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		<title>Economics: Presidential candidates slip on Econ 101 &#8211; Nov. 9, 2011</title>
		<link>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2011/11/09/economics-presidential-candidates-slip-on-econ-101-nov-9-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economics: Presidential candidates slip on Econ 101 &#8211; Nov. 9, 2011. This is one of the things that has driven me (and lots and lots of other people) insane over the past few years.  In almost literally econ 101 (my intro macro and micro classes in my MBA program), supply and demand and Keynesian principles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jerry Brown’s budget cuts deep, looks to extend tax hikes, reshapes government&#124; PolitiCal &#124; Los Angeles Times</title>
		<link>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2011/01/10/jerry-brown%e2%80%99s-budget-cuts-deep-looks-to-extend-tax-hikes-reshapes-government-political-los-angeles-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaiyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jerry Brown’s budget cuts deep, looks to extend tax hikes, reshapes government&#124; PolitiCal &#124; Los Angeles Times. My first reaction to this is &#8220;what!  cuts again!  this is wrong, this cannot be tolerated this&#8230;etc.&#8221; And fundamentally that is my reaction.  These budget cuts tend to hit education particularly hard (lobbyists just aren&#8217;t as strong, let&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the new (scarier?) conservative</title>
		<link>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2010/06/22/the-new-scarier-conservative/</link>
		<comments>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2010/06/22/the-new-scarier-conservative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaiyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The front page of the San Francisco Chronicle a few days back included a story about Carly Fiorina&#8217;s bid to oust Barbara Boxer as one of the US Senators from California.  Actually, the article is more about how Carla is part of a &#8220;new&#8221; breed of pro-woman, pro-life voters. This article struck me for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>thoughts on Specter</title>
		<link>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2010/05/19/thoughts-on-specter/</link>
		<comments>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2010/05/19/thoughts-on-specter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 14:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaiyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, &#8220;Democratic&#8221; Senator Arlen Specter lost in his state&#8217;s primary to a Tea-Party-affiliated (the line between Tea Party and anti-establishment is blurry, IMO, especially when you consider that it was founded on opposition to the ARRA stimulus package, specifically).  This is a bit of a tough situation to really assess, but is nonetheless important. First, Specter has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a stadium for santa clara&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2010/05/18/a-stadium-for-santa-clara/</link>
		<comments>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2010/05/18/a-stadium-for-santa-clara/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 14:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaiyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Measure J here in Santa Clara in the upcoming fall elections covers the building of a new sports stadium in the city.  This would be the new home to the 49&#8242;ers, a well-known, established football team with a loyal following that would certainly come down the peninsula for games just as they currently head up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC NEWS &#124; UK &#124; Scotland &#124; South of Scotland &#124; Bomber publishes appeal documents</title>
		<link>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2009/09/18/bbc-news-uk-scotland-south-of-scotland-bomber-publishes-appeal-documents/</link>
		<comments>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2009/09/18/bbc-news-uk-scotland-south-of-scotland-bomber-publishes-appeal-documents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaiyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC NEWS &#124; UK &#124; Scotland &#124; South of Scotland &#124; Bomber publishes appeal documents. So&#8230;as if it weren&#8217;t controversial enough that Scotland released the terrorist behind Pan Am 103, now he has released documents that &#8220;prove&#8221; his innocence. Newsweek had a mini-article &#8211; the stuff they have in the front now, that are analysis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>reconsidering MAD</title>
		<link>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2009/09/08/reconsidering-mad/</link>
		<comments>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2009/09/08/reconsidering-mad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaiyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under the Eisenhower administration, Secretary of State Dulles pushed forth a nuclear policy known as MAD &#8211; mutually assured destruction.  It&#8217;s a rather frightening approach, but the idea was that if we had enough weapons with enough range and power, we could basically ensure our safety by raising the stakes so high that no country [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The President needs to shut up (or stick to the important stuff)</title>
		<link>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2009/07/30/the-president-needs-to-shut-up-or-stick-to-the-important-stuff/</link>
		<comments>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2009/07/30/the-president-needs-to-shut-up-or-stick-to-the-important-stuff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaiyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twice now, while watching the Daily Show I&#8217;ve wanted to get up and write something about the idiotic, stupid, waste of time that is this whole affair with the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr.  Why did the President of the the whole freaking United States have to make any comment whatsoever on the actions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>anyone else think Palin&#8217;s resignation speech was less than stellar?</title>
		<link>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2009/07/21/anyone-else-think-palins-resignation-speech-was-less-than-stellar/</link>
		<comments>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2009/07/21/anyone-else-think-palins-resignation-speech-was-less-than-stellar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaiyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Palin&#8217;s Resignation: The Edited Version &#124; vanityfair.com First &#8211; I got this off someone else sharing it on facebook.&#160; Sometimes this whole social networking thing is useful. I wanted to comment on Palin&#8217;s resignation when it first happened, because it made so little sense and, on a more superficial level, if one listened to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Team of Rivals&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2009/01/20/team-of-rivals/</link>
		<comments>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2009/01/20/team-of-rivals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaiyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have had this thought in the back of my head for a while now and it&#8217;s now formed into something that I want to articulate into something here. Another comparison that has been made constantly is that Obama has followed Lincoln&#8217;s precedent and created a cabinet that is a &#8220;Team of Rivals.&#8221;  Also the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama won&#8217;t be Lincoln (or FDR) for quite some time</title>
		<link>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2009/01/19/obama-wont-be-lincoln-or-fdr-for-quite-some-time/</link>
		<comments>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2009/01/19/obama-wont-be-lincoln-or-fdr-for-quite-some-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaiyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been extremely loath to write any post about the upcoming inauguration, mostly because I feel like there are far too many people that know so much more than me &#8211; and not just the analysts and journalists, but also even some of my classmates in school, friends from college &#8211; that I&#8217;ll just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama on long-term economic plans</title>
		<link>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2009/01/07/obama-on-long-term-economic-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2009/01/07/obama-on-long-term-economic-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaiyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stimulus must build stronger nation, Obama says &#8211; MarketWatch &#8220;I have confidence that not only are we going to be able to create jobs, but we&#8217;re also going to be making a down payment on some critical areas that, as the economy recovers and the private sector starts investing again, we&#8217;re going to see some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Different perspectives, same power to the message</title>
		<link>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2009/01/07/different-perspectives-same-power-to-the-message/</link>
		<comments>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2009/01/07/different-perspectives-same-power-to-the-message/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaiyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crip Chronicles: I Guess I&#8217;ve Been Holding My Breath&#8230; I only today found out that one of my former colleagues at Stanford had a blog of her own.&#160; I&#8217;ve always known her to be intelligent and witty and funny and a lot of other great things, and she is one of the people whom I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So now he&#8217;s African American&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2008/11/07/so-now-hes-african-american/</link>
		<comments>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2008/11/07/so-now-hes-african-american/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaiyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I kept meaning to write this earlier &#8211; the day after our election, when Barack Obama was elected to office &#8211; but things have been busy. As a very quick note, it has been interesting seeing how after the election, a lot more has been made of the fact that he will be the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama projected as president-elect</title>
		<link>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2008/11/04/obama-projected-as-president-elect/</link>
		<comments>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2008/11/04/obama-projected-as-president-elect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaiyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama was just projected by CNN as the winner of the presidential election. Perhaps the most impressive footage I&#8217;ve seen this whole time &#8211; these last 3+ hours &#8211; is the choppy, pixelated stuff from Kenya, where they are celebrating. The world is flat, it&#8217;s getting smaller, and this election is an historic one..]]></description>
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		<title>With great power comes great responsibility.  And some people have weird interpretations of how to be responsible</title>
		<link>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2008/11/03/with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility-and-some-people-have-weird-interpretations-of-how-to-be-responsible/</link>
		<comments>http://kaiyen.com/blog/2008/11/03/with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility-and-some-people-have-weird-interpretations-of-how-to-be-responsible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaiyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prop 8: The Ad That Upset the Mormon Church &#124; Crooks and Liars Hey, if you have massive influence, and can pay almost entirely on one&#8217;s own to sway an entire campaign&#8230;why not use it, eh? Post to follow, but between T. Boone Pickens putting Prop 10 up on his own (I support that), the [...]]]></description>
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