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		<title>The President&#8217;s Guide to Science</title>
		<link>http://smashingtelly.com/2008/11/10/the-presidents-guide-to-science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
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There is much less difference between the Democrats and the Republicans than the polarization of voters would suggest. They both sit to the right relative to most other Western economies, and both are hostage to jingoism and superstition which again registers higher than in other wealthy nations. My main beef with Bush Jnr. was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America&#8217;s Civil Rights Movement</title>
		<link>http://smashingtelly.com/2008/11/05/americas-civil-rights-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
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The first episode from the mammoth 14 hour documentary about America&#8217;s Civil Rights Movement. Further parts here.
I don&#8217;t like politics, patriotism or politicians, but just once in a while something happens that renders me cynicismless. 
Who would have thought that less than a lifetime after American apartheid, less than a decade after someone called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Living Dead</title>
		<link>http://smashingtelly.com/2008/10/30/the-living-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Running time: 1 hour
Part 2 (1 hour)
Part 3 (1 hour)
I have previously posted links to almost all of Adam Curtis&#8217; superlative documentary series apart from this, which examines how the memory of the Second World War was manipulated and changed during the Cold War, in various countries and to suit political ends.
Curtis&#8217; documentaries are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quiz: What is the Connection with the Man Getting Punched to the Huffington Post?</title>
		<link>http://smashingtelly.com/2008/09/13/quiz-what-is-the-connection-with-the-man-getting-punched-to-the-huffington-post/</link>
		<comments>http://smashingtelly.com/2008/09/13/quiz-what-is-the-connection-with-the-man-getting-punched-to-the-huffington-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
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The short guy getting punched by a giant, pompous aristocrat a long, long time before blogs existed, is the late Bernard Levin, a nerdy UK intellectual who was Arianna Huffington&#8217;s partner for 10 years, before she: became a staunch Republican; married a rich gay politician; divorced gaining lots of money and became a Democrat.
Given that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commanding Heights</title>
		<link>http://smashingtelly.com/2008/06/13/commanding-heights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
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A mammoth 3 part series on the globalization of the world economy, made by two Frontline veterans Greg Barker and William Cran. This is an example of a great documentary that has the same instinctive appeal as conspiracy theorist nonsense like Zeitgeist. In which case, Commanding Heights is possibly a perfect vaccination against such [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>How The Chinese See Us</title>
		<link>http://smashingtelly.com/2008/05/12/how-the-chinese-see-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Terror of Zimbabwe</title>
		<link>http://smashingtelly.com/2008/05/07/the-terror-of-zimbabwe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 12:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
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A solid documentary on the tragic Failed State of Zimbabwe and the responsibility for it that one man, Mugabe, bears. Watching this made me wonder if failed states were not the result of monsters, but that monsters were the result of failed states. 
If Mugabe were assassinated, there is a strong chance that many [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Undercover in Tibet</title>
		<link>http://smashingtelly.com/2008/04/17/undercover-in-tibet/</link>
		<comments>http://smashingtelly.com/2008/04/17/undercover-in-tibet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
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A very good news feature piece about Tibet. Its a shame, but I can&#8217;t find anything this intelligent floating around about what is going on in Iraq.

48 mn 26 s
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Control Room</title>
		<link>http://smashingtelly.com/2008/02/13/control-room/</link>
		<comments>http://smashingtelly.com/2008/02/13/control-room/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Control Room
 

This is a film that takes a look behind the scenes of Al Jazeera as the Iraq War unfolds. Although this is a staple film posted by those who oppose the Iraq War, that in itself is almost proof that Al Jazeera has an impossible task as an objective news source. For that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inside The Economist Magazine</title>
		<link>http://smashingtelly.com/2008/01/15/inside-the-economist-magazine/</link>
		<comments>http://smashingtelly.com/2008/01/15/inside-the-economist-magazine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ This interview with John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief at The Economist magazine may seem a little dull, after all, Micklethwait is hardly a celebrity. But that&#8217;s the point, The Economist does not print bylines, so the very nature of those who write for it is anonymity. However, in a period when traditional newspapers look extremely fragile, [...]]]></description>
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