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	<title>Mind on Fire &#187; Politics</title>
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		<title>Proposition 8: Still Unconstitutional</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2012/02/07/proposition-8-still-unconstitutional/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2012/02/07/proposition-8-still-unconstitutional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=3044</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Ninth Circuit (the federal court in whose jurisdiction California falls) published its decision upholding the prior ruling that stated that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. Of course, this is a bit of a &#8220;duh&#8221; moment, but it&#8217;s still good news. What follows is, I hope, an English translation of the decision for the lay-person. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Eviction of Occupy LA, the Use of Police Force and the Media</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/11/30/the-eviction-of-occupy-la-the-use-of-police-force-and-the-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/11/30/the-eviction-of-occupy-la-the-use-of-police-force-and-the-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace; conflict resolution.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The above photo is mine, from a Prop 8 protest. I post it because of my description: &#8220;I got a little freaked out at one point when I realized the cop to protester ratio was pretty dang high.&#8221; This defined the police action last night against #OccupyLA Many police officers must experience a powerful tension [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming to a Decision on Occupy Wall Street</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/11/15/occupy-wall-street/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2011/11/15/occupy-wall-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quakerism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=2958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of us have mixed feelings about Occupy Wall Street. I personally get excited at any signs of life in America&#8217;s normally apathetic citizenry, but have been confused and maybe a bit turned off by the festival atmosphere and the initial incoherence of the movement and its participants. We expect sound bytes: where&#8217;s the political [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom of WTF</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2010/12/12/freedom-of-wtf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2010/12/12/freedom-of-wtf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 03:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=2533</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m slowly training Facebook ads that anything in the category &#8220;weight loss&#8221;, &#8220;traditionally female jobs&#8221;, or &#8220;baby anything&#8221; is &#8220;offensive&#8221;. Confused, it has now been showing me only martial arts and legal-related stuff. So I guess this falls under &#8220;legal-related stuff&#8221;…or it&#8217;s figured out that I&#8217;m a sucker for &#8220;random jewelry&#8221;. Either way, Facebook ads [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Guest Post: Days One and Two of FCNL, by CatGirl</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/11/14/guest-post-days-one-and-two-of-fcnl-by-catgirl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/11/14/guest-post-days-one-and-two-of-fcnl-by-catgirl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quakerism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1956</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post from CatGirl. It&#8217;s a write up of her experience so far at the FCNL Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. I plan on writing up something later&#8211;maybe Monday. She&#8217;s much more on the ball than I am! You can follow my twitter feed, as I try to tweet the conference. Without [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Can We Really Afford Universal Healthcare?</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/10/01/can-we-really-afford-universal-healthcare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/10/01/can-we-really-afford-universal-healthcare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m generally supportive of President Obama, and I am definitely in favor of universal health coverage for Americans. But I&#8217;m not sure I agree with him when he says: Second, we&#8217;ve estimated that most of this plan can be paid for by finding savings within the existing health care system, a system that is currently [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Remembering Fear.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/11/remembering-fear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/11/remembering-fear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[september 11th]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;On The Pier&#8221; (taken on 9/11/01) is Creative Commons licensed by *Hiro. July 2nd, 2001 is Mind on Fire&#8217;s birthday. The birthing process was painful, since I hand-coded the site and put much more effort into the design and scripty goodness than I do now. Here&#8217;s kind of what it looked like on July 23rd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Sample Healthcare Debate.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/04/a-sample-healthcare-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/09/04/a-sample-healthcare-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1783</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen a lot of political debate recently on FaceBook. Sometimes the discussion is civil and even enlightening, but more often than not it begins with unconsidered slogans and degenerates into ad hominem attacks. (I don&#8217;t have problems with slogans and witticisms as a starting point, but people need to be ready to defend or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>True Patriots Drink All-American Brews.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/08/04/true-patriots-drink-all-american-brews/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/08/04/true-patriots-drink-all-american-brews/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1719</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Discrimination against gays persists, democratic protests are trampled in Iran, Kim Jong Il keeps flashing the nuclear bird at the US, but all this pales in significance when compare to the most important news of last week: The White House Beer Summit: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon &#8211; Thurs 11p / 10c White [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quotes from Obama and Pseudopod, the Horror Podcast.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/05/03/quotes-from-obama-and-pseudopod-the-horror-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/05/03/quotes-from-obama-and-pseudopod-the-horror-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 19:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1574</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I catch about one of the President&#8217;s weekly addresses each month, and half the time I&#8217;m distracted from his message by the skill of his delivery. His messages are clear, precise, and accessible. They actually make sense and sound like they&#8217;re being spoken by someone intelligent, who in turn respects your ability to reason. I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Spark: Gay Legal Rights Upheld</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/04/13/spark-gay-legal-rights-upheld/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/04/13/spark-gay-legal-rights-upheld/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1498</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nationwide, Christians who refuse to provide services on the basis of gender orientation are losing legal battles.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and […] values&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/04/09/a-nation-of-citizens-who-are-bound-by-ideals-and-%e2%80%a6-values/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/04/09/a-nation-of-citizens-who-are-bound-by-ideals-and-%e2%80%a6-values/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is how our president defined our country yesterday. Explicitly denying that it was a &#8220;Christian nation&#8221; and explicitly stating that this fact is one of our &#8220;great strengths&#8221;. It&#8217;s nice to be reminded of this—and by someone so high in the administration! It is vogue for politicians to exclaim &#8220;God bless America!&#8221; Whether or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OMG, go watch Kings, now.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/04/07/omg-go-watch-kings-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/04/07/omg-go-watch-kings-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s got it all: atheism, spirituality, god, scifi, and good music!! Hulu&#8217;s got the first four eps up right now (and it doesn&#8217;t keep them forever), so go catch up. It&#8217;s too smart and too well written to stay on the air for long. It&#8217;s the story of Kings David and Saul transposed into a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spark: an Interesting Discussion of Gender Roles</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/03/30/spark-gender-roles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/03/30/spark-gender-roles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1480</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Gender roles see a &#8216;conflict&#8217; shift in work-life balance&#8221; at USAToday. Hat tip to @unapologeticfem (site) I&#8217;m not certain that anything in there is great news, but it does seem that there is some kind of cultural change at work, which is something.]]></description>
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		<title>Sparks: Facebook/Social Networking</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/03/26/sparks-facebooksocial-networking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/03/26/sparks-facebooksocial-networking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the many reasons I don&#8217;t post with my IRL name here (I won&#8217;t say &#8220;real&#8221;, since xJane is just as real in many ways) is because I am attempting to manage my image. In our internet age, I still find it to be very important to not ruffle feathers in a public way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spark: Vermont Approves Civil Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/03/24/spark-vermont-approves-civil-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/03/24/spark-vermont-approves-civil-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1467</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Vermont Senate, finding (correctly) that Civil Unions for gay couples fall short of providing equal rights, voted overwhelmingly to approve Civil Marriage for gay couples. The matter still has to go before the Vermont House (and since I&#8217;m late to this, may already have gone), where it is expected to pass. The margin by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas &amp; England: Creationism &amp; Its Dangers</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/03/19/texas-england/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas is reviewing its science standards, specifically with the desire to remove them altogether. Skepchick has a great discussion of exactly what this means, but here&#8217;s the short version: Texas and California&#8217;s choices for scientific textbooks drives the availability of textbooks nationwide because of their massive marketshare the Texas State Board of Education (TSBE) has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spark: Conservatives are More Likely to Consume Porn</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/03/03/spark-conservatives-are-more-likely-to-consume-porn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late to the party on this one, I know, sorry. It turns out that conservative (read: religious) states have the highest porn rates in the country. Probably because they&#8217;re not allowed to have deviant (read: fun) sex at home. Meanwhile, people living in enlightened areas of the country have other outlets for their sexual urges, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spark: Michelle Obama, Budding Locavore.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/02/27/spark-michelle-obama-budding-locavore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/02/27/spark-michelle-obama-budding-locavore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news for Jana and my other favorite food activists out there: the Obamas are bringing on Sam Kass, a Chicago chef with a demonstrated commitment to preparing local, organic food. Mr. Kass’s appointment should please chefs like Alice Waters, who have lobbied the Obamas to set an example for the rest of the country [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Republican Snow Job.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/02/26/the-great-republican-snow-job/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/02/26/the-great-republican-snow-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really wish I could&#8217;ve live-blogged Obama&#8217;s un-State of the Union, but gainful employment can be restrictive sometimes. But don&#8217;t get me wrong&#8211;in this economic climate, I welcome such restrictions! Chain me up, The Man! Listening to Obama&#8217;s last weekly address, I was struck by how non-partisan, or two-partisan he sounded. Take this statement on [...]]]></description>
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