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		<title>Frozen Wasteland</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2010/02/12/frozen-wasteland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funny]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Snowmageddon, snow and sleet in Florida, and still people stick to their guns about global warming. Crazy. Somebody should write a song about it&#8230; of wait&#8230; they did!]]></description>
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		<title>Hunting pythons in Florida</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/07/16/hunting-pythons-in-florida/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/07/16/hunting-pythons-in-florida/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stupid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=807</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The state of Florida has finally allowed open season on pythons.  In case you don&#8217;t know, the large snake species in invading the state from the south up. Originating as escaped or freed pets in South Florida, the snake has populated the everglades and is expanding north into areas of Central Florida. The python threatens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s effect on the auto industry</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/05/19/obamas-effect-on-the-auto-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/05/19/obamas-effect-on-the-auto-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=789</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As if the auto industry didn&#8217;t have enough problems already, the Obama administration is planning to up the fuel economy requirements on cars to 35.5 mpg. I can&#8217;t even begin to comprehend the logic in this move. In one breath, Obama is touting government involvement to save the dying US auto industry and in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hollywood, please don&#8217;t kill my childhood</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/05/08/hollywood-please-dont-kill-my-childhood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/05/08/hollywood-please-dont-kill-my-childhood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 14:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Retro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toys]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=773</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I guess you could call me a &#8220;child of the 80&#8242;s&#8221;. Born in the 70&#8242;s, my childhood spanned the decade of the 1980&#8242;s. It was a great time to be a child. I would call this the golden age of toys. It was a magic time when toy companies figured out they could market a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GIVE Act flying under the radar</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/27/give-act-flying-under-the-radar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/27/give-act-flying-under-the-radar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abuse of power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is something that should be brought to your attention. Did you know that there is a bill being pass through congress that could require &#8220;mandatory volunteerism&#8221; from young people? It&#8217;s called the GIVE Act and has largely been flying under the radar. It&#8217;s been so under the radar and out of the media that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gordon Brown gets a verbal smack down</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/26/gordon-brown-gets-a-verbal-smack-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/26/gordon-brown-gets-a-verbal-smack-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=660</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This clip is spreading across the internet like wildfire. Daniel Hannan gives British Prime Minster Gordon Brown a verbal smack down in front of the EU on his borrow and spend ways and calls it like it is&#8230; you can not spend your way out of a recession! Now, can we start a fund to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flying car or folding plane?</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/19/flying-car-or-folding-plane/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/19/flying-car-or-folding-plane/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=608</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past few days, news of the first flight of a &#8220;flying car&#8221; has been splashed all over the headlines. Am I the only one to find this news laughable? When you first read the headline, images of the Jetsons pop in your head and you think &#8220;I will have a flying car in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small businesses turning to spam</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/04/small-businesses-turning-to-spam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/04/small-businesses-turning-to-spam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=565</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve noticed a disturbing trend in the last few weeks and months. As the economy continues its downward spiral, more and more small businesses are turning to email marketing through harvested lists. I&#8217;m not talking about shady unknowns hocking &#8220;enlargement&#8221; remedies to lists of millions of addresses being sent through open botnets of open relays. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global warming theory chilled</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/03/global-warming-theory-chilled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/03/global-warming-theory-chilled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=558</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Discovery news has announced that the global warming theory is on hold. And by &#8220;on hold&#8221; they really mean that they can&#8217;t admit that they might be wrong. The article says &#8220;a cold winter, or a few strung together doesn&#8217;t mean the planet is cooling&#8221;. Well, that doesn&#8217;t exactly say it&#8217;s warming either, now does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New American Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/25/the-new-american-tea-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/25/the-new-american-tea-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protest]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=535</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new movement, inspired by the words of Rick Santelli, has gained traction and protest events are now being planned across the United States. This movement is &#8220;a coalition of citizens and organizations concerned about the recent trend of fiscal recklessness in government&#8221;. The first tea party protest is being planned for Washington DC (see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taxed per mile by GPS?</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/20/taxed-per-mile-by-gps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/20/taxed-per-mile-by-gps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=527</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve heard about the plan to tax per mile by GPS devices for a while. From what I understand Canada has looked into this and a few US states have been researching the idea. However, it seems to be getting some traction now with the Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, endorsing the idea. What&#8217;s more disturbing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosure bailouts an insult</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/18/foreclosure-bailouts-an-insult/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/18/foreclosure-bailouts-an-insult/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bailout]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You would think the financial bailouts, the auto bailouts, and the most massive &#8220;stimulus&#8221; bill in history would be enough government spending for a while. Oh no! Now we have to bail out all the people who are in home foreclosure at the estimated cost of $50 billion (sure to balloon as we have seen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook: Social networking or engineering?</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/13/facebook-social-networking-or-engineering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/13/facebook-social-networking-or-engineering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=494</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you needed another reason to dislike social networking (social engineering) sites, Facebook has been caught censoring conservative ads that promoted signing a petition against the stimulus bill. The first excuse Facebook gave to American&#8217;s for Prosperity (who placed the ad) is that it violated two of their rules. First, Facebook claims the ad [...]]]></description>
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