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		<title>Michael Palin No Longer the Funniest Palin</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/10/14/john-cleese-on-sarah-palin-monty-python-could-have-written-this-boing-boing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A soon-to-be internet sensation: John Cleese comments on the absurity of Sarah Palin running for VP of the United States. [From John Cleese on Sarah Palin: "Monty Python Could Have Written This." - Boing Boing]]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming an epidemic?</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/09/05/becoming-an-epidemic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The media and John McCain&#8217;s staff seems to have come down with a case of foot-in-mouth disease. The gestation period seems to vary from a period of days to a few months.]]></description>
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		<title>Crazytown</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/05/08/crazytown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 15:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to crazy town. Population: These Guys Seriously? I&#8217;m pretty sure that &#8220;Paulville&#8221; is founding the same way that most anti-government militias start: going &#8220;off the grid&#8221;, forming their own currency (which, of course, is of no value), not being &#8220;forced to do or pay for other people&#8217;s life styles you may not agree with.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profiting from their own incompetence</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2008/03/26/profiting-from-their-own-incompetence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Countrywide executives are forming a new company that will restructure sub-prime mortgage debt (at their discretion) by buying it from banks (at a discount) and profiting on the new loan. Why is no one else complaining that the executives who created this mess are not only allowed to profit both from the creation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tarnishing the Apple</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/12/09/tarnishing-the-apple/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for my trip to the Apple store to day to have my MBP repaired (more after its return), the Washington Post ran this story describing the pains of going to an Apple retail store.]]></description>
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		<title>Finale: Judge who sued dry cleaner to become former judge who lost against dry cleaner</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/10/24/finale-judge-who-sued-dry-cleaner-to-become-former-judge-who-lost-against-dry-cleaner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/10/24/finale-judge-who-sued-dry-cleaner-to-become-former-judge-who-lost-against-dry-cleaner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a final chapter to the &#8220;pants&#8221; saga, the Washington Post is reporting that Judge Roy Pearson will not be receiving his 10-year position as an administrative law judge in Washington, DC. Nothing like closure. I previously discussed the Pearson case here and here. [From Judge Set to Lose Job, Sources Say - washingtonpost.com]]]></description>
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		<title>Fox Business</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/10/13/fox-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/10/13/fox-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More blonde boobs than Bloomberg. [From Business television &#124; Squawk boxes &#124; Economist.com ]]]></description>
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		<title>Union Scabs</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/07/24/union-scabs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/07/24/union-scabs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an idea created by someone with a serious irony deficiency, today&#8217;s Washington Post has a story about picketers who are hired just to protest. According to the Post, the unions have hiring the homeless, day-laborers, and students to march in picket lines. The irony? The union doesn&#8217;t offer benefits, better hours, or any of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>363 Tons</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/02/06/363-tons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2007/02/06/363-tons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters is reporting that the U.S. Federal Reserve sent $4 billion in cash to Iraq before the handoff from the CPA. The entire story can be summed up in one quote: &#8220;Who in their right mind would send 363 tons of cash into a war zone?&#8221; The second best line is, of course, &#8220;where&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Does This Work?</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/11/19/why-does-this-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/11/19/why-does-this-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC is reporting that internet scams from Nigeria are costing the UK billions of pounds. How in the world is it possible that this still works? I&#8217;ve never even seen one of scam letters before. How exactly does all this work? &#8220;Dear Sir: I don&#8217;t know you, and you don&#8217;t know me. But if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is so Vague About Geneva?</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/09/16/what-is-so-vague-about-geneva/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/09/16/what-is-so-vague-about-geneva/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is quite a bit of talk about the Geneva Conventions in the news lately. The President and other war hawks in the Congress are advocating a view that the portion of the Geneva Conventions that refers to the treatment of persons (I&#8217;ll expand on the term later) held in custody during times of war. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing Games During an Election Year</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/08/04/playing-games-during-an-election-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/08/04/playing-games-during-an-election-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2006 05:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate rejected 56-42 a bill that would both reduce the estate tax and increase the minimum wage. According to the Washington Post, Democratic senators decided to vote against the bill to &#8220;block[] a GOP victory months before the election.&#8221; The move is a disgusting election poltical ploy by the Republicans, but the Democrats should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Flag and the Constitution</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/06/27/the-flag-and-the-constitution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/06/27/the-flag-and-the-constitution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No soon than I wrote about the Congress&#8217;s amazing ability to both waste time and collect a paycheck, the Senate is poised yet again (that&#8217;s twice this session, if you&#8217;re keeping score) to vote on a constitutional amendment prohibiting flag burning. Now, I don&#8217;t want to go on about how the Constitution is a &#8220;sacred&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jon Stewart is not &#8220;Poisoning&#8221; Democracy</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/06/23/jon-stewart-is-not-poisoning-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/06/23/jon-stewart-is-not-poisoning-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 06:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite an article the Washington Post&#8217;s &#8216;Unconventional Wisdom&#8217; column, Jon Stewart is not poisoning democracy. At least, not as the article indicates. The argument, based on a study conducted by Eastern Carolina University, suggests that Jon Stewart is making college students so cynical of the voting process and the candidates that they won&#8217;t go out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The War on Content Spam</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/05/31/the-war-on-content-spam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/05/31/the-war-on-content-spam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2006 18:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My site has been attracting a lot of content spam lately. Most of it has been caught by my filtering software, so, until recently, there has not been any real problem. Yesterday, I wrote about the issue of network neutrality. That post, it seemed, attracted a lot of attention. I received several comments, but something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why does Darwin matter?</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/04/25/why-does-darwin-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/04/25/why-does-darwin-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading an article in Slate magazine about the cherry tree. Recently, DC had its annual Cherry Blossom Festival, a celebration of spring and the confluence of American and Japanese culture. The article mentions how the domestic cherry tree does not hold to Darwin&#8217;s theory of natural selection. I&#8217;m not sure if this comparison [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High School or Day Care?</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/04/24/high-school-or-day-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/04/24/high-school-or-day-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The front page story in today&#8217;s Washington Post is about the Fairhaven School, which sounds more like a work of fiction than an actual school. Fairhaven is a school without structure. There is no curriculum, no compulsory class attendance. Students are required to attend class at least five hours out of the day, or face [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goths &#8216;more likely to self-harm&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/04/13/bbc-news-health-goths-more-likely-to-self-harm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/04/13/bbc-news-health-goths-more-likely-to-self-harm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2006 04:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC NEWS &#124; Health &#124; Goths &#8216;more likely to self-harm&#8217; Duh.]]></description>
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		<title>Cleaning up the big dogs</title>
		<link>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/03/23/cleaning-up-the-big-dogs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ndmckinney.net/2006/03/23/cleaning-up-the-big-dogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bush Administration is proposing changes to impose stricter fuel economy standards to SUVs between 8,500 and 10,000 pounds. Are you *expletive deleted* kidding me? Five tons? Who in the world needs a vehicle that big in the first place? For comparison, my Honda Accord weighs about 2500 pounds. My in-laws pickup truck weighs somewhere [...]]]></description>
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