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	<title>Demerzel's China Blog - Intellectual Analysis on China, SEO, and the Web &#187; Politics</title>
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	<description>Independent and intellectual thoughts ranging from China, SEO, and other international topics</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The World Votes for Barack Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/07/11/the-world-votes-for-barack-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/07/11/the-world-votes-for-barack-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Crampton has a good post and video on how policy leaders believe China would vote for Obama. Why:
China would vote for Obama in part because he is from a minority ethnic group, said Shen Dingli of Shanghai’s Fudan University.
Of course rightly notes the irony:
Somewhat ironic to poll people living in countries with varying levels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presidential Politics and Electoral Map Guessing</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/06/17/presidential-politics-electoral-map-guessing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/06/17/presidential-politics-electoral-map-guessing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Because I enjoy politics (international politics all the more), I had to put in my two cents on what I believe the outcome will be for the upcoming election. These are of course my own personal guesses, so feel free to mock me if/when I&#8217;m wrong post-November. The images come courtesy of 270towin.com, even providing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Spies Care For You</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/02/14/american-spies-care-for-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/02/14/american-spies-care-for-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[They really really do!
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		<title>A Great Interview by Bill Steigerwald with David Frum on How Conservatives Can Make a Comeback</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/01/27/david-frum-conservative-comeback/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/01/27/david-frum-conservative-comeback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Moderate Voice has a must read interview about David Frum&#8217;s thoughts on how Conservatives will have to change towards the future in order to make a comeback into American politics. From a marketing perspective, I feel that this is the right way for Conservatives, even if I do not necessarily agree with all the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ron Paul&#8217;s Candidacy is Over With Loss in Libertarian New Hampshire</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/01/09/ron-pauls-candidacy-is-over-with-loss-in-libertarian-new-hampshire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/01/09/ron-pauls-candidacy-is-over-with-loss-in-libertarian-new-hampshire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ron Paul could not win in New Hampshire with independents in the Republican Party in the most libertarian state of the nation, and therefore in my opinion I am calling it now for the end of Ron Paul&#8217;s candidacy. Sure, he can pull a Howard Dean and get some great/cushy position after the fact, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Party Political Results and Potential Fallouts</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/01/03/iowa-party-political-results-and-potential-fallouts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/01/03/iowa-party-political-results-and-potential-fallouts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Great information by Andrew Sullivan:
Tonight was in many ways devastating news for the GOP. Twice as many people turned out for the Democrats than the Republicans. Clearly independents prefer the Dems.
Now look at how the caucus-goers defined themselves in the entrance polls. Among the Dems: Very Liberal: 18 percent; Somewhat Liberal: 36 percent; Moderate: 40 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Other CIA Shoe Drops</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/01/02/the-other-cia-shoe-drops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2008/01/02/the-other-cia-shoe-drops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Investigation time for the CIA and where it could lead&#8211;read Glenn Greenwald and Emptywheel for superb details.
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		<title>5 Reasons Why US Presidents Are Not Good Online Marketers</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/31/5-reasons-why-us-presidents-are-not-good-online-marketers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/31/5-reasons-why-us-presidents-are-not-good-online-marketers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is essentially in response to Aaron Wall&#8217;s post about the next US President being bad marketers (Note that this is about US Presidential Candidates and their direct staff, not about those indirectly affiliated like in Ron Paul&#8217;s case).

Presidential Candidates and DC elites are technophobes or just plain technologically ignorant (series of tubes anyone?)
Those running [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Torture Revelations Continued</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/30/torture-revelations-continued/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/30/torture-revelations-continued/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read the NYT&#8217;s article about the CIA torture tapes and weep for how America is falling.
Then read the post by Scott Horton and feel ashamed for what&#8217;s transpired.
I believe in the transparency of democracy and how evil men will be found out and punished (most of the time) for what has been done to sully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ron Paul&#8217;s Evolution Denial and Libertarianism</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/29/ron-pauls-evolution-denial-and-libertarianism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/29/ron-pauls-evolution-denial-and-libertarianism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the most part, the libertarians I run across and are friends with are usually not very religious, so it struck me as rather odd to see a very libertarian candidate (Ron Paul) note that he does not accept evolution. Makes me wonder whether that could put a crimp in some of his supporters as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historical Declining Empire Parallels to America</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/29/historical-declining-empire-parallels-to-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/29/historical-declining-empire-parallels-to-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ian Walsh at Firedoglake has a quick and interesting post on possible parallels about in his opinion how the US is declining similar to four various ways as defined by his points. I don&#8217;t necessarily agree with him, but thought to point out the interesting ideas that he&#8217;s laid out there (and really for something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WoW Ron Paul Noobs to March in Support of Ron Paul</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/28/wow-ron-paul-noobs-to-march-in-support-of-ron-paul/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/28/wow-ron-paul-noobs-to-march-in-support-of-ron-paul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As much as I love the libertarian streak, you have to admit how pointless some of this is (although I have to admit the hilarity):
Presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX),[...] has rallied another group of die-hard backers to his ranks:
Gnomes. And dwarves. And possibly even night elves &#8212; because the world of political activism has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expect More on those CIA Tapes</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/19/expect-more-on-those-cia-tapes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/19/expect-more-on-those-cia-tapes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brent Brudowsky at The Hill&#8217;s Pundit Blog says it all:
As I write these words on the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 19, high- and low-level officials of the Bush administration involved in torture, and the destruction of the torture tapes, are consulting their criminal lawyers as The New York Times reports that highest-level lawyers in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The End of Privacy</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/16/the-end-of-privacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/16/the-end-of-privacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glenn Greenwald has another excellent post over at his blog on Salon.com about how our government is engaging in illegal wiretapping, even pre-9/11:
There are several vital points raised by the new revelations in The New York Times that &#8220;the N.S.A.&#8217;s reliance on telecommunications companies is broader and deeper than ever before&#8221; and includes both pre-9/11 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Are the Legal Avenues Someone Can Take to Prosecute Torture?</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/11/what-are-the-legal-avenues-someone-can-take-to-prosecute-torture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/11/what-are-the-legal-avenues-someone-can-take-to-prosecute-torture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plain and simple question to those noting that waterboarding is torture (which it truly is): What legal actions can be taken against them considering what we know so far?

We know already as I&#8217;ve stated from my earlier post that the CIA destroyed interrogation tapes and that a CIA agent admitted to using waterboarding.
We know that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIA Man Admits to American Torture</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/10/cia-man-admits-to-american-torture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/10/cia-man-admits-to-american-torture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether intentional or not, one of the CIA&#8217;s own men went on national television and actually admitted that he water boarded (ie: tortured) a man under the CIA&#8217;s custody. The BBC has more info:
John Kiriakou told US broadcaster ABC that &#8220;water-boarding&#8221; was used when his CIA team questioned suspected al-Qaeda chief recruiter Abu Zubaydah. 
He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questions That Should be Asked of Presidential Candidates</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/10/questions-that-should-be-asked-of-presidential-candidates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/10/questions-that-should-be-asked-of-presidential-candidates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Had this idea before seeing the post over at Crooks and Liars, so here are some questions that should be asked to get some rather interesting answers (and not just of them, it would likely be tough for me on some to answer as well):

Which matters more: keeping secret classified information or bringing to light [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dark Days of Democracy in the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/09/dark-days-of-democracy-in-the-21st-century/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/12/09/dark-days-of-democracy-in-the-21st-century/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More and more information is coming out about the Bush Administration&#8217;s foray into torture by almost any means necessary in order to get acquire any information possible after 9/11.
Sadly, this is not confined to the US at this point as information previously came about about the use of foreign airports in Europe with likely permission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitting Home Why People Read Blogs</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/11/30/hitting-home-why-people-read-blogs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/11/30/hitting-home-why-people-read-blogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I will let this passage explain perfectly my thoughts on MSM&#8217;s failures:
Fairness and balance are appropriate goals for journalists. But being fair to sources and providing balance among them should not outweigh the need to be fair to the readers, and to the facts. And balance should not be reduced to giving various points of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Continued Downfall of MSM, Time Magazine, and Joe Klein Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/11/29/continued-downfall-of-msm-time-magazine-and-joe-klein-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micahfk.com/blog/2007/11/29/continued-downfall-of-msm-time-magazine-and-joe-klein-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Demerzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Time Magazine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The fun really just doesn&#8217;t stop over at the Time Magazine with Joe Klein. It is finally nice to put the corruption of the Beltway Media into one great example. And it is not just Joe Klein, but sadly the Time Magazine and its editors for him, just read the following &#8220;correction&#8221; below that will [...]]]></description>
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