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			<title><![CDATA[ I see assholes ]]></title>
			<link>http://stumpsandsoapboxes.com/topic/951/I-see-assholes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <a  rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/01/05/bank-charge-of-the-day-mortgage-payment-edition/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=60132" rel="nofollow">Here</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:20:46 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Osama Bin Ladin Dead ]]></title>
			<link>http://stumpsandsoapboxes.com/topic/940/Osama-Bin-Ladin-Dead</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Hope our people got out before it was announced. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 20:30:22 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Giant Religious Statues ]]></title>
			<link>http://stumpsandsoapboxes.com/topic/939/Giant-Religious-Statues</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ for all you god fearin' folk<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.life.com/gallery/52131#index/0">http://www.life.com/gallery/52131#index/0</a> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (The PD)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:39:49 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Well, well, well ]]></title>
			<link>http://stumpsandsoapboxes.com/topic/934/Well-well-well</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Looks like all my old pals from chimpy's and sjihfn are here.<br>
<br>
How'd that impeachment thing work out?<br>
<br>
<br>
D'OH! ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:40:53 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Cold Fusion? ]]></title>
			<link>http://stumpsandsoapboxes.com/topic/933/Cold-Fusion-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Serious but oblique question for Standard American or perhaps Jesus H. Christ.<br>
<br>
I'm trying to figure out if there is anything to this <a target="_blank" href="http://www.unthinkable.biz/home/article/2257/mamma-mia-italian-scientists-claim-to-have-created-cold-fusion">Cold Fusion revival.</a> <br>
<br>
What is certain is that if there is any possibility for this to work, energy companies will suppress this like there's no tomorrow.  Except Conoco of course. : )<br>
<br>
What do you think? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:53:52 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Gun control..NOW ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:18:13 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Right-wing Scum! ]]></title>
			<link>http://stumpsandsoapboxes.com/topic/931/Right-wing-Scum-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Can you believe conservatives are trying to DEFEND Palin's cross-hairs map?  Unbelievable. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:33:47 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ This election is  already painful ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Sigh. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:13:20 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Oklahoma Tragedy ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12836705@N05/5084121783/" title="68818_1470893887652_1092777031_31181217_1445513_n by adamteraoka, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5084121783_3db5b1a98f.jpg" width="500" height="386" alt="68818_1470893887652_1092777031_31181217_1445513_n"></a><br>
<br>
SA!  If there's anything you need man, just let me know.  The horrah... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:57:11 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ wHOLlY SHIT! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I thought things were bad in Oklahoma, but I've working in the Midland, Tx area for the last week and this the craziest shit I've ever seen -- <a target="_blank" href="http://www.godslearningchannel.com/">God's Learning Channel</a>.  I don't even have to link to any particular program or clip because its practically non-stop John Birch Society xtian insanity.<br>
<br>
Some things god wants me to learn:<br>
<br>
<em>Moooslims are in control of America's banking system, and own practically all the mainstream media, except Fox News.  I'm not joking -- they really said that.<br>
<br>
If we allow Islam into this country (huh?), pretty soon we'll all be under Sharia law (instead of godly xtian law)<br>
</em><br>
Too worn out to catalog all the atrocities, but please check it out.  It just has to be seen to be believed.<br>
<br>
<strong>Update:</strong>  god just learned me (through some very angry red-haired woman) that the Dept. of Interior is a communist plot, and should be... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Standard American)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:58:47 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Left vs Right ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://infobeautiful.s3.amazonaws.com/leftright_EU_1416.gif"> 
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:12:35 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Missouri Prop C ]]></title>
			<link>http://stumpsandsoapboxes.com/topic/914/Missouri-Prop-C</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Can a state effectively ban the imperial federal government from imposing penalties arising from the Obamacare mandate?<br><br>Thoughts from the left? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:43:55 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ One drop in an ocean of Stupid ]]></title>
			<link>http://stumpsandsoapboxes.com/topic/913/One-drop-in-an-ocean-of-Stupid</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Do you need to know any more about the conservative mind than that the same people who think "the government" can't d anything right, think the Pentagon can do no wrong?<br>
<br>
That really is a clumsy segue into this video, but never mind -- just take a gander at this idiot.<br>
<br>
<br>
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/73tKip88uqU&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" width="640" height="385" ></embed> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:30:18 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Kuhnayjun ]]></title>
			<link>http://stumpsandsoapboxes.com/topic/912/Kuhnayjun</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Anyone know how he's doing?  Still alive? ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Dreamy5)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:14:35 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ droid test ]]></title>
			<link>http://stumpsandsoapboxes.com/topic/907/droid-test</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ God this thing is awesome... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (aztcc)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 22:31:34 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ SCOTUS Pick ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I'd love to see the President pick a real strong liberal but I guess that's already off the table. He reportedly interviewed Diane Wood today. Greenwald's ok with her and that's probably good enough for me. Thoughts? Picks? Odds?<br> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Mickey Devine)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 17:50:05 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Christopher Hitchens ]]></title>
			<link>http://stumpsandsoapboxes.com/topic/904/Christopher-Hitchens</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I know he's been around forever but I've really gotten into reading his stuff lately. Way too interventionist in foreign policy for my tastes but I agree with him on a lot of issues. His takes on Nixon, Reagan, Kissinger and that crowd are classic. Use the Google.<br><br>*Not sure if this is the right forum for this but, what the hell, I'm new to this worldwide, interweb business.<br> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 19:07:24 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ News Reels 1910-1970 ]]></title>
			<link>http://stumpsandsoapboxes.com/topic/900/News-Reels-1910-1970</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Good website this, you can&nbsp;explore through decades of social change and historical events- <a target="_blank" href="http://www.britishpathe.com/">http</a><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow" wordlookup="http"><a href="http://www.britishpathe.com/"></a></span>://www.britishpathe.com/&nbsp;Just use the search box. ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (humder)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:46:40 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ British Election Is On ]]></title>
			<link>http://stumpsandsoapboxes.com/topic/899/British-Election-Is-On</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The election for Britain was called 2 days ago and it shall be my first vote in a general election. We are either going to see no party in control or the Conservatives in control.<br><br>While American elections are an epic battle between good and evil, last years, draw thousands to rallies,&nbsp;British elections are far smaller and only last a month! Britain does not have big rallies or personality cults either. Rather different.<br><br>Here is a quiz to see which party your views best match- <a target="_blank" href="http://www.votematch.org.uk/">http</a><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow" wordlookup="http"><a href="http://www.votematch.org.uk/"></a></span>://www.votematch.org.uk/<br><br>My results-<br><br>
<h2>Party</h2>
<dl class="results">
<dt class="bar-title"><a target="_blank" href="?s=partyresults&amp;p=4">Green Party</a>: </dt>
<dd class="bar-container">
<div style="WIDTH: 143px; DISPLAY: block" class="bar" jquery1270725537972="2">&nbsp;</div><strong>71%</strong>... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:22:47 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Why the news sucks.  Part 1 ]]></title>
			<link>http://stumpsandsoapboxes.com/topic/898/Why-the-news-sucks-Part-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I noticed this about a year ago.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think the story was about flooding in the midwest.&nbsp; Apparently, that was an opportunity to get shot of Michelle Kosinski in a cornfield.&nbsp; <br><br><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4499777037_07bfe8f301.jpg"><br><br>We're circling the drain.<br> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:21:54 PST</pubDate>
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