After Cyprus announced Wednesday that its banks would remain closed until an undecided time next week, it was only a matter of time before tensions between the people and the state escalated into physical confrontation.
And it looks like it has begun.
“Police in the Cyprus’ capital are scuffling with protesters (including employees of Cyprus Popular Bank) outside the nation’s parliament,” Zero Hedge reports, citing local TV station CYBC.
The same TV station also claims more protesters have gathered at the country’s Parliament House. Here’s a collection of today’s protests (as aggregated by ZH):
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And here’s some footage of the various scuffles between protesters and the police:
We’ll continue to monitor the situation in Cyprus as it unfolds.
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FLOWNOVERandFORGOTTEN
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:40pmSultan Obama can make a quick stop on his way back from Israel to help calm things down in Cyprus with his Nobel peace prize charm.
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DADDYWOREAWHITEHAT
Mar. 21, 2013 at 9:10pmAnd give all those protesters a nice pep talk about how to overthrow their govt. the Cyprus spring would so be supported by him. No one in US can voice a thought that disturbs his thin skin without a quick response, but other nations “govt is bad”. Next will be fast & furious Cyprus.
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JohnofOregon
Mar. 21, 2013 at 9:49pmHe is just sitting on the jet with his hands folded reaping “excellent ! It is all going as planned”
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Execmech
Mar. 21, 2013 at 10:35pmWouldn’t that be wonderful!
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Thomas_Jefferson
Mar. 22, 2013 at 1:06amStock up on plenty of Rice, Beans & bullets. Its gonna be a long & bumpy ride.
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Puddle Duck
Mar. 22, 2013 at 1:57amThe Turks must be loving this……..
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Ben__Franklin
Mar. 22, 2013 at 9:37amThis is what is coming to the US. A Government who can force all Banks to stay closed so you have no access to cash. If you need money to purchase food – Too Bad.
American need to make sure they have ample cash on hand hidden away for this type of Government Strong-Hand tactic. Welcome to 1930s Europe.
The have-nots on Cyprus are going to start turning on their own citizens that have to survive.
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BlackCrow
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:29pmWell its going on a week. No money, no commerce, no food. This country wouldn’t last that long.
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Charlie f
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:44pmIf we don’t get this country under control and out of debt, we won’t be far behind.
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Thevoice
Mar. 21, 2013 at 9:51pmIt’s only a matter of time..This country has been putting on a game now for over 5 years .The day comes uncle Ben stops printing the wheels come off…(always thought Glenn should have really continued to look into this like exactly where and how 85 billion gets moved into the system each month ..he still was one of the first to talk about it)….First there is never anyway the United States can pay higher interest on the debt now at 17 + trillion…And the powers to be know it…The entire house of cards or economy built on sand collapses at that time. Only difference here you will have millions of mad, because they got nothing , the system let them down animals going nuts…And they will…Really that is why Homeland security is stockpiling ammo.For that time…They are just trying to keep the wheels on till they are ready…That is why again yesterday Uncle Ben assures the market…He will keep printing….Trying to make things stay calm. And anyway the really bad part about the coming collapse here which will make it worst than in Europe. Our government is funneling now 8+ billion into the public buying food to feed themselves..So we here are starting in a hole so much deeper. Over there they go buy a loaf of bread some eggs and peddle a bike home..Here can you imagine what the walmart super center is going to look like with these animals just tearing away at the last shred. You don’t have to be a prepper .To be smart enough to keep some extra boxed noodles and can goo
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JohnofOregon
Mar. 21, 2013 at 9:56pmAsk your congress member what has happened when the treasury suddenly has set a rate of 2.6 on the ten year bond.
After they wipe the dribble off their chin and have someone come in and tell them, they’ll mess their pants and then scream I had nothing to do with it and then not run again.
Later the limbs will say it was bush.
Oh and for those wondering what I am talking about, that is when several nations who hold bonds that come due will suddenly move the rate after they collude. Not unlike merkly explaining to the euro folks Germans are done financing the excess of current corrupt socialist.
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barber2
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:29pmOur radical Democrats are working hard to bring this chaos to America with their deficit exploding Affordable ( wink, wink ) Housing Act and their approaching big bomb Affordable Health Care Act. Dividing our country with the Race Card and the Blame Card, combined with their disastrous spending policies, they are weakening America one day at a time. Can only imagine the damage these haters will bring in the months to come.
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JohnofOregon
Mar. 21, 2013 at 10:03pmMy gosh, you just hit the nail right there. HUD has become so corrupt it is unbelievable. We have luxury high rise river front condo’s in Portland that have a base price of $400,000 that have huge HUD subsidies. That is because sen Ron Wyden said they were. The buyer has to qualify on a loan that big. The problem is that fixed income seniors and poverty level individuals can’t qualify to buy.
The owners then sell them off with a slight penalty. The rub is that the city gets federal grants for all infrastructure and site improvements. That cost is in the millions and they walk away. Sen Wyden then receives contributions from all the family members of the developer.
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liltexasgal
Mar. 22, 2013 at 1:45amVery well said. I totally agree!
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nighttrainno9
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:28pmComing to a street near you, these bankers are all connected to each
other, so this is a test case to see how bad they can disrupt a country.
Runs on banks is the best way to bring society to it’s knees and believe
me, these bankers want us as slaves. Look up “bitcoin” for information
about an optional currency. Don’t play their game, DO NOT run to the
bank, thats what they want.
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Outlaw_Josey_Wales
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:24pmIn America, we are going to take our guns to town, when we protest against the government.
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Hotconchick
Mar. 21, 2013 at 9:21pmYeah when is that? They have taken people’s guns in two states and nobody has done anything. Keep talking…
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AUsername
Mar. 21, 2013 at 9:57pmyeah than those bald punks will think twice before attacking protestors when were armed and they may even back off because they know if they try to attack they might not make it back home. most cops and troops are cowards and need back up to go against someone who knows how to fight anyways.
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NoMoMrNiceGuy
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:23pmLet the games begin – Can we just speed this damn thing up so we can quit the anticipation please. I have to admit – I am going to have a hard time containing my enthusiasm during the breakdown !
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GuruMeditation
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:15pmAphrodite. Hahahaha.
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The-Monk
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:09pmWHAT!!!! No Guy Fawkes masks ????
Oh the shame…..
(end sarcasm)
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gyro
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:22pmthey cant afford them
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DadRocked
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:42pmOh the humanitity…
GOOD thing that this or any civil unrest would happen in the U.S. of A…
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KickinBack
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:49pmThe Guy Fawkes mask has a happy face. These people aren’t so happy.
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cloudsofwar
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:07pmwe have to clean the progressives out of our government or this will be us. VOTE in 2014 and make a difference.
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TonyRUS
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:43pmLOL! Vote? We saw where that’s going to get us this past election. ITS NOT GOING TO HELP US ANY MORE.
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Mar. 21, 2013 at 9:44pmNot with THAT attitude. Get out and talk to people. Help them vote, talk to them about the issues. They might be the kind of people too busy to do research and just watch the MSM. We not only need to vote, but we need to get other people to vote wisely.
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FANGS
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:04pmAngela Merkel is on their side. She’s the only Conservative that’s ever tried to beat down the public sector unions. She’s the only one that’s been trying to warn and do something about the Euro zone and it’s over paid states. Here in America, We’ll pull out our Guns when it gets to this point. Then all unions will be abolished and then they will live in poverty.
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cloudsofwar
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:04pmif the progressives are not stoped in this country it is coming here. the first victums will be the grandmothers and grandfathers because we are old according to them. can you live with that?
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barber2
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:41pmThere is no interest earnings any more. They are taking money out of Medicare. The radicals have already taken aim at the older because they have wealth ( hard earned and SAVED over the years ) which can be ” redistributed.” Obama radicals love the young: they play on their ignorance, their greed, their hormones, and their frustrations. Obama has not only divided this country along race and class lines but also along age. The older people will be the wallet for the radicals’ agenda. Forget your favorite charities, folks. The government will be the recipient through taxes and ” redistribution” games.
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cloudsofwar
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:58pmi do not care about these socialist. they want all the free stuff but when their country says we need more money to pay for the crap you want the people say hands off my money. but in the mean time they want their bennies. as margret thatcher said socialism works until you run out of the peoples money or something like that. if obama has his way we will have this here in our country. the cost of obamacare (socialize medicine) just keeps going up plus with the other stuff… game over.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:57pmThe fire has been lit, now it only remains to be seen if it will burn out or grow into a firestorm.
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gyro
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:21pmFire needs fuel ? So were and what is the fuel ?
Identify the fuel and who controls it and you should be able to see into the future
Snowleopard would you go to work and earn a paycheck if you could not cash it and if when cashed it the value of your work was so low it was a waist of time to work ?
This is what happened in WW2 and WW1
This is 2013 you cant just barter for food
So the only posable solution is a armed dictatorship to control everything
So refure to top of post
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MistyMountainGranny
Mar. 21, 2013 at 11:01pmAgreed Snow… next week shall be interesting…
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IOWAGIR
Mar. 23, 2013 at 6:35amMore like a fecal storm, wouldn’t you say? How long befor it hits us here? I feel the wind picking up…
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am123
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:48pmIt’s much easier for them to quell an unarmed population. Why do you think the Obama administration is trying to disarm Americans? The house of cards is coming down and they know it.
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The_Almighty_Creestof
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:05pmPray for their people! If the people of Cyprus get bowled over by this, then you can bet all the other nations will follow suit. I’m sure Spain, Greece, Ireland are all watching to see if the people fight…or return to their sheeple way of life.
All of my money is in annuities and 401k’s except for 20K I keep in a checking account for all my bills. I’ll be withdrawing $400.00 a day until it gets down to 10K…so a large withdrawl won’t raise suspicions.
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justangry
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:46pmWhy are their police protecting their bankers and politicians from theft? Why aren’t their police officers arresting those responsible?
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resme
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:55pmHA! Cops will never arrest their employers.
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cloudsofwar
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:00pmthe cops do realize they wont get paid. right? just how stupid are the socialist?
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AUsername
Mar. 21, 2013 at 9:59pmbecause there order taking retards.
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RoDogg
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:43pmYet they scream about “austerity”
I have NO sympathy for these people.
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ChiefGeorge
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:43pmThis is really beginning to look more and more like a controlled test case due to the place and size of the population. Nowhere to go, all food must come by ship for the most part for 1mil ppl. Will this happen in Guam or Hawaii someday soon? I see this ending badly for the people there. This is exactly what Beck has been warning us about for the past several years now. Stock up ppl!
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HumbleMan
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:49pmI agree it’s a test case. The wolves are watching this.
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brother_ed
Mar. 22, 2013 at 12:33am@CHIEF
I believe it is a test case as well.
First, to see IF the people will react.
Secondly, to see HOW the people will react. This will tell them (the elite) if they need more equipment (is 1.6 billion rounds enough?) and to see how well their tactics work.
The unfortunate part is that they have been planning this for years and we are only in a reactionary position. They are playing chess, we are playing checkers.
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Puddle Duck
Mar. 22, 2013 at 2:13amI’m more worried about Turkey taking advantage of the chaos to finally wrest control over the whole island. A nuclear weapon armed Turkey could reassert itself rather quickly in that region and become the base of a new caliphate in short order and the West would be rather reluctant to confront such a foe given the poor state of financial affairs not only in the EU but Nato and N America. With Obama in office a serious response would be a major surprise to most of us here I would bet. Israel will be sacrificed much like Poland was in WWII.
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noslave
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:42pmtheir going to be like a virgin on a horny greek ship?any way they turn their screwed,the russians will buy their oil rights offshore,then like the FORTY HORSES AND A MULE TRICK PLAYED ON THE SLAVES DURING THE CIVIL WAR,the russians will own cyprus?like america will be sold tochina if obama gets his way??
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DORA_GASBAG
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:21pmHey SLAVE, I’ve been drinking since 9 a.m. and even I know the difference between there, their and they’re. Try a 3rd grade English class some time, you might enjoy it.
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Charles_Almon
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:37pmHi Mommy Dora, do you want another Segrams and 7?
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noslave
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:38pmhey dorma go back to english class its proper english,did you just come up for air to pitch a bitch??
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Puddle Duck
Mar. 22, 2013 at 2:26amNo Slave not to nitpick but the first “their” should have been “They’re”…..never known an alky to be picky about syntax mistakes before, go figure.
Gasser why start so late in the day ? Any drunk worth her salt starts pounding the liquor the moment the alarm goes off or when one’s head bounces off the coffee table accidently waking one from the previous nights stupor. Happy liver transplant.
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noslave
Mar. 22, 2013 at 11:27ampuddle duck i apologize ,out of school over 40 yrs tend to forget,just get a little ticked that people that have no life have to correct everybody elses spelling,ergo the piss and moan about everything comment,reminds me of chrissy mathews constant sucking up to obama,occaisionally breaking lose to come up for air,and knock republicans like a obedient TOADY?
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SBR308
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:41pmDon’t blame Germany for your sorry state. Blame your own country
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RoDogg
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:56pmI loved that Merkel = Fascism!
Common sense approach……. don’t give government power and fascism can’t happen.
What a concept!
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gyro
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:11pmnicely put RoDogg
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progressiveslayer
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:40pmYes indeed socialism is all wine and roses,then the day of reckoning comes and people hit the streets. Take a good look because this is our future,new Amerika has been formed by our collectivist one party system where everything is ‘free’ and debt doesn’t matter,until it matters then it’s too late. What do you think the citizens of new Amerika will do when they can’t access their money? What about the people who’ve been on welfare their whole worthless lives? People are going to eat no matter what,if they don’t have it they’ll come for yours. Thank this worthless POS government and voter apathy for roughly a century for creating new Amerika.
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ChiefGeorge
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:46pmWe had a chance at change at home and we fumbled the ball. Blame enough to go around for all groups who did not turn out the vote for Romney. Could he have stopped what is coming? We’ll never know for sure now but my guess is, he could have dashed their plans for several more years, some said this was a last gasp of liberalism and if he won, they would never rise again.
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13th Imam
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:05pmHey Chief
4 Million smug faced, hubris filled idiots stayed home. Let’s hope they are on the front line. But as usual, they will hide behind the outhouse. But they will feel wonderful.
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johnpaulkuchtajr
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:40pmFour pieces of advice for all you Blazers: food, water, guns and (plenty) ammo.
If you believe that Cyprus is an “isolated” situation, you’ve never picked-up an article on “herd instincts.” Europeans will begin a run on their banks and then the notion will spread to the USA.
“Remember Benghazi and ALL the Traitors!”
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jman-6
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:46pmJPK- You forgot the most important item…The Bible! Your welcome GOD SPEED my friend!
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ChiefGeorge
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:49pmThe EU is our number trade importer. Without them functioning well, we are screwed here. We export three times the amount of goods that we import from China. If those in the EU have no income to buy things, then consumerism will fail there and our companies will fold here nearly overnight. Beck is right about them wanting to round up the guns in advance of this econ collapse. Things built with mans hands always fail and surely never will last. Econ is fragile and it most certainly will be the first thing to fail.
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pissantno.10
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:58pmand a stash of cash
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KangarooJack
Mar. 22, 2013 at 8:51amand gas for vehicles & generators. If you’re willing to risk having such things.
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Ben__Franklin
Mar. 22, 2013 at 9:43amguns and (plenty) ammo,
We seem to be short. Guns are flying off the shelves – but they do not good without Ammo. Look around – the shelves are bare.
Question: is the shelves bare due to our demand or has the Government went on a buying scheme to keep us from getting any?
I feel I missed out on the process of making your own ammo. Never thought of a shortage. I know one person that set up shop back in 2001. He can sit at home and produce .223 and .308 bullets all day long.
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termyt
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:40pmSo are they going to deal with the mess they made or just let people starve to death because they can’t access their money?
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The_Almighty_Creestof
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:01pmCan’t let them access their money…the banks would be run dry and they would have nothing left to tax. I bet those ruskies with their billions in the bank are sitting by their computers ready to do a 1 second transfer out of that country.
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pissantno.10
Mar. 21, 2013 at 8:05pmlot of that money is russian mafia money. those guys don’t play nice. i bet they all ready have theres
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gyro
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:38pmThis is what happens when you have direct deposit of pay checks and the banks are closed ?
Dont worry the local grocery store will gladly take your paper pay check ?
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Hm
PANIC
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termyt
Mar. 22, 2013 at 8:56amThere isn’t a nation in the first world that wouldn’t panic after a week with no access to their money. I think the Cypriots are showing amazing restraint.
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media-bias-steals-elections
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:38pmWell, its too late now, if you have a civil war, banks will not be covered by insurance, and the money is probably out of the country already anyway? It takes time to reverse stuff like this?
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BARRYS_BEARD
Mar. 21, 2013 at 7:34pmWhat a shocker. Cut off access to a person’s money and you don’t expect they might get pissed?
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