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		<title>Hiatus For Caffeinated Politics, Will Return This Summer</title>
		<link>http://dekerivers.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/hiatus-for-caffeinated-politics-will-return-this-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 04:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since July 2006 Caffeinated Politics has blogged almost every day.  There are over 8,000 posts on this blog  that have garnered over 2.9 million hits.   But for the next six months Caffeinated Politics will be taking a break so I can concentrate on another writing project to which I want to give my full attention. For a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=302436&#038;post=39863&#038;subd=dekerivers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Timbuktu In The News: Ancient Manuscripts Destroyed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not everyday ones gets to post a headline about Timbuktu. Having said that it should anger everyone that destruction of historic documents is taking place in this historic place. French-led troops in Mali have entered the historic city of Timbuktu encountering little resistance, French and Malian military sources. But there are reports of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=302436&#038;post=39861&#038;subd=dekerivers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Political Trivia: Great Quote From William Seward</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This part of a speech given by Secretary of State William Seward on election eve 1863 is really a most wonderful statement. &#8220;&#8230;as in religion, so in politics, it is faith, and not despondency, that overcomes mountains and scales the heavens.&#8221; &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=302436&#038;post=39857&#038;subd=dekerivers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>David Krakauer Makes Cover Of Isthmus</title>
		<link>http://dekerivers.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/david-krakauer-makes-cover-of-isthmus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 03:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not every week that someone from our block in Madison makes the cover of Isthmus! Here is how this interesting read starts&#8230;. You know the standard model for a university administrator: polite, unflappable, professionally groomed, able to recite policy in long or short form, kind of boring, skilled at disguising true feelings and, of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=302436&#038;post=39855&#038;subd=dekerivers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Gay Members Of Congress Get Front Page Treatment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Above the fold in today&#8217;s New York Times. Congress has never been an accurate reflection of the country it serves. It remains far whiter, wealthier and more male than the nation’s population. But as their numbers in Congress gradually increase, there is a sense among these newcomers that they are forcing some of their colleagues [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=302436&#038;post=39852&#038;subd=dekerivers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Abortion Should Also Mean Anti-Gun</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can not be the only one to find this interesting. The March for Life in Washington on Friday renewed the annual impassioned call to end legalized abortion, 40 years after the Roe v. Wade decision. But this year, some Roman Catholic leaders and theologians are asking why so many of those who call themselves [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=302436&#038;post=39850&#038;subd=dekerivers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday Song: Dekerivers&#8217; You Tube Videos Honoring Country Singers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 06:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years I have made a few You Tube videos honoring a couple of singers who made not only a large mark on country music, but also mean a great deal to me.  Rainy afternoons, and cold nights are perfect for playing around with the possibilities on a computer.  There are more projects underway in my [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=302436&#038;post=39834&#038;subd=dekerivers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Stupid Video Statements From Sarah Palin</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin is no longer under contract with FAUX News, and therefore never again will have a national TV audience .  As such I think it best to recall why we all know Palin to be a total embarrassing nut.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=302436&#038;post=39828&#038;subd=dekerivers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin No Longer A Part Of FAUX News</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What will all those old angry white men do without Sarah Palin? Yes, Ms. Palin’s contract with Fox News has ended, and no, it is not being renewed. A Fox spokeswoman confirmed Friday that Fox had parted ways with the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee, effectively reducing her exposure to the channel’s [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=302436&#038;post=39824&#038;subd=dekerivers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update On Senate Filibuster Rule Leaves Many Wanting More Substance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been watching the process unfold in Washington concerning the filibuster rule in the United States Senate.  While all are aware of the problem Republicans have created with the filibuster, I also must say a complete change to the rules of the body was never my first desire. In November I posted the following. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=302436&#038;post=39819&#038;subd=dekerivers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Is North Korea Thinking?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not for the first time does North Korea, and their intentions fascinate CP. American intelligence officials have also become concerned that the latest rocket test indicated that the country’s new leader might have decided that confrontation with the West could prove a more successful strategy to retaining power than a new attempt at difficult economic reforms.        [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=302436&#038;post=39817&#038;subd=dekerivers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Of Intolerance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is well done, and deserves your time. The filmmaker Roger Ross Williams reveals how money donated by American evangelicals helps to finance a violent antigay movement in Uganda. Let us be clear about the matter. Uganda&#8217;s Anti-Homosexuality Bill (often called the &#8220;Kill the Gays bill&#8221;) is a legislative proposal that would broaden the criminalization of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=302436&#038;post=39815&#038;subd=dekerivers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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