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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; France</title>
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		<title>Sarkozy The Georgian Hero?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/14/sarkozy-the-georgian-hero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not sure how true this is, but here&#8217;s what the London Times says about how close Putin came to over throwing the Georgian government. With Russian tanks only 30 miles from Tbilisi on August 12, Mr Sarkozy told Mr Putin &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/14/sarkozy-the-georgian-hero/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Test for French Will in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/a-test-for-french-will-in-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/a-test-for-french-will-in-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of a horrific magazine spread depicting Taliban fighters showing off war trophies looted from the bodies of French soldiers, President Sarkozy has been predictably and commendably resolute. France isn&#8217;t going to run away for a change. Unfortunately &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/a-test-for-french-will-in-afghanistan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Elegant Solution for Starving, Rat Infested Parts of India</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/14/elegant-solution-for-starving-rat-infested-parts-of-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let them eat Rat. An official also claimed it was a delicacy in France. The things you learn&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic Flame Snuffed Out</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/07/olympic-flame-snuffed-out/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/07/olympic-flame-snuffed-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another embarrassment for China. PARIS, April 7 (UPI) &#8212; The Olympic torch was doused Monday in Paris as demonstrators protested China&#8217;s civil rights record and involvement in Tibet, police said. After the flame was snuffed, the torch was put on &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/07/olympic-flame-snuffed-out/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do Not Stay Silent</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/23/do-not-stay-silent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please read this, and then pass it on and post it yourself. We cannot stay silent.]]></description>
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		<title>Ayaan to France?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/12/ayaan-to-france/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/12/ayaan-to-france/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ayaan Hirsi Ali has applied for French citizenship after strong words of support from Henri Levy and others in the French intelligentsia and government. Ayaan is desperate to find a host country that will supply 24 hour protection, as she &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/12/ayaan-to-france/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Too Sexy for France</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/04/too-sexy-for-fance/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/04/too-sexy-for-fance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carla Bruni, Nicholas Sarkozy&#8217;s bride, is upsetting the &#8220;traditional morality&#8221; of France. I was somewhat surprised to learn there was such a thing, but apparently it goes like this: men are permitted to be promiscuous and women are permitted to&#8230;stay &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/04/too-sexy-for-fance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Faire du ciel le plus bel endroit de la terre</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/03/faire-du-ciel-le-plus-bel-endroit-de-la-terre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video of why I should have been a French pilot. Somewhat NSFW. Some tabloid back story on the scandal.]]></description>
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		<title>Sarkozy&#8217;s New Wife</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/02/sarkozys-new-wife/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carla Bruni. Quelqu&#8217;un m&#8217;a dit [youtube fMUedRUJ_HA] Ten things to know about Sarkozy&#8217;s bride: 5. Criticise her intellect at your peril: her last album, released in 2007, was based on poems by W.B. Yeats, Emily Dickinson and Dorothy Parker. She &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/02/sarkozys-new-wife/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Free Shipping Illegal in France</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/18/free-shipping-illegal-in-france/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/18/free-shipping-illegal-in-france/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a big Amazon user. I think it&#8217;s a lazy guy thing. I know what I want, I don&#8217;t want to window shop at the mall or go to the hassle of actually driving and parking and wandering around in &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/18/free-shipping-illegal-in-france/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Apparently, in France, demand curves do not slope downwards&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/11/apparently-in-france-demand-curves-do-not-slope-downwards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Megan McArdle comments on a piece in The Economist regarding the appalling state of economics education in France and Germany: When the 35 hour work week was proposed, I was talking to someone in the French consulate who did economics &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/11/apparently-in-france-demand-curves-do-not-slope-downwards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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