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			<title><![CDATA[More good advice for unfortunate situations]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It struck me as I was writing today's column that 100 percent of the people we love will eventually die.


On the other hand, so will everyone who talks real loud on a cell phone in a restaurant. So I guess it's a wash.


As I noted, I was overwhelmed by, and incredibly appreciative of, the]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 7:07 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[In case of freakish weather, play the odds]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It's an old joke, but for our local almost-professional football team, games like today's are an old story.

So, courtesy of reader Kenn Christopher, please note this important safety alert:

"In case of possible tornadoes sweeping through Detroit and nearby areas, we ask that all residents take]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:33 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Yo, tech guys!]]></title>
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			<author>(Neal Rubin)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Sorry to bother you on a weekend, but see that post below this one? The one that looks like a chipmunk walked across the keyboard?


Trust me on this one: I was asleep at 6:43 a.m. I don't know how that thing wound up on our Web site, but it wasn't my chipmunk.


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			<pubDate>Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 10:28 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[wmlste dsmogte]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 6:43 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gov. Palin's Achilles' heel?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Okay, one last thing. Can someone please explain to Gov. Palin the meaning of "Achilles' heel"?

When moderator Gwen Ifill asked each candidate to identify an Achilles' heel other than one major debit we're all familiar with, Palin launched into a recitation of her strengths.

I don't consider]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 12:17 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Newer numbers from the online voters]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[There's no way to get the results of the MSNBC.com who-won-the-debate survey without voting. In the interest of fairness, since I clicked on Joe Biden half an hour ago, I voted for Sarah Palin just now.


The tally is no longer the absurd landslide it was when the 11 o'clock news came on, but]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:29 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Post-debate talking heads don't see eye to eye with the numbers]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The first thing you have to do after a debate is place your thumb lightly atop the mute button. When a paid shill for either party starts to talk, press hard.


On NBC, even the neutral talking heads gave Sarah Palin high marks, basically for going on the offensive and not saying anything dumb.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:09 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The randomness of Sarah Palin]]></title>
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			<author>(Neal Rubin)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[When they were in elementary school, my son and his friends used to play a game they called Random.

The concept was simple. One of them would say something -- "That cloud looks like a buffalo" -- and the other had to respond with something absolutely unrelated. If the unrelated response was]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:34 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Evil ol' me, grousing about China again]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Call me jingoistic or even racist, but I am fundamentally opposed to poisonous ingredients being included in toys and food products imported from China.


I do not expect you to call me those things, actually, but some people have after one of my periodic bursts of exasperation regarding trade]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:34 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[WMGC's Breast Cancer 3-Day total was the nation's best]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A tip of the pink fedora, please, for Jim Harper's Sole Patrol, a crew of more than 150 walkers who led the nation in money raised during last weekend's Breast Cancer 3-Day.


Harper and his compadres from the morning show at WMGC-FM (105.1) set out to raise $250,000. They wound up with a crew of]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:21 AM</pubDate>
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