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</script></div><item><title><![CDATA[10 Steps to a Fascist America]]></title><description><![CDATA[An article from the Guardian.  It's a little hysterical in sections, but worth a look.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17692/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17692/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Netanyahu Blasts Ahmadinejad at U.N. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a blistering attack on the floor of the United Nations Thursday on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying the hearing granted the Iranian president the night before amounted to a &quot;disgrace of the U.N. charter.&quot;]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/133622/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/133622/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[US Military Bases Around The World]]></title><description><![CDATA[The <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Military</a> of the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.defenselink.mil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">US</a> is <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deployments_of_the_United_States_Military" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">deployed</a> in many <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pentagon/maps/9.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">countries</a>. This is due to many factors: the Cold War, in which the US government needed troops around the globe to counter the threat of the Soviet Union; and more recently, The War on Terror. The US has nearly 1.4 million active <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">personnel</a>, and over 369,000 of those are deployed outside the United States and its territories.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45213/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45213/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Get Cancer: Move to the United States]]></title><description><![CDATA[The risk of cancer for Hispanics living in Florida is 40 percent higher than for those who live in their native countries, a puzzling new study finds. The finding holds even after researchers corrected for the increase detection rates in the United States. And access to health care did not make things better.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/130131/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/130131/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Mexico Considering Taking Issue Of Border Fence To United Nations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mexicans &#8212; from leading politicians to migrants preparing to cross illegally &#8212; consider the U.S. plan to fence off much of the border shameful, offensive and ill-conceived.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/2291/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/2291/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Not-So-Nice Things Said About America]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here are 10 quotes, mostly by Americans, that are actually quite critical of the United States, but succeed nonetheless in being both witty and funny as well.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/82008/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/82008/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[UN Bans Criticism of Islam]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Human Rights Council at the United Nations has now banned any criticism regarding Sharia Law and human rights in the Islamic World.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/72997/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/72997/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Pigs Have Flown!]]></title><description><![CDATA[The United Nations Human Rights Council has publicly stated that they have not been fair towards Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They stated they have overly focused on the degree of human rights violations by Israel and not the violations on both sides.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/36965/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/36965/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The Real History of &quot;In God We Trust&quot;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite some people's theories, the United States' national motto, &quot;<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">In God We Trust</a>&quot; was not added to paper money by mistake.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36320/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36320/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Reform US in a year, or US should cut dues: Bolton]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Bolton recommends the US cuts funding to the UN if it doesn't meet reform goals]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/266/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/266/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Dropping Out Of The Electoral College]]></title><description><![CDATA[The <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Electoral</a> College of the US has it proponents and its detractors. One possible replacement is the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">National</a> Popular Vote <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">(NPV)</a>. Maryland is the first state in the nation to pass laws to enact this system provided enough other states does likewise.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45923/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45923/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[PayPal Founder Makes Down Payment on Libertarian Ocean Colonies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tired of the United States and the other 190-odd nations on Earth? If a small team of Silicon Valley millionaires get their way, in a few years, you could have a new option for global citizenship: A permanent, quasi-sovereign nation floating in international waters.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/62380/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/62380/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Brother Can You Spare $300 Billion ?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The United States has asked four oil-rich Gulf states for close to 300 billion dollars to help it curb the global financial meltdown.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/82504/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/82504/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Only 13 % People Have Internet Access]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to the United Nations News Center only 13 percent of people on the planet have access to the Internet. At Silicon Valley several heads of high-tech companies gathered to disscuss about cutting Internet access costs.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12125/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12125/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been President twice now, didn't want to do either time]]></title><description><![CDATA[George Washington's farewell address written in more modern english]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/10032/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/10032/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[US Invades Canada Today]]></title><description><![CDATA[well on this date 196 years ago. After years of fighting the French, UK started to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.warof1812.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blockade</a> the US to prevent trading, impressing Americans into fighting for the British as well as helping the native Americans in their fight against the US. <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/chart.1812.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Because</a> of this, America declared <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.history.army.mil/books/amh/amh-06.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">war</a> on the UK and invaded <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://warof1812.ca/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Canada</a>. The <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/1812/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">war</a> was incredibly costly to both sides and is also the inspiration for The Star Spangled Banner.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/68570/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/68570/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Refuses to Sign U.N. Resolution]]></title><description><![CDATA[to decriminalize homosexuality world wide.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/85852/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/85852/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Cricket - The National Pastime of the US?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cricket&#8212;now played by millions of people in 92 countries ranging from the Caribbean to Europe to Africa to South Asia&#8212;was once the national game of, yes, these United States. And one of the first outdoor sports to be played on these shores. An 1844 cricket match between teams from the United States and Canada was the first international sporting event in the modern world, predating the revival of the Olympic Games by more than 50 years.<br/><br/>Very interesting and informative article.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/sports/l/4052/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/sports/l/4052/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Newest Nutter Idea: Obama's speech to school children may be illegal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Without reading the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchoolRemarks/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">text of the speech</a> and despite that Bush Sr, Reagan, and others have spoken to school children, there are some who believe that a few minutes of listening to the President of The United States will turn our children into zombies. Now they are pulling out any straw they can find such as it is illegal for him to do this.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/132548/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/132548/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[U.N. Hopes to Wrest Control of the Internet From the U.S.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why?  So that other countries can censor the content their citizens can access.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41444/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41444/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>