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The Devil, as you see today, doesn’t like to see people happy. His great success through the NRA has given him a tool that he can use over and over–he can use the weaponized weak-minded to punish any display of human happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As in today’s news: One Dead and at Least 21 Others Shot at Super Bowl Celebration in Kansas City<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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