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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; Joshua Foust</title>
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	<description>Questions through the veil of ignorance</description>
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		<title>Woops.</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/25/woops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geography, people: Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) &#8212; Prime Minister Kevin Rudd sent extra diplomatic and police officials to west Africa to help investigate the kidnapping in Somalia of a group of reporters, including an Australian photojournalist. &#8220;We have deployed additional staff &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/25/woops/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>US Out by 2011?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/21/us-out-by-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the news that the u.S. has possibly negotiated a full withdrawal from Iraq by 2011, here is Kids in the Hall&#8217;s Buddy Cole on his romance in Baghdad.]]></description>
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		<title>How Blogs Failed the War in Georgia</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/19/how-blogs-failed-the-war-in-georgia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Columbia Journalism Review asked me to write an essay criticizing blogger coverage of the War in Georgia. As I&#8217;m sure you can imagine, I was scathing. While this wasn’t necessarily surprising—after all, these blogs all talk in a big circle, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/19/how-blogs-failed-the-war-in-georgia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/18/quote-of-the-day-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kosovo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surely, some of our terms for peace will have to be modified to correspond to new realities on the ground and to achieve our ultimate ends, which are security for the Kosovars and peace and stability in the Balkans. Genuine &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/18/quote-of-the-day-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Did You Know John Edwards Had A Love-Baby?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/13/did-you-know-john-edwards-had-a-love-baby/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adultery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[john edwards had an affair]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m honestly kind of surprised that people are surprised John Edwards had an affair on his cancer-ridden wife and fathered a baby. I mean, I know that&#8217;s something we thought was limited only to Republicans like Newt Gingrich and Rudy &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/13/did-you-know-john-edwards-had-a-love-baby/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hey, Remember that One Time Some of You Made Fun of Me for Saying that Georgia Wouldn&#8217;t Be Occupied?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/12/hey-remember-that-one-time-some-of-you-made-fun-of-me-for-saying-that-georgia-wouldnt-be-occupied/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign affairs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exactly. Now, as for Lee&#8217;s latest&#8230; Let&#8217;s just say I&#8217;ll be shocked if Saakashvili lasts the year.]]></description>
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		<title>When There&#8217;s Nothing Left to Burn You Have to Set Yourself on Fire</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/11/when-theres-nothing-left-to-burn-you-have-to-set-yourself-on-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign affairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for my absenteeism on this, guys, but I&#8217;ve barely had the time to write on Registan.net about the war in Georgia (seriously, go there for some really in-depth discussions about what is going on), and have simply neglected copying &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/11/when-theres-nothing-left-to-burn-you-have-to-set-yourself-on-fire/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Give This Man A Medal</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/16/give-this-man-a-medal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the poeple here have poked fun at me for decrying the militarization of U.S. foreign policy, calling me either naive or stupid for claiming it sends a distorted picture of America to the world. Well, I guess that &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/16/give-this-man-a-medal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Surreal Video of the Day</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/16/surreal-video-of-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feist, the glorious female vocalist from Broken Social Scene who went solo and got her song in an iPod commercial, recently made an appearance on Sesame Street: I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s creepy or not, but it is most definitely &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/16/surreal-video-of-the-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Support Citizen&#8217;s Media: A Challenge Grant</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/12/support-citizens-media-a-challenge-grant/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/12/support-citizens-media-a-challenge-grant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Josh's Page]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Official friend-of-Registan.net Sean-Paul Kelley, of The Agonist fame, has set forth an offer I simply cannot refuse: He is willing to pitch in $1000, if I can raise the remainder of my costs for going to Afghanistan August 22. That &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/12/support-citizens-media-a-challenge-grant/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Counterintuiting the FATA</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/10/counterintuiting-the-fata/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign affairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted first at Registan.net, the web&#8217;s best source of news and analysis of Central Asia and the Caucasus. My friend Jeb Koogler and I co-wrote an op-ed in Thursday&#8217;s Christian Science Monitor, titled, &#8220;Myths in Al Qaeda&#8217;s &#8216;home&#8217;.&#8221; This matters &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/10/counterintuiting-the-fata/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire &amp; Invasion, by Paddy Docherty</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/10/the-khyber-pass-a-history-of-empire-invasion-by-paddy-docherty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This book was written entirely in the passive voice. The passive voice was used to avoid assigning causation or personhood to various events. As a result, we learn that places were invaded, people were slaughtered, armies were founded, but no &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/10/the-khyber-pass-a-history-of-empire-invasion-by-paddy-docherty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/06/putting-my-money-where-my-mouth-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogging can bring about some amazing opportunities. Through my involvement with Global Voices I&#8217;ve had the opportunity to meet some extraordinary people working very hard for the basic right to speak their minds—something I routinely take for granted. It is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/06/putting-my-money-where-my-mouth-is/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s A Legal Arms Deal Anyway?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/05/whats-a-legal-arms-deal-anyway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are times when I&#8217;m kind of ashamed to work in the military-industrial complex: Former congressman Curt Weldon is helping broker deals between Russian and Ukranian weapons suppliers and the Iraqi and Libyan governments as part of his new job &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/05/whats-a-legal-arms-deal-anyway/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Hated Become the Hateful</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/04/the-hated-become-the-hateful/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/04/the-hated-become-the-hateful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesse Helms has died today. And I have lost track of the number of gay friends who have written me congratulatory or celebratory emails and IMs. It really is terrible—yes, the man opposed our right to an equal stake in &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/04/the-hated-become-the-hateful/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Russia’s Long Descent Into Madness: Putin’s Russia by Anna Politkovskaya, and Putin’s Labyrinth by Steve LeVine</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/03/russia%e2%80%99s-long-descent-into-madness-putin%e2%80%99s-russia-by-anna-politkovskaya-and-putin%e2%80%99s-labyrinth-by-steve-levine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last ten years, Russia has emerged from one of the unfortunate victims of the 1998 financial crisis to become a strong, almost fearsomely assertive country. Much of this is thanks to Vladimir Putin, a man who has won &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/03/russia%e2%80%99s-long-descent-into-madness-putin%e2%80%99s-russia-by-anna-politkovskaya-and-putin%e2%80%99s-labyrinth-by-steve-levine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Not Just America</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/01/its-not-just-america/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/01/its-not-just-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Budapest is fun. What&#8217;s also fun is when Lufthansa cancels your flight to Frankfurt on the tarmac, then spends so many hours making you wait in line you miss other, useful connections and wind up on some Air France flight &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/01/its-not-just-america/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ignoring Chad</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/28/ignoring-chad/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/28/ignoring-chad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chad]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Axe writes on one of the world&#8217;s biggest ignored crises—right next door to the much more hip, much more visible crisis in Darfur. The Central African Republic has been spiraling into conflict, forcing over 60,000 people into refugee camps&#8230; &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/28/ignoring-chad/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage Defenders Unite!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/28/marriage-defenders-unite/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/28/marriage-defenders-unite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is telling that some of the most outspoken anti-gay Republicans out there, who attach their name to anti-gay marriage amendments no less, are tranny bottoms, cruisy sluts, and whore-mongers. Not that there is anything fundamental to Republican Christian conservatism &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/28/marriage-defenders-unite/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GVO Summit: The Power of Organized Utopianism</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/27/gvo-summit-the-power-of-organized-utopianism/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/27/gvo-summit-the-power-of-organized-utopianism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign affairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the subtextual themes coming out of the conference so far is what can almost be called a double-standard: the participants demand the right to unrestricted speech, but recoil in horror at the consequences such speech brings. It is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/27/gvo-summit-the-power-of-organized-utopianism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Global Voices Online Citizen&#8217;s Media Summit 08</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/27/global-voices-online-citizens-media-summit-08/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/27/global-voices-online-citizens-media-summit-08/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey everybody. First off, Budapest is a great city! We&#8217;re about to start the GVO meting, which is focusing mostly on net censorship. Considering my other blog, Registan.net, is definitely blocked in Uzbekistan, and quite possibly elsewhere, this matters tremendously, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/27/global-voices-online-citizens-media-summit-08/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hungary Hungary Hippies</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/24/hungary-hungary-hippies/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/24/hungary-hungary-hippies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pic: simplistic political activism at the Blaha Lujla metro stop in Central Budapest. My own thoughts on the matter are here. And no, Michael, the Gellert baths were not as molest-y as you made them out to be. Rather, the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/24/hungary-hungary-hippies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Leaving</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/21/im-leaving/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/21/im-leaving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[But not forevs. Tomorrow I hope on a plane and fly to Budapest, Hungary, for a well-deserved break from the grunt and grind of every day. At the tail end of the week, I shall be attending the Global Voices &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/21/im-leaving/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Because Who Really Needs Evidence Anyway?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/21/because-who-really-needs-evidence-anyway/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/21/because-who-really-needs-evidence-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unbelievable: The Motion Picture Association of America said Friday intellectual-property holders should have the right to collect damages, perhaps as much as $150,000 per copyright violation, without having to prove infringement. &#8220;Mandating such proof could thus have the pernicious effect &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/21/because-who-really-needs-evidence-anyway/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I Like Pirates</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/15/i-like-pirates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allow me a moment of selfish promotion. One of my best friends, Mike, got his &#8220;band&#8221; profiled at NPR, where they&#8217;re going on about how easy it is to make music these days with these kids and their laptops. It&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/15/i-like-pirates/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Did We Ever Escape the Nineties?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/12/did-we-ever-escape-the-nineties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yo Yo, a flash in the pan empowered-but-sexless female rapper (try selling that today), got her big break by teaming up with Ice Cube on her 1991 debut Make Way for the Motherlode. Why, here she is, being so early-90&#8242;s &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/12/did-we-ever-escape-the-nineties/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Paglia on Rush</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/11/paglia-on-rush/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meanwhile, conservative talk radio, which I have been following with interest for almost 20 years, has become a tornado alley of hallucinatory holograms of Obama. He&#8217;s a Marxist! A radical leftist! A hater of America! He&#8217;s &#8220;not that bright&#8221;; he &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/11/paglia-on-rush/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion Is Cheap</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/09/fashion-is-cheap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How remarkable: As luxury fashion has become more expensive, mainstream apparel has become markedly less so. Today, shoppers pay the same price for a basic Brooks Brothers men’s suit, $598, as they did in 1998. The suggested retail price of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/09/fashion-is-cheap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>(Relatively) Measuring Success</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/05/relatively-measuring-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the most recent of a series of posts on Registan.net where I explore some of the fundamentals of conflict within the tribal areas of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. At the end of this post is a link to the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/05/relatively-measuring-success/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Good Enough for Fallujah Is Good Enough For DC</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/05/whats-good-enough-for-fallujah-is-good-enough-for-dc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the strongest arguments against current COIN doctrine has been made by the anonymous blogger Fabius Maximus—namely, that if we are so great at engineering societies we can write a slim manual about it, why haven&#8217;t we done so &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/05/whats-good-enough-for-fallujah-is-good-enough-for-dc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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