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	<description>&#34;From out there on the moon, international politics seem so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck, drag him a quarter million miles out, and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch!’ ” -- astronaut Edgar Mitchell</description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s nothing like a family Thanksgiving. Fortunately.</title>
		<link>http://givesgoodemail.com/2011/11/23/theres-nothing-like-a-family-thanksgiving-fortunately/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8220;Rubber duckie, you&#8217;re the one!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://givesgoodemail.com/2011/11/05/rubber-duckie-youre-the-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It must be a long, uphill battle to be the self-appointed Public Advocate of the United States. Eugene DelGaudio claims he&#8217;s up to the job. And now, here is his latest crusade &#8212; stop Bert and Ernie from getting married: &#8220;The Homosexual Lobby is now pressuring Sesame Street &#8212; the long-time beloved children’s show &#8212; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&amp;blog=3680290&amp;post=5163&amp;subd=givesgoodemail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Double Trouble&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://givesgoodemail.com/2011/10/07/double-trouble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Waking up to find there is a new Simon&#8217;s Cat episode: Tagged: comic wackiness, Simon's Cat<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&amp;blog=3680290&amp;post=4965&amp;subd=givesgoodemail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is blood *really* thicker than water?</title>
		<link>http://givesgoodemail.com/2011/09/25/is-blood-really-thicker-than-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The family is watching Sons of Anarchy tonight. One of the characters accused another of not taking care of his family: &#8220;Is that the way you protect blood?&#8221; That got me to thinking. Why does it make a difference whether my children (or other family members) share my DNA? What possible difference does it make [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&amp;blog=3680290&amp;post=4890&amp;subd=givesgoodemail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;&#8230;and now for something completely diffeAAAACCCCCKKK!!!&#8221; &#8220;EXTERMINATE!! EXTERMINATE!!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://givesgoodemail.com/2011/09/21/and-now-for-something-completely-diffeaaaaccccckkk-exterminate-exterminate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seen on the back of a van: Well, our van, actually. Tagged: daleks, family decals, silliness<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&amp;blog=3680290&amp;post=4860&amp;subd=givesgoodemail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Which tradition are we talking here?</title>
		<link>http://givesgoodemail.com/2011/09/21/which-tradition-are-we-talking-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a fair amount of loose talk lately about &#8220;traditional marriage&#8221;. I&#8217;m curious as to which &#8220;tradition&#8221; we&#8217;re talking about: These are in addition to even earlier periods of history, where marriages were arranged by parents and had nothing at all to do with romantic love polygamous marriages were common Catholic priests married [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&amp;blog=3680290&amp;post=4855&amp;subd=givesgoodemail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Ditch the bitch&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://givesgoodemail.com/2011/09/13/ditch-the-bitch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s the advice Pat Robertson gives the friend of a letter-writer: So, if your spouse has Alzheimer&#8217;s, it&#8217;s okay with god (you know Pat&#8217;s got a personal relationship with the almighty, so it&#8217;s cool) to divorce your sick spouse and nail someone else. Is that heavenly compassion, or just a guy anxious to get his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&amp;blog=3680290&amp;post=4813&amp;subd=givesgoodemail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 65th, Freddie</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today would have been Freddie Mercury&#8217;s 65th birthday. Spend a little time today looking for the positive, joyful messages Queen spread with their music. Here&#8217;s one of my all-time favorite videos: May you be at rest and in love, Freddie, wherever you are. Tagged: concert, Freddie Mercury, Queen, tribute<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&amp;blog=3680290&amp;post=4738&amp;subd=givesgoodemail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I&#8217;m not smart enough to figure out what my boyfriend wants, so he has to beat me occasionally.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://givesgoodemail.com/2011/08/31/im-not-smart-enough-to-figure-out-what-my-boyfriend-wants-so-he-has-to-beat-me-occasionally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Math is hard!&#8221; intoned an old model of Talking Barbie. The first time I heard it, I was appalled. I was waiting for more such wise adages like &#8220;Boys are much smarter than I am!&#8221; and &#8220;You&#8217;re so strong!&#8221;, all delivered in that sparkling, lilting mezzo-soprano from that improbably wasp-waisted, big-titted plastic body. This society [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&amp;blog=3680290&amp;post=4698&amp;subd=givesgoodemail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Out of this world</title>
		<link>http://givesgoodemail.com/2011/08/19/out-of-this-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Moral behavior]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an instant dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics seem so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck, drag him a quarter million miles [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=givesgoodemail.com&amp;blog=3680290&amp;post=4605&amp;subd=givesgoodemail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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