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		<title>The Permission for Resistance</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/18/the-permission-for-resistance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brief except of a talk at the 92nd Street Y between Salman Rushdie and Irshad Manji, discussing the possibility of reform against extremism in the Islamic faith. Rushdie draws a fine parallel with the experience of the Western left during &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/18/the-permission-for-resistance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Medvedev&#8217;s Caribbean Dream</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/medvedevs-caribbean-dream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A depressingly confused analogy from Medvedev on US aid to Georgia: &#8220;I wonder how they would like it if we sent humanitarian assistance using our navy to countries of the Caribbean that have suffered from the recent hurricanes.&#8221; (AFP) We&#8217;d &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/medvedevs-caribbean-dream/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>So Ends the Kouchner Adventure</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia wants Saakashvili gone and then categorically rejects the French ceasefire agreement Saakashvili signed. Even while the increasingly uncomfortable Medvedev says they&#8217;re all but finished with military operations. The humiliating exposure of Medvedev&#8217;s &#8220;presidency&#8221; is one of the more comical &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/11/so-ends-the-kouchner-adventure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thunder in the Place of the Winds</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/07/thunder-in-the-place-of-the-winds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo: Isuru Senevi &#124; site And so ends Mauritania&#8217;s brief experiment with constitutional democracy. The AFP has a source in the new ruling junta who says there will be new elections in two months. We shall see. Alex Ely notes &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/07/thunder-in-the-place-of-the-winds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Russia Speaks to the American Electorate</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/30/russia-speaks-to-the-american-electorate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sober, secular and educated new residents to New Mexico can often be found painting the frames of their doors and windows a vivid bright blue. Having seen the habit practiced on the homes of locals, the newcomers invariably assume it&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/30/russia-speaks-to-the-american-electorate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Deceptive Introductions</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/11/deceptive-introductions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Isn&#8217;t it unfortunate when a truly awful movie has a truly spectacular intro.]]></description>
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		<title>Scrambling for Africa: A Conversation with John Ghazvinian</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/02/scrambling-for-africa-a-conversation-with-john-ghazvinian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gas flaring in the Niger Delta (photo: Ellie) John Ghazvinian is a journalist and historian of considerable insight into African affairs. He also happens to have written one of the best recent books on the emergent international struggle for African &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/02/scrambling-for-africa-a-conversation-with-john-ghazvinian/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Savimbi Gets Robbed</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/23/savimbi-gets-robbed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tomb of Jonas Savimbi in Moxico has been looted by graverobbers. A number of items were stolen including his bronze epitaph. A bit of a sad addendum for the former US ally and UNITA leader who had battled the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/23/savimbi-gets-robbed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Swinging Liberals and Reagan Resentment</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/21/swinging-liberals-and-reagan-resentment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: Marc Nozell) Matt Stoller at OpenLeft has a pretty interesting observation about the swing of the self-described &#8220;very liberal&#8221; constituency from Obama to Hillary over the course of the primaries: In Iowa, Obama beat Clinton by 16 points among &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/21/swinging-liberals-and-reagan-resentment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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