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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"Trump is doubling down on the Iran conflict despite the fact that the narrowing of war aims to merely re-opening the Strait of Hormuz is an admission of failure... The press and markets contine to downplay the significance of the current escalation." www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/07/iran...

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Iran War: Trump Lashes Himself to Strait of Hormuz Mast With Renewed Blockade, Intensified Attacks on Iran; Oil Crunch Worsens as Iran Halt Fujairah Shipments, Houthis Threaten to Close Bab el-Mandeb ...

Today's Iran war news: Trump is indeed making himself Herbert Hoover 2.0 with his latest escalation.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Carney is nothing more than Stephen Harper wearing a human mask.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Marco Rubio: "Our preference is to get the Strait back to the way it was.... That’s the goal." Today's new goal. Right.... "Victory is now defined as starting a war to get back to where things were before we started the war. Is that brilliant or what?" www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/07/iran...

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Iran War: What Happens When the US Hits the Limits of Escalation Options? | naked capitalism

Today's Iran war news: The current escalatory trajectory is set to lead only to bad outcomes, yet complacency seems widespread.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Intensely disturbing, and worth your full attention. These explanations of in-group conformity, ideological loyalty, and defensive postures against change from outside seem terrible enough to be plausible. We are in serious trouble here in the dying West. www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/07/the-...

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The Hypersociality Hypothesis | naked capitalism

Can hypersociality help reconcile obvious elite stupidity with top-down conspiracy theories?

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"Despite Trump’s Demand for AI Investment, Treasury Report Warns Industry Poses ‘Significant Risk’ to US Economy." “'There isn’t an AI company with a sustainable business model right now,' said a tech insider. 'It’s not a healthy industry.'" www.commondreams.org/news/ai-bubb...

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Despite Trump's Demand for AI Investment, Treasury Report Warns Industry Poses 'Significant Risk' to US Economy | Common Dreams

US Treasury Department report warns of potential financial bubble in AI industry, posing risks to American economy. Concerns raised about overvaluation and profitability of AI firms.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

"Truly this is an age of growing literary activity; our novelists are as lively and diligent as maggots in the carcass of a horse. There is a revival of baseball, too." Ambrose Bierce, "On Literary Criticism." THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE, VOLUME 10. The Neale Publishing Company, 1911.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Trump is bombing Iran again, which has triggered a crisis for diesel and jet fuel: "Thirteen days means that if anything disrupts the supply chain... the effects reach the real economy within two weeks. There is no meaningful time to arrange alternatives." www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/06/iran...

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Iran War: Struggle Over Strait of Hormuz Intensifies as US and Iran Strikes and Counterstrikes Escalate, US Escorts Tankers on Oman Side; Yet More on Oil and Diesel Squeeze | naked capitalism

Today's Iran war news: Escalating strikes and counterstrikes in the Strait of Hormuz area say the MOU is past its sell-by date.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

"Trump has been necessary to expose the plastic progressives, the liberal anti-Trump imperialists who, in their opposition to Trump’s deal with Iran, can only look like warmongering imperial psychopaths.... They’re just embarrassed for empire." chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-joke-i...

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The Joke is on Us

The retreat into satirical attacks on Trump and his supporters fuels the solidification of fascism.

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Jenniferr Brown @jenniferrbrown17.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The atmosphere in this collection is incredible. Every story lingers long after you've finished reading. www.smashwords.com/books/view/2... #HorrorBooks #InASeasonOfDeadWeather #BookTwitter @Mark_F_Dillon

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

TRUMP: We are now close to a deal that will give me access to all of Iran's oil, and open up the Strait of Hormuz for the rest of time! IRANIAN GOVERNMENT: What deal? Americans cannot negotiate reliably. There is no deal. CORPORATE & FINANCIAL MEDIA: A deal! A deal! We're close to a deal!

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

After the Iranians have destroyed America's empire, perhaps they could help Americans to control measles, screwworms, and oligarchs.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Economic death spiral: "Trump’s ego needs, plus continued information pollution via Fox News and Zionist insiders, plus the fact that the Israel Lobby would eat him alive if he put the choke chain on Israel, confirms there will no negotiated settlement." www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/06/iran...

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Iran War: US Launches New Attacks on Iran Using Bogus Pretext, With Iran Retaliating Swiftly; Global-Economy-Destroying Long Conflict Looks Baked In | naked capitalism

Today's Iran war news: The laughably bad pretext for the latest attacks on Iran indicates the US will not abandon this conflict any time soon

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

A hideous parasite threatens America. And along with him are screwworms.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Screwworm = DOGEworm, Muskworm, Trumpworm. "Agriculture officials and cattle industry leaders raised alarm about the [DOGE] cuts at the time and, for the last several months, pleaded with the government to step in... but they were ignored." www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...

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Screwworm Is Back In Texas Cattle—Is DOGE To Blame?

The government cut funding for the New World screwworm monitoring program and then reportedly ignored ranchers warning the parasite was working its way to the U.S.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

MASA: Make America Subservient Again. Americans are saying, "Yes, MASA," to Netanyahu's genocide. "Congress should be cutting off military support -- not integrating the US military and Israeli defense sector and making accountability harder than ever." www.commondreams.org/news/ndaa-se...

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House Dems Join GOP to Help Advance Deeper US-Israeli Military Integration | Common Dreams

"At a time when Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza... Congress should be cutting off military support—not integrating the US military and Israeli defense sector," said one crit...

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

An excellent look at the PMC mess we face, here in the dying West. "It's doubtful if the affairs of the western world have ever been run by a caste of people who are more superficial, more insecure, and more immature." aurelien2022.substack.com/p/reality-wo...

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Reality Would Like A Word.

Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Trump has lost his Iran war. "I still see too many signs of normalcy bias, of explicit assumptions that this staredown will have to end because most people refuse to consider not merely that a cataclysmic outcome is possible, but would also engulf them." www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/06/iran...

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Iran War: Iran Rejects Trump Claims That Deal Is Near as US Counterproductively Toughens Terms; Hotter Tit-for-Tat Strikes Threaten Ceasefire; What if Trump Continues to Stall When Hitting Energy Clif...

Today's Iran war update: What if Trump fails or refuses to resolve the conflict despite the US going over the energy cliff, projected for July?

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

"$9 Trillion Collapse Machine: The AI boom has entered an uncharted, perilous new phase. "The term 'bubble' does not do justice to the gravity of the situation; a failure of AI will be less like a burst than a systemic collapse." www.truthdig.com/articles/nin...

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$9 Trillion Collapse Machine: AI Boom Enters Uncharted, Perilous New Phase

The AI boom has entered an uncharted, perilous new phase.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I strum the lyre as Rome burns. Without influence or money or political power, I stand far away from anyone able to heed my Cassandra warnings. By the casual use of terms like "Rome," "lyre," and "Cassandra," I make myself alien to the young who cannot or will not recognize any truth from the past.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

"Our ruling class is playing a game they can’t lose with money that isn’t theirs. Both their depravity and their inability (or unwillingness) to learn or adapt to changing conditions are downstream of the lack of accountability for their actions." www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/05/iran...

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Iran War: Negotiations Deadlocked on Fundamental Issues as Media Keeps Up Happy Talk; Iran Promises Retaliation as US Still Coiled to Strike | naked capitalism

Today's Iran war news: Much of the media depicts to-ing and fro-ing as progress while Israel escalates in Lebanon and the energy cliff nears

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Under the current system of corporate donorship, why should the Democrats risk losing all of that lovely money by campaigning to win? For them, losing is just as lucrative. www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/05/esta...

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Establishment Democrats Still Don’t Get Why They Lost in 2024 | naked capitalism

Democrats can't face that they don't have a message because having one with broad appeal would alienate too many powerful factions.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Kamala Harris did not denounce the policies of Genocide Joe. Her moral failure continues to stain the Democrats. "If Democrats can’t internalize the real lessons of Harris’ campaign, they may be doomed to repeat its failures." www.commondreams.org/opinion/why-...

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Establishment Democrats Still Don't Get Why They Lost in 2024 | Common Dreams

No amount of messaging acumen could have plastered over the gaping hole in Harris’ campaign: a total dearth of popular policies.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I used to fear Western collapse, but now I think we need to fall apart: we've outlived whatever values we might once have offered; we now give the world nothing but suffering, torture, and murder. I only hope that our music, art, and literature can outlast us.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Col. Douglas Macgregor believes that Trump will attack Iran again: "Trump is the sort of person that doesn’t like to be told anything, least of all being told that he can’t do something. That’s sort of like waving a red flag in front of the bull." www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/05/iran...

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Iran War: US Experts and Iran Still Expect Major Attack; Wall Street Journal Debunks Trump Claim of Gulf State Intervention; Bond Rout Intensifies | naked capitalism

Today's Iran war update: The US still looks to be planning to resume the war against Iran even as the bond market rout intensifies.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

"Nebuchadnezzar the Trump sent to gather together the evangelicals, the zionists, the White House Bubble puppets, the alt-right lackeys, the corporate media ghouls, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the Trump had set up at National Doral Miami, in the province of Florida."

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

"Trump’s continued loud & ugly noises do not change US & Israel impotence. The most they can do is inflict a short punishment campaign by air & engage in terrorism. Neither will break Iran’s will. The fallback of continued economic sanctions will fail." www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/05/iran...

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Iran War: Iran's Response to US Proposal Deemed "Totally Unacceptable," as Bibi Makes Even More Demands; Xi Summit Confirmed; Crunch in Physical Oil Eases as Traders Back Off | naked capitalism

Today's Iran war news: Trump predictably lashes out as Iran refuses to cede any ground in talks. Xi talks are on, likely another complication

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

"They don't even know how to manage their own decay." Pepe Escobar talks about the terrible danger that America's collapse poses for the rest of us, as global power shifts away from Trumpanyahustan towards China, Russia, and (suddenly) Iran. www.youtube.com/live/RrBBKUT...

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Pepe Escobar : Russia/Iran/China: The New Triangle

YouTube video by Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Through Sebastian Gorka and his National Counterterrorism Strategy, the Trump administration has declared war against Americans. Americans, of course, have not prepared themselves for what is coming to hit them, hard. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/insane-pre...

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Insane Pre-Crime Strategy Unveiled for Leftist “Extremists"

New national counterterrorism strategy vows to “cripple them before" crimes are committed

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Science Magazine @science.org · 25/04/2026

U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. scim.ag/4cxQWhl

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Trump fires NSF's oversight board

Dismissal of the National Science Board is widely seen as latest move to erase NSF’s independence

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

"‘More Destruction of Science’: Trump Fires Every Member of US National Science Board. “'This is the latest stupid move made by a president who continues to harm science and American innovation.'” www.commondreams.org/news/trump-f...

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'More Destruction of Science': Trump Fires Every Member of US National Science Board | Common Dreams

"This is the latest stupid move made by a president who continues to harm science and American innovation."

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The economic disruptions of Trumpanyahu's attacks on Iran go far beyond oil. Also at stake are helium (too bad, electronics industries), jet fuel (drop dead, airline industries), and nitrogen (prepare to starve, global populace). Iran is winning; the rest of us will pay. youtu.be/NUdg02bpzkk?...

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Wolff Responds: "The War in Iran, a losing economic proposition" Dated April 22, 2026

YouTube video by RichardDWolff

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The problem is not only Trump, not only Democrats and Republicans too terrified of his -- what? Appeal?!? -- to anger him, but also corporate media that report his lies and mentally-ill fabrications as legitimate news. This keeps Americans in the dark. www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/04/iran...

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Iran War: TACO Tuesday Strikes Again, Trump Extends Ceasefire

POTUS Trump extended the Iran War ceasefire despite Iran refusing to send a delegation to Islamabad for more negotiations.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Welcome to AI hell, formerly known as America. "'One of The Scariest Things I Have Seen': Alarms Sound Over 'Technofascist' Palantir Manifesto.... “A world featuring an AI arms race is more profitable than a world with AI regulation.” www.commondreams.org/news/palanti...

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'One of The Scariest Things I Have Seen': Alarms Sound Over 'Technofascist' Palantir Manifesto | Common Dreams

Scholars alarmed by Palantir's technofascist manifesto promoting AI weapons, mandatory national service, and authoritarian dominance.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Trump's disastrous fantasies about Iran: "White House insiders are struggling to deal with POTUS Trump’s increasing dementia but are so far unwilling and unable to stop Trump and his enablers from doubling down on military and economic disaster." www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/04/iran...

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Mad King Trump Doubling Down on Military and Economic Defeat

A rapidly declining Trump is living in a "dark fantasy" world as the Iranians close the Strait in anger at his lies.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Trump is lying not only to the American people, but to the world. As a result, his Operation Aipac Putty in Iran makes no sense at all. "I don’t think we can expect the war to make sense if we try to integrate what the USA says and does into our picture." www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/04/iran...

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Iran War: Gaslighting Hits Epic Levels Over "Strait Completely Open" Fast Breakdown, Trump Smack Talk About Collecting Uranium as US Looks to Be Readying Massive Attack | naked capitalism

Today's Iran war news: Trump's peak gaslighting, specifically wild claims about Iran concessions. looks like a pretext for renewed attacks.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Have you seen this yet? It's waiting for you, in all of its insane catchiness. Groovy, as the kids would say. Far out. The bee's knees. youtu.be/m3W_kdIpWHw?...

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Tego Agogo by Terry Gomes--Lyric Video + (Cha Cha/Rock, Guitar, Trumpet, Groovy, Dance)

YouTube video by Terry Gomes' Music

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Iran's victory, Trump's defeat? "For a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran’s Armed Forces and with due consideration of technical limitations." www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/04/iran...

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Iran War: MSM Ceasefire Reporting Obscures Iran Agreeing to US Capitulation, Trump Depicting Different Deal; Israel Not a Party, States It Will Not Comply; Reason to Doubt Much Hormuz Traffic Increase...

Today's Iran War news: why the much-ballyhooed Iran ceasefire is much less than it seems to be.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

And so, Trump negotiated with himself (again), declared a victory (again), will continue his threats and retreats to manipulate markets. Iranians will keep the Strait under their control, and why not? They're winning. As for the rest of the world: will people ever trust Americans again?

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It's all too possible that Americans have roughly five hours left to stop Trump before he stops all of us, everywhere. Time to wake up.

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Mark Fuller Dillon @markfullerdillon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It was always a privilege to sit and to hear as Terry Gomes put his music together. "What do you think of this?" he would ask, and I often replied: "You broke the goose-bump barrier." Sing on, my friend! Play on! youtu.be/HiPKJ8CCwAE?...

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It Goes Like So by Terry Gomes--Lyric Video (Musical Memories, Reggae Groove)

YouTube video by Terry Gomes' Music

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