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	<description>A lot of caustic and sarcastic humor, stupid opinions, canned news and scanty revelations on politics, foreign affairs, social and fiscal issues, and much else from an independent, yet conservative and Republican, perspective from the Pacific Northwest. Yeah, right.</description>
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		<title>Michelle Obama: President (Hillary) Clinton</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/michelle-obama-president-hillary-clinton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[michelle obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama:
&#8230;I almost said President Clinton..
Now, that would have actually been nice right now.

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		<title>Another Blow for Newdow</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/another-blow-for-newdow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/another-blow-for-newdow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Liberalism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A federal court in San Fran has ruled &#8220;Under God&#8221; in the Pledge of Allegiance does not violate the constitution, in another blow for atheist Michael Newdow. His previous attempt to discontinue pledge recital in schools was dismissed by the Supreme Court on a technicality.
The judge opined:
The Pledge of Allegiance serves to unite our vast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiger Woods Ready to Return This Month</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/tiger-woods-ready-to-return-this-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/tiger-woods-ready-to-return-this-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talking of comebacks, Tiger Woods is ready to make his own later this month. He has hired old Bushy Ari Fleischer for repairing his tattered public image.
Having mistresses is almost an American tradition with many a Presidents engaging in it, most recently LBJ (without any scandals) and WJC (with all the scandals in the world). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doper Marion Jones Set to Make Comeback</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/doper-marion-jones-set-to-make-comeback/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/doper-marion-jones-set-to-make-comeback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sprinter Marion Jones, who was stripped of her Olympic gold and other medals because of doping, has been recruited by WNBA&#8217;s Tulsa Shock.
The Shock, which fled Detroit last year much like most of the city&#8217;s population, is still suffering from a lack of star power and hopes to strike gold with Jones.
Let&#8217;s hope they don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activist Judge Fights on Behalf on ACORN</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/activist-judge-fights-on-behalf-on-acorn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/activist-judge-fights-on-behalf-on-acorn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Liberalism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ACORN has been and is being investigated for all kinds of fraudulent activities &#8211; including advising clients on whorehouse best practices &#8211; and was rightly barred by the Congress from receiving any funds.
Yet, activist judge Nina Gershon of New York had already decided that:
[it is] unconstitutional that Congress tried to cut funding to the activist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Moore Wants a Job</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/michael-moore-wants-a-job/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/michael-moore-wants-a-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Democraps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Moore has written to President Obama that he wants to replace Rahm Emanuel to &#8220;clean up the mess that&#8217;s been created around&#8221; the President. His recent crap hasn&#8217;t been faring well at the box office.
So, I suppose he&#8217;s just looking for something to do other than making pathetic and flop movies.
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		<title>DDoS Attacks Against tGO</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/ddos-attacks-against-tgo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/ddos-attacks-against-tgo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The server that hosts the Global Observatory has been under distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks since around noon Monday, which explains why the site has either been down entirely or extremely slow over the past couple of days.
Last night, we undertook certain measures to mitigate the effects of the DDoS attacks, but the server is still under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Placid 3D Live in Maine Right Now</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/lake-placid-3d-live-in-maine-right-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/lake-placid-3d-live-in-maine-right-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you cared at all for the original Lake Placid, there&#8217;s a sequel going on right now in Maine. Some tool released his pet Gaboon viper on a trail in Maine. The viper is perhaps one of the most venomous snakes in the world, although not very aggressive.
Owning such a dangerous animal is already illegal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Porn Domain Should Be Approved</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/porn-domain-should-be-approved/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/porn-domain-should-be-approved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ICANN board is again considering approving the dot.xxx domain name for adult websites. The last time, the idea was dropped because American conservative groups nixed it. Now, what should be done in addition to approving the porn domain is enabling parental control filtering by domain extensions, and adult websites should be required to move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama = Bush, Says the ACLU</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/obama-bush-says-the-aclu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/obama-bush-says-the-aclu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[White House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s latest move to try KSM in military tribunals, instead of criminal courts, is infuriating the left to such an extent that the ACLU published the following full-page ad in the NYT.

Obama is slowly coming to the painful realization that a lot of what the Bush administration did in matters of national security (military tribunals, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Young &#8216;Uns Still Obsessed with Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/young-uns-still-obsessed-with-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/young-uns-still-obsessed-with-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[White House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that the 18-29 crowd can&#8217;t get over its obsession with Barack Obama. While approval ratings from other age groups are somewhat consistent with previous presidencies, 66% of young &#8216;uns still like Obama, according to a recent Gallup poll.

They&#8217;re still gulping down the Kool-Aid by the gallons. This despite the fact that unemployment and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 More Gay Sex Scandal Involving &#8220;Conservatives&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/2-more-gay-sex-scandal-involving-conservatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/2-more-gay-sex-scandal-involving-conservatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Gay Marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Catholic Church has hardly been able to stay out of sex scandals and the GOP is racing to keep up.
This time around, a senior member of the Pope&#8217;s inner circle and an important adviser to the Vatican was caught engaging in homosexual activities, including haggling with a choir boy &#8220;over the specific physical details [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Armenian Genocide: Get Over It!</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/the-armenian-genocide-get-over-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/the-armenian-genocide-get-over-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1596</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Senate voted today to classify the 1915 massacre of Armenians by the Ottomans as genocide, despite strenuous objections from the White House. The result? Turkey has immediately withdrawn its ambassador to Washington.
At a time when American relations are already strained with Middle Eastern nations and with the Muslim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pervez Musharraf Speaking in Bellevue Amidst Protests (and Hypocrisy)</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/pervez-musharraf-speaking-in-bellevue-amidst-protests-and-hypocrisy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/pervez-musharraf-speaking-in-bellevue-amidst-protests-and-hypocrisy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pervez Musharraf, the former President of Pakistan who now earns six to seven figures for his lectures, is coming to Bellevue, Washington, on March 14th.
The organization that is sponsoring him claims:
We are a local chapter in Seattle, Washington; consisting of local Ex-Pat Pakistanis who support the democratic institutions within Pakistan by offering our help in several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Floundering Ole Miss Recruits Star Wars&#8217; Admiral Ackbar</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/flounderingole-miss-recruits-admiral-ackbar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/flounderingole-miss-recruits-admiral-ackbar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Mississippi, a tier-3 university according to U.S. News &#38; World Report and not rising up, lost its old mascot, Colonel Reb, in 2006 when the administration discontinued it because of its perceived racist image.
Students at Ole Miss have now decided to recruit Admiral Ackbar to help them with their image issues. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Killed Someone with a Toyota? Get Out of Jail Free!</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/killed-someone-with-a-toyota-get-out-of-jail-free/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/killed-someone-with-a-toyota-get-out-of-jail-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Koua Fong Lee killed 3 and injured more in what was declared to be vehicular
homicide in an accident in 2006 involving a Toyota Camry &#8216;96.
He has always proclaimed his innocence and has now seized upon the recent Toyota recall problems to further his case. Apparently, his victims also support him now.
Did you or someone you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM Copies Toyota, Recalls Vehicles</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/gm-copies-toyota-recalls-vehicles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/gm-copies-toyota-recalls-vehicles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not wanting to be left behind, GM is recalling its vehicles. Gotta be like the Japanese goes the thinking in Detroit. Chrysler up next?
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		<title>Polar Bears: Children of Global Warming</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/polar-bears-children-of-global-warming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/polar-bears-children-of-global-warming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, global warming might actually have led to the evolution of polar bears. And, apparently:
&#8230;polar bears have already survived a global warming that affected the northern hemisphere from 130,000 to 115,000 years ago, when the Greenland ice sheet and the Arctic ice cap were smaller than now.
Global warming zombies, however, had to spin the story:
Professor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farrakhan: America Is Doomed</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/farrakhan-america-is-doomed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/03/farrakhan-america-is-doomed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Americas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Of all the crazy people in the world, perhaps the worst is somebody like Louis Farrakhan who still commands a following in the Nation of Islam. Of course, without Farrakhan, we&#8217;d one have less comedian in the world.
He now claims:
It&#8217;s not an accident that a great earthquake took place in Chile &#8230; It was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palestinian Settlements: One Way Forward</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/palestinian-settlements-one-way-forward/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/palestinian-settlements-one-way-forward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Israel/Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The West Bank has long been one of the poorest regions of the world, with high unemployment, lack of modern amenities and housing, and one of the worst standards of living.
That might change for some 40,000 Palestinians if the Palestinian development firm Massar, with money from a Qatari investment company, has its way in Rawabi. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McCain/Dorgan Don&#8217;t Like Dietary Supplements</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/mccaindorgan-dont-like-dietary-supplements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/mccaindorgan-dont-like-dietary-supplements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john mccain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Proving even further that John McCain is hardly a Republican advocating more and more government intrusion into the private lives of citizens and restricting personal choice, he (along with Byron Dorgan) has introduced another crappy bill restricting access to dietary supplements, claiming:
All Americans should know the exact ingredients of any dietary supplement they use and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hank Paulson: We Couldn&#8217;t Find Anything (More To Do)</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/hank-paulson-we-couldnt-find-anything-more-to-do/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/hank-paulson-we-couldnt-find-anything-more-to-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent interview for the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, Hank Paulson &#8216;68, the former Treasury Secretary, claims in reference to the Lehman Brothers collapse:
We tried very hard, but we didn&#8217;t have the authority to put capital into Lehman Brothers until we got TARP. Even if the Fed could have found a legal way to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monogamous Frogs: Unacceptable!</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/monogamous-frogs-unacceptable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/monogamous-frogs-unacceptable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past several years, scientists have been trying their best to portray homosexuality as normal by displaying supposed gay traits in animals.
We have now discovered a species of poison frogs that are not only monogamous but also, God forbid, straight. This is just wrong!
These frogs are entirely abnormal and should be eradicated, or turned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown&#8217;s First Vote: Crossing the Aisle</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/browns-first-vote-crossing-the-aisle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/browns-first-vote-crossing-the-aisle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Brown, the GOP&#8217;s savior, has crossed the aisle to join Democrats in passing another wasteful bill that is allegedly meant to create jobs  &#8211; wasn&#8217;t the $800 billion stimulus plan supposed to do the same? If 800 billion dollars couldn&#8217;t save the day, what will a mere $15 billion do?
The more important question in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brutal Brooklyn Cop Off The Hook</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/brutal-brooklyn-cop-off-the-hook/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/brutal-brooklyn-cop-off-the-hook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The jury in the case of plaintiff Michael Mineo found the police officers innocent of the sodomy charges, with a police baton no less, brought against them.
The officer accused of the crime, Richard Kern, has been accused of excessive force before. In 2007, the city settled with 2 men for $50,000.
In this case, a fellow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Failing Climate Change Movement</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/obamas-failing-climate-change-movement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/obamas-failing-climate-change-movement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[White House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Economist&#8217;s KAL seldom criticizes liberals. When he does, it&#8217;s generally for inaction on any number of his favorite (and invariably, lefty) issues. The latest is climate change.
No wonder Obama&#8217;s approval ratings are falling. He isn&#8217;t pleasing anyone on his core issues &#8211; health care, climate change, ending the wars, Gitmo &#8211; and has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mahmoud al-Mabhouh: Finally A Fun Assassination</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/mahmoud-al-mabhouh-finally-a-fun-assassination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/mahmoud-al-mabhouh-finally-a-fun-assassination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel/Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/?p=1542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The end of the Cold War also brought about the sad end of interesting assassinations. No more would we hear about the murder of high profile politicians, businessmen and other individuals on a regular basis. Over the past 20 years, only a few such covert attempts have been made and only a very few of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Craigslist: Quite Possibly the Best Post Ever</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/craigslist-quite-possibly-the-best-post-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/craigslist-quite-possibly-the-best-post-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, Craigslist can be more than entertaining, as evidenced by this post:
Are you intimidated by winter driving? What the hell are you doing up here then? Do you know where you are? This isn&#8217;t the fucking jungle or desert.
You inevitably pull out in front of me when there&#8217;s no one behind me, and you could&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Nuclear Power in the U.S.: Finally!</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/more-nuclear-power-in-the-u-s-finally/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/more-nuclear-power-in-the-u-s-finally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama seems to have abandoned another of his supporters&#8217; pet issues &#8211; supporting nuclear power plants &#8211; by providing loan guarantees for the construction of 2 power plants in Georgia. Obama recognizes:
Make no mistake: whether it is nuclear energy, or solar or wind energy, if we fail to invest in these technologies today, we’ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Climate Action Partnership: 3 Down, Few More To Go</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/u-s-climate-action-partnership-3-down-few-more-to-go/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/02/u-s-climate-action-partnership-3-down-few-more-to-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>observer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberalism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Climate Action Partnership, an organization created to appease climate change fanatics/liberals, is slowly coming apart at the seams.
The WSJ is reporting that BP, ConocoPhilips and Caterpillar have quit the group, because:
USCAP was focused on getting a climate-change bill passed, whereas [the quitters are] increasingly concerned with what the details of such a [...]]]></description>
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