Showing posts with label John McCain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John McCain. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Trump's Muslim Remarks Ain't Gonna Hurt Him!

Not going to dent him. The negative is actually helping him.

The junk food media had said this before about Donald Trump's poll numbers being in trouble.

The Republicans said that "we don't know if this could hurt Trump with the voters". 

And like the last time, he ended up surging. The Republicans believe that political correctness is making their candidates too soft. They overwhelmingly support Trump when it comes to handling terrorism. 

Given his lack of experience in foreign policy, many Republicans believe that if you're too much of a fixture in Washington, DC, you're a nobody to them. Even Ted Cruz suffers. He's supposed to be the anti-government lawmaker. But since he's a fixture in Washington, many Republicans don't support him.

Republicans really have a real mess on them. The insurgents still support The Donald despite all the extreme rhetoric coming out his mouth.

Last night, Trump called for a ban of all Muslims entering the United States. The remarks grew a loud applause from his supporters, widespread condemnation from the Democrats and even the Republicans.

Trump made his remarks down in South Carolina on the commemoration of the Pearl Harbor attacks.

He read from a paper remarks from the junk food media. Trump at first blast the junk food media for being dishonest in his quoting. He called the junk food media, "scum". He reads a poll from the Center for Security Policy, about foreign sentiment about America from Muslims. 

The Southern Poverty Law Center said that the Center for Security Policy and its founder Frank Gaffney are anti-Islam and openly called for profiling of Muslims in the United States.

Trump gets riled up by the tragedy in San Bernardino. As he read from the paper he called for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. That remark got a thunderous applause from his crowd.

He said "we have no choice". 

He finished reading the paper by saying the sentiment from Muslims towards America is hateful.

He was on the USS Yorktown and told a crowd that American Muslims justify attacks on the country and support Shir'a law. The comments he read came from the Center for Security Policy.

For the Republicans, they likely agree with Trump's remarks. They just don't say that shit in the public venue. They say this shit behind closed doors and through dog whistle politics. Matter of fact, they wished they could have said what Trump said but they don't say it like that. 

They usually motivated by the words "radical Islam". Trump's remarks are equal to what the Republicans and their conservative allies say about Muslim everyday.

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Anyway, the comments attracted major controversy. The Republican candidates quickly condemned him. Several fellow Republican presidential candidates were quick to condemn Donald Trump’s call Monday to end all Muslim entry to the United States.

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham was first to respond, calling the statement "downright dangerous" to the United States, and he was quickly followed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie who called it "ridiculous" and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush who called Trump "unhinged."

Jeb Bush said via Twitter. "His 'policy' proposals are not serious."

John Kasich slammed Trump's "outrageous divisiveness," while a more measured Ted Cruz, who has always been cautious about upsetting Trump's supporters, said, "Well, that is not my policy."

Trump's plan also drew criticism from the heads of the Republican Party in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, the first three states to vote in next year's presidential primaries.

New Hampshire GOP's chairwoman Jennifer Horn said the idea is "un-Republican. It is unconstitutional. And it is un-American," while South Carolina chairman Matt Moore said on Twitter, "As a conservative who truly cares about religious liberty, Donald Trump's bad idea and rhetoric send a shiver down my spine."

Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Trump's proposed ban would apply to "everybody," including Muslims seeking immigration visas as well as tourists seeking to enter the country.

His campaign did not immediately respond to questions about whether it would also include Muslims who are U.S. citizens and travel outside of the country, including members of the military, or how a determination of someone's religion might be made by customs and border officials.

Instead, Trump said via a campaign spokeswoman: "Because I am so politically correct, I would never be the one to say. You figure it out!"

There are more than 5,800 servicemen and women on active U.S. military duty and in the reserves who self-identify as Muslim and could be assigned to serve overseas. Trump said in an interview Monday night on the right wing network, "They'll come home." He added, "This does not apply to people living in the country, except that we have to vigilant."

It was also unclear whether Trump's ban would apply to Muslim allies in the fight against Islamic State militants. Ari Fleischer, a former aide to Republican President George W. Bush, tweeted, "Under Trump, the King Abdullah of Jordan, who is fighting ISIS, won't be allowed in the US to talk about how to fight ISIS."

But at Trump's rally in South Carolina, the proposed ban struck supporter Shelley Choquette as reasonable, because "it's not going to be forever. I think everybody needs to be checked."

Religion can factor into immigration decisions, but that typically happens when people are fleeing religious persecution. People of a particular religion may get favorable treatment by the United States, as when Russian Jews sought to leave the Soviet Union.

In the late 1800s, Congress passed legislation broadly aimed at halting Chinese immigration. But said Leti Volpp, a University of California expert on immigration law, "there is no precedent for a religious litmus test for admitting immigrants into the United States."

"Excluding almost a quarter of the world's population from setting foot in the United States based solely upon their religious identity would never pass constitutional muster," Volpp said.

Trump's proposal comes a day after President Barack Obama spoke to the nation from the Oval Office about the shootings in San Bernardino, California, which Obama said was "an act of terrorism designed to kill innocent people."

The FBI said Monday the Muslim couple who carried out the massacre had been radicalized and had taken target practice at area gun ranges, in one case within days of the attack last week that killed 14 people.

Trump's campaign has been marked by a pattern of inflammatory statements, dating back to his harsh rhetoric about Mexican immigrants. He has taken a particularly hard line against Muslims in the days since the Paris attacks, advocating enhanced surveillance of mosques due to fears over radicalization.

"Donald Trump sounds more like a leader of a lynch mob than a great nation like ours," said Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "He and others are playing into the hands of Islamic State. This is exactly what Islamic State wants from Americans: to turn against each other."

White House spokesman Josh Earnest accused Trump of playing on people's fears and trying to tap into "a darker side, a darker element" of American society.

From the Democratic presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders said "Trump and others want us to hate all Muslims" and Hillary Clinton called the proposal "reprehensible, prejudiced and divisive."

On Capitol Hill, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona said, "It's just foolish."

But will it hurt Trump in the campaign? "I have no idea," McCain said. "I thought long ago that things he said would hurt his prospects, and he continues to go up."

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has also spoke out against the comments of Trump. The civil rights organization strongly believes the rhetoric from Republicans is sparking a rise in Islamophobia. They think that Trump is a demagogue.


Sunday, November 1, 2015

Fred Thompson Passed Away!

Fred Thompson and his wife, author Jeri.

Fred Thompson was a senator, presidential candidate, talk radio host and actor. He gained critical acclaim as being the hardliner Manhattan District Attorney Arthur Branch on Law & Order.

The former Tennessee senator and 2008 Republican presidential candidate passed away today confirms his family. He passed away in his hometown of Nashville, TN today.

CNN reports that Thompson had cancer.

Thompson died after a recurrence of lymphoma, his family said in a statement Sunday. He was first diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma more than a decade ago.

"It is with a heavy heart and a deep sense of grief that we share the passing of our brother, husband, father, and grandfather who died peacefully in Nashville surrounded by his family," the statement read.

Thompson, a Republican, won a special election in 1994 to fill Al Gore's vacate U.S. Senate seat. He was re-elected for a full term two years later and announced in 2002 that he would not run again.

As an actor, Thompson appeared in the films "The Hunt for Red October," "Die Hard 2" and "In the Line of Fire," among others.

"Fred stood on principle and common sense, and had a deep love for and connection with the people across Tennessee whom he had the privilege to serve in the United States Senate. He enjoyed a hearty laugh, a strong handshake, a good cigar, and a healthy dose of humility," his family said.

"Fred was the same man on the floor of the Senate, the movie studio, or the town square of Lawrenceburg, his home."

World News Today send our condolences to the family of Fred Thompson.



Thursday, June 25, 2015

The Network That Inspired A Man To Kill Nine Innocent Lives Fired Sarah Palin Out The Cannon!

The former governor from Alaska got fired from the only network that gave her a pass on her utter ignorance.

Once again Chief Roger fires the former Alaskan governor out of the cannon.

I guess she's not running for the clown car.

The former governor is not "HOT".

So now Mama Grizzly will go rogue again. She is now allowed to appear on the lamestream media outlets she has trashed in the past.

She is free to appear on that network to do analysis but don't expect a paycheck.

The former Alaskan governor rose to fame being introduced in Dayton, Ohio by failed presidential candidate John McCain.

The McCain Campaign got trounced by Obama-Biden Campaign.

Since then she was dubbed the "Tea Party Queen". She had some impact on the 2010 U.S. Midterms.

Her influence helped Republicans win the House of Representatives and state governorships.

Every time she opens her damn mouth, people cringe. Nowadays people want her to cram it.










I am guessing she not willing to tell her 1.15 million fans that she's no longer a hot commodity.

There's news that revealed the oldest daughter Bristol is pregnant with her second child. Bristol isn't married and has a son with her former boyfriend Levi Johnston. Bristol broke off a wedding after the fiance revealed he still is legally married.

Video of her last appearance.



Tuesday, June 16, 2015

GOP Senator: Lindsey Graham Is A "Bro With No Ho!"

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) (right) apologized for sexist remark about presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

With friends like these....Who needs enemies?

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is running for president. He is a pro war candidate. He believes that President Barack Obama's foreign policies ruined relationships with the 51st State of Israel. He believes that radical Islam is worse than racism in his own state.

He believes that if he charts the right plans, he will be the nominee. He believes that Stallmigos Rand Paul (R-KY), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) are extremely incompetent. He already got the endorsements of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and former Joe Lieberman.

He's in his early 60s and lives in Charleston. He serves with Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC). Scott is the first Black senator in a long time to be elected in the South. He was appointed by Nikki Haley, the Republican governor to serve the remaining term of Jim DeMint, who resigned to become president of the Heritage Foundation. Scott and Graham are diverse in two ways.

Scott is Black. Scott is Republican. Scott is single. But Scott is straight.

Graham is white. Graham is a Republican. Graham is single. Graham is running for president. Graham is being question for his sexuality.

Many Republicans whisper that Graham is openly gay but remains confident that his sexuality will not be used as a weapon for the election.

Graham said that his sister could be the First Lady of the United States. He said that he could have a rotating first lady if necessary. He said that all the first ladies from Michelle Obama to Nancy Reagan are glamorous. He skipped Hillary Clinton. He must have forgotten that she was a first lady.

He's still obsessed with Benghazi and the server.

Enter Mark Kirk. The Illinois senator who survived a stroke is one of the very few "bipartisan" lawmakers in Washington. He is known to tell some funny jokes.

One joke fell flat.

Kirk was caught on camera telling the junk food media about Graham's wasted effort. He believes that Graham has a chance but he felt that it's not worth it. After he's a "bro with no ho".

That comment lit the internet on fire. Kirk had to face a few days of harsh criticism. He would later apologize by press statement and personal apology.

Graham is not offended. But I guess he knows that Kirk isn't supporting his bid.

Okay, the Democrats hope to recapture the senate. They have a difficult path to cross. Republicans have control of both the House and Senate. The south is nearly void of Democrats.

It's going to be a long time before the south can finally elect a Democratic senator.

But in the meanwhile, the Democrats hope to retake Wisconsin and Illinois. Two senators know the risk. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) are the two most vulnerable in the 2016 U.S. Senate race.

So far I have Wisconsin as LEAN REPUBLICAN and Illinois as a TOSS UP.

Kirk will possibly face a Democratic nominee who may be more stronger this time around.

Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) is a double amputee Iraq war veteran. She hopes she could shake the nut out of the tree. Duckworth is a two term congresswoman who beat insurgent Joe Walsh in the 2012 election.

Stallmigo Tom Cotton (R-AR) one served one term in the U.S. House before he took an opportunity to run for U.S. Senate. Cotton, a former Iraq war veteran went on to beat Mark Pryor in 2014.

Kirk's mishaps could help Duckworth secure an easy victory.



Friday, June 5, 2015

Hannity Feuds With Lindsey Graham!

HANNITY GOTO PLACE FOR CAMPAIGN LAUNCH... 



Pathetic agitator is the go-to guy for Republicans says the conservative Craigslist. His ego is certainly blooming these days. You thought the demotion, loss of advertising and embarrassments were the end of the road for him.

Not quite yet!

He still on and doing pretty damn good for a piece of shit.

He's wagering his job! He believes that his influence will help a Republican win the White House.

And if he see another Democrat win, maybe Chief Roger might prepare the cannon for a firing.

I don't understand why the worst cable news host is even given this much attention. I have to admit, that he and the conservative Craigslist are the two reasons to why Republicans are so fucked up right now.

I know everyone wants to point the fingers at that old fart on the AM dial, but really you got to really focus on the most active agitators in the media. These two are no exception.

This guy is the most annoying agitator to ever host a show.

When he's attacking what he perceives as liberal, this guy is like a dog in with a bone in his mouth. He can't fathom anything that promotes liberalism. When it comes to concerns in the Black community, this guy plays the concern troll. He would find issues with gun control when it comes to Black on Black crime, but stand firm with gun rights for White men.

If an unarmed suspect is killed by police, this guy believes the cops regardless. According to him, Freddie Gray was on drugs when he died in police custody. Even though a witness lied about this, he's firm in believing Michael Brown was charging at Darren Wilson while firing his service weapon like a football player.

You can count on that annoying conservative agitator as the guy to promote the unarmed suspect's friends, family, and President Barack Obama were responsible for the death.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) whines to Chuck Todd about the junk food media's treatment of him.
This guy's program is a nightmare. It's like listening his three hour radio show packed as a television show. If you're into the countless nights of complaining, arguing with people and utter stupidity, you find this guy's right wing carnival right up your alley.

It's gotten so worse, even clown car running Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) aimed at him and Rachel Maddow. Graham a frequent complainer of all things Obama has formally declared his intentions of running into the clown car. He and his old buddy Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) are senile and worthless as the Stallmigos.

Graham appears on GOP Sundays quite frequently. His interview with Chuck Todd went right into his beliefs that partisans ruin the country. He aims at the gay and Maddow.

Of course, the thin skinned agitators have responded back.

I actually like Rachel Maddow. I admit I do like listening to that annoying conservative agitator. He's really annoying but honestly he's got my attention. I listen to him. I am hoping that day will come when I call his show and boldly tell him that he's extremely annoying and he will probably be the reason to why perennial candidate Hillary Clinton is the next President of the United States.

So you think Graham's complaining of that guy may have damaged his standing with voters?

I mean he's probably polling low even in his own state, so I would imagine that it's not a good idea to attack a guy who gives them a hour infomercial.


The Boys Of Summer!

Haters are gonna hate. The jobs are coming and the ney sayers are complaining about it!

The U.S. Department of Labor released its jobs report for May. Another good day for the president, a lot of belly aching for the conservatives. The May jobs were around 280,000 giving the jobs rate a rise to 5.5%. This rise was due to an uptick in those who gave up on searching for jobs and those underemployed.

Nevertheless, another healthy jobs report means the president created more jobs than his predecessor.

But will the partisan agitators make noise about it?

Of course.

They can't tolerate good news in the country. They believe everything that President Barack Obama's done has ruined the country. The gas below $3.00 a gallon in most states, the unemployment numbers are below 6%, the stock market has improved, the world looks to the United States as a developing partner, and many are spending $$$$ on luxuries.

This ends a slump of slow job growth that seemed to hoover.

The AP added that last month's strong job growth suggests that employers remained confident enough to keep hiring even after the economy shrank during the first three months of the year. The government also revised up its estimate of job growth in March and April by a combined net 32,000.

Construction and health care companies the drove the May job growth. On the negative side, persistently cheaper oil led energy companies to shed workers for a fifth straight month.

Still, average hourly wages rose only 2.3 percent from a year earlier. Tepid pay gains has been a persistent problem for the economy.
Still bitching and whining.
Over the past three months, the economy has added an average of 207,000 jobs, a decent gain though lower than last year's average of 263,667.

Consumers, the main driver of the U.S. economy, remain fairly cautious. Factory orders have dropped. But Friday's solid jobs report could help confirm the economy's vitality.

Auto and home sales are accelerating despite otherwise slow-spending consumers. More big employers, such as Wal-Mart, have unveiled pay hikes.

Those factors could power faster growth, fuel job gains and boost wages. If they do, a broader economic recovery than the one that's existed in the six years since the Great Recession officially ended could emerge.

Over the past 12 months, around 3 million jobs have been added. Those additional paychecks helped increase spending on housing and autos. Sales of newly built homes have surged 23.7 percent through the first four months of 2015 compared with a year ago, government data show. Rising demand for new homes could lead construction firms to ramp up hiring.

Americans bought 1.64 million cars and trucks in May, the most since July 2005. If that trend were to endure, it would benefit a manufacturing sector that's added a scant 4,000 jobs since January.

Employers seem to be envisioning a healthier economy, given that the weekly number of people applying for unemployment benefits — a proxy for layoffs — has remained under a historically low 300,000 for more than four months. By holding on to nearly all their workers, businesses are ensuring that they will have the capacity to respond to greater customer demand.

But the economy faces other challenges. The dollar has appreciated about 19 percent in the past year against other major currencies. That trend has made U.S. goods costlier overseas, thereby squeezing exports and the U.S.-based branches of foreign companies.

Nor has cheaper gasoline delivered much help. Instead of sparking the wave of consumer spending that many economists had expected, a nearly 45 percent drop in oil prices since July has damaged a U.S. economy increasingly reliant on energy drilling. The energy industry has shed workers and cut orders for pipelines and equipment.

The setbacks have been substantial enough that the International Monetary Fund on Thursday said it thinks the Federal Reserve should hold off on raising short-term interest rates until 2016. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, saying a rate increase could disrupt the economy, urged the Fed to await signs of wage growth.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen has said she expects to raise rates this year if the economy continues to improve, thereby ending nearly seven years of record-low rates.

Falling unemployment usually leads to fewer people seeking work, forcing employers to boost wages. But plenty of people are still searching for jobs. The aftermath of the recession has left 8.5 million people unemployed and seeking work, about 1.3 million more than were jobless before the downturn began in late 2007.

Companies often increase pay when their workers become more productive. Yet productivity fell at a 3.1 percent annual rate in the first quarter — a sharper drop than the decline estimated a month ago, the government said Thursday.

Sunday, May 31, 2015

The Planters Nut Is Losing Friends Already!


While I do agree that the Patriot Act is an overreach by the federal government, I think that presidential candidate and Stallmigo Rand Paul (R-KY) is throwing his hypocrisy into this.

The very same Paul rather meddle between a woman's legs, a Black man's firearms, a poor family's safety net and a family's Obamacare subsidies. Paul wants the big old bad gubmint stop looking into your cell phone.

After all his stupid son probably was incriminating himself with pictures of him smoking a bong while playing with snow lines.

Paul is already not making friends in the Republican race for the red nose. Paul put on his makeup and juggling his balls hoping he can pick off young minds with legal weed and low incarceration.

On a rare Sunday night, the U.S. Senate is in session. His fellow senator, Majority Leader Mitch The Turtle (R-KY) called for a vote on the  "Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-collection and Online Monitoring Act." For the smart people this is called the USA Freedom Act.

This bill is sponsored by Wisconsin Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), the creator of the Patriot Act.

He also sponsored this bill a few years back and it didn't get traction. In October 2013, he introduced the USA Freedom Act in the House, a bill designed to curtail the powers of the NSA and end the NSA's dragnet phone data collection program. The bill is supported by civil liberties advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union.

Even he's skeptical of his own law. Did he even read this shit?

NOPE.

The USA Freedom Act was not passed by the U.S. Senate on May 22, 2015. By a vote of 57-42, the Senate did not pass the bill that would have required 60 votes to move forward, which means that the NSA must start winding down its domestic mass surveillance program this week. The Senate also rejected, by 54-45, also short of the necessary 60 votes, a two-month extension for the key provision in the Patriot Act that has been used to justify NSA spying, which is set to expire on June 1, 2015.
I don't want to jeopardize the lives of Americans because of a handful of lawmakers standing on principles that are wrong.
However, on May 31, 2015, the Senate voted 77-17 to limit debate on the act. Senate rules will allow it to be passed after the mass surveillance programs have expired.

The Republican majority promised transparency. They promised jobs. They promised to deny President Barack Obama a victory. So far, they are destroying themselves to defeat Obama.

They are wasting time trying to pass symbolic votes on restricting abortions, gutting the safety net, passing that stupid Keystone XL pipeline, restricting the president's executive powers on education, immigration, and raising the minimum wage. They are not working on passing reasonable gun control, refusing to work on peace deals with Cuba and Iran. They are pushing for troops in the battle against the Islamic State and Boko Haram. They want to waste time on Benghazi hearings, IRS emails, Hillary Clinton's missing emails, and dragging Attorney General Loretta Lynch into committee hearings about Fast & Furious.

With Paul's temper tantrum and some of his fellow Republicans and even Democratic allies calling upon the end of bulk collection done by the NSA, it seems like the bill is possibly on its way to defeat.

Here's the filibuster. Paul runs 11 hours of whine.

Again, this lawmaker has no legislative accomplishments and they act like he's a god.

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Anti-Islam Extremists Stalk Mosque In Arizona!

Last time I've checked, anyone being a proud Muslim American is form of patriotism. 

Pam Geller denies hosting this event, but she had her hand in it. Over in Phoenix, a group of armed White extremists were protesting against Islam.

You notice that the junk food media calls them protesters.

Why aren't they called terrorist?

They're terrorizing innocent Americans with threats and openly showing discrimination against a religion.

These extremists were greeting peaceful Muslim parishioners at The Islamic Community Center.

Jon Ritzheimer is a white extremist who sponsored the event. He wore the "fuck" Islam t-shirt. The cameras blocked the offensive shirt.
The mosque was the center of controversy when two men traveled to Texas in their failed attempt to assassinate Geller and those who were responsible for the "Draw Mohammad' contest. They were attendees at that mosque. They were killed by Garland police after they had a brief shoot out.

Jon Ritzheimer was the extremist who promote this. He wore a Fuck Islam shirt and carried an AR15 on his side.

Many others came to protest and use the hashtag #NotMyAmerica.

The junk food media talking on an on about the crisis in Iraq and Syria, and giving credence to a group of extremists overseas. The junk food media and the agitators give the Islamic State more props than al Qaeda.
White extremist shakes hands with counter-protester.
They are "concern trolling" yet again about the crisis over in Iraq. The agitators claim that President Barack Obama's rush to leaving Iraq led to the rise of the Islamic State and the Lavent.


The extremist group has shown on social media beheadings of Westerners Muslim and non-Muslim captives they've claimed as "spies". They have also pillaged destroyed historical artifacts and treasures.

The group is notorious for promoting itself on social media. The junk food media continues to give it attention.

Here in the United States, conservatives are concern trolling about how radical Islam has came into our borders. They seriously believe the Mexican government is willingly allowing a foreign terrorist organization to build a base camp a few miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.

Okay, who are the real radicals here in the United States?





Saturday, May 16, 2015

Ringside Romney!

Evander Holyfield decides to make a man out of perennial loser Mitt Romney.

He may be a perennial failure for political office, but during his downtime Mitt Romney decides to take on a new hobby, boxing.

For a charity, perennial loser Mitt Romney takes on Evander Holyfield. They were raising cash for CharityVision, a group that helps children with vision and lost of sight.

Holyfield didn't go soft on Romney. The perennial loser can add another notch to his belt of failure.

Romney lasted only two rounds.

But on the bright side, Holyfield won.

So in regards to the perennial loser's record

1W - 4L

1 win as a state governor, 1 lost as a U.S. Senate nominee, 1 lost as a Republican candidate, 1 lost as a Republican presidential nominee, and 1 lost as a boxer.