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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; Chris&#8217; Page</title>
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		<title>Big Banks Got Played</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/12/big-banks-got-played/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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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>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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<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>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>
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		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></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>
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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>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>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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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>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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		<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>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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		<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>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>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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>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>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/08/hey-now/#comments</comments>
		<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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		<title>Obama Fires Izzo</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/07/obama-fires-izzo/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/07/obama-fires-izzo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;awards Michigan State 18 points.]]></description>
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		<title>The 90% Myth &#8211; Only 17% of Guns in Mexico Come from US</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/03/the-90-myth-only-17-of-guns-in-mexico-come-from-us/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/03/the-90-myth-only-17-of-guns-in-mexico-come-from-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve probably heard all over the media and from the politicos about the out of control crime in Mexico. And of course 90% of the guns used come from the US so therefore we need to take away your guns. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/03/the-90-myth-only-17-of-guns-in-mexico-come-from-us/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>IPhone Blogging</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/01/iphone-blogging/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/01/iphone-blogging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogging from the iPhone. This will probably be everyday useful once they get copy/paste but could be great for covering events live and with pictures.]]></description>
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		<title>Twitterati</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/26/twitterati/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/26/twitterati/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently joined the ranks of the twitterati. If you&#8217;re so inclined, you can follow my twitter feed here. Content is a bit lighter than on here of course.]]></description>
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		<title>Why the AIG Mess is Ignorant Populism of the Worst Kind</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/25/why-the-aig-mess-is-ignorant-populism-of-the-worst-kind/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/25/why-the-aig-mess-is-ignorant-populism-of-the-worst-kind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Greg Mankiw comes this letter by a Mr. Desantis published in the NYTimes. The government is spinelessly trying to punish the very people who&#8217;s help it most needs. It&#8217;s almost tragic really. I am proud of everything I have &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/25/why-the-aig-mess-is-ignorant-populism-of-the-worst-kind/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Political Slogan Bad Timing</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/12/political-slogan-bad-timing/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/12/political-slogan-bad-timing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bad timing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After working very hard and soliciting thousands of ideas for a slogan to attack and bring more attention to Rush Limbaugh, the DNC has settled on, “Americans didn’t vote for a Rush to failure”. This slogan seems like especially bad &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/12/political-slogan-bad-timing/">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/2009/03/02/houston-tea-party/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/02/houston-tea-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t get to make it out, as I work almost 30 miles away, but here&#8217;s the video:]]></description>
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		<title>So This is How the Zombie Apocalypse Starts</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/02/so-this-is-how-the-zombie-apocalypse-starts/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/02/so-this-is-how-the-zombie-apocalypse-starts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The good news is that it starts in Russia. According to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, a mosquito managed to live 18 months clinging to the outside of the International Space Station, without any food, being bombarded by radiation &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/02/so-this-is-how-the-zombie-apocalypse-starts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Houston&#8217;s Own Mortgage Bailout Bad Idea</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/24/houstons-own-mortgage-bailout-bad-idea/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/24/houstons-own-mortgage-bailout-bad-idea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kinda. Basically the city of Houston wants to take public money and give it to private individuals to help them pay off loans and improve their credit scores to help them get approved for a mortgage loan. Judging from the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/24/houstons-own-mortgage-bailout-bad-idea/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Picture of the Day</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/20/picture-of-the-day/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/20/picture-of-the-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a statue from outside Denver International Airport.]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/19/chicago-tea-party/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/19/chicago-tea-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Santelli just went off on Obama&#8217;s housing proposal live on CNBC from the commodities trading floor in Chicago. It&#8217;s now the headline on Drudge: VIDEO: &#8216;The government is promoting bad behavior&#8230; do we really want to subsidize the losers&#8217; &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/19/chicago-tea-party/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Bill Introduced to Reassert 10th Amendment Rights</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/18/texas-bill-introduced-to-reassert-10th-amendment-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/18/texas-bill-introduced-to-reassert-10th-amendment-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[H.C.R. 50 has been introduced to the Texas House. Authored by Texas State Representatives Brandon Creighton, Bryan Hughes, and Leo Berman, it reasserts Texas&#8217;s rights of sovereignty under the 10th Amendment of the US Constitution. RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/18/texas-bill-introduced-to-reassert-10th-amendment-rights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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