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	<description>they came in a dream and took me away...</description>
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		<title>Normal people</title>
		<link>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/12/normal-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 03:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Machiavelli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often have conversations, referring offhandedly to &#8220;weird people&#8221; and &#8220;normal people,&#8221; and am challenged by the phrase, &#8220;there&#8217;s no such thing as normal.&#8221; Clearly, you do not know how to identify normal people.1 I understand the difficulty: Normal people are a diverse group. They are that generic looking guy who walked passed you on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wikileaks</title>
		<link>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/12/1696/</link>
		<comments>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/12/1696/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Machiavelli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The takedown of Wikileaks is a triumph of world government. It&#8217;s literally the new world order responding to a threat and removing it. The website has been under a massive attack, probably by the US Government. Warrants for Julian Assange&#8217;s arrest are held by two nations and the European Union. Interpol has issued a red [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Tip</title>
		<link>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/02/dont-tip/</link>
		<comments>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/02/dont-tip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Machiavelli</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thecastsite.com/blog/?p=1592</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why tip? People say that it gives the waiter an economic incentive to do his job better. Because of this incentive, the meal will get to the table faster and the experience is generally more enjoyable. Makes sense, no? A waitress who takes your food 10 meters from the bench to your table deserves a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artificial Virginity Kit</title>
		<link>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/01/artificial-virginity-kit/</link>
		<comments>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/01/artificial-virginity-kit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Machiavelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humanities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese company Gigimo advertises its Artificial Hymen Virginity kit across the Arab world. The kit, which allows women to fake sexual purity on their wedding night, is the sort of product one might find in a novelty store or sex shop in America. But in Egypt, nuptial night virginity is deadly serious business. Women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Literature Publishing of the Future</title>
		<link>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/01/literature-publishing-of-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/01/literature-publishing-of-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Machiavelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humanities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thecastsite.com/blog/?p=1552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I forsee the publishing house of the future offering, for instance, a poet&#8217;s latest work in multiple formats simultaneously, each at a different price: an e-text version with links to all current reviews, related scholarly and popular comment, and bundled with its own discussion forum that links owners of each of the books; a hard-copy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Working in the Private Sector</title>
		<link>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/01/stop-working-in-the-private-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/01/stop-working-in-the-private-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Machiavelli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a new Cato Institute report on &#8220;Employee Compensation in State and Local Governments&#8220;: The study&#8217;s author, Chris Edwards, found that the wage premium for public sector employees was about 34 percent and for benefits about 70 percent. Lineage: Reason &#60;- Cato]]></description>
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		<title>Osama bin Laden Not Involved in 9/11 Attacks</title>
		<link>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/01/osama-bin-laden-not-involved-in-911-attacks/</link>
		<comments>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/01/osama-bin-laden-not-involved-in-911-attacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Machiavelli</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thecastsite.com/blog/?p=1357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it possible that Osama bin Laden was not involved in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center? It is curious that Osama bin Laden initially denied involvement. From CNN, dated September 17, 2001: In a statement issued to the Arabic satellite channel Al Jazeera, based in Qatar, bin Laden said, &#8220;The U.S. government [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Dangerous Kit</title>
		<link>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/01/the-danger-kit/</link>
		<comments>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/01/the-danger-kit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Machiavelli</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chemical]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nuclear]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thecastsite.com/blog/?p=1326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Dangerous Kit&#8221; teaches kids at a young age not to be afraid of the world around them and to be critical thinkers by providing hands-on experience with items at different times in culture have been seen as shockingly dangerous when the true scale of their deleterious effects is between zilch and inane. A booklet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End Airborne Terrorism</title>
		<link>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/01/end-airborne-terrorism/</link>
		<comments>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2010/01/end-airborne-terrorism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Machiavelli</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thecastsite.com/blog/?p=1461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to detonate plastic explosives concealed in his underwear on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, I saw public outcry for greater airport security. People saw yet another terrorist show airport security ineffective. They asked, &#8220;How could this have happened?&#8221; People paid to make solutions came up with ideas like ramping up airport security, and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Citrus History</title>
		<link>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2009/12/citrus-history/</link>
		<comments>http://thecastsite.com/blog/2009/12/citrus-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Machiavelli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oranges are often said to be a wholesome, natural, and tasty thing to eat. But just what is &#8220;natural?&#8221; The history of the orange and it&#8217;s acidic friends is a scientific adventure through prehistoric genetic engineering and cultural trade. It is commonly accepted that there are four founding species of the citrus genus: Lime (Citrus [...]]]></description>
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