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		<title>Things that make you go hmmm…</title>
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		<title>Yahoo, Microsoft link IM services</title>
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		<title>Ben Stein: More on Katrina</title>
		<link>http://abstractmusings.com/2005/09/ben-stein-more-on-katrina</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robby</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Michael Yon: Gates of Fire</title>
		<link>http://abstractmusings.com/2005/08/michael-yon-gates-of-fire</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Christopher Hitchens: A War to Be Proud Of</title>
		<link>http://abstractmusings.com/2005/08/christopher-hitchens-a-war-to-be-proud-of</link>
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		<title>Ghost Busters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2005 01:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/dhenninger/?id=110007167">Ghost Busters</a> &#8212; Daniel Henninger: a quiet majority has replaced Vietnam&#8217;s &#8220;silent majority&#8221; (Via <a title="Another Reason Iraq isn&#8217;t Vietnam" href="http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?entry=2448">Q&amp;O</a>)</p>
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		<title>Jeff Jacoby: Iraq is no Vietnam</title>
		<link>http://abstractmusings.com/2005/08/jeff-jacoby-iraq-is-no-vietnam</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Austin Bay: The War on Tourism</title>
		<link>http://abstractmusings.com/2005/08/austin-bay-the-war-on-tourism</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2005 10:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Austin Bay: The War on Tourism &#8212; Western democracies aren&#8217;t the only victim of terror attacks
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		<title>Mark Steyn: Lessons from the Big One</title>
		<link>http://abstractmusings.com/2005/08/mark-steyn-lessons-from-the-big-one</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mark Steyn: <a href="http://www.steynonline.com/index2.cfm?edit_id=24">Lessons from the Big One</a></p>
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		<title>Looking the Wrong Way</title>
		<link>http://abstractmusings.com/2005/07/looking-the-wrong-way</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking the Wrong Way &#8212; Heather Mac Donald on the futility of New York&#8217;s random baggage search policy (via Michelle Malkin)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/mac_donald200507221413.asp">Looking the Wrong Way</a> &#8212; Heather Mac Donald on the futility of New York&#8217;s random baggage search policy (via <a href="http://michellemalkin.com/archives/003094.htm">Michelle Malkin</a>)</p>
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		<title>Is There a Place Called Londonistan?</title>
		<link>http://abstractmusings.com/2005/07/is-there-a-place-called-londonistan</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is There a Place Called Londonistan? &#8212; Salil Tripathi details two reasons for Britain&#8217;s home grown terrorists
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.techcentralstation.com/072205A.html">Is There a Place Called Londonistan?</a> &#8212; Salil Tripathi details two reasons for Britain&#8217;s home grown terrorists</p>
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		<title>Mark Steyn: Mugged by reality?</title>
		<link>http://abstractmusings.com/2005/07/mark-steyn-mugged-by-reality</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 02:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mark Steyn: <a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16034303%5E7583,00.html">Mugged by reality?</a></p>
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		<title>Letter from Londonistan</title>
		<link>http://abstractmusings.com/2005/07/letter-from-londonistan</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2005 02:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Letter from Londonistan &#8212; Irwin M. Stelzer examines the British reaction to 7/7 and makes some intriguing compaisons with America&#8217;s response to 9/11 (via Galley Slaves)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/871kbaxp.asp">Letter from Londonistan</a> &#8212; Irwin M. Stelzer examines the British reaction to 7/7 and makes some intriguing compaisons with America&#8217;s response to 9/11 (via <a href="http://galleyslaves.blogspot.com/2005/07/letter-from-londonistan.html">Galley Slaves</a>)</p>
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		<title>Victor Davis Hanson: And Then They Came After Us</title>
		<link>http://abstractmusings.com/2005/07/victor-davis-hanson-and-then-they-came-after-us</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Victor Davis Hanson: And Then They Came After Us &#8212; The subtitle sums it up nicely: &#8220;We&#8217;re at war. How about acting like it?&#8221;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Victor Davis Hanson: <a href="http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson072205.html">And Then They Came After Us</a> &#8212; The subtitle sums it up nicely: &#8220;We&#8217;re at war. How about acting like it?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Roberts will redefine ‘mainstream’</title>
		<link>http://abstractmusings.com/2005/07/roberts-will-redefine-mainstream</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>2005 Marine Corps Silver Dollar Unveiled</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2005 Marine Corps Silver Dollar Unveiled &#8212; I want one of these, too! (Via Lorie Byrd)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://wordunheard.com/archives/2005/07/2005_marine_cor.php">2005 Marine Corps Silver Dollar Unveiled</a> &#8212; I want one of these, too! (Via <a href="http://polipundit.com/index.php?p=9080">Lorie Byrd</a>)</p>
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		<title>Google Moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Iraqi Wars</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Iraqi Wars &#8212; Victor Davis Hanson provides an examination of our four wars in Iraq
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson071205.html">The Iraqi Wars</a> &#8212; Victor Davis Hanson provides an examination of our four wars in Iraq</p>
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		<title>Norm Geras: Two faces of liberalism</title>
		<link>http://abstractmusings.com/2005/07/norn-geras-two-faces-of-liberalism</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norm Geras: Two faces of liberalism &#8212; Also read: Multiculturalism at the crossroads

There is another kind of liberalism, one that knows, not only the meaning of a necessary and unavoidable fight, but also that the values of liberalism, and precisely the values of liberalism, set certain limits to tolerance, and to &#8216;understanding&#8217; in the complaisant [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Norm Geras: <a href="http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2005/07/two_faces_of_li.html">Two faces of liberalism</a> &#8212; Also read: <a href="http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2005/07/multiculturalis.html">Multiculturalism at the crossroads</a><br />
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<blockquote><p>There is another kind of liberalism, one that knows, not only the meaning of a necessary and unavoidable fight, but also that the values of liberalism, and precisely the values of liberalism, set certain limits to tolerance, and to &#8216;understanding&#8217; in the complaisant sense of that much abused word.</p>
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		<title>Arthur Chrenkoff: Good News from Iraq</title>
		<link>http://abstractmusings.com/2005/07/arthur-chrenkoffs-latest-roundup-of-good-news-from-iraq</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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