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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; MichaelW&#8217;s Page</title>
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		<title>40 Years (a Haiku)</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/23/40-years-a-haiku/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not so much, And Time stands alone for a moment. Fall begins.]]></description>
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		<title>Palinmania and the Stature Gap</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/palinmania-and-the-stature-gap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toby Harnden weighs in with his thoughts on the Palin effect. All interesting, all very astute IMO. Of particular interest is Toby&#8217;s argument that McCain commands enough public respect for his experience and expertise, that he has no concerns about &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/palinmania-and-the-stature-gap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Gutter-al Scream</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/a-gutter-al-scream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s almost as if the Dems can&#8217;t help but to resort to misogynistic antagonism in dealing with Gov. Sarah Palin. This comes courtesy of Alan Colmes, citing Rogers Cadenhead who questions Palin&#8217;s maternal abilities: One bit of weirdness associated with &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/a-gutter-al-scream/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Warehouse</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/29/warehouse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve mentioned before that I lived (in the fullest sense of the word) in Charlottesville, VA for many years in the 90&#8242;s. During that time I got to know a great many talented musicians including Dave Matthews. We weren&#8217;t buddies &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/29/warehouse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Media and &#8220;Defending the Ridge&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/25/new-media-and-defending-the-ridge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because the blogosphere and all its scions have much more prominence, and arguably more influence, with respect to this year&#8217;s election, I&#8217;ve been lazily paying more attention to how new media is tackling the subject at hand. I think the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/25/new-media-and-defending-the-ridge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Siloviki</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/10/siloviki/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much of the Georgia/South Ossetia/Russian conflict can be laid at the hands of a corrupt cabal of former soviet ministers bent on lining their own pockets? Perhaps a great deal. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has handed his Russian counterpart, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/10/siloviki/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Have A Laugh On Me</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/09/have-a-laugh-on-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re not laughing hysterically while watching this, then you&#8217;re probably crying uncontrollably &#8230; from laughing so hard. Turn up the volume for this one: Funniest Laugh Ever &#8211; Watch more free videos]]></description>
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		<title>When Families Fail</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/06/when-families-fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because of my background in working with emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and generally abused kids, I am often to drawn to stories about the results of extreme neglect of children. I saw some awfully hard cases with some of the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/06/when-families-fail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ch-ch-ch-Changes &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/12/ch-ch-ch-changes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I won&#8217;t bore you with the details, but I&#8217;ve been invited to blog at QandO and I took it. That&#8217;s right, I hopped all over that opportunity like a starving alley cat on plate of tuna fresh and a saucer &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/12/ch-ch-ch-changes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Politics and Maliki&#8217;s Timetable</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/09/politics-and-malikis-timeline/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/09/politics-and-malikis-timeline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not the same thing as a Harry Reid Timetable (HT: McQ): A deadline should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Iraq, and the pullout could be done by 2011, an Iraqi government spokesman said Tuesday. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/09/politics-and-malikis-timeline/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Launch</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/30/the-launch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to popular demand, I&#8217;ve thrown my hat into the race. (HT: My Best Man)]]></description>
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		<title>Elect Phil Gramm!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/28/elect-phil-gramm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From an interview by Stephen Moore (HT: GR): So what if a President Barack Obama were to impose 50% or 60% tax rates on these CEOs and other big earners? Mr. Gramm pounces: &#8220;When you help a company raise capital, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/28/elect-phil-gramm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hippocrates Unbound</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/23/hippocrates-unbound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea of state funded and administered universal health care is a bugbear of libertarians everywhere, and especially those who are subjected to such a system as a matter of course. Routinely held up as one of the worst of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/23/hippocrates-unbound/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>George Lakoff: Neo-Syndicalist</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/23/george-lakoff-neo-syndicalist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend I read with fascination William Saletan&#8217;s review of the new offering from George Lakoff, &#8220;The Political Mind,&#8221; and was struck by the remarkable similarities between it and the revolutionary syndicalism espoused during the prior fin de siècle. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/23/george-lakoff-neo-syndicalist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking:  Tim Russert Dies Of Heart Attack</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/13/breaking-tim-russert-dies-of-heart-attack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[R.I.P. Tim Russert: Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press,” died Friday after being stricken at the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58. Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday’s “Meet the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/13/breaking-tim-russert-dies-of-heart-attack/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Boumediene &#8212; The Great Sandbagging</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/13/boumediene-the-great-sandbagging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Welcome QandO readers. Please look around after you&#8217;ve finished with this post, but McQ says you have to go back over to QandO when you&#8217;re done &#8230; but I won&#8217;t tell if you won&#8217;t. _____________________________________________________________ The recent Supreme Court &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/13/boumediene-the-great-sandbagging/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is The Evidence In On Minimum Wage?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/09/is-the-evidence-in-on-minimum-wage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the most recent unemployment numbers were released, the media bleated about the highest percentage increase in the jobless rate since 1986. For example, The New York Times lamented: The unemployment rate surged to 5.5 percent in May from 5 &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/09/is-the-evidence-in-on-minimum-wage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Unbearable Deification of Obama</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/06/the-unbearable-deification-of-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the most interesting thing to come out of this (unbearably) long campaign season is the rare opportunity to witness deification in process. From Mark Morford, a San Francisco Gate columnist: Is Obama an enlightened being? Spiritual wise ones say: &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/06/the-unbearable-deification-of-obama/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Potent Quotables</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/06/potent-quotables/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always loved that quote from Charles Austin Beard about earning a reputation as a &#8220;dangerous citizen&#8221; by quoting the founding fathers. This quote is from the man who made the &#8220;dangerous citizen&#8221; a cinematic icon, including in one of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/06/potent-quotables/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on Brains</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/04/thoughts-on-brains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guess what part of your brain is not primarily for storing information about a two gyrating hippos on a camping trip. The right parahippocampal gyrus. Much to your (and my) surprise, that part of the brain is used to detect &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/04/thoughts-on-brains/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Food For Thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After speculating upon Hillary Clinton&#8217;s strategic thinking with respect to the Democratic nomination, James Taranto concludes (emphasis added): To summarize, Mrs. Clinton maximizes her chances of becoming president if she (1) does enough damage to Obama to snatch the nomination &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/04/food-for-thought/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ellas Otha Bates, R.I.P.</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/03/ellas-otha-bates-rip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rock &#038; Roll lost one of it&#8217;s brightest and most penetrating stars yesterday, even if one of the least well known. The founder of the jungle beat heard in too many songs to count over the last 50 years succumbed &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/03/ellas-otha-bates-rip/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Words Fail Me</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/21/words-fail-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 05:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luckily there&#8217;s a picture. Is this man really going to be our next President? The only people who will be more disappointed than non-Obama supporters after election day in November will be the idiots who believe in Obamessiah&#8217;s changey changitude. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/21/words-fail-me/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures In Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/20/adventures-in-stupidity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leftosphere is up in arms over John McCain &#8220;lying&#8221; about Barack Obama&#8217;s stated intentions vis-a-vis Iran. The latest source of righteous outrage comes courtesy of a Joel Klein interview with McCain: At a press conference here, I just asked &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/20/adventures-in-stupidity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Backdoor Kyoto &#8212; The Next Chapter</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/15/backdoor-kyoto-the-next-chapter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 14:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The march of the watermelons towards control of US policy continues apace: Polar bears will now be listed as &#8220;threatened&#8221; under the Endangered Species Act. But in announcing the listing, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne said the decision should &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/15/backdoor-kyoto-the-next-chapter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Two Iraqi Jokes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 16:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both via Major John at Miserable Donuts, a milblog. First, a joke as told by an Iraqi Army captain: President Jalal Talibani summoned the leaders of the Iraqi parliament to his office for a meeting. In the middle of the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/13/two-iraqi-jokes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fact-Checking 101</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/09/fact-checking-101/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It should be clear by now to anyone who frequently reads blogs that the MSM is not terribly accurate in its reporting, nor does it seem to have any intention of getting better at it. Whether you think the media &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/09/fact-checking-101/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Right &#8211; A New Activism</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/09/the-next-right-a-new-activism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those on the political right who have bemoaned the lack of any real grassroots, online activism in support of Republican(ish) causes, there is a new project in the works just for you. Political blogging mavens Jon Henke, Patrick Ruffini, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/09/the-next-right-a-new-activism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vote For Obama Or You Will Make Little Girls Cry</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/06/vote-for-obama-or-you-will-make-little-girls-cry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 03:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s what I took from Michelle Obama&#8217;s stump speech anyway (HT: Jim Lindgren): She tells the story of a ten-year-old girl she met in Newberry, S.C., before that state’s primary. “It was in a little beauty shop, and we were &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/06/vote-for-obama-or-you-will-make-little-girls-cry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Wright Stuff</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 22:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t had much time to grace the pages of ASHC lately, but I was skimming through Memeorandum and just couldn&#8217;t resist saying something about this little screed: Wright issue will haunt conservative media elite By Roland S. Martin CNN &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/06/the-wright-stuff/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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