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		<title>I Like my iPhone but&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 03:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;I&#8217;m pissed off at Apple today. NPR reports: Tech giant Apple used a &#8220;complex web of offshore entities&#8221; to avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes in the U.S., a congressional investigation has found. &#8230; The subcommittee&#8217;s statement detailed some &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/economy/i-like-my-iphone-but.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Capsula previews new songs at The Triple Door</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 21:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Capsula finished recording their new album, Solar Secrets, at Saint Claire Studio in Kentucky with Tony Visconti producing. While he is mixing the album that is due out in August, the band is on the road as the opening act for Ose Mutantes. &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/music/capsula-previews-new-songs-at-the-triple-door.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 20:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Leisure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hunter S. Thompson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Hunter S. Thompson&#8217;s 1970 dispatch written for Scanlan&#8217;s Monthly with illustrations by Ralph Steadman. Gonzo journalism was born. Excerpt: Later Friday afternoon, we went out on the balcony of the press box and I tried to describe the difference between what &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/arts-leisure/the-kentucky-derby-is-decadent-and-depraved.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The real reason why the Gun Bill was voted down in the Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 15:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun control]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“In the end it didn’t pass because we’re so politicized. There were some on my side who did not want to be seen helping the president do something he wanted to get done, just because the president wanted to do &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/politics/the-real-reason-why-the-gun-bill-was-voted-down-in-the-senate.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>America Stuck in Neutral</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>N J Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s not much to say about the disgusting failure of the United States Senate to muster sixty votes to expand background checks for gun purchases that hasn’t been said already. Suffice it to say that if we can’t even agree &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/politics/america-stuck-in-neutral.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Night Videos &#8211; Featuring Richie Havens, George Jones, and Dave Edmunds with the Stray Cats</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/music/friday-night-videos-featuring-richie-havens-george-jones-and-dave-edmunds-with-the-stray-cats.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=friday-night-videos-featuring-richie-havens-george-jones-and-dave-edmunds-with-the-stray-cats</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we lost a couple of legends in the music business. Richie Havens died of a heart attack on Monday at the age of 71, George Jones died today at the age of 81. Here&#8217;s Richie Havens performing the &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/music/friday-night-videos-featuring-richie-havens-george-jones-and-dave-edmunds-with-the-stray-cats.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Republican Senate Filibusters are Destroying Democracy</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/politics/republican-senate-filibusters-are-destroying-democracy.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=republican-senate-filibusters-are-destroying-democracy</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[James Fallows has written about the anti-democratic nature of the filibuster a few times for the The Atlantic. In this one he cites a Politico story and explains how it fails to distinguish between breaking a filibuster and passing a bill: I recognize that &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/politics/republican-senate-filibusters-are-destroying-democracy.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Filibuster Kills Bill to Expand Background Checks on Gun Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/politics/gop-filibuster-kills-bill-to-expand-background-checks-on-gun-sales.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=gop-filibuster-kills-bill-to-expand-background-checks-on-gun-sales</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://harikari.johnstony.com/?p=7207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We at harikari have written much about guns, gun control, and the need to enact laws that make it more difficult for criminals and mentally unsound people to purchase guns. After the Newtown tragedy, Americans seemed to have had enough &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/politics/gop-filibuster-kills-bill-to-expand-background-checks-on-gun-sales.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at The Paramount Theatre, Seattle April 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/music/nick-cave-and-the-bad-seeds-at-the-paramount-theatre-seattle-april-2013.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nick-cave-and-the-bad-seeds-at-the-paramount-theatre-seattle-april-2013</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tickets for this show went very fast. The Paramount website says the band requested ticketless sales and a four-seat limit. Fans only. No re-entry. No scalpers. Ticket buyers had to show up in person with ID to claim their tickets. The Paramount staff was &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/music/nick-cave-and-the-bad-seeds-at-the-paramount-theatre-seattle-april-2013.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NRA and GOP demonstrate their paranoia on guns to the world.</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/politics/nra-and-gop-demonstrate-their-paranoia-on-guns-to-the-world.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nra-and-gop-demonstrate-their-paranoia-on-guns-to-the-world</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>N J Barnes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[crazy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations General Assembly voted 154-3 with 20 abstentions for the first international treaty to regulate the global arms trade. The treaty is designed principally to curb the supply of arms to terrorists, rogue regimes and human rights abusers &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/politics/nra-and-gop-demonstrate-their-paranoia-on-guns-to-the-world.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NRA: Evolution from Avid Sportsmen to Paranoid Xenophobic Racists</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As illustrated with magazine covers. Here&#8217;s the NRA of 1969: Hunters and a marksman. Just men with their guns. Here&#8217;s some covers from 1992 featuring a military leader and a caricature of Bill Clinton. Clearly starting to get a little &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/miscellaneous/nra-evolution-from-avid-sportsmen-to-paranoid-xenophobic-racists.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Some beacons of light amidst the darkness on guns</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 02:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>N J Barnes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even as we lose our way at the national level in the quest for stronger firearm controls in the wake of the Newtown massacre and the appalling level of gun violence in America, the legislatures and governors of a handful &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/politics/some-beacons-of-light-amidst-the-darkness-on-guns.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gallup’s misery index highlights emptiness of GOP’s vision for the country.</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/politics/gallups-misery-index-highlights-emptiness-of-gops-vision-for-the-country.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=gallups-misery-index-highlights-emptiness-of-gops-vision-for-the-country</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>N J Barnes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The competing visions of the Democratic and Republican parties are clearly on display in their respective budget blueprints for the next decade. The Democratic vision includes the preservation of a strong role for government in providing a decent social safety &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/politics/gallups-misery-index-highlights-emptiness-of-gops-vision-for-the-country.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq War 10 years later &#8211; it’s still hard to believe it happened.</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/miscellaneous/iraq-war-10-years-later-its-still-hard-to-believe-it-happened.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=iraq-war-10-years-later-its-still-hard-to-believe-it-happened</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>N J Barnes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a decade since we invaded Iraq in what may rank as the most calamitous foreign policy decision ever by this country. A few thoughts. The selling of a war: The administration of George W Bush skillfully exploited the &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/miscellaneous/iraq-war-10-years-later-its-still-hard-to-believe-it-happened.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Night Videos &#8211; Featuring Foxygen, Low, and Tom Waits</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday night Zippy suggested I buy the new album by Foxygen, We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace &#38; Magic, so I did, and I like it. Zippy and Sporty saw the band live at the Treefort Music &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/music/friday-night-videos-featuring-foxygen-low-and-tom-waits.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mosh Pit Simulator</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heavy metal physicists Matt Bierbaum and Jesse Silverberg have studied the motion of people in mosh pits and found that mosh pits are a gas gas gas! That&#8217;s right, they say: &#8230;the motion of people in a mosh pit looks &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/news/mosh-pit-simulator.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Write your US Senators about keeping Mandatory Background Checks in the Gun Control Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read an article in The Washington Post today that explains the differences in the gun bill yet to be resolved by the Chuck Schumer, representing the Democrats, and Tom Coburn, representing the Republicans. It all gets down to the issue &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/politics/write-your-us-senators-about-keeping-mandatory-background-checks-in-the-gun-control-bill.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GOP is no more serious about curbing gun violence as it is in addressing the nation’s other problems.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>N J Barnes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four bills that seek to curb gun violence in America made it out of the Senate Judiciary Committee where they confront an uncertain fate in the full body. It is unclear which, if any, will prevail in an up or &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/politics/gop-is-no-more-serious-about-curbing-gun-violence-as-it-is-in-addressing-the-nations-other-problems.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Night Videos &#8211; Featuring Young David Bowie and Old David Bowie</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bought the new David Bowie album, The Next Day, today and, when I went looking for a video from the album to post, I came across this one from 1969: The original &#8220;Space Oddity&#8220;. This is Bowie at age &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/music/friday-night-videos-featuring-young-david-bowie-and-old-david-bowie.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I spent half an hour on the &#8220;service chat&#8221; with AT&amp;T and eliminated $20 worth of overpriced services I wasn&#8217;t using. Here&#8217;s the script&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.harikari.com/technology/i-spent-half-an-hour-on-the-service-chat-with-att-and-eliminated-20-worth-of-overpriced-services-i-wasnt-using-heres-the-script.html?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=i-spent-half-an-hour-on-the-service-chat-with-att-and-eliminated-20-worth-of-overpriced-services-i-wasnt-using-heres-the-script</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saved $20 just by asking, repeatedly, how to get the lowest possible rate that matched my usage. It took about half an hour. <a href="http://www.harikari.com/technology/i-spent-half-an-hour-on-the-service-chat-with-att-and-eliminated-20-worth-of-overpriced-services-i-wasnt-using-heres-the-script.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nick Cave Kicks off his 2013 US Tour in Austin at SXSW tonight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are touring the US in support of their new album, Push the Sky Away, and their first show is tonight at SXSW at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q in Austin, Texas. Unless you are in Austin tonight &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/music/nick-cave-kicks-off-his-2013-us-tour-in-austin-at-sxsw-tonight.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kudos to Whole Foods on GMI. Now where are other major grocery chains?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>N J Barnes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The decision by Whole Foods Market to label all products with genetically modified ingredients within 5 years is a very welcome if overdue one. Now other retail grocery chains should follow suit. GMI labeling is popular with the public and &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/food-and-drink/kudos-to-whole-foods-on-gmi-now-where-are-other-major-grocery-chains.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tyranny of the Gun Toting 34%</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>N J Barnes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the mass shooting of primary school children in Newtown, Connecticut, we were told that legislative reforms of our gun laws would be hard given the 47% of households with firearms. It turns out that this number &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/politics/tyranny-of-the-gun-toting-34.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GOP’s deep unseriousness on deficit clearly displayed in Ryan Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>N J Barnes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first thing that needs to be understood is that the new budget proposal from Congressman Paul Ryan is not a serious document in any way. Rather, it is a GOP political manifesto, a document that clearly states what today’s &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/politics/gops-deep-unseriousness-on-deficit-clearly-displayed-in-ryan-budget.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wealth Inequality in America explained with animated charts and graphs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written about income inequality and wealth disparity many times on this blog, and I hope I&#8217;ve successfully communicated the extent of inequality in America. However, I know I&#8217;ve never written anything that comes close to describing the magnitude of &#8230; <a href="http://www.harikari.com/economy/wealth-inequality-in-america-explained-with-animated-charts-and-graphs.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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