Left: The NYC Muslim cabbie stabbing was right-wing ISLAMOPHOBIA!…oh, wait a minute…

By Michelle Malkin  •  August 25, 2010 05:09 PM


Sentence first, verdict later!

Another day, another left-wing rush to Fox-bashing, right-wing demonizing judgment…

As you may have heard, a Muslim cabbie was stabbed in a terrible incident in NYC today.

The reportedly drunk perpetrator worked/volunteered for a liberal interfaith film company and there is zero evidence that he is a Fox News fan, Glenn Beck listener, Republican voter, or conservative blog reader.

No matter. The left-wing media couldn’t wait to indict the Right.

University of Michigan professor Juan Cole headlines his screed: Republican National Committee Slashes New York Muslim Cabbie.

The Village Voice asked hopefully before providing grudging updates: Was the Muslim Cab Driver Slashing the First “Ground Zero Mosque” Hate Crime?

And the bilge-spewing commenters at Think Progress went to town (language warning, as usual):


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glogrrl says:

It was only a matter of time. Nice work, Rethugs. Welcome to Amurika.
August 25th, 2010 at 11:19 am

F**k the Army (brought to you by the US Army) says:

Anyone who commits murder is guilty of a crime
Anyone who provides the murder weapon is also guilty.
Anyone who incites another to commit murder is guilty as well.

Are you listening, Glenda Beck, Caribou Barbie, Flush Limpdick, et al.?
August 25th, 2010 at 11:23 am

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trevinla says:

Thanks Newt!
Thanks Barbie!
Thanks Beck!
Thanks Rush!
Thanks Comcast!
Thanks Fox!
Thanks Reagan!
Thanks Bush!
Thanks Clinton!
Thanks Bush!
Thanks Cheney!
Thanks BP!
Thanks Exon!
Thanks Xe (nee:Blackwater)!!
Thanks Haliburton!!

there is more to thank but I have to get back to work…
August 25th, 2010 at 11:43 am

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Chicano2ndFightingTerrorismSince1492 says:

Tell me again, friggin wingnuts, republicans and t-baggers, what religion is violent?
August 25th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
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P.D. says:

This is an absolute disgrace. I blame MSM, Becky and all the other hate mongers out there. They have blood on their hands ever since Dr. Tiller was murdered.
August 25th, 2010 at 3:25 pm

They cannot help themselves. Wasn’t it just a few hours ago that I blogged about another act of Democrat vandalism falsely blamed on the the Tea Party? Why yes, yes it was.

From GOP fake hate crime hoaxer Ashley Todd to suicide census worker Bill Sparkman, there remains an unrestrained impulse among too many to falsely scream political violence when it doesn’t exist — and to ignore it where it does exist. There also remains a stubborn double standard and refusal on the Left to acknowledge when its side fakes the hate.

But like I said just a few hours ago and like I’ll certainly have to say again and again and again in the future: Being a Tea Party-bashing liberal means never having to say you’re sorry for smearing conservative dissent.

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  1. #1
    On August 25th, 2010 at 5:18 pm, Valiant said:

    The Ground Zero Mosque is the definition of a hate crime.

  2. #2
    On August 25th, 2010 at 5:18 pm, happyscrapper said:

    This is total insanity. Seriously. These moonbats have all gone totally off the charts nuts. What in the h… is going on???? Could there be something in the water supply? Are they all on drugs? What??? I am not being mean or sarcastic here. I really fear for the sanity of a large portion of our population and this isn’t going to end well.

  3. #3
    On August 25th, 2010 at 5:19 pm, cicerokid said:

    Projection.

  4. #4
    On August 25th, 2010 at 5:19 pm, cicerokid said:

    We have met the enemy and there they are.

  5. #5
    On August 25th, 2010 at 5:23 pm, floridaobserver said:
  6. #6
    On August 25th, 2010 at 5:23 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    Trouble is, there’s people who believe every dark and sinister word out of these bloggers’ mouths. I have words for the bloggers, but I would be banned for life.

    *sigh*

  7. #7
    On August 25th, 2010 at 5:26 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Liberals have got to, just got to be suffering from dementia. And see how quickly the MSM pushes these lies out there without checking any of the facts!

  8. #8
    On August 25th, 2010 at 5:28 pm, Lindsay said:

    The liberals are imploding. Cheers!

    I am surprised Bush has not been blamed.

  9. #9
    On August 25th, 2010 at 5:36 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    Lindsay said:
    The liberals are imploding. Cheers!

    I am surprised Bush has not been blamed.

    Look at #8 and #10 on the list.

  10. #10
    On August 25th, 2010 at 5:39 pm, walterc said:

    Between the economy, government intrusion into private lies, Iran attacking Israel (or vice versa) and the libs going completely nuts because their programs aren’t working, this country is going to implode soon.

    And it’s is going to be painful and ugly.

    Note to self, stock up on food, load more ammo.

  11. #11
    On August 25th, 2010 at 5:51 pm, Flyoverman said:

    If they build it there will be blood.

  12. #12
    On August 25th, 2010 at 5:54 pm, zorro said:

    Good grief! Those bilge-spewing commenters at Think Progress need to stop drinking from homemade pewter cups! They appear to be suffering from lead poisoning (main symptom, insanity).

  13. #13
    On August 25th, 2010 at 5:57 pm, zorro said:

    Speaking of lead, from Allahpundit at Hot Air “EPA considering ban on lead-based ammunition?”

  14. #14
    On August 25th, 2010 at 6:00 pm, Blackstone said:

    So, disapproval of the Ground Zero mosque incited this crime, but building the mosque won’t incite terrorism?

  15. #15
    On August 25th, 2010 at 6:03 pm, Jeddite said:

    This might be the first-time the Queen of Hearts has made a cameo appearance on a blog.

  16. #16
    On August 25th, 2010 at 6:14 pm, bear1909 said:

    Why doesnt the Left blogosphere and the MainSpin Media come out and make the following pronouncements and have Barry The Davis sign executive orders to back them up:

    1) If a Muslim anywhere in the world kills somebody (many of their own family members are their victims) it is the fault of the Conservative Christian Right in America and anybody who agrees with any conservative principle that intersects with the CCR.

    2) No Muslim anywhere in the world is responsible for any act of violence perpetrated against their perceived or Koran defined enemies because Allah has pre-ordained such acts as permissible, in contrast to the Old Testaments reforms over the years (the Left always likes to point out how the eye for an eye standard is still in effect because it is written in the Old Testament.)

    3) No Muslim anywhere in the world shall be held accountable for their failings as individuals because they pray five times a day and live in some of the most god-awful hellholes on the planet.

    4) No Muslims anywhere are to be held accountable for their wishes and planned programs to kill all Jews and non-believers.

    5) All Muslims are to be judged based on their intentions not on the impacts of their violent tendencies when confronted with dissenting ideas about life, love, sex, death, or the pursuit of happiness.

    Enough for now.

    Bear1909 out.

  17. #17
    On August 25th, 2010 at 6:17 pm, Southpaw said:

    Latest planetary discovery:
    Star HD 10180 has five Neptune sized planets, and possibly two smaller planets, one near the size of Earth.

    Planets discovered this month: 24, bringing the total to 488.
    Keppler Mission update due out tomorrow.

    Meanwhile, on Earth, humanity goes about its’ business….

  18. #18
    On August 25th, 2010 at 6:40 pm, rambler said:

    Islam suppresses all who are born into it to the point that the only way out is to stick it to the infidels. We are being assaulted on all from by muslims pushing the envelope all in an effort to see how much they can get us to tolerate. The more we allow them to do, the more they do. It seems to be a collection of ways to provoke the public. I expect at some point that some muslim girls would apply for jobs at Hooters in an effort to make the dress code sharia compliant. These ever so tolerant religious people will stop at nothing short of having the rest of us be as miserable as they are. The ground zero victory mosque is nothing more than a muslim version of a Jessie Jackson shake down. By playing the bigot card, supporters of this mosque want us to constantly prove how tolerant we are. It will not end unless we stop accommodating their unreasonable demands.

  19. #19
    On August 25th, 2010 at 6:50 pm, conservoman said:

    I hate Islam and I’m proud to hate it. Islam is a disgusting, vicious, nasty, vile religion to be treated with contempt.

    I hate its laws, I hate its dress-code, I hate its punishments, I hate its world views I hate everything about it.

    People need to get over the idea that it’s somehow “wrong” to hate a religion or a belief system.

    Here in europe, we are starting up “Anti-Islamization” groups, to prevent Sharia law from taking over. I think that in America you should take it a step further and set up “Anti-Islam” groups, which are AGAINST ALL that Islam stands for IN EVERY WAY with NO APOLOGIES.

    You have a right and are entitled to set up a group that is against a belief system of suffering and destruction. It’s not about denying anyone their rights, it’s not about hating an ethnicity, it’s about hating a vicious Nazi-style system.

    I HATE Islam and am proud of it.

    I suspect people are afraid to set up such a group, which makes shows just how much the curse of Islam is pushing itself into American culture and fools like Obama are talking about America land of the free while denying people the right to set up a group condeming a religion.

    If we set up a sex-shop next to a graveyard and mosque in many of those Islamic countries, how long do you think it’d last for? You’d be lucky to get out with your life if you even tried I would say.

  20. #20
    On August 25th, 2010 at 7:14 pm, madshark said:

    For all the hoopla over the issue, it appears questionable that the mosque will ever get built. However, should it ever go to construction, how about if we protest by flying remote controlled airplanes in the area?

  21. #21
    On August 25th, 2010 at 7:17 pm, Uplander said:

    Progressives are very good and regular at defining the possible divides between everyday citizens. The only Bigots and Racists I see anymore are on television and in NYT, WaPO etc.
    Too bad these pukes can’t be deported thru time to 1930s Germany where they belong.

  22. #22
    On August 25th, 2010 at 7:29 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it’s very hard to turn it, even slightly.”
    Dan Rather quote

  23. #23
    On August 25th, 2010 at 7:29 pm, tre said:

    The reportedly drunk perpetrator worked/volunteered for a liberal interfaith film company

    Liberal, huh? In that case I blame Kieth Olber(girly)man, Chris “Tingles” Matthews, Mike “CrazyInsaneOuttaHisMind” Malloy, and Rachel MADdow.

  24. #24
    On August 25th, 2010 at 7:31 pm, SpeakEasy said:

    What does anyone expect really?Progressivism is a mental defect and is apparently linked to Tourette’s Syndrome.

  25. #25
    On August 25th, 2010 at 7:38 pm, SpeakEasy said:

    On August 25th, 2010 at 6:50 pm, conservoman said:

    I don’t hate it or fear it but I also do not respect it or even consider it a religion. More of a cult IMO.

    Progressives are incapable of reconciling their belief in the phantom “seperation of church and state” and sharia law. Some might say it is above their pay grade; More like outside their IQ.

  26. #26
    On August 25th, 2010 at 7:39 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Islam is a cult, not a religion. These people need to be de-programmed en-mass.

  27. #27
    On August 25th, 2010 at 7:57 pm, Hangfire said:

    Islam has been a threat to mankind for 1400 years. It is evil, and its devotees follow a false prophet.

  28. #28
    On August 25th, 2010 at 8:01 pm, Khyris said:

    Chicano2ndFightingTerrorismSince1492 says:

    Tell me again, friggin wingnuts, republicans and t-baggers, what religion is violent?
    August 25th, 2010 at 3:22 pm

    The Church of Liberalism apparently…

  29. #29
    On August 25th, 2010 at 8:08 pm, munchnstuf said:

    Let’s see…

    1.) Left tells Right not to jump to conclusions.

    2.) Left jumps to conclusion.

    3.) Left tells Right not to blame the Many for the actions of a Few.

    4.) Left blames All for the actions of One.

    Yeah, that sounds about right.

  30. #30
    On August 25th, 2010 at 8:17 pm, Cal City Conservative said:

    On August 25th, 2010 at 7:29 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it’s very hard to turn it, even slightly.”
    Dan Rather quote

    Along these lines another saying comes to mind. Sheep have only two speeds, graze and stampede.

    The sheep on the left are in full stampede mode.

  31. #31
    On August 25th, 2010 at 8:25 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Damn unreliable violent TEA Baggers…!!!

    Sometimes, a dedicated Collectivist HAS to do the violent assaults that lazy TEA baggers won’t…!!!!

  32. #32
    On August 25th, 2010 at 8:44 pm, Freddy said:

    Just watched an idiot on O’Reilley screatchingly claim that it was due to the Tea Party!

    What I am not clear about though is: Will Laura use that clip in the pinhead segment of the show? And WHO is the bigger pinhead, that guest or the host that let him say it?

  33. #33
    On August 25th, 2010 at 8:51 pm, ThunderHawkk said:

    It’s so ridiculous to have the libtards bashing Fox so much. Geez, man, I just had to switch the Leprachaun Factor OFF because that jack-ass guest was bellowing about tea-party violence. What the hell?? I’m SICK of Fox having SO many leftists on their shows. I think the Leprachaun has a man-crush on that idiot “professor” Lamont Hill. I don’t need Lamont Hill’s voice on in my home at 7pm.

  34. #34
    On August 25th, 2010 at 9:03 pm, cicerokid said:

    On August 25th, 2010 at 5:57 pm, zorro said:

    Depleted Uranium works.

  35. #35
    On August 25th, 2010 at 9:14 pm, d1carter said:

    Can anyone imagine sending your child to the Univ. of Michigan where a professor like Juan Cole resides? After reading his post and response to commenters with the truth, this guy is so out of touch with reality. When does that higher education bubble burst that Glen Reynolds talks about? This guy should be among the first to go.

  36. #36
    On August 25th, 2010 at 10:24 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    On August 25th, 2010 at 9:14 pm, d1carter said:

    Can anyone imagine sending your child to the Univ. of Michigan where a professor like Juan Cole resides?

    Yeesh, don’t let Doug hear you talk that way.

  37. #37
    On August 25th, 2010 at 10:37 pm, Cal City Conservative said:

    On August 25th, 2010 at 8:51 pm, ThunderHawkk said:

    It’s so ridiculous to have the libtards bashing Fox so much. Geez, man, I just had to switch the Leprachaun Factor OFF because that jack-ass guest was bellowing about tea-party violence. What the hell?? I’m SICK of Fox having SO many leftists on their shows. I think the Leprachaun has a man-crush on that idiot “professor” Lamont Hill. I don’t need Lamont Hill’s voice on in my home at 7pm.

    I have stopped watching BO because he seems to be obsessed with being neutral and siding with the left too often. I’m SICK of that!

    He made his name by being tough on them now he has gone milk-toast. If I want that I can get it from any of the other networks at any time.

  38. #38
    On August 25th, 2010 at 10:39 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Rogue Cheddar said:

    Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it’s very hard to turn it, even slightly.”
    Dan Rather quote

    Isn’t that Katie Couric? Oh wait, you said “herd”. I thought you said “Tu….

  39. #39
    On August 25th, 2010 at 11:25 pm, Ron said:

    Just watched (in repeat) Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer on The Factor repeat that vile lie about a tea party supporter stabbing the Muslim cab driver. Lying without having any facts whatsoever. Sort of like Bloomberg lying about who was responsible for the Time Square bombing attempt, you know, somebody opposed to Obamacare. Opps. Another jihadi.

  40. #40
    On August 26th, 2010 at 12:06 am, AmericaFirst said:

    Philadelphia will probably refund them their $300 blogger license fee, offer blogger tax credits and community organizer scholarship money for writing fictitious violence stories about Conservatives.

  41. #41
    On August 26th, 2010 at 12:10 am, vinny said:

    The slasher was employed by the Cordoba mosque project. Just what sort of bridge do these nuts propose to build?

  42. #42
    On August 26th, 2010 at 12:23 am, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

    (laughs)

    Sorry, but this is all too rich. Liberals are so wound up as their losses are starting to mount despite the fact they are still in control of almost everything.

  43. #43
    On August 26th, 2010 at 12:32 am, d1carter said:

    On August 25th, 2010 at 10:24 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    On August 25th, 2010 at 9:14 pm, d1carter said:

    Can anyone imagine sending your child to the Univ. of Michigan where a professor like Juan Cole resides?

    Yeesh, don’t let Doug hear you talk that way.

    Sheesh, I thought Michelle Malkin owned this site…

  44. #44
    On August 26th, 2010 at 12:37 am, d1carter said:

    Has the Juan Cole site been taken down?

  45. #45
    On August 26th, 2010 at 12:47 am, right_on said:

    Is it just me, or does the suspect look transgender to anyone else? Not that it matters, I’m just curious. Before I read the (S) name, I thought he was a she, based on the photo.

  46. #46
    On August 26th, 2010 at 4:16 am, jamesgreenidge said:

    On August 26th, 2010 at 12:47 am, right_on said:

    Is it just me, or does the suspect look transgender to anyone else? Not that it matters, I’m just curious.

    Sign/warning of the times? I’ve heard from lounge lizards in and out of the family that in NYC clubs nowadays that if you admit having shied or dumped a “lady” based on a trans-anything suspicion you’re a bigot and genderphobe. It was once a humorous far in-between thing but today your social reputation can be slandered so. This “transgender subculture” is almost an underground epidemic since pop culture such as androgynous pop stars and anime has emasculated so many boys to be unsecure about their masculinity, and even schoolchildren regard cross-dressing kids welcomed to do so in school instead of seeking a head doctor as a “new normal.” This has a spill-over into other social/political areas; virtually all “transgenders” (especially youths) believe in unrestricted abortion for example; if you can blur the distinction between a man and a woman, it’s pretty easy to blur the one between an embryo and amoeba.

    Brave new world — but is it better?

    James Greenidge
    Queens NY

  47. #47
    On August 26th, 2010 at 7:51 am, On-my-soap-box said:

    Ted Kennedy could come back from the dead and start killing muslims and the left would still find a way to blame:

    Bush (both)
    Reagan
    BP
    Fox
    Tea Party
    Conservatives
    Christians
    Malkin
    Beck

  48. #48
    On August 26th, 2010 at 8:16 am, Wrathchilde said:

    Chicano2ndFightingTerrorismSince1492 says:

    Tell me again, friggin wingnuts, republicans and t-baggers, what religion is violent?
    August 25th, 2010 at 3:22 pm

    Progressivism?

  49. #49
    On August 26th, 2010 at 9:20 am, sbw999 said:

    This clown congressman from NY did the same thing on O’Reilly last night. Laura Ingraham called him out on it. (sorry if anybody already noted this above). When you have not an ounce of morals or dignity, smearing and lying comes naturally.

  50. #50
    On August 26th, 2010 at 9:25 am, BruceB said:

    Liberal, huh? In that case I blame Kieth Olber(girly)man, Chris “Tingles” Matthews, Mike “CrazyInsaneOuttaHisMind” Malloy, and Rachel MADdow.

    If I may quote Brad Pitt: “We need to execute a few of them”

  51. #51
    On August 26th, 2010 at 9:33 am, spaceycakes said:

    Was the Muslim Cab Driver Slashing the First “Ground Zero Mosque” Hate Crime?

    No–the anti-Semitic venom spewed at the past week’s rallies was.

  52. #52
    On August 26th, 2010 at 9:39 am, Elm Creek Smith said:

    August 31, 1939 – That evening the German radio station at Gliewitz on the German-Polish border is “attacked by Polish troops”. However, all is not what it seems as these soldiers were actually concentration camp inmates, dressed in Polish uniforms and organised by the SS to give Hitler a pretext for invading Poland that he could show the world.

    I’m not going to call anyone Nazis or anything, however, the similarity is striking, is it not?

    ECS

  53. #53
    On August 26th, 2010 at 9:46 am, spaceycakes said:

    that vile lie about a tea party supporter stabbing the Muslim cab driver. Lying without having any facts whatsoever

    sort of like the protesters spitting on the black caucus guys & shouting racial slurs. I heard that lie four times in one morning–and that was spoken by the news anchors. Never retracted.

  54. #54
    On August 26th, 2010 at 9:51 am, Doug Powers said:

    So they tell us we shouldn’t blame all Muslims for 9/11, and then they blame everybody who is opposed to the construction of the GZ mosque for the stabbing of this man?

    I’ve seen more effective ways of making a point, but these beacons of tolerance probably fail to see the irony.

  55. #55
    On August 26th, 2010 at 11:16 am, granite said:

    On August 26th, 2010 at 9:51 am, Doug Powers said:

    Doug:

    Opposite worldview-holders/America-haters/statists/collectivists/perpetual adolesecents/hypocrites/socialists/fascists suffer from projection that is on both steroids and growth hormone….

  56. #56
    On August 26th, 2010 at 11:16 am, cheapseat said:

    GREAT POST MICHELLE. The score is getting pretty lopsided with leftist vandals, leftist assaulters, and leftist murderers while the only right wingnut I remember was the Brawley copycat who scratched herself with some stupidity and sought to indict the left. The teeter totter is definitely overweighted on the left with these nutjobs breaking the law to advance a political agenda.
    Doug Powers #63, you said it all.

  57. #57
    On August 26th, 2010 at 11:23 am, spaceycakes said:

    wait.
    Are there some missing (read: deleted) posts?

  58. #58
    On August 26th, 2010 at 12:38 pm, bmac727 said:

    It seems the Lamestream Left propagandists only spew their dribble in Orwellian Newspeak in 2010.

  59. #59
    On August 26th, 2010 at 1:35 pm, Yashmak said:

    The only thing I know about Enright, is that he committed a crime while intoxicated.

    Other than that, one can believe what those on the left say, or what those on the right say.

    I do find it hard to come out and call him a leftist though, when one of his facebook “Likes” was Tea Party pol Greg Ball (until this morning, when that link mysteriously disappeared from his page).

    So, I’ll withhold judgement on political affiliation here until more information comes out. Seems to me both sides of the aisle are being a bit premature. . .but then that’s the nature of American politics these days.

  60. #60
    On August 26th, 2010 at 1:54 pm, TheOtherSide said:

    Yashmak,

    Someone grabbed a screenshot before the link disappeared:

    http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k23/jukeboxgrad/enright-ballfacebook.png

  61. #61
    On August 26th, 2010 at 2:25 pm, moonshot said:
  62. #62
    On August 26th, 2010 at 5:53 pm, warden said:

    Why are film students always stabbing muslim cab drivers? What an intolerant degree plan! We need to track down these film study professors and regulate their speech by federally imposing some type of “equal time” law so that these students can hear from Literature professors and other points of view.

    /s

  63. #63
    On August 26th, 2010 at 6:46 pm, 11B said:

    If republicans are to blame, it is only to the extent they supported open borders and this ridiculous creed of ‘diversity is our strength’. You’ll have a lot more crime like this as different cultures rub up against one another. Republicans should never have acquiesced to the changes in naturalization law in 1965.

  64. #64
    On August 26th, 2010 at 7:36 pm, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

    there is more to thank but I have to get back to work…
    August 25th, 2010 at 11:43 am

    For another minute so I can take my 15 min. break before I work for 5 min. again

  65. #65
    On August 26th, 2010 at 8:43 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Here’s a report about how all Saudis use nail guns on their servants as a “training tool”.

    Saudis. Pffffft! They’re all alike.

  66. #66
    On August 26th, 2010 at 10:10 pm, Dennis D said:

    I have the answer on defeating the mosque.

    Ask Sarah Palin to become a member of the mosque. Leftist lawyers will start digging in Imam Raufs trash cans. Bogus lawsuits will be filed. The ACLU will find the mosque violates civil rights. Leftist hacks will claim the mosque bans books.

  67. #67
    On August 27th, 2010 at 10:58 am, max said:

    The cabbie is posing for a photo today at City Hall with Meyer Bloomberg.
    This smells fishy to me…
    Is it possible that this whole thing was concocted, including a willing “victim” who “took a couple slahes for Allah” and a Muslim-loving freak who sacrificed himslef on the altar of making-the-U.S.-look bad”? hmmm… I know it sounds far-fetched, but it kind of adds up.

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