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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; Iran</title>
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		<title>Pulling Strings in Foreign Relations</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/05/pulling-strings-in-foreign-relations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 19:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems to be an awful lot of &#8220;testing&#8221; going on. Mutiny in Georgia!!! Iran attacks Kurdish guerillas in Iraq with helicopters Pakistan is melting down!!! Chinese Ships Come Dangerously Close to American Vessel]]></description>
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		<title>Rejecting Hamas</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/10/rejecting-hamas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a bit of good news from earlier. As you may have seen, reports have been swirling about a plan by Obama to open direct talks with Hamas. Those reports are evidently groundless, as a statement from Brooke Anderson was &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/10/rejecting-hamas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Frank Miller&#8217;s Geostrategic Theory</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/22/frank-millers-geostrategic-theory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frank Lovece sat down with Frank Miller for Newsday to discuss his upcoming film The Spirit. Toward the end of it Lovece asked Miller about remarks he&#8217;d made in 2007 in support of the Iraq War, and offered him an &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/22/frank-millers-geostrategic-theory/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Implications of the Pletka Purge</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/22/implications-of-the-pletka-purge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roland picks up an interesting piece by Jacob Heilbrunn for the National Interest, describing an ongoing purge of neoconservative intellectuals from the American Enterprise Institute, allegedly instigated by Vice President Danielle Pletka. So far Michael Ledeen and Reuel Marc Gerecht &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/22/implications-of-the-pletka-purge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></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>A Shattered Idol in the Black Garden</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/09/a-shattered-idol-in-the-black-garden/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/09/a-shattered-idol-in-the-black-garden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: Rahim Alizadeh) In Verdi&#8217;s opera Nabucco &#8211;the namesake of the western gas pipeline to Europe that holds the promise of partial independence from Russian energy reliance&#8211; the Jewish patriots take the daughter of the Babylonian king hostage, in order &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/09/a-shattered-idol-in-the-black-garden/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Forceful on Iran</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/04/forceful-on-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s concession on the surge will probably dominate discussion of the O&#8217;Reilly interview, but his increasingly hardline stane against the Iranian theocracy&#8217;s regional activities and nuclear program is what should be in line for praise.]]></description>
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		<title>Another Iranian Rocket Test, Another Failure?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/18/another-iranian-rocket-test-another-failure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s certainly not unheard of, so was the recent Iranian rocket test really a success? The ever sourced &#8220;senior U.S. official&#8221; says the rocket wasn&#8217;t successful. &#8220;The Iranians did not successfully launch the rocket,&#8221; a senior U.S. defense official told &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/18/another-iranian-rocket-test-another-failure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Army Upgrades</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/15/iraqi-army-upgrades/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iraq is buying 140 M1A1 Abrams tanks, along with wide range of other conventional hardware, as it prepares to shift its focus from internal security to defending the borders in a very hostile neighborhood. Iran, in case you&#8217;re wondering, can &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/15/iraqi-army-upgrades/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blameless are the Bellicose?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/15/blameless-are-the-bellicose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: Pavel Trebukov &#124; blog) From the gang who brought you the &#8220;because Georgia has invaded its own country we had to attack&#8221; rationale for the South Ossetian War, Poland has now apparently &#8220;made itself a target&#8221; for Russian nuclear &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/15/blameless-are-the-bellicose/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Strategic Objectives Changing?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/09/russian-strategic-objectives-changing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wu Wei believes Russia is now targeting the Nabucco gas pipeline in Georgia&#8230;while the Russian NATO envoy argues that strategic objectives are restricted to a South Ossetia protection and warns NATO to stay out. And now Iran gets into the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/09/russian-strategic-objectives-changing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire &amp; Invasion, by Paddy Docherty</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/10/the-khyber-pass-a-history-of-empire-invasion-by-paddy-docherty/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/10/the-khyber-pass-a-history-of-empire-invasion-by-paddy-docherty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This book was written entirely in the passive voice. The passive voice was used to avoid assigning causation or personhood to various events. As a result, we learn that places were invaded, people were slaughtered, armies were founded, but no &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/10/the-khyber-pass-a-history-of-empire-invasion-by-paddy-docherty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Her Tenure Was a Monumental Failure</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/04/her-tenure-was-a-monumental-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/04/her-tenure-was-a-monumental-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it great when our Chief Diplomat doesn&#8217;t really see the need for diplomacy?]]></description>
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		<title>Fallon and Petraeus sitting in a tree&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/03/fallon-and-petraeus-sitting-in-a-tree/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/03/fallon-and-petraeus-sitting-in-a-tree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was catching up a bit on my reading, and thanks to McQ found this interview with Admiral Fallon. As McQ points out, the conversation did not go the way Kyra Phillips was trying to steer it. Given our own &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/03/fallon-and-petraeus-sitting-in-a-tree/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures In Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/20/adventures-in-stupidity/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/20/adventures-in-stupidity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leftosphere is up in arms over John McCain &#8220;lying&#8221; about Barack Obama&#8217;s stated intentions vis-a-vis Iran. The latest source of righteous outrage comes courtesy of a Joel Klein interview with McCain: At a press conference here, I just asked &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/20/adventures-in-stupidity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More Like This Please</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/21/more-like-this-please/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was pleasantly surprised, and mildly irritated, to see that Condi Rice basically called Muqtada al-Sadr a coward while she was in Baghdad recently (via: Instapundit): Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/21/more-like-this-please/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CENTCOM Commander Admiral Fallon Resigns (UPDATED)</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/03/11/centcom-commander-admiral-fallon-resigns/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/03/11/centcom-commander-admiral-fallon-resigns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently rumors have been swirling around for awhile that Fallon was on his way out. Well, today he resigned and the speculation is that it was over a recent interview he did in Esquire, written by Thomas P.M. Barnett (regarding &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/03/11/centcom-commander-admiral-fallon-resigns/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s War Against Dogs</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/05/irans-war-against-dogs/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/05/irans-war-against-dogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[crackdown]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video report on the Iranian theocracy&#8217;s deranged crackdown on pet dog ownership. Since walking a dog in public is apparently illegal, pet owners are resorting to walking their dogs late at night to avoid detection from the police. According to &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/05/irans-war-against-dogs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saddam &#8220;wanted to pursue all of WMD &#8230; to reconstitute his entire WMD program&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/29/saddam-wanted-to-pursue-all-of-wmd-to-reconstitute-his-entire-wmd-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure that&#8217;s &#8220;news&#8221; to those who have been paying attention the last few years, but now we have another source reported by CNN on Sunday. What makes this source newsworthy and interesting is that it&#8217;s FBI agent George &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/29/saddam-wanted-to-pursue-all-of-wmd-to-reconstitute-his-entire-wmd-program/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on Fred</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/23/reflections-on-fred/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a post better suited for yesterday and Fred&#8217;s withdrawal, but I suppose I let myself get distracted without posting it. It should go without saying that while I was unsurprised by the event, it was nevertheless disappointing. But &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/23/reflections-on-fred/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian President&#8217;s Public Spanking</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/22/iranian-presidents-public-spanking/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/22/iranian-presidents-public-spanking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FoxNews, fair and balanced. Well, one can add snarky to that tag line for the headline above. Not that I disagree with it, or think we shouldn&#8217;t treat some people to a certain amount of disrespect. Just another straw on &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/22/iranian-presidents-public-spanking/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Toward a New Italian Left</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/18/toward-a-new-italian-left/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/18/toward-a-new-italian-left/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a fascinating little article on Walter Veltroni, the mayor of Rome and the new leading light of the Italian Left. Vetroni has worked to create a more moderate and flexible social democratic political culture in Italy. Modeling his new &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/18/toward-a-new-italian-left/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Glenn Greenwald Carnival of Fisking has some new entries</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/14/the-glenn-greenwald-carnival-of-fisking-has-some-new-entries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, let us all go and see Eric Scheie delve into the sock drawer and how the moth eaten brain now, amongst all the other charges, believes Glenn Reynolds is a racist! The puppy blending, mass murder and nuclear holocaust &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/14/the-glenn-greenwald-carnival-of-fisking-has-some-new-entries/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>European tax collections funding Hamas?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/12/european-tax-collections-funding-hamas/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/12/european-tax-collections-funding-hamas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Harry&#8217;s place we see further reason to despise Brussel&#8217;s bureaucrats.]]></description>
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