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		<title>Obama administration NOT on spending binge</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/23/obama-administration-not-on-spending-binge/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/23/obama-administration-not-on-spending-binge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 11:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government spending]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Almost everyone believes that Obama has presided over a massive increase in federal spending, an “inferno” of spending that threatens our jobs, our businesses and our children’s future. Even Democrats seem to think it’s true. Government spending under Obama, including &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/23/obama-administration-not-on-spending-binge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Next iPhone may sport 4 inch display</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/23/next-iphone-may-sport-4-inch-display/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/23/next-iphone-may-sport-4-inch-display/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 11:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[biz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18460</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to 9to5 Mac, the next generation iPhone will have a 4 inch retina display. It will fit in the same size phone.  So, while the display will be bigger, the size items shown on the display will remain essentially &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/23/next-iphone-may-sport-4-inch-display/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to open a beer with a chainsaw</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/20/how-to-open-a-beer-with-a-chainsaw/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/20/how-to-open-a-beer-with-a-chainsaw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 13:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chainsaw]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18457</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(via Andrew Sullivan)]]></description>
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		<title>Boat launch fail</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/20/boat-launch-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/20/boat-launch-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 12:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fail]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18454</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How many trucks (and tractors) are needed to launch a boat?]]></description>
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		<title>Tech quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/18/tech-quote-of-the-day-74/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/18/tech-quote-of-the-day-74/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[biz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Bowman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Kafka]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Kafka: You’ve complained publicly before about the difficulty in supporting multiple flavors of Android for your apps. But this year you’ve expanded the number of Android handsets you’re supporting from 6 to 11. Did you ever consider not working &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/18/tech-quote-of-the-day-74/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook to begin trading at 11 am (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/18/facebook-to-begin-trading-at-11-am/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/18/facebook-to-begin-trading-at-11-am/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[biz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IPO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nasdaq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook will begin trading today at 11 am.  You can access live quotes on the stock, which trades under the FB symbol, here. I am not a fan of Facebook&#8217;s services, and it remains unclear (at least to me) how &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/18/facebook-to-begin-trading-at-11-am/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cell phone privacy</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/18/cell-phone-privacy/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/18/cell-phone-privacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cell phone tracking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you use a cellphone, your movements are recorded by your carrier. How long do the carriers retain such data? An internal Department of Justice document shows cell phone service providers keep that information for more than a year, Crump &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/18/cell-phone-privacy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>She worked hard for the money</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/18/she-worked-hard-for-the-money/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/18/she-worked-hard-for-the-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donna Summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18411</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Farewell, Donna Summer. Her first big hit in the US came in 1975: Read an overview of her life and musical success here.]]></description>
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		<title>Inadvertant &#8220;Family Guy&#8221; parody?</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/17/inadvertant-family-guy-parody/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/17/inadvertant-family-guy-parody/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18409</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You be the judge.]]></description>
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		<title>TED starts self-censoring its own talks</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/17/ted-starts-self-censoring-its-own-talks/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/17/ted-starts-self-censoring-its-own-talks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[biz]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Hanauer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TED]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TED, who&#8217;s slogan is &#8220;Ideas Worth Spreading&#8221; and who has provided hundreds of insightful speeches for years, has decided not to spread one idea. They are refusing to provide access to a talk by a speaker who argues that income &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/17/ted-starts-self-censoring-its-own-talks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>After the Singularity</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/16/after-the-singularity/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/16/after-the-singularity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray Kurzweil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Singularity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vernor Vinge]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18391</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Related articles When Vernor Vinge Coined the Technological Singularity (singularityweblog.com)]]></description>
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		<title>Using Bain as a weapon</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/15/using-bain-as-a-weapon/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/15/using-bain-as-a-weapon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18388</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The President takes on Bain.]]></description>
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		<title>Yet another TSA failure</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/15/yet-another-tsa-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/15/yet-another-tsa-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[explosives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pornoscanner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TSA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18384</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now it appears that the TSA never properly tested whether its pornoscanners were capable of detecting explosives. At a Congressional hearing last Wednesday investigating how the Transportation Security Administration acquires and deploys security equipment, members of the House Transportation and &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/15/yet-another-tsa-failure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Months away from collapse</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/14/months-away-from-collapse/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/14/months-away-from-collapse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 11:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[euro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Krugman offers his prediction on the failure of the Euro. Not over years, but over months.]]></description>
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		<title>Changing media</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/12/changing-media/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/12/changing-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 14:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[automobiles]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(via Distinguished Baloney)]]></description>
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		<title>How to survive a robot uprising</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/12/how-to-survive-a-robot-uprising/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/12/how-to-survive-a-robot-uprising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 14:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overlords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Singularity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18373</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This could come in handy once the Singularity hits. (via IEEE Spectrum)]]></description>
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		<title>The more things change&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/12/the-more-things-change/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/12/the-more-things-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 12:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bigots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wackos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;the more they remain the same. Obama spoke out in favor of allowing same-sex marriage. At the same time, a woman in Lincoln, Nebraska, offered this rather incoherent ramble in opposition to a proposed LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance there: (via Towelroad)]]></description>
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		<title>Icons don&#8217;t change when technology does</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/12/icons-dont-change-when-technology-does/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/12/icons-dont-change-when-technology-does/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 11:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[icons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software design]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scott Hanselman has a great overview of the increasing ambiguity of many icons we take for granted. For example, many applications use an icon of a floppy disk for the &#8220;Save&#8221; function. Since floppies expired some time ago, how long &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/12/icons-dont-change-when-technology-does/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mitt Romney at Cranbrook</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/11/mitt-romney-at-cranbrook/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/11/mitt-romney-at-cranbrook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cranbrook School, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is, and long has been, a popular private college prep boarding school for the wealthy. So it is no surprise that Mitt Romney, son of auto-magnate and Michigan Governor George Romney, attended Cranbrook. What &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/11/mitt-romney-at-cranbrook/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama hits Romney on same-sex marriage</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/10/obama-hits-romney-on-same-sex-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/10/obama-hits-romney-on-same-sex-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great ad from the Obama campaign: By the way, when Romney mentions 3,000 years of history, apparently he forgets his great-grandfather&#8217;s polygamist marriage 100 years ago. That was not a marriage between one man and one woman.]]></description>
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