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		<title>Force Majeure</title>
		<link>http://podsperspective.com/2012/01/28/force-majeure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Podritske</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, the news with the most dangerous implications for human liberty did not come from anywhere between the eastern Mediterranean and the Hindu Kush. Rather, it developed within the short distance between Big Business, USA and Washington, DC. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and companion Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) introduced respectively [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=podsperspective.com&amp;blog=7298110&amp;post=1221&amp;subd=podritske&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Driving Distractions</title>
		<link>http://podsperspective.com/2012/01/21/driving-distractions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Podritske</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During a recent drive through Alberta, Canada I was distracted by the ubiquitous highway regulatory signs warning, “DISTRACTED DRIVING LAW IN EFFECT”. On long drives (mine was 12 hours) one has opportunity to think about many things, although thinking and driving could be distracting—and possibly against Alberta law. I thought about the law itself. What [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=podsperspective.com&amp;blog=7298110&amp;post=1212&amp;subd=podritske&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas!</title>
		<link>http://podsperspective.com/2011/12/25/merry-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Podritske</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas! Filed under: Politics Tagged: Christmas<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=podsperspective.com&amp;blog=7298110&amp;post=1200&amp;subd=podritske&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Arab Winter</title>
		<link>http://podsperspective.com/2011/10/28/an-arab-winter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Podritske</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The promise of an “Arab Spring” may yield a “winter of discontent”. In Egypt, the most populous Arab nation, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) continues the dictatorship after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. Democratic elections promised by August are delayed to November 28. SCAF used some of the extra time to unilaterally [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=podsperspective.com&amp;blog=7298110&amp;post=1201&amp;subd=podritske&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Thy Self</title>
		<link>http://podsperspective.com/2011/10/22/occupy-thy-self/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Podritske</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Efforts to rationalize the revolutionary significance of the so-called “Occupy Wall Street” movement are mostly futile. There is not much new about a gaggle of placard-waving, anarchist-inclined people protesting with slogans about rich versus poor, capitalists versus workers, love versus money (or war) and chanting “power to the people”. The “sit-in” of fifty years ago [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=podsperspective.com&amp;blog=7298110&amp;post=1192&amp;subd=podritske&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Turmoil of Being Turmel</title>
		<link>http://podsperspective.com/2011/08/05/the-turmoil-of-being-turmel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Podritske</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://podsperspective.com/?p=1186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Nycole Turmel is the acting leader of the Canadian New Democratic Party (NDP), relieving Jack Layton who recently stepped down to deal with personal health priorities. It did not take long for the neophyte leader of the official opposition in the House of Commons to get into trouble. Nycole From “The Bloc” Nycole Turmel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=podsperspective.com&amp;blog=7298110&amp;post=1186&amp;subd=podritske&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AAA Tax Rating</title>
		<link>http://podsperspective.com/2011/08/03/aaa-tax-rating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Podritske</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moody’s credit rating agency has maintained the U.S. government’s credit rating at “AAA”. Its review, which began on July 13, was coincidentally completed today with the following public statement: “We have confirmed the AAA government bond rating now that the statutory debt limit has been raised.” (Emphasis added.) The agency need not have bothered with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=podsperspective.com&amp;blog=7298110&amp;post=1175&amp;subd=podritske&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lies, Damn Lies and Politicians</title>
		<link>http://podsperspective.com/2011/08/01/lies-damn-lies-and-politicians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Podritske</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since Senator John McCain indulged himself in last Thursday’s Senate floor rant mocking the Tea Party constituency, there has been continuing criticism of Congressional members who refuse to compromise. McCain was challenged publicly for his disparaging remarks, and in an apparent move to pacify Tea Party supporters, attenuated his Congressional statements by saying he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=podsperspective.com&amp;blog=7298110&amp;post=1171&amp;subd=podritske&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Spending Crisis</title>
		<link>http://podsperspective.com/2011/07/30/the-spending-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 06:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Podritske</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most media coverage of the main political fight in Washington these days refers to the “debt crisis” or “debt ceiling crisis”. Debt is the result of overspending. More spending, in the absence of sufficient revenue, leads to escalating debt. With the US economy already taxed at levels that can negatively impact investment, further spending can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=podsperspective.com&amp;blog=7298110&amp;post=1158&amp;subd=podritske&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smoking Hot</title>
		<link>http://podsperspective.com/2011/07/29/smoking-hot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Podritske</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canadians are trapped in an immoral system in which an economic good—medical care—is supplied exclusively by government. Canadians are not permitted to participate in any domestic market for medical care, even as they are constrained by the economically predictable shortages and rationing of care that result from bureaucratic supply. It should not be surprising that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=podsperspective.com&amp;blog=7298110&amp;post=1149&amp;subd=podritske&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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