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		<title>Scientific My Ass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A well known &#8220;scientific&#8221; company recently conducted a survey of its customers. The scientific company is &#8220;scientific&#8221; because its name includes the word &#8220;scientific.&#8221; The survey was not scientific at all. Here&#8217;s the survey as it appeared on the scientific company&#8217;s web site: Which fact about our moon do you find most surprising: The &#8220;dark [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stengazette.org/wordpress/2011/12/14/scientific-my-ass/</link>
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		<title>Modern Highwaymen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[USPS to its customers: Stand and Deliver. In 2002 the United States Postal Service was plagued with problems associated with the Culture of Fear that our federal government was so carefully and deliberately fostering. A fearful public was a big advantage in promoting the war in Iraq, and mandatory for full implementation of the PATRIOT [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stengazette.org/wordpress/2011/03/10/modern-highwaymen/</link>
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		<title>Civility II: George Washington</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rules of Civility &#038; Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation At age 16 or so, the student George Washington copied 110 Rules of Civility &#038; Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation into one of two surviving schoolbooks, preserved in the Library of Congress. The Rules date back to 16th century France, and were popularly circulated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stengazette.org/wordpress/2011/01/24/civility-ii-george-washington/</link>
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		<title>Civility in Political Discourse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The issue of civility in public and political discourse has been getting a lot of attention recently, especially (and unworthily) now that some are blaming physical violence on violent rhetoric. There may or may not be a connection, but it really shouldn&#8217;t matter&#8211; there is no place for incivility in public discourse, no need for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stengazette.org/wordpress/2011/01/21/civility-in-political-discourse/</link>
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		<title>What you lose on the swings&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The other night Craig Ferguson said &#8220;what you lose on the swings you win on the roundabout&#8221; or words to that effect. It went right over the heads of his studio audience, and Craig offered a partial explanation: it means that things work out, what goes up must come down, a situation has equal pluses [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stengazette.org/wordpress/2011/01/17/what-you-lose-on-the-swings/</link>
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		<title>Super Scam!  Rebate Gift Cards!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A marriage of true criminal minds.]]></description>
		<link>http://stengazette.org/wordpress/2009/10/29/a-marriage-of-true-criminal-minds/</link>
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		<title>Boo! Bad Form on Trick or Treat Street</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another Halloween is over, so we can get back to important things like getting ready for Christmas. If we&#8217;re lucky, there will be only one more interruption, namely that quaint US American holiday &#8220;Thanksgiving&#8221; when we get together as families, pretend we don&#8217;t hate each other, and participate in two activities that best represent our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stengazette.org/wordpress/2007/11/18/boo-bad-form-on-trick-or-treat-street/</link>
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		<title>CIA Air Strike in Pakistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Crucial question has not been asked.]]></description>
		<link>http://stengazette.org/wordpress/2006/02/05/cia-air-strike-in-pakistan/</link>
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		<title>Democratic Party’s Newest Member: George W.  Bush</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SOTU speech shows why Dems should welcome Bush with open arms.]]></description>
		<link>http://stengazette.org/wordpress/2006/02/01/democratic-party%e2%80%99s-newest-member-george-w-bush/</link>
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		<title>Big Brother is Watching You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A close examination of the 4th Amendment]]></description>
		<link>http://stengazette.org/wordpress/2006/01/27/big-brother-is-watching-you/</link>
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