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		<title>Pike Lake Hiking</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott K</dc:creator>
		
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Last Saturday I decided to head back to the Pike Lake Unit of the Kettle Moraines. I got a lot of good photos last time, but this time I wanted to try a different lens. All the photos from this hike were shot with the Canon 18-55mm kit lens. It was nice to have something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moscow&#8217;s Reaction to U.S. and Poland&#8217;s Missile Defense Base</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott K</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As you probably know, the US has been working with NATO allies in Europe to bolster their missile defense system to provide protection for us and the rest of Europe in the event that Iran or other rogue nations attack. The agreement is to put 10 missile defense interceptors in northern Poland.
&#8220;Hours after the signing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dont Throw Away Your Capitalism Just Yet - Freakonomics</title>
		<link>http://www.illiteratewithdrawal.com/2008/08/dont-throw-away-your-capitalism-just-yet-freakonomics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott K</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  Dont Throw Away Your Capitalism Just Yet - Freakonomics - Opinion  - New York Times Blog.
“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”
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		<title>Are We a Nation of Financial Illiterates?</title>
		<link>http://www.illiteratewithdrawal.com/2008/08/are-we-a-nation-of-financial-illiterates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott K</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Freakonomics economists ask that question. There is also a little quiz about financial literacy. I got all three questions correct. How&#8217;d you do? Overall, I feel that all or most of the recent financial/housing troubles are solely because of people buying things that they just can&#8217;t afford. I heard multiple stories of people getting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top dishonors in writing</title>
		<link>http://www.illiteratewithdrawal.com/2008/08/top-dishonors-in-writing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott K</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AN JOSE, Calif. - A grotesque comparison of a steamy love affair to a New York City street has won a Washington man this year&#8217;s grand prize in an annual contest of bad writing.
Garrison Spik, a 41-year-old communications director and writer, took top honors in San Jose State University&#8217;s 26th annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I worked out with Obama&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.illiteratewithdrawal.com/2008/08/i-worked-out-with-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott K</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As thousands waited at the Sieges Saule monument in Berlin to hear Obama’s sensational speech, a BILD reporter met Barack all alone – in the gym! Here&#8217;s the incredible account of Judith Bonesky’s meeting…
It&#8217;s 16:02pm and I’ve been training in the gym of the Ritz Carlton hotel in Berlin. A man in a suit approaches [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Tax Increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott K</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Obama’s proposed “tax cuts for the middle class” are actually marginal rate hikes in disguise.

It&#8217;s pretty simple. If you have an adjusted gross income of between $85,000 and $100,000 or so, Obama won&#8217;t raise your marginal tax rates. If you&#8217;re anywhere else in the income scale, you&#8217;re not so lucky.
Although Obama is offering a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two-way syncing of Google Calendar and iCal</title>
		<link>http://www.illiteratewithdrawal.com/2008/08/two-way-syncing-of-google-calendar-and-ical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott K</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past I just used Google&#8217;s online calendar. It was simple and fast to use, yet provided some powerful features. However, since upgrading to Leopard and using the new version if iCal (version 3), I looked for a way to do a two-sync of Google Calendar and iCal. There are a number of programs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comparing the two candidates&#8217; statements on the invasion of Georgia</title>
		<link>http://www.illiteratewithdrawal.com/2008/08/comparing-the-two-candidates-statements-on-the-invasion-of-georgia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott K</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator McCain&#8217;s statement:
STATEMENT BY JOHN MCCAIN ON RUSSIA&#8217;S AGGRESSION IN GEORGIA For Immediate Release
Contact: Press Office Friday, August 8, 2008
703-650-5550
ARLINGTON, VA &#8212; U.S. Senator John McCain issued the following statement regarding the current conflict between Georgia and Russia:
&#8220;Today, news reports indicate that Russian military forces crossed an internationally-recognized border into the sovereign territory of Georgia. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increasingly lax education standards</title>
		<link>http://www.illiteratewithdrawal.com/2008/08/increasingly-lax-education-standards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott K</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Spelling &#8220;truely atrosious,&#8221; says academic
LONDON (Reuters) - Embaressed by yor spelling? Never you mind.
Fed up with his students&#8217; complete inability to spell common English correctly, a British academic has suggested it may be time to accept &#8220;variant spellings&#8221; as legitimate.
Rather than grammarians getting in a huff about &#8220;argument&#8221; being spelled &#8220;arguement&#8221; or &#8220;opportunity&#8221; as &#8220;opertunity,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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