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	<title>Experiments in Woolgathering &#187; Politics</title>
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		<title>The Violence in France</title>
		<link>http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/politics/2005/11/09/119</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally read an article that explains the social ills and history which lead up to the riots that are spreading across France. To say the least, it was very eye opening. I think many people here, me included, have western Europe on a bit of a pedestal (and, as it turns there are still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women&#8217;s Day Off</title>
		<link>http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/politics/2005/10/24/115</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking to friend Ester from Iceland this morning and she told me that she and the other women were walking off the job at 2:08. My first two thoughts were that it was just at her workplace and why 2:08?? The first was wrong, it&#8217;s nationwide Women&#8217;s Day Off, and the reason for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad things, Activists Gods and Fighting Battles</title>
		<link>http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/general/2005/10/21/113</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night we got a call from R&#8217;s mother. One of her cousins, Bryce, was in a bad car accident yesterday morning. Apparently an oncoming car swerved to avoid something and ran head on into him. He&#8217;s alive, but not breathing on his own and in a medically induced coma while the swelling in his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Optimism</title>
		<link>http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/general/2005/03/12/59</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been trying to be optimistic about the continuing debacle (at least from a progressive point of view) that is the Bush presidency. It&#8217;s been alternately easy and difficult. Easy because I&#8217;ve been so busy, I can sort of forget about. Also, like many things, these things go in cycles and eventually (I hope) the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artificial Insemination is okay, the Ayatollah said so</title>
		<link>http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/general/2005/02/11/53</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lots of people bitch about Christian fundamentalists or Muslim fundamentalists, but really, most fundamentalists of all stripes are a pretty lame lot. The irony of most fundamentalist movements is that they are rarely about the fundamentals, they&#8217;re about control over others, and imposing their views and beliefs on non-believers (and this is not limited to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Non-Book Review: &#8220;State of Fear&#8221; by Michael Crichton</title>
		<link>http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/books/2005/02/09/50</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2005 03:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a non-book review because I haven&#8217;t read this book. Skimmed parts, read several reviews of, but that&#8217;s it. That said, what Crichton did here was, if you ask me, unethical, and frankly, with this book I&#8217;ve pretty much had it with his &#8216;science bad&#8217; schtick. Now, clearly State of Fear is fiction, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Intelligent Design Promoters Chap My Ass</title>
		<link>http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/general/2004/12/31/39</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently several school boards here in the US have started requiring that Intelligent Design (if you aren&#8217;t up on what ID is and want to read the rest of this post and not be confused, read the stuff at this link) be taught in biology classes. Their reasoning for this is that because there are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/politics/2004/11/07/22</link>
		<comments>http://cary.ratatosk.org/blog/politics/2004/11/07/22#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2004 04:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah.. the election. Where to start? Fucking disappointing to say the list. Apparently 51% of voters in this country feel Bush&#8217;s fake Christian values and his even more fake masculinity are more important than half a million jobs lost, 1000 troops killed and 100,000 civilians killed in an attack on the wrong country, a virtual [...]]]></description>
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