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	<title>The Exquisite Contrarian</title>
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	<description>Smelling the funk of politics and other communicable diseases.</description>
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		<title>California anti-gay rights senator admits he&#8217;s actually gay himself.</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/03/california-anti-gay-rights-senator-admits-hes-actually-gay-himself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So now what do you do?
Calif state senator says he&#8217;s gay after DUI arrest.
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		<title>David Brooks on Colbert: Tea Partiers are “Like Wal-Mart Hippies”.</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/03/david-brooks-on-colbert-tea-partiers-are-%e2%80%9clike-wal-mart-hippies%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/03/david-brooks-on-colbert-tea-partiers-are-%e2%80%9clike-wal-mart-hippies%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great line.
Watch Dave&#8217;s entire interview here.
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		<title>Russian Olympic boss walks plank after Olympic fail.</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/03/russian-olympic-boss-walks-plank-after-olympic-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/03/russian-olympic-boss-walks-plank-after-olympic-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I guess this is better than President Medvedev hiring the Russian mafia to bump you off. And after his earlier comments I&#8217;d be looking behind as I walked.
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		<title>When President Obama&#8217;s health care plan mirrors Mitt Romney&#8217;s Massachusetts plan, it makes many in GOP look hypocritical.</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/03/when-president-obamas-health-care-plan-mirrors-mitt-romneys-massachusetts-plan-it-makes-many-in-gop-look-hypocritical/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/03/when-president-obamas-health-care-plan-mirrors-mitt-romneys-massachusetts-plan-it-makes-many-in-gop-look-hypocritical/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When is opposing the President purely political and without logic?  During the all-important healthcare debate, perhaps.
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		<title>President Obama not kicking butts yet.</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/03/president-obama-not-kicking-butts-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/03/president-obama-not-kicking-butts-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[smoking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Obama, 48, continues to struggle to stop his 30-year smoking habit and needs to modify his diet, said Dr. Jeffrey Kuhlman, a Navy captain who led the medical team that performed Mr. Obama’s physical.
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		<title>Bill Clinton reaches out and offers support to Tiger Woods.</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/03/bill-clinton-reaches-out-and-offers-support-to-tiger-woods/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/03/bill-clinton-reaches-out-and-offers-support-to-tiger-woods/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elin Nordegren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Woods]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://excontra.com/?p=134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t this like Jack Daniels offering Betty Ford assistance?
More here.
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		<title>I&#8217;d hate to be a Russian Olympic official after a poor showing.</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/03/id-hate-to-be-a-russian-olympic-official-after-a-poor-showing/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/03/id-hate-to-be-a-russian-olympic-official-after-a-poor-showing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dmitry Medvedev]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Dmitry Medvedev promised Monday that heads would roll after Russia suffered its worst-ever performance at the Winter Olympics, warning &#8220;fat cat&#8221; sports officials to quit or be fired.
Heads to Roll Over Poor Olympic Results.
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		<title>Stay classy, Senator Bunghole!  Kentucky&#8217;s own Jim Bunning brings even more of his trademark finish to politics.</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/03/stay-classy-senator-bunghole-kentuckys-own-jim-bunning-brings-even-more-of-his-trademark-finish-to-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/03/stay-classy-senator-bunghole-kentuckys-own-jim-bunning-brings-even-more-of-his-trademark-finish-to-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Bunning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kentucky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://excontra.com/?p=130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;ABC’s Jonathan Karl and Z. Byron Wolf report from Washington:
As the doors closed, I asked Bunning if he is concerned about those losing their benefits.
He did not answer. This is all on-camera.
Senator Bunning was even more expressive before the cameras arrived, using a little sign language.
When Senate producer Z. Byron Wolf spotted Bunning exiting his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Add this and a dash/pinch of Oath Keepers, and you&#8217;ve got a surprisingly diverse freedom movement afoot in America.</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/03/add-this-and-a-dashpinch-of-oath-keepers-and-youve-got-a-surprisingly-diverse-freedom-movement-afoot-in-america/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/03/add-this-and-a-dashpinch-of-oath-keepers-and-youve-got-a-surprisingly-diverse-freedom-movement-afoot-in-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2nd Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACLU]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strange bedfellows]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://excontra.com/?p=128</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The conversation on the street centers around a strong division between the left and right in America right now.  I&#8217;d contend we&#8217;re potentially more fragmented than ever but not polarized as the news and the political parties would lead us to believe, and issues like individual freedoms including states&#8217; rights and the right to gun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Armisen does NY Governor Paterson on SNL: what are the governor&#8217;s plans?</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/03/armisen-does-ny-governor-patterson-on-snl-what-are-the-governors-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/03/armisen-does-ny-governor-patterson-on-snl-what-are-the-governors-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Paterson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fred Armisen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saturday Night Live]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SNL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
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