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		<title>Tim Brando is an embarrassment to old white males everywhere</title>
		<link>http://scholarsandrogues.com/2013/05/01/tim-brando-is-an-embarrassment-to-old-white-males-everywhere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Otherwise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Brando, the sportscaster, tweeted this yesterday. Tim Brando ✔@TimBrando @CallMeG_Unit Simple Being a a Christian White male over 50 that&#8217;s raised a family means nothing in today&#8217;s culture. The sad truth. Period. He got the most flak for arguing that Collins isn’t a hero. Obviously, he feels disrespected and undervalued. But why? Tim graduated with [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scholarsandrogues.com&#038;blog=984378&#038;post=81479&#038;subd=scholarsandrogues&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does Tim Tebow get a free pass because he&#8217;s a moron?</title>
		<link>http://scholarsandrogues.com/2013/04/30/does-tim-tebow-get-a-free-pass-because-hes-a-moron/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Otherwise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the space of 24 hours, we&#8217;ve now heard three sports reporters finally come out and call Tebow stupid. There was the article yesterday that said that he was so dyslexic and ADD he couldn’t keep the letter-number sequence straight between leaving the huddle and reaching the line. Now dyslexia is one of those words [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scholarsandrogues.com&#038;blog=984378&#038;post=81457&#038;subd=scholarsandrogues&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Marathon bombing: can we at least speculate logically?</title>
		<link>http://scholarsandrogues.com/2013/04/17/boston-marathon-bombing-can-we-at-least-speculate-logicically/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime & Corruption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The speculation began before the smoke cleared: who was responsible for Monday&#8217;s terror attack at the Boston Marathon? What was their motive? Not only is it human to speculate, it&#8217;s just about impossible for us not to. We&#8217;re inherently theoretical animals, constantly seeking more informed and reliable ways of understanding and explaining (and predicting) how the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scholarsandrogues.com&#038;blog=984378&#038;post=81268&#038;subd=scholarsandrogues&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Marathon bombing: tragedy, bigotry and hope</title>
		<link>http://scholarsandrogues.com/2013/04/16/tragedy-bigotry-and-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Palombo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First and foremost, my thoughts are with Boston today. I hope your friends and family were as lucky as mine were to avoid any harm, and my prayers are with those who were not as lucky. Watching the news was horrific for anyone who turned on a television or browsed the Internet yesterday. But apart [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scholarsandrogues.com&#038;blog=984378&#038;post=81214&#038;subd=scholarsandrogues&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The devil is in the details: WHICH Christianity are we making the official state religion, exactly?</title>
		<link>http://scholarsandrogues.com/2013/04/07/a-modest-proposal-how-to-really-solve-the-churchstate-mess/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonesparkle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legislators in North Carolina recently introduced a bill to make Christianity the official state religion. That bill has now been turfed, but we can probably expect similar moves in the future. An Omnibus Poll, sponsored by YouGov.com and the Huffington Post, reveals just how far from the nation’s roots we have traveled on the subject [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scholarsandrogues.com&#038;blog=984378&#038;post=14414&#038;subd=scholarsandrogues&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Easter</title>
		<link>http://scholarsandrogues.com/2013/03/31/happy-easter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a few questions. If i have the story right, Jesus was crucified and then resurrected three days later. That is, Easter. Now that&#8217;s a neat trick and i suppose a good reason to celebrate &#8230; especially since he apparently didn&#8217;t resurrect zombie style and gnaw on the Apostles. Praise be that our Lord [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scholarsandrogues.com&#038;blog=984378&#038;post=80899&#038;subd=scholarsandrogues&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is there golf in heaven?</title>
		<link>http://scholarsandrogues.com/2013/03/22/is-there-golf-in-heaven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Scrogue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jerreigh Is there golf in heaven? If so, I wonder how I’ll play. Better, I hope. But not perfect. In the cartoons, golf in heaven means a hole-in-one every time. But what’s the fun in that? Will Tiger be able to play with Ben Hogan? Will I be able to join their foursome? Or [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scholarsandrogues.com&#038;blog=984378&#038;post=80758&#038;subd=scholarsandrogues&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Did the College of Cardinals foresee the Dirty War controversy?</title>
		<link>http://scholarsandrogues.com/2013/03/19/did-the-college-of-cardinals-foresee-the-dirty-war-controversy/</link>
		<comments>http://scholarsandrogues.com/2013/03/19/did-the-college-of-cardinals-foresee-the-dirty-war-controversy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Wellen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jorge Mario Bergoglio&#8217;s election to the papacy further tarnishes the position &#8212; and the Church. In a New York Times piece titled Starting a Papacy, Amid Echoes of a &#8216;Dirty War&#8217;, William Romeiro and Simon Neumann write: And last November, after the future pope’s tenure as head of the bishops’ conference had ended, the church [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scholarsandrogues.com&#038;blog=984378&#038;post=80704&#038;subd=scholarsandrogues&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>St. Patrick&#8217;s Day: wearing o&#8217; the black</title>
		<link>http://scholarsandrogues.com/2013/03/17/wearing-o-the-black/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally posted 3.17.08 and re-posted each St. Patrick&#8217;s Day. I won&#8217;t be wearing green today. Don&#8217;t get me wrong &#8211; like many Americans, I&#8217;ve got plenty of Irish blood in my veins, and I&#8217;m quite happy to celebrate that heritage. But this St. Patrick thing&#8230; Sadly, very few people have stopped to think about exactly [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scholarsandrogues.com&#038;blog=984378&#038;post=1768&#038;subd=scholarsandrogues&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The papal conclave IS a political event</title>
		<link>http://scholarsandrogues.com/2013/03/12/the-conclave-is-a-political-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Palombo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the cardinals and priests filed into the Vatican for the impending conclave and new Pope-picking, a few things caught my attention in MSNBC’s coverage of the event: The organ music that they use in their commercial bumpers sounds a lot like Percy Sledge’s “When A Man Loves a Woman.” Which, if you think about [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scholarsandrogues.com&#038;blog=984378&#038;post=80565&#038;subd=scholarsandrogues&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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