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		<title>Words of Advice for dealing with Women</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son turned 11 last August and starting in December of 2011, birthday parties for his classmates have morphed from bowling and cake into disco parties.  A disco party for a group of 11 year-olds seems to involve small rooms, loud music, and 20 to 30 kids for 2 or 3 hours.  The kids seem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should the Federal Government force religious institutions to offer birth control coverage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a recent brouhaha over the fact that the new federal healthcare law (Obama-care) mandates that all insurance companies cover the cost of birth control pills. The spin here is that Republican candidates are now decrying this intrusion of religious freedom because even churches will be required to offer employee insurance plans provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Job growth under Obama and the Southern Strategy today</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing that keeps getting hammered on the by Republican candidates is how crappy Obama has been for job growth in the USA. &#8220;He inherited a bad economy, but he has only made it worse&#8221; is a common refrain from the right.  Unfortunately, that&#8217;s bullshit. And it&#8217;s not just a little bit of re-jiggering the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Low-ish</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lil Jon &#038; The East Side Boyz &#8220;Get Low&#8221; as a bluegrass song: I&#8217;m not usually a big fan of bluegrass, but this was a hoot.]]></description>
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		<title>Disj Oin Ted</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I look in the mirror and I&#8217;m surprised by the person looking back at me.  My reflection is more somber or calm, handsome or icky that I imagined myself to be.  If eyes are the window to the soul, I think my shutters are stuck.  And that leads me into some words about words: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How many English words do you know?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I moved to the Netherlands over 10 years ago, I had taken several tests to find out how big my vocabulary was. Out of several questionnaires, I averaged a vocabulary of 60,000 words. In case you were wondering, knowing the usage and meaning of 16% of English words is pretty impressive. I could read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colbert Super PAC</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert SuperPAC is creating ads at an astonishing pace. If you have a few minutes, I highly recommend checking out some of there work here: Colbert Super PAC &#124; Making a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow &#124; ColbertSuperPac.com. You know, conservatism is all about pushing back against the liberalization of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colbert Super PAC</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would absolutely vote for Stephen Colbert for president . . . or Tom Hanks. Who could say &#8220;no&#8221; to Tom Hanks for president? The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor &#038; Satire Blog,Video Archive]]></description>
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		<title>Bread Violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A manager I had in America was always very keen on good documentation, &#8220;You never know when you&#8217;ll be hit by a bread truck.&#8221;  That means, of course, that if I was to meet an unhappy end (or leave the company) they wanted to have a documentation trail so that whoever followed me would know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Fireworks in the Netherlands</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fireworks are legal for individuals to set off in the Netherlands from 11:30 New Year&#8217;s Eve to 2:00 on New Year&#8217;s Day.  Actually, I didn&#8217;t look that up, so the exact time range might be different.  I tell my family and friends what it is like, but they just don&#8217;t believe me.  So, I filmed [...]]]></description>
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