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    Jan 25th 2016, 5:08 PM

    What about the “vote for FG pole” now at only 25%, even after all the FG trolls were told to vote on this website, true percentage is more like 12% will vote FG

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    Jan 25th 2016, 5:23 PM

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    Jan 26th 2016, 12:43 AM

    Perhaps that counts as our “Third World” aid?

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