The Latest on Sarah Palin
Jeanwah
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Busy, busy, busy!!
The Alaska Fund Trust, the official website for the Sarah Palin Legal Expense Fund: http://www.thealaskafundtrust.com/
and
Sarah Palin's Sarah PAC Spent $63,000 On Copies Of 'Going Rogue'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/0 ... 44656.html
Sarah PAC, Sarah Palin's political action committee, raised more than $1.4 million in the second-half of 2009, according to the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza. That figure brings the group's fundraising haul to $2.1 million for 2009. Cillizza reports:
...Sarah PAC and ended the year with $900,000 in the bank. She donated $64,600 to candidates and party committees.
That relatively high burn rate is due to an expansion of the organization's staff, according to those familiar with its operations. (Remember that with Palin out of office -- she resigned the governorship in July 2009 -- her PAC is her only political and policy vehicle.)
Beyond new staff and donations, what else is Sarah PAC spending money on? Books -- her own book -- according to ABC News:
The former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate had her political organization spend more than $63,000 on what her reports describe as "books for fundraising donor fulfillment." The payments went to Harper Collins, her publisher, and in some instances to HSP Direct, a Virginia-based direct mail fundraising firm that serves a number of well-known conservative politicians and pundits.
Sarah PAC spent another $8,000 on colorful bookmarks designed by a Nashville-based event branding firm. And her committee paid her publisher $20,000 for what appears to have been the cost of sending her personal photographer and another aide along on her book tour.
Hotline offers a more detailed breakdown of the former governor's expenditures.
How many copies of "Going Rogue" would $63,000 buy? It depends. Without knowing how much sales tax was paid on the books or if the former governor bought them at a bulk rate, Palin's group could have bought anywhere from 2,173 (at suggested full retail price of $28.99) to 4,666 copies (at a steeply discounted Amazon rate of $13.50).
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And this last story, to distract the public from the first two:
Palin: Rahm Emanuel should be axed for 'retarded' comment
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/politics/p ... Fe08K5N9JO
Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin posted a note on her Facebook page late Monday calling for President Obama to fire his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for comments he made that she said were offensive to children with developmental disabilities.
In the Facebook posting entitled “Are You Capable of Decency, Rahm Emanuel?,” Palin called for his firing for comments attributed to him in a Jan. 26 Wall Street Journal article where he called plans by liberal groups to run ads against moderate Democrats "F—ing retarded."
“I would ask the president to show decency in this process by eliminating one member of that inner circle, Mr. Rahm Emanuel, and not allow Rahm’s continued indecent tactics to cloud efforts,” Palin said in the posting.
“Just as we’d be appalled if any public figure of Rahm’s stature ever used the “N-word” or other such inappropriate language, Rahm’s slur on all God’s children with cognitive and developmental disabilities – and the people who love them – is unacceptable, and it’s heartbreaking,” the post continued.
Emanuel has reportedly apologized for his remark. Politico’s Ben Smith reported Tuesday that Emanuel called Tim Shriver, Chairman and CEO of the Special Olympics last Wednesday and apologized for his comment.
"Rahm called Tim Shriver Wednesday to apologize and the apology was accepted," a White House official told Politico, adding, “the White House remains committed to addressing the concerns and needs of Americans living with disabilities and recognizes that derogatory remarks demean us all.”
The apology was first reported by online news oganization Disability Scoop last week.
Palin, whose youngest son Trig has Down syndrome, brought up the issue of children with special needs frequently on the campaign trail in 2008. In her speech to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul-Minneapolis, Palin promised families of special needs children that they would have a friend and advocate in the White House if her ticket was elected.
Emanuel apologized later today to Special Olympics chairman Tim Shriver for using the word.
The Alaska Fund Trust, the official website for the Sarah Palin Legal Expense Fund: http://www.thealaskafundtrust.com/
and
Sarah Palin's Sarah PAC Spent $63,000 On Copies Of 'Going Rogue'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/0 ... 44656.html
Sarah PAC, Sarah Palin's political action committee, raised more than $1.4 million in the second-half of 2009, according to the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza. That figure brings the group's fundraising haul to $2.1 million for 2009. Cillizza reports:
...Sarah PAC and ended the year with $900,000 in the bank. She donated $64,600 to candidates and party committees.
That relatively high burn rate is due to an expansion of the organization's staff, according to those familiar with its operations. (Remember that with Palin out of office -- she resigned the governorship in July 2009 -- her PAC is her only political and policy vehicle.)
Beyond new staff and donations, what else is Sarah PAC spending money on? Books -- her own book -- according to ABC News:
The former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate had her political organization spend more than $63,000 on what her reports describe as "books for fundraising donor fulfillment." The payments went to Harper Collins, her publisher, and in some instances to HSP Direct, a Virginia-based direct mail fundraising firm that serves a number of well-known conservative politicians and pundits.
Sarah PAC spent another $8,000 on colorful bookmarks designed by a Nashville-based event branding firm. And her committee paid her publisher $20,000 for what appears to have been the cost of sending her personal photographer and another aide along on her book tour.
Hotline offers a more detailed breakdown of the former governor's expenditures.
How many copies of "Going Rogue" would $63,000 buy? It depends. Without knowing how much sales tax was paid on the books or if the former governor bought them at a bulk rate, Palin's group could have bought anywhere from 2,173 (at suggested full retail price of $28.99) to 4,666 copies (at a steeply discounted Amazon rate of $13.50).
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And this last story, to distract the public from the first two:
Palin: Rahm Emanuel should be axed for 'retarded' comment
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/politics/p ... Fe08K5N9JO
Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin posted a note on her Facebook page late Monday calling for President Obama to fire his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for comments he made that she said were offensive to children with developmental disabilities.
In the Facebook posting entitled “Are You Capable of Decency, Rahm Emanuel?,” Palin called for his firing for comments attributed to him in a Jan. 26 Wall Street Journal article where he called plans by liberal groups to run ads against moderate Democrats "F—ing retarded."
“I would ask the president to show decency in this process by eliminating one member of that inner circle, Mr. Rahm Emanuel, and not allow Rahm’s continued indecent tactics to cloud efforts,” Palin said in the posting.
“Just as we’d be appalled if any public figure of Rahm’s stature ever used the “N-word” or other such inappropriate language, Rahm’s slur on all God’s children with cognitive and developmental disabilities – and the people who love them – is unacceptable, and it’s heartbreaking,” the post continued.
Emanuel has reportedly apologized for his remark. Politico’s Ben Smith reported Tuesday that Emanuel called Tim Shriver, Chairman and CEO of the Special Olympics last Wednesday and apologized for his comment.
"Rahm called Tim Shriver Wednesday to apologize and the apology was accepted," a White House official told Politico, adding, “the White House remains committed to addressing the concerns and needs of Americans living with disabilities and recognizes that derogatory remarks demean us all.”
The apology was first reported by online news oganization Disability Scoop last week.
Palin, whose youngest son Trig has Down syndrome, brought up the issue of children with special needs frequently on the campaign trail in 2008. In her speech to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul-Minneapolis, Palin promised families of special needs children that they would have a friend and advocate in the White House if her ticket was elected.
Emanuel apologized later today to Special Olympics chairman Tim Shriver for using the word.
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interesting she is calling for rahm to be fired since she reportedly referred to baby trig as her "retard baby" on several occasions...Jeanwah wrote:Busy, busy, busy!!
The Alaska Fund Trust, the official website for the Sarah Palin Legal Expense Fund: http://www.thealaskafundtrust.com/
and
Sarah Palin's Sarah PAC Spent $63,000 On Copies Of 'Going Rogue'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/0 ... 44656.html
Sarah PAC, Sarah Palin's political action committee, raised more than $1.4 million in the second-half of 2009, according to the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza. That figure brings the group's fundraising haul to $2.1 million for 2009. Cillizza reports:
...Sarah PAC and ended the year with $900,000 in the bank. She donated $64,600 to candidates and party committees.
That relatively high burn rate is due to an expansion of the organization's staff, according to those familiar with its operations. (Remember that with Palin out of office -- she resigned the governorship in July 2009 -- her PAC is her only political and policy vehicle.)
Beyond new staff and donations, what else is Sarah PAC spending money on? Books -- her own book -- according to ABC News:
The former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate had her political organization spend more than $63,000 on what her reports describe as "books for fundraising donor fulfillment." The payments went to Harper Collins, her publisher, and in some instances to HSP Direct, a Virginia-based direct mail fundraising firm that serves a number of well-known conservative politicians and pundits.
Sarah PAC spent another $8,000 on colorful bookmarks designed by a Nashville-based event branding firm. And her committee paid her publisher $20,000 for what appears to have been the cost of sending her personal photographer and another aide along on her book tour.
Hotline offers a more detailed breakdown of the former governor's expenditures.
How many copies of "Going Rogue" would $63,000 buy? It depends. Without knowing how much sales tax was paid on the books or if the former governor bought them at a bulk rate, Palin's group could have bought anywhere from 2,173 (at suggested full retail price of $28.99) to 4,666 copies (at a steeply discounted Amazon rate of $13.50).
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And this last story, to distract the public from the first two:
Palin: Rahm Emanuel should be axed for 'retarded' comment
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/politics/p ... Fe08K5N9JO
Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin posted a note on her Facebook page late Monday calling for President Obama to fire his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for comments he made that she said were offensive to children with developmental disabilities.
In the Facebook posting entitled “Are You Capable of Decency, Rahm Emanuel?,” Palin called for his firing for comments attributed to him in a Jan. 26 Wall Street Journal article where he called plans by liberal groups to run ads against moderate Democrats "F—ing retarded."
“I would ask the president to show decency in this process by eliminating one member of that inner circle, Mr. Rahm Emanuel, and not allow Rahm’s continued indecent tactics to cloud efforts,” Palin said in the posting.
“Just as we’d be appalled if any public figure of Rahm’s stature ever used the “N-word” or other such inappropriate language, Rahm’s slur on all God’s children with cognitive and developmental disabilities – and the people who love them – is unacceptable, and it’s heartbreaking,” the post continued.
Emanuel has reportedly apologized for his remark. Politico’s Ben Smith reported Tuesday that Emanuel called Tim Shriver, Chairman and CEO of the Special Olympics last Wednesday and apologized for his comment.
"Rahm called Tim Shriver Wednesday to apologize and the apology was accepted," a White House official told Politico, adding, “the White House remains committed to addressing the concerns and needs of Americans living with disabilities and recognizes that derogatory remarks demean us all.”
The apology was first reported by online news oganization Disability Scoop last week.
Palin, whose youngest son Trig has Down syndrome, brought up the issue of children with special needs frequently on the campaign trail in 2008. In her speech to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul-Minneapolis, Palin promised families of special needs children that they would have a friend and advocate in the White House if her ticket was elected.
Emanuel apologized later today to Special Olympics chairman Tim Shriver for using the word."You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."0 -
Ugh! And this kinda thing REALLY bothers me as my daughter has Down syndrome....Such hypocritical behavior.gimmesometruth27 wrote:interesting she is calling for rahm to be fired since she reportedly referred to baby trig as her "retard baby" on several occasions...
The first website...thealaskatrustfund.com...did you see it? Laughable!! Everyone should check that out... We all need to donate to her fund in order for her to defend herself from political and family attacks... :roll:0 -
haha yeah, if i am going to donate money to a candidate it is to help them get elected. if they have ethics violations and need defense for that they are on their own in my opinion...stop doing unethical things and you would not need to rely on campaign supporters or private citizens for something like that..Jeanwah wrote:
Ugh! And this kinda thing REALLY bothers me as my daughter has Down syndrome....Such hypocritical behavior.gimmesometruth27 wrote:interesting she is calling for rahm to be fired since she reportedly referred to baby trig as her "retard baby" on several occasions...
The first website...thealaskatrustfund.com...did you see it? Laughable!! Everyone should check that out... We all need to donate to her fund in order for her to defend herself from political and family attacks... :roll:"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."0 -
Rahm should be fired but it is only disrespectful is someone else says it.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... VXMstLyddY
Fuck this lady....please go away.0 -
gimmesometruth27 wrote:
haha yeah, if i am going to donate money to a candidate it is to help them get elected. if they have ethics violations and need defense for that they are on their own in my opinion...stop doing unethical things and you would not need to rely on campaign supporters or private citizens for something like that..Jeanwah wrote:
Ugh! And this kinda thing REALLY bothers me as my daughter has Down syndrome....Such hypocritical behavior.gimmesometruth27 wrote:interesting she is calling for rahm to be fired since she reportedly referred to baby trig as her "retard baby" on several occasions...
The first website...thealaskatrustfund.com...did you see it? Laughable!! Everyone should check that out... We all need to donate to her fund in order for her to defend herself from political and family attacks... :roll:
She could always move to Louisiana - a state with a proud history of turning a blind eye to ethics violations. It was reported last month that a number of state politicians broke the law by spending campaign donation money on LSU football tickets, apartments, furniture for their apartments (they already get a stipend to pay for an apartment in Baton Rouge), and in some cases just gave the money to their friends to fund their senate campaigns. And nothing happened to them. So, Palin would always be welcome down here - just as long as she isn't hiding cash in her freezer (that's apparently the tipping point here - if you spend the cash on LSU football tickets you're okay, but if you hide it in your freezer you'll go to jail).And I listen for the voice inside my head... nothing. I'll do this one myself.0 -
thanks for posting the link....so the republican governor of texas can say "this is the most retarded thing i have ever heard!!" all he wants, yet rahn should be fired in shame... :roll:Cliffy6745 wrote:Rahm should be fired but it is only disrespectful is someone else says it.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... VXMstLyddY
Fuck this lady....please go away."You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
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Rahm was right, they're actions were 'fu-king retarded' and needed to be called out. Even when people are suppose to be on your side they can act like fu-kin idiots because they think you owe them, especially, Arriena Huffington.
Palin, Palin, Palin, what a fu-kin hypocrite claiming to outraged about someone else using the word 'retarded'.
--A grandmother who has who refers to her grandchild as 'RETARDED
--A grandmother who preferred her grandson be a bastard than to have her daughter get married because she thought she was going to be vice president
--A grandmother who after losing a political election claimed her grandson was a product of rape
Palin's a fu-kin hypocrite, who parades her grandson around like a symbol of retardation (not a child with a disability) just to gather donations for her own personal benefit and for her own political agenda.SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.0 -
I got the latest on Sarah Palin in my email last night.
A friend of mine set me a Hustler video with an "actress" that was made up to look like Ms. Palin.
Pretty good stuff I might add!0 -
Rahm Emanuel is not one of my favorite people. far from it.
but i may have just found the one thing i agree with him on.
and Sarah, go away. please.0 -
Why is it you people get so caught up in Sarah Palin? Who fucking cares! And I highly doubt she refered to Trig as her retard child, get real here people. I didn't look at the links( doesn't interest me enough), but it sounds to me like she made money off her books and she can do whatever she wants with it. It seems like you all(most)just wait for something to happen to somebody(that supports the republican party) and then you all get up and start running your shit like you're all effin perfect. I noticed nobody on here felt like bringing up Chris Matthews with his "I forgot he was black for an hour" comment. Face it, if someone like Beck or Sarah said that it would be a post with 8 pages by now. Liberal blindness is getting really annoying.0
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puremagic wrote:Rahm was right, they're actions were 'fu-king retarded' and needed to be called out. Even when people are suppose to be on your side they can act like fu-kin idiots because they think you owe them, especially, Arriena Huffington.
Palin, Palin, Palin, what a fu-kin hypocrite claiming to outraged about someone else using the word 'retarded'.
--A grandmother who has who refers to her grandchild as 'RETARDED
--A grandmother who preferred her grandson be a bastard than to have her daughter get married because she thought she was going to be vice president
--A grandmother who after losing a political election claimed her grandson was a product of rape
Palin's a fu-kin hypocrite, who parades her grandson around like a symbol of retardation (not a child with a disability) just to gather donations for her own personal benefit and for her own political agenda.
And I suppose you have heard Sarah Palin say this stuff....Right?
And what is her political agenda?0 -
i care because she is going to run for president and she is now less qualified than obama ever was...she is manufacturing outrage over rahm's comments but said nothing about the governor of texas saying retarded in pretty much the same way, and she is going to campaign for him....H-Y-P-O-C-R-A-C-Y...mb262200 wrote:Why is it you people get so caught up in Sarah Palin? Who fucking cares! And I highly doubt she refered to Trig as her retard child, get real here people. I didn't look at the links( doesn't interest me enough), but it sounds to me like she made money off her books and she can do whatever she wants with it. It seems like you all(most)just wait for something to happen to somebody(that supports the republican party) and then you all get up and start running your shit like you're all effin perfect. I noticed nobody on here felt like bringing up Chris Matthews with his "I forgot he was black for an hour" comment. Face it, if someone like Beck or Sarah said that it would be a post with 8 pages by now. Liberal blindness is getting really annoying.
im not perfect but i would never refer to my down's syndrome child as "my retard baby"...don't take our words for it, google it, it is well documented from people inside her inner circle....
chris matthews is a moron. pure and simple. he says stupid things all the time. he apoligized, obama forgave him, so am i supposed to start some crusade to get him fired?? he may have forgotten obama is a black man for an hour, but i guaranfuckintee those republicans that were sitting on their hands when they should have been standing and applauding did not forget he was a black man for one second...so what is your point??????
liberal blindness...lol....what do you call it when you tea partiers are thinking you are doing something good for the country..."You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
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no, but credible people in her own inner circle did hear it....and they went public with that info...says alot about how much loyalty she commands doesn't it??mb262200 wrote:puremagic wrote:Rahm was right, they're actions were 'fu-king retarded' and needed to be called out. Even when people are suppose to be on your side they can act like fu-kin idiots because they think you owe them, especially, Arriena Huffington.
Palin, Palin, Palin, what a fu-kin hypocrite claiming to outraged about someone else using the word 'retarded'.
--A grandmother who has who refers to her grandchild as 'RETARDED
--A grandmother who preferred her grandson be a bastard than to have her daughter get married because she thought she was going to be vice president
--A grandmother who after losing a political election claimed her grandson was a product of rape
Palin's a fu-kin hypocrite, who parades her grandson around like a symbol of retardation (not a child with a disability) just to gather donations for her own personal benefit and for her own political agenda.
And I suppose you have heard Sarah Palin say this stuff....Right?
And what is her political agenda?"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."0 -
who would know with Sarah. i doubt even she knows. personally i hope she stays home and spends her time making apple pies and mooseburgers.mb262200 wrote:And what is her political agenda?
you'd think if she were serious about running for president and winning, she would be thinking about how to expand her support beyond the Republican party core that is fed by Fox News.
although i guess working there, she doesn't need to form a coherent sentence. she just needs to smile that purdy mowth and say 'you got that right".
i just have one request for you Sarah. can Katie Couric be one of your special guests? that would be all kinds of awesome.0 -
I highly doubt that her intentions are to become president or even vice. If that was her agenda she would have never signed on with Fox. So who gives a shit what she does, thinks , or says. She's just another mouth on FoxNews now. And coming from her inner circle doesn't cut it. I would have to hear it to believe that she called Trig her retard child. Be real, as if someone would say that. I have an easier time believing that someone would make that up about her because so many people are infactuated with hating her. I, personally, think she's pretty descent....although I wouldn't vote for her for president. If she did run, she would never make it to the finals. Nice to hear you say that Obama is underqualified though, didn't think you had it in ya.0
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why are you even in this thread if you admitted to:mb262200 wrote:I highly doubt that her intentions are to become president or even vice. If that was her agenda she would have never signed on with Fox. So who gives a shit what she does, thinks , or says. She's just another mouth on FoxNews now. And coming from her inner circle doesn't cut it. I would have to hear it to believe that she called Trig her retard child. Be real, as if someone would say that. I have an easier time believing that someone would make that up about her because so many people are infactuated with hating her. I, personally, think she's pretty descent....although I wouldn't vote for her for president. If she did run, she would never make it to the finals. Nice to hear you say that Obama is underqualified though, didn't think you had it in ya.
a. you don't care about the topic
b. you do not care enough to click on the links provided
c. you are in here calling liberals names
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d. even if people presented you with credible information you "would have to hear it to believe that she called trig her retard child"...
sounds like you are about to get off on baiting all of us to lash out at you...which is not going to happen...
go ahead and google it and see for yourself....
oh wait, you don't care about the topic at hand, i forgot...."You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
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Jeseus you people are pathetic sometimes. So levi said it so it must be true
:roll: The same person who posed for playgirl. Did you ever think that he might say anything just to make a buck ? Noooo He would never do that :roll: Did you ever think that just maybe, just maybe he took it out of context ? Of course not. Sarah Palin is one of those evil Republicans so she had to of refererd to her baby as her retarded baby.
Im starting to think this is a chat room on National Enquires web site.
Get a life people and stop hatin so much.0 -
prfctlefts wrote:Jeseus you people are pathetic sometimes. So levi said it so it must be true :roll: The same person who posed for playgirl. Did you ever think that he might say anything just to make a buck ? Noooo He would never do that :roll: Did you ever think that just maybe, just maybe he took it out of context ? Of course not. Sarah Palin is one of those evil Republicans so she had to of refererd to her baby as her retarded baby.
Im starting to think this is a chat room on National Enquires web site.
Get a life people and stop hatin so much.
Looks like Sarah Palin's sheep herd up easier than Obama's.0 -
mb262200 wrote:. And coming from her inner circle doesn't cut it. I would have to hear it to believe that she called Trig her retard child. Be real, as if someone would say that. I have an easier time believing that someone would make that up about her because so many people are infactuated with hating her. I, personally, think she's pretty descent....
right, because she is ever so credible, right? at least she's not ranting on about death panels any moredon't compete; coexist
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
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prfctlefts wrote:
Im starting to think this is a chat room on National Enquires web site.
Get a life people and stop hatin so much.
Then why are you here?
Oh, and fuck Sarah Palin, she is a moron.0
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