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	<title>David Brooks</title>
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	<description>Political Scientist</description>
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		<title>2011 Summercamp Music Fest Schedule leak!</title>
		<link>http://www.thedavidbrooks.com/random/2011-summercamp-music-fest-schedule-leak</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I created an excel document that you can download by clicking the link below.  I also colored the bands based on my preference. Feel free to ignore that if you want. The Scamp Schedule Link]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I created an excel document that you can download by clicking the link below.  I also colored the bands based on my preference. Feel free to ignore that if you want.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thedavidbrooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Scamp.xlsx">The Scamp Schedule Link</a></p>
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		<title>Vic Chesnutt &#8211; Everything I Say</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vic Chesnutt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[excerpt from &#8220;the neighbors dog&#8221; television series&#8230; filmed Nov21st 2009 &#8230;hopefully a full release of this 90+ min show will be released some time this year(2010)&#8230; I had put this excerpt up on youtube for Vic and Guy and the folks from Constellation Records to get their feedback on the 23rd of Dec&#8230;.don&#8217;t know if [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>excerpt from &#8220;the neighbors dog&#8221; television series&#8230; filmed Nov21st  2009 &#8230;hopefully a full release of this 90+ min show will be released   some time this year(2010)&#8230; I had  put this excerpt up on youtube for  Vic and Guy and the folks from Constellation Records to get their  feedback on the 23rd of Dec&#8230;.don&#8217;t know if Vic ever got the chance to  see it&#8230;<br />
our thoughts are with Vic&#8217;s family and friends at this difficult time&#8230;.<br />
plan9films</p>
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		<title>Golden Smog You Make It Easy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dan Murphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Louris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golden Smog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Tweedy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A clip from director Thomas Stevens&#8217; unreleased documentary &#8220;Golden Smog: Another Fine Day&#8221;. Excuse the poor resolution and sound/image lag &#8211; it&#8217;s a copy of a low-res being passed around by GS fans. Apparently both the band and record label Lost Highway pulled the plug on the project after a series of artistic and financial [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A clip from director Thomas Stevens&#8217; unreleased documentary &#8220;Golden  Smog: Another Fine Day&#8221;. Excuse the poor resolution and sound/image lag &#8211;  it&#8217;s a copy of a low-res being passed around by GS fans. Apparently  both the band and record label Lost Highway pulled the plug on the  project after a series of artistic and financial disputes with director  Stevens.</p>
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		<title>Is Hell Exothermic or Endothermic: A Brilliant Theory</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is supposedly an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so “profound” that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well. Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://thekruser.com/files/2010/06/hell.jpg"><img title="Hell" src="http://thekruser.com/files/2010/06/hell-300x225.jpg" alt="Hell" width="300" height="225" /></a>The  following is supposedly an actual question given on a University of  Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so  “profound” that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the  Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying  it as well.</p>
<p>Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?</p>
<p>Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law  (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some  variant.</p>
<p>One student, however, wrote the following:</p>
<p>First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So  we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the  rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once  a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are  leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let’s look at the  different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these  religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will  go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since  people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all  souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect  the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at  the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle’s Law states that  in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same ,  the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.</p>
<p>This gives two possibilities:</p>
<p>1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls  enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase  until all Hell breaks loose</p>
<p>2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls  in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes  over.</p>
<p>So which is it?</p>
<p>If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman  year that, “it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,” and  take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number  2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has  already frozen over.</p>
<p>The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it  follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore,  extinct…leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a Divine  Being, which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting, “Oh, My  God.”</p>
<p>THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY “A” IN THE CLASS.</p>
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		<title>Soul Asylum &#8211; Can&#8217;t Even Tell</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soul Asylum&#8217;s &#8220;Can&#8217;t Even Tell&#8221; music video, which was directed by Kevin Smith. The song itself was specially written for the movie Clerks. This music video is so hard to find online, and the only other one here on Youtube is of pretty icky quality, so I decided to rip the video from my DVD [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Soul Asylum&#8217;s &#8220;Can&#8217;t Even Tell&#8221; music video, which was directed by Kevin  Smith.  The song itself was specially written for the movie Clerks.</p>
<p>This  music video is so hard to find online, and the only other one here on  Youtube is of pretty icky quality, so I decided to rip the video from my  DVD to share.  Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>Soul Asylum &#8211; Candy From A Stranger &#8211; 2001 Austin, TX</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<title>Soul Asylum &#8211; When I Ran Off And Left Her &#8211; 1995 Canada &#8211; Vic Chesnutt</title>
		<link>http://www.thedavidbrooks.com/music/soul-asylum-when-i-ran-off-and-left-her-1995-canada-vic-chesnutt</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<title>Free Quick Start Package!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get the Website that you need. Whether it is your personal site, a blog or an online business, we have many design options available to meet your needs. Many of you have probably been wondering. Why does this website exist? And, how does it relate to Internet Marketing or websites? Well, the wait is finally [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Get the Website that you need. Whether it is your personal site, a blog  or an online business, we have many design options available to meet  your needs.</p>
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		<title>Dayton will provide</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Normally, I do not discuss politics on this site. I leave that for Politablog.com. However, I thought I should share this little comment I left on Mark Dayton&#8217;s facebook page. Dayton will be great for MN. Emmer will cut education, wants to battle the feds over immigration and is a homophobe. Horner wants our tax [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Normally, I do not discuss politics on this site. I leave that for Politablog.com. However, I thought I should share this little comment I left on Mark Dayton&#8217;s facebook page.</p>
<blockquote><p><span id="more-195"></span>Dayton will be great for MN. Emmer will cut education, wants to battle the feds over immigration and is a homophobe. Horner wants our tax dollars to go towards funding a Vikings stadium and he  thinks &#8220;we should pay good teachers salaries that compete with jobs in private business. &#8221; So, we have to potentially decrease education funding but also expect the school districts to come up with the money to pay their teachers like the private schools? That will certainly lead to more property taxes seeing as Horner will not want to have the state fund it. If you look into his &#8220;issues&#8221; he just is a talking point. He offers very little substance as to what he will do., except on the Vikings Stadium. I am voting for Dayton because he will brings MN back on track by utilizing a progressive taxation model, he will support single payer health care, support education in MN and bring back the values that we used to cherish before Jesse Ventura and Pawlenty took control. Do we really want another 4 years of getting nothing done? That is what Horner will bring. Do we really want to cut education, cut healthcare and other social spending in favor of big business tax breaks? That is what Emmer will do. What we need is a leader who will support progressive programs, reinvigorate our social programs while supporting the middle class and small business. Dayton will provide this leadership.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Some of the best Burn Notice voice overs from Michael Weston</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rescuing a hostage isn&#8217;t about battering rams and guns. Charge through a door with a gun and chances are the person you&#8217;re trying to save will be the first one lying on the floor dying of acute lead poisoning. So you come up with alternatives: ingredients from the local pharmacy, mixed with aluminum foil, powdered [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rescuing a hostage isn&#8217;t about battering rams and guns. Charge through a door with a gun and chances are the person you&#8217;re trying to save will be the first one lying on the floor dying of acute lead poisoning.</p>
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<p>So you come up with alternatives: ingredients from the local pharmacy, mixed with aluminum foil, powdered in a coffee grinder will make a serviceable flash grenade that would stun anyone for a good 20 feet. <a title="w:Thermite" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermite">Thermite</a> is another handy tool: with a surface temperature of a thousand degrees, it&#8217;s used to weld together railroad ties. It would make pretty short works of most locks too.</p>
<p>Interrogating a hostile witness is like proposing marriage. You want to get it right the first try. So you don&#8217;t settle until you find the perfect spot. You take special care to set the right ambiance and set the mood. And then you wait for the best moment to pop the question.</p>
<p>When you realize that an operation is compromised, that your enemies are on the move, you&#8217;re on the clock. You have to move as fast as you can to contain the damage and harden your defenses before it&#8217;s too late. Sometimes you make it in time, and sometimes you don&#8217;t. When you work in intelligence, the worst feeling in the world is knowing nothing. Being caught in something you don&#8217;t begin to understand, because it&#8217;s not the enemy you see that gets you. It&#8217;s the one you don&#8217;t.</p>
<p>To tail someone, you need both skill and instinct. You need skill because the driving is tough; you can&#8217;t get too close and you can&#8217;t drift too far away. You can&#8217;t go too fast or too slow. You need instinct because every turn, every lane change, every bridge raises the risk of being seen. Anyone can be trained to follow a car, but it takes good instincts to know when it&#8217;s time to stop following.</p>
<p>Spies make great neighbors; they&#8217;re polite, they keep the lawn trim, and they never crank up the music at night. They don&#8217;t stand out, because they don&#8217;t want to be found. So if you&#8217;re hunting for a covert operative and all you&#8217;ve got to go on are the names of a few dozens suspects, you&#8217;re out of luck&#8230; unless you know where to look.</p>
<p>Spend a career in covert ops and you&#8217;re going to know some bad people. You&#8217;ll work with them, you&#8217;ll live with them, you might even trust your life with them. But none of that makes them your friend. It can&#8217;t. Because one day, you might have to end them.</p>
<p>Dealing with a trained operative is like playing chess with a master. Dealing with criminals, on the other hand, is like playing checkers with a three-year-old: they like to change the rules.</p>
<p>When meeting a covert operative for the first time, the arrangements can tell you a lot: if they give you a map and a photo, they trust you; a place and a time, they want to check you out before they make contact; a cryptic clue like &#8220;tidy pelican&#8221;, they&#8217;ve just got an irritating sense of humor.</p>
<p>Making yourself invisible when you need to is a crucial skill for a covert operative; it sounds exotic but it&#8217;s not like there&#8217;s a super-secret move they teach you at spy school that allows you to vanish into thin air. Often it&#8217;s just a matter of quick thinking, fast feet, and strong fingers.</p>
<p>The thing about security is that the very things that protect you can be turned against you by someone who knows what he&#8217;s doing. It&#8217;s tough to compromise a well thought-out security system, but making someone think you can compromise it, well, that&#8217;s much easier. Take surveillance cameras, for example: you can disable one by shooting a laser at it and overloading the light sensitive chip. Cheap, easy, and exactly the sort of thing a sophisticated criminal gang with lots of resources would do. Leave around some tell-tale signs of surveillance like cigarette butts, a forgotten camera lens cap and the more security there is, the more likely they are to think they&#8217;ve got a very serious problem. Even the security team itself can be an opportunity. The more employees you have, the more you have to worry about them. Deliver some vague threats and a few hundred bucks to a security guard. If he&#8217;s honest he&#8217;ll tell his boss, who then wonders who wasn&#8217;t so honest. For the cost of a nice dinner you can get a whole security team canned.</p>
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