General Discussion, Saturday, April 2, 2016

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Stella

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  1. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    April 2, 2016 at 12:17 am

    “Dogwood Blossoms”, Ansel Adams, 1938:

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  2. czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
    April 2, 2016 at 12:36 am

    Bah humbug, I may not be the first but I can be the first to PO someone today: I think Trump’s screwing his campaign up!

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      • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
        April 2, 2016 at 1:00 am

        Dare I say I succeeded? Just a little bit? I’m going to bed and would like to wink out with a smile…

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        • Stella's avatar stella says:
          April 2, 2016 at 1:02 am

          Actually, things are looking up for Trump in Wisconsin. Not to mention that he is leading in just about every state primary for the rest of the month.

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          • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
            April 2, 2016 at 1:11 am

            Two hurdles: Cleveland and November 8th. In Cleveland he’ll be facing the wrath of the Party’s leadership and in November he’ll be facing the professional Rat juggernaut that’s gotten better and better since the RINOs failed to deliver a death blow to their party during RR’s reign.
            No one will be more gladder than I to say they were wrong, and l’ve done it before, so get back with me on COB November 8th. I will apologize but I Won’t gloat.

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    • derk's avatar derk says:
      April 2, 2016 at 1:23 am

      Well Czar, you may be right, actually more than likely. But it is only through the “spin” of his statements, a falsifying of truth, that it may be so. Mr. Trumps comments are taken out of context, shortened to delete vital info, and then blasted on every form of media coast to coast, nonstop, It definitely leaves a mark.
      Is it honest? No. Is it fair? Apparently so. Is it right? Definitely not. If the other candidates faults and errors were broadcast as wide and loud as his, they would all be out of the contest, in my opinion. Yet by: distortion, outright lies, stealing, cheating, fixing, and any other form of manipulation you can name, they are finally, maybe, going to bring the big hoss down. It is sad.
      Also, in my opinion, his supporters are called “low info”, but they are actually the more informed, and aware, than the average voter. So this is even “spun” to cause dissent, when in fact it is the opposite of the truth. Everything about this system is false and perverse, yet there is a huge amount of voters who only listen to, and take as fact and therefore the truth, what they are told by the media.
      When you say he should hire handlers, to me, that would put him in the same category as the other “packaged” candidates. Impure. A fake. They are crafty and calculating, but in nowise are out to better anything other than themselves. It may be the way to “win”, but would not bring about the change that is desperately needed.
      So, in me, as they say next door, the Cold Anger is brewing. But it is growing hotter every day as I the amount of deceit and treasonous behavior involved is exposed daily. I can’t give in or give up.

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      • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
        April 2, 2016 at 1:40 am

        You pointed out for the first 3/4ers of the post how the media, oppposition and the professional spinners are against him -exactly my point. He’s being attacked by pros whose job it is to spend 25/7 grinding him by any means possible, mynpoint exactly.
        He’s not a pro at this and the David/Goliath scenario may have worked in the Valley of Elah but I don’t see it going on the US’s streets. The Rats have professional Sell Hillary teams that have been laying the groundwork for years, they have polls and focus groups going constantly, she may be canned but she outsells homemade easily.
        We haven’t even ween the Rat big guns yet, wait until about August when they start laying their targeted barrage aimed at the Rats and undecided.
        I hope Trump’s just waiting until then to not give the enemy a lot of chances to counter hos barrages and that he hires top-notch cultural artillery to counter-fire the Rat’s H and I. Time will tell.

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        • derk's avatar derk says:
          April 2, 2016 at 1:50 am

          But most, if not all media is owned and operated by the opposition. How would one, a hired gun, go about broadcasting there? I turn on the radio, Trump is bashed. Watch the morning weather, bashed again. Turn on my phone, blasted. Computer, blasted.
          Time will tell, you make great points. And my hope is that the veil is lifted.
          I do believe in miracles by the way. One smooth stone is all it takes. And faith.

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          • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
            April 2, 2016 at 4:59 pm

            The hired guns have their ways, thst’s why they do what they do and get paid for it. The fact that we don’t know how they do what they do is why we ain’t doing their jobs. Case in point, James ‘The Snake’ Carville who was hired, between national stints, to get a NOLA shill elected against a popularish long-time officeholder.
            Oh I believe in miracles too, been saved from extinction a few times by such, but I still wear my seatbelt and chew my food slowly and completely. Let’s see what happens on November 8th, if this gets that far.

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    • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
      April 2, 2016 at 8:15 am

      Nothing has changed from the time he announced. The only way to win the election is to surpass the fraud with actual votes and challenges to acts of fraud. The people against Trump aren’t all working together, they’re all just against Trump winning. He’s the focus of every dirty trick and cheat. The media was going to report something negative about him regardless.
      The only people the statement of punishing law breakers matter to are the ones that weren’t voting for Trump anyway.
      I’m voting for Trump even if I have to use a crayon on a paper bag.

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      • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
        April 2, 2016 at 8:50 am

        I agree with everything, especially your last sentence. And I intend to punish he Republicans the rest of my life to the extent that never voting for them will get me, straight down the ticket. I will donate, work, volunteer, and talk against them to the extent of my ability.

        No quarter to the enemy. They are the enemy at every level and in every place. The fact that I gave in and voted for McCain, and then Romney, only made them dare what they are doing now. I acted against my better judgement, and it gave the little bit of power that they haven’t yet robbed me of to the enemy, and that is exactly what they are.

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        • michellc's avatar michellc says:
          April 2, 2016 at 9:33 am

          We’re not alone in thinking that way either. One of the nice things about making phone calls is you talk to people all across the country and from all walks of life and find you’re far from alone in how you feel.

          2012 was the first time I made these phone calls and although I always tried to put on a happy face and tried to lift my own spirits by focusing on the positive and giving myself pep talks, it was discouraging to hear people again and again say, “I’m not voting, I haven’t voted in X number of years because they’re all crooks, liars, no difference in either party, etc.”

          I’ve heard very few of those remarks this time, granted it’s still just the primaries and I have unfortunately had to talk to some Cruz, Rubio, Kasich and even Bush supporters, so it hasn’t all been rosy.

          I’m not having to put on a happy face though and I’m not having to give myself pep talks because the number of people who I have talked to who gets we’re in a war without weapons gives me hope.

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      • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
        April 2, 2016 at 5:06 pm

        If Trump survives to the election I’m voting for him yo as a to not vote is a vote for Hillary. I believe it’s important to register dissatisfaction with her and her supporters’ agenda.
        Let’s not forget that there are fewer Republicans than Rats, RR won largely on the Reagan Democratic vote and the Rat dissatisfaction with Carter. It’s a different day now with the Rats importing millions of their voters and soending lots of cash on folks who’ll cconvince Republicans to stay home rather than vote for Trump.

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    • michellc's avatar michellc says:
      April 2, 2016 at 9:16 am

      To be perfectly honest I’ve been hearing that since he announced, “oh Trump just said, ‘X, Y, Z’ he’s done now, stick a fork in him.”

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      • Molly's avatar Margaret-Ann says:
        April 2, 2016 at 3:05 pm

        Exactly! And he simply clarifies and moves on. And people forget. I thought the first “Hispanics” remark did him in (at the time) but look at the support now. I think there are a few things he has said that stuck and hurt him. Rosie O’Donald fans still don’t like him. How many could that be? 🙂

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    • tessa50's avatar tessa50 says:
      April 2, 2016 at 7:11 pm

      I don’t like Trump but I think he will win the convention. As far as how he will do against Hillary? IDK. I have thought for some time she will win it all. My worst or almost worst nightmare.

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      • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
        April 3, 2016 at 1:06 am

        I do believe I’d mentioned after the 2012 fiasco that the day after the loss was when the Republicans should start developing and selling a candidate to the people. Not bothering to dig down into the ranks of new and rust-free younger Republicans they sat back with brandy and cigars and annointed Jeb, only releasing their choice in time for us to soundly reject him.
        Trump is a new and fresh face and I do like him better than the tired slate of room temp leftovers they presented for our dining pleasure. Trump was left to his own devices while they tried to beat that dead horse of a team back into life. Now their efforts have turned to killing his candidacy even if it means the end to thevparty as a viable player.

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  3. Stella's avatar stella says:
    April 2, 2016 at 12:53 am

    Very interesting story by Jack Cashill – Hillary Clinton, Ron Brown, Enron, Bosnia, and Zdenka Gast.

    http://www.wnd.com/2016/03/20-years-on-time-to-ask-hillary-about-tuzla/

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    • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
      April 2, 2016 at 1:05 am

      That’s one of the lesser lie-ghosts haunting her past, how ’bout dem corpses, drugs, and financial scandals following her and Bill like hungry dogs?
      Maybe she can just hire Brian Williams as her press secretary when she’s putting her staff together, should balance everything right out.

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    • Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:
      April 2, 2016 at 10:32 am

      Met the … guy who got too the crash scene first couple of years later at a “family” reunion”.

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  4. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    April 2, 2016 at 1:06 am

    No particular reason–just some Bizarro humor:

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  5. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    April 2, 2016 at 1:10 am

    Would like czar’s and the Col’s input on this:

    Why should Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen operate charter schools on U.S. Military bases?

    http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/274675-why-should-turkish-cleric-fethullah-gulen-operate-charter

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    • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
      April 2, 2016 at 1:21 am

      DoD’s bulding schools for dependents on a lot of bases as they are more geared to the uniqueness of the military family situation and they can better sync their curriculum across their base to meet the needs of moving families. As for why this guy was chosen, the DoD system is subject to Congressional oversight and that $20-50-million just might have something to do with that..

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      • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
        April 2, 2016 at 1:24 am

        .
        ‘Scuse me, $20-50 billion…I understated the amount of cash needed to buy Congresscrooks between elections.

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      • MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
        April 2, 2016 at 1:46 am

        No problem with having schools on military bases–for your good reasons, among others.

        MAJOR problems in having them run by THIS guy.

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        • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
          April 2, 2016 at 2:47 pm

          Yeah, well $$$ speaks louder than words when it comes to anything tondobsith Federal contracting. I went to a DoD high school overseas, though it was in quite different times, and I got no complaints.

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      • Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:
        April 2, 2016 at 10:39 am

        Czar has part of the answer. Was this a no bib contract? Indoctrination starts early.
        Always aim for the children, cloud their world view….within the last 20 years most military dependents enter the military.

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  6. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    April 2, 2016 at 1:28 am

    Interesting…

    Brave vigilantes take it upon themselves to patrolling Sweden’s southern coast by speedboat to tackle illegal Muslims

    https://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/brave-vigilantes-take-it-upon-themselves-to-patrolling-swedens-southern-coast-by-speedboat-to-tackle-illegal-muslims/

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    • Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
      April 2, 2016 at 2:35 am

      I like it. Snappy dressers, too.

      Nationalists = people who care about their nation, and it’s survival as such.

      I don’t see the problem. I sure don’t see it as Racist.

      Either Sweden is going to be 100% Muslim, or it’s going to be 100% Swedish.

      And that maxim applies to all our Western nations.

      Take your pick: which do you want?

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      • Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
        April 2, 2016 at 2:38 am

        And if any European women don’t like the look of those uniforms, with the red/black logo and the tie, and all that it makes you think about with historic guilt…

        …if your country goes 100% Muslim, you’ll have your own uniform. And you won’t have a choice whether to wear it or not.

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      • Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
        April 2, 2016 at 3:04 am

        If the U.S. ever gets a nationalist movement, we won’t be wearing haute couture and Hugo Boss, we’ll be wearing Carhartt.

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  7. doodahdaze's avatar Howie says:
    April 2, 2016 at 2:41 am

    They are Baaack

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  8. Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
    April 2, 2016 at 2:46 am

    I haven’t really processed this, and don’t quite know what to make of it yet.

    All I know is that I can’t stop laughing.

    http://leestranahan.com/my-statement-why-i-have-resigned-from-breitbart-news/

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    • Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
      April 2, 2016 at 3:19 am

      Every single person in these pictures, I’d bet my left eye, has had sexytimes on Epstein Island, and is looking forward to their next “vacay” there.

      I just see corruption and evil in each photo.

      Daily Mail photogs know how to capture that mojo, somehow. Really well.

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    • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
      April 2, 2016 at 9:01 am

      Taqi, this isn’t my blog, and I may be offending a dear friend by butting in here, but I can’t help it, I will apologize now to Stella.

      Many of us don’t like that word, even though yes, sometimes I still mess up in the heat of the moment and say it. For you to do it here by using a spelling that tricks the filter into letting it through is a betrayal of her trust in you.

      It matters. It sets a tone for others, and as the blog grows the new people see something like that and have lower standards.

      You are better than that.

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:
      April 2, 2016 at 9:44 pm

      Who needs Ipecac syrup when you have a filthy American hater as your president?

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  10. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    April 2, 2016 at 7:31 am

    Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) 😎 🍸 (Long Island Iced Tea)
    Mornin’ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) 😎 🍸 (Old Fashioned)
    Mornin’ Menagerie! 😎 |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Jack Daniels)
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    Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ texan59! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ ZurichMike! 🙂 🍸 (fuzzy navel)
    Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ czarowniczy! 🙂 |_| ( and Czarina 🙂 🍸 )
    Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ ctdar! 🙂 🍸 (grasshopper)
    Mornin’ tessa50! 🙂 🍸 (flaming volcano)
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (sidecar)
    Mornin’ varsityward! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! 😀 |_| (Mortlach)
    Mornin’ Wooly Phlox! (aka “taqiyyologist”) 🙂 |_| (Roy Rogers)
    Mornin’ Howie! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂 |_|
    Mornin’ Sha! 🙂 🍸 (Lemon Drop)
    Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! 🙂 🍸 (Harvey Wallbanger)
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    Mornin’ The Tundra PA! 🙂 🍸 (bailey irish cream on the rocks)
    Mornin’ lovely! 🙂 🍸 (Tom and Jerry)
    Mornin’ michellc! 🙂 🍸 (Salty dog)
    Mornin’ auscitizenmom! 🙂 🍸 (Kiss on the Lips)
    Mornin’ Margaret-Ann! 🙂 🍸 (White Russian)
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    Mornin’ holly100! 🙂 🍸
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    Mornin’ Ms. Cindy! (aka “Ms Cynlynn” aka “ms cynlynn”) 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ sandandsea2015! 🙂 🍸
    Mornin’ whiners and complainers! ⭐ 😛 (No drink for you!)
    Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. 😳
    Mornin’ to all you lurkers! 😕

    Also just in case someday; mornin’ to Elvis Chupacabra and F.D.R. in Hell! :mrgreen:

    Breakfast!

    NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!

    Pastries for coffee!

    ⭐ = Unprintable phallic symbol

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  11. WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
    April 2, 2016 at 7:58 am

    Buenos dias kids!

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    • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
      April 2, 2016 at 9:07 am

      And here I thought I didn’t believe in all that end times stuff. But what else could it be? The day has come that I agree with Bill Maher. Actually that I enthusiastically endorse what he said.

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  13. Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
    April 2, 2016 at 9:09 am

    Oh yeah, almost forgot.

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  14. derk's avatar derk says:
    April 2, 2016 at 11:05 am

    Good Morning all of you Stellar types, http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u486/derksutton/IMG_1999%203_zpsh2t87lq1.png
    Reminds me of Lovely’s avatar.
    Have a great day you all. Mini heat wave here next week, forecast for 95 on Wednesday. Hard to believe.

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  16. Molly's avatar Margaret-Ann says:
    April 2, 2016 at 4:00 pm

    😀

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  17. Stella's avatar stella says:
    April 2, 2016 at 4:02 pm

    It is SNOWING here! Big fluffy white flakes of snow (hope it doesn’t stick).

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  18. Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
    April 2, 2016 at 8:22 pm

    It’s such a nice town, though, despite the wind and cold for 9 months.

    No mosques, yet, either.

    Yet. Look at the map.

    http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/01/politics/obama-pledge-10000-syrian-refugees-falling-short/

    Hoping for more “work accidents” than successes in Michigan for them.

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    • Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
      April 2, 2016 at 8:39 pm

      I hope they don’t spread westward toward the Lake MI coast.

      And I hope they don’t spread too far up from the Chicago and Indiana. They’re already in Benton Harbor. Mostly NOI-types — big surprise — , no minarets, as far as I know.

      Those hopes are like four-day-old helium balloons. Just laying there, on the sofa, wrinkled and sad.

      Give it a decade if we don’t elect Trump. South Haven will have Minarets.

      Mackinaw will have terror.

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    • Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
      April 2, 2016 at 8:49 pm

      Michigan – 166 Refugees

      If only 8 of those (five percent) are intent on causing mass death, is that a bad deal for Michigan? It’s just a “tiny minority”, right? And prolly only 50 or so will go all rapey.

      We only have all of Northern Europe as an example of what we’re all about to face.

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  19. Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
    April 2, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    I pranked a buddy of mine yesterday, in txt.

    Me: yeah, the WiFi password for that restaurant is whatever, or maybe what_ever.
    Him: cool! thx man

    Me. Trump dropped out of the race this morning. 😦
    Him: NO WAY would the front-runner drop out

    Me: Yep. He said something about “…serious missteps…”
    Him: [Long rant by a TVairan who hates Trump, incomplete because I then texted: “Hey buddy? April Fools!” his rant was cut short and he ended it “F you man!”]

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  20. Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Phlox says:
    April 2, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    What is a musical instrument?

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