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How about all things smart can't use power.

Death penalty. Not even joking.

Or has been shown so many times in the past, there will be another big distraction. Consider the flu and pneumonia-disappeared with k0v1d which...

News should be informative not obvious. Shlock disguised as news. Its 42 C in the Okanagan, my fuse is short.

I was asking Codie ( ex army) but super glad for your input which is accurate and nuanced. Get out of town if you can. For others bugging in seems...