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		<title>Colbert: Anonymous Crushes HBGary</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2011/10/21/colbert-anonymous-crushes-hbgary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may remember a few months back when Aaron Barr, CEO of computer security firm HBGary, tried to finger some of the key members of hacker collective Anonymous and got burned. Colbert lays out the context for that little drama &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2011/10/21/colbert-anonymous-crushes-hbgary/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Monkeys &#8216;Pay&#8217; for Sex by Grooming</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/01/06/study-monkeys-pay-for-sex-by-grooming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Male macaque monkeys pay for sex by grooming females, according to a recent study that suggests the primates may treat sex as a commodity. &#8220;In primate societies, grooming is the underlying fabric of it all,&#8221; Dr. Michael Gumert, a primatologist &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/01/06/study-monkeys-pay-for-sex-by-grooming/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>World Biggest Problem: Organized Crime</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/09/13/world-biggest-problem-organized-crime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organized crime may have brought in more than $2 trillion in revenue last year, about twice all the military budgets in the world combined, according to the &#8220;2007 State of the Future&#8221; report, published by the Millennium Project of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/09/13/world-biggest-problem-organized-crime/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>We Are What We Grow</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/04/25/we-are-what-we-grow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Bush Poised to Veto Long-Sought Labor Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/04/23/bush-poised-to-veto-long-sought-labor-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important bills for working Americans of the last 10 years is likely to go down in defeat, even though Democrats control Congress. The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is an anti-union-busting measure that would restore the &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/04/23/bush-poised-to-veto-long-sought-labor-reform/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Egalitarian Experiment Shows We&#8217;re a Bunch of Robin Hoods</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/04/16/egalitarian-experiment-shows-were-a-bunch-of-robin-hoods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People taking part in a game designed to explore egalitarian impulses in human nature consistently robbed the rich players and gave money to the poor, scientists say. Associate Professor James Fowler, from the University of California at San Diego, and &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/04/16/egalitarian-experiment-shows-were-a-bunch-of-robin-hoods/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Shopping, For Earth&#8217;s Sake!</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/04/10/stop-shopping-for-earths-sake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Many big ideas have struggled over the centuries to dominate the planet,&#8217; begins the argument by Jonathon Porritt, government adviser and all-round environmental guru. &#8216;Fascism. Communism. Democracy. Religion. But only one has achieved total supremacy. Its compulsive attractions rob its &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/04/10/stop-shopping-for-earths-sake/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Poverty/Terror Myth</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/03/19/the-povertyterror-myth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea that poverty breeds terror appears obvious; how could it be otherwise? And people as different as the Archbishop of Canterbury, George Bush, Jacques Chirac and Pakistan&#8217;s leader, Pervez Musharraf, have also noted a link between poverty and terrorism. &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/03/19/the-povertyterror-myth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Landmark Ruling Celebrated as a Victory for Religious Freedom, Environmental Justice &amp; Cultural Survival</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/03/15/landmark-ruling-celebrated-as-a-victory-for-religious-freedom-environmental-justice-cultural-survival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flagstaff, AZ&#8212;On Monday, March 12th the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling to protect a mountain held holy by more than 13 Native American Nations. The slopes of the San Francisco Peaks, located in Northern Arizona, have been &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/03/15/landmark-ruling-celebrated-as-a-victory-for-religious-freedom-environmental-justice-cultural-survival/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Switzerland Bans Feeding Cows Cannabis</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/02/23/switzerland-bans-feeding-cows-cannabis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Switzerland&#8217;s Agriculture Ministry has called on the country&#8217;s farmers to stop feeding their cows cannabis. Farmers consider the cheap and easy to grow plant is good for their cows. The active ingredient in cannabis, THC, makes cows happy and produce &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/02/23/switzerland-bans-feeding-cows-cannabis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>China Drops School Fees For 150m Children</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2006/12/13/china-drops-school-fees-for-150m-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China is to abolish tuition and other fees for 150 million rural students, in a bid to narrow the gap between wealthy coastal provinces and poorer regions. The students will be exempt from tuition fees over the course of their &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2006/12/13/china-drops-school-fees-for-150m-children/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Price of Money &#8211; Selfishness</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2006/12/06/the-price-of-money-selfishness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A series of experiments have shown that merely thinking about or looking at money changes the way people behave, causing them to be more selfish and self-sufficient. Kathleen Vohs and colleagues, who completed the research, said that because money allows &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2006/12/06/the-price-of-money-selfishness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study Shows Rich People Kill The Poor With Status Alone</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2006/11/01/study-shows-rich-kill-poor-with-status-alone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For poor people, living in an affluent area can be a health hazard. That is the provocative conclusion of a study of the death records of more than 8000 people living in four US cities. The ill effects of being &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2006/11/01/study-shows-rich-kill-poor-with-status-alone/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Post)modernism</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2006/10/16/postmodernism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Ted Turner Tells WTO of the Benefits of Biofuel</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2006/09/28/ted-turner-tells-wto-of-the-benefits-of-biofuel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, has a secret ingredient for rescuing the suspended global trade talks &#8211; the renewable energy sources known as biofuels. Turner told a public forum Monday at the World Trade Organization that biofuels &#8211; liquid &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2006/09/28/ted-turner-tells-wto-of-the-benefits-of-biofuel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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