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		<title>OCCUPY WOMEN TAKE THEIR PROTEST TO MEN&#8217;S TOILETS</title>
		<link>http://randomthots.org/2012/02/24/occupy-women-take-their-protest-to-mens-toilets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What could be a more basic human right if it is not equality and ease of access to toilets irrespective of race, religion or gender? <a href="http://randomthots.org/2012/02/24/occupy-women-take-their-protest-to-mens-toilets/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randomthots.org&amp;blog=11195354&amp;post=6565&amp;subd=robark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BREAKING  NEWS !!</title>
		<link>http://randomthots.org/2012/02/22/breaking-news-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the world blew up last night, what would be the banner headline in the New York Times? <a href="http://randomthots.org/2012/02/22/breaking-news-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randomthots.org&amp;blog=11195354&amp;post=6557&amp;subd=robark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LINCOLN at COOPER UNION</title>
		<link>http://randomthots.org/2012/02/20/6524/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cooper Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lincoln]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Herndon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[President Abraham Lincoln made his public address at Cooper Union in New York City on April 27, 1860.  Six weeks later the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter starting the American Civil War.  It was Lincoln’s final speech prior to the &#8230; <a href="http://randomthots.org/2012/02/20/6524/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randomthots.org&amp;blog=11195354&amp;post=6524&amp;subd=robark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GEORGE BEVERLY SHEA</title>
		<link>http://randomthots.org/2012/02/19/george-beverly-shea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audio/Visual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Billy Graham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Beverly Shea]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[His frends call him Bev.  George Beverly Shea is Grammy Award-winning Canadian-born gospel singer and hymn composer. Bev celebrated his 103rd birthday less than three weeks ago.  He was born on the first of February in the year 1909. If &#8230; <a href="http://randomthots.org/2012/02/19/george-beverly-shea/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randomthots.org&amp;blog=11195354&amp;post=6547&amp;subd=robark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PUTIN ON THE PROWL</title>
		<link>http://randomthots.org/2012/02/18/putin-on-the-prowl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael McFaul]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Washington Post MOSCOW — A nasty spate of anti-Americanism set off by Vladimir V. Putin has grown into waves of attacks aimed at the new American ambassador and Russian opposition leaders, raising questions about the future of U.S.-Russian &#8230; <a href="http://randomthots.org/2012/02/18/putin-on-the-prowl/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randomthots.org&amp;blog=11195354&amp;post=6539&amp;subd=robark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MORE ON THE CATHOLIC FLAP</title>
		<link>http://randomthots.org/2012/02/17/more-on-the-catholic-flap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political philosophy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Paul Rahe minces no words in writing More Than a Touch of Malice, an article you can read at Ricochet.  He adds his wisdom to the argument that, far from committing a gaffe, Obama’s riling of the Catholic Church &#8230; <a href="http://randomthots.org/2012/02/17/more-on-the-catholic-flap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randomthots.org&amp;blog=11195354&amp;post=6532&amp;subd=robark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>THE CATHOLIC FLAP, A CASE OF PLANNED AGITATION?</title>
		<link>http://randomthots.org/2012/02/15/the-catholic-flap-a-case-of-planned-agitation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dick Morris says the Catholic flap is a planned plot.  The Democrats know the abortion issue is a loser for them.  The idea is to twist it into a contraception issue and then scare the voters into fearing the Republicans &#8230; <a href="http://randomthots.org/2012/02/15/the-catholic-flap-a-case-of-planned-agitation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randomthots.org&amp;blog=11195354&amp;post=6516&amp;subd=robark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PERILOUS TIMES</title>
		<link>http://randomthots.org/2012/02/15/perilous-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The headlines below are un-edited from the Drudge Report on Feb. 15,2012.  I regrouped them into rough categories and dropped some punctuation, those are the only changes made.  Arranged this way the headlines paint a picture of a U.S policy &#8230; <a href="http://randomthots.org/2012/02/15/perilous-times/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randomthots.org&amp;blog=11195354&amp;post=6506&amp;subd=robark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GREECE</title>
		<link>http://randomthots.org/2012/02/13/greece/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right across the street from the Parliament building in Athens there stands an outdoor café.  Many times I have sat and sipped  Ouzos at that cafe watching the changing of the guard as one stoic protector of the palace replaced &#8230; <a href="http://randomthots.org/2012/02/13/greece/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randomthots.org&amp;blog=11195354&amp;post=6483&amp;subd=robark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BARACK OBAMA’S VAUNTED CONCESSION TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH</title>
		<link>http://randomthots.org/2012/02/12/barack-obamas-vaunted-concession-to-the-catholic-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harvard Professor Greg Mankiw explains the reality of the President’s ostensible concession in a published piece aptly titled Semantics at the Highest Level. Consider these two policies: A. An employer is required to provide its employees health insurance that covers &#8230; <a href="http://randomthots.org/2012/02/12/barack-obamas-vaunted-concession-to-the-catholic-church/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randomthots.org&amp;blog=11195354&amp;post=6475&amp;subd=robark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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