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	<title>The Kosmopolitan Online &#187; The Welfare Queen</title>
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		<title>Dissemination of Tragedy and the Tyranny of the Media, or, Irony&#039;s a real Bitch</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Goffeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much attention has been paid in academia to the phenomenon of the mass media’s role in the dissemination of information. Theories about the role of the news in not only reporting events, but shaping their essential character have become so widespread &#8211; thanks to the efforts of a small army of trendy French poststructuralists – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suggestions for Teabaggers and the 9/12 Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Goffeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you may know, noted blowhard Glenn Beck has come up with yet-another nationalistic publicity scam. Seemingly in an attempt to appeal to the same people who unironically talked about teabagging Obama, Beck has come up with what he calls the 9/12 Project. Beck&#8217;s stated purpose for the project is to &#8220;bring us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Day In The Life of Healthcare Inaction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Goffeney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[To the Left]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death panels]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, I rode my bike downtown to the bank. (exercise &#8211; healthy!) After depositing my check, I decided to stop for breakfast at the Main Street Cafe. For any readers unfamiliar with Kalamazoo, Main Street is a wonderful little breakfast and lunch joint. I don&#8217;t know if the waitress knows my name, but she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Body shots in Kabul: Mercenaries Gone Wild</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Goffeney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Welfare Queen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Government’s privatization of war has taken a turn for the sleazy in Afghanistan, according to this article from Mother Jones. In a letter to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, The Project on Government Oversight detailed a wide range of frat house antics perpetrated by private contractors (read: mercenaries) of ArmorGroup North America while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What The Kennedys Gave America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Goffeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since his death late Tuesday night, tributes to Ted Kennedy have been sprouting up from politicians, bloggers, and NGOs from all corners of The Internet. These tributes all sound heartfelt in their praises of Kennedy, even those of his political opposites. After all, the man was renown for his ability at working between squabbling parties [...]]]></description>
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