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	<title>The People&#039;s Republic of Moronia &#187; Why Try?</title>
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		<title>No such thing as &#8216;women and children first&#8217; without threats of physical force</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2012/04/no-such-thing-as-women-and-children-first-without-threats-of-physical-force/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(The Local) Scientists at Uppsala University have found that the widespread belief that women and children are saved first in maritime disasters is a myth, unless the men are threatened with physical violence like on the Titanic. “It is expected that the crew should rescue passengers, but our results show that captains and crew are <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/04/no-such-thing-as-women-and-children-first-without-threats-of-physical-force/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pennsylvania forbids MDs to tell what they know about the dangers of fracking</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2012/03/fracking-pennsylvania-gags-physicians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walter Brasch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Walter Brasch (Moronia)  A new Pennsylvania law endangers public health by forbidding health care professionals from sharing information they learn about certain chemicals and procedures used in high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing. The procedure is commonly known as fracking. Fracking is the controversial method of forcing water, gases, and chemicals at tremendous pressure of up <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/03/fracking-pennsylvania-gags-physicians/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Belgian rights holders group wants to charge libraries for reading books to kids</title>
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		<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>Georgia lawmaker compares women to cows and pigs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David Edwards (RawStory) Republican Georgia state Rep. Terry England says that his experience with cows, pigs and chickens has proven to him that women should be forced to have their babies after 20 weeks of pregnancy. In a debate over Georgia House Bill 954, which would ban abortions after 20 weeks even if the baby <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/03/georgia-lawmaker-compares-women-to-cows-and-pigs/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SC county GOP primary candidates must pledge to give up porn</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jillian Rayfield (TPM) Before you can join the Laurens County Republican Party in South Carolina and get on the primary ballot, they ask that you pledge that you’ve never ever had pre-marital sex — and that you will never ever look at porn again. via SC County GOP: If You’ve Had Pre-Marital Sex, You Can’t <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/03/sc-county-gop-primary-candidates-must-pledge-to-give-up-porn/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hey Rush, don&#8217;t go to Zimbabwe. They cane guys for calling women prostitutes.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(NY Daily News) A Zimbabwe teenager has been sentenced to caning as physical punishment for a rude Facebook post, an African court ruled. The 17-year-old reportedly took a photo of a woman with his cell phone camera, posted it on the social networking website and called her a prostitute in the caption, according to The <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/03/hey-rush-dont-go-to-zimbabwe-they-cane-guys-for-calling-women-prostitutes/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shut them up with a speech jamming gun</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2012/03/shut-them-up-with-a-speech-jamming-gun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Technology Review) Kazutaka Kurihara at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tskuba and Koji Tsukada at Ochanomizu University, both in Japan, present a radical solution: a speech jamming device that forces recalcitrant speakers into submission. The idea is simple. Psychologists have known for some years that it is almost impossible to speak <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/03/shut-them-up-with-a-speech-jamming-gun/' 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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		<title>Goodbye, state funding for California libraries</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2012/02/goodbye-state-funding-for-california-libraries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Holly McDede (KALW) The bad news is that state funding for California libraries has been completely eliminated. There’s not really any good news about that except that it was expected. This past July, state library funding was sliced in half, and there was a trigger amendment attached to the budget that would eliminate state <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/02/goodbye-state-funding-for-california-libraries/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>American Apparel refuses to give prize to woman who won their photo contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gavon Laessig (BuzzFeed) Nancy Upton, the gorgeous prankster who satirized American Apparel&#8217;s condescending search for a plus-sized model with smutty and silly overindulgence photos, actually won the online contest! Then American Apparel acted all American Apparel and wouldn&#8217;t recognize her victory, even though she had far and away the most votes. Here are some <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/02/american-apparel-refuses-to-give-prize-to-woman-who-won-their-photo-contest/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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