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shanny

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44. That's my problem too: WTF is wrong that we didn't/couldn't/wouldn't see this coming?
Mon Oct 8, 2018, 05:59 PM
Oct 2018

They got themselves a game plan and a road map way back in 1970 and they have been following it ever since. And now we are starting to wake up?

Jeezus Keeeerrriiiist on a trailer hitch.

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That's my problem too: WTF is wrong that we didn't/couldn't/wouldn't see this coming? shanny Oct 2018 #44
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