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	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:01:09 EDT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What’s For Breakfast At Your House: Obama O’s or Cap’n McCain’s?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=What%E2%80%99s-Breakfast-At-Your-House-Obama-O%E2%80%99s-Cap%E2%80%99n-McCain%E2%80%99s</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:01:09 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Media</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=What%E2%80%99s-Breakfast-At-Your-House-Obama-O%E2%80%99s-Cap%E2%80%99n-McCain%E2%80%99s</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch: This week's award for best marketing promotion related to the election goes to AirBed &amp; Breakfast, the peer-to-peer pad crashing site for travelers. (You list how much per night you want for travelers to stay on your floor, and they book through the site). Today, I received a package from AirBed &amp; Breakfast containing the two boxes of cereal pictured above: Obama O's and Cap'n McCain's. In addition to the physical boxes of cereal, there are two catchy jingles for each cereal, and a Webpage where you can vote for the cereal you prefer.What does this have to do with AirBed &amp; Breakfast? To promote the service, the startup is encouraging people across the country to put up get-out-the-vote volunteers for each campaign. Hosts can order a box of whichever cereal they prefer and serve it for breakfast. Except each box costs $39, and the company only made 500 of each. (If they make more, that could be their business model, at least for a month). ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Scientists Have Confirmed the Second Case of a 'Virgin Birth' in a Shark]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Scientists-Have-Confirmed-Second-Case--Virgin-Birth-in-Shark-1</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:00:50 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phunkychic666</dc:creator>
		<category>Unexplained Phenomena</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) - Scientists have confirmed the second case of a &quot;virgin birth&quot; in a shark. A blacktip shark in the wild patrols the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean. A blacktip shark in the wild patrols the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean.In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female blacktip shark in a Virginia aquarium contained no genetic material from a male.The first documented case of asexual reproduction, or parthenogenesis, among sharks involved a pup born to a hammerhead at an Omaha, Nebraska, zoo. &quot;This first case was no fluke,&quot; Demian Chapman, a shark scientist and lead author of the second study, said in a statement. &quot;It is quite possible that this is something female sharks of many species can do on occasion.&quot;The scientists cautioned that the rare asexual births should not be viewed as a possible solution to declining global shark populations. The aquarium sharks that reproduced without mates each carried only one pup, while some species can produce litters of a dozen or more. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brave New Films Sues Shock Jock Michael Savage]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Brave-New-Films-Sues-Shock-Jock-Michael-Savage</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:00:43 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>majestic</dc:creator>
		<category>Media</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fair Use Project at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society and Bingham McCutchen LLP filed a lawsuit today against talk radio host Michael Savage and Original Talk Radio Network, Inc. (OTRN) on behalf of Brave New Films. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeks declaratory relief and damages following improper efforts to silence Brave New Films' criticism of Savage over anti-Muslim remarks he made on his nationally syndicated radio show, The Savage Nation.On January 18, 2008, Brave New Films created and uploaded to its YouTube channel &quot;Michael Savage Hates Muslims,&quot; a short video that criticizes anti-Muslim comments Savage made on his October 29, 2007 radio broadcast. The video uses a total of one minute of audio excerpts from Savage's show in which Savage instructs Muslims to &quot;take [their] religion and shove it up [their] behind&quot; and urges his listeners to confront Muslims in the &quot;supermarket line.&quot; ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Alaska Legislature Report Says Palin Abused Power]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Alaska-Legislature-Report-Says-Palin-Abused-Power</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:00:18 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>majestic</dc:creator>
		<category>Politics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Alaska-Legislature-Report-Says-Palin-Abused-Power</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her power as Alaska's governor in the firing of her public safety commissioner, but violated no laws, a report for the state Legislature concluded Friday.Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan's refusal to fire Palin's ex-brother-in-law from the state police force was &quot;likely a contributing factor&quot; to Monegan's July dismissal, but Palin had the authority as governor to dismiss him, the report by former Anchorage prosecutor Stephen Branchflower states.The bipartisan Legislative Council earlier Friday went into executive session to discuss the Branchflower report before its scheduled release.Only a portion of the report is scheduled to be made public after the executive session, said state Sen. Kim Elton, the Legislative Council's chairman. A second part of the report contains &quot;confidential&quot; information and will be kept under wraps, said Elton, a Democrat who has been under fire from Palin's supporters. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sci-Fi Books that Have Been Banned in the Twenty-First Century]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Sci-Fi-Books-that-Have-Been-Banned-in-Twenty-First-Century</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:59:04 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SpaceNeedle</dc:creator>
		<category>Media</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Sci-Fi-Books-that-Have-Been-Banned-in-Twenty-First-Century</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lauren Davis, i09: Alien zoo sex, vulgar language, and the horrors of war have earned this novel (which shall remain nameless) a place on many a banned books list. And it's hardly alone. Even in just the last decade, parents have tried to remove their least favorite titles from school libraries, and works of science fiction have been among the casualties. So, grab a flashlight, hide under a sheet, and read (or re-read) science fiction's most suppressed books of the 21st century. These books come from the American Library Association's most frequently challenged books from 2000 to 2007:Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt VonnegutPosition on the List: #45Why it gets Challenged: Violence? Check. Blasphemy? Strong language? Magic Fingers? Check. Not only has Slaughterhouse Five been challenged in school districts, just last year law enforcement in Howell, Michigan was asked to review the book to determine if any of its contents were illegal. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Canada's Banking System Kept High and Dry By Strict Regulation]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Canadas-Banking-System-Kept-High-Dry-By-Strict-Regulation-1</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:50:00 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Change2008</dc:creator>
		<category>Economics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Canadas-Banking-System-Kept-High-Dry-By-Strict-Regulation-1</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[David Friend, Canoe.ca (TORONTO) - High banking standards have kept Canada's financial institutions afloat and out of the kind of trouble that has sunk many of their international peers, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said last week. Flaherty, who met Friday in Washington with finance ministers from industrial countries to co-ordinate efforts to deal with the global economic crisis, said Canadian banks have been bolstered by strict government monitoring of their capital.&quot;We've had a couple of financial institutions in Canada that ran the risk of falling outside the capitalization requirements,&quot; he said during a news conference on Wednesday. &quot;We required them... to maintain the appropriate capital requirements and raise capital as necessary, which was done months ago.&quot; ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sarah Palin Booed at Rangers/Flyers Game]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Sarah-Palin-Booed-at-Rangers%2FFlyers-Game</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:49:58 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>disinfodave</dc:creator>
		<category>Politics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Sarah-Palin-Booed-at-Rangers%2FFlyers-Game</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Philly fans need no extra reason to boo-these are the fans that once booed Santa Claus and so rowdy their football stadium had a jail on-site-but Palin just figured she'd give it to them.  Not sure if the deafening boos were to political leanings or to the fact that Palin thought jogging through Philly's Center City in a Rangers' jersey a few weeks ago would be a good idea. In addition to the DailyKos article on the puck drop, check out the link about the Philly faux pas:Philadelphia Inquirer.Just caught the ceremonial puck dropping by Sarah Palin this evening on MSG network (for those of you that don't know, the New York sports network) at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia at the Flyers home opener against the Rangers, she got one of the loudest booings I've ever heard! It was as if they were trying to play the fanfare music as loud as they could and the boos still drowned out the music! ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marijuana Less Harmful To Health Than Alcohol Or Tobacco, British Think Tank Reports]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Marijuana-Less-Harmful-To-Health-Than-Alcohol-Tobacco-British-Think-Tank-Reports</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EasyRider</dc:creator>
		<category>Drugs</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Marijuana-Less-Harmful-To-Health-Than-Alcohol-Tobacco-British-Think-Tank-Reports</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NORML: The potential health risks associated with cannabis are less than those associated with alcohol and do not justify the continued criminalization of the plant or its users, according to a report published last week by The Beckley Foundation &amp;mdash; an independent British think-tank that analyzes drug use and drug policy.&quot;There is no justification for incarcerating an individual for a cannabis possession or use offense, nor for creating a criminal conviction,&quot; concludes the report, entitled &quot;Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate.&quot;Authors of the report recommend that governments consider enacting legislation to tax and regulate the sale of cannabis, or &amp;mdash; at a minimum &amp;mdash; to institute administrative 'fine-only' penalties regarding its use. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[There's Gold in Them Melting Glaciers: Is It Wrong to Make a Buck on the End of the World?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Theres-Gold-in-Them-Melting-Glaciers-Is-It-Wrong-to-Make-Buck-on-End--World</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:16:08 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Environment</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Theres-Gold-in-Them-Melting-Glaciers-Is-It-Wrong-to-Make-Buck-on-End--World</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Svoboda, Salon.com: Like most globe-trotting jaunts, Betchart Expeditions' Warming Island tour was designed to appeal to potential customers' desire to see new places: &quot;Join us on this wonderful adventure of discovery!&quot; But Warming Island isn't just new in the generic unfamiliar-territory sense. It actually is new - younger than Beanie Babies, Miley Cyrus and George W. Bush's presidency. Following decades of climbing temperatures in the Arctic, Warming Island calved off the east coast of Greenland three years ago, like an ice chunk crumbling from a melting snow pile.Going to Warming Island is your best chance to see the effects of global warming up close and personal, says explorer Dennis Schmitt, who discovered the island on an ocean voyage in 2005. &quot;Satellite images show that in 2002, this island wasn't there, and in the year 2005, it broke away,&quot; says Schmitt, who serves as a guide on board one of Betchart's vessels. &quot;On this trip, you can sail right through the area and see what is left of the ice shelf. You can see a geological event that just happened.&quot; ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[McCain Tells Supporters: Obama Is Not ‘An Arab’]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=McCain-Tells-Supporters-Obama-Is-Not-%E2%80%98-Arab%E2%80%99</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:49:39 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Politics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=McCain-Tells-Supporters-Obama-Is-Not-%E2%80%98-Arab%E2%80%99</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pat Doyle, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Gayle Quinnell, 75, of Shakopee, approached McCain near the end of his hour long give and take with the crowd and told him she didn't trust his opponent Barack Obama because &quot;he's an Arab.&quot;McCain said that wasn't true, and again called Obama a decent man. After the town hall meeting ended, Quinnell elaborated on her position in talking to reporters.&quot;I don't trust Barack Obama because he's an Arab,&quot; she said. &quot;He's a Muslim. I'm afraid if he ever got to be president what would happen to this country.&quot;Obama's father was Muslim, but Obama is Christian. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The New Hot Currency In U.S. Prisons? Mackerel]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=New-Hot-Currency-In-U-S--Prisons-Mackerel</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:47:55 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>majestic</dc:creator>
		<category>Economics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=New-Hot-Currency-In-U-S--Prisons-Mackerel</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Larry Levine helped prepare divorce papers for a client a few years ago, he got paid in mackerel. Once the case ended, he says, &quot;I had a stack of macks.&quot;Mr. Levine and his client were prisoners in California's Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex. Like other federal inmates around the country, they found a can of mackerel &amp;mdash; the &quot;mack&quot; in prison lingo -- was the standard currency.&quot;It's the coin of the realm,&quot; says Mark Bailey, who paid Mr. Levine in fish. Mr. Bailey was serving a two-year tax-fraud sentence in connection with a chain of strip clubs he owned. Mr. Levine was serving a nine-year term for drug dealing. Mr. Levine says he used his macks to get his beard trimmed, his clothes pressed and his shoes shined by other prisoners. &quot;A haircut is two macks,&quot; he says, as an expected tip for inmates who work in the prison barber shop. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Monkeys Run A Restaurant In Japan]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Monkeys-Run-Restaurant-In-Japan</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:24:13 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JacobSloan</dc:creator>
		<category>Society</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Monkeys-Run-Restaurant-In-Japan</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The restaurant Kayabukiya, located outside of Tokyo, employs monkeys (they receive tips).   ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Footage From Inside Sarah Palin's Church]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=New-Footage-From-Inside-Sarah-Palins-Church-1</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:22:26 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Spirituality</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=New-Footage-From-Inside-Sarah-Palins-Church-1</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Max Blumenthal: This is the first original, on-the-ground video report from inside the church where Gov. Sarah Palin was baptized and spent over two decades as a member, the Wasilla Assembly of God. The video features the only known footage of the man who publicly anointed Palin for higher office, the Kenyan witch hunter Bishop Thomas Muthee, during his return to Wasilla this September. Though filming was not allowed, I managed to capture through hidden cameras Muthee's violent invocations against &quot;The Enemy&quot; and the &quot;python spirits.&quot; I also spoke with Rev. Howard Bess, whose book, &quot;Pastor, I Am Gay,&quot; was removed from Wasilla's public library after Palin personally pressured the librarian. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Government Hires Contractors To Investigate Contractors]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=U-S--Government-Hires-Contractors-To-Investigate-Contractors</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=U-S--Government-Hires-Contractors-To-Investigate-Contractors</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:21:27 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JacobSloan</dc:creator>
		<category>Corporation Watch</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=U-S--Government-Hires-Contractors-To-Investigate-Contractors</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spurred by outrage over an incident in which Blackwater  employees killed 17 Iraqi civilians, the State Department has finally decided to investigate the behavior of sleazy U.S. government-hired private contractors in Iraq. And who will be providing the long-needed oversight? Other contractors. The State Dept. has outsourced the investigation to a private company called USIS. Doing so is actually a clear violation of fundamental federal law, which prohibits hiring contractors for &quot;inherently governmental functions&quot; like &quot;the direct conduct of criminal investigations.&quot; ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Christopher Hitchens: America The Banana Republic]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Christopher-Hitchens-America-Banana-Republic</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Christopher-Hitchens-America-Banana-Republic</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:20:22 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>majestic</dc:creator>
		<category>Economics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Christopher-Hitchens-America-Banana-Republic</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ongoing financial meltdown is just the latest example of a disturbing trend that, to this adoptive American, threatens to put the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave on a par with Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and Equatorial Guinea.In a statement on the huge state-sponsored salvage of private bankruptcy that was first proposed last September, a group of Republican lawmakers, employing one of the very rudest words in their party's thesaurus, described the proposed rescue of the busted finance and discredited credit sectors as &quot;socialistic.&quot; There was a sort of half-truth to what they said. But they would have been very much nearer the mark-and rather more ironic and revealing at their own expense-if they had completed the sentence and described the actual situation as what it is: &quot;socialism for the rich and free enterprise for the rest.&quot;I have heard arguments about whether it was Milton Friedman or Gore Vidal who first came up with this apt summary of a collusion between the overweening state and certain favored monopolistic concerns, whereby the profits can be privatized and the debts conveniently socialized, but another term for the same system would be &quot;banana republic.&quot; ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA['Barack Osama' Printed on NY Ballots]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Barack-Osama-Printed-on-NY-Ballots-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Barack-Osama-Printed-on-NY-Ballots-2</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:50:14 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>disinfodave</dc:creator>
		<category>Politics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Barack-Osama-Printed-on-NY-Ballots-2</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TROY, New York - Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for &quot;Barack Osama.&quot;The absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer County identified the two presidential candidates as &quot;Barack Osama&quot; and &quot;John McCain.&quot; In the United States, the best-known individual named Osama is Osama bin Laden, leader of the al Qaida terrorist group behind the 2001 attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center in New York City.The typographical terror error was first reported by the Times Union of Albany. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reality Sandwich &amp; Disinformation Present A Sneak Preview of &quot;2012: Science or Superstition&quot;]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Reality-Sandwich-%26-Disinformation-Present-Sneak-Preview-2012-Science-Superstition</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Reality-Sandwich-%26-Disinformation-Present-Sneak-Preview-2012-Science-Superstition</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:02:39 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>majestic</dc:creator>
		<category>Disinformation News</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Reality-Sandwich-%26-Disinformation-Present-Sneak-Preview-2012-Science-Superstition</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We promised to keep you informed of additional preview screenings of our forthcoming film 2012: Science Or Superstition: here's the first New York City screening, organized by our friends at Reality Sandwich. Here's the info and I'll hope to see you there:Sneak Preview of 2012: Science or SuperstitionDiscussion with Daniel Pinchbeck and Gary BaddeleyCome out for a night of thought-provoking cinema and conversation on one of the most fascinating subjects of our time. On December 21st, 2012, the &quot;Long Count&quot; of the ancient Mayan Calendar comes to an abrupt end, finishing off a grand cycle that spans 5,125 years. Some believe it portends an apocalyptic End Times of earth-shattering cataclysms; others disagree, claiming the date as the start of a new era of enlightenment and advanced human consciousness.The rising popular interest in the 2012 date is a phenomenon in itself, and may indicate a growing awareness that major changes are rapidly taking place in the world. With natural disasters occurring more frequently, and especially in the face of a deepening financial crisis, it appears quite possible that we are heading for turbulent times in the next four years. But alongside these dark scenarios, many ar ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Von NotHaus Starts 'Free Marijuana Church']]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Von-NotHaus-Starts-Free-Marijuana-Church</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Von-NotHaus-Starts-Free-Marijuana-Church</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:01:20 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paperchase</dc:creator>
		<category>Spirituality</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Von-NotHaus-Starts-Free-Marijuana-Church</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From Jeff Rense: Honolulu, HI - Retiree wants you to 'blow your mind' at his new church - that literally goes up in smoke. Bernard von NotHaus, who recently retired, explains that now is the time to get high and talk to God. So he founded the Free Marijuana Church that uses a 'chemical' to practice his religious belief. He even has a name for it: Chemicalology ... ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Troopergate Panel: Governor Sarah Palin Abused Power]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Troopergate-Panel-Governor-Sarah-Palin-Abused-Power</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Troopergate-Panel-Governor-Sarah-Palin-Abused-Power</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:00:50 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Government</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Troopergate-Panel-Governor-Sarah-Palin-Abused-Power</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[AP ANCHORAGE, Alaska: A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state's public safety commissioner. The investigative report concludes that a family grudge wasn't the sole reason for firing Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan but says it likely was a contributing factor.The Republican vice presidential nominee has been accused of firing a commissioner to settle a family dispute. Palin supporters have called the investigation politically motivated. Monegan says he was dismissed as retribution for resisting pressure to fire a state trooper involved in a bitter divorce with the governor's sister. Palin says Monegan was fired as part of a legitimate budget dispute. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Google Mail Goggles: Stop Sending Email You Later Regret]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Google-Mail-Goggles-Stop-Sending-Email-You-Later-Regret</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Google-Mail-Goggles-Stop-Sending-Email-You-Later-Regret</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:19:14 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SpaceNeedle</dc:creator>
		<category>Society</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Google-Mail-Goggles-Stop-Sending-Email-You-Later-Regret</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jon Perlow, Gmail engineer: Sometimes I send messages I shouldn't send. Like the time I told that girl I had a crush on her over text message. Or the time I sent that late night email to my ex-girlfriend that we should get back together. Gmail can't always prevent you from sending messages you might later regret, but today we're launching a new Labs feature I wrote called Mail Goggles which may help.When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you're really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you're in the right state of mind? ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Money and the Crisis of Civilization]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Money--Crisis-Civilization</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Money--Crisis-Civilization</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:19:11 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
		<category>Economics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Money--Crisis-Civilization</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Charles Eisenstein, Reality Sandwich: I think we all sense that we are nearing the end of an era. On the most superficial level, it is the era of unregulated casino-style financial manipulation that is ending. But the current efforts of the political elites to fix the crisis at this level will only reveal its deeper dimensions. In fact, the crisis goes &quot;all the way to the bottom.&quot; It arises from the very nature of money and property in the world today, and it will persist and continue to intensify until money itself is transformed. A process centuries in the making is in its final stages of unfoldment. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rolling Stone: Five Myths About John McCain]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Rolling-Stone-Five-Myths-About-John-McCain</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Rolling-Stone-Five-Myths-About-John-McCain</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:19:05 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>disinfogreg</dc:creator>
		<category>Politics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Rolling-Stone-Five-Myths-About-John-McCain</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[And then there's this: ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[McCain Burned by Own Fire]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=McCain-Burned-by-Own-Fire</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=McCain-Burned-by-Own-Fire</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:31:41 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>disinfodave</dc:creator>
		<category>Politics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=McCain-Burned-by-Own-Fire</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[McCain supporters insist on calling Obama a terrorist and an Arab, forcing McCain to defend Obama. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sheriff Takes Stand On Homeowner Evictions]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Sheriff-Takes-Stand-On-Homeowner-Evictions</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Sheriff-Takes-Stand-On-Homeowner-Evictions</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:54:05 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>disinfodave</dc:creator>
		<category>Economics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Sheriff-Takes-Stand-On-Homeowner-Evictions</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An Illinois sheriff announced that he's ordering his deputies to stop evicting people from foreclosed properties because many people his office has helped throw out on the street are renters who did nothing wrong.&quot;It's a horrible injustice and we're stopping it,&quot; Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart told CBS' The Early Show Thursday.Dart said that evictions in his region have increased three-fold in the past 18 months. &quot;This stuff is insane,&quot; he said. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[90-Year-Old Woman Shoots Self Rather Than Face Eviction From Home]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=90-Year-Old-Woman-Shoots-Self-Rather-Than-Face-Eviction-From-Home</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=90-Year-Old-Woman-Shoots-Self-Rather-Than-Face-Eviction-From-Home</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:53:17 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Economics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=90-Year-Old-Woman-Shoots-Self-Rather-Than-Face-Eviction-From-Home</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(CNN): Fannie Mae said it will set aside the loan of a woman who shot herself as sheriff's deputies tried to evict her from her foreclosed home. Fannie Mae foreclosed on the Akron, Ohio, home of Addie Polk, 90, after acquiring the mortgage in 2007.Addie Polk, 90, of Akron, Ohio, became a symbol of the nation's home mortgage crisis when she was hospitalized after shooting herself at least twice in the upper body Wednesday afternoon. On Friday, Fannie Mae spokesman Brian Faith said the mortgage association had decided to halt action against Polk and sign the property &quot;outright&quot; to her.U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, mentioned Polk on the House floor Friday during debate over the latest economic rescue proposal. &quot;This bill does nothing for the Addie Polks of the world,&quot; Kucinich said after telling her story. &quot;This bill fails to address the fact that millions of homeowners are facing foreclosure, are facing the loss of their home. This bill will take care of Wall Street, and the market may go up for a few days, but democracy is going downhill.&quot; ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Which Companies are Benefiting from the Credit Crunch?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Which-Companies-are-Benefiting-from-Credit-Crunch</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Which-Companies-are-Benefiting-from-Credit-Crunch</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:50:13 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>digitalfever</dc:creator>
		<category>Economics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Which-Companies-are-Benefiting-from-Credit-Crunch</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you turn on the TV or open the papers, doom and gloom is the flavour of the day. Banks are failing, businesses are facing bankruptcy and we're all saving the pennies in any way we can. However, with fresh financial horror stories springing up left, right and centre, you may be surprised to hear that for some, the credit crunch has meant business is booming. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Angry About Economy? Smash Some Plates And Move On]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Angry-About-Economy-Smash-Some-Plates-Move-On</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Angry-About-Economy-Smash-Some-Plates-Move-On</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:50:06 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>majestic</dc:creator>
		<category>Economics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Angry-About-Economy-Smash-Some-Plates-Move-On</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All over sunny San Diego, tough economic times have forced people to cut back on their $4 lattes and sushi dinners.But one new business is booming -- and ka-booming -- precisely because of frustration from the worst financial crisis to hit the United States in decades.Welcome to Sarah's Smash Shack, where pent-up patrons can relieve stress by hurling dinnerware and bric-a-brac against a wall, as hard as they can, day and night, seven days a week.San Diego entrepreneur Sarah Lavely charges her clients $10 and up to pulverize plates and glasses during 15-minute intervals. Music blares, clients dress in protective gear and a neon sign urges them to &quot;Break More Stuff.&quot;Lavely refuses to discuss her clients' problems in detail, but says that maybe they're &quot;under financial strain, maybe they're stuck in a job they can't leave.&quot; ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Judge Suppresses Report on Voting Machine Security]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Judge-Suppresses-Report-on-Voting-Machine-Security</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Judge-Suppresses-Report-on-Voting-Machine-Security</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:47:17 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CousinX</dc:creator>
		<category>Government</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Judge-Suppresses-Report-on-Voting-Machine-Security</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&quot;A judge of the New Jersey Superior Court has prohibited the scheduled release of a report on the security and accuracy of the Sequoia AVC Advantage voting machine. Last June, Judge Linda Feinberg ordered Sequoia Voting Systems to turn over its source code to me (serving as an expert witness, assisted by a team of computer scientists) for a thorough examination. At that time she also ordered that we could publish our report 30 days after delivering it to the Court &amp;mdash; which should have been today.Three weeks after we delivered the report, on September 24th Judge Feinberg ordered us not to release it. This is part of a lawsuit filed by the Rutgers Constitutional Litigation Clinic, seeking to decommission of all of New Jersey's voting computers. New Jersey mostly uses Sequoia AVC Advantage direct-recording electronic (DRE) models. None of those DREs can be audited: they do not produce a voter verified paper ballot that permit each voter to create a durable paper record of her electoral choices before casting her ballot electronically on a DRE. The legal basis for the lawsuit is quite simple: because there is no way to know whether the DRE voting computer is actually counting votes as cast, there is no proof that the voting computers comply with the constitution... ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. to Rely on Russia for Manned Spaceflight]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=U-S--to-Rely-on-Russia-Manned-Spaceflight-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=U-S--to-Rely-on-Russia-Manned-Spaceflight-1</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:46:22 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>okami</dc:creator>
		<category>Geopolitics &amp; Globalization</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=U-S--to-Rely-on-Russia-Manned-Spaceflight-1</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It hasn't been all that long ago that the Russian space program was perceived to be on its last legs, while the American space program was moving along reasonably well.It would appear now that the shoe's on the other foot ... wonder why ...? ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Drivers Will Have No Escape From New Speed Cameras]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Drivers-Will-Have-No-Escape-From-New-Speed-Cameras</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Drivers-Will-Have-No-Escape-From-New-Speed-Cameras</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:45:55 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>majestic</dc:creator>
		<category>Privacy</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Drivers-Will-Have-No-Escape-From-New-Speed-Cameras</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Clusters of speed cameras that will monitor drivers' average speed on all routes across a wide area are to be deployed on hundreds of roads next year.It will be impossible to evade detection because the digital cameras will cover every entry and exit point and, unlike the earlier speed cameras, will never run out of film.Drivers who slow down briefly or who make a detour from the main route will still be caught because up to 50 of the cameras will work together in a network. They can be positioned more than 15 miles apart and will automatically read numberplates and transmit data instantly to a penalty processing centre.Existing average-speed cameras cover a maximum of six miles, work in pairs and have to be connected by a cable, so their installation is costly and time-consuming. Drivers can also escape detection by turning off the route between the cameras.Police trials of the new cameras have concluded successfully in London and a second set of trials will finish this week in Northern Ireland. The Home Office is expected to approve the technology by the end of January and the first fines are likely to be issued by next summer. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. May Rethink Talking To Taliban]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=U-S--May-Rethink-Talking-To-Taliban</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=U-S--May-Rethink-Talking-To-Taliban</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:45:34 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>disinfodave</dc:creator>
		<category>War On Terror</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=U-S--May-Rethink-Talking-To-Taliban</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When NATO defense ministers meet in Budapest on Thursday, they will face a worsening situation in Afghanistan and vexing questions about whether the war can be won.Increasingly, military commanders and political leaders are asking: Is it time to talk to the Taliban?With U.S. and NATO forces suffering their deadliest year so far in Afghanistan, a rising chorus of voices, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the incoming head of U.S. Central Command, have endorsed efforts to reach out to members of the Taliban considered willing to seek an accommodation with President Hamid Karzai's government. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[He's Got The Bloodlines]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Hes-Got-Bloodlines</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Hes-Got-Bloodlines</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:44:44 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JacobSloan</dc:creator>
		<category>Politics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Hes-Got-Bloodlines</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[McCain-Palin supporters at a Palin rally discuss Obama's terrorist status, Palin's appeal, and more.  ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Naked Man Runs Loose At The Tokyo Imperial Palace]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Naked-Man-Runs-Loose-At-Tokyo-Imperial-Palace</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Naked-Man-Runs-Loose-At-Tokyo-Imperial-Palace</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:43:08 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Activism</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Naked-Man-Runs-Loose-At-Tokyo-Imperial-Palace</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lee, Tokyo Times: With foreign faces now fairly common on Japanese TV, outlandish performances are by no means a prerequisite for a bit of publicity or prime-time prominence. But it can help. Especially if there's a generous bit of give and take as far as that all important exposure is concerned.And, with this in mind, swimming naked in the Imperial Palace moat, along with tackling the law with one's tackle out, tops the lot. And then some. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sarah Silverman: Welcome to The Great Schelp]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Sarah-Silverman-Welcome-to-Great-Schelp</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Sarah-Silverman-Welcome-to-Great-Schelp</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:47:55 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Change2008</dc:creator>
		<category>Politics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Sarah-Silverman-Welcome-to-Great-Schelp</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Great Schlep aims to have Jewish grandchildren visit their grandparents in Florida, educate them about Obama, and therefore swing the crucial Florida vote in his favor. Don't have grandparents in Florida? Not Jewish? No problem! You can still become a schlepper and make change happen in 2008, simply by talking to your relatives about Obama.				 ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA['Daily Show' Debate Coverage: Hey, Grandpa (McCain) ... Where Are You Going?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Daily-Show-Debate-Coverage-Hey-Grandpa-%28McCain%29-----Where-Are-You-Going</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Daily-Show-Debate-Coverage-Hey-Grandpa-%28McCain%29-----Where-Are-You-Going</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:07:59 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bluemana</dc:creator>
		<category>Politics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Daily-Show-Debate-Coverage-Hey-Grandpa-%28McCain%29-----Where-Are-You-Going</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama poses for the cover of a 1960s soul album, while John McCain wanders the outer reaches of the stage: ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Secret Rulers of the World – Present/Past]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Secret-Rulers--World-%E2%80%93-Present%2FPast</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Secret-Rulers--World-%E2%80%93-Present%2FPast</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:58:06 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>disinter</dc:creator>
		<category>Geopolitics &amp; Globalization</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Secret-Rulers--World-%E2%80%93-Present%2FPast</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The source of most if not all our woes, revealed: Connecting the dots through 3000 years of revisionist human history, spanning from the time of the pharaohs, all the way up to the present dynasties creating the New World Order, in their quest to perfect the enslavement of mankind. From pirates to banksters, to the ruling elite who run the world's finances, the media and cover both side of nearly every conflict or war: the world may make more sense after watching this. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Banksy's Whacked-Out Pet Store]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Banksys-Whacked-Out-Pet-Store</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Banksys-Whacked-Out-Pet-Store</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:56:46 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Art</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Banksys-Whacked-Out-Pet-Store</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first official show by notoriously reclusive art prankster Banksy is open for business. At the stand-alone Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill, such exotic species as robot monkeys, swimming fish sticks and chicken nuggets that dip themselves are on display. Bring your own lunch. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Outfoxing Fox News' Sean Hannity]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Outfoxing-Fox-News-Sean-Hannity</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Outfoxing-Fox-News-Sean-Hannity</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:55:37 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Media</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Outfoxing-Fox-News-Sean-Hannity</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Countdown With Keith Olbermann: When a hack bases an entire show around a transparent quack ... it may seem cartoonish, but it must be taken seriously ... Particularly by the communications director of that show's target &amp;mdash; Senator Barack Obama. And in our number one story on the Countdown, the Obama campaign's Robert Gibbs delivered unto Sean Hannity a two-fer. Deflating the argument about Obama's so-called associations... and skewering Hannity's supposed investigation ... all at once.More great outfoxing clips on the updated OUTFOXED: Fox Attacks DVD. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[McCain/Obama As Kirk/Spock]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=McCain%2FObama-As-Kirk%2FSpock</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=McCain%2FObama-As-Kirk%2FSpock</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:52:35 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Politics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=McCain%2FObama-As-Kirk%2FSpock</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jason Horowitz, New York Observer: Leonard Nimoy approves of Barack Obama's emotional detachment and logical approach to campaigning.&quot;He is measured and stable,&quot; said Mr. Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock on Star Trek, and who has supported Mr. Obama since they first met about a year and a half ago at a small Los Angeles fund-raiser. &quot;It's true that he has an intellect that works for him, he handles difficult problems with aplomb. Reliability and stability are very important assets in this race, in these particularly volatile times.&quot;Mr. McCain, of course, is the passionate, emotional and all-too-human candidate who strikes a chord with voters but can often be seen to be doing battle in real time, Kirk-like, with the enemy within.During the first presidential debate in Mississippi, he persistently avoided eye contact with Mr. Obama despite the moderator's entreaties for the candidates to engage directly with one another. Mr. McCain's advisers said afterward that he had done so deliberately in order to avoid becoming enraged. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[General Consumption Strike Causing Economic Collapse?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=General-Consumption-Strike-Causing-Economic-Collapse-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=General-Consumption-Strike-Causing-Economic-Collapse-1</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:52:23 EDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>disinfome</dc:creator>
		<category>Economics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=General-Consumption-Strike-Causing-Economic-Collapse-1</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is a coordinated general consumption strike is behind the coming economic collapse? The mass media would like to write off the widespread decrease in consumer spending as uncoordinated fear and irrational behavior, but the truth is that there is a growing movement behind this conscious consumption decrease, and we won't stop saving our money until the whole system is rethought. ]]></description>
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