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		<title>Vote Down The Guns</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/05/vote-down-the-guns/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2017 20:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First a word about our lovely press. If I hear one more reporter grovel and squirm about how we don&#8217;t really want to hurt the NRA or take away any gun rights or do anything unreasonable, no, no, we just want to assume there is a solution to the carnage that does not inconvenience any &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/05/vote-down-the-guns/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Vote Down The Guns</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fox &#8220;News&#8221; Station Tells Viewers to Vote Republican</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/04/02/fox-news-station-tells-viewers-to-vote-republican/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politicians]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In an intriew with Paul Ryan, at just past 2 minutes and 40 seconds: (oversize video below the fold) Why does FOX still get press passes? Are they still in the White House press corp? More here at Raw Story]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Development in Minnesota Family Value Republicans Having Affairs Maneno</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/15/new-development-in-minnesota-family-value-republicans-having-affairs-maneno/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politicians]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[You will will recall that a while back our Republican Leader was caught having an affair with a male staffer, who was then fired. Well, he&#8217;s suing on the bases of sex discrimination; he claims that female staffers with whom affairs are had are routinely not fired, and he was fired because he was a &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/15/new-development-in-minnesota-family-value-republicans-having-affairs-maneno/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">New Development in Minnesota Family Value Republicans Having Affairs Maneno</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Exposing Archaic and Arcane Laws and Social Justice: A new trend?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/12/exposing-archaic-and-arcane-laws-and-social-justice-a-new-trend/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I know you are supposed to wait for three like things to happen before you declare it a trend, and I only know of two, but I figure it is worth mentioning. Maybe we can stretch this coincidence out and make it work for us. A couple of months ago, it was revealed that a &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/12/exposing-archaic-and-arcane-laws-and-social-justice-a-new-trend/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Exposing Archaic and Arcane Laws and Social Justice: A new trend?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sex, Pornography, Firearms, and Republicans</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/07/sex-pornography-firearms-and-republicans/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2012]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Via The Huffington Post: &#8221; The Republican Party in a small, conservative South Carolina county expects its candidates to lower taxes. They also expect them to not watch porn, be faithful to their spouses and not have sex outside of marriage. The Laurens County Republican Party originally decided that anyone who wanted to run for &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/07/sex-pornography-firearms-and-republicans/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Sex, Pornography, Firearms, and Republicans</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>GOP Leader: Pray that &#8220;Obama’s ‘Children Be Fatherless And His Wife A Widow’</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/13/gop-leader-pray-that-obamas-children-be-fatherless-and-his-wife-a-widow/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politicians]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kansas House Speaker Mike O’Neal is a piece of work, and I hope he is under Secret Service investigation after calling for the President&#8217;s death. But you know he&#8217;s just a cranky old guy who&#8217;s lost his filters and is saying out loud what most Tea Party Republicans are thinking in their heads all the &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/13/gop-leader-pray-that-obamas-children-be-fatherless-and-his-wife-a-widow/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">GOP Leader: Pray that &#8220;Obama’s ‘Children Be Fatherless And His Wife A Widow’</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">5871</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>A sad anniversary</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/08/a-sad-anniversary/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabrielle Giffords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[One year ago today, nine-year-old Christina-Taylor Green was shot to death by Tuscon resident Jared Lee Loughner, using a 9 mm Glock automatic pistol with a high capacity ammunition clip. Seventeen other people were shot in that incident, a total of six of whom died. One of the injured was Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle &#8220;Gabby&#8221; Giffords, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/08/a-sad-anniversary/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A sad anniversary</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Romney Leads For Iowa, but numbers suggest he is not really a favorite</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/01/romney-leads-for-iowa-but-numbers-suggest-he-is-not-really-a-favorite/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Bachmann-Michele]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perry-Rick]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Iowa Caucus (not to be confused with the mostly bogus Iowa Straw Poll, where Michele Bachmann bought herself a good lead) will be held Tuesday. A Caucus is an actual political event and it is not insignificant. If you hear someone say &#8220;Oh, caucuses don&#8217;t mean anything&#8221; or &#8220;A caucus is not a real &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/01/romney-leads-for-iowa-but-numbers-suggest-he-is-not-really-a-favorite/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Romney Leads For Iowa, but numbers suggest he is not really a favorite</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">5798</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Republican Candidates Need To Make A List And Let Us Check It Twice</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/22/republican-candidates-need-to-make-a-list-and-let-us-check-it-twice/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the last few years we&#8217;ve seen increasing evidence that the philosophy of Republican elected officials and candidates is to a) garner support from specific groups and then, b) withhold representation of any other groups once elected and even c) go out of their way to harm groups that opposed them during the election. A &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/22/republican-candidates-need-to-make-a-list-and-let-us-check-it-twice/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Republican Candidates Need To Make A List And Let Us Check It Twice</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What can you buy at a gay adult shop in Canada for $67?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/17/what-can-you-buy-at-a-gay-adult-shop-in-canada-for-67/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 05:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politicians]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Conservative Republican Mayor Greg Davis&#8217; Adult Gay Canadian Bookstore Problem Which is worse: He&#8217;s a Republican Family Values (read: Anti-Gay) Conservative who is, apparently, gay; He&#8217;s spending taxpayer money to buy gay stuff in a gay adult bookstore; or He&#8217;s spending said Taxpayer (And that&#8217;s Mississippi Taxpayer) money in a foreign country!?!? (Canada) The Raw &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/17/what-can-you-buy-at-a-gay-adult-shop-in-canada-for-67/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">What can you buy at a gay adult shop in Canada for $67?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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