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			<title><![CDATA[ When Big Government Big Business and Big Science Collide ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/open_science_climategate_ipcc_cru_needs_take_leaf_out_cerns_book">Open Scienceand climategate: The
IPCC/CRU needs to take a leaf out of CERN&#39;s Book</a>

<blockquote>
  This is not the place to debate the immense subject of climate science but it is necessary to say something about &quot;climategate&quot; in order to explain
  what happens when scientists and politicians collude to distort, hide and even destroy critical (raw) data and... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ At it again... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ for those of you who know me from other sites, I am, and always will be a passionate animal lover. For me the very best stories are those with animals that end
with a handful of hankies, and a smile!
<br>
Endulge me....I&#39;m at it again!!
<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34450688#34450688">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34450688#34450688</a>
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<br>
Rudolph, the deaf &amp; blind hero of my day!!
<br>
<br>
misanthropic to the end.
<br>
peace... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ It's good to do good... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I think this is a motto most of us GODless  bastards live, everyday!!
<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/12/14/power.of.giving/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/12/14/power.of.giving/index.html</a>
<br>
<br>
peace
<br>
justie<img height="20" src="http://macaroo.com/present.gif" width="20" alt="image">

<p><br></p> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:03:57 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ding dong and another one bites the dust ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/us/16roberts.html?_r=1&amp;src=twt&amp;twt=nytimes">http://www.nytimes.com/20...;src=twt&amp;twt=nytimes</a>
<br>
<br>

<blockquote>
  Oral Roberts, the charismatic Pentecostal evangelist whose televised ministry attracted millions of followers worldwide and made him one of the most
  recognizable and controversial religious leaders of the 20th century, died Tuesday in Newport Beach, Calif. He was 91
</blockquote>.I never did like... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:05:55 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Xmas? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-outline-level: 1"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="4"><em>We have a great push to restore
Christmas in our classrooms. Christmas has no role in education. We should focus on the Merry-days which start on the Winter Equinox (in the North Hemisphere)
and end with the first day of the new year. A time of re-evaluation of what we have done during the year as individuals and as communities, and plan for the
year ahead. A time of... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ For all of my Jewish Friends in this community! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg205/ASPCA4EVER/Holidays/hanukkah_gold_star.gif" alt="image"> 
<br>
<font color="#0000FF" size="4" face="Comic Sans MS">Enjoy your Holiday and please forgive me my ignorance but could/would anyone please explain: why some
menorah candles have 7 specific posts and some have 9....? </font>

<p><img src="http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg205/ASPCA4EVER/Holidays/menorah5.gif" alt="image">
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			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ How many people fall victim to phishing attacks? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5084">How many people fall victim to phishing attacks?</a>

<blockquote>
  According to a recently released report, based on a sample of 3 million users collected over a period of 3 months, approximately 45% of the time, users
  submitted their login information to the phishing site they visited.
  <br>
  <br>
  The study, exclusively monitored users who successfully reached a live phishing site that was not blocked by their... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ I was sitting and thinking....... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ so I have a headache.....
<br>
<br>
No I was thinking on the idea of &quot;Memory&quot; and what is it really, and at what point does it stop? I mean, from a tiny seed comes a mighty creature.
Some are put into the ground, some are grown internally, others switch ball parks in the middle of the game (Sea Horses to bring one example up). But the seed
doesn&#39;t contain all the physical materials to make the Adult creature in a lot of cases. It must grow, and as it grows it needs to add to... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:23:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Time out. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Taking a couple of personal days off, guys. Too much unfinished business piling up.
<br>
<br>
Being a grownup <span style="font-style: italic;">sucks</span>. <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/sick.gif" alt="image">
<br>
<br>
Mac
<br> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:56:36 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A serious theological question for Mac, and Rambo and ...... others ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If one is a Pastafarian; is it permissible to consume his noodley goodness in the form called &#39;Microwave Dinner&#39;.  I mean do you recieve the communion
<br>
<br>
And how many balls are your allowed before your just being rude to his most awesome generous portion lay therein?
<br>
<br>
And is he better consumed with home baked sourdough, or home baked whole wheat?
<br>
<br>
No wine, no deal!! ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:57:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ I find this disgusting ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>Yes I find this disgusting! Not because it&#39;s anyone else&#39;s business or aything, people do deserve their private lives even if they are elected
public officials I say, EVERYONE makes mistakes because they are human, and human beings are not perfect.</p>

<p>But when they are not only cheaters &amp; liars, but hypocritical holier than thou (willing to be the first to bring down someone else) for something he
himself did!!??</p>

<p>I DRAW THE LINE!!!!! South Carolina would make an... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:02:43 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ This would make a great t-shirt ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/rr104/glitterypickles539/notinterested.jpg" alt="image">
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			<title><![CDATA[ Christian Scientists want the health care legislation to include compensation for prayers ]]></title>
			<link>http://freethinkerspub.yuku.com/topic/7624/t/Christian-Scientists-want--health-care-legislation--include-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <a title="http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/blog/?p=1021" target="_blank" href="http://">http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/blog/?p=1021</a>
<br>
<br>
Prayer does not even offer a placebo effect, but now government is asked to fund prayer
<br>
<br>
    The three-year Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP), published in the April 4 American Heart Journal, was the largest-ever
attempt to apply scientific methods to measure the influence of prayer on the well-being of... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:42:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ That Jesus dude sure gets around! ]]></title>
			<link>http://freethinkerspub.yuku.com/topic/7623/t/That-Jesus-dude-sure-gets-around-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <font style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;" size="4"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Appearances on potato chips, pancakes, toilet seat lids, the dude is a
regular publicity whore!</span>
<br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"></font>
<br>
<br>
<a title="http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/11/methuen_woman_s_1.html" target="_blank" href="http://">http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/11/methuen_woman_s_1.html</a>
<br>
 
<br>
Methuen woman sees Jesus on bottom of... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:51:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A Humanist Thanksgiving Proclamation ]]></title>
			<link>http://freethinkerspub.yuku.com/topic/7615/t/A-Humanist-Thanksgiving-Proclamation.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <a title="http://exchristian.net/exchristian/2009/11/humanist-thanksgiving-proclamation.html" target="_blank" href="http://">http://exchristian.net/exchristian/2009/11/humanist-thanksgiving-proclamation.html</a>
<br>
<br>
 A Humanist Thanksgiving Proclamation
<br>
<br>
Posted Thursday, November 26, 2009.
<br>
<br>
by Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899), from The Works of Robert Green Ingersoll Vol IV
<br>
<br>
When I became convinced that the universe is natural - that all the ghosts and gods... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:49:01 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Okay, everybody pour a glass of wine... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ ...and prepare to gorge.
<br>
<br>
Welcome to the Pub Harvest Festival CyberBuffet. May we all be here again next year to munch on more of the same.
<br>
<br>
<img src="http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh375/Macaroo388/thanksgiving-turkey-thumb1.jpg" alt="image">
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Pass the biscuits, please...
<br>
<br>
Mac
<br>
<br>
<br> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Happy Harvest Festival... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ ...to all the Pubbies!
<br>
<br>
There&#39;ll just be the two of us again this year, but I managed to find a bitty turkey that&#39;s about the size of a large chicken, so we won&#39;t have to
face a month of leftovers. Nothing on the agenda but eating, sleeping and watching TV in our underwear. It don&#39;t get much better than that.
<br>
<br>
We&#39;ll be celebrating Yuletide with the kids, grandkids and great-grand-babies sometime after the the official day and I can&#39;t wait to get my... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:03:52 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Gospel According to Acharya S ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <span><embed height="340" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dsaPrwVGOPM&amp;hl=en_US&fs=1&" allowScriptAccess="never" ></embed></span> <span><span id="temp-0"></span></span> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:22:24 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ I never thought about it this way before... ]]></title>
			<link>http://freethinkerspub.yuku.com/topic/7605/t/I-never-thought-about-it-this-way-before-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <font style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;" size="4"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">but yeah, it makes sense!</span></font>
<br>
<br>
<a title="http://proudatheists.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/the-zombie-invasion-produced-by-jc/" target="_blank" href="http://">http://proudatheists.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/the-zombie-invasion-produced-by-jc/</a>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:48:03 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Treasoness fundies? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This is treason. As often and as loud as I disagreed with GWB I never, ever thought about his murder. Not because it was treason, but the meer thought of
President Dick Chenney was way too scary!!
<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://shop.cafepress.com/psalm-109">http://shop.cafepress.com/psalm-109</a>
<br>
<br>
peace
<br>
justie<img height="30" src="http://macaroo.com/scared.gif" width="18" alt="image">
<br> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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