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	<title>Synthesis Magazine Blog &#187; Politics</title>
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		<title>US Out of Baghdad: Mission Accomplished?</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/06/29/us-out-of-iraq-mission-accomplished/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/06/29/us-out-of-iraq-mission-accomplished/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spencer</dc:creator>
		
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It&#8217;s been a long time coming, but I&#8217;m glad to hear that we finally won the Iraqi war&#8230; That&#8217;s what just happened, right? 
From Reuters: 
Addressing military leaders in Baghdad, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said: &#8220;Our sovereignty has started and &#8230; we should move forward to build a modern state and enjoy security which has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Sanford and a Land of Glass Houses</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/06/24/mark-sanford-and-a-land-of-glass-houses/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/06/24/mark-sanford-and-a-land-of-glass-houses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spencer</dc:creator>
		
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When you live in a town full of glass houses, you should really limit the amount of stones you throw. In Washington DC one must be extra careful on what you call out, rather than on whom.  Take South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, whose condemnation of Clinton&#8217;s marital affair make him look even more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Honeymoon is Officially Over: Obama vs. The Press</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/06/24/the-honeymoon-is-officially-over-obama-vs-the-press/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/06/24/the-honeymoon-is-officially-over-obama-vs-the-press/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spencer</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[The Honeymoon is Officially Over: Obama vs. The Press]]></category>

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I&#8217;ve been staying over at my girlfriend&#8217;s house for the last month or so, and since she doesn&#8217;t listen to NPR in the mornings I&#8217;ve remained blissfully ignorant when it comes to national news. I mean, I don&#8217;t suppose I&#8217;ve been missing much: protests over Iranian elections, car bombs in Iraq and Pakistan, in this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gays Are Pissed at Obama</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/06/17/gays-are-pissed-at-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spencer</dc:creator>
		
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Maybe he&#8217;s just ashamed about hooking up on the down-low, but either way President Obama isn&#8217;t going to bat for homosexual marriage rights. Gay rights activists and politicos insist that Barack&#8217;s just paying lip-service (and not in a sexy man-on-man way). 
From CNN:

 Charles Moran, the spokesman for the Log Cabin Republicans said the lack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire David Letterman!</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/06/15/fire-david-letterman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas VonKillbot</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I hopped on to Google Trends this morning expecting to see the usual flood of nonsensical keywords that almost always ends up in the top 10: the dead B-list celeb, the free chicken that Oprah is giving away, Axl Rose, etc.  Instead, I was a bit perplexed about the fact that Fire David Letterman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tunza Gunz</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/05/19/tunza-gunz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 04:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>awellersdick</dc:creator>
		
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&#8220;A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind&#8230;Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks.&#8221; -Thomas Jefferson
The Westwood Rifle Range on Highway 36 in Lassen County [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chico State Mechatronics</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/05/19/chico-state-mechatronics-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 03:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>awellersdick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Chico State&#8217;s Mechatronics Department is cranking out some pretty wild shit. Here are a couple of videos to check out.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zkKqeAk4uo&#38;feature=channel_page
The MRCR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5H5Dz-PAPs&#38;feature=channel
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		<title>Guns, Guns, Guns and More Guns</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/05/18/guns-guns-guns-and-more-guns/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/05/18/guns-guns-guns-and-more-guns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 02:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>awellersdick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[



  

&#8220;A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind&#8230;Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks.&#8221; -Thomas Jefferson
The Westwood Rifle Range on Highway 36 in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployed? We&#8217;ll Help You Go Back To School, Says Prez</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/05/08/unemployed-well-help-you-go-back-to-school-says-prez/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/05/08/unemployed-well-help-you-go-back-to-school-says-prez/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 19:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spencer</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.synthesis.net/?p=12535</guid>
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(Bored Obama photo by Scout Tufankjian)
Maybe Obama has heard the snickering coming from our office: &#8220;shit sucks, work sucks, jobs suck, time to start on that Master&#8217;s&#8230;&#8221;
From USA  TODAY:
President Obama has announced the formation of a new website, http://www.opportunity.gov, which will help unemployed Americans pursue educational opportunities. Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How I Survived a Debilitating Misanthropic Episode, Had a Short-lived Career as a Vigilante and Had My Ass Stolen by a Piece of Shit Wall Street Pusbag</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/05/04/how-i-survived-a-debilitating-misanthropic-episode-had-a-short-lived-career-as-a-vigilante-and-had-my-ass-stolen-by-a-piece-of-shit-wall-street-pusbag/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/05/04/how-i-survived-a-debilitating-misanthropic-episode-had-a-short-lived-career-as-a-vigilante-and-had-my-ass-stolen-by-a-piece-of-shit-wall-street-pusbag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 21:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>awellersdick</dc:creator>
		
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&#8220;We make the rules, pal. The news, war, peace, famine, upheaval, the price of a paper clip. We pick that rabbit out of a hat while everybody sits around wondering how the hell we did it. Now you&#8217;re not naïve enough to think that we&#8217;re living in a democracy, are you, Buddy? It&#8217;s the free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina Congresswoman Calls Matthew Shepard&#8217;s Death a &#8220;Hoax&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/30/north-carolina-congresswoman-calls-matthew-shepards-death-a-hoax/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/30/north-carolina-congresswoman-calls-matthew-shepards-death-a-hoax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently Rep. Virginia Foxx is convinced that Matthew Shephard's death was merely a "hoax" used to further the gay agenda. Talk about kicking a man when he's down, oh wait, that's what the two men who tortured and beat Matthew Shepard to death already did:]]></description>
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		<title>Decemberists on Colbert Report Tonight</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/27/decemberists-on-colbert-report-tonight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spencer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Even thought they were trounced in the great ShredDown of 2006, The Decemberists are coming back to the Colbert Report with their  overly-literate tails between their legs (eat it lit majors!)
Tune in tonight (4/27) to check out The Decemberists performing “The Wanting Comes In Waves / Repaid” on The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 11:30/10:30c)! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma House Rejects The Flaming Lips&#8217; &#8220;Do You Realize?&#8221; as Official State Rock Song. Someone needs to vote out some gray-hairs.</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/24/oklahoma-house-rejects-the-flaming-lips-do-you-realize-as-official-state-rock-song-someone-needs-to-vote-out-some-gray-hairs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oklahoma House has rejected the classic Flaming Lips song &#8220;Do You Realize??, Pt. 1&#8221; from Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
 as the state&#8217;s official rock song, reportedly because bassist/engineer Michael Ivins wore a t-shirt with a hammer &#38; sickle to the state capital.

Hey, isn&#8217;t Russia supposed to be our ally now?
You can vote to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almost As Radical as Frank Zappa For President: Jaspal Bhatti&#8217;s Recession Party</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/22/almost-as-radical-as-frank-zappa-for-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[India seems liek a pretty wild place; multiple religions, multiple Gods, multiple political parties and, reportedly, multiple ways to profit from becoming an elected official. Before reading about him I had never heard of Jaspal Bhatti (thanks Mad Bob), but apparentlyhe&#8217;s a comedian and televison personality whose new political party, The Recession party, is running [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s So Wrong With A Little Waterboarding?</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/21/whats-so-wrong-with-a-little-waterboarding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.synthesis.net/?p=12224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
With the recent release of secret CIA memos concerning torture techniques used by military personal to obtain information from &#8220;the enemy&#8221;, people are turning this whole thing into a gigantic deal. With saying that, I do not condone torture of prisoners for many reason BUT shit happens in war. We have killed thousands and thousands of people the past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Jonathan Troxler Religious Art Specimens</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/20/a-few-jonathan-troxler-religious-art-specimens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the neat things about editing the Syntheis Weekly is that I get a first-had crack at the action before the paper even hits the streets. Last Friday I was  proofing Mad Bob Howard&#8217;s column, and he referenced a fellow &#8220;outsider artist&#8221; (aside: something about the term &#8220;outsider art&#8221; or &#8220;outsider artist&#8221; makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hey Its Tea Party Day!</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/15/hey-its-tea-party-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Affluent white people, take to the streets!! The revolution starts now! ]]></description>
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		<title>Tea Bag America! Tomorrow!</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/14/tea-bag-america-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Besides being Tax Day, tomorrow, April 15th, is also the day racists, militiamen, NRA members, corporate shills, talk radio fans, mouthbreathing white people and the rest of the moron minority tomorrow will be throwing a fit live on FOX News about having to pay those taxes, by "Tea Bagging" at rallys across the country. ]]></description>
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		<title>Right-Wing Media Machine Backs the Wrong Horse in Pirate Stand-Off</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/13/right-wing-media-machine-backs-the-wrong-horse-in-pirate-stand-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While US Navy SEALS were parachuting onto the deck of a US Warship, authorized by President Obama to use deadly force in the rescue of American ship Captain Richard Phillips, whom was successfully recovered after snipers shot three Somali pirates dead, the usual suspects in the right-wing punditry club were too busy calling President Obama a coward for his failure to act and relishing the impending doom of Capt Phillips, to even notice.]]></description>
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		<title>Art Wellersdick Meets The Economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/08/art-wellersdick-meets-the-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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It is a strange time when the American Way of Life crashes. Fear and a sense of impending doom tend to drive otherwise rational people into deep fits of despair. People drool and babble and fall all over themselves at the prospect of having to live within their means. When Americans are forced to accept [...]]]></description>
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