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	<title>Peter Daou</title>
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		<title>What kind of creature rapes children?</title>
		<link>http://peterdaou.com/2010/09/what-kind-of-creature-rapes-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JUSTICE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a post on violence, I wrote: The World Health Organization’s World Report on Violence and Health estimates that over a million people lose their lives to violence and millions more are injured and maimed every year. The report states that violence is “among the leading causes of death among people aged 15-44 years worldwide, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloodbath in Mexico &#8211; mass graves, beheadings and mutilations</title>
		<link>http://peterdaou.com/2010/09/bloodbath-in-mexico/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JUSTICE]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[legalization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kudos to NBC for this unflinching look at the all out war in Mexico &#8211; now perhaps they&#8217;ll take a look at whether drug legalization would mitigate the carnage. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy More from the BBC: Drug-related violence in Mexico has killed nearly 30,000 people in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quran burning and America&#8217;s unique religiosity</title>
		<link>http://peterdaou.com/2010/09/quran-burning-and-americas-unique-religiosity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FAITH]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Quran]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Glenn Beck stages a religious rally masquerading as a non-political rally masquerading as a Tea Party convention, while we debate the size of Manhattan&#8217;s mosque-free zone, while President Obama&#8217;s faith is questioned by his political opponents and while we talk about burning the Quran, it&#8217;s worth noting this: A Gallup report issued on Tuesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Orszag used to be everybody&#8217;s favorite &#8220;supernerd&#8221; &#8211; now, not so much</title>
		<link>http://peterdaou.com/2010/09/peter-orszag-was-everybodys-favorite-supernerd/</link>
		<comments>http://peterdaou.com/2010/09/peter-orszag-was-everybodys-favorite-supernerd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MONEY]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush tax cuts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With his first NYT column, Peter Orszag has lost a good chunk of the opinion-making left. Examples below&#8230; DAVID KURTZ: Did you wake up this morning from your summer slumber to discover that Democrats are about to get shellacked in the midterms, that unemployment is proving intractable, that the economy is verging on a double [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The great rightwing resurgence: right or wrong, Republicans project strength, Democrats project weakness</title>
		<link>http://peterdaou.com/2010/09/the-great-rightwing-resurgence/</link>
		<comments>http://peterdaou.com/2010/09/the-great-rightwing-resurgence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[POLITICS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With polls signaling peril for Democrats, identifying the cause of President Obama’s travails and the demise of ‘hope and change’ is a Washington sport. Some attribute it to the lifeless economy, others to Obama’s supposed (excessive) liberalism, and yet others to the prioritization of health insurance reform in the administration’s first year. It’s really much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s infrastructure proposal: left says &#8220;good idea, too small,&#8221; right says &#8220;more big spending&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://peterdaou.com/2010/09/obamas-infrastructure-proposal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MONEY]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peterdaou.com/?p=610</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Consensus is quickly congealing around President Obama&#8217;s reported $50 billion infrastructure proposal: the left says it&#8217;s a good idea, but a paltry sum relative to the size of the hole we&#8217;re in. The right, having successfully framed Obama as a profligate liberal, is pouncing on &#8220;more big spending.&#8221; ED MORRISSEY: What happens when over a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Light a candle for Richel Nova</title>
		<link>http://peterdaou.com/2010/09/light-a-candle-for-richel-nova/</link>
		<comments>http://peterdaou.com/2010/09/light-a-candle-for-richel-nova/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JUSTICE]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pizza delivery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[richel nova]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stabbing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peterdaou.com/?p=589</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In many traditions, lighting a candle is a gesture of remembrance, of respect, of empathy, a way of keeping someone in our thoughts. Human violence is a monstrosity we live with daily and I believe we honor victims by thinking of them and acknowledging the pain they&#8217;ve been through. Light a candle for Richel Nova: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On human violence</title>
		<link>http://peterdaou.com/2010/09/on-human-violence/</link>
		<comments>http://peterdaou.com/2010/09/on-human-violence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FAITH]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peterdaou.com/?p=593</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last March, after seeing a CNN report about child rapes in Darfur, I wrote the following post about human violence: The World Health Organization&#8217;s World Report on Violence and Health estimates that over a million people lose their lives to violence and millions more are injured and maimed every year. The report states that violence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick, flush this down America&#8217;s memory hole</title>
		<link>http://peterdaou.com/2010/09/americas-memory-hole/</link>
		<comments>http://peterdaou.com/2010/09/americas-memory-hole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EARTH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JUSTICE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POLITICS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gulf denialism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peterdaou.com/?p=577</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the stupefying realities of our time is that there&#8217;s nothing that can&#8217;t be dumped down America&#8217;s memory hole. Whether it&#8217;s an epic oil spill or a war based on lies, America has an incredible capacity to make unpleasant facts vanish. Does it matter what Iraq cost us in blood and treasure? Not anymore. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No justice on earth until there is justice for women</title>
		<link>http://peterdaou.com/2010/09/no-justice-on-earth-until-there-is-justice-for-women/</link>
		<comments>http://peterdaou.com/2010/09/no-justice-on-earth-until-there-is-justice-for-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[POLITICS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WOMEN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stoning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trafficking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peterdaou.com/?p=574</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scan the headlines on any given day and you&#8217;re sure to find dozens of stories about girls and women being abused, abducted, raped, beaten and killed. The oppression of women is the greatest travesty of human existence. Here are just a few recent links to illustrate my point&#8230; This: An Iranian woman who&#8217;d already been [...]]]></description>
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