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	<title>shyspeak.net &#187; 2007 &#187; June</title>
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	<description>Speculation and perspective on current events related to politics, society, technology and religion.</description>
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		<title>Cleaning House</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/29/cleaning-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/29/running-illegals-out-of-town/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The sheriff&#8217;s department in Panama City Beach, Florida, has developed a remarkably effective way of catching illegal immigrants: Deputies in patrol cars swarm upon construction sites and see who runs.  The workers who flee are chased down by the deputies and arrested for trespassing, cutting through other&#8217;s property or hiding in someone&#8217;s yard, loitering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Cold War?</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/29/a-new-cold-war/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/29/a-new-cold-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[According to Washington Post:
President Vladimir Putin welcomed Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez for talks at the Russian presidential retreat outside Moscow on Thursday, saying economic affairs and military-technical cooperation were on the agenda.
Amid media speculation that Chavez would sign a major weapons deal while in Russia, Putin said bilateral relations were developing and praised the opening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Nerve!</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/27/what-nerve/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/27/what-nerve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Korea]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[So, the U.N. is in nK today to inspect their Yongbyon nuclear reactor.  This is the first monitoring mission allowed by Pyongyang in five years (and the U.N. was actually invited to come inspect).  
Naturally, nK thought today they also needed to test a short-range ballistic missile.  
Of course, the U.S. condemned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Hurts Iran-Iraq Ties</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/26/us-hurts-iran-iraq-ties/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/26/us-hurts-iran-iraq-ties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>

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

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

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/26/us-hurts-iran-iraq-ties/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Iran says the U.S. is hurting relations between the Iran and Iraq.  Iran&#8217;s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani that the U.S. is actively opposing improvement in Iran-Iraq relations, but &#8220;the two countries should resist the damage.&#8221;
Khamenei blames U.S. and Israeli intelligence services for the violent insurgency taking place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annie Hall Meets Puccini</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/24/annie-hall-meets-puccini/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/24/annie-hall-meets-puccini/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[
Woody Allen is slated to direct Puccini&#8217;s &#8220;Gianni Schicchi&#8221; for L.A. Opera&#8217;s 2008-09 season.
L.A. Opera general director Plácido Domingo courted Woody Allen for four years before he finally agreed to direct his first opera.  According to Allen, &#8220;I have no idea what I am doing, but incompetence has never prevented me from plunging in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improved Iraqi Troops</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/24/improved-iraqi-troops/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/24/improved-iraqi-troops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[The Iraqi soldiers working alongside U.S. servicemen in Operation Arrowhead Ripper are demonstrating more professionalism than their predecessors.  Dressed in full body armor, most carried assault rifles and some were armed with rocket-propelled grenades.  Capt Matthew Ryan James, commander of the Army&#8217;s Alpha Co., 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment observed how the Iraqi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hamas Out of 4-Way</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/24/hamas-out-of-4-way/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/24/hamas-out-of-4-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[Egypt is hosting a 4-way summit between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Jordan&#8217;s King Abdullah II and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.  The summit hopes to boost Palestinian-Israeli relations and ease the constraints on the Palestinian people by creating an appropriate climate for resumption of the peace process. Analysts say the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekend Getaway</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/24/weekend-getaway-2/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/24/weekend-getaway-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Journal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I just returned from a long weekend in Navarre Beach, Florida.  Navarre is an unincorporated community in Santa Rosa County in the Northwest Florida Panhandle. It&#8217;s a quite community about 25 miles east of Pensacola and about 15 miles west of Fort Walton Beach. Navarre is touted as &#8220;Florida&#8217;s best kept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sosa Hits 600!</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/20/sosa-hits-600/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/20/sosa-hits-600/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category>

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shyspeak.net/?p=191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(photo by Caleb Simpson/US Presswire)
Outfielder Sammy Sosa hit his 600th career homerun tonight against the Chicago Cubs (and his former teammates).  Sosa homered to right-center off a 1-2 pitch in the fifth inning.  He&#8217;s the fifth player to reach this milestone after Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays.
Sosa took a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s That Noise?</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/20/whats-that-noise/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2007/06/20/whats-that-noise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Conversations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shyspeak.net/?p=190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First Sergeant:  &#8220;Hey Chief, gotta minute?&#8221;
Me:  &#8220;Sure, have a seat.&#8221;
First Sergeant:  &#8220;What&#8217;s that noise?  Is that music?&#8221;
Me:  &#8220;It&#8217;s Maria Callas, &#8216;Casta Diva,&#8217; from the opera Norma.&#8221;
First Sergeant:  &#8220;Oh, for a second there I thought somebody was trying to kill a cat.&#8221;
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