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	<title>Disinfo.com</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:13:24 EST</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Preacherman]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Preacherman</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:13:24 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BattyMcDougall</dc:creator>
		<category>Spirituality</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Preacherman</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ten-thirty p.m. in East Oakland. Sirens and gunshots, the soundtrack of this stretch of Fruitvale Avenue, punctuate the air. Dozens of homeless people are gathered beneath a street lamp - some in wheelchairs, some drunk, some ranting furiously to themselves.Then the Preacherman appears.Everything stops. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Israel Keeps Ban on Foreign Journalists in Gaza]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Israel-Keeps-Ban-on-Foreign-Journalists-in-Gaza-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Israel-Keeps-Ban-on-Foreign-Journalists-in-Gaza-1</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:10:04 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>polymorpheous</dc:creator>
		<category>War On Terror</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Israel-Keeps-Ban-on-Foreign-Journalists-in-Gaza-1</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EREZ CROSSING, Israel &amp;mdash; Israel maintained its ban on foreign journalists entering the Gaza Strip Friday despite a recent Supreme Court order to allow a limited number of reporters to enter the territory.The ban has been in place since a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas began to fray on Nov. 5. Israel eased the ban last month but tightened it again after launching its air offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers a week ago.A legal challenge by the Foreign Press Association, which represents foreign media in Israel, prompted the court ruling this week to allow groups of up to 12 foreign journalists to cross the border whenever the Erez crossing between Israel and Gaza is open for humanitarian cases.That was the case on Friday, when Israel opened the crossing to allow nearly 300 Palestinians with foreign passports to leave Gaza. But authorities defied the court order and kept reporters out.&quot;We call on the Israeli government to immediately honor the will of the court and allow foreign journalists access to Gaza,&quot; the Foreign Press Association said in a statement. &quot;The authorities' position that there was not enough time to coordinate and allow the journalists to enter does not seem reasonable.&quot; ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hunter S. Thompson Motivational Posters]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Hunter-S--Thompson-Motivational-Posters</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Hunter-S--Thompson-Motivational-Posters</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:50:03 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Revolutionaries</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Hunter-S--Thompson-Motivational-Posters</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SloshSpot: While drafting the recent guide outlining the real dangers associated with combining different types of alcohol, I got to thinking about one of the most prominent and outspoken substance-mixers of our time, the late Hunter S. Thompson. A man who graciously documented the uncharted depths of the binge unlike any other in history, HST provided us with nuggets of wisdom and encouragement all along the way. So instead of merely sharing a list of my favorite quotes from the author, I have placed them in their proper environment, the pervasive motivational poster. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Encourage Obama to Appoint a Special Prosecutor for Bush Administration]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Encourage-Obama-to-Appoint-Special-Prosecutor-Bush-Administration</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Encourage-Obama-to-Appoint-Special-Prosecutor-Bush-Administration</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:58:28 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLechter</dc:creator>
		<category>War On Terror</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Encourage-Obama-to-Appoint-Special-Prosecutor-Bush-Administration</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the site: Prosecute Cheney or Legalize Marijuana? Decide Today.On December 15, Vice President Cheney admitted on national TV that he authorized torture, including waterboarding. That shocking confession makes Cheney a war criminal. But apart from Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow, the Corporate Media barely noticed.Under the Geneva Conventions, the United States must prosecute Dick Cheney for war crimes. So we submitted this question to President-elect Obama at Change.gov:&quot;Will you appoint a Special Prosecutor - ideally Patrick Fitzgerald - to independently investigate the gravest crimes of the Bush Administration, including torture and warrantless wiretapping?&quot;- Bob Fertik, New York City At the end of the first round on December 15, our Special Prosecutor question was #6 but Obama's team only answered the first five, including one on the legalization of marijuana.The second round began on 12/30 and ends at midnight on 12/31. Once again, marijuana legalization is #1. We need your help to make our Special Prosecutor question #1! ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[British Parents Accused of 'Killing Children With Kindness']]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=British-Parents-Accused-Killing-Children-With-Kindness</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=British-Parents-Accused-Killing-Children-With-Kindness</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:21:29 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EasyRider</dc:creator>
		<category>Society</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=British-Parents-Accused-Killing-Children-With-Kindness</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Denis Campbell, The Observer: Britain's parents will be accused this week of &quot;killing their children with kindness&quot;, as the government embarks on a new campaign aimed at the growing and deadly problem of childhood obesity.Graphic examples of children dying early from diabetes, heart disease and cancer will be publicised and the Department of Health will reveal &quot;shocking&quot; levels of ignorance and complacency among parents who are failing to accept responsibility for their children's health.The campaign will be based on an unpublished DoH report, seen by the Observer, that has been sent to senior NHS managers. It says that three million families with young children need to be better informed to prevent their children becoming dangerously overweight.In a section entitled &quot;Killing with kindness&quot;, it says: &quot;It's hard to say no to your kids, but if you give in every time you're not being kind, you're killing with kindness. Kids who eat the wrong sorts of food and sit around all day are more likely to get heart disease, cancer, diabetes and to die young. Some will die younger than their parents.&quot; ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[An Oral History Of The Bush White House]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Oral-History--Bush-White-House</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Oral-History--Bush-White-House</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:21:22 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JacobSloan</dc:creator>
		<category>Politics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Oral-History--Bush-White-House</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Vanity Fair has pieced together a &quot;sweeping draft&quot; of an oral history of the history of the Bush White House--that is, the story of the last eight years as told through first-person quotes from the various people directly involved. It's fascinating but depressing stuff: &quot;The threat of 9/11 ignored. The threat of Iraq hyped and manipulated. Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib. Hurricane Katrina. The shredding of civil liberties. The rise of Iran. Global warming. Economic disaster. How did one two-term presidency go so wrong?&quot; Find out the answer from those who witnessed, and participated in, the debacle.  ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[F.U. Legal Process! Governor Rod Blagojevich Appoints Barack Obama's Replacement in the Senate]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=F-U--Legal-Process%21-Governor-Rod-Blagojevich-Appoints-Barack-Obamas-Replacement-in-Senate</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=F-U--Legal-Process%21-Governor-Rod-Blagojevich-Appoints-Barack-Obamas-Replacement-in-Senate</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:20:47 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Government</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=F-U--Legal-Process%21-Governor-Rod-Blagojevich-Appoints-Barack-Obamas-Replacement-in-Senate</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gawker: Hahahaha criminal Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich has exercised his right to make an appointment to the US Senate.Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris will be our new Senator from Illinois, filling out the remainder of Barack Obama's term. Burris was the first black man ever elected to statewide office in Illinois! He's lost races for Senator, Mayor of Chicago, and governor during his long and distinguished political career, despite being a well-respected civic leader, and one imagines that this appointment may not work out so well for him either.Blagojevich, you see, is currently under investigation by the feds for being terribly corrupt, and the Illinois legislature was just recently looking at either impeachment or at least stripping Blago of his right to appoint an interim Senator (which may not be kosher according to the Illinois constitutional?). Meanwhile, Burris &quot;stepped up his efforts to win the governor's support&quot; after Blago was arrested. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[On the Israeli Offensive in Gaza That Began on 27 December 2008: Two Differing Perspectives]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=On-Israeli-Offensive-in-Gaza-That-Began-on-27-December-2008-Two-Differing-Perspectives-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=On-Israeli-Offensive-in-Gaza-That-Began-on-27-December-2008-Two-Differing-Perspectives-1</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:19:13 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>salviad</dc:creator>
		<category>Geopolitics &amp; Globalization</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=On-Israeli-Offensive-in-Gaza-That-Began-on-27-December-2008-Two-Differing-Perspectives-1</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On 29 December 2008, I attended a peace rally in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and was fortunate enough to find two people willing to talk about their perspectives on the Israeli offensive in Gaza that began two days earlier. My thanks to both interviewees.What follows are their perspectives: ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Massachusetts Pot Law Could Turn State Into Stoner's Paradise for Civil Servants]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=New-Massachusetts-Pot-Law-Could-Turn-State-Into-Stoners-Paradise-Civil-Servants</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=New-Massachusetts-Pot-Law-Could-Turn-State-Into-Stoners-Paradise-Civil-Servants</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:35:22 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EasyRider</dc:creator>
		<category>Drugs</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=New-Massachusetts-Pot-Law-Could-Turn-State-Into-Stoners-Paradise-Civil-Servants</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Edward Mason, Boston Herald: A voter-approved law reducing possession of small amounts of marijuana to a civil offense threatens to unravel drug testing of police and other public employees. The law, which goes into effect Jan. 2, prohibits government agencies and authorities from enforcing any punishment for pot possession with a fine greater than $100, according to the Massachusetts Police Chiefs Association, and defines possession so broadly as to include traces of pot in blood to urine to hair and fingernails.&quot;This very much threatens to undermine our ability to do the drug testing we do,&quot; said Jack Collins, an attorney for the Massachusetts Police Chiefs Association. Collins is calling for police departments to stop drug testing certain employees until the Legislature can explicitly allow public employees who fail drug tests to be punished. Without swift action, police departments and other agencies face lawsuits from unions protecting their members, Collins said.Berkshire District Attorney David Capeless predicted the new law has far-reaching consequences for even school bus drivers and MBTA train operators, who could point to the law and say they can only be fined, not fired, for marijuana offenses. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cynthia McKinney Says Gaza Relief Boat Attacked By Israeli Military, and Much More on CNN]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Cynthia-McKinney-Says-Gaza-Relief-Boat-Attacked-By-Israeli-Military-Much-More-on-CNN</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Cynthia-McKinney-Says-Gaza-Relief-Boat-Attacked-By-Israeli-Military-Much-More-on-CNN</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:34:49 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
		<category>Geopolitics &amp; Globalization</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Cynthia-McKinney-Says-Gaza-Relief-Boat-Attacked-By-Israeli-Military-Much-More-on-CNN</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may recognize former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney from the GNN documentary AMERICAN BLACKOUT, looks like she's now in hot waters (literally) over recent international affairs: ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Former Merrill Lynch Executive Pays $37 Million for NYC Apartment (With Taxpayer Money)]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Former-Merrill-Lynch-Executive-Pays-%2437-Million-NYC-Apartment-%28With-Taxpayer-Money%29</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Former-Merrill-Lynch-Executive-Pays-%2437-Million-NYC-Apartment-%28With-Taxpayer-Money%29</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:58:36 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Join_Or_DIE</dc:creator>
		<category>Economics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Former-Merrill-Lynch-Executive-Pays-%2437-Million-NYC-Apartment-%28With-Taxpayer-Money%29</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[nyceve on DailyKos: This is a little off the beaten track for me, but it is a very real example of how taxpayer money is being wasted on bailouts for failed executives.It's particularly important to publicize this sort of wretched excess, known as the privatization of profits and socialization of loss,  as we approach the opening of the 111th Congress and the battle for affordable and guaranteed healthcare for all Americans goes into high gear.As sure as night follows day, we will hear many say, the United States can't afford to provide healthcare to all our citizens. When this deceit gets going, please remember that a huge amount of taxpayer money is raining on people like Peter Kraus - no questions asked.This is 720 Park Avenue in New York City. It's one of the most expensive buildings in Manhattan. Peter Kraus and his wife Jill, just paid $37 million for an apartment in this building. This year, Peter Kraus received a payout of $25 million dollars for working at Merrill Lynch for just three months.Here are some details about where our money is going. Let's take a tour of the Kraus residence on Park Avenue: ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gaza Aid Boat 'Rammed By Israel']]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Gaza-Aid-Boat-Rammed-By-Israel-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Gaza-Aid-Boat-Rammed-By-Israel-1</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:57:46 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>polymorpheous</dc:creator>
		<category>War On Terror</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Gaza-Aid-Boat-Rammed-By-Israel-1</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A boat delivering 3.5 tonnes of Cypriot medical aid to the Gaza Strip has been rammed by Israeli naval vessels in international waters, activists say. The Free Gaza campaign group, which operates the Dignity, also claimed shots were fired towards the crew.The boat later docked in Lebanon after sustaining serious damage to one side. Israeli officials confirmed there had been &quot;physical contact&quot; but denied reports of shooting and said the crew had not responded to radio calls.The 20m (66ft) Dignity was carrying 15 civilian passengers, including several doctors, journalists, a former US congresswoman and a member of the Cypriot parliament, says Free Gaza.'Heavy gunfire'Crowds turned out to greet the Dignity as it arrived in Tyre port. The organisation sent out an urgent statement on Tuesday saying the vessel had been surrounded by at least six Israeli military ships.&quot;They are firing live ammunition around the Dignity, and one of the warships has rammed the civilian craft causing an unknown amount of damage,&quot; said the statement. &quot;We heard heavy gunfire in the background before all contact was lost with the Dignity.&quot; ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Posse Comitatus is Dead and Buried — H.R. 5122: John Warner National Defense Authorization Act]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Posse-Comitatus-is-Dead-Buried-%E2%80%94-H-R--5122-John-Warner-National-Defense-Authorization-Act</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Posse-Comitatus-is-Dead-Buried-%E2%80%94-H-R--5122-John-Warner-National-Defense-Authorization-Act</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:08:20 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maccabees</dc:creator>
		<category>Government</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Posse-Comitatus-is-Dead-Buried-%E2%80%94-H-R--5122-John-Warner-National-Defense-Authorization-Act</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nestled in this boring DoD bill chock full with spending, procurement and building appropriations guidelines and who owes what report to who is Section 1076. If you needed proof that Posse Comitatus is dead and buried, here it is:Revises federal provisions allowing the President to utilize the Armed Forces in connection with interference with federal and state law to allow the President to employ the Armed Forces and National Guard in federal service to restore public order in cases of natural disaster, epidemic or other public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident, or domestic violence. Requires the President to notify Congress within 14 days of the exercise of such authority. Authorizes the President, when exercising such authority, to direct the Secretary to provide supplies, services, and equipment to persons affected by the situation. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mexico Suspends Purchases from 30 U.S. Meat Plants]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Mexico-Suspends-Purchases-from-30-U-S--Meat-Plants-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Mexico-Suspends-Purchases-from-30-U-S--Meat-Plants-1</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:55:40 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>polymorpheous</dc:creator>
		<category>Geopolitics &amp; Globalization</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Mexico-Suspends-Purchases-from-30-U-S--Meat-Plants-1</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (Reuters) &amp;mdash; Mexico suspended purchases from 30 U.S. meat plants due to sanitary issues, which sent U.S. cattle and hog prices sharply lower on Friday and prompted speculation the ban was retaliation against a U.S. labeling law.Early on Friday, U.S. analysts said the bans were likely because of Mexico's opposition to a recently enacted meat labeling law. The law, commonly called Country-of-Origin Labeling or COOL, requires that meat packages in U.S. supermarkets carry labels stating the countries where the meat animals were raised.Mexico and the U.S. Agriculture Department both denied the retaliation charge. &quot;Countries would go through dispute settlement under either (the North American Free Trade Agreement) or (World Trade Organization) &amp;mdash; not use the action of plant-by-plant delistment,&quot; said Amanda Eamich of USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service.USDA listed the affected plants on its website on Friday, but the suspensions became effective on Tuesday. The listed plants produce beef, lamb, pork, and poultry and can be found at here. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Republican Candidate Promotes Racist Obama Song]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Republican-Candidate-Promotes-Racist-Obama-Song</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Republican-Candidate-Promotes-Racist-Obama-Song</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:37:53 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>majestic</dc:creator>
		<category>Politics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Republican-Candidate-Promotes-Racist-Obama-Song</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[RNC (Republican National Committee) candidate Chip Saltsman's Christmas greeting to committee members includes a music CD with lyrics from a song called &quot;Barack the Magic Negro,&quot; first played on Rush Limbaugh's popular radio show.Saltsman, a personal friend of conservative satirist Paul Shanklin, sent a 41-track CD along with a note to national committee members. &quot;I look forward to working together in the New Year,&quot; Saltsman wrote. &quot;Please enjoy the enclosed CD by my friend Paul Shanklin of the Rush Limbaugh Show.&quot;The CD, called &quot;We Hate the USA,&quot; lampoons liberals with such songs as &quot;John Edwards' Poverty Tour,&quot; &quot;Wright place, wrong pastor,&quot; &quot;Love Client #9,&quot; &quot;Ivory and Ebony&quot; and &quot;The Star Spanglish banner.&quot; Several of the track titles, including &quot;Barack the Magic Negro,&quot; are written in bold font. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Venus Once Had as Much Water as Earth – What Happened?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Venus-Once-Had-as-Much-Water-as-Earth-%E2%80%93-What-Happened</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Venus-Once-Had-as-Much-Water-as-Earth-%E2%80%93-What-Happened</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:37:18 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Science &amp; Technology</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Venus-Once-Had-as-Much-Water-as-Earth-%E2%80%93-What-Happened</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Galaxy: Venus now has only 0.001% of our water content, and a couple of flybys by the dynamically named Venus Express may have revealed the reason. Last year the probe discovered hydrogen and oxygen streaming off the night side of the planet in a 2:1 ratio, which you might recognize as the ratio in H20. If not, we're sure you can now deduce it.It seems that what little water Venus has left is being blasted apart in the atmosphere by the solar wind, a vast stream of charged particles blown out by the sun. Now, the Express has passed by the dayside and measured almost three hundred kilograms of hydrogen a day being lost into space. It hasn't found any oxygen yet, but the search continues.Earth is defended from the atmosphere-flensing radiation by its magnetic field, and the data set indicating how vital that is may be short, but it's quite compelling. Earth, magnetic field, alive. Venus, none, dead. Mars, none, dead.  We may want to hold on to this thing. Not that we have the tech to do anything about it should it stop or decide to flip or something.  Luckily, it would never do such a thing.Wait, it does do that? Oh. Well, good luck, us. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Russians Vote Joseph Stalin as One of the Greatest Russians Who Ever Lived]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Russians-Vote-Joseph-Stalin-as-One--Greatest-Russians-Who-Ever-Lived</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Russians-Vote-Joseph-Stalin-as-One--Greatest-Russians-Who-Ever-Lived</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:36:46 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Propaganda</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Russians-Vote-Joseph-Stalin-as-One--Greatest-Russians-Who-Ever-Lived</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Looks like years of propaganda goes a long way folks...BBC News reports: The former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin has come third in a nationwide TV vote for the greatest Russian ever to have lived, despite being responsible for the deaths of millions of Soviets.Medieval prince Alexander Nevsky came top in the poll, and in second place was reformist Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin, who was assassinated in 1911.More than 50 million people voted by phone, the internet or via text messages in the poll held by Rossiya, one of Russia's biggest television stations. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA['Watchmen' Fan Cordially Invites Fox to Eat Several Dicks]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Watchmen-Fan-Cordially-Invites-Fox-to-Eat-Several-Dicks</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Watchmen-Fan-Cordially-Invites-Fox-to-Eat-Several-Dicks</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:09:49 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iosephos</dc:creator>
		<category>Popular Culture</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Watchmen-Fan-Cordially-Invites-Fox-to-Eat-Several-Dicks</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Fox, Eat all the dicks.Love, DOBPS (Okay, let me clarify a little bit for anyone who might be reading this letter that isn't either a) obsessed with Watchmen or b) the head of the Fox Corporation.) Back in the 80s, Fox purchased the rights to a Watchmen movie and celebrated by not making it for 20 years. Now, Warner Brothers respected their decision but, oddly enough, felt that a Watchmen movie would look better if it was actually, you know, made. So, Warner Brothers decided to make it. They announced their plans well over a year ago and Watchmen is now one of the most anticipated movies of the year. If you saw The Dark Knight and, statistically speaking, you probably did, then you already saw the trailer.If you're me and, statistically speaking, you're probably not, then you went back to your apartment and watched the trailer on YouTube over and over again and experienced an odd yet not totally unexpected sense of profound sexual arousal that you could really only describe as spiritual. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Implications of One of the Largest One-Day Slaughter of Palestinians in the 60-Year Conflict with Israel]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Implications-One--Largest-One-Day-Slaughter-Palestinians-in-60-Year-Conflict-with-Israel-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Implications-One--Largest-One-Day-Slaughter-Palestinians-in-60-Year-Conflict-with-Israel-1</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:19:45 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>salviad</dc:creator>
		<category>Geopolitics &amp; Globalization</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Implications-One--Largest-One-Day-Slaughter-Palestinians-in-60-Year-Conflict-with-Israel-1</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the Israeli offensive in Gaza, and The Grand Chessboard:1) Let's Set the Stage.2) Political Status of Gaza.3) The Humanitarian Situation in Gaza.4) The Significance of Palestine.5) The Implications of the Most Recent Events.  ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU Spends £2 Billion Each Year on 'Vain PR Exercises']]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=EU-Spends-%C2%A32-Billion-Each-Year-on-Vain-PR-Exercises</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=EU-Spends-%C2%A32-Billion-Each-Year-on-Vain-PR-Exercises</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:42:40 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ouranos</dc:creator>
		<category>Propaganda</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=EU-Spends-%C2%A32-Billion-Each-Year-on-Vain-PR-Exercises</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New research by Open Europe, a think-tank that supports EU reform, has found that so-called European &quot;information&quot; campaigns are one-sided and boast a budget that is bigger than Coca-Cola's total worldwide advertising account.One publication, entitled How the European Union works, described the EU as &quot;a remarkable success story&quot;. Another English-language &quot;information&quot; pamphlet claimed the EU &quot;is delivering a better life for everyone&quot; and described the single market as &quot;a winning formula.&quot;The researchers also found a European Commission document that admitted: &quot;Neutral factual information is needed of course, but it is not enough on its own. Genuine communication by the EU cannot be reduced to the mere provision of information.&quot;Lorraine Mullally, director of Open Europe, said: &quot;Taxpayers should not be footing the bill for vain PR exercises to make us love the EU. The EU needs urgent and radical reform, not expensive campaigns to improve its image.&quot; ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Christians Wear Jesus Outfits To Work In Protest]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Christians-Wear-Jesus-Outfits-To-Work-In-Protest</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Christians-Wear-Jesus-Outfits-To-Work-In-Protest</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:04:15 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JacobSloan</dc:creator>
		<category>Spirituality</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Christians-Wear-Jesus-Outfits-To-Work-In-Protest</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The worst Christmas trend gaining traction may be from Kansas, where church members have started &quot;dressing like Jesus&quot; at work during the holiday season to protest the &quot;secularization of Christmas.&quot; Would you feel comfortable dealing with a bank manager or food server or lawyer wearing a crown of thorns? (There's no mention of using paint to apply stigmata.)  ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S.]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Russian-Professor-Predicts-End-U-S-</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Russian-Professor-Predicts-End-U-S-</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:23:58 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>majestic</dc:creator>
		<category>Geopolitics &amp; Globalization</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Russian-Professor-Predicts-End-U-S-</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For a decade, Russian academic Igor Panarin has been predicting the U.S. will fall apart in 2010. For most of that time, he admits, few took his argument &amp;mdash; that an economic and moral collapse will trigger a civil war and the eventual breakup of the U.S. &amp;mdash; very seriously. Now he's found an eager audience: Russian state media.In recent weeks, he's been interviewed as much as twice a day about his predictions. &quot;It's a record,&quot; says Prof. Panarin. &quot;But I think the attention is going to grow even stronger.&quot; ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Teenage Virginity Pledges Fail To Stop Sex: Another Bush Failure]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Teenage-Virginity-Pledges-Fail-To-Stop-Sex-Another-Bush-Failure</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Teenage-Virginity-Pledges-Fail-To-Stop-Sex-Another-Bush-Failure</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:49:25 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>majestic</dc:creator>
		<category>Sex</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Teenage-Virginity-Pledges-Fail-To-Stop-Sex-Another-Bush-Failure</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Teenagers who pledged to avoid sex until marriage were as likely to have intercourse as other U.S. adolescents, according to a survey of conduct mostly in 1990s.Teens who took the pledge also were less likely to use birth control pills or condoms than those making no promise, according to the research in the January issue of Pediatrics. The results show that teens need information on safe sex and pregnancy prevention even if they vow to refrain, a study author said.The pledges, made orally or in writing, are viewed by advocates as buttressing federally funded education programs that say avoiding pre-marital sex rather than using protection will curb pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. President George W. Bush's administration more than doubled the budget for abstinence-only education programs since 1999 to $204 million this fiscal year. More than a dozen states have rejected federal money rather than limit what is taught. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Purchasing Habits Map]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Purchasing-Habits-Map</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Purchasing-Habits-Map</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:48:16 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JacobSloan</dc:creator>
		<category>Economics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Purchasing-Habits-Map</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As we worry about the collapse of the world economy, check out this intriguing map of how people around the world send their disposable income. People in Norway spend $4,242 a year on recreational activities, while those in Pakistan spend $1. People in Nigeria mysteriously spend almost all of their extra money on clothing.  ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Police In The U.S. Could Soon Have 'Pain Ray' Guns]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Police-In-U-S--Could-Soon-Have-Pain-Ray-Guns-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Police-In-U-S--Could-Soon-Have-Pain-Ray-Guns-1</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:59:41 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ouranos</dc:creator>
		<category>Science &amp; Technology</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Police-In-U-S--Could-Soon-Have-Pain-Ray-Guns-1</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine a world where police have the ability to fire pain ray guns at protesters that instantly cause them excruciating pain as soon as they are activated.Imagine a world where police have the ability to torture from a distance anyone they want at the touch of a button.Does that sound like something out of a science fiction novel? It's not.It is in the final stages of development and could soon be a reality on the streets of America.New Scientist is reporting that the U.S. Department of Justice is developing two portable &quot;non-lethal&quot; weapons that inflict severe pain from a distance using either microwave technology or laser beams. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Heart-Warming Tale for the Holidays: Fermat's Last Theorem]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Heart-Warming-Tale--Holidays-Fermats-Last-Theorem-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Heart-Warming-Tale--Holidays-Fermats-Last-Theorem-1</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:40:15 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>salviad</dc:creator>
		<category>Science &amp; Technology</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Heart-Warming-Tale--Holidays-Fermats-Last-Theorem-1</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of the most intense and passionate people that I have ever met in my life have been from the realm of mathematics, consequently over the years I have discovered that I love the story of how  the language of mathematics is used to unveil the unknown more than the intricate details of the language. The following documentary is about some of these people, and how one of humanities greatest mysteries was revealed to the world.Brilliant, funny, and heart-warming.  ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Visit From Santa Claus Circa 1898]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Visit-From-Santa-Claus-Circa-1898</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Visit-From-Santa-Claus-Circa-1898</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:39:55 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JacobSloan</dc:creator>
		<category>Popular Culture</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Visit-From-Santa-Claus-Circa-1898</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Made in 1898, G.A. Smith's 'Santa Claus' is a film of considerable technical ambition and accomplishment for its period. It uses pioneering visual effects in its depiction of a visit from St. Nicholas.A former magic lanternist and hypnotist, Smith was one of the first British film-makers to make extensive use of special effects to create fantastical scenes.&quot; ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Viagra! The New Weapon in the 'War on Terror'?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Viagra%21-New-Weapon-in-War-on-Terror</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Viagra%21-New-Weapon-in-War-on-Terror</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:37:29 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>War On Terror</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Viagra%21-New-Weapon-in-War-on-Terror</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Joby Warrick, Washington Post:The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached into his bag for a small gift.Four blue pills. Viagra.&quot;Take one of these. You'll love it,&quot; the officer said. Compliments of Uncle Sam.The enticement worked. The officer, who described the encounter, returned four days later to an enthusiastic reception. The grinning chief offered up a bonanza of information about Taliban movements and supply routes - followed by a request for more pills.For U.S. intelligence officials, this is how some crucial battles in Afghanistan are fought and won. While the CIA has a long history of buying information with cash, the growing Taliban insurgency has prompted the use of novel incentives and creative bargaining to gain support in some of the country's roughest neighborhoods, according to officials directly involved in such operations. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tennessee Town Buried Under Toxic Sludge]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Tennessee-Town-Buried-Under-Toxic-Sludge</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Tennessee-Town-Buried-Under-Toxic-Sludge</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:35:54 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JacobSloan</dc:creator>
		<category>Environment</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Tennessee-Town-Buried-Under-Toxic-Sludge</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it, a gigantic sludge dam collapsed 40 miles west of Knoxville, Tennesee, causing a coal ash spill that has &quot;ungulfed hundreds of acres of land and waterways.&quot; Homes and stores have been &quot;buried whole or swept off&quot; in the grey toxic sludge, which contains highly concentrated doses of arsenic and lead throughout.&quot;An updated aerial survey now suggests that more than 5 million cubic yards of this possibly neurologically-active waste has been released--enough to flood more than 3,000 acres one foot deep.&quot; ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Regenerate Your Brain? The Science Says It's Possible]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Regenerate-Your-Brain-Science-Says-Its-Possible</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Regenerate-Your-Brain-Science-Says-Its-Possible</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:30:30 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HAL9000</dc:creator>
		<category>Science &amp; Technology</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Regenerate-Your-Brain-Science-Says-Its-Possible</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rebecca Sato, The Daily Gaxaly: Contrary to popular belief, recent studies have found that there are probably ways to regenerate brain matter.Animal studies conducted at the National Institute on Aging Gerontology Research Center and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, for example, have shown that both calorie restriction and intermittent fasting along with vitamin and mineral intake, increase resistance to disease, extend lifespan, and stimulate production of neurons from stem cells.In addition, fasting has been shown to enhance synaptic elasticity, possibly increasing the ability for successful re-wiring following brain injury. These benefits appear to result from a cellular stress response, similar in concept to the greater muscular regeneration that results from the stress of regular exercise.Additional research suggests that increasing time intervals between meals might be a better choice than chronic calorie restriction, because the resultant decline in sex hormones may adversely affect both sexual and brain performance. Sex steroid hormones testosterone and estrogen are positively impacted by an abundant food supply. In other words, you might get smarter that way, but it might adversely affect your fun in the bedroom. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[McDonald's Paid 1,000 People To Stand in Line For Burgers]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=McDonalds-Paid-1000-People-To-Stand-in-Line-Burgers</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=McDonalds-Paid-1000-People-To-Stand-in-Line-Burgers</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:22:27 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Join_Or_DIE</dc:creator>
		<category>Corporation Watch</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=McDonalds-Paid-1000-People-To-Stand-in-Line-Burgers</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Japan Today: Around 1,000 people were paid to join the queue outside the Midosuji-Suomachi branch of McDonald's for the release of their Quarter Pounder burger in the Kansai area on Tuesday, it was learned on Thursday.The company has admitted to the fact that around 1,000 people who lined up on Tuesday were compensated, but claims they only made a request for consumer feedback to one of their marketing companies. There are suspicions however that the people were employed to help promote the new product, serving a role known as &quot;sakura&quot; in Japanese.It is estimated that as many as 2,000 people were lining up outside the McDonald's store at its peak on Tuesday, and that around 15,000 people in total visited the store during the day, setting a new record for daily sales for one of their stores. But it was learned on Thursday that about 1,000 of the people queuing outside were paid an hourly wage of 1,000 yen and also had their purchase paid for. These people were hired by a human resources company at the request of a marketing company commissioned by McDonald's Japan. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is The Web Helping Us Evolve?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Is-Web-Helping-Us-Evolve</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Is-Web-Helping-Us-Evolve</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:22:00 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Society</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Is-Web-Helping-Us-Evolve</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The truth lies somewhere between &quot;Google is making us stupid&quot; and &quot;the Internet will liberate humanity.&quot;David Brin | Salon: Some of today's most vaunted tech philosophers are embroiled in a ferocious argument. On one side are those who think the Internet will liberate humanity, in a virtuous cycle of e-volving creativity that may culminate in new and higher forms of citizenship. Meanwhile, their diametrically gloomy critics see a kind of devolution taking hold, as millions are sucked into spirals of distraction, shallowness and homogeneity, gradually surrendering what little claim we had to the term &quot;civilization.&quot;Call it cyber-transcendentalists versus techno-grouches.Both sides point to copious evidence, as Nicholas Carr recently did, in a cover story that ran in the Atlantic, titled, &quot;Is Google Making Us Stupid?&quot; In making the pessimists' case, Carr offered up studies showing that the new generation of multitaskers aren't nearly as good at dividing their attention effectively as they think they are. According to Carr, focus, concentration and factual knowledge are much too beneficial to toss aside in an avid pursuit of omni-awareness. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Say 'Hebbo' to Tarvuism!]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Say-Hebbo-to-Tarvuism%21</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Say-Hebbo-to-Tarvuism%21</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:14:19 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Spirituality</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Say-Hebbo-to-Tarvuism%21</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The creators of &quot;Look Around You&quot; bring us Tarvuism:Since the dawn of time, mankind has searched for the meaning of life and existence. Who are we? Why are we here? Where are we going? But thanks to Tarvu - Lord and Master of the Universes - mankind can find the answers to all of life's questions.Tarvu - creator of Universe A and Universe B (we live in Universe B) - came to Earth over 3,000 years ago as a tiny baby boy. After landing in the oceans, and swimming with Oobu the holy octopus, Tarvu came ashore and lived amongst men and women so that he could teach them &quot;to live.&quot; Soon his Word spread, and that Word became Tarvuism.It's So Easy To Join! ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dismantling the Imperial Presidency]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Dismantling-Imperial-Presidency</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Dismantling-Imperial-Presidency</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:03:01 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bluemana</dc:creator>
		<category>Government</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Dismantling-Imperial-Presidency</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Aziz Huq, The Nation: President-elect Obama's first appointments to the Justice, State and Defense Departments mark no radical change. Rather, they return to a centrist consensus familiar from the Clinton years. But pragmatic incrementalism and studied bipartisanship will do little to undo the centerpiece of the Bush/Cheney era's legacy. At its heart, that regime was intent on forcing the Constitution into a new mold of executive dominance.Obama enters the White House in a slipstream of forces that will hinder attempts to abandon this constitutional vision. He may be a careful constitutional scholar, but we can't rely on Obama alone to reorient the constitutional order. It will be up to progressives to insist on fundamental repudiation of the Bush/Cheney era.At first blush, Obama's victory is cause for optimism. As a senator he roundly rejected the signature Bush/Cheney national security policies: torture, &quot;extraordinary rendition,&quot; Guantánamo and &amp;mdash; until July &amp;mdash; warrantless surveillance. Obama appointees like Eric Holder as attorney general speak unequivocally against these violations of constitutional and human rights (to be sure, in Holder's case it was after early equivocation). ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Christmas Bombshell: 'Watchmen' Judge to Rule in Favor of Fox]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Christmas-Bombshell-Watchmen-Judge-to-Rule-in-Favor-Fox</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Christmas-Bombshell-Watchmen-Judge-to-Rule-in-Favor-Fox</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:47:21 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Popular Culture</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Christmas-Bombshell-Watchmen-Judge-to-Rule-in-Favor-Fox</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John Scott Lewinski, Wired: If the lawyers at 20th Century Fox really wanted to kill Watchmen when they filed a copyright claim against the Warner Bros. production, they got the perfect ammunition as a Christmas gift Wednesday from a federal judge in Los Angeles. The New York Times is reporting that U.S. District Court Judge Gary A. Feess will soon rule in favor of Fox - granting the studio a copyright claim to the movie franchise, which had been in development at several Hollywood studios over the years before Warner Bros.That's coal in the stocking of any Watchmen fan who was looking forward to seeing this film premiere in March - if ever. Snyder's live-action film has been heavily promoted by Warner Bros. and is one of 2009's most highly anticipated releases, as comics fans yearn to see writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons' brainy comic book series brought to the big screen. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Henry Kissinger on the Opportunity in the Current Crisis]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Henry-Kissinger-on-Opportunity-in-Current-Crisis-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Henry-Kissinger-on-Opportunity-in-Current-Crisis-1</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:23:21 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>polymorpheous</dc:creator>
		<category>Geopolitics &amp; Globalization</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Henry-Kissinger-on-Opportunity-in-Current-Crisis-1</guid>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wall Street Still Flying Corporate Jets]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Wall-Street-Still-Flying-Corporate-Jets</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Wall-Street-Still-Flying-Corporate-Jets</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:22:45 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Join_Or_DIE</dc:creator>
		<category>Economics</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Wall-Street-Still-Flying-Corporate-Jets</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[STEVENSON JACOBS, AP: Crisscrossing the country in corporate jets may no longer fly in Detroit after car executives got a dressing down from Congress. But on Wall Street, the coveted executive perk has hardly been grounded.Six financial firms that received billions in bailout dollars still own and operate fleets of jets to carry executives to company events and sometimes personal trips, according to an Associated Press review.The jets serve as airborne offices, time-savers for executives for whom time is money &amp;mdash; lots of money. And some firms are cutting back, either by selling the planes or leasing them.Still, Wall Street's reliance of the rarified mode of travel has largely escaped the scorn poured on the Big Three automakers.Insurance giant American International Group Inc., which has received about $150 billion in bailout money, has one of the largest fleets among bailout recipients, with seven planes, according to a review of Federal Aviation Administration records. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marx Goes Manga]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Marx-Goes-Manga</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Marx-Goes-Manga</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:20:38 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ralph</dc:creator>
		<category>Popular Culture</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Marx-Goes-Manga</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mari Yamaguchi/AP: Just in time for Christmas, Karl Marx is finding a new audience among Japanese comic book fans. The manga edition of his masterpiece, Das Kapital, hit Japanese bookstores this month and sold about 6,000 copies in its first few days, said Yusuke Maruo of EastPress Co.&quot;I think people are looking to Marx for answers to the problems with the capitalist society,&quot; Maruo said. &quot;Obviously, the recent global crisis suggests that the system isn't working properly.&quot; Maruo said he hoped the comic version would provide an enjoyable introduction to the German socialist's original work, written in 1867. The targeted readers are office workers in their 30s. Christmas and New Years are a prime time for publishers, as many people have vacations and more time to read.The fictionalized Vol. 1 of Das Kapital chronicles a cheese factory run by protagonist Robin, who rebels against his father's socialist principles and becomes a slave driver after teaming up with a cold-blooded capitalist investor. But Robin struggles between his capitalist ambitions and his sense of guilt over the exploitation of his workers. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Christmas with Hitler]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Christmas-with-Hitler</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Christmas-with-Hitler</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:19:03 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moezilla</dc:creator>
		<category>History</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Christmas-with-Hitler</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder what Christmas was like with the Nazi dictator?A fascinating and disturbing collection of wartime propaganda has been assembled by a college professor in Michigan. Joseph Goebbels attempted to turn the holiday into nationalist propaganda (stripped of all its religious overtones).It's a real war on Christmas looks like. But 65 years later, an embedded YouTube video gets the last word. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Has E-Sheep's 'Saturnalia' Been Taken Down?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Has-E-Sheeps-Saturnalia-Been-Taken-Down</link>
		<comments>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Has-E-Sheeps-Saturnalia-Been-Taken-Down</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:18:02 EST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>god</dc:creator>
		<category>Spirituality</category>
		<guid>http://www.disinfo.com/content/story.php?title=Has-E-Sheeps-Saturnalia-Been-Taken-Down</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here at Disinfo, every year we enjoy posting to the classic comic from e-sheep about Saturnalia at this time of year, but I find it hard to believe it is no longer on the web. Fortunately, some brave soul has captured it in video form:We at Disinformation, have to consider hosting the comic permanently for all to see (assuming we can find the masterminds behind this). Enjoy! ]]></description>
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