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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; Synova&#8217;s Page</title>
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	<description>Questions through the veil of ignorance</description>
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		<title>The Warrior Song</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/11/the-warrior-song/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Military Matters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think this rocks, so here it is in honor of Veteran&#8217;s Day.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Not evil, just wrong.</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/10/15/not-evil-just-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/10/15/not-evil-just-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This woman is remarkable. I&#8217;ve watched the first section of video so far.]]></description>
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		<title>Brain-dead Conservatism?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/10/03/brain-dead-conservatism/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/10/03/brain-dead-conservatism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ann Althouse linked this commentary from the Washington Post yesterday. “During the glory days of the conservative movement, from its ascent in the 1960s and ’70s to its success in Ronald Reagan’s era, there was a balance between the intellectuals, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/10/03/brain-dead-conservatism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Uncommon insight</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/28/uncommon-insight/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/28/uncommon-insight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Saddest Lede on the Internet Today. Says Ric Locke on his new blog.   And what was the lede?     &#8220;Americans believe that the normal state of things is not-violence.&#8221; Do you suppose that’s true? That that’s why we &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/28/uncommon-insight/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bogus Civility</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/19/bogus-civility/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/19/bogus-civility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally someone said what I&#8217;ve been thinking about this constant call to civility: Have we transformed into so brittle a citizenry that we are unable to handle a raucous debate over the future of the country? If things were quiet, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/19/bogus-civility/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do the poor have a &#8220;right&#8221; to free health care?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/08/13/do-the-poor-have-a-right-to-free-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/08/13/do-the-poor-have-a-right-to-free-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;right&#8221; to free health care  is the right to own the labor of other people without their consent. Any time you&#8217;ve got a right TO something like that you take the rights of other people to their own selves &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/08/13/do-the-poor-have-a-right-to-free-health-care/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah and Todd sizzle</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/08/03/sarah-and-todd-sizzle/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/08/03/sarah-and-todd-sizzle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Other McCain at Hot Air: &#8220;Now, here’s my idea: I told my source to give my phone number to . . . uh, two sources in Wasilla, Alaska, if you get my drift. Because I’ve made my living as a &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/08/03/sarah-and-todd-sizzle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What passes for moral clarity</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/10/what-passes-for-moral-clarity/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/10/what-passes-for-moral-clarity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creating a human embryo for the purpose of experimentation and destruction = Good. Creating a  human embryo for the purpose of creating a born human person = Bad. How does it work that way? Also, some argue that Obama&#8217;s statements &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/10/what-passes-for-moral-clarity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gitmo Hunger Strike</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/09/gitmo-hunger-strike/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/09/gitmo-hunger-strike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Talk Left, anyhow. It seems that conditions have deteriorated so badly that a large number of inmates have begun a hunger strike.   They are dragged forcefully from their cells, strapped to chairs for hours to be force fed, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/09/gitmo-hunger-strike/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Torture:  Let&#8217;s just *say* we don&#8217;t.</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/25/torture-lets-just-say-we-dont/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/25/torture-lets-just-say-we-dont/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d heard this opinion often enough from liberals when they discussed torture but have to thank Matt Damon for giving me a nice quote: &#8221;Look, the best line about torture I&#8217;ve heard came from [retired CIA officer turned war-on-terrorism critic] &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/25/torture-lets-just-say-we-dont/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ugly Turkey</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/02/ugly-turkey/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/02/ugly-turkey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All our turkey leftovers are eaten and gone. Since I just threw away three year old zip-lock bags of Christmas ham, this is significant. We generally don&#8217;t do well with left overs. This time was different. This year I made &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/02/ugly-turkey/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where have the strong women gone?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/22/where-have-the-strong-women-gone/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/22/where-have-the-strong-women-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve now read my first real &#8220;vampire&#8221; book. Okay, so it&#8217;s a werewolf book with vampires, but I&#8217;m told this is *the* genre these days. Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn. Not bad, not bad in a lot &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/22/where-have-the-strong-women-gone/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Going John Galt&#8230; quietly.</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/30/going-john-galt-quietly/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/30/going-john-galt-quietly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea of &#8220;Going John Galt&#8221; makes me a little bit uncomfortable, to tell the truth.    John Galt essentially said screw them all, and shut down knowing that a whole lot of people would be hurt.    It was about the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/30/going-john-galt-quietly/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama at work&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/15/obama-at-work/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/15/obama-at-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks Ymar, hat tip to Bookworm Room&#8230; I hadn&#8217;t seen this. Barack Obama would let Shoaib Choudhury Die I doubt that if it came right down to it, but the description of Richard Benkin&#8217;s interaction with the man is troubling. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/15/obama-at-work/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>8 year old suspended for sniffing marker</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/15/8-year-old-suspended-for-sniffing-marker/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/15/8-year-old-suspended-for-sniffing-marker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story. Eathan shyly shook his head &#8220;no&#8221; when a reporter asked if he knew about &#8220;huffing.&#8221; He does now.]]></description>
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		<title>Ill chosen words&#8230; and digging deeper</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/12/ill-chosen-words-and-digging-deeper/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/12/ill-chosen-words-and-digging-deeper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As at least one person has said, there&#8217;s the type of slip of the tongue where one accidentally says what one really thinks.Has everyone seen by now Obama&#8217;s take on why small town Midwestern sorts cling to religion, guns, racism, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/12/ill-chosen-words-and-digging-deeper/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>giving it away</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/11/giving-it-away/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/11/giving-it-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As much as I tend these days toward international interventionism, I see a real danger in the simple acceptance of the idea of international law. That, itself, is more of a threat to sovereignty than armies could ever be. It &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/11/giving-it-away/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Potential interpretations&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/09/potential-interpretations/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/09/potential-interpretations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the standard. (h/t Blackfive) And considering the pins-and-needles environment that is the current political landscape, the comment has the potential of being interpreted as racially divisive. What comment? &#8220;Rest assured,&#8221; he told the crowd, &#8220;that men like Senator &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/09/potential-interpretations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s NOT talk about race</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/08/lets-not-talk-about-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m going down the page at Instapundit and find a link to this story about an Obama delegate that was asked to quit. Why? On Saturday, two neighbor children were playing in the tree next-door to her house. Ramirez-Sliwinski &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/08/lets-not-talk-about-race/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mugging for the Camera</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[h/t Instapundit I&#8217;m not convinced that the two incidents contrasted in this video from Ed Driscoll are similar enough to be compared to each other but he does say something that I said about the Aguilar report at the time. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/08/mugging-for-the-camera/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s wrong with Iraq War Movies?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/03/29/whats-wrong-with-iraq-war-movies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m often guilty of seeing connections between things that others seem to think make no sense at all. So bear with me and then tell me what you think. The New York Times review of &#8220;Stop-Loss&#8221; explains the failure of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/03/29/whats-wrong-with-iraq-war-movies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching violence&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I was wiping blood off my 15 year old daughter&#8217;s face.    It ran from her nose down over her mouth and chin and I hoped that I wasn&#8217;t too rough and hurting her while I did it, but &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/03/16/teaching-violence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Am I anti-Intellectual or&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/17/am-i-anti-intellectual-or/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;am I just not impressed by YOU? Jules Crittenden responds to a column by Susan Jacoby The Dumbing of America. She concludes&#8230; It is past time for a serious national discussion about whether, as a nation, we truly value intellect &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/17/am-i-anti-intellectual-or/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom can&#8217;t exist without trusting the untrustworthy</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/14/freedom-cant-exist-without-trusting-the-untrustworthy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an extension of the commentary from this post from MichaelW. Have you heard the truism that a person is smart, but people are dumb? On the one hand it&#8217;s profoundly true. On the other hand we fail to &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/14/freedom-cant-exist-without-trusting-the-untrustworthy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Perhaps we&#8217;re turning into Victorians</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/11/perhaps-were-turning-into-victorians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Or: What I Learned About the World from Reading Historical Romances. I learned that sometimes people get *more* uptight over time rather than less. Victorians, according to custom and any number of novels, were concerned with propriety above all. Certain &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/11/perhaps-were-turning-into-victorians/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Better off Dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kim at Wizbang links to this story about eugenic thinking in Brittan. The comments came as the Lords debated an amendment, [...] that would have protected unborn disabled children from abortion after the 24 week gestational time limit. The amendment &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/02/better-off-dead/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>About Synova</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is me. And yes, those are comic books in the background. I&#8217;m very glad to be here. I&#8217;m just now beginning to adjust to the idea of being invited. As I told Lance, the whole thing was surreal. I &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/26/about-synova/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>This is a test of the Mantis Broadcasting System</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/26/this-is-a-test-of-the-mantis-broadcasting-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because baby bugs are just so cute. They even have cute names, like nymph. You can see the size of this one next to my daughter&#8217;s finger tip. To feed these little guys I had to buy fruit flies off &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/26/this-is-a-test-of-the-mantis-broadcasting-system/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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