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	<title>Anna Raccoon &#187; Reflections</title>
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	<description>A jaundiced view of the mainstream media.</description>
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		<title>I was wrong</title>
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		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/i-was-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not, not something you see every day: Dog wanted me to have sex with it &#8211; accused By Shellee Geduld A Cape Town man has appeared in court for allegedly having sex with his neighbour&#8217;s poodle. Anthony Julies appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate&#8217;s Court yesterday where he faces charges of bestiality. The charges relate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shocked, I tell you, shocked!</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/shocked-i-tell-you-shocked/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/shocked-i-tell-you-shocked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I see the police in New Zealand are shocked at the behaviour of young people again. Apparently, a bunch of youths who like something slightly unusual and a bit risky have filmed themselves doing something entirely legal. Shown the video, amazed police officers in Auckland described their actions as &#8220;incredibly stupid&#8221; and &#8220;idiotic&#8221;. Superintendent John [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divide et impera</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/divide-et-impera/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/divide-et-impera/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never cease to be amazed by the repeated victories of, and lack of response to, the New Puritanism. It seems curious to me that a society as tolerant as the British is, and has been for centuries, will allow such trampling on the rights of people to do what they want to do with [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stoning</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/stoning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/stoning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am so flummoxed by this horror that I can&#8217;t really find anything useful to say, other than please read it and do whatever thing you can, be it great or small, to try and stop this.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8230; and Rock and Roll</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/and-rock-and-roll/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/and-rock-and-roll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Partly inspired by the fact that we&#8217;ve already had sex and drugs this week and partly inspired by &#8220;The Woodsongs Old-time Radio Hour&#8220;, I was reflecting on the change in music. The Woodsongs Old-time Radio Hour features a wide and interesting selection of very talented musicians performing all sorts of incredible virtuosity on musical instruments [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>A thought on making sandwiches</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/a-thought-on-making-sandwiches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/a-thought-on-making-sandwiches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s discussion about sandwiches got me thinking. Every once in a while, I get tired of pre-bought sandwiches and decide to start making them myself. And every time it starts off so well: I head off to Tesburys and buy a nice seeded loaf, a small selection of cold meats, cheese, lettuce, tomato, peppers and, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Whitehaven</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/whitehaven/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/whitehaven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t help but think of Dunblane when I heard of the news. I wonder what the knee-jerk reaction of the government will be this time? Will the huntin&#8217;, shootin&#8217; and fishin&#8217; Tories look around at the thousands of Tory voters who use shotguns and rifles with due care and attention and who never kill [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>36</slash:comments>
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		<title>More Global Hot Air!</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/more-global-hot-air/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/more-global-hot-air/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 16:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Raccoon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bonita norris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[himalaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[melting glaciers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mount everest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mount Everest is becoming increasingly dangerous to climb because global warming is melting glacier ice along its slopes, according to a Nepalese Sherpa who has conquered the world’s highest summit 20 times. Gosh! It must be getting tough up there, even the world&#8217;s most experienced climbers are blanching at the task ahead of them&#8230;.. But [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Vendetta</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/vendetta/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/vendetta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 12:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The hot-headed Italians are famous for their ability to bear a grudge. For generation after generation, children are raised to understand that the people next door are the family&#8217;s sworn enemy. And they&#8217;ve been like that since, well, forever. Indeed, one of The Bard&#8217;s most famous tragedies revolves around two children who can&#8217;t reconcile their [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>39</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Royal Society &#8211; going downhill fast</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/the-royal-society-going-downhill-fast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/the-royal-society-going-downhill-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 06:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems to me this once august and revered institution is having its feet greased again. Fresh from its contentious and uncritical (and remarkably un-skeptical) adoption of IPCC dogma on &#8220;anthropogenic climate change&#8221;, it is putting forward only one candidate (Sir Paul Nurse) for coronation by universal acclaim. Does this remind you of any other [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dying to get home?</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/dying-to-get-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/dying-to-get-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.annaraccoon.com/?p=8283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s very rare indeed that I would endorse a centralised EU response to a problem. Europe&#8217;s air industry has called for an urgent review of flight bans imposed because of volcanic ash from Iceland. The bodies representing most European airlines and airports have questioned the need for the unprecedented curbs, which affect millions of travellers. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Volcanic eruptions</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/volcanic-eruptions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/volcanic-eruptions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.annaraccoon.com/?p=8219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s surprising who&#8217;s been affected by this disaster, really: The eruption of Iceland&#8217;s Eyjafjallajokull volcano has closed airports and canceled flights in Europe, leading to the suspension of equine frozen semen shipments at the height of the breeding season. Jamie Anderson of Equine Reproduction in Berkshire, England, said that his and other companies are having [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>In the land of the blind &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/in-the-land-of-the-blind/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/in-the-land-of-the-blind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; the one-eyed snake is king: A pornographic magazine for the blind has been launched &#8211; complete with explicit text and raised pictures of naked men and women. Among the 17 raised images include a naked woman in a &#8216;disco pose&#8217;, a woman with &#8216;perfect breasts&#8217; and a &#8216;male love robot&#8217;. Apparently, the rather disturbing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>How will greens cope?</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/how-will-greens-cope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/how-will-greens-cope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[About five minutes after the human race stopped burning yak pats for heating and cooking purposes, some bright spark started panicking about how we would cope when we ran out of electrons, or oil, or neutrons or &#8230; An entire industry of doomsayers and party-poopers sprang up out of concern for our survival, keen to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>De wordz iz hard, innit?</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/de-wordz-iz-hard-innit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/de-wordz-iz-hard-innit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.annaraccoon.com/?p=7985</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every so often, something so completely revolutionary, so paradigm-shifting comes along that you really just cannot imagine how society will continue to function in future. And today, today of all days, such a revolution has occurred. The rules of word game Scrabble are being changed for the first time in its history to allow the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Suffer the children</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/suffer-the-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/suffer-the-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bulger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[venables]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m straying somewhat outside my area of expertise here, but bear with me. Apparently, the genii responsible for all critical thought in this country have been thinking on our behalf again: Calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 have been rejected by the government. England&#8217;s children&#8217;s commissioner Maggie Atkinson had [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s 8 AM, do you know where your daughter is?</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/where-is-your-daughter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/where-is-your-daughter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reflections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teen sex]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s rare that I see something that makes me positively queasy, but this little snippet certainly managed it: Although a rise in teenage pregnancy rates is no longer a big issue in western society, a new trend is emerging in England and Wales regarding early conception that would still shock Britons. According to data from [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Having kids at 14????</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/uncategorized/kids-at-14/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/uncategorized/kids-at-14/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Smudd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hilary mantel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Booker Prize-winning novelist celebrated for her ‘ability to inhabit her characters’ has revealed in an interview that she considers 14-year old girls to be mature enough to have babies.  Yeah, right. The novelist is Hilary Mantel.  She is 57 and childless, having had, for medical reasons, an hysterectomy aged 27.  She states in an [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Back where he belongs?</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/back-where-he-belongs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/back-where-he-belongs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thaddeus J. Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were many aspects of the Jamie Bulger killing that I found entirely incomprehensible: from the video footage showing the boys leading Jamie out of the shops by the hand to what happened subsequently to the very idea that these two people could be released back into society. Surely, someone capable of such behaviour at [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Saul on Sunday.</title>
		<link>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/saul-on-sunday-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/saul-on-sunday-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saul - Cub reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bridge Over Troubled Waters Much has been said recently about the antics of professional footballers. John Terry and his alleged affair with his team-mate Wayne Bridge&#8217;s former girlfriend. Ashley Cole and alleged saucy texts to various models, which has led to his wife Cheryl Cole announcing their separation in a blaze of publicity. Not to [...]]]></description>
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