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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>
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		<description><![CDATA[(via Andrew Sullivan)]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donna Summer]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ray Kurzweil]]></category>
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		<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>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>
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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>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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18370</guid>
		<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>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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18359</guid>
		<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>Political quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/10/political-quote-of-the-day-180/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/10/political-quote-of-the-day-180/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 10:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At a certain point, I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married. &#8211; President Barack Obama Meanwhile, Mitt Romney has &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/10/political-quote-of-the-day-180/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The new American Dream</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/09/the-new-american-dream/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/09/the-new-american-dream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 11:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The new American Dream is to get to be very rich and still be regarded as a victim.  &#8211; Charles Simic, The Monster Loves His Labyrinth: Notebooks (via James Wolcott)]]></description>
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		<title>Dinosaurs are SCARY</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/09/dinosaurs-are-scary/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/09/dinosaurs-are-scary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 11:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18333</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(via Nothing To Do With Arbroath)]]></description>
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		<title>Bigot of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/07/bigot-of-the-day/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/07/bigot-of-the-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 11:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So your little son starts to act a little girlish when he is four years old and instead of squashing that like a cockroach and saying, “Man up, son, get that dress off you and get outside and dig a &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/07/bigot-of-the-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Buddhism quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/07/buddhism-quote-of-the-day/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/07/buddhism-quote-of-the-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 11:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[reincarnation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is quite strange – as non-believers, totally non-believers, atheists – showing interest about reincarnation. I jokingly tell them: In order to be involved in my reincarnation, firstly, they should accept Buddhism. Or religion. Or Buddhism. Then they should recognize &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/07/buddhism-quote-of-the-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Service monkeys</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/06/service-monkeys/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/06/service-monkeys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 12:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The use of service monkeys for the disabled is a totally new concept to me. Here is one terribly moving story.]]></description>
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		<title>Sports quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/06/sports-quote-of-the-day/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/06/sports-quote-of-the-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 12:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18250</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In more than 20 years I&#8217;ve spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do with what is presumably the primary purpose of higher education: academics. That&#8217;s because college football has &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/06/sports-quote-of-the-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Political quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/03/political-quote-of-the-day-177/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/03/political-quote-of-the-day-177/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 10:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18185</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney has been forced to say, ‘Look, I overstepped my bounds here. I went outside the parameters here. I went off the reservation with this hire. The pro-family community has called me back to the table here. Called me &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/03/political-quote-of-the-day-177/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How the iPhone helps the blind</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/03/how-the-iphone-helps-the-blind/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/03/how-the-iphone-helps-the-blind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 10:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a fascinating article in The Atlantic, written by Liat Kornowski, describing how the iPhone has become a boon for the blind, despite its lack of a physical keyboard. The accessibility features built in are a big part of &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/05/03/how-the-iphone-helps-the-blind/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another Prometheus trailer</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/04/30/another-premetheus-trailer/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/04/30/another-premetheus-trailer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on what has been revealed about Prometheus, it continues to look like a winner. And here is the official full trailer:]]></description>
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		<title>The robot future</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/04/29/the-robot-future/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/04/29/the-robot-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=18159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Ze Frank.]]></description>
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		<title>Watching the watchers</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/04/27/watching-the-watchers/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/04/27/watching-the-watchers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a great compilation of movie scenes where the characters stop and look directly at the audience. If you turn captions on (the red CC icon), you will see the titles of the films. (via Andrew Sullivan)]]></description>
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