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		<title>Tucker Carlson and White Supremacy</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/25/tucker-carlson-and-white-supremacy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2018 15:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Racism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Carlson suggests that white supremacy, the philosophy, is nearly absent in America. This assertion proves that Carlson has no spine, since he touts the white supremacist line at every opportunity. Admit it Tucker, you are talking about yourself. Media Matters has this covered:]]></description>
		
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		<title>Trump, Fox News, White Supremacists Lie About South Africa</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/23/trump-fox-news-white-supremacists-lie-about-south-africa/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2018 22:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lies]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have been South Africa many times, and have essentially lived there in a variety of circumstances for quite a bit of time. South Africa is a large, complex, and diverse country with an incredibly complicated history, so I won&#8217;t pretend to fully understand the place. But I&#8217;m sure I get South Africa far more, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/23/trump-fox-news-white-supremacists-lie-about-south-africa/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Trump, Fox News, White Supremacists Lie About South Africa</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Oldest Human Bones, Jebel Irhoud, Morocco</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/06/07/the-oldest-human-bones-jebel-irhoud-morocco/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 21:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holocene Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jebel Irhoud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New early huma find]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve heard to story. I&#8217;m here to give you a little context. But in case you haven&#8217;t heard the story, this is from the press release which is, so far, the only information generally available: New finds of fossils and stone tools from the archaeological site of Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, push back the origins of &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/06/07/the-oldest-human-bones-jebel-irhoud-morocco/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Oldest Human Bones, Jebel Irhoud, Morocco</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Odd Ancient South African Human &#8220;Ancestor&#8221; Is Young</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/09/odd-ancient-south-african-human-ancestor-is-young/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 16:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naledi]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve heard of Homo naledi, the strange &#8220;human ancestor&#8221; (really, a cousin) found a while back in South Africa. There were many skeletal remains in a cave, in the kind of shape you&#8217;d expect if they had crawled into the cave and died there, not much disturbed. They look enough like other members of our &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/09/odd-ancient-south-african-human-ancestor-is-young/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Odd Ancient South African Human &#8220;Ancestor&#8221; Is Young</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Tuluver, A New Species of Bird</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/09/05/the-tuluver-a-new-species-of-bird/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2015 14:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[People were fascinated, excited, and some were enraged, by this awareness raising campaign of BirdLife South Africa. I might have preferred this modification:]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Ghost of the McGregor Museum: A True Story</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/27/how-i-captured-the-ghost-of-the-mcgregor-museum-a-true-story/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boer War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhodes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A City of Death and Misery Everything I&#8217;m about to tell you in this story is true.1 You might not want to read this story while you are alone or while sitting in the dark.2 Kimberley South Africa is said to be the most haunted city in the world, and it certainly is a city &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/27/how-i-captured-the-ghost-of-the-mcgregor-museum-a-true-story/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Ghost of the McGregor Museum: A True Story</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Nelson Mandela Has Gone Home</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/12/05/nelson-mandela-has-gone-home/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nelson Mandela]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Imagine going back in time to visit Nelson Mandela in prison and telling him this: &#8220;You will live through this and be free, you&#8217;ll lead your country and set an unattainable example of leadership, you&#8217;ll retire as president and die at a very old age. The violence associated with the end of Apartheid will be &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/12/05/nelson-mandela-has-gone-home/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Nelson Mandela Has Gone Home</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Update Your Southern African Bird Guide Collection</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/26/update-your-southern-african-bird-guide-collection/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books-Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[field guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[When traveling and working in South Africa, I&#8217;ve always used Newman&#8217;s guide to the birds of Southern Africa, and more recently, I found the Sasol guide to be helpful as well. (I discuss both briefly here.) Now, I&#8217;ve got on my desk a copy of Princeton&#8217;s Birds of Southern Africa: Fourth Edition by Ian Sinclair, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/26/update-your-southern-african-bird-guide-collection/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Update Your Southern African Bird Guide Collection</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>From Ladysmith to London: A Harrowing Escape</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/08/11/from-ladysmith-to-london-a-harrowing-escape/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 01:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anglo boer war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ladysmith]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In late November, 1899, a British military unit which included an embedded reporter was ambushed by an Afrikaner unit in what is now Natal Province, South Africa. This was during the Anglo-Boer war, which was to be the largest military adventure to date in the history of the United Kingdom. The British had been traveling &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/08/11/from-ladysmith-to-london-a-harrowing-escape/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">From Ladysmith to London: A Harrowing Escape</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wild angry baboons on the high cliff</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/31/wild-angry-baboons-on-the-high/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 16:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baboons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We three had somehow wound our way down into the canyon without experiencing any really steep slopes, but having walked for several miles in the sandy dry riverbed, Trusted Companion, Young One, and I were now looking rather hopelessly at unsafe-to-climb cliffs on both sides, covered with imposing vegetation of the kind that sports a &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/31/wild-angry-baboons-on-the-high/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Wild angry baboons on the high cliff</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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