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	<title>Comments on: Open Thread #48:  Talk about Clinton-Obama here if you must</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon,  7 Jul 2008 05:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Arghaeri</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/04/23/open-thread-48-talk-about-clinton-obama-here-if-you-must/#comment-150398</link>
		<dc:creator>Arghaeri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#68 Likewise, we thought we'd cleverly dumped Cowell on the unsuspecting US public only to have the American version of the show sold back to the UK.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#68 Likewise, we thought we&#8217;d cleverly dumped Cowell on the unsuspecting US public only to have the American version of the show sold back to the UK.</p>
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		<title>By: Sonagi</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/04/23/open-thread-48-talk-about-clinton-obama-here-if-you-must/#comment-150191</link>
		<dc:creator>Sonagi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;If you force us to take back Simon Cowell we may have to retaliate by sending Madonna back to the US.&lt;/i&gt;

Wouldn't make much difference.  She's still in the news here.  This month she 'graces' the covers of two magazines.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>If you force us to take back Simon Cowell we may have to retaliate by sending Madonna back to the US.</i></p>
<p>Wouldn&#8217;t make much difference.  She&#8217;s still in the news here.  This month she &#8216;graces&#8217; the covers of two magazines.</p>
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		<title>By: bumfromkorea</title>
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		<dc:creator>bumfromkorea</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24335263

Did anyone in Seoul see anything today regarding this?</description>
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<p>Did anyone in Seoul see anything today regarding this?</p>
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		<title>By: Arghaeri</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/04/23/open-thread-48-talk-about-clinton-obama-here-if-you-must/#comment-150152</link>
		<dc:creator>Arghaeri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Baduk/Brendon,

If you force us to take back Simon Cowell we may have to retaliate by sending Madonna back to the US.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Baduk/Brendon,</p>
<p>If you force us to take back Simon Cowell we may have to retaliate by sending Madonna back to the US.</p>
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		<title>By: Arghaeri</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/04/23/open-thread-48-talk-about-clinton-obama-here-if-you-must/#comment-150151</link>
		<dc:creator>Arghaeri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"California, which would be the 5th or 6th largest economy in the world if it were an independent country."

Out of interest would the US still rank as number 1, if California were an independent country?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;California, which would be the 5th or 6th largest economy in the world if it were an independent country.&#8221;</p>
<p>Out of interest would the US still rank as number 1, if California were an independent country?</p>
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		<title>By: pasha</title>
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		<dc:creator>pasha</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not sure if this is worth posting about on the Hole, but apparently South Korea is going to start using cloned dogs for drug-sniffing duty:

Chosunilbo link:
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200804/200804180023.html

Associated Press link:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/24/news/SKorea-Cloned-Dogs.php

Hmm. Any idea of how the "Defector Dog Training Center" in Incheon got its name?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not sure if this is worth posting about on the Hole, but apparently South Korea is going to start using cloned dogs for drug-sniffing duty:</p>
<p>Chosunilbo link:<br />
<a href="http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200804/200804180023.html" rel="nofollow">http://english.chosun.com/w21d.....80023.html</a></p>
<p>Associated Press link:<br />
<a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/24/news/SKorea-Cloned-Dogs.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.iht.com/articles/ap.....d-Dogs.php</a></p>
<p>Hmm. Any idea of how the &#8220;Defector Dog Training Center&#8221; in Incheon got its name?</p>
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		<title>By: dogbert</title>
		<link>http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/04/23/open-thread-48-talk-about-clinton-obama-here-if-you-must/#comment-149988</link>
		<dc:creator>dogbert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does it really matter whether someone knows Nokia is based in Finland? Or that LG is Korean? Should our schools teach "corporate geography"?

What if someone knows POSCO is a Korean firm, but doesn't know that the majority of its shares are not held by Koreans?

And baduk, you still didn't get McCain's joke, though granted, he has the delivery and comic timing of an autistic monkey.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does it really matter whether someone knows Nokia is based in Finland? Or that LG is Korean? Should our schools teach &#8220;corporate geography&#8221;?</p>
<p>What if someone knows POSCO is a Korean firm, but doesn&#8217;t know that the majority of its shares are not held by Koreans?</p>
<p>And baduk, you still didn&#8217;t get McCain&#8217;s joke, though granted, he has the delivery and comic timing of an autistic monkey.</p>
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		<title>By: Nappunsaram</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nappunsaram</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was torn between Obama and Clinton for the primary, but in the end, I went with Hillary because Obama doesn't know what he's doing.  He has these plans that sound great, but they don't actually DO anything.  

For example, it sounds GREAT to hear him say that he will make it illegal for health insurance companies to deny people coverage with pre-existing conditions.  Guess what?  It already is illegal!  They'll insure you, you just won't be able to afford it.  And if he "makes it illegal,"  all the insurance companies will do is raise the premiums again to save their profit margins.  Great solution.  Way to think outside of the box.

Most of his economic plans have no basis in reality.  But he does sound nice when he talks.

I'm waiting for the day when we'll just hear a candidate's plans and ideas and go about our business based on that instead of who had less mud and blood on their hands.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was torn between Obama and Clinton for the primary, but in the end, I went with Hillary because Obama doesn&#8217;t know what he&#8217;s doing.  He has these plans that sound great, but they don&#8217;t actually DO anything.  </p>
<p>For example, it sounds GREAT to hear him say that he will make it illegal for health insurance companies to deny people coverage with pre-existing conditions.  Guess what?  It already is illegal!  They&#8217;ll insure you, you just won&#8217;t be able to afford it.  And if he &#8220;makes it illegal,&#8221;  all the insurance companies will do is raise the premiums again to save their profit margins.  Great solution.  Way to think outside of the box.</p>
<p>Most of his economic plans have no basis in reality.  But he does sound nice when he talks.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m waiting for the day when we&#8217;ll just hear a candidate&#8217;s plans and ideas and go about our business based on that instead of who had less mud and blood on their hands.</p>
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		<title>By: Linkd</title>
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		<dc:creator>Linkd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The company's based in Australia. That's where we ship the ugly ones.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The company&#8217;s based in Australia. That&#8217;s where we ship the ugly ones.</p>
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		<title>By: hardyandtoiny</title>
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		<dc:creator>hardyandtoiny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Every open thread has a post asking why KoreanCupid doesn't have an attractive Korean woman in its advert banner.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every open thread has a post asking why KoreanCupid doesn&#8217;t have an attractive Korean woman in its advert banner.</p>
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