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			";s:13:"content_title";s:7:"Gurkman";}s:7:"summary";s:317:"WTF? a third-rate skank 4 Jesus from the lamer portions of San Diego County utters a barely intelligible defense of what she learned in youth group between fingerbangings in an effing beauty contest and now she’s the hero of the Right? it is as if Joe the Plumber and Miss South Carolina have merged. does [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1242104682;}i:1;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:37:"A Latin American leftist with a brain";s:4:"link";s:91:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/a-latin-american-leftist-with-a-brain/";s:8:"comments";s:99:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/a-latin-american-leftist-with-a-brain/#respond";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:40:58 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:15:"PoliticsEcuador";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=858";s:11:"description";s:368:"Ecuador&#8217;s Rafael Correa seems to be a pretty chill bro, his contempt for the media notwithstanding. Adbusters has an article which, underneath the layers of pan-leftist Ph.D-speak, makes a point: Ecuador’s act could be the beginning of a revolution in which leaders of developing countries realize that their obligation is to defend the well-being of [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:7:"Gurkman";}s:7:"summary";s:368:"Ecuador&#8217;s Rafael Correa seems to be a pretty chill bro, his contempt for the media notwithstanding. Adbusters has an article which, underneath the layers of pan-leftist Ph.D-speak, makes a point: Ecuador’s act could be the beginning of a revolution in which leaders of developing countries realize that their obligation is to defend the well-being of [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1239075658;}i:2;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:18:"Green conservatism";s:4:"link";s:72:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/green-conservatism/";s:8:"comments";s:80:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/green-conservatism/#respond";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:29:05 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:18:"L'EcologiePolitics";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=856";s:11:"description";s:334:"Sully weighs in on climate change: My own preference is to avoid the bureaucracy of cap-and-trade in favour of a serious carbon and petrol tax that would shift the economic balance towards noncarbon energy. If you gave back the tax revenue through a tax refund, you could avoid depressing growth and help cushion the working [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:7:"Gurkman";}s:7:"summary";s:334:"Sully weighs in on climate change: My own preference is to avoid the bureaucracy of cap-and-trade in favour of a serious carbon and petrol tax that would shift the economic balance towards noncarbon energy. If you gave back the tax revenue through a tax refund, you could avoid depressing growth and help cushion the working [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1238995745;}i:3;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:23:"A tale of two activists";s:4:"link";s:77:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/a-tale-of-two-activists/";s:8:"comments";s:85:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/a-tale-of-two-activists/#respond";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:28:30 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:30:"Utah PoliticsTim DeChristopher";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=851";s:11:"description";s:371:"Tim DeChristopher, the man who stood up to the cronyism that epitomized the Bush years, has been indicted by Utah&#8217;s U.S. Attorney: Tim DeChristopher &#8212; the monkey-wrenching University of Utah student who caused an environmental sensation by disrupting a high-profile oil and gas lease auction &#8212; pinned his hopes on President Barack Obama to get [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:7:"Gurkman";}s:7:"summary";s:371:"Tim DeChristopher, the man who stood up to the cronyism that epitomized the Bush years, has been indicted by Utah&#8217;s U.S. Attorney: Tim DeChristopher &#8212; the monkey-wrenching University of Utah student who caused an environmental sensation by disrupting a high-profile oil and gas lease auction &#8212; pinned his hopes on President Barack Obama to get [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1238711310;}i:4;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:16:"Iceland and Utah";s:4:"link";s:70:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/iceland-and-utah/";s:8:"comments";s:79:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/iceland-and-utah/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:12:48 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:21:"MiscellaUtah Politics";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=842";s:11:"description";s:340:"Utah&#8217;s economy is still doing relatively well, owing to our status as the only place in the country where people build homes that also has water and soil and less than 45 minute drives between subdivisions and minimalls. It helps that the predominant religion maintains that being stupid is not only stupid, but also sinful. [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:7:"Gurkman";}s:7:"summary";s:340:"Utah&#8217;s economy is still doing relatively well, owing to our status as the only place in the country where people build homes that also has water and soil and less than 45 minute drives between subdivisions and minimalls. It helps that the predominant religion maintains that being stupid is not only stupid, but also sinful. [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1237918368;}i:5;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:23:"Common Ground: A Eulogy";s:4:"link";s:76:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/common-ground-a-eulogy/";s:8:"comments";s:84:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/common-ground-a-eulogy/#respond";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:23:13 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:13:"Utah Politics";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=838";s:11:"description";s:329:"I am often asked why how can support gay rights and be a good Mormon at the same time. The answer is simple. If the Church lets the state GOP ignore everything they&#8217;ve ever said about social justice, immigration, abortion, or education, I feel they won&#8217;t care if my views on homosexuality conflict with what [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:7:"Gurkman";}s:7:"summary";s:329:"I am often asked why how can support gay rights and be a good Mormon at the same time. The answer is simple. If the Church lets the state GOP ignore everything they&#8217;ve ever said about social justice, immigration, abortion, or education, I feel they won&#8217;t care if my views on homosexuality conflict with what [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1235668993;}i:6;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:17:"Better Pot Policy";s:4:"link";s:71:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/better-pot-policy/";s:8:"comments";s:80:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/better-pot-policy/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:33:19 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:8:"Miscella";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=835";s:11:"description";s:355:"Kleiman explores marijuana decriminalization: I&#8217;m not a big fan of legalization on the alcohol model; a legal pot industry, like the legal booze and gambling industries, would depend for the bulk of its sales on excessive use, which would provide a strong incentive for the marketing effort to aim at creating and maintaining addiction. So [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:7:"Gurkman";}s:7:"summary";s:355:"Kleiman explores marijuana decriminalization: I&#8217;m not a big fan of legalization on the alcohol model; a legal pot industry, like the legal booze and gambling industries, would depend for the bulk of its sales on excessive use, which would provide a strong incentive for the marketing effort to aim at creating and maintaining addiction. So [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1235503999;}i:7;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:17:"The Silver Lining";s:4:"link";s:71:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/the-silver-lining/";s:8:"comments";s:79:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/the-silver-lining/#respond";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:33:44 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:8:"Miscella";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=831";s:11:"description";s:79:"As the New Great Depression deepens, some good indicators from the twitternets:";s:7:"content";s:11:"Array
		
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:16:"Gurkmanpicture-4";}s:7:"summary";s:79:"As the New Great Depression deepens, some good indicators from the twitternets:";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1235018024;}i:8;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:32:"Obama to speak in Utah Irredenta";s:4:"link";s:86:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/obama-to-speak-in-utah-irredenta/";s:8:"comments";s:94:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/obama-to-speak-in-utah-irredenta/#respond";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:42:23 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:21:"PoliticsUtah Politics";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=820";s:11:"description";s:339:"Obama is going to promote his anti-reality plan today in one the larger burghs of the Mormon Empire: Obama will announce his Housing Save shortly, from the “where?” suburb of Phoenix called “Mesa, Arizona.” Mesa is one of those places that had 722 residents in the year 1900. Now, it’s got nearly a half-million people, [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:7:"Gurkman";}s:7:"summary";s:339:"Obama is going to promote his anti-reality plan today in one the larger burghs of the Mormon Empire: Obama will announce his Housing Save shortly, from the “where?” suburb of Phoenix called “Mesa, Arizona.” Mesa is one of those places that had 722 residents in the year 1900. Now, it’s got nearly a half-million people, [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1234978943;}i:9;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:37:"GOP renews attack on marriage, family";s:4:"link";s:90:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/gop-renews-attack-on-marriage-family/";s:8:"comments";s:99:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/gop-renews-attack-on-marriage-family/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:30:12 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:13:"Utah Politics";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=817";s:11:"description";s:404:"Rather than strengthening &#8220;traditional marriage,&#8221; civil unions and other separate-but-equal regimes have the opposite effect: &#8230;it is terribly humorous and ironic that the French created civil unions to protect the institution of marriage&#8230;and now civil unions are undermining marriage because people are opting for them instead of marriage. One of the few dozen people on [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
		";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:95:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/gop-renews-attack-on-marriage-family/feed/";}s:5:"slash";a:1:{s:8:"comments";s:1:"1";}s:5:"media";a:2:{s:7:"content";s:4:"
			";s:13:"content_title";s:7:"Gurkman";}s:7:"summary";s:404:"Rather than strengthening &#8220;traditional marriage,&#8221; civil unions and other separate-but-equal regimes have the opposite effect: &#8230;it is terribly humorous and ironic that the French created civil unions to protect the institution of marriage&#8230;and now civil unions are undermining marriage because people are opting for them instead of marriage. One of the few dozen people on [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1234917012;}i:10;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:17:"Denmark sells out";s:4:"link";s:71:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/denmark-sells-out/";s:8:"comments";s:79:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/denmark-sells-out/#respond";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:06:05 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:20:"Politicsantisemitism";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=814";s:11:"description";s:355:"Remember the Danes, how they saved the vast majority of Danish Jews during the Holocaust, whose number one export was once moral courage? Well, not anymore: A number of school administrators have come forth in recent days to confirm that they recommend Jewish children should not enrol at their schools&#8230;. On Monday, headmaster Olav Nielsen [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:11:"Array
		
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:11:"Gurkmanlego";}s:7:"summary";s:355:"Remember the Danes, how they saved the vast majority of Danish Jews during the Holocaust, whose number one export was once moral courage? Well, not anymore: A number of school administrators have come forth in recent days to confirm that they recommend Jewish children should not enrol at their schools&#8230;. On Monday, headmaster Olav Nielsen [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1234299965;}i:11;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:34:"Haha Iran makes same mistake twice";s:4:"link";s:88:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/haha-iran-makes-same-mistake-twice/";s:8:"comments";s:96:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/haha-iran-makes-same-mistake-twice/#respond";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:15:27 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:12:"PoliticsIran";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=811";s:11:"description";s:343:"Juan Cole explains why Khatami&#8217;s second time around will also accomplish nothing: Khatami has many flaws. He is at base a Khomeinist and so supports a regime that has a poor record on human rights. He may have high principles himself, but so far he has been relatively ineffectual in getting them implemented. His unwillingness [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
		";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:93:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/haha-iran-makes-same-mistake-twice/feed/";}s:5:"slash";a:1:{s:8:"comments";s:1:"0";}s:5:"media";a:2:{s:7:"content";s:4:"
			";s:13:"content_title";s:7:"Gurkman";}s:7:"summary";s:343:"Juan Cole explains why Khatami&#8217;s second time around will also accomplish nothing: Khatami has many flaws. He is at base a Khomeinist and so supports a regime that has a poor record on human rights. He may have high principles himself, but so far he has been relatively ineffectual in getting them implemented. His unwillingness [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1234296927;}i:12;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:9:"Big Labor";s:4:"link";s:63:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/big-labor/";s:8:"comments";s:71:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/big-labor/#respond";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:04:26 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:18:"L'EcologiePolitics";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=807";s:11:"description";s:360:"Tula Connell of the AFL-CIO explains: What do Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have in common? They both oppose provisions in the economic recovery package that would ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent on products that are made in America-to the maximum extent possible. This bizarre brand of left-revanchism [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
		";s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:68:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/big-labor/feed/";}s:5:"slash";a:1:{s:8:"comments";s:1:"0";}s:5:"media";a:2:{s:7:"content";s:4:"
			";s:13:"content_title";s:7:"Gurkman";}s:7:"summary";s:360:"Tula Connell of the AFL-CIO explains: What do Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have in common? They both oppose provisions in the economic recovery package that would ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent on products that are made in America-to the maximum extent possible. This bizarre brand of left-revanchism [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1234296266;}i:13;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:17:"hipster zeitgeist";s:4:"link";s:71:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/hipster-zeitgeist/";s:8:"comments";s:79:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/hipster-zeitgeist/#respond";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:19:08 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:8:"Miscella";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=805";s:11:"description";s:334:"Carles captures the spirit of the times: Are yall scared about ‘getting older’ and ‘losing ur swagger’? What r u doing 2 deal with ‘growin up’ or r u ‘just gonna die young or live 4ever’? I&#8217;m pretty sure I&#8217;ll die before I&#8217;m forty. Sure, I eat well and don&#8217;t do drugs or alco-pops, but [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:7:"Gurkman";}s:7:"summary";s:334:"Carles captures the spirit of the times: Are yall scared about ‘getting older’ and ‘losing ur swagger’? What r u doing 2 deal with ‘growin up’ or r u ‘just gonna die young or live 4ever’? I&#8217;m pretty sure I&#8217;ll die before I&#8217;m forty. Sure, I eat well and don&#8217;t do drugs or alco-pops, but [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1234207148;}i:14;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:15:"Mah Fave Quotez";s:4:"link";s:69:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/mah-fave-quotez/";s:8:"comments";s:77:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/mah-fave-quotez/#respond";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:41:55 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:8:"Miscella";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=803";s:11:"description";s:348:"&#8220;Let others complain that the times are wicked. I complain that they are paltry; for they are without passion.&#8221; -Kierkegaard &#8220;In our age there is no such thing as &#8216;keeping out of politics.'&#8221; -George Orwell &#8220;After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:7:"Gurkman";}s:7:"summary";s:348:"&#8220;Let others complain that the times are wicked. I complain that they are paltry; for they are without passion.&#8221; -Kierkegaard &#8220;In our age there is no such thing as &#8216;keeping out of politics.'&#8221; -George Orwell &#8220;After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1234136515;}i:15;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:43:"Congress source of all problems in ME, too!";s:4:"link";s:95:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/congress-source-of-all-problems-in-me-too/";s:8:"comments";s:104:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/congress-source-of-all-problems-in-me-too/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:21:50 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:14:"PoliticsIsrael";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=792";s:11:"description";s:384:"Remember how moderate (i.e. non-Southern Republican and AFL-CIO-bankrolled rustbelt Democratic) senators are taking everything that might actually stimulate the economy and fight climate change out of the stimulus package and stuffing its fallen corpse with pork and tax cuts for Rockefellers, then putting Gingrich on the teevee to explain that the inverse is somehow true? [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:14:"Gurkmangelogo2";}s:7:"summary";s:460:"America&#8217;s own Osama bin Laden, Tim DeChristopher of Salt Lake, whose &#8220;monkey-wrenching&#8221; prevented our great nation from harnessing its vast energy resources, is happy with Obama&#8217;s latest edict, which, in effect, nullifies ten thousand years of American history. &#8220;That&#8217;s excellent. That&#8217;s wonderful,&#8221; DeChristopher said Wednesday of Salazar&#8217;s move. &#8220;That&#8217;s the kind of strong stance we [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1233792681;}i:17;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:43:"Ecofascists obstruct progress in our state!";s:4:"link";s:96:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/ecofascists-obstruct-progress-in-our-state/";s:8:"comments";s:104:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/ecofascists-obstruct-progress-in-our-state/#respond";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:51:25 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:10:"L'Ecologie";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=775";s:11:"description";s:359:"The wheels of industry have come to a standstill following a recent, borderline socialistic action from our new president, B-Boy Obama, and his Ed Abbey knock-off in chief, Ken Salazar: In a high-profile reversal of the Bush administration, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday the government is scrapping the lease of 77 parcels of federal [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:7:"Gurkman";}s:7:"summary";s:359:"The wheels of industry have come to a standstill following a recent, borderline socialistic action from our new president, B-Boy Obama, and his Ed Abbey knock-off in chief, Ken Salazar: In a high-profile reversal of the Bush administration, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday the government is scrapping the lease of 77 parcels of federal [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1233791485;}i:18;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:52:"Facebook is five, but will it survive until puberty?";s:4:"link";s:105:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/zomg-facebook-is-five-will-it-survive-until-puberty/";s:8:"comments";s:113:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/zomg-facebook-is-five-will-it-survive-until-puberty/#respond";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:33:48 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:8:"Miscella";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=772";s:11:"description";s:374:"The internets are buzzing with the purely numerological news-item that Face-book is now five years auld. Apparently, Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s days are numbered and &#8220;the toughest challenge is yet to come.&#8221; Observe: However, the next five years look a lot tougher for Facebook. The honeymoon period is well and truly over, and there is anecdotal evidence, [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:7:"Gurkman";}s:7:"summary";s:324:"That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re beginning to realize, according to a recent post at Grist: Suppose you want your kids to eat healthier. Which is the more effective approach? (a) Tell them they can only have one scoop of ice cream with dinner, or; (b) Tell them their meal cannot exceed 10 percent ice cream? Option A [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1233788753;}i:20;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:12:"Christianism";s:4:"link";s:66:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/christianism/";s:8:"comments";s:74:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/christianism/#respond";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:39:43 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:8:"Politics";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=765";s:11:"description";s:361:"Sully distills contemporary conservatism: Even evangelicals like Joe Carter would support this, right? And Christianists insist they are not anti-gay and do not want to hurt anyone. So why not? And, on cue, a Christianist Republican who once supported the exact same legislation when he was opposing marriage equality now opposes it. Why? It&#8217;s a [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:7:"Gurkman";}s:7:"summary";s:361:"Sully distills contemporary conservatism: Even evangelicals like Joe Carter would support this, right? And Christianists insist they are not anti-gay and do not want to hurt anyone. So why not? And, on cue, a Christianist Republican who once supported the exact same legislation when he was opposing marriage equality now opposes it. Why? It&#8217;s a [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1233787183;}i:21;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:42:"Lawmakers debate bill regulating hobo-poop";s:4:"link";s:96:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/lawmakers-debate-bill-regulating-hobo-poop/";s:8:"comments";s:105:"https://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/lawmakers-debate-bill-regulating-hobo-poop/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:43:06 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"ayatollahgurkhmeini";}s:8:"category";s:19:"Utah PoliticsHoboes";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://ayatollahgurkhmeini.wordpress.com/?p=762";s:11:"description";s:356:"The University is finally starting work on a bill designed to prevent deranged bums from wandering into portions OSH or the law school and making doodies all over everything. The administration says its bill would allow the campus cops to keep &#8220;disruptive persons&#8221; off of campus for &#8220;extended periods of time. Getting rid of the [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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