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		<title>The Wire Quotes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the great pseudo docu drama TV series 'The Wire' (2002-2008) on HBO is known as a critically acclaimed series that never really got is props for telling a real story about the socio-economics and ganglife of inner-city Baltimore.



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		<title>Racism Workplace Etiquette</title>
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Racial Situations in the Workplace
<p>An interesting take on how one can use racist attitudes to one&#8217;s advantage &#8211; they hit some things dead on, some they missed, entertaining nonetheless.</p>


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		<title>King Corn</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">King Corn</span></span></div>
<div>Corn and America&#8217;s Obsession</div>
<p>KING CORN tells the story of two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. As the film unfolds, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends&#8230;</p>


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		<title>I Don&#8217;t Know her anymore &#8230; (that&#8217;s a good thing)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>I Don&#8217;t Know Her Anymore &#8230; (That&#8217;s a good thing)</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size:85%;">Discourse: <em>change, history, adaptation </em> Type:<em> poetic style</em></span>  
<p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">I</span></strong> was told all about her;<br />
Her nasty past &#8211; filled with chains, whips, confinement, guns;</p>
<p>She was troubled;<br</p></div><p>&#8230;</p>


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		<title>Super D&#8217;s &amp; Bill Clinton</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 02:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>d dot b</dc:creator>
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<p><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;">Super Delegates &#38; Bill Clinton</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;">The Power, and the Questions the Super D&#8217;s must ask</span></p>
<p>This Democratic race between Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hilary Clinton is a nasty contest; as both candidates are fighting to secure&#8230;</p>


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		<title>Black Like Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Black Like Me</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;">Virtues: race, distinction, etiology</span></p>
<p>Black like me, like who? Whether your background is Caribbean, American, or African, if you are black you share traits – people look at you with common expectations.  However, amongst&#8230;</p>


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		<title>Tip What, Pt 2</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinbmajor.com/2007/11/25/tip-what-pt-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>d dot b</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class='series_toc'><h3>Table of contents for Tip What?</h3><ol><li><a href='http://www.lifeinbmajor.com/2006/10/18/tip-what/' title='Tip What?'>Tip What?</a></li><li>Tip What, Pt 2</li><li><a href='http://www.lifeinbmajor.com/2009/03/04/tip-what-pt4-when-to-tip/' title='Tip What? pt.4: When to tip'>Tip What? pt.4: When to tip</a></li></ol></div> <p><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_joEM_UssPdw/R1JW_Du5oSI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/suvqCBHcEyY/s1600-R/Tipping.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></p>
<p><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;">Tip What, Pt 2</span><br />
<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">(view <a href="http://desieb.blogspot.com/2006/10/tip-what.html">Part 1</a>)</span></span><br />
<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Virtues: Social Customs, service, ethics</span></p>
<p>As the Christmas holiday season approaches I&#8217;m hearing&#8230;</p>


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		<title>Created Nostalgia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>d dot b</dc:creator>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Created Nostalgia<br />
</span></strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Virtues: <em>homesick, condition, feelings</em><br />
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Nostalgia is defined as the state of being homesick; a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or or irrecoverable condition.&#8230;</p>


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		<title>The Gay Bomb</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinbmajor.com/2007/06/14/the-gay-bomb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>d dot b</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gay Ish Bomb</span></span></span></p>
<p>&#8220;A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than&#8230;</p>


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