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		<title>If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/10/27/if-you-strike-me-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do tea parties, Glenn Beck, Fox News, and the US Chamber of Commerce have in common? All are demonized opponents of the Obama administration, and more popular then ever. &#8220;If you strike me down, I will become more powerful &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/10/27/if-you-strike-me-down/">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>
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		<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>A Rose By Any Other Name</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/12/a-rose-by-any-other-name/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/12/a-rose-by-any-other-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sounds like they want the Fairness Doctrine to me. If they want this fight, then broadcast TV ought be included. More over at QandO. http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=43414 “If markets cannot produce what society really cares about, like a media that reflects the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/12/a-rose-by-any-other-name/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Name That Party</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/11/name-that-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any guesses what party this state rep. belongs to? Answer after the break. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/02/62687523/1?se=yahoorefer While local and national media swarmed Henrietta Hughes for interviews, Chene Thompson, wife of State Rep. Nick Thompson, grabbed Hughes&#8217; hand and offered them a house. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/11/name-that-party/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin in the Eye of the Beholder</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/29/sarah-palin-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/29/sarah-palin-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With news that Governor Palin started her own political action committee at SarahPAC, she has entered the punditry discussion again, and yet again provokes strong responses, though as Josh Painter shows, little consensus. Many of the descriptions have to be &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/29/sarah-palin-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Penn on the Press &amp; Palin</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/12/mark-penn-on-the-press-palin/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/12/mark-penn-on-the-press-palin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boy, this was an awfully interesting exchange. Democratic strategist Mark Penn, absurdly invited by Brian Goldsmith to argue the press has been soft on Sarah Palin, instead slams the media for counterproductively biased and vindictive coverage: CBSNews.com: Your former colleague &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/12/mark-penn-on-the-press-palin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Republican Atavism</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/04/a-republican-atavism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Podhoretz thinks the Palin speech might be among the most dazzling debuts in American political history. I don&#8217;t know about that, but I do know it was the most powerful, important, and effective speech by a vice presidential candidate &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/04/a-republican-atavism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on the Republican Convention</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/thoughts-on-the-rnc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tuned in for a little bit and here are some thoughts. ABC, NBC and CBS showed it in SD, while CNN had it in HD. Dunno why. ABC was behind. They had Thompson speaking while the other networks had &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/thoughts-on-the-rnc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Black Signs at the Exhibition</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/black-signs-at-the-exhibition/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/black-signs-at-the-exhibition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IMF has come through for Georgia in an enormous way, approving a $750 million credit line for the beleaguered republic. Beyond the much needed aid, it&#8217;s a powerful political reminder for Russia of the gargantuan economic advantage the West &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/black-signs-at-the-exhibition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Welcoming the World to Wasilla</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/welcoming-the-world-to-wasilla/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo: Michael Levesque It seems the international media is crawling all over the tiny town Sarah Palin began her political career in. Being fond of leaders for whom membership in the general public is a recent memory, I think it&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/welcoming-the-world-to-wasilla/">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>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>
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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>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>
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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>Risk and Reward</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/18/risk-and-reward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us, when we hear the phrase &#8220;risk and reward&#8221; think of Wall Street.  Or business in general. But in reality, &#8220;risk and reward&#8221; affect us throughout our lives. Our parents take a risk when they conceive us.  They &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/18/risk-and-reward/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Smarty Pants</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/18/smarty-pants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every day, Professor Keith Burgess-Jackson reprints a Letter to the Editor from the New York Times.  This offering left me gape-jawed. The Professor&#8217;s first point is well-taken. Where is the evidence that Barack Obama is more intelligent than John McCain? &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/18/smarty-pants/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Humpty Dumpty Language</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/humpty-dumpty-language/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re Speaker of the House, I guess that, in addition to all your other powers, you can make language mean whatever you wish it to mean. PELOSI: I’m never certain of anything. Today, I would be certain. I just &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/humpty-dumpty-language/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Dinosaur, The Dodo</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/the-dinosaur-the-dodo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And now?  The end of the mainstream media as we know it. Edwards, 55, now admits that he had an affair with Hunter, now 44,in 2006, but denies that he is the father of the child she had in February. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/the-dinosaur-the-dodo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>War Crimes Live</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/14/war-crimes-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgian television reporter Tamara Urushadze gets shot by a Russian sniper as she delivered a live report near Gori. Tough girl, she finishes the report without a tear.]]></description>
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		<title>Through a Darker Glass</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/09/through-a-darker-glass/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cernig at Larisa Alexandrovna&#8217;s site had me persuaded for two whole paragraphs. Now, having little taste for the fine art of distractions-from-distractions, I tend to roll my eyes at the transparently partisan diversionary tactics one sees all over the web &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/09/through-a-darker-glass/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The McCarthyism of 2008</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/04/the-mccarthyism-of-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you now, or have you ever been a conservative?]]></description>
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		<title>A Paranoid on Paranoia-Last updated 1:06 CST</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/03/a-paranoid-on-paranoia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 9/11 itself, the anthrax attacks were probably the most consequential event of the Bush presidency. One could make a persuasive case that they were actually more consequential. You could? The 9/11 attacks were obviously traumatic for the country, but &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/03/a-paranoid-on-paranoia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Select Rants</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/28/select-rants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who love New York Times bashing, I am in rant mode at Risk and Return. What a bunch of balderdash. Also, if you want a good idea of where housing prices may go, I also have &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/28/select-rants/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Finally! Car Blogging!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/27/finally-car-blogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am co-bloggers Keith and Josh will be thrilled to know that Vanity Fair now has a gay car blog.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Setbacks&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/27/setbacks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We see this kind of thing in the press all the time: U.S. and Afghan troops have abandoned a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine American soldiers earlier this week, officials said Wednesday. Compounding the military setback, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/27/setbacks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bosom Buddies</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/25/bosom-buddies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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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>
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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 Economy Makes Me Nervous As Well</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/04/the-economy-makes-me-nervous-as-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, this is kind of funny, if in a dancing on gravestones kind of way. I hate to continue to beat an old drum, but the economic data is showing far less stress than is actually out there. Employment is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/04/the-economy-makes-me-nervous-as-well/">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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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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>
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		<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>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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