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		<title>Political quote of the day 2</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/18/political-quote-of-the-day-2-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wasn&#8217;t speaking as a doctor, I wasn&#8217;t speaking as a scientist. I was just relating what this woman said. &#8211; Michele Bachmann, referring to her claim that the HPV vaccine causes mental retardation. My translation: &#8220;I was just talking &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/18/political-quote-of-the-day-2-5/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Smile</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/29/smile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Really. Do it. (via The Daily Dish)]]></description>
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		<title>Latest TSA attacks on privacy</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/03/05/latest-tsa-attacks-on-privacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There they go again. According to Forbes: Newly uncovered documents show that as early as 2006, the Department of Homeland Security has been planning pilot programs to deploy mobile scanning units that can be set up at public events and &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/03/05/latest-tsa-attacks-on-privacy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Affluence is a disease</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/11/20/affluence-is-a-disease/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/11/20/affluence-is-a-disease/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Diabetes mellitus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article, by Kevin Patterson, a Canadian physician, described the startling difference in disease patterns between wealthy, developed countries and indigenous peoples or residents of very poor or war-torn countries. Worth a full read. Among North American adults, 40 percent &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/11/20/affluence-is-a-disease/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Health quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/09/23/health-quote-of-the-day-2/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/09/23/health-quote-of-the-day-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cover of Love Bites It’s still easier to get herpes than bedbugs &#8230; &#8211; &#8220;good&#8221; news from the article &#8220;Love Bites: Dating in the Age of Bedbugs&#8221; from the Wall Street Journal.]]></description>
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		<title>Drinkers live longer</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/08/30/drinkers-live-longer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt about it. Drinkers live longer than non-drinkers. Even though heavy drinking is associated with higher risk for cirrhosis and several types of cancer (particularly cancers in the mouth and esophagus), heavy drinkers are less likely to &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/08/30/drinkers-live-longer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Breakthrough in AIDS research</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/07/08/breakthrough-in-aids-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big news today on the AIDS vaccine front.]]></description>
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		<title>Pine mouth</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/07/05/pine-mouth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first of the so-called &#8220;pine mouth&#8221; phenomenon a few weeks ago. Pretty sad if true in that I love pine nuts. Now it seems to be everywhere, including this story from this morning&#8217;s Morning Edition from NPR.]]></description>
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		<title>Another reason to drop Facebook (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/05/21/another-reason-to-drop-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 10:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal&#8217;s All Things Digital website is reporting a major privacy hole in both Facebook and MySpace. Facebook, MySpace and several other social-networking sites have been sending data to advertising companies that could be used to find consumers’ &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/05/21/another-reason-to-drop-facebook/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An effective response to Republican death panel allegations</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/08/23/an-effective-response-to-republican-death-panel-allegations/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2009/08/23/an-effective-response-to-republican-death-panel-allegations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans United for Change have produced this effective response to the Republican death panel allegations by bringing the real death panels in America out into the open.]]></description>
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		<title>Matt Taibbi: Healthcare reform is dead</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/29/matt-taibbi-healthcare-reform-is-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matt Taibbi eulogizes real healthcare reform. Money quote: It won’t get done, because that’s not the way our government works. Our government doesn’t exist to protect voters from interests, it exists to protect interests from voters. The situation we have &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/29/matt-taibbi-healthcare-reform-is-dead/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Qualify the moon-landing celebration</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/18/qualify-the-moon-landing-celebration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(h/t William Gibson)]]></description>
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		<title>Science quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/17/science-quote-of-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q. Turning to your flight, what is your strongest memory of Apollo 11? A. Looking back at Earth from a great distance. I really believe that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/17/science-quote-of-the-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>AMA backs House healthcare overhaul</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/16/ama-backs-house-healthcare-overhaul/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Reuters. &#8220;This legislation includes a broad range of provisions that are key to effective, comprehensive health system reform,&#8221; AMA executive vice president Michael Maves wrote to the House committee leaders.]]></description>
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		<title>How big can Americans become?</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/13/how-big-can-americans-become/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current issue of The New Yorker features an article by Elizabet Kolbert chronicling the enormous and rapid weight gains of Americans. The claimed reasons for the problem are many, but no one is entirely certain of all the causes &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/13/how-big-can-americans-become/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The epitome of chutzpa</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/20/the-epitome-of-chutzpa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 21:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The has to the absolute epitome of chutzpa. Guess which party had the gall to put out a statement against the Democrats plan to reform health care? [t]he federal government would run a health care system&#8211;or a public plan option&#8211;with &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/20/the-epitome-of-chutzpa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Very good news on Alzheimer&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/07/very-good-news-on-alzheimers/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/07/very-good-news-on-alzheimers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 21:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now this is very good news for our rapidly aging population (including me). US scientists say they have successfully reversed the effects of Alzheimer&#8217;s with experimental drugs. The drugs target and boost the function of a newly pinpointed gene involved &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/07/very-good-news-on-alzheimers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Very good news on Alzheimer&#039;s</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/07/very-good-news-on-alzheimers-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 21:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now this is very good news for our rapidly aging population (including me). \ US scientists say they have successfully reversed the effects of Alzheimer&#8217;s with experimental drugs. The drugs target and boost the function of a newly pinpointed gene &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/07/very-good-news-on-alzheimers-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pooh flu</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/02/pooh-blu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 00:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(h/t BoingBoing)]]></description>
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		<title>Swine flu horror Targets commentator</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/02/swine-flu-horror-targets-commentator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 20:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bit of levity in the H1N1 worry, from Ken Layne at True/Slant: I kept a safe distance of six or eight feet behind each shopping party, and when an obese woman began coughing I abandoned my cart and sprinted &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/02/swine-flu-horror-targets-commentator/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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