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	<description>Stupidity got us into this mess; stupidity will get us out!</description>
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		<title>Hey!  They didn&#8217;t ask me&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mindscalpel.com/2009/12/03/hey-they-didnt-ask-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mind Scalpel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So apparently some researchers wanted to study the effects that pornography has on the male psyche. Naturally, in order to do so, they wanted to compare their study group of naughty-video-watchers with a &#8220;control group&#8221; of pure, never-saw-the-stuff young males. The problem? The researchers discovered that their control group was what statisticians call a &#8220;null [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rock On!</title>
		<link>http://mindscalpel.com/2008/12/09/rock-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mind Scalpel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mindscalpel.com/?p=103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again, I feel like a mosquito at a nudist colony &#8212; I have so many options, I just don&#8217;t know where to begin!  Auto maker bailouts!  Corruptocratic politicians in Illinois!  International intrigue! So of course, I&#8217;m going to talk a little bit about floating rocks. I guess it&#8217;s a sign of either our sophistication [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When All You&#8217;ve Got Is 7,000 Howitzers, Everything Starts Looking Like Fluffy Clouds That Must Be Killed</title>
		<link>http://mindscalpel.com/2008/08/05/when-all-youve-got-is-7000-howitzers-everything-starts-looking-like-fluffy-clouds-that-must-be-killed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mind Scalpel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So were our good friends the Chinese Communists satisfied with stealing our gambling profits? Can they rest, now that they&#8217;ve attempted to co-opt the world&#8217;s venality? Of course not! Instead, they&#8217;ve moved on to actions based on their idiosyncratic mistranslation of a popular Western song, as they set to work in their Army-ant-like way humming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mars Lander Touches Down, Immediately Takes Picture of Foot</title>
		<link>http://mindscalpel.com/2008/05/27/mars-lander-touches-down-immediately-takes-picture-of-foot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 17:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mind Scalpel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s comforting to know that we can send a spacecraft across the cold vastness of radiation-filled space, program it to land autonomously on a nigh-airless planet, and have it immediately replicate all the technological acuity of a clueless father vacationing at Disneyworld by taking a picture of its foot:]]></description>
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		<title>Get Out Of My Head, Google!</title>
		<link>http://mindscalpel.com/2008/04/26/get-out-of-my-head-google/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mind Scalpel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mindscalpel.com/?p=52</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alright, I&#8217;m getting annoyed with Google again &#8212; this time it&#8217;s their automated telepathic behavior predictor/installer that&#8217;s really sticking it to me. Think I&#8217;m kidding? If you&#8217;ve got Google&#8217;s search bar, try typing in the beginning of a general question; Google will then activate its mind-reading scanner (embedded in all computer monitors manufactured after 1992) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting Them Off</title>
		<link>http://mindscalpel.com/2008/04/22/setting-them-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mind Scalpel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, lordy. Michelle Malkin reminded me that today is Earth Day. So with the parade of “environmental” celebrities and presidential candidates justifying their ownership and use of multiple-acre mansions and fuel-guzzling, pollution-belching private jets (including – I kid you not – a private 707 owned by John Travolta) by pointing out that they’re purchasing “carbon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clones: The Other White Meat</title>
		<link>http://mindscalpel.com/2008/02/22/clones-the-other-white-meat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mind Scalpel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, what&#8217;s all this fuss about the South Korean company that&#8217;s offering to clone your pets? Okay, granted, there is one small issue, mainly that the people who are rich enough to have this done tend to have offensively annoying pets, and therefore we could be polluting the world with more of these (click at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missile Defense</title>
		<link>http://mindscalpel.com/2008/02/21/missile-defense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mind Scalpel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the U.S.’s recent successful shootdown of its own satellite, some people have suggested I post a piece I circulated a little while back on a private list. So, here it is, with an addendum. &#8212; As a parent of young children, I have developed a low-cost solution to the nation’s ballistic missile defense needs: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amidst The Post-Valentine’s Day Rubble, I Issue A Call To All Men</title>
		<link>http://mindscalpel.com/2008/02/18/amidst-the-post-valentine%e2%80%99s-day-rubble-i-issue-a-call-to-all-men/</link>
		<comments>http://mindscalpel.com/2008/02/18/amidst-the-post-valentine%e2%80%99s-day-rubble-i-issue-a-call-to-all-men/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mind Scalpel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m a romantic guy, so I torture monkeys. Now, stay with me here! It all connects up. See, there’s an oft-repeated story about an experiment in the creation of cultural taboos and traditions involving putting a bunch of monkeys in a room together with a ladder and a banana hanging from the ceiling at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Perfect Valentine&#8217;s Day Gift &#8211; Guaranteed To Resonate with Your Love</title>
		<link>http://mindscalpel.com/2008/02/13/the-perfect-valentines-day-gift-guaranteed-to-resonate-with-your-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mind Scalpel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because relentless Valentine&#8217;s Day advertising by DeBeers (subtle hidden message to him: &#8220;if you buy her a diamond, she&#8217;ll sleep with you!&#8221;; subtle hidden message to her: &#8220;if he doesn&#8217;t buy you a diamond, you shouldn&#8217;t sleep with him!&#8221;) doesn&#8217;t make people insecure enough this time of year, now comes the Wall Street Journal to [...]]]></description>
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