites 'Ginsburg rule' in declining certain questions during confirmation hearing: What is it? | Fox News
Kavanaugh cites 'Ginsburg rule' in declining certain questions during confirmation hearing: What is it? | Fox News:
During Wednesday's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Brett Kavanaugh warned he wouldn’t answer certain hypothetical questions from lawmakers, citing the so-called “Ginsburg rule.”
Kavanaugh said he studied past hearings of Supreme Court nominees, including those of the eight current justices, and how they reacted when asked about specific cases. He pointed specifically to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who during her 1993 confirmation hearing said it would be wrong for her to “preview in this legislative chamber how I would cast my vote on questions the Supreme Court may be called upon to decide" – a move that has since been dubbed the “Ginsburg rule.”
Kavanaugh said he studied past hearings of Supreme Court nominees, including those of the eight current justices, and how they reacted when asked about specific cases. He pointed specifically to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who during her 1993 confirmation hearing said it would be wrong for her to “preview in this legislative chamber how I would cast my vote on questions the Supreme Court may be called upon to decide" – a move that has since been dubbed the “Ginsburg rule.”
Facebook Employee Who Personally Censored PragerU Videos Gets a Slap on the Wrist After Facebook Joins Twitter and YouTube in Attacking PragerU
When the Facebook employee ruled that the videos were in fact "hate speech," he also put the PragerU administrator "into a feature block." This means that the staffer at PragerU responsible for most Facebook posts "was prohibited from posting on PragerU's behalf." This means that each of the 20 subsequent PragerU posts did not reach PragerU's audience.
Instapundit Blog Archive YESTERDAY IN HISTORY:
Instapundit �Blog Archive YESTERDAY IN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018--YESTERDAY IN HISTORY:
I forgot to post this yesterday.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018--YESTERDAY IN HISTORY:
I forgot to post this yesterday.
And maybe it’s fitting that I forgot.
On September 4, 476 A.D., came the Fall of the Roman Empire (or rather the Western Roman Empire, the only Roman Empire to be headquartered in … wait for it … Rome).
Here’s the crucial point:
The September 4th date is just a convention.
It is the date Odoacer overthrew Romulus Augustulus.
But one could make an argument for dating the fall earlier or later. It is very doubtful that average Romans understood on that exact date that they were witnessing the close of an epoch.
Alas, history is like that.
Civilizations fall inch by inch, not all at once.
It’s easy to miss.---Posted by Gail Heriot"
On September 4, 476 A.D., came the Fall of the Roman Empire (or rather the Western Roman Empire, the only Roman Empire to be headquartered in … wait for it … Rome). Here’s the crucial point:
The September 4th date is just a convention.
It is the date Odoacer overthrew Romulus Augustulus.
But one could make an argument for dating the fall earlier or later. It is very doubtful that average Romans understood on that exact date that they were witnessing the close of an epoch.
Alas, history is like that.
Civilizations fall inch by inch, not all at once.
It’s easy to miss.---Posted by Gail Heriot"
What Do Serial Killers and the Left Have in Common?The American Spectator
What Do Serial Killers and the Left Have in Common?The American Spectator
"...You see, the same Democratic Party that today has taken up the mantle of defending America’s hallowed republican institutions is the same party of domestic terrorist Bill Ayers and anti-America radical Saul Alinsky.
Fact is, the last two years of “resistance” has had little to do with upholding morality or fighting for what the Left believes in.
Whatever it may believe in, the Left’s pursuit of raw power — its long march through the institutions — has always been its primary goal.
Thus, everything that has transpired over the last two years — from the endless public loathing of Trump to the efforts to delegitimize Trump’s presidency with baseless claims of “Russia collusion” — is because the Democratic Party’s collective ego has been wounded.
...So terrible has the “resistance” to Trump’s presidency been that the Democrats now impede the president’s governing abilities, as mandated by the very same Constitution the Left is claiming to defend.
...Trump has threatened the Left’s vice-grip on power.
To make matters worse its adherents, Trump is actually fulfilling his campaign promises to the Right-wing base — something that few Republican presidents in the modern age have managed to do. That’s a double-threat to America’s Leftist oligarchy.
Thus, the Democrats love the Constitution and America’s institutions the way that a serial killer loves the bodies of his victims.
...Enough is enough.
Either the Republicans won in 2016 or they didn’t.
Waiting for the Democrats to simply give up on their claims — to give up on their mad dash for absolute power — would be like expecting Hannibal Lecter not to eat his victims.
It’s in their nature.
The only thing the Right can do now is to fight back or be made into a permanent political minority."
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"...You see, the same Democratic Party that today has taken up the mantle of defending America’s hallowed republican institutions is the same party of domestic terrorist Bill Ayers and anti-America radical Saul Alinsky.
Fact is, the last two years of “resistance” has had little to do with upholding morality or fighting for what the Left believes in.
Whatever it may believe in, the Left’s pursuit of raw power — its long march through the institutions — has always been its primary goal.
Thus, everything that has transpired over the last two years — from the endless public loathing of Trump to the efforts to delegitimize Trump’s presidency with baseless claims of “Russia collusion” — is because the Democratic Party’s collective ego has been wounded....So terrible has the “resistance” to Trump’s presidency been that the Democrats now impede the president’s governing abilities, as mandated by the very same Constitution the Left is claiming to defend.
...Trump has threatened the Left’s vice-grip on power.
To make matters worse its adherents, Trump is actually fulfilling his campaign promises to the Right-wing base — something that few Republican presidents in the modern age have managed to do. That’s a double-threat to America’s Leftist oligarchy.
Thus, the Democrats love the Constitution and America’s institutions the way that a serial killer loves the bodies of his victims.
...Enough is enough.
Either the Republicans won in 2016 or they didn’t.
Waiting for the Democrats to simply give up on their claims — to give up on their mad dash for absolute power — would be like expecting Hannibal Lecter not to eat his victims.
It’s in their nature.
The only thing the Right can do now is to fight back or be made into a permanent political minority."
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Household Income Jumps To All Time Highs Under Trumph
Household Income Jumps To All Time Highs Under Trumph:
More interesting is the fact that median household income has shot up more than 4% in the 19 months since Trump took office. It had been flat over the previous year and a half. Over the course of President Obama's entire eight years in office, median household income climbed a mere 0.3%, Sentier data show.
Yikes!-----Mystery of the Cargo Ships That Sink When Their Cargo Suddenly Liquefies - Slashdot
Mystery of the Cargo Ships That Sink When Their Cargo Suddenly Liquefies - Slashdot:
"An anonymous reader writes (condensed for space):
On average, ten "solid bulk cargo" carriers have been lost at sea each year for the last decade.
Solid bulk cargoes -- defined as granular materials loaded directly into a ship's hold -- can suddenly turn from a solid state into a liquid state, a process known as liquefaction.
And this can be disastrous for any ship carrying them -- and their crew.
A lot is known about the physics of the liquefaction of granular materials from geotechnical and earthquake engineering.
The vigorous shaking of the earth causes pressure in the ground water to increase to such a level that the soil "liquefies."
Yet despite our understanding of this phenomenon, and the guidelines in place to prevent it occurring, it is still causing ships to sink and taking their crew with them."
"An anonymous reader writes (condensed for space):
On average, ten "solid bulk cargo" carriers have been lost at sea each year for the last decade.
Solid bulk cargoes -- defined as granular materials loaded directly into a ship's hold -- can suddenly turn from a solid state into a liquid state, a process known as liquefaction. And this can be disastrous for any ship carrying them -- and their crew.
A lot is known about the physics of the liquefaction of granular materials from geotechnical and earthquake engineering.
The vigorous shaking of the earth causes pressure in the ground water to increase to such a level that the soil "liquefies."
Yet despite our understanding of this phenomenon, and the guidelines in place to prevent it occurring, it is still causing ships to sink and taking their crew with them."
EU news: These nations want to DESTROY us, rages Brussels boss | World | News | Express.co.uk
EU news: These nations want to DESTROY us, rages Brussels boss | World | News | Express.co.uk
"THE European Union is in “mortal danger” because a number of nations want to destroy it, budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger has sensationally claimed.
The Brussels boss said Europe would only be able to show it remains capable of being strong against a number of challenges facing it if national leaders and the European Parliament could quickly agree the EU’s next long-term budget.
...“In my view, the project is in mortal danger.
“Some within Europe want to weaken it or even destroy it — Poland, Hungary, Romania, the government of Italy.”
Mr Oettinger also picked out Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and “the clever Chinese” as putting the EU at risk by using trade wars and aggression.
The Budget Commissioner, a senior official within Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats and a long-time ally of the German Chancellor, even attacked his own country Germany for not showing enough enthusiasm for the EU, particularly when it comes to the budget..."
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"THE European Union is in “mortal danger” because a number of nations want to destroy it, budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger has sensationally claimed.
The Brussels boss said Europe would only be able to show it remains capable of being strong against a number of challenges facing it if national leaders and the European Parliament could quickly agree the EU’s next long-term budget....“In my view, the project is in mortal danger.
“Some within Europe want to weaken it or even destroy it — Poland, Hungary, Romania, the government of Italy.”
Mr Oettinger also picked out Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and “the clever Chinese” as putting the EU at risk by using trade wars and aggression.
The Budget Commissioner, a senior official within Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats and a long-time ally of the German Chancellor, even attacked his own country Germany for not showing enough enthusiasm for the EU, particularly when it comes to the budget..."
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Judicial Watch: Justice Department Discloses No FISA Court Hearings Held on Carter Page Warrants - Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch: Justice Department Discloses No FISA Court Hearings Held on Carter Page Warrants - Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch today announced that in response to a Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, the Justice Department (DOJ) admitted in a court filing last night that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court held no hearings on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) spy warrant applications targeting Carter Page, a former Trump campaign part-time advisor who was the subject of four controversial FISA warrants.
In the filing the Justice Department finally revealed that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court held no hearings on the Page FISA spy warrants, first issued in 2016 and subsequently renewed three times:
In the filing the Justice Department finally revealed that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court held no hearings on the Page FISA spy warrants, first issued in 2016 and subsequently renewed three times:
Here’s How Clinton’s Campaign Helped Turn Flint’s Lead Problem Into An Actual Crisis | The Daily Caller
Here’s How Clinton’s Campaign Helped Turn Flint’s Lead Problem Into An Actual Crisis | The Daily Caller
...Toxicology experts worry the reporting blew the problem out of proportion, especially as data showed Flint’s lead levels were not exceptionally high...
- Toxicology experts worry media coverage of Flint’s water problems painted an inaccurate portrait of the issue
- Hillary Clinton’s decision to use Flint as a campaign talking point might have contributed to the over-the-top coverage
- Data shows Flint’s lead levels were not dangerously high relative to other communities
"Reports painting Flint’s lead problems as a crisis skyrocketed after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used the town as a primary campaign talking point during her run for president, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis.
...Toxicology experts worry the reporting blew the problem out of proportion, especially as data showed Flint’s lead levels were not exceptionally high...
“Every single American should be outraged,” Clinton said.
Reports on the lead in the town’s water exploded following Clinton’s debate.
Reports on the lead in the town’s water exploded following Clinton’s debate.
...“The numbers in Flint didn’t compute. They were being horribly exaggerated,” Hernán Gómez, an associate professor at the University of Michigan, and medical toxicologist at Hurley Medical Center, told TheDCNF.
Blood lead levels (BLL) are no higher in Flint than in other cities across Michigan, said Gómez, who describes himself as a political moderate without an ideological ax to grind.
Blood lead levels (BLL) are no higher in Flint than in other cities across Michigan, said Gómez, who describes himself as a political moderate without an ideological ax to grind.
“We have no evidence that permanent brain damage has occurred,” making it unfair and inaccurate “to paint the Flint situation” in a way that suggests lead is poisoning children, he added..."
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University encourages students to report feeling ‘belittled, disrespected’ to bias team - The College Fix
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"...The Michigan-based public university encourages students to report when they feel “belittled, disrespected or isolated” to the school’s bias response team, which promises to review the matter, according to its website.
“...If anyone in the Grand Valley community feels belittled, disrespected, or isolated based on their identity, there is a mechanism to report the incident,” the university’s website states.
..Several years ago, The College Fix reported on two professors who voiced conservative viewpoints at Grand Valley State who were subsequently reported to the school’s bias response team by students in their class during the fall 2015 semester.
- In one case, a professor stated they believed there are only two genders and did not want to use pronouns such as Ze and Zir.
- In the second case, a professor said he believed children deserved to be raised by a mother and father, a statement that — after it was reported to campus administrators — prompted the department chair to have a “conversation with the faculty member about the incident,” a campus spokesperson told The College Fix at the time.
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Nike Value Takes a Knee as Colin Kaepernick Becomes Face of Brand… | The Last Refuge
Nike Value Takes a Knee as Colin Kaepernick Becomes Face of Brand… | The Last Refuge
"Nike shares fall Tuesday after the company revealed failed NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be the modern face of the brand.
It will get much worse; much worse.
Not only is Nike...
The Kaepernick-Nike product offerings could likely include: hoodies, masks, helmets, gloves and a full line-up of ‘Colin’s Riot Gear‘ for the most discerning combatants amid the social justice community.
"Nike shares fall Tuesday after the company revealed failed NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be the modern face of the brand.
It will get much worse; much worse.
... The financial loss is actually much more significant, and only beginning.
There is another problem.
Not only is Nike...- branding themselves based on severe political ideology; and not only is
- Nike selecting a failed athlete to express that image; and not only has this decision
- removed well over half of their potential customer base; but
- Nike has also decided to go much further.
Essentially an apparel line for the Antifa audience.
From an investment perspective, this means Nike is putting massive amounts of money into a product offering that automatically has removed the top tier purchasers of their products. In essence, Nike has made the fatal mistake in consumer product marketing.
Nike has decided to go from broad-based consumer appeal, to a very niche appeal for the most hard-core political activists who might also wear sporting apparel.
Here is an example of their target audience.
Occupy Wall Street / Antifa : “Believe in Something, Even if it Means Sacrificing Everything”…
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The handwritten notes exposing what Fusion GPS told DOJ about Trump | TheHill
The handwritten notes exposing what Fusion GPS told DOJ about Trump | TheHill:
A memory stick quietly exchanged in a coffee shop.
An admission of a “Hail Mary” leak.
An unmistakable effort to push the Russia investigation closer to Donald Trump’s inner circle with uncorroborated tales.
Those are just some of the highlights from the day that Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson — paid by Hillary Clinton’s campaign to find dirt on her GOP rival — met secretly with a top Justice Department official, right after Trump won the 2016 election.
An admission of a “Hail Mary” leak.
An unmistakable effort to push the Russia investigation closer to Donald Trump’s inner circle with uncorroborated tales.
Those are just some of the highlights from the day that Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson — paid by Hillary Clinton’s campaign to find dirt on her GOP rival — met secretly with a top Justice Department official, right after Trump won the 2016 election.
The same politicians and outlets mourning Sen. John McCain's death previously lambasted him. Bush and Obama supporters both attacked him viciously.
Opinion: Op-Ed and Commentary - USATODAY.com
"Hypocrisy, they say, is the tribute that vice pays to virtue.
If so, then much tribute was paid this weekend.
I am speaking, of course, of the funeral for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and the concomitant speechifying by politicians and pundits.
...McCain's funeral puts hypocrisy on display
...As someone said on Twitter, they came not to praise McCain, but to bury Trump.
And yet, despite solemn encomia to civility, honor, and integrity from the likes of Barack Obama and Henry Kissinger, amplified by the press’s Greek chorus, the notion that we used to live in some golden age of civility and bipartisanship exemplified by the career of Sen. McCain is belied by, among other things, the career of John McCain.
Now that he’s dead, McCain is a Good Republican.
But when he was alive, and a threat to other people’s power, he was treated as a racist, a warmonger, and potentially unstable.
He was vilified by the press, and by some of the very politicians who were speaking on his behalf.
...What’s all this about?
It’s certainly not about civility, or decency, or bipartisanship.
As David French wrote: “The contrast between the outpouring of love for McCain in his last days and the astonishing vitriol directed at him in 2000 and 2008 demonstrates once again how disingenuous, low, and cheap American politics were well before Trump came on the scene.”
And at this point, I suspect the voters are onto the game."
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"Hypocrisy, they say, is the tribute that vice pays to virtue.
If so, then much tribute was paid this weekend.
I am speaking, of course, of the funeral for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and the concomitant speechifying by politicians and pundits.
...McCain's funeral puts hypocrisy on display
...As someone said on Twitter, they came not to praise McCain, but to bury Trump.
Now that he’s dead, McCain is a Good Republican.
But when he was alive, and a threat to other people’s power, he was treated as a racist, a warmonger, and potentially unstable.
He was vilified by the press, and by some of the very politicians who were speaking on his behalf.
...What’s all this about?
It’s certainly not about civility, or decency, or bipartisanship.
As David French wrote: “The contrast between the outpouring of love for McCain in his last days and the astonishing vitriol directed at him in 2000 and 2008 demonstrates once again how disingenuous, low, and cheap American politics were well before Trump came on the scene.”
And at this point, I suspect the voters are onto the game."
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History for September 5
History for September 5 - On-This-Day.com
Jesse James 1847, Bob Newhart 1929 - Actor, comedian (The Bob Newhart Show), William Devane 1939 - Actor
Raquel Welch 1940 - Actress, Freddie Mercury (Queen) 1946, Michael Keaton 1951 - Actor ("Batman")
1793 - In France, the "Reign of Terror" began. The National Convention enacted measures to repress the French Revolutionary activities.
1881 - The American Red Cross provided relief for disaster for the first time. The disaster was the Great Fire of 1881 in Michigan.
Tuesday, September 04, 2018
College suppresses study when 1 group goes ‘nuts’
College suppresses study when 1 group goes ‘nuts’:
The Federalist translates: “The reason trans activists went nuts is that the study reinforces what plenty of parents, public health experts, and doctors have been saying: Transgenderism looks a lot like a dangerous fad. It’s telling that their response was to demand suppressing the results. It’s also telling that Brown chose to prioritize the unreasonable demands of a tiny minority above the potential well-being of children and the process of scientific inquiry.”
Millennials aren’t taking offence. They’re hunting for victims | Spectator USA
Millennials aren’t taking offence. They’re hunting for victims | Spectator USA"...To refresh your memory, the American magazine the Nation printed a formal apology for running a harmless 14-line poem by a white writer about homelessness.
The poet’s sins: using the word ‘cripple’ and adopting a voice lightly evoking what I gather we’re now to call ‘AAVE’: African-American Vernacular English.
Facebookers were incensed, comments huffy.
The poet apologised, too.
I decried this ritual progressive self-abasement as cowardly and undignified.
But it’s worth taking a second look at that story as a prime example of screaming emotional fraudulence in the public sphere.
Employing today’s prescribed lexicon, those apologies regretted the ‘pain’, ‘harm’, and ‘offence’ this sad-ass little poem had caused to stricken communities.
But let’s get real.
None of those poetry readers felt any pain.
(Remember pain, actual pain? Drop a brick on your foot in sandals. Yeah. That’s ‘pain’.)
No one suffered any harm — either tangible or psychic.
Why, I wager that those irate chiders in the peanut gallery were no more genuinely offended than the magazine editors doing damage control were genuinely sorry.
What is the real emotional experience of pouncing on minor infractions of rules right-on activists seem to be making up as they go along, and which only proliferate and grow more exacting the more cravenly the rest of us obey the last ones?
(The latest: ‘stay in your lane’, or ‘white writers shalt not use AAVE’.)
Nothing short of exhilaration.
Crusaders relish locating another paper dragon to slay.
In the guise of suffering and woundedness, the overriding emotion in call-out culture is a sensation of triumph..."
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