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		<title>Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!</title>
		<link>http://mezzemuff.com/2009/12/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Van Sieve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you take the word &#8220;merry&#8221; and trace its roots, you might find it implies not only joy and happiness but it also alludes to being a bit tipsy or drunk. I, for one, have no problem with that at all &#8212; and so I wish you all the Merriest of Christmases!
May the New Year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France Calls The Church Of Scientology Out On Fraud &#8211; Shows More Balls Than USA Against Sects?</title>
		<link>http://mezzemuff.com/2009/10/france-calls-the-church-of-scientology-out-on-fraud-shows-more-balls-than-usa-against-sects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Van Sieve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a BBC News report, France has convicted the Church of Scientology on fraud charges in the country and is seeking to ban the organization from operating there.
The French government refuses to recognize the Church of Scientology as a real religion and instead classifies it as a sect. The allegation is the the organization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Los Angeles County Wildfire Satellite Photos</title>
		<link>http://mezzemuff.com/2009/09/los-angeles-county-wildfire-satellite-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Van Sieve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mezzemuff.com/?p=113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t live in Los Angeles County &#8211; in fact I don&#8217;t even live in California &#8211; but it&#8217;s hard not to get a little bit interested in their seasonal wildfires. They seem to be very frequent and create significant media buzz. These fires scorch hundreds of thousands of acres of forest land in Califormia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religion/Politics</title>
		<link>http://mezzemuff.com/2009/07/religionpolitics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Van Sieve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mezzemuff.com/?p=100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I was driving to work and a few things occurred to me about the subject matter and authors of stories in the bible.
Firstly, there was no separation between politics and religion in ancient times. They were one and the same. Governments, ethnic groups, tribes, etc all were governed by the laws of their religions. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Screw Wall Street</title>
		<link>http://mezzemuff.com/2009/02/screw-wall-street/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Van Sieve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mezzemuff.com/?p=73</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every single day the headlines deliver more news about the stock market &#8220;plummeting&#8221; based on investor panic, investor disappointment in some thing or another or lack of investor confidence. What a load of bullshit.

Even though I have quite a bit of money tied up in the stock market myself, I&#8217;m going to say this: FUCK [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al Zawahiri: Much Ado About Nothing</title>
		<link>http://mezzemuff.com/2008/12/al-zawahiri-much-ado-about-nothin/</link>
		<comments>http://mezzemuff.com/2008/12/al-zawahiri-much-ado-about-nothin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Van Sieve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpts from the comment thread for Jamal Dajani&#8217;s article titled &#8220;Al Zawahiri: Much Ado About Nothing&#8221; on The Huffinton Post website:
&#8230;Al Zawahiri is a hate-monger and a cancer to the people of the earth. Despite your claim that most people in the Arab world no longer listen to him, there are still suicide bombings on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysian National Fatwa Council Issues Edict Against Yoga</title>
		<link>http://mezzemuff.com/2008/11/malaysian-national-fatwa-council-issues-edict-against-yoga/</link>
		<comments>http://mezzemuff.com/2008/11/malaysian-national-fatwa-council-issues-edict-against-yoga/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Van Sieve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, the Malaysian Muslim ruling body is taking issue with the age-old practice of yoga. Sighting Hindu spiritual elements as corrupting influences upon Muslim faith, the council has proclaimed that it&#8217;s inappropriate for Muslims to practice the exercises.
Even yoga practices that don&#8217;t include religious chanting or mediation has been condemned in the fatwa.

Perhaps the real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Ayman al-Zawahri,</title>
		<link>http://mezzemuff.com/2008/11/dear-ayman-al-zawahri/</link>
		<comments>http://mezzemuff.com/2008/11/dear-ayman-al-zawahri/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Van Sieve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fuck you, you bigotted, tiny-brained, hate-mongering, criminal bastard.
&#8220;America, the criminal, trespassing crusader, continues to be the same as ever, so we must continue to harm it, in order for it to come to its senses,&#8221; Zawahri said, addressing Muslims across the world.
&#8220;Its criminal, expansionist crusader project in your lands has only been neutralized by the [...]]]></description>
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