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	<title>
	If bars didn't provide toilets
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	<description>
	then people would have to risk a public charge for exposure by peeing on the street. People could even get put on the sex offender registry! And you know what other people have been unfairly labeled as sex offenders? Gay people! And since people on the sex offender registry risk being attacked by vi...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/54
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	<pubDate>
	Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:35:24
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	<title>
	Grade Obama's Presidency
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	<description>
	:shrug:...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/51
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	<pubDate>
	Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:41:33
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	<title>
	How many of the following species can you identify?
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	<description>
	http://margiekcarroll.com/YardBirds/FemaleCardinal.jpg<br />
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http://www.birdsofoklahoma.net/images/HouseFinch0709-1.jpg<br />
<br />
http://www.sialis.org/images/81533330female_house_sparro.jpg<br />
<br />
http://www.nps.gov/prsf/naturescience/images/brewers-blackbird.jpg<br />
<br />
http://www.dereila.ca/na_nature/Dark%20Eyed%20...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/53
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:02:23
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	<title>
	Grade Obama's Presidency
	</title>
	<description>
	n/t...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/52
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	<pubDate>
	Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:40:14
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	<title>
	Grade Obama on national defense
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	<description>
	Including not only terrorism, but TSA and border security.<br />
<br />
:shrug:...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/50
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:44:50
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	<title>
	Grade Obama on foreign policy, including Iraq and Afghanistan
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	<description>
	:shrug:...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/49
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:43:41
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	<title>
	Grade Obama on education
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	<description>
	This can be as broad or as narrow as you like....
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/47
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:42:25
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	<title>
	Grade Obama on the economy
	</title>
	<description>
	How has he handled jobs, the banks, the dollar, the trade deficit, the stimulus plan, and so forth? :shrug:...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/48
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:55:44
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	<title>
	I'm placing my bet
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	<description>
	A case of Sky Valley mead on 1.75 million square kilometers. Total.<br />
<br />
Gentlemen?<br />
<br />
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/seaice.recent.arctic.png...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/45
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	<pubDate>
	Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:43:12
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	<title>
	What Obama can learn from Bush
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	<description>
	Bush, for all his failures, knew one thing: any is better than no press.<br />
<br />
When Bush spoke at Ground Zero after the terrorist attacks, or when he landed on the aircraft carrier with the &quot;Mission Accomplished&quot; banner (and the codpiece), or when he said we were going to get bin Laden dead or alive, i...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/46
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	<pubDate>
	Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:40:24
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	<title>
	It's time for the LOST dead pool!
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	<description>
	Here are the remaining folks. State clearly whether you think they die, live, or you're not sure.<br />
<br />
Jack <br />
Kate<br />
Hurley<br />
Sawyer<br />
Sayid<br />
Jin<br />
Sun<br />
Claire<br />
Bernard<br />
Rose<br />
Walt<br />
<br />
Desmond<br />
Penny<br />
Widmore<br />
<br />
Ben<br />
Richard<br />
Miles<br />
Frank Lapidus<br />
Ilana<br />
<br />
WTFLocke/Smokey<br />
Christian Shepherd<br />
Mr. Paik<br />
<br />
C...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/43
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:30:53
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	<title>
	Listening to these accounts of Kennedy's life I have to ask
	</title>
	<description>
	How did he DO it?<br />
<br />
How did this man have time for the sailing and the parties and the history trips and the drinking and the painting and the sledding and the calls to friends and the letters to supporters and the funerals and the dogs and the trips overseas AND HAVE A REPUTATION FOR BEING THE HAR...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/42
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	<pubDate>
	Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:41:31
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	<title>
	A Modest List of Remaining Possible Republican Candidates: Senator Edition
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	<description>
	Who of these Republican senators is viable on a national level?<br />
<br />
I tried to pick senators with at least a few years in office and who weren't obvious failures on a national scale. They're listed in order of seniority.<br />
<br />
(And on edit: Yes, some of these folks are ancient.)<br />
<br />
Thad Cochran of Missi...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/41
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:09:28
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	<title>
	The whole thing was definitely lavishly done
	</title>
	<description>
	and DAMN... Tom Felton was so perfect as Draco. In the previous films, he's been a good Draco, but in this one, he's a GREAT Draco. He really captured the mixture of arrogance and despair. Draco is such an awful person, but you can't help feeling bad for him.<br />
<br />
Some of the scenes were really well d...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/39
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:17:05
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	<title>
	A Modest List of Remaining Possible Republican Candidates: Gubernatorial Edition
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	<description>
	Who of these Republican governors is viable on a national level?<br />
<br />
I tried to pick governors with at least a few years in office and who weren't obvious failures on a national scale.<br />
<br />
----------------------------------------------------<br />
<br />
Bob Riley of Alabama. Took office in 2003, and he'll be o...
	</description>
	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/40
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:01:47
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	<title>
	Wolves, Polar Bears, the Endangered Species Act, and You
	</title>
	<description>
	Recently on DU there has been a lot of confusion about the scope and purpose of the Endangered Species Act.<br />
<br />
The Act was signed into law by President Nixon in 1973. <br />
<br />
According to the USFWS website:<br />
<br />
[div class=&quot;excerpt&quot;]Through federal action and by encouraging the establishment of state prog...
	</description>
	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/38
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 12 May 2009 18:21:43
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	<title>
	Downturn
	</title>
	<description>
	http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/current.365.jpg...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/37
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	<pubDate>
	Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:34:57
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	<title>
	You know who I REALLY blame for the passage of Prop 8?
	</title>
	<description>
	I blame the goddamn California democratic party, and all the goddamn democrats in California who could not organize a goddamn trip to the bathroom.<br />
<br />
I feel like I should be happy about the election of Obama, but I'm actually really pissed.<br />
<br />
I'm pissed about goddamn Prop 8, and I'm pissed about t...
	</description>
	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/36
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:01:29
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	<title>
	The BLUEST COUNTIES!
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	<description>
	District of Columbia: 92.9<br />
<br />
Prince George's, MD: 88.9<br />
<br />
Shannon, SD: 88.7<br />
<br />
Petersburg, VA: 88.6<br />
<br />
Bronx, NY: 88.2<br />
<br />
Baltimore: 87.5<br />
<br />
Jefferson, MS: 87.0<br />
<br />
Menominee, WI: 86.9<br />
<br />
Macon, AL: 86.9<br />
<br />
Manhattan, NY: 85.1<br />
<br />
San Francisco, CA: 84.7 <br />
<br />
Claiborne, MS: 84.5<br />
<br />
Starr, TX: 84.5<br />
<br />
...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/35
	</link>
	<pubDate>
	Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:50:27
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	<title>
	Ben Bernanke is giving the President his daily briefing.
	</title>
	<description>
	&quot;Mr. President, this economic bailout is going to cost American taxpayers three Brazilian dollars.&quot; <br />
<br />
&quot;That doesn't sound so bad... What's that in American dollars, like, 50 cents?&quot; <br />
<br />
:P...
	</description>
	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/34
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:26:47
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	<title>
	Two questions about climate change:
	</title>
	<description>
	If climate change is caused by man, then what do we do about it? What SHOULD we try to do about it, and what CAN we do about it?<br />
<br />
If climate change is NOT caused by man and we try to do something to slow or stop this perceived imaginary threat, what's the worst that can happen?<br />
<br />
I have answered ...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/44
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:25:44
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	<title>
	Many bird species in severe decline, groups warn
	</title>
	<description>
	Hundreds of species of birds, including many once-common songbirds such as the meadowlark and American bobwhite, are in severe decline in the United States, falling in population by as much as 90 percent since the 1960s, scientists, government officials and conservation groups told Congress today.<br />
...
	</description>
	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/33
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:49:06
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	<title>
	Here's how it goes down:
	</title>
	<description>
	A pretty blonde with a bouffant shoots an unseen someone twice. After shooting the person, she breaks down, screaming and crying. She falls in a heap on the floor, cradling the gun. The whole scene is shot in a bright white light, and the only sound is that sort of underwater sound you get in a swim...
	</description>
	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/32
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:46:20
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	<title>
	Which governors would make good VP choices for Obama?
	</title>
	<description>
	Arizona <br />
*Gov. Janet Napolitano-- I've heard her name floated before. It would be unlikely to have two people for Arizona running.<br />
<br />
Arkansas <br />
*Gov. Mike Beebe-- He only got in last year. He's an unlikely choice.<br />
<br />
Colorado <br />
*Gov. Bill Ritter-- He only got in last year. He's an unlikely choice....
	</description>
	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/31
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 15 May 2008 17:50:38
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	<title>
	**OFFICIAL PENNSYLVANIA PREDICTION THREAD** 
	</title>
	<description>
	What's your prediction for Pennsylvania? :shrug:<br />
<br />
I think Hillary's going to win it by 8 points (54 to 46), spin it as a hugh comeback, and stay in the race, despite the fact that she'll only net about 22 delegates and she'll still be about 114 delegates behind. <br />
<br />
(This would increase her &quot;must ...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/XemaSab/30
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:30:26
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