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	<description>Moving through time and overthinking every minute of it.</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Obamas 95% Illusion - WSJ.com</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/10/13/obamas-95-illusion-wsjcom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Obama tax cut plan democrats republicans politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Its all about getting elected - this won&#8217;t stimulate the economy - it will kill productivity. Reminds me of the nice Greek neighbor I met when visiting the family house in Lemnos. He was &#34;on disability&#34; so he worked the land for food and collected his disability check (he was technically a construction worker). It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank Merger&#8217;s continue with Wachovia next?</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/09/29/bank-mergers-continue-with-wachovia-next/</link>
		<comments>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/09/29/bank-mergers-continue-with-wachovia-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

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Several factors are behind the shakeout in banking. But the overarching reason is that bankers, governments, investors and customers simply have lost faith in the lending system on a number of fronts.
A potential new area of concern is the speed with which retail bank customers are moving deposits, sometimes by using the Internet, challenging the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bailout Plan Gains Key Support - WSJ.com</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/09/28/bailout-plan-gains-key-support-wsjcom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/09/28/bailout-plan-gains-key-support-wsjcom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bailout Plan Gains Key Support - WSJ.com
Thank goodness!
Lets get this done and move on. &#160; Further:Real Time Economics : Believe It or Not, Bailout Won&#8217;t Substantially Expand the Deficit
In&#160;congressional testimony earlier this week,&#160;Peter Orszag, director of the nonpartisan&#160;Congressional Budget Office, told lawmakers that the program should be treated on net-expected-cost basis. The cost wouldn&#8217;t be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rights Group Accuses Hezbollah of Indiscriminate Attacks on Civilians in Israel War - New York Times</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/09/27/rights-group-accuses-hezbollah-of-indiscriminate-attacks-on-civilians-in-israel-war-new-york-times/</link>
		<comments>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/09/27/rights-group-accuses-hezbollah-of-indiscriminate-attacks-on-civilians-in-israel-war-new-york-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Rights Group Accuses Hezbollah of Indiscriminate Attacks on Civilians in Israel War - New York Times &#8220;The fact that more Israeli civilians didn&#8217;t die is not a tribute to Hezbollah but a tribute to Israeli bomb shelters,&#8221; Ms. Whitson said. &#8220;The point we&#8217;re making is that even though they say &#8216;only 43 Israeli civilians were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>monaco</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/09/21/monaco/</link>
		<comments>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/09/21/monaco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Activities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Monaco]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Monte Carlo]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[vacation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings from Monaco. This is a beautiful country. Tiny, clean and royal. Everybody looks like a movie star (maybe they are) yachts the size of cruise ships, cars as fast as jets with names like ferrari, lambrogini, bently, porshe, and everything else is a benz or fiat. We are staying on my company&#8217;s dime so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maia Charanis -</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/09/09/maia-charanis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/09/09/maia-charanis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Maia Charanis -The Website for the Bat Mitzvah
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		<title>Display Preferences on the Mac OS X system</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/09/05/display-preferences-on-the-mac-os-x-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/09/05/display-preferences-on-the-mac-os-x-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Computer Hardware]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;Screen preference in the Mac OS X:
To change your screen resolution. Launch the System Preferences application or choose System Preferences from the apple menu in the upper left hand corner.&#160;

Then choose Displays:

Best way is to detect displays - it should give you the optimal resolution for your monitor. &#160;This is also useful if you have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New iPod&#8217;s on the way!</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/09/03/new-ipods-on-the-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/09/03/new-ipods-on-the-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gadgets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mark you calenders for Sept 8 as Apple says &#34;Let&#8217;s Rock.&#34; in a special event to probably announce new iPods that are cheaper, and re-designed.&#160; Per CNN/Money:

Apple executives in the past have said that the future of iPods lies in more powerful devices able to connect wirelessly to the Internet, rather than standalone entertainment gadgets. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Politics - sparring on VP&#8217;s again, isn&#8217;t this about the President?</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/08/31/485/</link>
		<comments>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/08/31/485/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[biden]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mccain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[men]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[palin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stupid decisions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;My bile is up - I have to post this here as I have in other people&#8217;s face-book (my mom and sister, oye)!
Vice in GoGo Boots was the article I commented on: &#160;&#160;That was a really stupid editorial. The Times continues to go down-hill. If you can&#8217;t look for good here you don&#8217;t get it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Brackets (Federal Income Tax Rates) 2000 through 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/08/30/tax-brackets-federal-income-tax-rates-2000-through-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.i-rant.org/2008/08/30/tax-brackets-federal-income-tax-rates-2000-through-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Charanis</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[income tax]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[presidential race]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From 2000 to 2002 most brackets dropped by one percent, and there was a new low bracket added for the	 &#34;lucky duckies&#34; at the very bottom. In 2003 most brackets got an additional cut of two percent with a special gift for the &#34;other&#34; lucky duckies, the ones at the top. But note that the [...]]]></description>
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