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		<title>Obama sets goal of fake Mars landing in 10 years</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/07/obama-sets-goal-of-fake-mars-landing-in-10-years/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/07/obama-sets-goal-of-fake-mars-landing-in-10-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (TheSkunk.org) -- President Obama today outlined his new direction for the space program by setting the goal of faking a landing on the surface of Mars by the end of the decade.
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		<title>I Can&#8217;t Believe it&#8217;s Not Semen</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/07/9295/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/07/9295/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You Won't Believe Your Mouth!]]></description>
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		<title>Murder-Suicide attempt thwarted when suspect kills himself first</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/07/murder-suicide-attempt-thwarted-when-suspect-kills-himself-first/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/07/murder-suicide-attempt-thwarted-when-suspect-kills-himself-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[foiled murder]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE (TheSkunk.org) -- The plans of a disgruntled accountant to kill his co-workers with a handgun and then take his own life were foiled Thursday, when the distraught and confused sociopath mistakenly pulled the trigger on himself first.]]></description>
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		<title>Massive water spill contaminates oil reserves</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/07/massive-water-spill-contaminates-oil-reserves/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/07/massive-water-spill-contaminates-oil-reserves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oil Spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean up]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sparkletts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[TORRANCE, CA (TheSkunk.org) -- An underground water channel drilled into by the Sparkletts company burst open Saturday night, releasing millions of gallons of pure, crystal clear H2O into the oil reserves at the nearby ExxonMobil refinery.]]></description>
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		<title>Mel Gibson to Head RNC</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/07/mel-gibson-to-head-rnc/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/07/mel-gibson-to-head-rnc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Political P.U.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mel gibson]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theskunk.org/?p=9187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a survey taken shortly after Gibson's infamous phone tirades against his ex-girlfriend were made public, 83% of RNC members said they "strongly admired" the epithet-spouting Oscar-winning actor.]]></description>
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		<title>Palin proposes &#8216;Mound of Mexicans&#8217; to stop oil leak</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/07/palin-proposes-mound-of-mexicans-to-stop-oil-leak/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/07/palin-proposes-mound-of-mexicans-to-stop-oil-leak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[blowout preventer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASILLA, AK -- Sarah Palin submitted a proposal today to stop illegal immigration and the oil spill at the same time by using those who have entered this country unlawfully to form a giant "Mound of Mexicans," large enough to plug the leak.]]></description>
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		<title>Heterosexual Couple to Adopt Gay Baby</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/heterosexual-couple-to-adopt-gay-baby/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/heterosexual-couple-to-adopt-gay-baby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRENTON, NJ (TheSkunk.org) -- Unable to conceive their own homosexual child, a straight married couple is seeking to adopt a gay baby, according to state authorities.]]></description>
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		<title>BP CEO assures public his salary will not be affected by spill</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/bp-ceo-assures-public-his-salary-will-not-be-affected-by-spill/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/bp-ceo-assures-public-his-salary-will-not-be-affected-by-spill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS (TheSkunk.org) -- In a television commercial to be aired later this week, BP CEO Tony Hayward reassures the American people that his corporate compensation package will not be affected "in any way" by the oil spill.]]></description>
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		<title>Increase in Contract Killings Sign of Economic Recovery</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/increase-in-contract-killings-sign-of-economic-recovery/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/increase-in-contract-killings-sign-of-economic-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[business degree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contract killing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[murder for hire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (TheSkunk.org) -- A new study conducted by the U.S. Department of Commerce shows a connection between an increase in contract killings -- so-called "murders for hire" -- and the latest upward tick in the economy.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama urges citizens to hearken back to the Obama of 2008</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/obama-urges-citizens-to-hearken-back-to-the-obama-of-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/obama-urges-citizens-to-hearken-back-to-the-obama-of-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2000 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 campaign]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FENTON, IL (TheSkunk.org) -- In a commencement address before 300 graduating high school seniors, President Obama urged Americans to recall with fondness the era of his presidential campaign of 2008, which he referred to as "good times for all."]]></description>
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		<title>BP opens its first new gas station since oil spill</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/bp-opens-its-first-new-gas-station-since-oil-spill/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/bp-opens-its-first-new-gas-station-since-oil-spill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theskunk.org/?p=8926</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BP shows off the first new gas station it built in the aftermath of its oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico.]]></description>
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		<title>New iPhone &#8216;Just makes Calls&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/new-iphone-just-makes-calls/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/new-iphone-just-makes-calls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs released details of Apple's newest generation iPhone today, astounding techies around the world when it was revealed the device only has only two functions.]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Bird Falls Victim to Oil Spill</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/twitter-bird-falls-victim-to-oil-spill/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/twitter-bird-falls-victim-to-oil-spill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oil Spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dead twitter bird]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The oil-soaked body of  the Twitter Bird, the iconic logo for the popular  social networking site, was found on a beach in Louisiana on Friday.]]></description>
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		<title>Charges against Charlie Sheen dismissed by Judge who is huge fan of &#8216;Two and a Half Men&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/charges-against-charlie-sheen-dismissed-by-judge-who-is-huge-fan-of-two-and-a-half-men/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/charges-against-charlie-sheen-dismissed-by-judge-who-is-huge-fan-of-two-and-a-half-men/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theskunk.org/?p=8807</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Domestic violence charges against actor Charlie Sheen were thrown out Wednesday, when the judge presiding over the case realized the defendant is the actor who portrays Charlie Harper on the hit CBS series "Two and a Half Men."
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		<title>BP to build museum dedicated to species it destroyed</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/bp-to-build-museum-dedicated-to-species-it-destroyed/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/bp-to-build-museum-dedicated-to-species-it-destroyed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[marine life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORT FOURCHON, LA (TheSkunk.org) -- BP announced today it will spend $50 million to build a museum dedicated to the plants and animals that have become extinct as a result of the company's disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.]]></description>
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		<title>Al-Qaeda&#8217;s Number Four Promoted to Number Three</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/al-qaedas-number-four-promoted-to-number-three/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/06/al-qaedas-number-four-promoted-to-number-three/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD --  After the United States announced the killing of Al Qaeda's "Number Three" leader, Mustafa Ahmed Muhammad Uthman Abu al-Yazid, the organization quickly named a successor.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama sets timetable for War on Poverty</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/05/obama-sets-timetable-for-war-on-poverty/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/05/obama-sets-timetable-for-war-on-poverty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 00:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editors, The Skunk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Declaring that the United States will not commit itself to another unending, unwinnable conflict, President Obama today called for a complete withdrawal from the War on Poverty within 18 months.
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		<title>Oil Spill: Gas-X to the Rescue</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/05/oil-spill-gas-x-to-the-rescue/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/05/oil-spill-gas-x-to-the-rescue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 17:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In its latest attempt stop the unending flow of pressurized petroleum that has been spewing uncontrollably into the Gulf of Mexico, BP announced today it will inject 500 million bottles of Gas-X tablets into the well. ]]></description>
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		<title>Spilled oil was destined for gas station in Iowa</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/05/spilled-oil-was-destined-for-gas-station-in-iowa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 18:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES -- BP informed the public on Wednesday that the millions of barrels of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico were destined for a single gas station in Kimbalton, Iowa. ]]></description>
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		<title>Enormous mayonnaise spill threatens Lake Michigan</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/05/enormous-mayonnaise-spill-threatens-lake-michigan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 05:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vast amounts of mayonnaise continue to spill into Lake Michigan after an explosion at the Kraft Foods factory blasted a hole in a pipeline used to manufacture the sandwich spread. ]]></description>
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		<title>CNN &#8216;Race Study&#8217; Draws Criticism</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/05/cnn-race-study-draws-criticism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 22:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent CNN study into the racial preferences of children stirs controversy.]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian goose who survived collision with US Airways Flight 1549 dies in Gulf spill</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/05/canadian-goose-who-survived-collision-with-us-airways-flight-1549-dies-in-gulf-spill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 20:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A four-year-old Canada goose, who nearly died in a bird strike when his flock was vaporized in the engine of an Airbus A320-214 that crash-landed in the Hudson River in 2009, was found dead of oil poisoning on the Louisiana shoreline.
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		<title>Arizona to lower concrete boxes over illegal immigrants</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/05/arizona-to-lower-concrete-boxes-over-illegal-immigrants/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/05/arizona-to-lower-concrete-boxes-over-illegal-immigrants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 18:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona lawmakers today enacted legislation giving local police permission to lower thousands of 100-ton containers directly over the heads of suspected illegal immigrants.]]></description>
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		<title>Oprah to be lowered onto oil pipe to cap spill</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/05/oprah-to-be-lowered-onto-oil-pipe-to-cap-spill/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/05/oprah-to-be-lowered-onto-oil-pipe-to-cap-spill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 23:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VENICE, Louisiana – Saying it was her way of giving back to the American people for "allowing me to live my dream,” Oprah Winfrey has agreed to be lowered onto a broken oil pipe on the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico that has been spewing thousands of barrels of toxic crude into the ocean on a daily basis.]]></description>
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		<title>NASA successfully crashes telescope into Earth</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/04/nasa-successfully-crashes-telescope-into-the-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALICE SPRINGS, Australia -- Scientists at NASA successfully completed their mission to verify the gravitational pull of an expensive item when dropped from high in the air.
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		<title>Betty White to portray Brittany Murphy in bio-pic</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/04/betty-white-to-portray-brittany-murphy-in-bio-pic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOLLYWOOD -- Betty White has been tapped to play the part of Brittany Murphy in a motion picture docudrama about the late actress. The 88-year-old White said she was thrilled to be cast in the role, and will do her best to breathe life into the character.]]></description>
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		<title>Travel industry encourages poor to take more vacations</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/04/travel-industry-encourages-poor-to-take-vacations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- A report issued today by the United States Census Bureau revealed that poor Americans are not going on vacation nearly as often as their wealthy counterparts.]]></description>
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		<title>GOP introduces &#8216;Minority Rules&#8217; bill</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/04/gop-introduces-minority-rules-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["The Democrats have controlled Congress with their elected majorities for too long," declared Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. "With the passage of 'Minority Rules,' our party's failed strategies on financial reform and deregulation of commerce and industry will become the law of the land."]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican naval forces sink shipload of condoms</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/04/vatican-naval-forces-sink-shipload-of-condoms/</link>
		<comments>http://theskunk.org/2010/04/vatican-naval-forces-sink-shipload-of-condoms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict ordered his heavily armed battleship, the SS Holy Ghost, to fire at the merchant ship, after learning that its cargo would prevent thousands of unwanted pregnancies and the spread of AIDS -- the deadly scurge God sent to Earth to force homosexuals into the clergy.]]></description>
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		<title>Disney cigarettes debut at Magic Kingdom</title>
		<link>http://theskunk.org/2010/04/disney-cigarettes-debut-at-magic-kingdom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fans of Walt Disney will now have the opportunity to smoke the very same tobacco that took the life of their beloved hero.]]></description>
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