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Imagine Viktor Orbán with the world's largest military. That's Trump if he wins.

😷. #neurodivergent; #NFL Cardinals fan since 1970. Geologist, Cartographer, IT PM retired in #NewMexico. 40+ Yr denizen of the North American inter-mountain west: Received snail mail in Tucson, Springerville, Victorville, Boulder City, Carlin, Elko, Fallon, Belle Fourche, Hettinger, Billings, Gardner, Mammoth Hot Springs, Cooke City, Deer Lodge, Twin Falls, Salmon, SandPoint, Naturita, Denver, Fort Collins.

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mattblaze , to Random stuff
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The secret to a good marriage is to have a clear mutual understanding of which partner is responsible for the flag in front of your house.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk0.ya83.n8G49DAhJEPK&smid=url-share

timo21 ,
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@mattblaze absolutely.

timo21 ,
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@JoBlakely @mattblaze Recall when Sen. Cruz's daughter made him go to Mexico on vacation?

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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I parked near some asshole who had a big Trump bumpersticker, and a smaller one that read: "Trump was right about everything."

It took every ounce of self-restraint to not deface it.

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff there are cameras everywhere. Other people have been caught messing with bumper stickers because there are cameras everywhere.

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff Of course. I've been tempted also, and that's what I tell myself 🙂

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff side not: it's amazing how people just don't realize that cameras are everywhere. Even in the forest there are trail cams.

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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He blamed “Mrs. Alito”!🤦🏻‍♀️

At Justice ’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display

An upside-down flag, adopted by supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU0.Ul57.KzkpFSD-0V_Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff thanks for the article

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@GottaLaff If only Ms. Alito had listened to the Kansas City kicker's advice.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott granted a full pardon to Daniel Perry, a man convicted of murdering a Black Lives Matter protester in downtown Austin in 2020, after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously recommended the move. Perry claimed during the trial that he shot Garrett Foster, who was carrying an AK-47 rifle, in self-defense. Prosecutors argued Perry was seeking out the confrontation. Read more from USA Today.

https://flip.it/KoGjyH

timo21 ,
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@NewsDesk Can every organization please divest from Texas!! And no conventions in Texas. No vacations.

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Autopsy finds teen died from ultra-spicy chip and heart defect, report says

The high dose of capsaicin paired with a heart defect appear to have contributed.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/autopsy-finds-teen-died-from-ultra-spicy-chip-and-heart-defect-report-says/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

timo21 ,
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@arstechnica Spicy Chip kills kid. ^^^

luckytran , to Random stuff
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An NPR reporter collected samples of raw milk from 4 farms in Texas, and asked a USDA-authorized lab to test for bird flu. The lab refused to do it, because the farms wouldn't give them permission to test, even though permission isn't required. Wow.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1251647612/a-bird-flu-outbreak-among-dairy-cows-sparks-new-warnings-about-unpasteurized-mil

timo21 ,
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@luckytran This sounds like the Texas lab didn't want to get sued by the Texas raw milk providers, even though the USDA says they can test the milk. Freakin Texan good ole' boy system at work also.

rbreich , to Random stuff
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Half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food and housing costs.

A third of the workers have had to rely on at least one government assistance program.

Amazon's stock hit an all time high in April. Jeff Bezos is now worth $203 billion.

This is what oligarchy looks like.

timo21 ,
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@rbreich Whenever there are safety net programs for people, the wealthy manipulate them. Not only wages being low to take advantage of food programs, but rents going up to match rental assistance programs, or tuition going up to match student loan programs.

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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🧵starts HERE.

Remember: I cannot reply while live-posting, so plz use NFL (Not For Laffy.. no hashtag) so I can skip your replies. THANK YOU.

Running a little late, so some preamble included here.

1/… Via Rupar: Trump wraps up his morning rant by attacking one of the prosecutors, Colangelo, which is a flagrant violation of his gag order

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff NFL perhaps this is Trump's 'going to court in a bathrobe with a walker' strategy'. Appear to be a doddering old man, not the criminal mastermind.

luckytran , to Random stuff
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It's ridiculous that most Democrats are just watching passively as Republicans are passing mask bans. In states where Democrats hold power, they should absolutely be passing laws that codify and protect people's rights to wear a mask.

timo21 ,
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@luckytran I'm fairly sure no one normal had considered a legislature would ban specific medical equipment from medical uses. The MAGA keep doing unimaginable things.

emarktaylor , to Hockey
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Not quite sure what the Avs player did to get punched.

At least the DAL player tried to say he honestly didn't mean to.

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@emarktaylor @hnom @hockey Dallas is the gooniest team in the west. That why he got punched.

timo21 ,
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@emarktaylor @hnom @hockey That's why the NHL needs to suspend players for any hit to the head, no matter what it looks like. They touch the head, out for at least one game.

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ A large House GOP group is discussing a trip to New York to back up Donald Trump at his trial — joining a growing Republican trend.—Politico

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff can the dems take over congress while the repubs are at the trial?

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Via Adam Schiff:

People are losing respect for our system of justice because a Speaker of the House stands outside a courthouse to falsely denigrate it.

If you have no respect for the rule of law, Mr. Speaker,

At least have some self-respect.

Aaron Rupar:

Speaker Mike Johnson is outside 's trial offering a stream of lies

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff if the MAGA want to dismantle the U.S. justice system, let's start with the Supreme Court justices.

luckytran , to Random stuff
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"The Raw Milk Institute called the warnings "clearly fearmongering." The institute's founder told the LATimes his customers are specifically requesting raw milk from H5N1-infected cows."

This is an example of how minimizing COVID is destructive to public health far beyond COVID.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/anti-pasteurization-crowd-reaffirms-love-of-raw-milk-despite-bird-flu-outbreak/

Yet, raw milk enthusiasts are undaunted by the heightened risk. The California-based Raw Milk Institute called the warnings "clearly fearmongering." The institute's founder, Mark McAfee, told the Los Angeles Times this weekend that his customers are, in fact, specifically requesting raw milk from H5N1-infected cows. According to McAfee, his customers believe, without evidence, that directly drinking high levels of the avian influenza virus will give them immunity to the deadly pathogen.

timo21 ,
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@luckytran I knew it!!! I was surprised the anti-vax 'chicken pox party' crowd hadn't yet brought up a story about flu milk immunizing them. It's no different a thought process than that required for religious cures.

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What’s the biggest myth about autism that my comrades have come across in the course of their self-advocacy?

@actuallyautistic

timo21 ,
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@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic the sliding scale "everyone is a little autistic" lie. That totally denigrates actually autistic people.

emarktaylor , to Hockey
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🏒 @hnom @hockey

After the final whistle ...

timo21 ,
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@emarktaylor @hnom @hockey I've heard Vancouver called the 'Miami of Canada'. I didn't know that carried over to hockey goons also!!

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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FYI, is still trending on Xitter.

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff Well Barron needs to appreciate his mother for saving him from the MAGA Apparatchiks

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Just…. Go.

https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2024/05/12

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff 😅 😂 😸 🙀

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff absolutely. cults with expensive organizations are easy targets though.

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Via Ahmed Baba:

Important reminder that Trump was publicly musing about prosecuting his political targets in his 1st term. In a 2nd term, there would be fewer guardrails to stop him

Trump plans to replace civil servants with loyalist yes-men

His authoritarian ravings will become reality

Rupar:

"Obamagate" (whatever it is) was at peak 4 yrs ago tday. It's been lgely forgotten, but Trump was talking on a daily basis about prosecuting Obama. He now insists presidents should have total immunity

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@GottaLaff Wouldn't Obama have immunity then?

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Huh. Imagine that.

👀
IRS Audit of Could Cost Former President More Than $100 Million

The tax agency concluded in its long-running investigation that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on his failed Chicago tower. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-audit-chicago-hotel-taxes

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@GottaLaff Why conservatives prefer an underfunded IRS: from the article: "That the IRS did not initiate an audit of the 2008 worthlessness deduction puzzled the experts in partnership taxation. Many assumed the understaffed IRS simply had not realized what Trump had done until the deadline to investigate it had passed. “I think the government recognized that they screwed up,” and then audited the merger transaction to make up for it, Jackel said."

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'A step back in time': America's Catholic Church sees immense shift twd the old ways

“Generations of Catholics who embraced modernizing tide sparked in 1960s by Vatican II are increasingly giving way to religious conservatives who believe church has been twisted by change…

..molded by plummeting church attendance…reshaped parishes across the country, leaving them at odds w Pope Francis and much of the Catholic world.”
https://apnews.com/article/7638fa2013a593f8cb07483ffc8ed487

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff I witnessed the change of the Catholic church. In the 1980's I had a job where I moved a lot & went to mass in different towns. Every church was different, localized. But as the human rights orientated clergy that were present for the abuse scandals left, & the new bishops appointed by John Paul II were all arch-conservatives, & that led to the stories in this article. Then the Steve Bannon type conservatives purposely made the church unwelcoming for Human Rights supporters.

olliethewobbly , to hockey group
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THE FLORIDA MEN CONTINUE! @hockey

timo21 ,
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@olliethewobbly @hockey I wonder what the 'Florida Men' team mascot looks like? a Paul Bunyon type persona?

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Via Pagliery:

We wrapped up the day with some news.

The hush money trial now features... yet another hush money deal.

Prosecutors say Allen Weisselberg is getting $750k this year to keep quiet about his former boss.

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff There are a lot of people that I'd like to pay to just STFU! 😅

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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🩷💔Brian Wilson, the 81-year-old chief musical visionary of the Beach Boys, will be placed under a conservatorship, a judge in California ruled, following the death of his wife, who had cared for him as he struggled with a neurocognitive disorder.— NYT

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff Caretakers like Wilson's wife have a really difficult job. ❤️

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Word-slaw.

: The case is not about all of the other stuff you’ve been seeing because we’re using that to attempt, it’s had no impact because it’s so old, attempt to do something to me politically

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff who needs AI when we have Trump to write nonsense.

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People should have "radios, batteries and a generator" ready in the rare case of disruptions to the power grid, advises NOAA.

timo21 ,
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@w7voa Those car battery jumpers with lithium batteries usually also have USB ports for phone or tablet charging. Those are cheaper than alot of emergency stuff,

timo21 ,
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@w7voa Won't a G5 geomagnetic storm wake up Godzilla?

timo21 ,
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@w7voa I suppose I should look for studies about if/how these big magnetic storms affect people. or other animals. Do migrating birds get lost?

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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🧵 starts HERE.

Please remember I don’t reply while live-posting. Plz use NFL (Not For Laffy, but no hashtag) so I can ignore those replies.

1/

Pagliery:

Today's session starts with prosecutors asking for a sidebar with the judge. Lawyers on both sides are now discussing something in hushed tones.

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff NFL so Trump has the equivalent of a coloring book given to a kid in a doctors office.

emarktaylor , to Hockey
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🏒 @hnom @hockey

Big Benn rings Toews' bell.

No penalty

timo21 ,
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@emarktaylor @hnom @hockey Hit to the head should be automatic suspension.

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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💥” militant group says it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal to halt seven-month war with .

It issued a statement Monday saying its supreme leader, Ismail Haniyeh, had delivered the news in a phone call with Qatar’s prime minister and Egypt’s intelligence minister.”
https://apnews.com/article/8659eae6e0a7362504f0aa4aa4be53e0

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff I never want to live in a country that has a 'Supreme Leader'.

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff Netanyahu won't be happy until HE gets to have the 'Supreme Leader" moniker.

mattblaze , (edited ) to Photography
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Shortwave "Discone" Antenna, Former AT&T High Seas Radio Site, Ocean Gate, NJ, 2009.

All the somewhat staticy pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4141766569

timo21 ,
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@mattblaze
To bad satellites are not forever. Plus if a rogue like Musk controls the communication, that could be an issue.

zebibyte , to hockey group
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Toronto 1 - Boston 2 (OT)(Gm7)

I missed this game last night, so Boston goes to Florida to face the Cats. I did expect the Leafs to move on with the rebuilding they have been doing, but they fell flat short. … like the 🙄

@hockey @hnom

timo21 ,
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@zebibyte @hockey @hnom The way Florida has been playing versus the way Boston has been playing, it could be a Florida sweep. Probably not, obviously, but the observed differences in the teams are great.

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Lawrence O’Donnell:

“We had a monster in the presidency not because of Donald , but because of the people who voted for Donald Trump and because of the people who worked for Donald Trump’s campaign to get him there. You get monsters like Donald Trump thanks to people like Hope Hicks.”

https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-you-get-monsters-like-donald-trump-thanks-to-people-like-hope-hicks-210249285691

timo21 ,
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@GottaLaff When Trump has his health issue (as we all will have) and leaves us, the other culprits like Hicks will still be here on the planet.

timo21 ,
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@Tonkey @GottaLaff An autocrat without enablers is just a man yelling at clouds.

timo21 ,
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@Tonkey @GottaLaff That's fair, although she was being compelled to testify. And her testimony started straying a little from what she previously said under oath, not a lot, just wandering off some.

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@Tonkey @GottaLaff @GreenFire No, this is a good discussion. Thanks for bringing it up 🙂 It's why I like Mastodon.

davidho , to Random stuff
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I find it weird that newspapers characterize students as being “pro-Palestinian” as opposed to anti whatever you call this.

timo21 ,
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@davidho That image of Gaza looks like Grozny at the turn of the century; Aleppo, 2009; Mariupol, 2022. Humans will just keep this behavior up until our habitat entirely gives out, I suppose.

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Idaho®

timo21 ,
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@pluralistic In Idaho one can purchase those giant Russets that don't get exported out-of-state. They usually are sold to frozen french fry manufacturers, but locals can buy them from the farmers. One potato can be a meal for two people.

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Of course the problem has gotten worse since 1998.

This explains how news junkies who consume lots of legal opinions like this: "this is a strong case!" or "the special counsel is screwing up!" end up less informed and more unhinged from facts and reality.

https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1246&context=uclf

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timo21 ,
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@Teri_Kanefield Thanks for the article. That's really interesting. I had been ignoring the TV Lawyers, but now I can make it sort of a sport, watching the lawyers. Wine might be necessary 🍷

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@Teri_Kanefield @MoiraEve That has been shown in polls, where viewers of Fox News knew less about factual events then CNN viewers (the old CNN). But it could be any organizations, that's just the ones they polled about.

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Duane Eddy, Whose Twang Changed Rock ’n’ Roll, Dies at 86

A self-taught electric guitar virtuoso, he influenced a generation of musicians. One of them, John Fogerty, called him rock’s first guitar god.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/arts/music/duane-eddy-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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@GottaLaff Duane Eddy Peter Gunn Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-PiWgXbOp4

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