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		<title>&#8216;A failed experiment today&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/16/a-failed-experiment-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gil Smart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government Spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sullivan on Romney: On the key question of how to lower the long-term debt, Romney takes the view that only spending on entitlements matters. Everything else can and should actually add to the debt. More Pentagon spending and more tax &#8230; <a href="http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/16/a-failed-experiment-today/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vegetable souls</title>
		<link>http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/16/vegetable-souls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gil Smart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberalism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oh my god. I would like to thank the many readers who took the time to respond to my previous post for The Stone, “If Peas Can Talk, Should We Eat Them?” Among the approximately 350 comments were several who &#8230; <a href="http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/16/vegetable-souls/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Monsters to destroy</title>
		<link>http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/16/monsters-to-destroy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gil Smart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Military Spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War in Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War in Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War in North Korea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The rationale for why we have to spend ever-more money on guns (but the fiscal sky is falling so we absolutely must gut social programs immediately!): Take the Middle East/North Africa. The Iranian threat is hardly diminishing. Few would dispute &#8230; <a href="http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/16/monsters-to-destroy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ding ding ding we have a winnah!</title>
		<link>http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/15/ding-ding-ding-we-have-a-winnah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 21:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gil Smart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stock Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NYT editorial on how mom and pop investors have been fleeing the market: Evidence suggests that investors are not merely reacting to tough conditions, but rather are staying away because they do not trust the market. I can&#8217;t imagine why. &#8230; <a href="http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/15/ding-ding-ding-we-have-a-winnah/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On the lowest difficulty setting</title>
		<link>http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/15/on-the-lowest-difficulty-setting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gil Smart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Race]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pretty good. I’ve been thinking of a way to explain to straight white men how life works for them, without invoking the dreaded word “privilege,” to which they react like vampires being fed a garlic tart at high noon. It’s &#8230; <a href="http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/15/on-the-lowest-difficulty-setting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The case against farmland preservation now</title>
		<link>http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/15/the-case-against-farmland-preservation-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gil Smart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farmland preservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lancaster]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So I see where there&#8217;s now a coalition of farmland preservationists set to pressure Gov. Corbett on his wish to use revenues ostensibly set aside for preservation to shore up the state&#8217;s general fund instead. I&#8217;m of two minds on &#8230; <a href="http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/15/the-case-against-farmland-preservation-now/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What once made them strong&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/15/what-once-made-them-strong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gil Smart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/?p=7484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;now makes them weak: But overall, the trend is clear. Democrats, who initially opposed gay marriage and then were evenly divided, are gradually uniting in favor of the idea. Republicans, who used to be united against gay marriage, are becoming &#8230; <a href="http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/15/what-once-made-them-strong/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Eye in the sky</title>
		<link>http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/15/eye-in-the-sky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gil Smart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surveillance State]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Holy smokes! I actually agree with Charles Krauthammer about something: &#8220;I&#8217;m going to go hard left on you here, I&#8217;m going ACLU,&#8221; syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said in opposition to the use of drones on the U.S. homeland. &#8220;I don&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/15/eye-in-the-sky/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Evolve or die. I&#8217;m thinking they choose &#8216;die&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/12/evolve-or-die-im-thinking-they-choose-die/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 20:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gil Smart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sullivan: It&#8217;s a memo circulated by Jan van Lohuizen, a highly respected Republican pollster, (he polled for George W. Bush in 2004), to various leading Republican operatives, candidates and insiders. It&#8217;s on the fast-shifting poll data on marriage equality and &#8230; <a href="http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/12/evolve-or-die-im-thinking-they-choose-die/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>J.P.&#8217;s problem is your problem</title>
		<link>http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/11/j-p-s-problem-is-your-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 17:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gil Smart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bailouts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banksters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taibbi on J.P. Morgan Chase losing $2 billion, and how it&#8217;ll come around to bite you in the arse: If you’re wondering why you should care if some idiot trader (who apparently has been making $100 million a year at &#8230; <a href="http://lancasteronline.com/blogs/smartremarks/2012/05/11/j-p-s-problem-is-your-problem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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