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		<title>Lassoing This Ain&#8217;t My First Rodeo with Facts</title>
		<link>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/20/lassoing-this-aint-my-first-rodeo-with-facts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/20/lassoing-this-aint-my-first-rodeo-with-facts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Lemos</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The blog  This Ain&#8217;t My First Rodeo recently linked to one of my posts on  Chávez&#8217;s growing ties with Iran, a story I ran with from Mexico&#8217;s largest and most respected newspaper El Universal that reported that at least two of Mexico&#8217;s drug cartels were sending some of its personnel to Iran for [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Lassoing This Ain&#8217;t My First Rodeo with Facts", url: "http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/20/lassoing-this-aint-my-first-rodeo-with-facts/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Colombia Soy Yo</title>
		<link>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/20/colombia-soy-yo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Lemos</dc:creator>
		
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Quienes les brindan a las FARC cualquiera ayuda son enemigos del pueblo colombiano. Nadie pero nadie, sea en Managua, Quito o Caracas o aún en Paris o Berna nos va decir como nosotros los colombianos debemos tratar con las FARC. Colombia ya no se deja de nadie porque los colombianos están cansados de una guerra [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Colombia Soy Yo", url: "http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/20/colombia-soy-yo/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki&#8217;s Interview with Der Spiegel</title>
		<link>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/20/iraqi-prime-minister-al-malikis-interview-with-der-spiegel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/20/iraqi-prime-minister-al-malikis-interview-with-der-spiegel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Lemos</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The interview of Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki in  Der Spiegel is bound to cause a sensation because in it, the Iraqi Prime Minister seems to signal that he prefers Obama&#8217;s 16 month timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq to other arrangements.
SPIEGEL: Mr. Prime Minister, the war and its consequences have cost [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki&#8217;s Interview with Der Spiegel", url: "http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/20/iraqi-prime-minister-al-malikis-interview-with-der-spiegel/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>¡Oh gloria inmarcesible! ¡Oh júbilo inmortal!</title>
		<link>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/20/%c2%a1oh-gloria-inmarcesible-%c2%a1oh-jubilo-inmortal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/20/%c2%a1oh-gloria-inmarcesible-%c2%a1oh-jubilo-inmortal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Lemos</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[el 20 de julio]]></category>

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Colombianos, la hora ya llegado de recuperar nuestro país, nuestra tierra querida y poner fin a la terrible pesadilla impuesta sobre nosotros por la terquedad de sicaros. ¡No más mentiras! ¡No más secuestros! ¡No más FARC! Que este 20 de julio sea el último que un colombiano la pase secuestrado. Que mañana nos traiga la [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "¡Oh gloria inmarcesible! ¡Oh júbilo inmortal!", url: "http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/20/%c2%a1oh-gloria-inmarcesible-%c2%a1oh-jubilo-inmortal/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>US Media Coverage of Obama&#8217;s Visit to Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/19/us-media-coverage-of-obamas-visit-to-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/19/us-media-coverage-of-obamas-visit-to-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Lemos</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A round-up of coverage of Senator Obama&#8217;s visit to Afghanistan in the US Media.
From CBS News:

The  Washington Post:
Obama, traveling as part of an official congressional delegation, landed in the Afghan capital on Saturday morning under tight security amid a surge of Taliban activity in recent weeks. After a briefing at Bagram air base, he [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "US Media Coverage of Obama&#8217;s Visit to Afghanistan", url: "http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/19/us-media-coverage-of-obamas-visit-to-afghanistan/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Trembling with Rage</title>
		<link>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/19/trembling-with-rage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FrenchDoc</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Misogyny]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My post, my views.
Ok, I may use profanity every once in a while but I usually do not get really angry.
I should have known better than click on that link that Lambert posted (I won&#8217;t reproduce it here). And I definitely should have known better than read the comments.
It started with the usual stuff that [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Trembling with Rage", url: "http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/19/trembling-with-rage/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe Introduces 100 Billion Note</title>
		<link>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/19/zimbabwe-introduces-100-billion-note/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/19/zimbabwe-introduces-100-billion-note/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Lemos</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[100 Billion Zimbabwe Dollar Note]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category>

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In May, Zimbabwe introduced 100 Million, 250 Million and 500 Million Zimbabwe Dollar Notes. It then added five billion, 25 billion and 50 billion notes. It is now introducing a 100 billion note. Via  Agence France Presse:
Zimbabwe, grappling with a record 2.2 million percent inflation, has introduced a new 100-billion-dollar bank note in a [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Zimbabwe Introduces 100 Billion Note", url: "http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/19/zimbabwe-introduces-100-billion-note/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Nathalie Menigon, of Action Directe, Gets Paroled</title>
		<link>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/19/nathalie-menigon-of-action-directe-gets-paroled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/19/nathalie-menigon-of-action-directe-gets-paroled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FrenchDoc</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog. My post, my views.

Via Le Monde, Nathalie Menigon, member of the French terrorist group Action Directe, has been paroled. She was serving two life sentences since 1989 with a minimum of 18 years without parole. She actually was already under the statute of &#8220;semi-liberte&#8221; since 2007 (where an inmate [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Nathalie Menigon, of Action Directe, Gets Paroled", url: "http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/19/nathalie-menigon-of-action-directe-gets-paroled/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Civilian National Security Force</title>
		<link>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/19/obamas-national-civilian-security-force/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/19/obamas-national-civilian-security-force/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Lemos</dc:creator>
		
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That little bit from Barack Obama&#8217;s speech on national service is not in the transcript of his prepared remarks. So just what does Senator Obama mean by this:
We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Obama&#8217;s Civilian National Security Force", url: "http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/19/obamas-national-civilian-security-force/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Arrives in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/19/obama-arrives-in-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bythefault.com/2008/07/19/obama-arrives-in-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Lemos</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Via the  Agence France Presse:
US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan Saturday at the start of a major international tour that will also include Iraq, his office and the Afghan foreign ministry said.
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