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		<title>Area Man opposes tax increase in excessively verbose manner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Around town I&#8217;ve been seeing flyers and signs for quite awhile saying the above, with &#8220;vote YES on Feb 7th&#8221;.  At the grocery store, in the parking lots of various banks, restaurants, etc.  There were even some in the local &#8230; <a href="http://www.psychopolitik.com/2012/02/03/area-man-opposes-tax-increase-in-excessively-verbose-manner/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psychopolitik.com/2012/02/03/area-man-opposes-tax-increase-in-excessively-verbose-manner/</link>
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		<title>Stray</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a thought or two: Lately I&#8217;ve been thinking about those occasional poll results that show up (for example) saying, contrary to their public image, that even a majority of Republicans think the finance sector and big business have too &#8230; <a href="http://www.psychopolitik.com/2012/01/31/stray/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psychopolitik.com/2012/01/31/stray/</link>
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		<title>In Steve&#8217;s Time Machine, nobody rides clean</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With how much dread is still pulsating through the domestic economy with regards to unemployment, the timing couldn&#8217;t be better for lengthy analysis articles asking questions about it.  The NY Times contributes the latest entry, a consideration of why the &#8230; <a href="http://www.psychopolitik.com/2012/01/22/slogging-for-apples/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psychopolitik.com/2012/01/22/slogging-for-apples/</link>
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		<title>Premature Legislation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Found this amusing: Actors in adult movies filmed in America&#8217;s pornography capital would be required to use condoms under an ordinance granted final approval Tuesday by the Los Angeles City Council. The measure, adopted 9-1, next goes to the mayor &#8230; <a href="http://www.psychopolitik.com/2012/01/18/premature-legislation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psychopolitik.com/2012/01/18/premature-legislation/</link>
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		<title>American liberalism is operationally conservative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a saying among some mainstream liberals that Americans tend to claim conservatism while being &#8220;operationally liberal&#8221;, which they apparently define as being in favor of tax-funded benefits.  Kevin Drum touched on this by name recently during a post about &#8230; <a href="http://www.psychopolitik.com/2012/01/14/american-liberalism-is-operationally-conservative/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psychopolitik.com/2012/01/14/american-liberalism-is-operationally-conservative/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Say &#8216;inevitable&#8217; in the mirror 5 times and he appears&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another GOP primary season thought, prompted primarily by the ideological self-identification of Romney voters not having a particular concentration so far: For several months, media &#8220;analysis&#8221; of the field has repeatedly and relentlessly rested on &#8220;well, they&#8217;re going to have &#8230; <a href="http://www.psychopolitik.com/2012/01/12/inevitability/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psychopolitik.com/2012/01/12/inevitability/</link>
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		<title>Spreading it thin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coming up so close behind Romney in Iowa he could smell his sweat has former senator Santorum feeling rather cocky and full of himself.  As a result, his initial penetration into New Hampshire, seeking to fill the gap in the &#8230; <a href="http://www.psychopolitik.com/2012/01/07/spreading-it-thin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psychopolitik.com/2012/01/07/spreading-it-thin/</link>
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		<title>The &#8220;Cuz I Said So&#8221; theory of global relations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Drum recently added a new tack to the intra-mainstream-liberal argument over Ron Paul, going beyond talking about anti-interventionism with a &#8220;yeah, but&#8230;&#8221; and mentioning the newsletters and their obvious disagreements with much other views of Paul&#8217;s, and towards asserting &#8230; <a href="http://www.psychopolitik.com/2012/01/04/kevin-drum-and-iran/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psychopolitik.com/2012/01/04/kevin-drum-and-iran/</link>
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		<title>Productivity update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Final beat of 2011. I&#8217;m in a stupid moving asses mood at the moment, so that&#8217;s what this one is intended for, no more no less. This took maybe 15 minutes, tops.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psychopolitik.com/2011/12/31/productivity-update-11/</link>
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		<title>Semi-random parting thought</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With as much as the Republican primaries have been discussed as chaos, with front-runners bubbling up and flaming out right away to be overtaken by someone else who does the same thing, I have a modest proposal for whenever any &#8230; <a href="http://www.psychopolitik.com/2011/12/31/semi-random-parting-thought/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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