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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; Domestic Politics</title>
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		<title>Abrogation of the Soul</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/16/abrogation-of-the-soul/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhat tortuously, the State Department has congratulated the victory of Hugo Chavez&#8217;s referendum to revoke term limits on his rule as a victory for participatory democracy, while faintly recommending a new respect for multiparty pluralism. Consider for a moment if &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/16/abrogation-of-the-soul/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Appointment with Defeat</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/11/an-appointment-with-defeat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blagojevich]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blagojevich&#8217;s senate appointment might not be as valuable to a political career as he seemed to believe. Nate Silver takes a systematic look at senators who were appointed to fill vacant seats by governors over the last fifty years, and &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/11/an-appointment-with-defeat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Immunity to Ecstasy</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/05/an-immunity-to-ecstasy/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/05/an-immunity-to-ecstasy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So we had an election. For those in the new opposition the outcome was variously enviable, troubling, or contemptible. For the victors it was&#8230;what else, an occasion for gathering an enormous outdoor rally at an urban theatrical stage to chant. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/05/an-immunity-to-ecstasy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cocktail Politics, Rio Rancho Office Space and Truman Republicans</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/03/cocktail-politics-rio-rancho-office-space-and-truman-republicans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It occurs to me that the sequence of cocktails is the best political indicator I know of on election night. In 2004 I was attending a Democratic election party and early on everyone was drinking wine and martinis in stemware, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/03/cocktail-politics-rio-rancho-office-space-and-truman-republicans/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Man Without a Season</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/20/a-man-without-a-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stéphane Dion, leader of the defeated Canadian Liberal Party, has rather ignominiously resigned his position today. Thereby he becomes the first Liberal Party leader since the 19th century to have never become Prime Minister of Canada. Given his dismal political &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/20/a-man-without-a-season/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christopher Hitchens &amp; Political Irresponsibility</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/18/christopher-hitchens-political-irresponsibility/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/18/christopher-hitchens-political-irresponsibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video of Laura Ingraham interrogating Christopher Hitchens over his rather weakly supported endorsement of Barack Obama for president. Hitch&#8217;s primary position in this chat is that Obama should be supported because he is &#8220;evolving&#8221; toward support of a more aggressive &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/18/christopher-hitchens-political-irresponsibility/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Marxist Drumbeat of the Left</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/21/the-marxist-drumbeat-of-the-left/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brutally HonestThe drumbeat &#8211; the phenomenon of the big lie.&#160; It&#8217;s the drumbeat of the left. It is political, philosophical, theological, and social. It pervades every activity. It is post-structural, post-modern, post-everything in the parlance of the day. It is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/21/the-marxist-drumbeat-of-the-left/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Against all of that stand these two.</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/20/against-all-of-that-stand-these-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[InstapunditBill Whittle talks about McCain and Palin and their stand against a Legion of Narcissists and a Confederacy of Despair &#8211; the Liberal Left.]]></description>
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		<title>Hacks &amp; Hackers</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/17/hacks-hackers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin&#8217;s personal email account gets hacked by an anonymous operative and Farhad Manjoo blames Palin for &#8220;Rovian tactics.&#8221; Indifference to irony isn&#8217;t a new thing in Palin reporting, but there&#8217;s a certain amusement about the event in liberal circles &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/17/hacks-hackers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Earmark Battle Continues</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/13/earmark-battle-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instapundit&#8220;Senate Democrats promised more open government.&#160; This is not it.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>The Economic Message is Bad &#8211; Not the Economy</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/13/the-economic-message-is-bad-not-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/13/the-economic-message-is-bad-not-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chronicles of the Conspiracy&#8220;What does it say about our nation that it has become political suicide to state the good news that our economy is not in recession?&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>On Bad Ideas</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/on-bad-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seth Weinberger picks up Foreign Policy&#8217;s &#8220;10 Worst Policy Ideas&#8221; for Obama and McCain and adds some commentary. What&#8217;s immediately striking to me is how few objections FP offers to McCain&#8217;s foreign policy proposals. A peculiar thing, if you&#8217;re familiar &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/on-bad-ideas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Outside View of the State of Our Presidential Race</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/07/an-outside-view-of-the-state-of-our-presidential-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caroline Glick via Ace of Spades Caroline Glick is an astute observer of our political situation. She is based in Jerusalem. &#8220;McCain&#8217;s strategic grasp of the requirements for a successful presidential race provide an important lesson for policy-makers and political &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/07/an-outside-view-of-the-state-of-our-presidential-race/">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>
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		<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>Minor Scandals Can Help</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/01/minor-scandals-can-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently the teenage pregnancy of Sarah Palin&#8217;s daughter Bristol has excited social conservatives even more about the candidate (for the when-it-counts demonstration of opposition to abortion). According to Grover Norquist, the soc-cons are &#8220;over the moon&#8221; in their support. That&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/01/minor-scandals-can-help/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Authenticity is the Word of the Day</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/authenticity-is-the-word-of-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Weekly StandardNewt Gingrich nails it.]]></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>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/a-gutter-al-scream/#comments</comments>
		<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>Side by Side Comparison &#8211; Obama vs Palin</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/side-by-side-comparison-obama-vs-palin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RedstateObviously not written by an Obama supporter but there is some truth in spite of a bit of snark.]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/quote-of-the-day-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hot Air &#8211; Ed Morrissey&#8220;Would you rather have the man who set the trap dealing with our enemies abroad, or the man who fell into it?&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the Character Stupid</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/its-the-character-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Whittle argues reasonably and persuasively, on a lefty blog, about the real reason for choosing Sarah Palin. I stumbled across this at Brutally Honest but follow the link to Whittle&#8217;s full comments. They are excellent. I think, for me, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/its-the-character-stupid/">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>Top Sources of Contributions</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/25/top-sources-of-contributions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Human EventsThe unions and municipal workers groups don&#8217;t surprise me. What does surprise me is how the left dominates these large fund raising groups. What causes this? What is different about the left and the right? Some kind of association &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/25/top-sources-of-contributions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sue Pols for Lying?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/23/sue-pols-for-lying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instapundit &#8220;Yeah, it would threaten their whole business model.&#8221; Isn&#8217;t this an interesting idea?]]></description>
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		<title>Clarifying the Separation of Church and State</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/21/clarifying-the-separation-of-church-and-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogs for Victory&#8220;I wanted to make a distinction between separation of Church and state, and separating our faith from our politics. You can embrace the concept of separation of Church and state, but that’s not at all the same thing &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/21/clarifying-the-separation-of-church-and-state/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Has the Left Gone Nuts?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/19/has-the-left-gone-nuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intellectual Conservative Politics and PhilosophyLong but interesting view of the current state of the political left.]]></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>Age Old Problem</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/age-old-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My time at the Nebraska Regional was super.  Our team won three of the four Knockout Events, was second in a shorter &#8220;Compact&#8221; Knockout &#8211; then struggled to 13th place in the last day&#8217;s Swiss Team, although we were in &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/age-old-problem/">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>Russian Imperialism and the Election</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/russian-imperialism-and-the-election/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: Chris Dunn) John Bolton argues that the future of Russian imperialism in Eurasia rides on the outcome of the US presidential election. Unsurprisingly, he pitches McCain: &#8220;First reactions, before the campaigns’ pollsters and consultants get involved are always the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/russian-imperialism-and-the-election/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Going to Tbilisi?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/13/going-to-tbilisi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian units are on the move again in Georgian territory, apparently in violation of the truce agreement. One Russian soldier in a large convoy shouted an ominous flirtation to a press photographer outside Gori, hopefully in jest or lust: &#8220;Come &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/13/going-to-tbilisi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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