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	<title>MOsanthrope</title>
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	<description>We really need a new name for this thing.</description>
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		<title>Speaking of Inconvenient Truths</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The administration&#8217;s Middle East policies have been a great success:
	
WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; Oil prices surged to a record above $78 a barrel Thursday in a market agitated by escalating violence in the Middle East and the threat of supply disruptions there and beyond.
	* * *
	The latest fear being priced into the market is that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.quinns.net/2006/07/13/speaking-of-inconvenient-truths/</link>
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		<title>Good Leaks, Bad Leaks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband, Joseph Wilson, have filed suit against Lewis &#8220;Scooter&#8221; Libby, Karl Rove, Vice President Cheney and unnamed administration officials.  The complaint alleges:
	
the intentional and malicious exposure by senior officials of the  federal government of one&#8230; human source at the CIA, Valerie Plame Wilson, whose job [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.quinns.net/2006/07/13/good-leaks-bad-leaks/</link>
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		<title>The Politics of Terror</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Talking Points Memo is one of only a few blogs I read every morning while perusing the &#8220;real news&#8221;.  In his inaugural column for Time.com, TPM&#8217;s Josh Marshall touches on what has been a recurring theme here.  
	
The &#8220;tell&#8221; in this case was the date. The FBI got wind of this plot last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.quinns.net/2006/07/12/the-politics-of-terror/</link>
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		<title>Absolute Power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Compare and contrast:
	
&#8220;Well, when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.&#8221;

	&#8211; President Richard M. Nixon, May 1977
	&#160;
	
As Congress opened hearings yesterday on the treatment of terrorism detainees, the Bush administration&#8217;s view was neatly summarized by Steven Bradbury, the Justice Department lawyer serving as lead witness. &#8220;The president,&#8221; Bradbury said, &#8220;is always [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alas! poor MOsanthrope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Updated on July 11, 2006 at 4:38 pm.
	I knew him, Blogosphere&#8230;.
	I have accepted a position which will permit me, I hope, to do some important work.  It&#8217;s been awhile since I&#8217;ve walked the walk.  I start July 17.
	Employees of the office I&#8217;m joining may not publicly spout off about things political.  I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.quinns.net/2006/07/11/alas-poor-mosanthrope/</link>
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