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July 14, 2011
Tomgram: Bill McKibben, The Great American Carbon Bomb ( http://e2ma.net/g=
o/7132842791/208615523/223841371/25612/goto:http://www.tomdispatch.com/pos=
t/175417/tomgram%3A_bill_mckibben%2C_the_great_american_carbon_bomb/ )
Note: Our previous e-mail contained an erroneous link. We've corrected it=
below. We apologize for the mistake.
These days, even ostriches suffer from heat waves.=C2=A0 More than 1,000=
of them reportedly died ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/2238413=
72/25612/goto:http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/216223-1000-ostri=
ches-die-in-Oudtshoorn-heat?s=3Dfc2dffa1fc79dc3807f6b04fac3f3ac8 ) from ov=
erheating on South African farms during a 2010 drought.=C2=A0 As for Ameri=
can ostriches, the human variety anyway, at the moment it should be increa=
singly hard for them to avoid extreme-weather news. After all, whether you=
’re in sweltering heat ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223=
841373/25612/goto:http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/11/national/main2=
0078640.shtml?tag=3DcbsContent;cbsCarousel ), staggering drought ( http://=
e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841374/25612/goto:http://www.nytimes.c=
om/2011/07/12/us/12drought.html ), a record fire season ( http://e2ma.net/=
go/7132842791/208615523/223841375/25612/goto:http://www.csmonitor.com/Envi=
ronment/2011/0711/Raging-wildfires-Climate-changes-to-blame-for-record-sea=
son ), or a massive flood zone ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/2=
23841376/25612/goto:http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/07/08/national-weather-s=
ervice-expect-even-more-flooding-this-summer/ ), most of us are living thr=
ough weird weather this year.=C2=A0 And if you’re one of the lucky=
few not in an extreme-weather district of the USA, you still won’t=
have a problem running across hair-raising weather stories, ranging from=
the possible loss ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841377/256=
12/goto:http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/climate-change-cou=
ld-kill-one-in-10-species-by-end-of-the-century-2312114.html ) of one out=
of every ten species on this planet by century’s end to the increas=
ing inability ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841378/25612/go=
to:http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/07/11/atlantic.ocean.carbon.=
warming/ ) of the oceans to soak up more atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Then, of course, there are those other headlines.=C2=A0 Here's a typical=
one: “As Water Rises, Florida Officials Sit on Their Hands ( http:/=
/e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841379/25612/goto:http://www.tampabay=
.com/opinion/columns/as-water-rises-florida-officials-sit-on-their-hands/1=
179588 )” (a former member of the just abolished Florida Energy and=
Climate Commission points out that, thanks to Republican governor Rick Sc=
ott and the legislature in the part of the country most vulnerable to risi=
ng sea levels, “there is no state entity addressing climate change=
and its impact”).=C2=A0 And here's another: “Economy Keeps Gl=
obal Warming on the Back Burner for 2012 ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/2=
08615523/223841380/25612/goto:http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/07/=
05/economy-keeps-global-warming-on-back-burner-for-2012 )” (American=
climate-change “skeptics” are celebrating because “the=
tide of the debate -- at least politically -- has turned in their favor&r=
dquo; and “political experts say that… concerns over global=
warming won't carry much weight in the 2012 election”). =C2=A0 And=
then there are the polls indicating Americans are confused about the unan=
imity of the scientific consensus on climate change, surprisingly dismissi=
ve ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841381/25612/goto:http://w=
ww.gallup.com/poll/116590/Increased-Number-Think-Global-Warming-Exaggerate=
d.aspx ) of global-warming dangers, worry less ( http://e2ma.net/go/713284=
2791/208615523/223841382/25612/goto:http://www.gallup.com/poll/146606/Conc=
erns-Global-Warming-Stable-Lower-Levels.aspx ) about it than they did a de=
cade ago, and of major environmental issues, worry least ( http://e2ma.net=
/go/7132842791/208615523/223841383/25612/goto:http://www.gallup.com/poll/1=
46810/Water-Issues-Worry-Americans-Global-Warming-Least.aspx ) about it.
It’s true, of course, that no weird-weather incident you experience=
can definitively be tied to climate change and other factors are involved=
.=C2=A0 Still, are we a nation of overheating ostriches?=C2=A0 It’s=
a reasonable enough conclusion, and in a sense, not so surprising.=C2=A0=
After all, how does anyone react upon discovering that his or her way of=
life is the crucial problem, that fossil fuels, which keep our civilizati=
on powered up and to which our existence is tethered, are playing havoc wi=
th the planet?
TomDispatch regular ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841384/25=
612/goto:http://www.tomdispatch.com/archive/175399/bill_mckibben_three_str=
ikes_and_you%27re_hot ) Bill McKibben, author most recently of Eaarth: Mak=
ing a Life on a Tough New Planet ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523=
/223841385/25612/goto:http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312541198/ref=3Dnosim/?tag=
=3Dtomdispatch-20 ), is a man deeply committed to transforming us from cli=
mate-change ostriches to climate-change eagles.=C2=A0 Perhaps it’s=
time, he suggests, for the environmental movement to get one heck of a lo=
t blunter. Tom
Will North America Be the New Middle East?
It’s Yes or No For a Climate-Killing Oil Pipeline -- and Obama Gets=
to Make the Call
By Bill McKibben ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841386/25612=
/goto:http://www.tomdispatch.com/authors/billmckibben )
The climate problem has moved from the abstract to the very real in the la=
st 18 months.=C2=A0 Instead of charts and graphs about what will happen so=
meday, we’ve got real-time video: first Russia ( http://e2ma.net/go/=
7132842791/208615523/223841387/25612/goto:http://www.sciencedaily.com/rele=
ases/2011/03/110318091141.htm ) burning, then Texas ( http://e2ma.net/go/7=
132842791/208615523/223841388/25612/goto:http://thinkprogress.org/romm/201=
1/05/10/208061/hell-and-high-water-texas-drought-wildfires-deluge-mississi=
ppi-floods/ ) and Arizona ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841=
389/25612/goto:http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2011/0711/Raging-wildf=
ires-Climate-changes-to-blame-for-record-season ) on fire.=C2=A0 First Pak=
istan ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841390/25612/goto:http:=
//www.tomdispatch.com/post/175292/tomgram:_juan_cole,_the_media_as_a_secur=
ity_threat_to_america__/ ) suffered a deluge, then Queensland ( http://e2m=
a.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841391/25612/goto:http://www.stuff.co.nz/=
world/australia/4531356/Worst-disaster-on-record-for-Queensland ), Austral=
ia, went underwater, and this spring and summer, it’s the Midwest (=
http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841392/25612/goto:http://www.r=
euters.com/article/2011/07/07/us-flooding-forecast-idUSTRE7657H020110707=
) that’s flooding at historic levels.
The year 2010 saw the lowest volume ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615=
523/223841393/25612/goto:http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2010/07/06/206368/n=
sidc-arctic-sea-ice-extent-volume/ ) of Arctic ice ( http://e2ma.net/go/71=
32842791/208615523/223841394/25612/goto:http://www.guardian.co.uk/environm=
ent/2011/jul/11/arctic-ice-free ) since scientists started to measure, mor=
e rainfall on land than any year in recorded history, and the lowest barom=
etric pressure ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841395/25612/g=
oto:http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2010/10/27/206942/strongest-storm-ever-r=
ecorded-in-the-midwest/ ) ever registered in the continental United States=
.=C2=A0 Measured on a planetary scale, 2010 tied ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132=
842791/208615523/223841396/25612/goto:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn=
/content/article/2011/01/12/AR2011011204692.html ) 2005 as the warmest yea=
r in history.=C2=A0 Jeff Masters, probably the world’s most widely=
read meteorologist, calculated ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/=
223841397/25612/goto:http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/06/24/253299/maste=
rs-driven-by-global-warming-it-is-quite-possible-that-2010-was-the-most-ex=
treme-weather-year-globally-since-1816/ ) that the year featured the most=
extreme weather since at least 1816, when a giant volcano blew its top.
Since we’re the volcano now, and likely to keep blowing, here’=
s his prognosis: “The ever-increasing amounts of heat-trapping gases=
humans are emitting into the air put tremendous pressure on the climate=
system to shift to a new, radically different, warmer state, and the extr=
eme weather of 2010-2011 suggests that the transition is already well unde=
rway.”
There’s another shift, too, and that’s in the response from cl=
imate-change activists. For the first two decades of the global-warming er=
a, the suggested solutions to the problem had been as abstract as the scie=
nce that went with it: complicated schemes like the Kyoto Protocol, or the=
cap-and-trade agreement that died in Congress in 2010.=C2=A0 These were=
attempts to solve the problem of climate change via complicated backstage=
maneuvers and manipulations of prices or regulations.=C2=A0 They failed=
in large part because the fossil-fuel industry managed, at every turn, to=
dilute or defang them.
Click here to read more of this dispatch. ( http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/=
208615523/223841398/25612/goto:http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175417/tomg=
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<span style=3D"color:#962D00;font-style:italic;">July 14, 2011</span><=
br />
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841331/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy50b21kaXNwYXRjaC5jb20vcG9zdC8xNzU0MTcvdG9tZ3JhbSUzQV9iaWxsX21j=
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m: Bill McKibben, The Great American Carbon Bomb</a>
<p style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><em>Note: Our previous e-mail contained an er=
roneous link. We've corrected it below. We apologize for the mistake.</em>
<br>
<br>
These days, even ostriches suffer from heat waves. More than 1,000=
of them=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841332/25612/b64/aHR=
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MDRm YWMzZjNhYzg=3D" >reportedly died</a> from overheating on South Afri=
can farms during a 2010 drought. As for American ostriches, the huma=
n variety anyway, at the moment it should be increasingly hard for them to=
avoid extreme-weather news. After all, whether you’re in=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841333/25612/b64/aHR=
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aWNlLWV4cGVjdC1ldmVuLW1vcmUtZmxvb2RpbmctdGhpcy1zdW1tZXIv" >flood zone</=
a>, most of us are living through weird weather this year. And if yo=
u’re one of the lucky few not in an extreme-weather district of the=
USA, you still won’t have a problem running across hair-raising wea=
ther stories, ranging from the=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841337/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy5pbmRlcGVuZGVudC5jby51ay9lbnZpcm9ubWVudC9uYXR1cmUvY2xpbWF0ZS1j=
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cnkt MjMxMjExNC5odG1s" >possible loss</a> of one out of every ten specie=
s on this planet by century’s end to the=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841338/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL2VkaXRpb24uY25uLmNvbS8yMDExL1dPUkxEL2FtZXJpY2FzLzA3LzExL2F0bGFudGlj=
Lm9jZWFuLmNhcmJvbi53YXJtaW5nLw=3D=3D" >increasing inability</a> of the=
oceans to soak up more atmospheric carbon dioxide.
<br>
<br>
Then, of course, there are those other headlines. Here's a typical=
one: “
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841339/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy50YW1wYWJheS5jb20vb3Bpbmlvbi9jb2x1bW5zL2FzLXdhdGVyLXJpc2VzLWZs=
b3JpZGEtb2ZmaWNpYWxzLXNpdC1vbi10aGVpci1oYW5kcy8xMTc5NTg4" >As Water Ris=
es, Florida Officials Sit on Their Hands</a>” (a former member of th=
e just abolished Florida Energy and Climate Commission points out that, th=
anks to Republican governor Rick Scott and the legislature in the part of=
the country most vulnerable to rising sea levels, “there is no stat=
e entity addressing climate change and its impact”). And here'=
s another: “
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841340/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy51c25ld3MuY29tL25ld3MvYXJ0aWNsZXMvMjAxMS8wNy8wNS9lY29ub215LWtl=
ZXBzLWdsb2JhbC13YXJtaW5nLW9uLWJhY2stYnVybmVyLWZvci0yMDEy" >Economy Keep=
s Global Warming on the Back Burner for 2012</a>” (American climate-=
change “skeptics” are celebrating because “the tide of=
the debate -- at least politically -- has turned in their favor” an=
d “political experts say that… concerns over global warming=
won't carry much weight in the 2012 election”). And then the=
re are the polls indicating Americans are confused about the unanimity of=
the scientific consensus on climate change, surprisingly=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841341/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy5nYWxsdXAuY29tL3BvbGwvMTE2NTkwL0luY3JlYXNlZC1OdW1iZXItVGhpbmst=
R2xvYmFsLVdhcm1pbmctRXhhZ2dlcmF0ZWQuYXNweA=3D=3D" >dismissive</a> of gl=
obal-warming dangers,=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841342/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy5nYWxsdXAuY29tL3BvbGwvMTQ2NjA2L0NvbmNlcm5zLUdsb2JhbC1XYXJtaW5n=
LVN0YWJsZS1Mb3dlci1MZXZlbHMuYXNweA=3D=3D" >worry less</a> about it than=
they did a decade ago, and of major environmental issues,=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841343/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy5nYWxsdXAuY29tL3BvbGwvMTQ2ODEwL1dhdGVyLUlzc3Vlcy1Xb3JyeS1BbWVy=
aWNhbnMtR2xvYmFsLVdhcm1pbmctTGVhc3QuYXNweA=3D=3D" >worry least</a> abou=
t it.
<br>
<br>
It’s true, of course, that no weird-weather incident you experience=
can definitively be tied to climate change and other factors are involved=
. Still, are we a nation of overheating ostriches? It’s=
a reasonable enough conclusion, and in a sense, not so surprising. =
After all, how does anyone react upon discovering that his or her way of=
life is the crucial problem, that fossil fuels, which keep our civilizati=
on powered up and to which our existence is tethered, are playing havoc wi=
th the planet?
<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841344/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy50b21kaXNwYXRjaC5jb20vYXJjaGl2ZS8xNzUzOTkvYmlsbF9tY2tpYmJlbl90=
aHJlZV9zdHJpa2VzX2FuZF95b3UlMjdyZV9ob3Q=3D" >TomDispatch regular</a> Bi=
ll McKibben, author most recently of <em>
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841345/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2RwLzAzMTI1NDExOTgvcmVmPW5vc2ltLz90YWc9dG9tZGlz=
cGF0Y2gtMjA=3D" >Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet</a></em>,=
is a man deeply committed to transforming us from climate-change ostriche=
s to climate-change eagles. Perhaps it’s time, he suggests, fo=
r the environmental movement to get one heck of a lot blunter. <em>Tom</em=
></p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong><span style=3D"font-size: x-large;">Will North America Be the=
New Middle East?<br />
</span><span style=3D"font-size: medium;">It’s Yes or No For a Clima=
te-Killing Oil Pipeline -- and Obama Gets to Make the Call</strong></span>=
<br>
By=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841346/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy50b21kaXNwYXRjaC5jb20vYXV0aG9ycy9iaWxsbWNraWJiZW4=3D" >Bill Mc=
Kibben</a></p>
<p>The climate problem has moved from the abstract to the very real in the=
last 18 months. Instead of charts and graphs about what will happen=
someday, we’ve got real-time video: first=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841347/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy5zY2llbmNlZGFpbHkuY29tL3JlbGVhc2VzLzIwMTEvMDMvMTEwMzE4MDkxMTQx=
Lmh0bQ=3D=3D" >Russia</a> burning, then=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841348/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3RoaW5rcHJvZ3Jlc3Mub3JnL3JvbW0vMjAxMS8wNS8xMC8yMDgwNjEvaGVsbC1hbmQt=
aGlnaC13YXRlci10ZXhhcy1kcm91Z2h0LXdpbGRmaXJlcy1kZWx1Z2UtbWlzc2lzc2lwcGkt=
Zmxv b2RzLw=3D=3D" >Texas</a> and=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841349/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy5jc21vbml0b3IuY29tL0Vudmlyb25tZW50LzIwMTEvMDcxMS9SYWdpbmctd2ls=
ZGZpcmVzLUNsaW1hdGUtY2hhbmdlcy10by1ibGFtZS1mb3ItcmVjb3JkLXNlYXNvbg=3D=3D=
" >Arizona</a> on fire. First=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841350/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy50b21kaXNwYXRjaC5jb20vcG9zdC8xNzUyOTIvdG9tZ3JhbTpfanVhbl9jb2xl=
LF90aGVfbWVkaWFfYXNfYV9zZWN1cml0eV90aHJlYXRfdG9fYW1lcmljYV9fLw=3D=3D" =
>Pakistan</a> suffered a deluge, then=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841351/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy5zdHVmZi5jby5uei93b3JsZC9hdXN0cmFsaWEvNDUzMTM1Ni9Xb3JzdC1kaXNh=
c3Rlci1vbi1yZWNvcmQtZm9yLVF1ZWVuc2xhbmQ=3D" >Queensland</a>, Australia,=
went underwater, and this spring and summer, it’s=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841352/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy5yZXV0ZXJzLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMTEvMDcvMDcvdXMtZmxvb2RpbmctZm9y=
ZWNhc3QtaWRVU1RSRTc2NTdIMDIwMTEwNzA3" >the Midwest</a> that’s flo=
oding at historic levels.</p>
<p>The year 2010 saw the=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841353/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3RoaW5rcHJvZ3Jlc3Mub3JnL3JvbW0vMjAxMC8wNy8wNi8yMDYzNjgvbnNpZGMtYXJj=
dGljLXNlYS1pY2UtZXh0ZW50LXZvbHVtZS8=3D" >lowest volume</a> of=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841354/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy5ndWFyZGlhbi5jby51ay9lbnZpcm9ubWVudC8yMDExL2p1bC8xMS9hcmN0aWMt=
aWNlLWZyZWU=3D" >Arctic ice</a> since scientists started to measure, mo=
re rainfall on land than any year in recorded history, and the=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841355/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3RoaW5rcHJvZ3Jlc3Mub3JnL3JvbW0vMjAxMC8xMC8yNy8yMDY5NDIvc3Ryb25nZXN0=
LXN0b3JtLWV2ZXItcmVjb3JkZWQtaW4tdGhlLW1pZHdlc3Qv" >lowest barometric pr=
essure</a> ever registered in the continental United States. Measure=
d on a planetary scale, 2010=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841356/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vd3AtZHluL2NvbnRlbnQvYXJ0aWNsZS8yMDEx=
LzAxLzEyL0FSMjAxMTAxMTIwNDY5Mi5odG1s" >tied</a> 2005 as the warmest yea=
r in history. Jeff Masters, probably the world’s most widely=
read meteorologist,=20
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841357/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3RoaW5rcHJvZ3Jlc3Mub3JnL3JvbW0vMjAxMS8wNi8yNC8yNTMyOTkvbWFzdGVycy1k=
cml2ZW4tYnktZ2xvYmFsLXdhcm1pbmctaXQtaXMtcXVpdGUtcG9zc2libGUtdGhhdC0yMDEw=
LXdh cy10aGUtbW9zdC1leHRyZW1lLXdlYXRoZXIteWVhci1nbG9iYWxseS1zaW5jZS0xODE2=
Lw=3D=3D" >calculated</a> that the year featured the most extreme weather=
since at least 1816, when a giant volcano blew its top.</p>
<p>Since we’re the volcano now, and likely to keep blowing, here&rsq=
uo;s his prognosis: “The ever-increasing amounts of heat-trapping ga=
ses humans are emitting into the air put tremendous pressure on the climat=
e system to shift to a new, radically different, warmer state, and the ext=
reme weather of 2010-2011 suggests that the transition is already well und=
erway.”</p>
<p>There’s another shift, too, and that’s in the response from=
climate-change activists. For the first two decades of the global-warming=
era, the suggested solutions<strong> </strong>to the problem had been as=
abstract as the science that went with it: complicated schemes like the=
Kyoto Protocol, or the cap-and-trade agreement that died in Congress in=
2010. These were attempts to solve the problem of climate change vi=
a complicated backstage maneuvers and manipulations of prices or regulatio=
ns. They failed in large part because the fossil-fuel industry manag=
ed, at every turn, to dilute or defang them.</p>
<p>
<a href=3D"http://e2ma.net/go/7132842791/208615523/223841358/25612/b64/aHR=
0cDovL3d3dy50b21kaXNwYXRjaC5jb20vcG9zdC8xNzU0MTcvdG9tZ3JhbSUzQV9iaWxsX21j=
a2liYmVuJTJDX3RoZV9ncmVhdF9hbWVyaWNhbl9jYXJib25fYm9tYi8jbW9yZQ=3D=3D" =
>Click here to read more of this dispatch.</a></p>
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