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<title>SEARCHING FOR SOME LAUGHS!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/Entertainment/article_3090_SEARCHING-FOR-SOME-LAUGHS.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In 1979, a handful of L.A. standup comics, who I still refer to as the Fabulous Fourteen, tried to blackmail a comedy club owner into paying cash for their services. It was a quasi labor dispute argued by huge egos on both sides. <b>“I’m Dying up Here!”</b> is a story about comics’ dreams realized, and some of those more firmly clutched dreams, frustrated. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 31 August 2009 12:50:24 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[The+Comedy+Store]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[comedy+store+LA]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[standup+comedy]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[comedy+strike]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[I'm+Dying+Up+Here]]></category>
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<title>GOD, RELIGION AND FRAUD -  IT ALL LOOKS THE SAME TO ME</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3088_GOD-RELIGION-AND-FRAUD---IT-ALL-LOOKS-THE-SAME-TO-ME.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[While I would be the first person to defend anyone's right to practice their chosen religion unhindered and where and when they please, and while I also acknowledge that some people with a religious background have and still are doing good deeds on behalf of their communities, I reserve my right to highlight and point out to the general community that in all cases religions are based on half-truths, fiction and indeed fraudulent conduct.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 29 August 2009 09:06:32 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+catholic+church]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+god]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+christian]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+vatican]]></category>
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<category><![CDATA[+cult]]></category>
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<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>THE CIA -   A TERRORIST ORGANISATION? NOT YES WE CAN, BUT YES IT IS.</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3087_THE-CIA----A-TERRORIST-ORGANISATION-NOT-YES-WE-CAN-BUT-YES-IT-IS.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I can remember saying, on this very site in fact, and on 7th March 2007, that the CIA (Central Intelligence Organisation) was acting like a terrorist organisation and by the looks of things, 
I was damned right.
]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 25 August 2009 01:12:32 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[CIA]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+International+Law]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+International+Court]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Geneva+Convention]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+U.S.+Justice]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Bush]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+terrorist]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+terrorism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>GOVERNMENTS ABUSING PRINCIPLES OF ANTI-TERRORISM LAWS</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3086_GOVERNMENTS-ABUSING-PRINCIPLES-OF-ANTI-TERRORISM-LAWS.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[When the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York occurred, the immediate aftermath, in terms of revised and additional anti-terrorism legislation just had to be put in place.  Many countries, if not most, all revised their legislation to suit their own specific needs regardless of the fact that some of those could well be regarded as dubious in terms of their justification.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 23 August 2009 08:21:18 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>IRAN -  STUFFED BY RELIGIOUS FANATICISM</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3085_IRAN---STUFFED-BY-RELIGIOUS-FANATICISM.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[What is it with so-called religious leaders that even entices them into running countries and stuffing them in the process? Their motivation has certainly has nothing to do with religion but rather more to do with their hunger for power, in my view.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 20 August 2009 08:01:45 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Mahmoud+Ahmadinejad]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Khameni]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+nuclear+power]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Iran]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>Bali. Indonesia 18 August 2009</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3084_Bali-Indonesia-18-August-2009.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bali is perhaps one of the world's best known tourism destinations and while I have no great love for Bali as a resort destination, I do admire Balinese culture and some of the scenery in the more outlying areas.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 20 August 2009 08:01:23 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>Vanuatu 18 August 2009  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3083_Vanuatu-18-August-2009-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Vanuatu is a small island nation located in the Western Pacific east of Australia. Consisting of numerous small islands, the country was once ruled by both the British and the French when it was then known as the New Hebrides. 
]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 20 August 2009 08:00:57 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>DANGEROUS SKIES Airlines and Governments Cutting Corners  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3082_DANGEROUS-SKIES-Airlines-and-Governments-Cutting-Corners-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Given the parlous state of the world-wide aviation industry at the moment, I am not surprised that crashes such as recent crash events with the various types of aircraft ranging from Airbus A330s to Twin Otters are appearing to have become more common. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Wednesday, 19 August 2009 03:25:54 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>Afghanistan - Where Men Rule and Women are 'Legally' Raped </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3081_Afghanistan---Where-Men-Rule-and-Women-are-Legally-Raped-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[With the latest advent of the law advocating ’legal’ rape against married women, is there such a thing as democracy and women’s rights in Afghanistan. Apparently not, judging by the law that was passed on 27 July 2009 giving men ‘legal’ right to refuse maintenance to their wives if they refuse to be raped. This law is a further demoralisation for women in Afghan society.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Monday, 17 August 2009 12:05:09 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+women]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+rape]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Karzai]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Afghanistan+election]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>VISIT AFGHANISTAN YEAR 2010 - A HOLIDAY OF A LIFETIME. LITERALLY</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3080_VISIT-AFGHANISTAN-YEAR-2010---A-HOLIDAY-OF-A-LIFETIME-LITERALLY.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I am extremely pleased to announce that the year 2010 will be known as the "Visit Afghanistan Year 2010" and for the purpose, I have pleasure announcing some great travel packages that are likely to please many among you.
]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Sunday, 16 August 2009 11:22:26 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>BURMA 15 August 2009</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3079_BURMA-15-August-2009.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Burma, or Myanmar as it is called these days, is one of the largest South East Asian countries within that region. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 15 August 2009 12:03:13 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>Travelwise - An Overview</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3078_Travelwise---An-Overview.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Travelwise was designed to provide prospective traveller with information that neither travel agents and/or representatives of the tourist and travel authorities of the various countries are interested in giving you.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 15 August 2009 12:02:44 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>BURMA - A Military Dictatorship In Its Ugliest Form</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3077_BURMA---A-Military-Dictatorship-In-Its-Ugliest-Form.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I was recently asked if I had any desire to visit Burma. My answer, "You have got to be kidding. Why would I want to visit a country that is ruled by a military junta of the worst kind?" ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 13 August 2009 01:56:45 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Burma]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Myanmar]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Than+Shwe]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Aung+San+Suu+Kyi]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+ASEAN]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>New Zealand 11 August 2009</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3076_New-Zealand-11-August-2009.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[New Zealand is one of those countries that people from around the world should visit at least once in a lifetime.
 ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 13 August 2009 09:04:38 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>TIMOR-LESTE (East Timor) 07 August 2009</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3071_TIMOR-LESTE-East-Timor-07-August-2009.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Timor-Leste, or perhaps better known as East Timor, is one of the world's newest independent nations. It is located between Indonesia and Australia and while half of the island is Indonesian territory, the other half, East Timor, is now independent.

]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 13 August 2009 09:04:11 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>Top Ten Companies You Should Avoid Due to Commercial Insanity</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3074_Top-Ten-Companies-You-Should-Avoid-Due-to-Commercial-Insanity.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Advertising has always gotten me more worked up then it should. Something about the nerve they have presenting a product to you in a MOST disturbing manner and expecting you to buy it anyway. Here is a list of companies that makes me raise an eyebrow if not all out boycott their products.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 August 2009 01:10:56 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[top+10+companies]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[top+10+commercials]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
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<title>Chinese Justice - A Bit Like Chinese Shirts - Cheap and Nasty</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3075_Chinese-Justice---A-Bit-Like-Chinese-Shirts---Cheap-and-Nasty.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Try this one for stupidity.
 
Chinese Government owned company, Chinalco, tries to buy into Anglo-Australian iron ore miner, Rio Tinto, and fails in its bid because Rio had other ideas in terms of who controlled the company as well as the fact that the Australian Government and the general population did not like the deal either.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Monday, 10 August 2009 11:57:22 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[china]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+rio+tinto]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+stern+hu]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+chinese+justice]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+chinese+government]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+grapes]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+chinalco]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>FIJI - A Whole Country Stuffed By One Grubby Little Man Frank Bainimarama</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3073_FIJI---A-Whole-Country-Stuffed-By-One-Grubby-Little-Man-Frank-Bainimarama.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[One would have though that after two successive coups and one attempted one, the nation of Fiji would have had enough of trumped-up little military dictators but sadly, any notion of a free, democratic Fiji went out of the window when the current incumbent of the title Fiji's dictator came on the scene. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Monday, 10 August 2009 02:50:30 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Fiji]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Bainimarama]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+government]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Fiji+navy]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+tourism]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Francis+Kean]]></category>
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<title>FIJI. 07 August 2009</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/Travel/article_3070_FIJI-07-August-2009.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fiji is a Pacific Ocean island nation located half-way between eastern Australia and Hawaii. 
The population largely consists of people of Indian descent as well as the local Fijian population.
]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Monday, 10 August 2009 02:50:12 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
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<title>WHILE THE IAEA SLEEPS AND PARTIES ON More Countries Go Nuclear</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3072_WHILE-THE-IAEA-SLEEPS-AND-PARTIES-ON-More-Countries-Go-Nuclear.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[While another country has now decided to develop and/or obtain nuclear weapons, we really must be wondering as to what the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), as the UN agency responsible for preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, might be doing with its time these days.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 8 August 2009 10:41:19 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<item>
<title>Australia's Secrets Not So Secret - You Can Read All About Them in Local Newspapers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3069_Australias-Secrets-Not-So-Secret---You-Can-Read-All-About-Them-in-Local-Newspapers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Much consternation in Australia about a news article published by Australia's national newspaper "The Australian" in relation to an impending raid on some terrorism suspects. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 7 August 2009 02:23:27 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>The Myths of A Suicide Bomber</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3066_The-Myths-of-A-Suicide-Bomber.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The menace of suicide bombers walking into hotels and other places where people congregate has become so widespread that one must be wondering as to why people are stupid enough to even contemplating participating in such activities.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 August 2009 10:36:22 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[suicide+bombers]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[suicide+bombing]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>Why Bother Working For The Mafia...</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3064_Why-Bother-Working-For-The-Mafia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[There Is More To Be Made Robbing People Working For A Bank.

Ah yes indeed. What is the difference between a gangster and a banker? None really, they both rob people blind while living off the taxpayer. Hence from hereon in a banker may well be known as a bankster.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 August 2009 10:33:22 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[bankers]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[the+mafia]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[jp+morgan+bank]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[bankster]]></category>
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<title>CHINA - Two Faces, One Postage Stamp</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3067_CHINA---Two-Faces-One-Postage-Stamp.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[China is country of contradictions. 

On one hand there is the China with a growing economy, increasing consumer consumption and better living standards for some of its population while on the other hand there is the Chinese Government, ambitious, oppressive, corrupt and generally afraid of and for its own existence.
]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 August 2009 09:57:16 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[china+and+taiwan]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[economic+china]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[china+government]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[communist+china]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[china+human+rights]]></category>
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<title>Well May We Say “God Save The Queen”  Because Nothing Will Save Tony Blair</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3065_Well-May-We-Say-God-Save-The-Queen-Because-Nothing-Will-Save-Tony-Blair.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Remember the war in Iraq, one of the two? Take your pick.

One was because Saddam invaded Kuwait, a country that was growing oil and not oranges while the other was because Saddam was said to have weapons of mass destruction, weapons that never were and for which former US President George W is still looking, together with his brains. In his dreams that is.
]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 August 2009 09:49:34 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[tony+blair]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[weapons+of+mass+destruction]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[intelligence+report]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[george+bush+iraq]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[guantanamo+bay+torture]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>Doomed To Search For Replacements!!!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3060_Doomed-To-Search-For-Replacements.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Has everything in your life that you have come to depend on recently become extinct? Announcing today, the discontinuation of everything that you like. To like something today is to instantly doom it to oblivion. I guess I am just lucky that I have a low self esteem.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 5 June 2009 03:42:03 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Discontinued]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Canceled]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Moonlight]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Replacements]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Starbucks]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
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<title>FXCM rebates  - Earn rebates while trading at FXCM</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/Promo/article_3062_FXCM-rebates---Earn-rebates-while-trading-at-FXCM.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[FXCM is one of the most respected brokers in the Forex industry these days. Building on a decade of experience in this market, FXCM provides excellent service and quality tools to its clients.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 5 June 2009 03:36:33 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Promo]]></category>
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<title>Spell Chceker is Agiasnt Me!!! </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3059_Spell-Chceker-is-Agiasnt-Me-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If yuo cna raed tihs tahn yuo adn I shaer a simliar prolbem. Spell chceker is agiasnt me and perahps it is agiasnt yuo too. Pelase hlep me find taht eluisve way of udnoing teh add to ditcionray optoin.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Monday, 25 May 2009 02:27:55 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
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<title>Vegan maniac encountered on JDate internet dating</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3058_Vegan-maniac-encountered-on-JDate-internet-dating.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[True story:  She says "i  hope when you go hunting that the bullet bounces of the animal and hits you in your sorry little ass."  She don't even wear leather]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 23 May 2009 03:12:24 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
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<title>The End of Days or the Loss of Perspective </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3057_The-End-of-Days-or-the-Loss-of-Perspective-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The next vaccine developed should be one that can cure the biggest pandemic this planet has ever seen. Panic and Paranoia have taken a hold of the minds and bodies of the vast majority of the worlds populations and yet the WHO sits idly. If we don't act now we are in great danger of causing the biggest extinction event the human race has seen to date, the loss of our perspective.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 14 May 2009 12:53:12 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
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<title>Land of the Lost</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3049_Land-of-the-Lost.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Beyonce, Paris and Nicole,
on a routine exhibition,
wore the largest sunglasses ever known.
High and vapid, It struck their brain daft (insert screams here),
and plunged them down to make them look real slow.
To the Land of the Lost.
To the Land of the Lost.
To the Land of the Lost.
]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 7 May 2009 10:09:10 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Celebrities]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+sun+glasses]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Land+of+the+Lost]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+giant+glasses]]></category>
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<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
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<title>MICHAEL JORDAN ERA VS LEBRON JAMES ERA</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3056_MICHAEL-JORDAN-ERA-VS-LEBRON-JAMES-ERA.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If this is all we have to look forward to in basketball, we might as well turn to "I KNOW I CAN DANCE".]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 7 May 2009 10:09:07 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>Renart cops a "nolo contendre" plea on a charge of bestiality with road kill (mostly female)</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3055_Renart-cops-a-nolo-contendre-plea-on-a-charge-of-bestiality-with-road-kill-mostly-female.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Judge:    Mr. Renfart, I mean Renart, do you understand the charge agin you?
Renart:  Who the fuck are you?
Judge:  I'm the judge you dumb fuck!
Renart:   That probably explains the robe and the coin that you are flipping.
Judge:  ...]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 7 May 2009 10:09:03 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
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<title>An Open Letter to All Survivors</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3054_An-Open-Letter-to-All-Survivors.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[They say that survival is a basic human instinct, well if that is true then it is clear that evolution is still largely at play in the human race. Clearly few of those who are now labeled with the title Survivor actually possess any survival skills, perhaps even to this day. Maybe if one deludes themselves into thinking that they can survive anything then that may just be enough to help them survive their own insanity and short comings, with a little "coaching" that is.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 30 April 2009 12:31:56 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
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<title>The IRA: America's Favorite Militant Group?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3048_The-IRA-Americas-Favorite-Militant-Group.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I first noticed it at a Flogging Molly concert in Philadelphia: a young man wearing a tee shirt identifying himself as a sniper. I immediately understood the pro-IRA connection, and my reaction was a cross between amusement, arrogance, and pride.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Sunday, 26 April 2009 11:49:12 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>Militant Simians Aren't Just Throwing Poo Anymore!!!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3052_Militant-Simians-Arent-Just-Throwing-Poo-Anymore.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The vast majority of militant organizations are religious based or have some sort of religious mandate associated with their cause. Although be careful humans because a new species of threat is evolving right under our noses and they don’t give a damn what you believe. Monkeys are starting to quite literally go ape shit and if we aren't careful humans may become extinct as a result.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Sunday, 26 April 2009 11:45:27 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
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<item>
<title>The American Republican Party as a Militant Minority</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3053_The-American-Republican-Party-as-a-Militant-Minority.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Following the second election of George W. Bush in 2004, liberal Democrats experienced a deep despair. Many voiced an inclination to move to Canada. Bush’s policies continued to fail miserably leading to an economic depression and an endless war. In the 2006 election, the Democrats came to dominate Congress. Then, in 2008, it was the Republican’s turn to feel the shock and despair of rejection as they became a minority party in a nation led by Democratic President Barack Obama.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Sunday, 26 April 2009 11:45:23 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<item>
<title>I Smell a War, and the Scent of the Battlefield Never Smelled Better </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3046_I-Smell-a-War-and-the-Scent-of-the-Battlefield-Never-Smelled-Better-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[We are all told to make lemonade when life hands us lemons but what if you just wanted some damn water? I didn't ask to be part of this stinking war and yet I keep finding myself an unwilling participant in an epic olfactory struggle. Lemon scented or pine scented? I donï¿½t need my floors to smell like either because they didnï¿½t have an odor before I even started to clean them. We all have to stop this assault on our senses because frankly the conflict is beginning to reek.   ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 16 April 2009 01:51:09 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[War]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+scent]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+lemon]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+pine]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+cleaning]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Smell]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
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<item>
<title>Fortress America: The American Love of Guns</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3050_Fortress-America-The-American-Love-of-Guns.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Americans love their guns and insist on the right to have them.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 16 April 2009 01:51:05 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>The Second Battle</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3051_The-Second-Battle.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Battle of El Alamein was one of the great battles of World War 2. 

For about fifteen terrible minutes the weapons thundered. Then suddenly, far to the east, two searchlights flashed into the sky like a celestial sign and remained stationary.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 16 April 2009 01:50:52 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[WWII]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Battle+of+El+Alamein]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<item>
<title>CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO CHILDREN: CHECKERS AND LIFE</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3004_CONNECTION-BETWEEN-TWO-CHILDREN-CHECKERS-AND-LIFE.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two 8 year old learning disabled students were in my office and asked if they could play checkers while we talked.  I said "sure" and gave them a checkers set.  While they were setting up the pieces I got a phone call.  ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Thursday, 16 April 2009 01:50:45 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>The Grateful Dead Social Club - if you can't clone him, don't join 'em!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3047_The-Grateful-Dead-Social-Club---if-you-cant-clone-him-dont-join-em.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Youâ€™ve heard of the Indy 500? Iâ€™m part of the Jerry 500 - which means Iâ€™ve traveled 500 times to see that guy (Garcia) play guitar.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 11 April 2009 11:09:19 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>Do You Want Me to Stab You Repeatedly?!?!?!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3037_Do-You-Want-Me-to-Stab-You-Repeatedly.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Social networking and the creation of groups on networking sites give people a sense of belonging and not being alone in the world. Yet this belonging is a facade and in reality is deteriorating real life human interactions. People are losing the ability to carry on a conversation despite the fact that they have more access to information about their “friends” then they ever had before.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 11 April 2009 11:06:28 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>Illusions and delusions of a social networker</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3038_Illusions-and-delusions-of-a-social-networker.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Phenomenological analysis of “social groups” must conclude that the concept of human social groups, if extended beyond the purely physical, is an illusion built upon a delusion.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 11 April 2009 11:04:44 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>How to Survive a Writers' Critique Group</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3044_How-to-Survive-a-Writers-Critique-Group.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[What can you learn by working with other writers?]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 11 April 2009 11:04:31 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>Take Sigmund Freud…Please!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3002_Take-Sigmund-FreudPlease.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[On a recent trip to Israel, I was browsing in the Sigmund Freud Library on the Hebrew University campus in Jerusalem.  I came across some interesting documents and journal articles which reveal new information about the development of Freud’s theory, particularly regarding Jewish issues.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 11 April 2009 11:04:26 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>Why I am starting to hate America</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3045_Why-I-am-starting-to-hate-America.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hate can sometimes rare its ugly face within us, and venting what many feel the same about, relates to this important article about America, illegal aliens and what America is becoming.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 11 April 2009 11:04:16 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>NATO LEADER THE HIGHLIGHT OF DUTCH HYPOCRISY</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3043_NATO-LEADER-THE-HIGHLIGHT-OF-DUTCH-HYPOCRISY.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[When Nato Secretary-General, Jaap De Hoop Scheffer recently made some rather hopelesly inadequate comments about new marriage laws in Afghanistan, laws that are at best dubious in both Islamic law as well as International law, he must have forgotten about some of his own rather dubious practices that he had presided over as Nato Secretary-General or had knowledge of as a member of a Dutch Government that in, human rights terms, smells of abuses and inadequacies.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Monday, 6 April 2009 10:17:30 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Dutch+Government]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[De+Hoop+Scheffer]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>Armageddon Technology</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3036_Armageddon-Technology.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[It’s hard for to fathom what technology was like 50 years ago. In fact most would agree that the ‘technology age’ has existed in its entirety in the last 50 years. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 3 April 2009 03:31:05 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>After Blast—The Final Years</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3042_After-Blast—The-Final-Years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Diary entry September 2059 (A.B. 37). The sun released a plasma blast somewhere in September of 2012.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 3 April 2009 03:31:03 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>Growing New Body Parts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3040_Growing-New-Body-Parts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Regenerative Medicine Promises Radical Replacement Technology.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 3 April 2009 03:30:58 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>La Diablo Mort, the Ultimate in Shaving Technology</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3031_La-Diablo-Mort-the-Ultimate-in-Shaving-Technology.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If you aren’t careful technology has a way of leaving you behind faster then you can change the blade on your razor. It is difficult to imagine what the world will be like in 50 years but if there is one thing I know it is that I will still be routinely injured by the best a man can get.  ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 3 April 2009 03:30:54 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>Travelling the World part 5 - High Speed Trains a Possibility for Australia </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3041_Travelling-the-World-part-5---High-Speed-Trains-a-Possibility-for-Australia-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Australia must be one of the world's few economically developed countries that has not as yet seen the development of a high-speed railway network; the reason for the lack of such a system being a lack of Government initiatives, a lack of vision in terms of what is possible in railway development, a large country with a reasonably small population and last but not least, entrenched vested interest by those making the decisions.
]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 3 April 2009 03:30:18 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>Something New is Waiting to be Born</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3039_Something-New-is-Waiting-to-be-Born.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[What came first - America's obsession with sex or Madison Avenues obsession with money?]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 28 March 2009 11:35:23 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>Leo Getz Was Right!!!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3025_Leo-Getz-Was-Right.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If there is one piece of advice some of today’s most successful companies have to offer it is this, “Screw over your customers ruthlessly while shamelessly profiting from it.” In a shaky economy with customer spending at an all time low, it is important for any successful company to not just provide a sub-par product but also to suck the life force out of each and every customer. This is a “Dog Eat Dog World” and we are all left feeling hunger pangs, but then maybe that is because we keep returning to the drive thru.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 28 March 2009 11:33:41 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>The Theater of God</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3034_The-Theater-of-God.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Let's watch the greatest show on earth (if we can afford it).]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 28 March 2009 11:31:08 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
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<item>
<title>A love story in four wheels</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/Nice-Try/article_3033_A-love-story-in-four-wheels.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I consider vehicles as some of the greatest inventions of mankind. Cars, planes, boats and ultimately space ships help the economy and got us where we are today (not just litteraly). So why cars? Not every one of us can be an astronaut, but almost every person on the planet rubbed their behinds with a car seat. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 28 March 2009 11:31:06 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Nice Try]]></category>
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<item>
<title>WRESTLING WITH THE STARS</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3003_WRESTLING-WITH-THE-STARS.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A building in Pittsburgh was levitated on April 5, 1992.  The Polumbo Center hovered majestically over the pavements of Pittsburgh for about three hours.  How?  The building was raised by the heart and courage of high school state wrestling champions who gathered in a tournament to determine the national champions of the USA in 13 weight classes.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 28 March 2009 11:28:48 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>DUTCH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN EU ELECTION FARCE</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3035_DUTCH-GOVERNMENT-OFFICIALS-IN-EU-ELECTION-FARCE.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The shining light of European democracy, fairness, and human rights justice, The Netherlands, is turning out not so democratic, fair and just after all, this following an investigation into some rather dubious practices by Dutch officials in relation to the soon to be held EU elections.
]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 March 2009 02:09:42 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Dutch]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+government]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+passport]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+australian]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+canada]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+european+]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>Slide Your Way To Success: Creative Workspaces for the Easily Amused</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Agora/article_3030_Slide-Your-Way-To-Success-Creative-Workspaces-for-the-Easily-Amused.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The office has long been a dull gray space, devoid of creativity and paneled with a substance scientifically proven to absorb men's souls. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 20 March 2009 01:18:09 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[creativiity]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[discipline]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[creative+problem+solving]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[creative+thinking]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Agora]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>I'm At MY Service!!!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3018_Im-At-MY-Service.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Today businesses have implemented creative technology that actually makes you an employee minus all the benefits such as being paid or participating in the health plan. Furthermore, they have cleverly tricked you into thinking this is what you want by providing you with sub-par service for years. People are singing the praises of Self-Checkout technology and the words go something like, "CHA CHING!!! CHA CHING!!!" However, the grocery store wrote the lyrics.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 20 March 2009 01:17:32 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[creativiity]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[discipline]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[creative+problem+solving]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[creative+thinking]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>Is Robin Williams Crazy or Just Creative?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3029_Is-Robin-Williams-Crazy-or-Just-Creative.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[We've all probably had the experience of watching a standup comic and finding ourselves laughing, then feeling slightly uncomfortable, then actually wondering whether the comic is quite possibly...just possibly... a little crazy--bonkers--mashugana.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 20 March 2009 01:16:43 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
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<item>
<title>The "Coffee Lid Sip Hole Plug Stopper Starbucks Lid" or (C.L.S.H.P.S.S.L. for short)</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3024_The-Coffee-Lid-Sip-Hole-Plug-Stopper-Starbucks-Lid-or-CLSHPSSL-for-short.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In this high paced society it is nice to see that consumers aren't the only ones who are so wired that they can't even stop to think. Some of the most successful businesses are so fast passed with their product development that they forget to stop and actually ask if a product is necessary to develop. Starbucks has perhaps been partaking a little too much of their own product to slow down and realize that this little seemingly ingenious invention is nothing short of ridiculous.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 20 March 2009 01:16:33 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[creativiity]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[discipline]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[creative+problem+solving]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[creative+thinking]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<item>
<title>Do I Smell Something Creative?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3032_Do-I-Smell-Something-Creative.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Creativity and advertising go together like Sarin gas and subways- a noxious ride along the underbelly of capitalist society. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 20 March 2009 01:16:05 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[creativiity]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[discipline]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[creative+problem+solving]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[creative+thinking]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>Creativity Requires Discipline</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3028_Creativity-Requires-Discipline.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The first experience of sex with another person often does not go as well as fantasy may predict. However, with a little love, some self-discipline, and a lot of creative practice, sex can become a fantastic part of life. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 20 March 2009 01:15:53 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[creativiity]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[discipline]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[creative+problem+solving]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[creative+thinking]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>Is There Truth in Advertising or Does Their Advertising Never Ring True?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3014_Is-There-Truth-in-Advertising-or-Does-Their-Advertising-Never-Ring-True.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[When a company tries and sells you their product, wouldn't it make sense to first demonstrate that they live on the same planet as the rest of us? Prove to me you are human first, then try and sell me relief for my pain. If you actually reside in the twilight zone then go and peddle your crap there instead.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 13 March 2009 03:14:59 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Pain+Reliever]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Aliens]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Advertising]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Truth+in+Advertising]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>The Agnostic Pulpit: Toxic Advertising</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3022_The-Agnostic-Pulpit-Toxic-Advertising.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If you have a fantasy, daydream, or secret desire, there is someone out there ready to help, for a price. The most toxic and seductive advertisements play into our fantasies. When in comes to advertisements, we can be our own worst enemies. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 13 March 2009 03:13:01 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>This space for sale</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3026_This-space-for-sale.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Unless we are being completely deceived by everything in the Wall Street Journal, the US and other world markets are teetering on the edge of a chasm of unknown depth. Allusions are made to the “great depression” but in retrospect even that catastrophic moment in America’s rise to King of the Capitalists, might pale in comparison. How did we ever get into this mess? Who is to blame? ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 13 March 2009 03:12:45 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<item>
<title>Gum, Apparently I’m Chewing It Wrong.</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3023_Gum-Apparently-Im-Chewing-It-Wrong.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[As a consumer these days I am rarely satisfied with the level of performance of a product as compared to its claims in the advertising campaign. Advertisers have stopped even trying to accurately represent their product and instead have decided to use their commercials as subtle resumes to break into the science fiction movie genre. As an open minded consumer I would love to journey to outer space, but then sometimes I just want a piece of gum.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 13 March 2009 03:12:31 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[5+gum]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+truth+in+advertising]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+advertising]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+lies]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+contact]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+gum]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<item>
<title>The Right to an Education</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3015_The-Right-to-an-Education.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The business community has a vested interest in the preparation of future employees, including not merely their academic development but also their ethics. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 7 March 2009 11:11:19 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<item>
<title>The Agnostic Pulpit: The university eduation fraud</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3016_The-Agnostic-Pulpit-The-university-eduation-fraud.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The first job of the agnostic is constructive skepticism, not just about the lies of religion, but about most worldly matters such as education.
]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 7 March 2009 11:11:07 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+business+education]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
</item>
<item>
<title>In the Event of a Zombie Attack, Avoid All Home Depots</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3013_In-the-Event-of-a-Zombie-Attack-Avoid-All-Home-Depots.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In today's age of business it is clear that the education and general intelligence level of employees are at the very bottom of ANY business's list of priorities. Today businesses are employing mindless Zombies and other horrors to clearly side step the fact that they might have to pay an educated human being. If we are all going to survive this Apocalyptic hostile take over we might need to fire some torches and grab our pitchforks because clearly reason and logic are no longer viable weapons.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 7 March 2009 11:10:53 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[Home+Depot]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Zombie+Attack]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Zombies]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Education+in+Business]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<title>Selling Your Soul</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3021_Selling-Your-Soul.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I ran my first business when I was 8 years old, selling lemonade on the side of the road to thirsty suburban passer-bys. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Saturday, 7 March 2009 11:10:35 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[business+education]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<item>
<title>Creationists Celebrate as The Lord God Privatises Education</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3020_Creationists-Celebrate-as-The-Lord-God-Privatises-Education.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Should the state take responsibility for the education of its youth? Should children be taught a broad, well-rounded curriculum? Should children be educated on all areas of both fact and faith, rather than any form of religious bias? Should children be counted as individuals rather than statistics?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 March 2009 11:10:28 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[business+education]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<title>Tiny Bubbles, In the Wine...Ah, Screw It</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3012_Tiny-Bubbles-In-the-WineAh-Screw-It.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Opening a good bottle of wine can be a thrilling experience, or so I'm told. Most of my drinking time is spent swilling subpar varieties of beer and/or whiskey, so I’m afraid the subject of wine is a little outside my tiny realm of knowledge. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 27 February 2009 01:14:22 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<title>Taking the fear out of buying wine</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3011_Taking-the-fear-out-of-buying-wine.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Purchasing wine can be difficult at best if you do not know what you are looking for or where to look. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 27 February 2009 01:08:39 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[buy+wine]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[wine+choosing]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<title>Winey Vidi Vici – I Came, I Slurped, I Conquered</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3009_Winey-Vidi-Vici-I-Came-I-Slurped-I-Conquered.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Most people don’t know this but drinking wine can actually make you more intelligent. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 27 February 2009 01:06:56 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[wine+benefits]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[wine+health+benefits]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<title>The Day the Wine Rack Collapsed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3007_The-Day-the-Wine-Rack-Collapsed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[It all began when I decided to make root beer at home. It seemed easy and harmless, although no one in the family actually liked the stuff, and we never bought root beer at the market.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 27 February 2009 01:04:43 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[wine+making]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[wine+making+supplies]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<title>Sip and Savor, The Wonders of Wine</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_2998_Sip-and-Savor-The-Wonders-of-Wine.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Most people enjoy a nice wine; the smooth berry beverage essential within health and happiness.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 27 February 2009 01:01:57 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[wine+health]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[red+wine+health]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<title>Seeing, Swirling, Sniffing, Sipping, Savoring</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3008_Seeing-Swirling-Sniffing-Sipping-Savoring.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Don’t let the wine snobs fool you. With these five simple techniques, you will be able to sample the nectar of the Gods with complete confidence (as well as drink a lot of wine for free).]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 27 February 2009 12:59:38 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>Wine: the worst hangover ever</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3010_Wine-the-worst-hangover-ever.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The one thing I can tell you, with full knowledge, is that no matter how good, expensive, old, tasteful or rare a wine is, if you get hammered with it, the next day you’ll regret it so hardly that only a shot between the eyes would spare you from the pain and suffering. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 27 February 2009 12:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[wine+hangover]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
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<title>Is Barack Obama in league with the beast?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_2999_Is-Barack-Obama-in-league-with-the-beast.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Conspiracy theories are rife in this new century we live in. In the post-9/11 world it seems that everyone has a theory or has heard suspicious evidence that the U.S government - and even the governments of the world - are not what they appear to be. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 20 February 2009 10:37:32 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[new+world+order]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[illuminati+new+world+order]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[bohemian+grove]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>Obama may be dealing the cards, but I’m not playing with a full deck!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_3000_Obama-may-be-dealing-the-cards-but-Im-not-playing-with-a-full-deck.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama galvanized a large slice of the American pie, people who, for a long time, felt disenfranchised.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 20 February 2009 10:34:32 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[stimulus+package]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>Barak’s Crash Course In Economics</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_2990_Baraks-Crash-Course-In-Economics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Barak Obama is taking what may be the final exam in US Economics. The world is keeping score on and the United States will ultimately receive the grade.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 20 February 2009 10:31:17 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[obama+economic]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[obama+economic+policy]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>A president to laugh with, not to laugh at</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_3001_A-president-to-laugh-with-not-to-laugh-at.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Even with the worst crisis in the modern history, one thing everybody should agree is that the last eight years have provided more humorous material than any other presidential administration.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 20 February 2009 10:29:04 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
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<title>President Obama, Now What?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_3006_President-Obama-Now-What.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I like Obama. I’m a little ashamed to admit it, but one of the reasons I like him is the big ears. Having oversized ears myself, I guess I just naturally feel a kinship with the man. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 20 February 2009 10:27:26 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[obama+ears]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[ultimate+ears]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<title>Obama and the Liberal Personality</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_2995_Obama-and-the-Liberal-Personality.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Party loyalty and personality. Where does Obama rank?]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 20 February 2009 10:24:01 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[obama+liberal]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[obama+personality]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<title>Barack Obama and his connection to Abe Lincoln</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_2997_Barack-Obama-and-his-connection-to-Abe-Lincoln.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[It should not be a surprise that the next four years will be a never ending barrage of thoughts and opinions about Barack Obama.  After all, the man has broken through a barrier that we, as a nation, may have thought could not be done.  ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 20 February 2009 10:20:37 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[obama+lincoln]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[abe+lincoln]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[barack+obama]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>Obama Ushers In Environmentally - Friendly Era</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Agora/article_3005_Obama-Ushers-In-Environmentally---Friendly-Era.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama has proved during his first month in office that his environmental policies are radically different than those of his predecessor. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 20 February 2009 10:18:31 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[obama+environment]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[barack+environment]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Agora]]></category>
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<title>Death Associated Phenomena and near death experience</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_2977_Death-Associated-Phenomena-and-near-death-experience.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Having spent over 40 years examining, researching, and teaching in the field of Death & Dying (Thanatology), I prefer to classify the events for which people have such intense interest in a manner which goes beyond the simple focus on just the “Near Death Experience”, or NDE. Indeed, concentration on just the NDE detracts from a fuller understanding of the events as a whole.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 13 February 2009 10:36:22 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[nde]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[near+death+experiences]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[near+death]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>THE REAL CSI</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/No-Laughing/article_2985_THE-REAL-CSI.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[When a body is delivered to the morgue, the Coroner, or in many instances now known as the Medical Examiner, have to answer two questions. Firstly, how did the person die, and secondly, when did he or she die?]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 13 February 2009 10:35:54 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[No Laughing]]></category>
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<item>
<title>A Gentle Death</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_2975_A-Gentle-Death.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Should assisted suicide be legal?]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 13 February 2009 10:35:28 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[about+death]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+assisted+suicide]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+euthanasia]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[doctor+assisted+suicide]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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<title>Choose Death - for a better quality of life</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_2982_Choose-Death---for-a-better-quality-of-life.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[We have the legal right to push knitting needles into our eyes… so long as the intention is not to die from our injuries.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 13 February 2009 10:35:22 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[about+death]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[suicides]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[choosing+death]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<title>What Happens When Everyone You Love Dies?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_2983_What-Happens-When-Everyone-You-Love-Dies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Western civilization has one great taboo - death. We sweep it under the carpet with all the other dust bunnies in hopes it never mutates into something we will have to fight with a vacuum cleaner that shoots lasers. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 13 February 2009 10:35:17 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[about+death]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[death+stories]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<title>Finding joy and comfort after the death of a loved one</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_2994_Finding-joy-and-comfort-after-the-death-of-a-loved-one.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[For most people death is something that invokes fear, sadness and the idea that life is over and they will never be the same.  The idea of a loved one passing away is such a devastating idea that many talk about in hushed tones so as not to bring it on their family. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 13 February 2009 10:35:13 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[death+memorial]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[about+death]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[coping+with+death]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<title>Who cares how it happened, that’s one cool way to die!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_2993_Who-cares-how-it-happened-thats-one-cool-way-to-die.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I like the idea of death. Without it, we'd all be a lot worse off. It's like a giant eraser cleaning off a portion of the world’s slate ever day, making room for new drawings and words. Everybody's going to die; no free passes, no buying your way out of it…rich, poor, fat, thin, attractive, ugly, black, white, religious, heathens, we're all going down, it's just a matter of when, where and how. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 13 February 2009 10:35:03 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[death+date]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[tragic+death]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[death+cause]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<title>Death of a country</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_2991_Death-of-a-country.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Talking about death, we as writers tend to approach this topic associated with people or animals. 
But I want to discuss the slow and painful process of destroying an economy, a country and its people by a government that promised change and progress but just brought a big spoon of the same shit, with different flies.
]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 13 February 2009 10:33:56 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[Correa]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Ecuador]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Crisis]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Chauvin]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[+Simpsons]]></category>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<title>What would the world be like without death?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_2979_What-would-the-world-be-like-without-death.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scientifically, death is the final stage of a living organism.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 13 February 2009 10:33:52 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<title>Minorities in the USA</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/The-Orbit/article_2984_Minorities-in-the-USA.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[We, here in the USA and many countries worldwide, have heard that our new President, Barrack Obama is, "The first African-American" to be elected into office.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 6 February 2009 05:59:52 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[The Orbit]]></category>
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<title>The Three Amigos - Medals and Crimes against Humanity</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/In-The-Ring/article_2980_The-Three-Amigos---Medals-and-Crimes-against-Humanity.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Some people might have choked on their collective breakfasts when it was announced that former Prime Ministers Howard and Blair would receive US Freedom medals from now former President Bush.
The gesture of providing these two individuals with medals is as disgusting as it is evidence that the three accused human rights abusers have not learned one iota as to how Government leaders should behave as well as comply within the boundaries of International Laws and Conventions.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Friday, 6 February 2009 05:59:04 GMT</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[In The Ring]]></category>
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