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		<title>Mutual Ignorance</title>
		<link>http://tetheredswimming.com/2012/01/25/mutual-ignorance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno Amerikanos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SOPA/PIPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Art of the Possible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Information Superhighway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Dodd is a practiced whore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hire Russ Feingold!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oh money and politics – is there anything you can fuck up?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Gentlemen, we’ve got to sink this Lisa Lionheart doll, and fast!  It’s time to call in a favor from Washington.” – Malibu Stacy Executive “Yes.  Yes, I understand.  I’ll take care of it personally.” – Congressman “Dad, did you hear something?” – Lisa Simpson “I-unno.” – Homer Simpson After last Wednesday’s unprecedented strike and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tetheredswimming.com&amp;blog=1104862&amp;post=1554&amp;subd=tetheredswimming&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Russian Is Cut</title>
		<link>http://tetheredswimming.com/2012/01/22/the-russian-is-cut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno Amerikanos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[all I want for Christmas is for Newt Gingrich to be the Red nominee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It’s a bad cut!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sports metaphors are fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Bobo column after Newt wins Florida will be epic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“That cactus is right!” – Homer Simpson Four years ago, South Carolina did more than any other state to set up McCain-Obama, the best possible matchup.  And while Mitt Romney is still the most likely Red nominee – even after last night’s Palmetto drubbing – if he is going to lose, this is pretty much [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tetheredswimming.com&amp;blog=1104862&amp;post=1551&amp;subd=tetheredswimming&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Other People’s Rules</title>
		<link>http://tetheredswimming.com/2012/01/18/other-peoples-rules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno Amerikanos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Information Superhighway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Dodd – you old whore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[come back when you learn how to do math MPAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[everybody panic – there’s no Wikipedia!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuck the poor!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Stop it, you two, this is Thanksgiving, so glue friendly or I’ll take your glue away and then no one will have any glue to glue with!” – Homer Simpson “Dad, this isn’t about glue.  It’s about territoriality.  He only wants the glue because I’m using it.” – Lisa Simpson For the first time in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tetheredswimming.com&amp;blog=1104862&amp;post=1548&amp;subd=tetheredswimming&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Moment of Clarity</title>
		<link>http://tetheredswimming.com/2012/01/15/a-moment-of-clarity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno Amerikanos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Print is Dead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Systems Analyst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The New York Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[never underestimate the power of professional pique and jealousy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skeptical reporting – what a concept]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[this is the mess you made PolitiFact]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“I work like a Japanese beaver!” – Homer Simpson “Oh, really?  I came to see you three times today.  Twice you were sleeping and once you were kicking that ball of electrical tape around.” – Marge Simpson The main political internet brushfire this week wasn’t New Hampshire.  It was the pathetic, hat in hand, please-sir-can-I-have-some-more, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tetheredswimming.com&amp;blog=1104862&amp;post=1545&amp;subd=tetheredswimming&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Perennial Killer Silence</title>
		<link>http://tetheredswimming.com/2012/01/11/perennial-killer-silence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno Amerikanos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sophomoric Imperialism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Art of the Possible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[end the war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[somebody come through for me in the Palmetto State – okay?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thanks George!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Nothing beats a stroll in cattle country.  Hi, I’m Troy McClure!  You may remember me from such educational films as ‘Two Minus Three Equals Negative Fun’ and ‘Firecrackers: The Silent Killer’.” – Troy McClure As the Granite State anti-climax echoes among the politically engaged today, heavy with themes about the inevitability of Mitt Romney and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tetheredswimming.com&amp;blog=1104862&amp;post=1540&amp;subd=tetheredswimming&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tabling a Debate</title>
		<link>http://tetheredswimming.com/2012/01/08/tabling-a-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno Amerikanos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2016 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Art of the Possible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good thing Joe Biden is older than dirt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the alternatives to Obama are really frightening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren 2016!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“I’m not saying it won’t work, I’m just saying it’s dishonest.” – Marge Simpson “Well, if we agree, then why are we arguing?” – Homer Simpson There’s an old saw about academic fights that says that the reason they can get so vicious is because there is so very little at stake.  The same rule [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tetheredswimming.com&amp;blog=1104862&amp;post=1537&amp;subd=tetheredswimming&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes Satan Cloaks Himself in Truth</title>
		<link>http://tetheredswimming.com/2012/01/04/sometimes-satan-cloaks-himself-in-truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno Amerikanos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equus altus morium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humping Is Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I Love America]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[War on Drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one of you apes has to be able to make Mittens sweat damn it!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sometimes Satan cloaks himself in truth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Homer, I’m as permissive as the next parent.  I mean, just yesterday I let Todd buy some Red-Hots with a cartoon devil on the box.” – Ned Flanders The people of Iowa are waking up to a Santorum-Romney hangover this morning, and the political gossip press is a whirling dervish of pointless analysis.  Romney’s reflexive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tetheredswimming.com&amp;blog=1104862&amp;post=1533&amp;subd=tetheredswimming&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Perpetual Nature of Conservative Reactions and Right Wing Apocalypses</title>
		<link>http://tetheredswimming.com/2012/01/01/the-perpetual-nature-of-conservative-reactions-and-right-wing-apocalypses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno Amerikanos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Presidential Primary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Systems Analyst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Art of the Possible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it’ll be quite the let down if Romney sews this up in the two weeks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[please someone other than Mittens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[posted late for no particular reason]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“I promise you zombies more raw human flesh than any President since Roosevelt!” – Duke Phillips The most hopeful conception of the political conflicts of our time is that, three or four decades from now, rational people will look back on our arguments and foibles and conclude that we were harmlessly deranged.  After all, what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tetheredswimming.com&amp;blog=1104862&amp;post=1530&amp;subd=tetheredswimming&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Is ESPN?</title>
		<link>http://tetheredswimming.com/2011/12/28/what-is-espn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno Amerikanos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ESPN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Vast Wasteland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fucking Disney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how come they don’t show competitive lumberjacking at two in the morning any more?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[two billion per year for Monday Night Football? – Jebus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Cheer up, so you’re not good at sports.  It’s a very small part of life.” – Marge Simpson “Sports, sports, sports, sports, sports, sports, sports, sports.” – Homer Simpson A few weeks back, The New York Times ran a story about what they called a “sports tax”, which basically boils down to this: But ESPN [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tetheredswimming.com&amp;blog=1104862&amp;post=1527&amp;subd=tetheredswimming&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reducing: An American Pastime</title>
		<link>http://tetheredswimming.com/2011/12/25/reducing-an-american-pastime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Book Reports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personalized Stupidity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Yager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hundred Year Diet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[can’t spend your way thin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuck you diet industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merry Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mmm cookies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simple ain’t easy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“I am going on a diet.  From this day forward, I pledge there will be no pork chop too succulent, no donut too tasty, no pizza too laden with delicious toppings to prevent me from reaching my scientifically determined ideal weight!  As God as my witness, I’ll always be hungry again!” – Homer Simpson The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tetheredswimming.com&amp;blog=1104862&amp;post=1521&amp;subd=tetheredswimming&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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