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	<title>w o r d s &#187; Just plain nuts</title>
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		<title>Google fiber? Hell no!</title>
		<link>http://words.yovo.info/2010/04/24/google-fiber-hell-no/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google has long ago ceased to be the little search engine that could. The Mountainview Chocolate Factory has turned into a massive data-slurping behemoth with growth aspirations that make me think of Skynet:
Last fall, Google released a brief  video of a data center it built in 2005. The facility held 45  shipping containers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina and the godless</title>
		<link>http://words.yovo.info/2010/02/02/north-carolina-and-the-godless/</link>
		<comments>http://words.yovo.info/2010/02/02/north-carolina-and-the-godless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yovo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The North Carolina constitution actually bars atheists from public office &#8211; in Article VI, Section 8:
Sec. 8.  Disqualifications for office.
The following persons  shall be disqualified for office:
First, any person who  shall deny the being of Almighty God.
(&#8230;)
NC Constitution, Article  VI, Section 8
This, and all other religious tests for public office were invalidated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Togo&#8217;s team caught in the crossfire</title>
		<link>http://words.yovo.info/2010/02/01/togos-team-caught-in-the-crossfire/</link>
		<comments>http://words.yovo.info/2010/02/01/togos-team-caught-in-the-crossfire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yovo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just plain nuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palmwine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was bad enough when the convoy of  Togo&#8217;s national football team was machine-gunned by a rebel army in Angola&#8217;s Cabinda Province as the team was traveling to the Cup of African Nations. Two staff members and the Angolan driver died. Several are still in the hospital and it seems clear that the whole team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Corporate States of America</title>
		<link>http://words.yovo.info/2010/01/31/corporate-states-of-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yovo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just plain nuts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On January 21, the Supreme Court of the United States produced a ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that removes any regulation of what corporations can say, and when they can &#8220;say&#8221; it to influence elections in the United States. Corporations are now free to pump as much cash into the political process [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So far &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://words.yovo.info/2010/01/22/so-far/</link>
		<comments>http://words.yovo.info/2010/01/22/so-far/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yovo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just plain nuts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; this year has been a bit of a pisser! 
Most of all in Haiti, of course. Please contribute what you can afford to relief organizations who work in Haiti. My favorite is Doctors without Borders; they seem quite efficient, appropriately god-less, and they were helping in Haiti before the earthquake. And also reach out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NC School wants to sell grades</title>
		<link>http://words.yovo.info/2009/11/12/nc-school-wants-to-sell-grades/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yovo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just plain nuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not sure if this is funny or just sad &#8230; a middle school in Goldsboro, NC had the brilliant idea to try selling grades as a school fundraiser. Yes &#8211; $20 gets you 20 point on your next test. That can turn a B into an A or an F(ail) into a D (=pass).
Jay Leno [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chilly-cheese-burger-dog scientifically validated</title>
		<link>http://words.yovo.info/2009/02/27/chilly-cheese-burger-dog-scientifically-validated/</link>
		<comments>http://words.yovo.info/2009/02/27/chilly-cheese-burger-dog-scientifically-validated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yovo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just plain nuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flavors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At Dain&#8217;s place, one of the most popular items can only be ordered if you know the secret password: the chilly-cheese-burger-dog. It&#8217;s a hamburger with your choice of cheese (or cheese-whizz) topped by a beef hot dog that&#8217;s smothered in chilly.  And if you slip Gloria an extra tip, she&#8217;ll even top this off with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy in the U.S. in Danger?</title>
		<link>http://words.yovo.info/2008/10/10/democracy-in-the-us-in-danger/</link>
		<comments>http://words.yovo.info/2008/10/10/democracy-in-the-us-in-danger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yovo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just plain nuts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oh boy &#8211; there&#8217;s nothing like catching up on the news after a few days at the beach. As the credit crisis is in the process of turning the global economy into a lump of coal, the divisive language of the election here is stoking emotions in each political camp. This is a dangerous brew, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four-dollar diesel</title>
		<link>http://words.yovo.info/2008/03/20/four-dollar-diesel/</link>
		<comments>http://words.yovo.info/2008/03/20/four-dollar-diesel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yovo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiesel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just plain nuts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For quite a while the biodieselers in our area have been wondering what will happen to our cosy little niche when diesel and biodiesel hit price parity at $3.50. Well, here we are &#8211; for well over a week now the price of diesel has been well over $3.50 per gallon and since last weekend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bleichgesichter</title>
		<link>http://words.yovo.info/2007/08/21/bleichgesichter/</link>
		<comments>http://words.yovo.info/2007/08/21/bleichgesichter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yovo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deutsch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rassismus in Deutschland? Das gibt&#8217;s doch gar nich &#8230;
Wir wissen um die VorfÃ¤lle in MÃ¼geln augenblicklich noch zu wenig, um solche weitreichenden Schlussfolgerungen zu ziehen.
Das war die Reaktion Sachsen&#8217;s MinisterprÃ¤sident Georg Milbradt auf die Frage ob er einen &#8220;auslÃ¤nderfeindlichen oder gar rechtsradikalen Hintergrund&#8221; sehe wenn ein Mob von 50 Bleichgesichtern 8 Inder verprÃ¼gelt und durch [...]]]></description>
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