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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uber Crunch! Jad Fair for Dr. Kracker

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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New fiction at Six Sentences : Weekend Visitation
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		<title>Lucinda Williams record review at CMG</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a contributing writer for a new music magazine called Country Music Goodness. Read my first review here:
Little Honey &#8211; Lucinda Williams &#8211; Lost Highway Records
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		<title>Studs Terkel &#8212; May 6, 1912 &#8211; Oct. 31, 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
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Broadcaster, writer, historian, actor, a man wholly worthy of admiration and who described no one as &#8216;ordinary&#8217;, dead at 96.
Obituaries:
NY Times

Chicago Tribune

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		<title>Black Cover</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Thanks to the good folks at Black Cover, we have an alternative to the expensive (albeit high-quality) Moleskine notebooks. We here at Shoddy First Draft love quality stationery at low prices, and the Piccadilly notebooks are available at your local Borders Books.
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		<title>James Wood article in NYTimes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Republican war on words.

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		<title>Sen. John McCain and the U.S. financial crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Thanks to Tom Sutpen for originally featuring this within his Politicians in Action theme on his website.
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		<title>The Truth About Sarah Palin</title>
		<link>http://shoddy1st.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/the-truth-about-sarah-palin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the October 2, 2008 issue of Rolling Stone:
By TIM DICKINSON
Rolling Stone

Sarah Palin&#8217;s credentials as a &#8220;reformer&#8221; are nothing but spin. She has sided with Big Oil, lobbied to increase pork spending and abused her public power to carry out personal vendettas. Here&#8217;s a guide to separating myth from fact.


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		<title>Kicking a Lame Duck When He&#8217;s Down</title>
		<link>http://shoddy1st.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/kicking-a-lame-duck-when-hes-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tour of Awkwardness
George W. Bush gives us a tour of the Oval Office in the White House. Listen how often he repeats himself, as if he thinks this video will be edited later. Really, it&#8217;s extremely odd and rather creepy.
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		<title>I Am Irene Zion&#8217;s Adopted Son!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always wanted a sister like Lenore. Read all about my new family here.
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