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2025/07/08 [General] UID:1000 Activity:popular
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2012/1/10-2/6 [Politics/Foreign/Europe, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Others] UID:54286 Activity:nil
1/10    Want financial assistance from the government?  Go to Greece and molest
        a kid!  http://www.csua.org/u/v6j (news.yahoo.com)  (And I don't mean
        the free goodies in jail.)
        \_ That Penn State guy has a future!
2025/07/08 [General] UID:1000 Activity:popular
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