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		<title>A few mates blogs:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Firstly, we have the rather nerdy Economics, Politics and Public Policy blog from my mate Harry &#8211; a highlight so far has to be his analysis of what the recent UK election would have looked like under Proportional Representation (hint, everybody not Labour or Conservative got screwed). On the other side we have two blogs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnmortell.com/2010/05/16/a-few-mates-blogs/</link>
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		<title>Some random articles online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of these have probably been seen by most of you but they caught my eye for one reason for another: This line from the Economist in an article about how &#8216;green&#8217; policies have become (at least in rhetorical terms) mainstream made me smile: The shared level of commitment and wonkiness is, in its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnmortell.com/2010/05/05/some-random-articles-online/</link>
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		<title>Tony the Tiger should stop doing so many drugs&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The BBC&#8217;s &#8216;day in pictures&#8217; often throws up some great photos. This one really made me smile:]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnmortell.com/2010/05/03/tony-the-tiger-should-stop-doing-so-many-drugs/</link>
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		<title>Action Comics #889 Cover</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally you see some fantastic pieces of art with comic books out there. This piece by Alex Garner is a really good example of that:]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnmortell.com/2010/04/25/action-comics-889-cover/</link>
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		<title>The Legend of Koizumi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across this Anime from a friend&#8217;s facebook account. According to the wikipedia article the show is based off a manga comic that satirises politics with mahjong games used to decide international relations. It&#8217;s completely barmy as you can imagine. Some of the touches, like Kim Jong Il&#8217;s son having &#8216;mickey mouse&#8217; ears [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnmortell.com/2010/04/16/the-legend-of-koizumi/</link>
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		<title>Jon Koppenhaver vs Jared Rollins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bit of a bloodbath but I remember being really impressed by this fight the first time I saw it:]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnmortell.com/2010/04/06/jon-koppenhaver-vs-jared-rollins/</link>
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		<title>The Answer to all life&#8217;s questions;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I really need to start posting more, but frankly, I barely have time to answer emails these days. But in the interim, until &#8216;normal&#8217; service is resumed, have the answer to all of life&#8217;s questions:]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnmortell.com/2010/03/28/the-answer-to-all-lifes-questions/</link>
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		<title>Raindrops keep falling on the dead:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new video from Alex de Campi, good fun in fairness:]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnmortell.com/2010/02/04/raindrops-keep-falling-on-the-dead/</link>
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		<title>The problems with the narrative of &#8216;victim&#8217; politics;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Really interesting part of Newswipe talking about how with the collapse of the Cold War, the narrative of the victim replaced that of &#8216;left vs right&#8217;. In particular, they mention how by making certain people the &#8216;good&#8217; victims and others the &#8216;bad&#8217; aggressors the ability to deal with complex politics became more difficult. A recent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnmortell.com/2010/01/21/the-way-that-the-narrative-of-politics-became-about-victims/</link>
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		<title>Hooked?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A really good History Channel documentary on the history of Marijuana and how racism, immigration issues, control of non-whites and attempts to ban alcohol led to marijuana becoming illegal:]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnmortell.com/2010/01/17/hooked/</link>
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