(I think you are correct,The Constitutional purists will pick and choose from it what they like, and rewrite and removwe what they don't. Great diary!   - promoted by lamb12)

I am not a fan of long headlines, but given the recent controversy surrounding the Cordoba House building a Muslim cultural center and Mosque near the World Trade Center site I consider the responsible thing in this situation to completely and accurately frame the issue in the headline before the article begins.

Headlines from esteemed journalistic institutions, including CNN, The Washington Post, New York Daily News, and, of course, Fox News, use the phrase "Ground Zero Mosque." That terminology is misleading, as the facility is neither just a mosque nor is it right at "Ground Zero."

( - promoted by SuzeB1964)

The sky is not falling. America is not becoming anything close to a socialist nation. Our guns and ammo are still safe and secure. Our children haven't turned into little commie munchkins. Obama hasn't killed your grandparents. The government hasn't started rounding up all the white folk for slave labor.    

Yet you think that things are so bad that you are preparing for an armed response to the perceived threats that liberals pose to "your" great nation. You are stock piling firearms, ammunition, food, water, and ignorance in the hopes that it will save you from impending liberal doom.    

(I like your style Mr.Fay--great diary--and something the WHOLE country should think about, or are we doomed to never learn anything from history, except to repeat it?? - promoted by lamb12)

  It was a troubling time for the nation. Their armies were scattered throughout the world, placing a great drain on the financial resources of the government. Bad economic conditions were fostering discontent among the working classes. Equitable wealth distribution was unheard of, as the patricians exploited the working plebians with the blessing of the government. Political discontent brewed, and it even looked as if the nation would split apart. As if these conditions weren't enough, the powerless Senate took no action to alleviate the problems, and watched as all chances for progress turned into unfathomable regression.

Earlier today, I was thinking, and I came up with this specific thing to gripe about today. I have been recently dealing with quite a few people who, had they not previously known me, would likely cast me off as a "left wing nut" and (though not all of them inspired me to this thought) I came up with this: We have been told all of our lives "to stand up for what we believe in" but has anyone ever told you to know what the hell you are even believing in?  

This is a great rant about the short memory the Wingnuts have for recent events- especially the ones that occurred during the last administration that are directly responsible for the shit economy we now face. They had 8 years to screw the country and increase the deficit, and they complain and get violent because the president has tried to help the poor get relief from the predatory insurance thieves.  

Found on the Daily Kos from Nica24:

We had eight years of Bush and Cheney, Now you get mad!?
Sun Mar 28, 2010 at 06:20:55 PM PDT

I visit Rosie O'Donnell's blog almost every day, I enjoy her. I am always amazed at the nasty, sometimes violent reaction she brings out in some people. But I want to pass this on, Rosie printed it on the home page of her blog, it was sent to her. I'm sending it as a reply to every anti-Obama email I get. It's civil and just a little frightening to see in print. Most of the comments are amazing! I am adding a few to the diary, but read the comments, well worth the time!

   * Nica24's diary :: ::

You didn't get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President.

You didn't get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate
energy policy.

You didn't get mad when a covert CIA operative got outed.

You didn't get mad when the Patriot Act got passed.

You didn't get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us.

You didn't get mad when we spent over 600 billion(and counting) on said illegal war.

You didn't get mad when over 10 billion dollars just disappeared in  Iraq.

You didn't get mad when you found out we were torturing people.

You didn't get mad when the government was illegally wiretapping Americans.

You didn't get mad when we didn't catch Bin Laden.

You didn't get mad when you saw the horrible conditions at Walter Reed.

You didn't get mad when we let a major US city, New Orleans, drown.

You didn't get mad when we gave a 900 billion tax break to the rich.

You didn't get mad when the deficit hit the trillion dollar mark.

You finally got mad when the government decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick.  Yes, illegal wars, lies, corruption, torture, stealing your tax dollars to make the rich richer, are all okay with you, but helping other Americans...oh hell no.

Update: Thank you, I've never been on the rec. list. Not sure if I deserve it, but I really respect Rosie O'Donnell, and she said "pass it on". If anything it gives you a response to all those insane armeggedon emails or those crazy relatives you just can't ignore.

Update II: Rosie's Blog link  http://www.rosie.com/
She is also on Sirius now.

Update III: Another thing I like to ask when they are spouting Fascism, Communism, Socialism...Explain those three tenets. I haven't found anyone on the crazy right that even understands what these words represent.

Update IV: I just had to add these, from a comment of Rezkalla's

You didn't get mad when the president ignored the clear and timely warning that terrorists were going to hijack planes and fly them into the WTCs.

You didn't get mad when the weapons inspectors, who said there were no WMDs, were ignored.

You didn't get mad when hundreds of thousands of people died in Iraq.

The GOP says: “Pornography makes you gay.” Thanks to Leftake.com for posting the video from a GOP conference that exposes this horrible epidemic of gay contamination. Here is the full video from the Rachel Maddow Show with an introductory (and possibly racist) joke from Republican Roy Blunt from Missouri.  The segment concerning porn begins at about the 2:15 mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AaJY4YPC50

Of course, this completely logical and scientific claim by the GOP (about pornography turning straight men into homosexuals) made us wonder about the sexual orientation of Republicans past and present. As a result of exhaustive research, this entry is the first of a series of investigative, historical reporting of great men who may have been hiding in great big closets. We report, you decide.

 

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, presided over the Union’s Civil War victory and loosed the shackles from the slaves. He was a Republican and undisputedly a great man and commander in chief. However, what you don’t know about Lincoln may shock you; in fact, it may transform you into a believer that pornography metamorphoses a God-fearing, red-blooded American hero into a foppish and unnatural gay who lets his own wife beat him.

MORE AT http://thepantaloon.com/

 

Leftake:

1.  Isn't there supposed to be an auto function where a troll is silenced if they receive a certain number of 0/troll votes?

2.  Moderators need to be appointed.  Can there be reasonable moderators who can determine whether spam is being posted and remove it?

3.  Do you really want self-promoting afterbirth humanoids clogging up the site with their rightwing racism, fear, and hatred?  It would be very easy to trace IP addresses and block abusers.

I am all for a free marketplace of ideas and opinion, but you have to decide whether this is a progressive forum or an advertising generator where anyone can cop a squat and evacuate their bowels...

One year ago, while (some, about 52.5% of) Americans were deep into Obama-mania, democrats were favored on all ten issues the country faced. Now, just a year later and only nine months (!!) into the Obama administration, sickened Americans have shifted decidedly to the right.

Rasmussen Reports, the country's most accurate pollster, shows that on some issues Americans have shifted as much as 27 points to the right. In all ten issues Americans have moved to the right, including democrat stronghold issues such as Abortion, Health Care and Govt Ethics.

On Health Care for example, a year ago democrats had a twenty point advantage, 54% to 34%.  Now, just 9 months into the Obama agenda, Americans have shifted TWENTY SIX POINTS, giving the Republicans a 6% point advantage, 46% to 40%.

On the Economy, a year ago Americans preferred democrats, 51% to 38%, a 13% point advantage. Now, after dealing with Obama for only 9 months, Americans have shifted TWENTY SEVEN percent, giving the republicans a 49% to 35% advantage.

It's like this all throughout the survey. For a detailed analysis and commentary on what all of this means, listen to the second hour of The Jimmy Z Monday Show™ from October 26th.  The truth, as ever, shall set you free.

http://thejimmyzshow.blogspot....

New column appearing in today's Collegian. By the time the Joe Lie-berman (hyphen intentional) made his 180 on a public option, it was too late to edit my piece. Believe me, I'll have something to say about him soon..

Follow the link:
http://media.www.collegian.com...

or read on...

There are a number of posts/diaries lately that are obviously originated by trolls.  I really don't waste my time with them.

And frankly, I'm becoming confused about who's who.  So I would like to suggest to the regular, intelligent, Dem members of Leftake that you NOT engage these people/fictional characters.

Here's the thing:  if a raving lunatic homeless guy sat down next to you on the subway and started talking about how his testicles housed the colonies of an alien race, would you argue with him?  NO.  You would get up and move to another seat.

PLEASE GET UP AND MOVE TO ANOTHER SEAT ON HERE AND DON'T FEED THE CRAZIES.

Respectfully submitted.  Thank you.  

( - promoted by leftake)

Republicans are becoming a rare breed, these days. Since the right wing has been completely hijacked by extremist thugs from the fringes of sanity, otherwise reasonable people have been fleeing the Party in droves. So as a service to you, we here at RememberancientWeb.com have compiled a compilation of common misrepresentations representative of your average Republican asshole.

Not satisfied with mere douchebaggery, today's Republican has taken rage-induced paranoia and intolerance to unprecedented levels of scary and insane. The trouble in picking-out the Republicans from a crowd of your average mouth-breathing morons lies in the fact that these people now seem to be speaking in code - effectively lying their way through various talking points in an effort to obfuscate their own foolishness.

So, in order to avoid shooting our wad too early (a typical Republican habit) and blow the whole joke, without further ado we give you:

Six Concrete Examples of how Republicans
Routinely Lie Through Their Fucking Teeth:

Stated Belief: The U.S. Constitution is as Sacred as Scripture and is to be interpreted in an equally fundamental, literal fashion.
Standard Party Line: "These liberals won't rest until they take away our Constitutional rights!"
Hypocricy Involved: This line of bullshit immediately goes out the window as soon as some cop pulls-over a hippie for driving 40 miles an hour in a 65 MPH zone. Unreasonable search and seizure is just fine for potheads, evidently. Also, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." only applies to non-Southern Baptists, as far as Republicans are concerned.
Historic Relevance: Since the First Continental Congress, conservatives have routinely mistaken the concept of "freedom" with the concept of "ruling-class privilege."
This All Speaks To: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."

 

 

Stated Belief: So-called "States' Rights" supersede Federal authority.
Standard Party Line: "I believe in states' rights ... I believe we have distorted the balance of our government today by giving powers that were never intended to be given in the Constitution to that federal establishment." [Ronald Reagan, August 3, 1980]
Hypocricy Involved: If we're talking about enforcing the ridiculous classification of marijuana as a schedule-one narcotic or the Federal drinking age requirement, then fuck States' Rights. But when we start talking about  the EPA or about restricting access to abortion, then Rush Limbaugh is all about a weak central government.
Historic Relevance: The obvious answer is that these people still believe that the Southern Succession was not a treasonous, illegal act.
This All Speaks To: In the South, they don't call it the "Civil War," they call it "The Occupation." Just another example of how Republicans tend to pick and choose their philosophy to fit the moment.

 

 

 

 

Stated Belief: Unwavering belief in "Free Market Capitalism."
Standard Party Line: "The Bible mandates free market capitalism. It is anti-socialist." We don't know, we just found this on the internet somewhere. It doesn't matter who or when, it pretty much sums everything up.
Hypocricy Involved: Billions of dollars worth of unbidded contracts awarded to Halliburton in Iraq shortly after the (then) Vice President served as the CEO of said Halliburton Energy Services. You'll never hear Bill O'Reilly complain about this corrupt bullshit. But food stamps for starving babies? Pure evil.
Historic Relevance: Actually, the United States has been a blend of private and public enterprise since its' inception. Anyone who tells you otherwise is blowing smoke up your ass.
This All Speaks To: A bunch of rich fuckers using semantic gymnastics (READ: Lying through their fucking teeth) in order to distract you from the fact that they are robbing you blind.

 

Stated Belief: Unwavering fear of "Socialism."
Standard Party Line: "We are a country that is headed towards socialism, totalitarianism, beyond your wildest imagination." Just guess which rocket scientist said that.
Hypocricy Involved: Until these fucktards start applying their wafer-thin "socialism" argument to entities like General Dynamics, Chrysler (the first bailout, the one REAGAN did), and the U.S. Army, they can all just shut the fuck up.
Historic Relevance: We are pretty sure what these idiots are so afraid of is actually "Communism." See what happens when the Reagan administration forces drastic cuts in education spending?
This All Speaks To: A total lack of critical thinking. Speaking of which...

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stated Belief: Near religious support for Religion itself.
Standard Party Line: "One Nation, under GOD..."
Hypocricy Involved: We get our "God" from this wonderful little green plant that we like to smoke. Guess who would object, in the violentest possible way, if we were to put a statue of a pot plant on government property.
Historic Relevance: Actually, "Prayer is the last refuge of a scoundrel." Ever since Jesus Christ achieved (mortal) transcendence, assholes like Pat Robertson have been raping his name to further their own quest for power and influence.
This All Speaks To: Again, that whole "critical thinking" thing. Also, this is a harsh, uncaring universe, and bad things happen to good people. Republicans are notoriously terrified of this undeniable fact and tend to use this God character as a crutch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stated Belief: We are a Nation of Laws.
Standard Party Line: "We've taken a side and that's for the rule of law, for the republic, for the Constitution." Again, guess which non-lunatic is lying. Again.
Hypocricy Involved: Oh, the name Oliver North comes to mind. Then there's the issue of torturing people in violation of both the Geneva Conventions and Federal Law. The whole Iraq War II deal was pretty much illegal. We could go on...
Historic Relevance: Anyone remember Nixon? Ted Stevens?
This All Speaks To: None of this has anything whatsoever to do with the Kennedy assassinations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, basically, everything every Republican says is a fucking lie. Either it's Sarah Palin completely making shit up about "death panels," or it's Glenn Beck insinuating that the TARP bailout was instigated by the Obama administration. Fiscal conservatism and smaller government? Under Bush we went from a $128 billion dollar budget surplus to a $1.4 billion dollar deficit, and we got the DHS out of the deal, the largest government expansion in 50 years.

Remember, Climate Change is a totalitarian conspiracy and Obama is a Nazi, racist, Socialist, Czar-lover. Liberals are all tax-n-spenders and want to take your guns, the health care reform effort is an attempt to take over the private lives of citizens, and greed is good.

Don't ask us how we did it, but we did:  we got MICHAEL STEELE to guest blog on our site.  That's right, the RNC Chairman a/k/a Huggie Bear Steele straight from his new hip hop hyprocrisy website:  GOP.com.

See a screenshot of his first blog entry, read his beautiful prose, check out the pics, and then answer HIS FIRST QUESTION TO REPUBLICANS.  Please use the comment button on thepantaloon.com to answer him:

Go here:  http://www.thepantaloon.com/

So I was reading this article http://www.politico.com/news/s...
when it occurred to me just how inherently racist the folks running the Republican party (Limbaugh, Beck, et al) really are.

We all know Limbaugh is a racist as proven on Monday Night Football, where he lasted all of one show maybe two?, commenting on Donovan McNabb "[he] was overrated because the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well".  Limbaugh and Beck's assertion that anything President Obama is trying to do is reparations, never mind that a) not all unemployed folks are black and b) not all folks without medical coverage are black, is just further proof.

So what happens when a black guy gets elected and he's a Democrat?  Little wheels with hampsters spin in top Republican minds. Guess we need a black guy too!

Sounds like after giving Steele the job they forgot to tell him a) not speak unless directly told to speak by Limbaugh/Beck/Boehner/etc. and b) make sure you follow party line to the letter and not actually, you know, think about things and say them on your own.  So they send in John "holy fuck my skin is orange" Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Jon Kyl, Lamar Alexander, and John Thune because "the congressional leaders were particularly miffed that Steele had in late August unveiled a seniors' "health care bill of rights" without consulting with them."  The nerve of that uppity Steele!!  Who does he think he is?  

le sigh

Many people recall that on July 8, 1947, official witnesses claim that an unidentified flying object with five aliens aboard crashed onto the wilderness of a sheep and cattle ranch just outside Roswell, New Mexico.

This is a well-known incident that has long been covered up by the U.S. Air Force and the federal government.

However, what you may NOT know that in the month of April 1948, exactly nine months after that historic day, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush, and Dick Cheney's mother were born!

Their strange, counter-productive, and inhuman ways certainly suggest that they are something other than normal.  But: Perhaps that is what happens when aliens mate with range hares, rattle snakes, coyotes, cows, and sheep!

This is confirmed by the Urban Folklore Site at ULSaliensrepublicans.com!  And verified by Dan Quayle Associates.

I just finished reading a very well stated, albeit short article on CNN where Jimmy Carter addresses what we all know, that racism is playing a huge role in the anti-Obama sentiment.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITI...

It is a scary time in America. And not because we have a black president, but because former President Carter is right.

Have we turned into a nation where Fascists are making their last historical stand?

          President Obama was interviewed today on the Michael Smerconish radio show, and said straight out the Republicans are trying to destroy healthcare no matter what to defeat the President with the hope of replaying what happened in 90's with Clinton.  Sadly the pay no attention public is giving the GOP exactly what they want, and according to Smerconish his listeners are so angry with the President because they see him trying to orchestrate a government take over of healthcare, auto industry, banks and everything else.  Wow, a large majority of American must either have a short memory because all of what the President has done has been in response to our dire economic state and not because of some sinister socialist agenda to take over America and destroy our free capitalist system.  Chris Matthews called the President on talk radio today, The President Strikes Back!  Well I hope so! It is time to fight back the lies the right and megabusiness are throwing at the President in an attempt to destroy his Presidency and sadly they don't care how many Americans get destroyed in the fight.  We need to stand up and speak out along with President Obama and say enough is enough; we can no longer tolerate the lies and hate mongering.  Those who are engaged in this fight to attack anything the President does are not doing it on the basis of civil political discourse, but calculated attempt to bring disorder to the process and keep the status quo, or even worse the people that are fueling the flames of hate.  I got a text from a friend of mine last night worried he believes we are only weeks away from some kind of Tim McVeigh style attack somewhere.  Sadly I don't know if I agree with his time table but I sure as hell believe with this much fervor and hate and people on the right only ratcheting up the crazy rhetoric it is only a matter of when it happens.  That is why it is so important for those of us on the left and in the middle to call out those who lie and hate and do nothing but try and destroy this Union and never, ever try to strengthen it.

    Now, I'd like to discuss something closer to home, the economy.  Here at the bottom I can tell you in east central Illinois things have not improved.  I still look for work everyday and sadly things seem to be getting worse rather than better.  I remember something about clean coal, yet we still can not get the FutureGen project off the ground hear in Mattoon, Illinois.  We were promised this two years ago by the Bush Administration then when the site was chosen to be here in Mattoon and not in Texas, Bush blocked the funding from the Energy Department.  I also remember something in the Stimulus about money to digitize medical records.  I have not seen anything about that since January and believe me all the Doctors offices in this area as well as the Hospital still uses the same old paper and folder system.  I have seen some road construction which is certainly needed considering many of our roads are pot holed and shitty, but that does not help employ many people and being a little selfish, because I to would like to be able to feed and shelter my children, it doesn't do shit for me.  I know they are trying and I hope things will turn around but at the pace it is going people will start to really suffer and I fear that will only bring more anger and violence.  So let us all hope this recovery someday begins and not just for the rich on Wall Street and investors, but for all those of us out there how would love a job, but they just seem to have all dried up.

    Now for the Philosopher of the Week, Plotinus, who wrote, "Never stop sculpting your own statue." I love this quote it is the classic concept of never finish working on yourself and striving to better yourself, for if you believe you have reached somekind of perfection than you truly are farther away from it than if you were just beginning.  Plotinus also said, "Evil is an absence."  This I too agree with and what he is saying is there is an empyness and nothing to those who have evil in their heart, to be full is to be full of love, hope, charity and compasion, for evil is a negitive.  Well I guess that is enough for today and until tomorrow, goodbye...

we have 2 parties trying to bring the other down, been the repubs getting the bulk, we should be spending more time scrutinizing both repubs and the dems specifically and find the corruption instead of scrutinizing each other

The Whigs were a very old party in the United States, very influential, typically conservative. They would often go in and out of power in cycles with other major parties, and would often portray their enemies as unsavory, unpatriotic leaders from around the world (there was a very common comparison of Andrew Jackson with the King of England. A man who would tread on the Constitution.) Then, as there was a massive wave of immigrants from foreign countries, changing demographics and social scene in America, they fell out of power: Sharply. And thinking it was just a part of the normal cycle of political power, sat it out. Sticking to their old dogmas, changing little to none at all. Sounding familiar to any other party yet?
In 2006, the Republican party saw a clear trend against them in the election polls, losing dozens of seats in the House and Senate, as well as many governor spots. Still, little to nothing changed within the party. In 2008, no new faces ran for the Republican spots, typically older, well established, very Conservative members ran. And, lo and behold, they lost the seat at the top. EVERY branch of government had made a clear trend toward the democrats, a typically more liberal party. Yet, we're still not seeing any new, energetic members taking the reins of the party, taking it a newer direction, even though they are there. Such as the governor of my home state, Mitch Daniels, or even Bobby Jindal. But it's still people like Newt Gingrich at the head. People that America has rather clearly shown the don't approve of on the whole. With what is going on now, just trying to wait this out won't work.
What can work however, is getting some new faces in the running. I personally think Governor Daniels would make an excellent Senator. He is a Republican who has brought huge revenues to Indiana, invested into getting Hoosiers healthier(HIP: Healthy Indiana Plan), invested in education, invested in home grown alternative energy (although corn ethanol wasn't the best direction to take with that) and even lowered taxes all the while. Hell, my home value went up by 45k this year. And even though Indiana voted democrat for the first time in decades... the people love him. I myself a liberal support him. Imagine a man like that at the Republican reins in the Upper House.
As well, being more open, and just a PINCH more liberal will turn the tide. Like having a smart immigration plan with a clear path to citizenship, being open to gay rights, and toning down the religion for cripes sake. A party that is Conservative, but has good ideas that can genuinely help the United States.

     I can no longer tolerate the right bashing Obama and calling him a Nazi.  I know they are insane and I know they don't care what bullshit they through out into the world, but it is unconscionable for them to call him a Nazi and compare President Obama to Hitler.  If anyone is acting like a brown shirt it is these crazy people disrupting what should be civil meetings used for discourse and the furthering of democracy and understanding of the issues on all sides, but instead they are blowing up these townhall meetings and bulling people and then sadly being defended by most media outlets as just upset citizens trying to get their message across.  This is how democracy dies, when bullies rule and the fourth estate is behind them cheering them on.  It would be somewhat different if they actually had an agenda other than to just cause havoc, but unfortunately they don't have a reasonable alternative to healthcare reform, and most of the trilobites protesting have no idea what the real issues are they have just been convinced through lies and their own slanted views of the world that Obama and the Democrats want to socialize medicine and everything else.  Not that most of these idiots could even tell you what socialism, but they have heard Rush is against it and that is enough for them.  

    So I say to President Obama, Sir, I respect you and admire you, and understand how you want to look forward and not back.  However you are under attack form the right and the crazies in this country who are calling you a Nazi and comparing you to Hitler.  Well I am not going to call our last President a Nazi, or Hitler, but I will say he and many in his Administration are without question war criminals and war profiteers.  They need to be punished.  We need to shut up the crazies who would call you a Nazi, by putting those who truly broke the law and disregarded human rights on trial and letting the world and our own citizens know that know one is above the law, and America is a country with integrity and values that is ran by the rule of law, and not the rule of the powerful and mob mentality.  To let the Bushies go unpunished is to say to the right that what was done to America and its image and stature around the world was completely fine and their no consequences for their actions.  It truly emboldens the enemies of democracy in this country and around the world to allow what they did to stand, if you allow them to laugh at the law and subvert the Constitution then you have done a disservice to our country and history will remember that you could have stood up for right, but for political expediency you chose to do nothing.  If you sir and the Democratic Party do not stand up to the right then they will certainly not go away, no just the opposite they will become louder and louder, and if they successfully kill healthcare then they will have a proven play book to make sure than none of your progressive agenda ever gets passed again.  So please I beg you Mr. President, stand up to the right and those who would destroy our democracy and say, NO MORE!  For if you don't your entire agenda and all the promise you came into office with might be lost, and I for one did not vote for you to see that happen.  

    Finally I come to the Philosopher of the Week, Confucius, who said, "Study the past, if you would divine the future."  This is why we need to expose the evils of the last eight years, so they are never allowed to happen again.  Confucius also wrote, "The object of the superior man is truth."  There is nothing more important than truth, I wish we had more of it in our social discourses and I certainly wish it had more stature in our culture, sadly it does not.  Well friends next week I will be bringing you someone everyone has heard of and some people even pray too, but until then goodbye...