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	<title>The People&#039;s Republic of Moronia &#187; Fail</title>
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		<title>Video of police fatally beating homeless man causes spectators to leave courtroom</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2012/05/video-of-police-fatally-beating-homeless-man-causes-spectators-to-leave-courtroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 13:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Richard Winton (Los Angeles Times) On the ground and screaming that he was &#8220;sorry,&#8221; a shirtless Kelly Thomas is shown being hit again and again with fists, a baton and finally the butt of a stun gun by Fullerton police officers in a dramatic video that was shown for the first time Monday in <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/05/video-of-police-fatally-beating-homeless-man-causes-spectators-to-leave-courtroom/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Privatized prison labor competes with regular business at 93 cents a day</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2012/04/privatized-prison-labor-competes-with-regular-business-at-93-cents-a-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Steve Fraser and Joshua B. Freeman (AlterNet) Prisoners, whose ranks increasingly consist of those for whom the legitimate economy has found no use, now make up a virtual brigade within the reserve army of the unemployed whose ranks have ballooned along with the U.S. incarceration rate.  The Corrections Corporation of America and G4S formerly Wackenhut, two prison privatizers, sell inmate labor at <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/04/privatized-prison-labor-competes-with-regular-business-at-93-cents-a-day/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>When &#8216;stand your ground&#8217; is black vs. white, the sentence is life in prison</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2012/04/when-stand-your-ground-is-black-vs-white-the-sentence-is-life-in-prison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rania Khalek (Salon) As the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and the failure of authorities to arrest his killer, George Zimmerman, continues to grab headlines, many conservatives and gun rights advocates insist that race has nothing to do with it. Some have also rallied to the defense of Florida’s “stand your ground” law, the <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/04/when-stand-your-ground-is-black-vs-white-the-sentence-is-life-in-prison/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Confirmed: vitamin pills can cause sudden death, increase mortality 4%</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sybille Hildebrandt ( ScienceNordic) Antioxidants, dietary supplements, vitamin pills – many people take them every day in the hope that they are good for their health. But a new Danish study of all relevant trials carried out around the world shows that taking antioxidants in the form of vitamin A, E and beta-carotene is a risky <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/03/confirmed-vitamin-pills-can-cause-sudden-death-increase-mortality-4/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-FBI informant tells how he set up fake terrorist attacks</title>
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		<comments>http://moronia.us/front/2012/03/ex-fbi-informant-tells-how-he-set-up-fake-terrorist-attacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Paul Harris (The Guardian UK) Craig Monteilh was involved in one of the most controversial tactics: the use of &#8220;confidential informants&#8221; in so-called entrapment cases. This is when suspects carry out or plot fake terrorist &#8220;attacks&#8221; at the request or under the close supervision of an FBI undercover operation using secret informants. Often those informants <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/03/ex-fbi-informant-tells-how-he-set-up-fake-terrorist-attacks/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Belgian rights holders group wants to charge libraries for reading books to kids</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2012/03/belgian-rights-holders-group-wants-to-charge-libraries-for-reading-books-to-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://moronia.us/front/2012/03/belgian-rights-holders-group-wants-to-charge-libraries-for-reading-books-to-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robin Wauters (TheNextWeb) This morning, word got out in Belgian media that SABAM (the Belgian collecting society for music royalties) is spending time and resources to contact local libraries across the nation, warning them that they will start charging fees because the libraries engage volunteers to read books to kids. The De Morgen reporter <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/03/belgian-rights-holders-group-wants-to-charge-libraries-for-reading-books-to-kids/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Complaints from defenders of fat kids close Disney&#8217;s Epcot exhibit Habit Heroes</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2012/03/complaints-from-defenders-of-fat-kids-close-disneys-epcot-exhibit-habit-heroes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marni Jameson (Orlando Sentinel) Epcot&#8217;s new Habit Heroes attraction, which tackles childhood obesity, has landed in big fat trouble. Shortly after its unofficial opening last month, the interactive exhibit was blasted by critics for stigmatizing fat kids. Now, Disney has closed the Innoventions exhibit for &#8220;retooling.&#8221; The official opening date of March 5 has been postponed <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/03/complaints-from-defenders-of-fat-kids-close-disneys-epcot-exhibit-habit-heroes/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-immigration sheriff&#8217;s Mexican ex-boyfriend says he threatened deportation to keep him from disclosing their relationship</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2012/02/anti-immigration-sheriffs-mexican-ex-boyfriend-says-he-threatened-deportation-to-keep-him-from-disclosing-their-relationship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Monica Alonzo (New Times) Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu — who became the face of Arizona border security nationally after he started stridently opposing illegal immigration — threatened his Mexican ex-lover with deportation when the man refused to promise never to disclose their years-long relationship, the former boyfriend and his lawyer tell New Times. <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/02/anti-immigration-sheriffs-mexican-ex-boyfriend-says-he-threatened-deportation-to-keep-him-from-disclosing-their-relationship/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wikipedia policy scrubs historical facts in favor of popular myths</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2012/02/wikipedia-policy-scrubs-historical-facts-in-favor-of-popular-myths/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Timothy Messer-Kruse (Chronicle of Higher Education) For the past 10 years I&#8217;ve immersed myself in the details of one of the most famous events in American labor history, the Haymarket riot and trial of 1886. Along the way I&#8217;ve written two books and a couple of articles about the episode. In some circles that <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/02/wikipedia-policy-scrubs-historical-facts-in-favor-of-popular-myths/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>CCTV police officer &#8216;chased himself&#8217; after being mistaken for burglar</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2012/02/cctv-police-officer-chased-himself-after-being-mistaken-for-burglar/</link>
		<comments>http://moronia.us/front/2012/02/cctv-police-officer-chased-himself-after-being-mistaken-for-burglar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nyc Labrets</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andrew Hough (Daily Telegraph) The junior officer, who has not been named, was monitoring an area hit by a series of burglaries in an unnamed market town in the country’s south. As the probationary officer from Sussex Police searched for suspects, the camera operator radioed that he had seen someone “acting suspiciously” in the area. <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/02/cctv-police-officer-chased-himself-after-being-mistaken-for-burglar/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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