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DirgeK
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4/1/2009 8:23:52 AM
London welcomes Obama
London welcomes the Obamas. Lets hope the G20 will do something to sort out the global mess. Today in London there is to be many protests by anarchists and anti capitalists on a day being called Financial Fools Day ahead of the summit with effigies of bankers being burnt.
DKM
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4/1/2009 12:25:24 PM
Effigies of Bankers being burned? Awesome! I wish I could be there.... Thanks for the mental picture though.
-yer soon to be UK pal, pHLeGm
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4/1/2009 2:14:18 PM
I'm sure there's a bit of mob mentality ... where can I see footage?
I'll bet the INTENTION for some of them was good, and I'll bet there's a FEW intelligent blokes that got involved in the fiasco.
We do need a GODDAMN Revolution right about now, Mr. Larree.....
THat's definitely ONE thing I hope my music & life will be part of... In a POSITIVE way, Like Sir John Lennon.
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4/1/2009 2:25:19 PM
Man, I could use a 10 pound note at the moment --- we've gotta pay the bills, with NO money for herbalidge.... so smoke one for ME man.
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4/1/2009 3:00:13 PM
hehe heh. If we "were hanging" -- get it? Hanging effigies? urrr... oh dear.
So Jill -- how'd your Wednesday go?
larree and I are just starting ours.....
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The CODE
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4/1/2009 3:10:10 PM
Typical Media Hype! They have been Talking this UP^ All week
They want people to riot, sensational news coverage and a
distraction away from more important issues!
NaNaNa! (Isay!)
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The CODE
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4/1/2009 3:38:09 PM
Agreed - Nothing like working for a living!
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Sly Witt
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4/1/2009 5:25:36 PM
The best thing to do for poor people is to not be one of them.
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The Man With No Band
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4/1/2009 5:52:50 PM
I have NO money ..... but I am the RICHEST man in the world ... :)
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DirgeK
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4/1/2009 8:32:22 PM
Phlegm, I have been at work all day and I am at home now catching up with the days events. Seems the majority of the protests were peaceful since people wanted to get their messages across. I think a lot of Sheik's friends were there. A lot of the people are intelligent, caring people who want an alternative way of life more towards the ideology of Schumacher's 'Small is Beautiful'. The morons are certainly a minority.
J
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AnigmaS
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4/1/2009 9:15:10 PM
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Ha! that's what you think,
....WE'RE EVERYWHERE! :-}
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4/1/2009 10:02:02 PM
Hookay. Now THAT brought a laugh, before I rush off to the DAY job here...
Jill was talkin' 'bout how many who are speaking out against economic/political injustices, in these HARD TIMES were experiencing, in both the U.S., the U.K., and around the world --- that MANY of these "radical" types are intelligent AND well-educated..... saying then that "the morons are a certainly a minority"
ANIGmaS sez: "Ha, that's what you think. WE'RE everywhere !"
bwaaaa haaa haa ! As I go work at my slave-wage day job, for a Greedy Capitalist PIG today, I will treasure these brief moments of commentary & humour from such a diverse bunch of insightful musicians....
THANK you one and all, for helping it all to be just a wee bit better.
Peace.
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Mr. Ed
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4/2/2009 1:40:14 AM
I've always found the British people to be quite hospitable whenever I've had cause to be there.
I remember my first visit, walking about Piccadilly circus, it was actually quite disappointing, ....very few animals, and very shoddy production imo.
I tried to take a ride in one of those red double decker buses that everyone seemed to be so fond of over there at the time, ...but of course the stairs were far too narrow to allow access.
Pity that.
But all in all I found it to be quite quaint, and not at all like what they try to portray it to be in the media, ...gangs of scantilly clad female hoodlums chasing down little old men, ...then slapping them repeatedly on the top of the head and such, ...I recognized it as staged propoganda almost immediately.
I'd imagine that the "protests" we saw today, were merely more of the same. You see, it's nothing more than a myth perpetrated on an unsuspecting public, by our government's respectively controlled media, ...spoon fed to us in order to try and reinforce our inate fears, and keep us divided, fighting amongst ourselves, and firmly under the thumb of ..."the man".
I would encourage all of the protesters out there today to look past that, and instead focus on the common bond that we share with these quirky, lovable, funny talking, soccer hooligan brethren of ours.
In brotherhood,
I am Mr. ED
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DirgeK
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4/2/2009 7:02:38 PM
Compared to the number of protesters there was only a small number of violent incidents supposedly caused by Italian anarchists. The man who died had a heart attack and probably would have died anyway. The cameras gave a distorted view by focusing predominantly on those incidents.
Capitalism has burnt itself out, an alternative must be found. Bring on the revolution !
DKM
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Mr. Ed
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4/2/2009 8:23:05 PM
That's right! Sing it sister:
We're Horse , we're coarse, and we coming out in force!
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DirgeK
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4/2/2009 10:43:01 PM
Mr Ed, would you like to come and meet my furry friends
DirgeK's Furry Friends
DK's mum
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Mr. Ed
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4/4/2009 1:54:15 AM
I was honored, ...and extend to you my hoof in friendship as well.
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4/4/2009 10:24:53 AM
Here Here - Jill --- Down with FACism =-= Down with Richie Rich Capitalism-- BRING on the REVOLUTION !!!
PEOPLE of the WORLD Revolt and let's CHANGE this thang.
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DirgeK
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4/4/2009 12:43:20 PM
They were just saying on the radio that Obama carrying round blood in the boot of his Obamamobile makes him a target for vampires !
I went to see part 2 of Che Guevara's story last weekend, he was a great man and died trying to help the Bolivian peasants when he could have lived in Cuba in luxury.
Lets hope another Che comes along soon to help us all. I saw on the news that many Americans are now living in tent cities as they have had their homes repossessed and do not get any help from the state.
J
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DirgeK
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4/4/2009 2:50:55 PM
Is it people's fault who are made redundant by ruthless profit hungry companies who think nothing of letting go workers who have worked very hard for them often for many years. Is it their fault if they are desperate for a job but can't find one. Would you walk by on the other side if another human being needed your help ? I cannot believe you are serious??
DKM
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DirgeK
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4/4/2009 3:05:31 PM
So people who live in the third world's shanty towns because they cannot afford to buy a proper house should just be left to starve ? I am sure you will not still be saying the same thing if widespread poverty spreads across America and you lose your own house.
DKM
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DirgeK
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4/4/2009 3:23:36 PM
I am a buddhist and believe that the desire to possess material things that you do not have is what makes you unhappy. I am sure if you can free yourself of these desires you will feel much more content.
It may have been easy for people in America to always find jobs in the past but you will find that the world is changing and capitalism has burnt itself out. America will soon be no different from any other country. Small IS beautiful.
DKM
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4/4/2009 3:37:23 PM
"America will soon be no different from any other country."
You couldn't more right DKM... We will soon join the ranks of backward 3rd. world nations with their teeming poverty and no hope for a better existence as long as we embrace Socialism the same way they did when they were once prosperous country's themselves..
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4/4/2009 3:55:29 PM
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I think you're right Larree.. But with O grabbing the census, ACORN counting the people and the real possibility that millions of immigrants will allowed to flood into the country besides the current illegals granted citizenship during the first term.., that sound like some pretty serious vote stacking to me.. Seems more than a few people are intent on one party rule in this country from now on..
But I hope again you're right.
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Mr. Ed
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4/4/2009 3:57:42 PM
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Francis the talking mule used to tell a story about a bunch of bored foolish folks who lured by the prospect of some type of "free gift", had hiked out into the middle of nowhere to hear some guy give a speech about some new upstart company that he was launching. (I suppose it was similar to today's time share sales seminars)
There they were miles from town, all of the local restaurants were apparently either closed or some distance away, and none of the irresponsible bastards had taken the personal responsibility necessary for their sorry selves, and brought any food with them.
...Anyhow, as Francis tells it, ...the guy giving the speech and his highly motivated support staff had some stale rolls and some fishes, ...and were savvy enough marketers to recognize the outstanding PR opportunity that had presented itself, and so endeavored to fed the irresponsible hungry masses.
Long story short, ...thanks to the positive press generated by the giant fish giveaway promotion, ...the upstart company was able to attract numerous investors, and became spectacularly successful, eventually expanding their operation into a multinational conglomerate able to open thousands upon thousands of franchises all over the world that are still quite profitable to this very day.
Their business model has tried and tested and even been copied over and over again by various competitors offering their versions of competing "one off" products.
The moral of the story according to Francis, was that sometimes doing the right thing has a way of being even more profitable than selling a few fish sandwiches would have been.
At least I think that was what the moral was, ...Francis and I were both pretty drunk, and whenever that happened the conversation always inevitably turned towards the time he caught me sleeping with his wife, and her sister, and well... you now how that goes.
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Texas Willie
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4/4/2009 3:59:57 PM
Larree, et al.....Look for the video I am releasing today..."Fat Cats, Liars and Cheats"......
It will make my position on this thread pretty clear!
TW
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DirgeK
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4/4/2009 6:06:35 PM
HI Mr Ed, I have just been watching some of your brethren running a big race we had here in UK called 'The Grand National'. The horse that won was 100 pounds to 1 so some people will be very happy. The horses I picked came 3rd and 4th so I am happy also.
DKM
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Holo Lukaloa
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4/4/2009 6:29:27 PM
"I predict that republicans will sweep into the house and senate in 2010, and we will elect a republican president in 2012. Hopefully it will not be too late to undo the damage that is being done."
You also predicted that Obama would not win a single state in the last election. :>)
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The Man With No Band
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4/4/2009 6:32:55 PM
"You couldn't more right DKM... We will soon join the ranks of backward 3rd. world nations with their teeming poverty and no hope for a better existence as long as we embrace Socialism the same way they did when they were once prosperous country's themselves.."
Bwahahhahahahahhahahhahhahahahhahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
You don't get out much do ya Sterling ? .... Bwahahahahahahhaaha !!!!!!!!!
Let me do you a favor ... Read this if you are able.....
Capitalism in the U.S. 101 in black and white ...
A bunch of Capitalist from England, Holland, France and Spain sent slaves over here to further their cause ...
(That's right, the people that came here were not free, they were indentured slaves)
When they became, free the Capitalist back in the native countries tried to make slaves out of the 2nd generation born here by taxing them to death.
But that generation fought for and won their freedom, so they became Capitalist ... and they made slaves of the Native people here, (and killed the ones who resisted) ... when the Native people died out, the Capitalist imported slaves from Africa and other far off lands ... When these slaves won their freedom, the Capitalist went to China and Russia to import more slaves to further their agenda ... and also imported Jews and others as well for slave labor ... When these people earned their freedom ... the Capitalist started using Mexicans and using other slave labor in their own third world countries ... now that these Mexican people are earning their freedom and the borders are being closed and the third world countries are catching up with the times ... guess who is in line to be the slaves for the Capitalist now ? ... Here it is in black and white .... YOU ... and your children...
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DirgeK
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4/4/2009 7:09:47 PM
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Some people were criticising Obama's gift of an iPod for the Queen since they are assembled in China by people who are payed a pitance for their hard work.
DKM
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The Man With No Band
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4/4/2009 7:10:17 PM
... and the biggest thing hurting the economies of the other nations of the world at present ... is being gullible enough to partake in the CAPITALIST GREED schemes that were hatched right here in the good ol' U.S.A. !!!!!!
It's all a sham Sterling .... It's paper ... It's not real ... and it cannot sustain itself on imagination ...
Larree ... man you should share that stuff ... I love ya bro but ... Art and enlightenment will die ? .... pleeeeeeeze Ha !
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The Man With No Band
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4/4/2009 7:33:48 PM
What a doom and gloom guy ! ... are you kidding me ? ... The PC is totally amazing !
How many people would hear your stuff without it ? ... How many people could read your scribbles and lines of wit ? ... How many people can actually find out for themselves the truths of the world, instead of sitting in front of a T.V. watching programs paid for and bought by huge corporations and their agendas ?
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DirgeK
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4/4/2009 7:48:14 PM
Patriotic songs, ha ha ha. At least you are feeling inspired by the discussions. I think your views will become those of the minority but I don't think anything is going to change them.
Its a good job I love your music !
DKM
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DirgeK
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4/4/2009 7:50:10 PM
Sorry this was intended for the other blog !
DKM
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DirgeK
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4/4/2009 7:58:08 PM
If that is the case why did they elect Obama. You are living in the past.
DKM
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The Man With No Band
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4/4/2009 8:01:46 PM
Political correctness ? .... You mean SCREW everybody but yourself don't you ?
No individual is greater than the whole .... No individual is divine .... No individual is entitled ... this is OUR world ... not MY world ...
... and it is evolving ... and the cavemen will slowly die off
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DirgeK
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4/4/2009 8:25:45 PM
Sorry, I forgot you were a 'chosen one'.
Don't really understand why you write songs like 'Big Oil', anti war songs and 'Never Going to get a job' which seem to be opposite to your views.
DKM
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Holo Lukaloa
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4/4/2009 8:30:26 PM
"Americans will take America back. People are rapidly waking up."
Americans did take America back. For 8 years the name of America was put into the shitcan by the corrupt Bush and Cheney, and now in a few short months, Obama has nearly completely restored our status as leaders on the world stage.
You're as blind as a bat, Larree. The right wing and Republicans have never been more lost. Their whole group of collective leaders are a complete joke. They first put out a budget with no numbers and then one that was laughable, even a lot of their own voted against it. Almost all of their potential nominees in 2012 are horrible, couldn't beat the worst Democrat.
Palin
Gingerich
Limbaugh
Cantor
Jindal
Huckabee
Boehner
Every one of these people are pathetic.
You are a full-fledged fool because you went thru the whole campaign saying you were open. America is coming into great times starting about a year from now, and you are the clown wishing for that not to happen.
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Holo Lukaloa
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4/4/2009 8:37:40 PM
You are indeed a total sheep, because nobody but a blind follower would be as negative as you about the direction the country is headed in, considering the alternatives being presented.
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Mr. Ed
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4/4/2009 9:21:38 PM
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I remember the summer I spent as an impressionable young pony with the Maherashi.
We'd discuss all sorts of things, but I found him to be quite inciteful when it came to his understanding of the conflicts between the nations, whom he asserted had individual personalities much like we people and horses.
So many he would say, totally misunderstand the fundamental concepts upon which America's path towards enlightenment has been founded, ...even sometimes the Americans themselves.
The American view he'd tell me, is that EVERY individual is special, EVERY individual a divine entity, a chosen one, and an aspiring prince entitled to the American throne.
I remember both George Harrison and myself spending hours over tea and Sitars, being blown away by that concept, ...Every Individual Divine, Every individual greater than the whole.
I saw this idea manifested clearly just a few years ago, when the people here tore out every sidewalk on every corner in America and replaced them with new ones with little ramps for wheelchairs, and turtles.
Hundreds of Billions of dollars were spend from one end of the land to the other.
Hundreds of millions that make up "the whole" sacrificed for mere thousands of short legged turtles and "individuals" in wheelchairs.
We "the whole" are a collection of individuals, ...first and foremost, endowed by our creator with certain "inalienable rights". We are the people, and the Government each and every one of us.
To discount, limit, or reduce the individual to a status of worth deemed to be less than that of the state, even when the states goals are ascribed the lofty title of "The common good", is nothing more than unenlightened oppression by the State.
This is the fundamental flaw of both Communism, and its gateway drug (Socialism)
according to Maharashi Yogi, Communism's internal conflict arose from it's assertion that there was no God, struggling with it's inability to recognize it's own casting of the State in the role of the divine being.
At least I think that was what he was saying, ...of course we were all pretty stoned from whatever that was in the tea, so I could be wrong I guess.
But I'm thinking that ultimately most Americans will in time come to find Socialism to be somewhat inhibiting, and will opt instead for a more enlightened form of Capitalism, that at it's heart will hold the understanding that it is the creation of wealth that makes the social aspects of government possible, and that capitalism has and always will be far more effective of creating this wealth than its Social/Communal counterpart, and that without that wealth all will have an equal share of a pie that can't possibly feed us.
The real enemy is not greed, poverty, or state, nor is it Capitalism, Communsim, Socialism, or any other kind of ism, ist, or ite, ...just hunger, sickness, death.
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The Man With No Band
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4/4/2009 9:35:48 PM
"As long as people like you think everyone has a right to American soil, I am now a major hawk. "
I guess you forget about the Native people that were here .... What gave us the "right" to come here ?
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The Man With No Band
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4/4/2009 9:45:20 PM
So ... the truth comes out ... You DO believe we are the "chosen" ones ... it was alright for us to come invade this land ... but no one else has that right ...
You are fucked up .... :)
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The Man With No Band
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4/4/2009 10:11:36 PM
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Your land is stolen land ... whether "your" people stole it or not makes no difference ... of course I can post a smile .. I LOVE life ... and I don't HATE anybody ... nor think I am BETTER than anyone else unlike some poor souls ...
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