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			<title><![CDATA[ tilley stormlights ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1414/t/tilley-stormlights.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I was wondering if anyone can tell me where to buy a Tilley Stormlight in the states?
<br>
<br>
It is UK made. 
<br>
<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.tilleylamp.co.uk/">http://www.tilleylamp.co.uk/</a>
<br>
<br>
thanks ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (arkdward)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:26:17 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ turning a vertical corner ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1413/t/turning-a-vertical-corner.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I don&#39;t pay much attention to the news or politics, though I have heard a little bit about the health care stuff, hanging out with some of the Christian
right as I do.  I found it interesting what Ran said about people on the left and on the right and their collective disgust and conniptions. 
<br>
<br>
I have noticed some weird energy the last couple of weeks myself, but it seems to have manifested itself in odd synchronicities, abundant blessings, and my
friends who &quot;get it&quot;... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (zombans)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:22:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ What compromise looks like (Health Care) ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1412/t/What-compromise-looks-like-Health-Care-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ An unhappy story seems to be developing regarding Obama.  After building up hope during his ascension, he has now invested much of his political capital into
an idea which we find deeply flawed -- his forced medical insurance legislation.
<br>
<br>
Now, should this pass, it would indeed be at least very annoying to the &quot;dropout&quot; community.  However, I think we haven&#39;t really been cheated --
rather, Obama promised compromise, and this is what compromise looks like.  We&#39;ve... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (michael)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:59:21 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Boredom ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1411/t/Boredom.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ How does one with copious amount of free time combat boredom?  I am no longer employed and have tons of free ton and periodically experience boredom.  This is
likely due to experiencing insufficient social experiences and being conditioned to rely on work to feel content.  So do any of you experience long bouts of
boredom and what do you do to combat it? ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (diozent)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ My first post and dropping out(sort of, not yet?) ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1410/t/My-first-post-and-dropping-out-sort-of-not-yet-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Not really sure where to post this, the community or in here but ill give it a try, please move it if it is posted in the wrong section.
<br>
<br>
My first post here and im tpg, some guy on the internet who is 17 years old and has followed a IT(computers) study untill now, im still looking to what I would
like to do with my life, im interested in living in the wilderness and that kind of thing(theres no study for that, sigh) and I might join a scouting(a
community where ppl do fun stuff like... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (tpg)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ American Apocalypse ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1409/t/American-Apocalypse.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Well written new crash novel: <a target="_blank" href="http://thegermanpolice.com/afterthecrash/anamericanapocalypse.pdf">http://thegermanpolice.co...anamericanapocalypse.pdf</a>
<br>
<br>
S/he&#39;s writing part 2 now: <a target="_blank" href="http://theamericanapocalypse.blogspot.com/">http://theamericanapocalypse.blogspot.com/</a>
<br>
<br>
~shiva
<br> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (shiva888)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:58:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ minimum income requirements? ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1408/t/minimum-income-requirements-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ here&#39;s a link to a story on cryptogon.com
<br>
<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://cryptogon.com/?p=12499">http://cryptogon.com/?p=12499</a>
<br>
<br>
about a woman who doesn&#39;t make enough money being subject to an IRS audit.
<br>
<br>
If this is going to be an upcoming trend, I&#39;m in big trouble since my income has been virtually non-existent for so long.
<br>
<br>
<br> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (lulugraphics)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:43:51 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A Philosophical Question ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1407/t/A-Philosophical-Question.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ If a terrorist manufacturead a weapon that could make all the money in the world disappear with the press of a button then pushed that button tommorow, what
does anyone on this message board think would happen to modern society? I&#39;m open to all sorts of suggestions so, don&#39;t be afraid to express any deep
thoughts or feelings my question arouses. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:04:04 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ we are here to help ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1406/t/we-are-here-to-help.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">I happened to reread this essay by Ran in an old village magazine that really struck a chord with me (yet again). 
Here&#39;s my favorite excerpt:
<br>
<br></span>
<br>
You are here to help.</strong> In the culture of Empire, we are trained to think of ourselves as here to &quot;succeed,&quot; to build wealth and status and
walls around ourselves, to get what we desire, to win in games where winning is given meaning by others losing. It is a simple... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (zombans)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:55:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ define: "collapse" ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1405/t/define-collapse-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ For many years, people have been talking of a coming collapse. Some say it will be a slow crash (Mr. Prieur) giving us time to adapt, others say there will be
a fast, brutal crash such as the scary fear mongers on the Peak Oil forums.
<br>
Last year when the stock market started doing bad, conformists and even mainstream media giants like CNN talked about a possible economic collapse.
<br>
Whenever I read an article about climate change and the anthropogenic effect on it, there will always be... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (im2park)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:19:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ rainbow country ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1404/t/rainbow-country.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Hi all,
<br>
<br>
Love peace and happiness from the aussie east coast - Call me flik!
<br>
<br>
Can&#39;t reveal everything about myself but i&#39;m here for encouraging interesting discussions and starting open topics. I love talking about this kinda
stuff.
<br>
<br>
I&#39;ve been lurking ran&#39;s site for a while and now i&#39;ve got permanent internet for a while so i thought i&#39;d get involved during this time.
<br>
<br>
Thanks guys
<br> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (flik)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:07:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ peak oil debunked blog ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1403/t/peak-oil-debunked-blog.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I just wanted to show you this blog i found about <a target="_blank" href="http://peakoildebunked.blogspot.com/">debunking peak oil</a> - which i&#39;m not sure whether
you&#39;ve seen it already or not. I got a bit skeptical but still interested in how he explains that he&#39;s &quot;ex-doomer&quot;  that thinks doomers are
caught in this dead-end explanation of how we will always rely on oil.
<br>
<br>
I was interested in your thoughts because he seems to prove his opinions quite strongly... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:02:41 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Dubai, "banking," war, Detroit and other conundrums ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1402/t/Dubai-banking-war-Detroit-and-other-conundrums.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I really wonder if I&#39;ve lost my left brain thinking altogether when I try to contemplate the mess I &quot;see&quot; out in the world. I simply cannot use
logic or problem solving type thinking to understand what is going on &quot;out there.&quot;
<br>
<br>
I read a couple of really depressing articles about Dubai. Among the things that depressed me are: the slave labor, the sheer waste of resources to create what
I think is a bunch of bullshit, shallow, unnecessary, stupid shopping and... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (lulugraphics)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:19:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Buy Nothing Day ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1401/t/Buy-Nothing-Day.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Most days have been &quot;buy nothing&quot; days for me for the last ten years or so. Naturally, it won&#39;t be hard for me to participate today.
<br> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (lulugraphics)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:04:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Winter Blues ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1400/t/Winter-Blues.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Anyone suffering the winter blues, I&#39;d suggest looking into vitamin D. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/">http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/</a> Even
if you spend a lot of time in the sun, there are areas where it&#39;s impossible for the body to produce vitamin D in the winter. ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (LeviTullio)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:45:21 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Twilight ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1399/t/Twilight.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I cannot possibly be the only one who has read these books and enjoyed them on this forum. I mean, yes, I am embarrassed, I read these books. And I really
enjoyed them. Like, stayed up until all hours of the night enjoyed them. And I&#39;m not a teenager, and I actually usually pride myself on my (ahem) rawther
snobbish taste in literature.
<br>
<br>
But I seriously really enjoyed the hell out of these books. And I&#39;ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out why. And I&#39;m not the only... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (sylviah)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:42:55 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Goodbye ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1398/t/Goodbye.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Goodbye.
<br> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (TheGoodLife)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:16:44 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A Philosopher Evaluates Dumpster Diving ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1397/t/A-Philosopher-Evaluates-Dumpster-Diving.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Here:
<br>
<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.peikoff.com/podcasts.html">http://www.peikoff.com/podcasts.html</a>
<br>
<br>
It&#39;s Episode 71, at 12min, 50sec.
<br>
<br>
or<a href="http://peikoff.com/podcasts_web/2009-07-20.071.mp3"><br>
<br>
http://peikoff.com/podcasts_web/2009-07-20.071.mp3</a>
<br>
<br>
Enjoy!
<br>
<br>
-CS ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (CS)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:36:24 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Gee Ran ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1396/t/Gee-Ran.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The public must be saved from itself? If I didn&#39;t know any better, I&#39;d start to think you were an Illuminati member <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif">
<br>
<br>
I&#39;d point out that the public has had to be pushed and prodded into dumbing down - they didn&#39;t get there on their own. From TV to HFCS to church to
cellphones to Cube World, if you&#39;ve managed to slip through the cracks, it was by the grace of God. I would&#39;ve said luck at an earlier... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:24:05 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Intermittent fasting ]]></title>
			<link>http://dropout50394.yuku.com/topic/1395/t/Intermittent-fasting.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/archives/2006/09/fast_way_to_bet.html">http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/archives/2006/09/fast_way_to_bet.html</a>
<br>
<br>
I&#39;ve been wanting to know what the people here think about this. I&#39;ve been reading discussions on these boards for a long time now and most of the time
people here usually have more sensible views than most people on the internet. Basically you eat one day, then the next day you fast, then the next day... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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