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Shangri-Laâuntaxed, socially-distanced champagne-
caviar, Cayman Island, yacht crowds who
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Could the pigment of your imagination
cause Black magic mascots, props, sopsâ
Black faces in high placesâ
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ââŚthere are known knowns. There are things
we know that we know. There are known
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âHistory repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.â âKarl Marx
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"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needsâŚâ âKarl Marx
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âAinât no power like the power of the peopleâ
âcause the power of the people donât stop!â bouncing
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Raytheonâs craven raven
Co-signing for mass murder:
âMowing the grassâŚâ NowâŚ
Ladee Blu on a foolâs errand dis-
seminating
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The Mass Shooting Of The Dayâ
this time was in San JoseâŚ
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