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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; ChrisB</title>
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		<title>How the GOP Should Win the Climate Fight</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/07/16/how-the-gop-should-win-the-climate-fight/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/07/16/how-the-gop-should-win-the-climate-fight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If only more people listened to Jon Henke.]]></description>
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		<title>To PAYGO or to NO-PAYGO?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/12/to-paygo-or-to-no-paygo/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/12/to-paygo-or-to-no-paygo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paygo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bryan Pick makes a great point on why the GOP should accept Obama&#8217;s limited Paygo]]></description>
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		<title>Big Banks Got Played</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/12/big-banks-got-played/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/12/big-banks-got-played/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chris' Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amherst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Daring Trade Has Wall Street Seething from the Wall Street Journal. Amherst, a small Austin firm found a small loophole in the system. To use a crude metaphor, they sold the big banks hurrican insurance and then made sure &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/12/big-banks-got-played/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Whitehouse.gov Blog is Ballsy</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/09/whitehousegov-blog-is-ballsy/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/09/whitehousegov-blog-is-ballsy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whitehouse.gov touts to us President Obama&#8217;s committment to the PAYGO principle.]]></description>
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		<title>Spending Cuts: Better Ideas Needed from the GOP</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/05/spending-cuts-better-ideas-needed-from-the-gop/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/05/spending-cuts-better-ideas-needed-from-the-gop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chris' Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov't Spending]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the Next Right, Tad DeHaven looks at why The GOP Is Clearly Not Serious about Cutting Down Spending. The spending cuts the country needs must be substantial, serious, and put forward in the spirit of recognizing that the federal &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/05/spending-cuts-better-ideas-needed-from-the-gop/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Advice</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/02/medical-advice/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/02/medical-advice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[huffpo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oprah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vaccines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While you&#8217;re still not taking medical advice from the Huffington Post, also avoid it from Oprah.]]></description>
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		<title>Taxing Email is Useless</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/28/taxing-email-is-useless/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/28/taxing-email-is-useless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 15:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chris' Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Derek Thompson at the Atlantic blog writes about a NY Times piece on taxing email. He&#8217;s not advocating it, or arguing against it but looking at the supposed benefits and negatives, and how it would likely increase instant messaging. What &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/28/taxing-email-is-useless/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GPS System Could Break Down Next Year</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/20/gps-system-could-break-down-next-year/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/20/gps-system-could-break-down-next-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 14:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chris' Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the bright side, I&#8217;ll be able to save battery life on my iphone by turning off the gps. The downside of course being that the gps is increadibly useful.]]></description>
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		<title>Georgian Mutiny Put Down</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/05/georgian-mutiny-put-down/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/05/georgian-mutiny-put-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 15:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Ossetia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia has stopped a tank battalion mutiny. Naturally the Russians are suspected of being behind it. I&#8217;ve been wondering if President Obama will continue support for Georgia, and cause the ire of a belligerent Russia.]]></description>
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		<title>Fed To Bailout NY Yankees</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/01/fed-to-bailout-ny-yankees/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/01/fed-to-bailout-ny-yankees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 19:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baseball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bernake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mlb]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Admit it, you had to think for a second about whether this was serious or not didn&#8217;t you?]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand&#8217;s Sign on the Door</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/01/new-zealands-sign-on-the-door/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/01/new-zealands-sign-on-the-door/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 17:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bmi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new zealand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No Fatties.]]></description>
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		<title>Some Lenders Object, Why Not Others?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/01/some-lenders-object-why-not-others/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/01/some-lenders-object-why-not-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chris' Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[20 Chrysler lenders or about 30% of the debt Chrysler owes lending institutions are objecting to getting fleeced in the governments planned &#8220;surgical bankruptcy&#8221; plan. In a normal bankruptcy the senior secured creditors (the lenders) are first in line, while &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/01/some-lenders-object-why-not-others/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter as a Story Telling Medium</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/30/twitter-as-a-story-telling-medium/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/30/twitter-as-a-story-telling-medium/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[social science]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter is the social media website that allows users to share updates on their life with others who choose to follow their updates. It&#8217;s proved useful for friends to quickly keep in touch, politicians to keep constituents updated on their &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/30/twitter-as-a-story-telling-medium/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Does Fidelity Want From Barney Frank?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/22/what-does-fidelity-want-from-barney-frank/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/22/what-does-fidelity-want-from-barney-frank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barney Frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bribery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a very good question to ask. Keep an eye on Frank&#8217;s regulatory reform bill to find out. instapundit]]></description>
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		<title>New GOP 2012 Challenger: Gary Johnson?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/new-gop-2012-challenger-gary-johnson/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/new-gop-2012-challenger-gary-johnson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libertarianism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gary johnson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Sanford]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 could be an interesting year for GOP presidential candidates if it features both Mark Sanford and Gary Johnson. This, along with the tea party movements, seems to be an outgrowth of the Ron Paul candidacy, perhaps similar to what &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/new-gop-2012-challenger-gary-johnson/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Tip Reminder</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/quick-tip-reminder/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/quick-tip-reminder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still never take health advice from the Huffington Post. (previous quick tip here)]]></description>
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		<title>Journalist Arrest for Journalism in Front of USC Journalist School?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/journalist-arrest-for-journalism-in-front-of-usc-journalist-school/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/journalist-arrest-for-journalism-in-front-of-usc-journalist-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s the glib way to put it, but John Ziegler explains what he says happened at event and responds to a Journalism school Dean Wilson&#8217;s email accusing the Dean of &#8220;blatantly lying&#8221;. Go check it out and watch the video &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/journalist-arrest-for-journalism-in-front-of-usc-journalist-school/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cost of Anger</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/20/cost-of-anger/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/20/cost-of-anger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[anger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dissent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patriotism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protesting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instapundit reader on the cost of anger. Glenn, you pose the question of what happened to Janeane Garofalo between 2003 and now. I’d submit that it takes a lot of energy to be that angry: it uses you up, consumes &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/20/cost-of-anger/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Your New Drink</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/18/your-new-drink/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/18/your-new-drink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burbon and Ginger beer. Thank me later reader(s).]]></description>
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		<title>Jedi Patrol in Scotland</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/17/jedi-patrol-in-scotland/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/17/jedi-patrol-in-scotland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this report there&#8217;s jedi on patrol in the Scotland Strathclyde Police force. I&#8217;m not sure how safe I&#8217;d feel. Haven&#8217;t noticed a whole lotta peace and calm following jedi around.]]></description>
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		<title>Tea Party Turnout Totals</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/17/tea-party-turnout-totals/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/17/tea-party-turnout-totals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas leads the way with 18 protests and 64,000 attendees.]]></description>
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		<title>US Treasury Refusing Bank Repayments?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/16/us-treasury-refusing-bank-repayments/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/16/us-treasury-refusing-bank-repayments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s what&#8217;s claimed in this article in the IBD. This becomes pretty thuggish when you add to the fact that these banks were (allegedly) outright threatened to take the TARP funds in the first place. The reason for all of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/16/us-treasury-refusing-bank-repayments/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sugarland Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/15/sugarland-tea-party/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/15/sugarland-tea-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Live at the Sugarland tea party now. Yes I&#8217;m working harder than Washington already. Good number of people here. Hundreds maybe over 1000 if you count people that left earlier. Young republican head talking now after the railroad commish I &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/15/sugarland-tea-party/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Houston Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/15/houston-tea-party-2/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/15/houston-tea-party-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m at the Houston tea party downtown right now. Over 1000 people easy (update: closer to 10,000). Definitely an experience. I can&#8217;t even get close enough to see the stage. Previous speaker was pretty good at firing up the crowd &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/15/houston-tea-party-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>List of All Tea Party Protests</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/14/list-of-all-tea-party-protests/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/14/list-of-all-tea-party-protests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pretty comprehensive list for Texas here. I roughly estimate around 64 protests planned for just Texas. You&#8217;ll note that other states are listed on the right. I&#8217;m closer to the Sugarland one and may check it out. I&#8217;m curious &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/14/list-of-all-tea-party-protests/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jenny McCarthy Body Count?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/14/jenny-mccarthy-body-count/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/14/jenny-mccarthy-body-count/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[though probably not the kind you were hoping for. I think the &#8220;Anti-Vaccine Body Count&#8221; version is the better one to use, but the Jenny McCarthy one will be used because it&#8217;s more sensational and attention grabbing, the same reasons &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/14/jenny-mccarthy-body-count/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Costs</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/14/health-care-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/14/health-care-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Megan McArdle looks at why health care costs so much. Plus an anecdote on why they will continue to grow. (we keep costs low here at ASHC by outsourcing our health care blogging to Megan)]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Tax Freedom Day</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/13/happy-tax-freedom-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the day that we have earned enough to pay its tax burden for the year. This year&#8217;s day comes earlier than last year, though this is due to recent stimulus effects. Before you start to celebrate though, Doug &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/13/happy-tax-freedom-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hey Now</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/08/hey-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who are all these people posting on my blog?]]></description>
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		<title>Using a Police Search as a Free Speech Threat</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/07/using-a-police-search-as-a-free-speech-threat/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/07/using-a-police-search-as-a-free-speech-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s what is claimed by Jeff Pataky after his home was searched by Arizona police and his computers, records, wireless router, and even his cable modem (presumably to cut off his internet access so as to quit blogging) were confiscated. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/07/using-a-police-search-as-a-free-speech-threat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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