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Medicare For All: Costs Less, Works Better! Just Look at Canada... They Pay Less and Live Longer...


Remember: The Canadian Healthcare Costs People Less Money Than the American Healthcare System... and People Live Longer... 

Let's Replace our Broken System...

 Our Plan: "Get Sick, Die, Loser." 
is NOT the best Idea. 

England, Scandinavia, Australia, Europe... They ALL HAVE BETTER HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS... Let's Learn from Them.

For many critics of U.S. health care, the Canadian system of universal health care has long been viewed as an alternative, superior model for the U.S. to follow. Canada’s single-payer system is mostly publicly funded, while the U.S. has a multi-payer, heavily private system. While dissatisfaction with the U.S. health care system is widespread among Americans, Canada’s health care system enjoys high levels of satisfaction among its own population.

 https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/lessons-can-u-s-learn-canadian-health-care-system/

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Shredded Rainbow Spiral Business Cards For Sale.

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Shredded Rainbow Spiral Art for sale as Business Cards on Zazzle gregvan

Link to Spiral Art Painted on Bling: 

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On the Other Hand, 
Looking at Psychedelic Art
has Known Healing Power!

psychedelic art by gvan42 - Gregory Vanderlaan

psychedelic art by gvan42 - Gregory Vanderlaan

psychedelic art by gvan42 - Gregory Vanderlaan

psychedelic art by gvan42 - Gregory Vanderlaan

Link to All My Medicare For All Merchandise: 

On FaceBorg: MN Said...  
I'm going to explain why we need Medicare-for-All. When J.F.K. was calling for Universal Healthcare, he said at the time we were not providing the same level of care as other countries.
In the 1990s I saw a woman testifying in Congress that her job working for an insurance company was to take high dollar claims that were coming in and pull the paperwork the patient signed while getting insurance, look for a mistake that had been made by the patient and use that mistake to deny coverage. She said she knew people had died as a result of her actions. The question we need to ask ourselves is does it make sense to give trillions of dollars each year to insurance companies that work hard to avoid paying for healthcare? The most obvious example of this is pre-existing conditions which came into play only in the U.S. so insurance companies could avoid paying for medical expenses. Those with pre-existing conditions had their medical expenses paid for by state aid, if they were lucky. This means we were giving trillions of dollars to insurance companies for the express purpose of paying medical expenses while also paying millions in taxes to cover the expenses the insurance companies refused to cover.
In 2020 millions of people in this country lost jobs because of the pandemic. A high percentage of those also lost insurance coverage because they could no longer afford to pay premiums. So there are those who lost their jobs, then lost insurance coverage, then got sick and went to the hospital ending up tens of thousands of dollars in debt. This happens every time we have a serious economic downturn. It's cruel and oppressive...people are dying in the name of corporate profits. The U.S. is the only country that allows people to go bankrupt because they got sick or injured. The number one reason citizens of this country file for bankruptcy is medical debt.
In Germany, single payer healthcare is working so well that a person feeling stress can have a doctor write a prescription for a free three week stay at a spa. Germany has a healthcare system that reduces stress while we have a system that CAUSES stress.
Recent studies have indicated that Medicare-for-All would save billions each year. The most recent that I'm aware of was done by Yale University. It concluded that Medicare-for-All would save approximately $500 billion dollars and 30,000 lives every year.
Medicare-for-All (or single payer) has the approval of nearly 70% of U.S. citizens. We won't have justice or democracy in this country until the government starts working for the people instead of working for corporations.

Medicare For All: COSTS LESS, WORKS BETTER! Embroidered Baseball Cap
Zazzle/gregvan Medicare For All
https://www.zazzle.com/store/gregvan/products?qs=medicare   
Link to Buy This Hat and All Other MFA Gifts!


Vote for Freedom 2024 - Trump is ANTI-CHOICE - He Wants to Force Women to Give Birth to Unwanted Babies. THAT'S Q-CRAZY! Remember: Trump Appointed the Corrupt Supreme Court that Overturned Roe V Wade!


#Runaway from the GOP! Millions of Former Republicans FLEE the Madness... "They Never Get Anything Done!" Says Marge S. of Springfield... "Can You Name Anything That Republicans Have Done to Make Your Life Better? NO YOU CANNOT! Total Failure!"






Promises Made, Promises Broken button for sale...




Trump's Top 10 Failures:

#1 Over a Million Americans Died of COVID-19. It was NOT a "Democratic Hoax" Like Trump Said.

#2 Trump Lost The 2020 Election to Joe Biden. That's Why Trump Lives in Mar-A-Loser and Biden Lives in the White House.

#3 Trump Failed to Overthrow the US Government and Crown Himself King on January 6th. Over a Thousand Trumpanzees Have been Arrested... Including Trump Himself!

#4 Trump's Trade War With China. That Harmed American Farmers, Manufacturing Businesses and Consumers. Russia Benefited by Selling Soybeans to China.

#5 Trump Failed to Build the Wall and Have Mexico Pay for it... It's Incomplete and People Simply Walk Around the End...

#6 Trump Failed to Repeal and Replace Obamacare... He Had No Plan "Trumpcare" - He Just wanted to Harm Americans...

#7 Trump Failed to Change the Course of a Hurricane Using a Sharpie Felt Pen... Causing "Sharpiegate" and Many Joke Memes!

#8 Largest Loss of Money on the Stock Market in History.

#9 Massive Unemployment - 14.7%

#10 Huge Lines of Americans Waiting for FREE FOOD because they Could Not Buy Their Own Groceries...

Trump Received Money From Roman Vasilenko (a Russian Businessman) for His 2016 Campaign. GOP operative Jesse Benton was convicted of funneling Russian donations. The "Russia Hoax" was Not a Hoax After All. Trump Actually Got Rubles to Help Him Campaign AND HE KEPT THEM!

Why Hasn't Trump Been Arrested and Convicted for This Crime?


https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/18/gop-operative-convicted-of-funneling-russian-donation-to-trumps-2016-campaign-.html
Republican political operative Jesse Benton was convicted in federal court of funneling $25,000 from a Russian businessman to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

Taylor Swift says VOTE 4 JOE - "I will proudly vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in this year's presidential election. Under their leadership, I believe America has a chance to start the healing process it so desperately needs."

Please Share These Memes Nationwide!





Taylor Swift explained why she's 'proudly' voting for Joe Biden for president...
https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-voting-joe-biden-president-endorsement-v-magazine-2020-10


"The change we need most is to elect a president who recognizes that people of color deserve to feel safe and represented, that women deserve the right to choose what happens to their bodies, and that the LGBTQIA+ community deserves to be acknowledged and included," she said.


A Taylor Swift Instagram post helped drive a surge in voter registration...
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/22/1201183160/taylor-swift-instagram-voter-registration

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What If We Moved "The Office" to Abandoned Stores In the Shopping Mall? That Would Be a Much Shorter Commute to Work. Because Malls are Located Near People's Homes.

I Know People that Commute from the Central Valley of California to the Bay Area. That's Insane but That's Where the Jobs Are and That's Where Affordable Homes Are. Let's End the Madness!

Write to Governor Newsom: 

https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov40mail/ 

Simply STOP COLLECTING Gas Taxes in California. The State has a Budget Surplus so we don't Need Gas Taxes... We ALREADY Have Enough Money. Continuing to Collect Gas Taxes is Compulsive Hoarding of Money Syndrome... a Mental Health Obsession! STOP COLLECTING! 

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Let's Cut Driving in Half... It's the Burning of Fossil Fuel That is Causing Climate Change. Cars, Trucks, Vans, Buses and Jet Airplanes.  Ask Yourself: Is It Absolutely Required that I Drive?

Can You Find Happiness Without Destroying Life on Earth? 

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/09/earth-edge-climate-crisis-must-be-treated-outbreak-world-war

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On a different Subject!

SE Said: People who aren't affected by the spring time change must be the kind of people who can fall asleep at the drop of a hat, any time, anywhere. Just close their eyes and drop off to sleep. But those of us who are strongly affected by the time change are usually people who can't sleep unless we're actually TIRED. I've always wished I was one of those people who can just shut my eyes and go to sleep any time, anywhere. It must be nice to be able to sleep so easily. But for me, getting enough sleep is a constant struggle. It's not that I don't like extra daylight at the end of the day, but it comes at the expense of precious sleep. It's already 6:15, but it's so LIGHT outside. I should be thinking about dinner, and after that I've got to think about winding down and getting to bed at around 10. But with all this extra daylight, I won't feel tired until probably 11 or 12. Then 6am becomes 5am, and tomorrow is the day it's really going to hit me. I wish we could do this in April like we used to until 2007. I've never understood why they moved it to March. It's too early for this.

I Replied: I didn't notice it at all this year... I generally wake up about 3 AM after going to sleep at 8 PM... But all those numbers are approximate... Random! I do watch Jeopardy! from 7 to 7:30 and My Care Giver makes me a snack after that... anyway... This morning I woke up and Read the time on my Computer... and just accepted that it was accurate... and went out to the Dining Room Table at 4 AM because they won't serve me coffee before then... The care givers like to sleep at night and they won't get out of bed before 4... That Day Shift Lady was late because the time change caught her unaware... she was flustered... and my housemate didn't show up for breakfast until an hour late because he wears a watch... and the watch was an hour off today... I don't own a watch... When I retired I was NO LONGER a Slave to Time. No Alarm Clock Either. 

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GRATEFUL DEAD: The motif of a cycle of folk tales which begin with the hero coming upon a group of people ill-treating or refusing to bury the corpse of a man who had died without paying his debts. He gives his last penny, either to pay the man’s debts or to give him a decent burial. Within a few hours he meets with a travelling companion who aids him in some impossible task, gets him a fortune or saves his life. The story ends with the companion disclosing himself as the man whose corpse the hero had befriended.(the Funk and Wagnalls New Practical Standard Dictionary, Britannica World Language Edition.).

https://www.dead.net/features/blog/literary-underground-grateful-dead-dictionary-dead

Jerry Garcia in a Sixties Era Tie Dye T-Shirt
Jerry Garcia in a Sixties Era Tie Dye T-Shirt

Jerry Garcia in a Tie Dyed T-Shirt

In the photo below Janis Joplin is wearing a Classic Sixties RIT Tie Dye. We Used Rubber Bands to Gather the Fabric into a cone shape and then Boiled the entire garment WITH SALT in a Pot on the Stove... Then we rinsed the garment WHILE STILL TIED in the sink with running water to get rid of excess dye... We Bought the RIT at the Grocery Store... That Entire Rainbow Spiral Look Came Much Later...

Janis Joplin in a Tie Dyed Dress

a Shirt Gathered together using Rubber Bands
a Shirt Gathered together using Rubber Bands 

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and then a Fellow Wrote About Los Gatos, CA.
Where we grew Up in the 1950s & 1960s

Tme warp…
In the 50’s and 60’s, Los Gatos was the quintessential little town, framed by mountains, bigger towns and cities and dotted with orchards and little industries, a model town that, except for location could have been almost any town in the nation at the time. People living their post war lives and doing what needed to be done, raising families, working and giving thanks for the peaceful times.
Television was replacing the radio, so for the first time we could see what life was like outside our little town… Big city life was now in our living room with Lucy and Ethel, Ralph Kramden and Alice, (Alice who did not get there herself, but did have many opportunities to go to the moon) Life was good. America by and large was great. I must have won life’s lottery, getting to grow up in Los Gatos at a time when it was small, personal and well, Just wonderful.
Small towns… every time I get to a small town I am drawn back to those days of my youth and taken to some location that except in time could have been my little town. Recently having the occasion to wander into Sonora Lumber (in Sonora CA)… .parking out back and entering an old wooden building with a tin roof in which were rows of wooden shelves lined with hardware, tools, nails and all the things needed to mend, bend and build something. Immediately I was transported to Sterling Lumber Company (University Ave across from the university Ave school aka old town)… almost tripping on the knots in the wood floor that raised because they were harder than the surrounding softer wood, that had been worn off by the shuffle of work boots that moved over the floor for decades. Looking further the “better” lumber and moldings are in racks either standing up or pushed into long deep bins that keep the material straight and out of the sun, there is a walkway for the second tier and a rolling ladder to access some of the uppermost bins. The task of loading these bins is time consuming and virtually a lost art with the cost of labor and short supply of help these days. The help nowadays wear jeans and tee shirts missing was the lumber aprons the men would wear that protected them and their clothing the aprons were long and had pouches that held tape measures and lumber crayons (keel) and the blue work shirt with two snap down pockets. The current patrons mostly have trucks that while old, function with make shift lumber racks and such to haul away their days working materials, unlike Sterling lumber/Templeman’s hardware…
Trucks were somewhat scarce in the 50s , a truck was a work truck and not a weekend cruiser/camper/ toy hauler like we know now. Nope, if you had a truck you were working, or hauling*. If you didn’t have a truck or could borrow one you would take a long piece off sisal twine** and lash that plywood to the top of the old Chrysler and head out. Probably all the old guys worked together on some project or two as they all seemed to know each other… Walt Pearce and Jack Vodden worked at Sterling and I recall my dad working with Tom Sims, Walt (?) Lochner, Pete Buchner, and the Wallace’s who had a cabinet shop up by Saint Clairs retreat, and had a sideline making cabinets and props for magicians. To many names to remember.
Unlike the current building supply big box stores, I ordered my 6 bags of sand, and the clerk wrote it out on a tag and the yard guy loaded it for me and said thanks before heading off to the next person waiting for something… Small Town, big people, big hearts and occasionally if we open our senses we can slip back into our youth and get that sense of what we had.
* Sisal twine….This stuff was pretty strong, and you would triple or quadruple the strands to form a rope like. The oily smell is unique, and the sisal would give you a splinter if you slide it through your hands. It was always interesting (scary too) to go up Highway 17 and see a long bunch of wood wrapped to the top of a car. The plastic stuff that replaced is just not as good.
** Uncle Chuck (Adams), had some kind of old pickup and once a week or so on the way home (just below Call of the Wild) he would load the back full with $100 worth of groceries, today that $100 bucks of food wouldn’t fill the passenger seat. Or it might be full of firewood, or something to burn in the big old fireplaces in the log cabin.

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and I wrote:

I grew bean sprouts in High School. Buy Mung Beans at the health food store... put 'em in a mason jar... cover the opening in the jar with a nylon stocking... hold the nylon in place with a rubber band... swish water on them every day... The beans sprout and when they get long enough, put 'em on a sandwich... There was a health food store on Main Street, Los Gatos Right across from the Town Hall/Library... a Classmates parents owned it... In the Summit Bicycles Currently location... https://goo.gl/maps/6a5MSSowLknxKU3MA

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This is an Excellent Photo... I always wondered if the Fourth Guy from the Left in the Back Row was Photoshopped in... He Doesn't Look Like all the Other People... Maybe he had a Friend who worked at The Photo Laboratory in the White House and they were Playing a Joke... Note that the Light on His Face is Much Brighter Than The Other Five Standing Men or the Lady... 
Unsolved Mystery!
Obama, Joe and Hillary witnessing a Murder they Hired.
Obama, Joe and Hillary witnessing
a Murder they Hired.

I Posted on FaceBorg:
The murder of Osama bin Laden was especially Strange. NO BODY. NO PHOTOS OF BODY. Did the Carlyle Group simply arrange for him to Vanish? "You get to Live but You Must Shut UP and Never be seen again." Perhaps a Nice Indonesian Island? Just You and Your Harem?

and then JB Replied:
I doubt the entire Navy Seal team 6 would go along with that, esp under Obama, they immediately acknowledged it would probably lead to his re-election, the majority of them were against an Obama 2nd term.

and I Replied: 
Plausible Deniability. I believe Osama is Dead. They just made a Mistake is Having No Photos, No Body... they were so focused on Actually Killing Him that No One Thought of the Blowback... No one Ever thinks of the Blowback... It's just Like the "No Photographs of an Airplane at the Pentagon on 9/11/2001" - They Could have easily released a film... the FBI Confiscated SO MANY Films but... OOPS...

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Back to The Main Story... 

Sure... People Say That Climate Change will only Kill Off Four Billion Humans and Then The World Will Heal BUT... Why Not Take Action Now and Prevent Disaster?

I Personally DO NOT Own a Car... I Travel by LYFT about Twice a Year... As a Retired Person, I walk around the Neighborhood Every Day BUT... All That Mad Rushing Around Traveling All Over the Place FOR AMUSEMENT is in My Past... Yes... I Used to Drive All Over the USA in order to Dance at Grateful Dead Concerts... WELL... We Can't Do That Anymore... 

My Little White Truck with a Red, White and Blue Heart painting - gvan42
My Little White Truck with a
Red, White and Blue Heart painting.

"Round TUIT" Keychain for sale... 
"Someday I'm Going to get Around To It. 
OH! Today's The Day..."

All My Royalties from my Zazzle Store are Donated to A Worthy Charity. Helping a Retired Lady Living on Social Security Make Ends Meet. The Rent on Her Trailer Space Just Increased... For No Reason... Greedy Landlords... https://www.gofundme.com/f/cxfg3f-1000

Wildfires in Northern California - 8/10/2021
Wildfires in Northern California - 8/10/2021 
Hey Governor Newsom: Let's Buy 100 Helicopters to Dump Water on Wildfires. An Endless Parade of Helicopters Dipping Buckets in Lake Almanor Would Put the Dixie Fire Out. 
https://disasterresponse.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2ff1677111ae4018ac705fcce7c3312f

It's the End of the Internal Combustion Engine Era. gvan42

Ecology - a Concept not grasped by Monster Truck Guy
Ecology - a Concept not grasped by Monster Truck Guy 

People Say That... They Have to Drive to Work Every Day... However, SOME Jobs can be done at home... SOME Businesses Could Relocate the Office to an Abandoned Shopping Mall Near Homes... SOME People Could Ride the BUS to Work... It's Possible... 

People get Laid Off from Work Quite Often These Days and... at that time... It would be excellent to select a new job with a Drastically Shorter Commute... If You Drive an Hour To Get to Work 5 Days a Week a HUGE PORTION of Your Precious LIFE is Wasted... Never to be Lived Again... I Rode the Bus in Eureka, CA and Slept during the Morning Commute... and Chatted With Women on the Way Home... THAT'S Living!

Climate Change Turtle Word Art by gvan42

rake vs gas powered leaf blower MEME by gvan42
rake vs gas powered leaf blower MEME by gvan42

Climate Change World Word Art by gvan42




Flip the EPA Mission - Enable Polluters Agency

Solar Powered Street Lights Would Save a LOT of Electricity Currently Being Generated in Coal, Natural Gas and Atomic Power Plants (Polluting the World) and Distributed Using WIRES. That's WASTEFUL and DANGEROUS... POWER LINES CAUSE FOREST FIRES. 

Nothing NEW Needs to Be Invented... We Ought to Simply Replace the Millions of Old Style Street Lights... With Solar Cells and LED Lamps... The Concept of Generating Power in One Central Location and Distributing it to the User is Quite Wasteful... Some Electricity JUST VANISHES over the Long Distance... and DANGEROUS because the Wires Start Forest Fires... PG&E Power Company Just Burned the Entire Town Of Paradise, CA... and It Caused the Company to Go Bankrupt. Distributing Power From a Central Generator is an Obsolete Idea. What if Every House had Solar Panels on the Roof That Provided Enough Electricity to UNPLUG FROM THE GRID...

Please Let Your Elected Officials Know That WE Have Had Enough of the Madness!


I Loved Riding the Bus and Light Rail in San Jose and EUREKA, California. https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/01/i-loved-riding-bus-and-light-rail-in.html

I remember when I could not afford a Car I was able to get to work on the Bus  ...and... Drinking and Driving is Not Only Illegal But Actually Dangerous While Drinking and Riding the Bus is FUN... 


Magic Bus in Eureka California gvan42

On Halloween, I Brought My Guitar and Sang for the Party Goers on the San Jose Light Rail... 

More Importantly, I Rode from Almaden to the Public Library and Used the Free Computers there to Build a Website in the Late 1990s. Tripod and Yahoo Geocities... I didn't know what I was doing but the Other Patrons were Happy to Help. My Content is Still Online 23 Years Later! http://www.oocities.org/gregvan/




My Favorite Photograph... Taken Just Before I put the Camera in my Pocket, Joined Hands With the People and Chanted OM... Remember: It's More Important to LIVE LIFE than Document Life...
Rainbow Gathering California July 4th Chanting OM
Rainbow Gathering California July 4th Chanting OM

CONVERT HUMAN FAT INTO ELECTRICITY With an Exercise Bicycle Power Generator. ZERO POLLUTION. Simply Use the Bicycle to Drive an Automobile Alternator with a Belt... Store Electricity in a Car Battery...


Hundreds of Thousands of exercise Bicycles
ALREADY EXIST and they Create ZERO Electricity...
Let's All Email PELOTON and ask them to
Build USEFUL Power Generator Bicycles!
Bicycle power generator. HSU CCAT
detail of Bicycle Power Generator showing the Belt Driven Alternator... and MY SHADOW

What if we installed electric power generators on every exercise bicycle nationwide... We could replace coal burning power plants and help reverse global warming/climate change. These bicycles let a person spin an automobile alternator using pedal power. Built by CCAT at Humboldt State University
http://www.appropedia.org/CCAT_human_energy_converter

you are an answered prayer


On Faceborg I Read:
I must admit I was seriously blown away with our community roll out of the vaccine programme, being from the older generation it reminded me of what community spirit can do collectively when we honour ourselves and each other without prejudices, I see the same human spirit from many different countries standing up to Putin and his fellow gangsters, I hope to live long enough to see a statue of President Zelenskyy in Parliament Square one day hopefully next to Winston Churchill who he quoted during his address to Parliament, the first foreign leader to Address the house of commons to a rapturous applause👏, law of attraction at its finest hour ! ☮💙💛 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌎
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*The Violet Overgrow - An Eco-Warrior's Journey by Gregory Vanderlaan - FICTION
*Trump Confesses to Adultery! "Hey, Moses Was JUST JOKING When He Wrote those Ten Commandments...
*Generate Electricity and Clean Drinking Water AT THE SAME TIME. A Solar Powered Desalinization Plant Would Convert Seawater into Energy, Pure H2O and NaCl.
*Free Coloring Book Art by gvan42 - UFO and Alien Hieroglyphics
*Tree Sitters Protest Lignite Coal Mine in Hambach Forest, Germany
*The Passage of Roe v Wade Led to Fewer Unwanted Babies Being Born... and 20 Years Later, Less Violent Crime... Because Unwanted Babies Grow Up to Become Violent Criminals...
*FREE COLORING BOOK: Print The Drawings and Color Using Felt Pens, Pencils or Potatoshop... American Indian
*HEADLINE: Deadline for "Real ID" for Air Travel Postponed AGAIN Until May 7, 2025... WONDERFUL!
*My Music Video: FREE ALL THE CANNABIS PRISONERS - A Mockery of Nancy Ray Gun... Jest Say KNOW 
*Bubble UP! Economics. Raise the Minimum Wage, Social Security and LOWER Taxes on 99% of Americans. Actually Collect Taxes on the Top 1%... We The People Will Spend that Extra Money in Our Paychecks and it will BUBBLE UP! Throughout The Entire Economy...
*How to Escape the Cult of Trump: Deprogramming by Family Members of the MAGA MORON is Essential... If Someone you Know has been Brainwashed... RESCUE THEM!

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