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		<title>Three Years and Fifty Grand Later&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://publicintellectual.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/three-years-and-fifty-grand-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the Court granted my Motion for Summary Judgment in the Comins v. VanVoorhis case, on the grounds that Chris Comins failed to obey the basic legal requirements that must be met before suing a media defendant for libel in the state of Florida. Read the Motion for Summary Judgment Read the Court&#8217;s Order Granting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2854&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: Scientific Corruptibility &#8211;&gt; Misinformation &#8211;&gt; Mass Internalization &#8211;&gt; Ignorance</title>
		<link>http://publicintellectual.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/scientific-corruptibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 12:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<title>World Press Freedom Day 2011</title>
		<link>http://publicintellectual.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/world-press-freedom-day-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 13:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recognition of World Press Freedom Day, which occurs every May 3rd, I am reposting my Blawg Review from last year: The Carnival of Law Bloggers has invited me to host Blawg Review #262 for World Press Freedom Day. For those not already familiar with it, Blawg Review is a weekly review of legal blogging, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2840&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Author of Pedophilia Book Released After Months Behind Bars</title>
		<link>http://publicintellectual.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/jailed-author-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Phillip R. Greaves, author of a self-published book on pedophilia, was released yesterday after spending more than three months in jail. From BBC News: Phillip Greaves pleaded no contest on Wednesday in Florida to a charge of distributing obscene material depicting minors engaged in harmful conduct&#8230; He was arrested in December after he sold a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2806&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bullies Suck</title>
		<link>http://publicintellectual.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/bully/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mark Ciavarella]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone should face down their demons at least once in life. Have I ever mentioned that I despise bullies?  If not, you must have inferred. Bullying can come in all forms&#8211;corporate corruption, abuse of power by wealthy elites,  or just your garden variety punks in the schoolyard.  I think the thing that bugs me most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2786&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t (Only) Vote</title>
		<link>http://publicintellectual.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/dont-only-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conventional wisdom teaches us that voting is supposed to be what makes democracy tick.  Textbooks would have us believe our greatest act of public participation comes from the single ballot we cast that contributes to the election of our political leaders.  But really, stop and ponder this: how many times has a single vote made [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2776&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rick Scott&#8217;s Fiscal Policy: Take from the Kids, Give to the Rich</title>
		<link>http://publicintellectual.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/rick-scott-bad-florida-governor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Rick Scott recently announced his new budget for the state of Florida. Don&#8217;t worry, socialism-haters, it does not &#8220;take from the rich and give to the poor.&#8221; Instead, it takes from the kids and gives to the rich! No, seriously.  The new budgets cuts over $1.7 Billion in education, and gives $1.6 billion of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2751&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dale Schultz: Wisconsin Republican with a Soul</title>
		<link>http://publicintellectual.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/dale-schultz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any politician who votes against the party line deserves credit.  Even if we don’t agree with their actual vote, we should least appreciate that by defying their own party they’ve taken a political risk, usually because their principles manage to survive their selfish interests. Former Rhode Island Republican US Senator Lincoln Chafee’s opposition to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2752&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Product Review: Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000</title>
		<link>http://publicintellectual.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/microsoft-wireless-laser-desktop-6000/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never before posted a product review on my blog.  But this one is so crappy that I&#8217;ve no choice but to make an exception.  People need to be warned about what not to waste their hard-earned money on. PRODUCT: Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 v3 I ordered this product on Amazon less than a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2679&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: Charmed Spectators and Charming Corruption</title>
		<link>http://publicintellectual.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/platitudinal-democracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob LeBlanc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Demings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Beary]]></category>
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		<title>The Past Was Worse</title>
		<link>http://publicintellectual.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/past-was-even-worse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a recent Cracked article, 5 Complaints About Modern Life (That Are Statistically B.S.): In general, it&#8217;s easier to be negative&#8230; It&#8217;s easier for us as a generation, because to admit that the world isn&#8217;t that bad right now would be to admit that we have it easier than our grandparents did and that the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2656&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>American Justice: How It Works and For Whom</title>
		<link>http://publicintellectual.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/american-justice-how-it-works-and-for-whom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are two examples are two examples of people who broke the law and are being punished for their "crimes": (1) Mom Jailed for Sending Kids to Better School District(2) Used Appliances Store Owner Who Smuggled Marijuana Thirty Years Ago Arrested Outside His Trailer<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2639&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nineteen Countries Outrank US in Press Freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second year in a row, the United States barely cracked the top twenty in press freedom. Reporters Without Borders compiles the World Press Freedom Index annually. According to the organization&#8217;s website, the index measures the state of press freedom in the world. It reflects the degree of freedom that journalists and news organisations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2630&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Mutation of a SLAPP Lawsuit: Cops Suspected of Police Brutality Suing Police Chief for Investigating</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The SLAPP lawsuit is like a virus or bacterium, constantly evolving into tougher and scarier mutations of itself.  In what seems like it might be a new variation of a SLAPP suit, two Chicago cops have sued their police chief for slander after being suspended along with five other officers who were the subject of an investigation regarding a videotaped excessive force incident.  It is common for police officers to be placed on leave during internal investigations involving their professional conduct. If successful this lawsuit will make it even harder to get police misconduct reports in a state which, according to already one of the worst in regards to transparency.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2580&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Animal Cruelty Laws By State</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reason state attorney Lawson Lamar had to file criminal charges against Christopher Comins for the infamous 2008 Orlando dog shootings was because the state Florida has laws requiring that such grotesque acts of animal cruelty are to be treated as felonies. But not every state has such laws. Hopefully you don&#8217;t live in Mississippi, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2574&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christine O&#8217;Donnell&#8217;s Constitutional Comprehension</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other night, as Christine O&#8217;Donnell was arguing for the scientific/educational merits of creationism, she suggested that &#8220;the separation of church and state&#8221; is not anywhere in the United States Constitution. Below are two very different media reactions to the incident. Media Interpretation #1: Rachel Maddow From Rachel Maddow transcript: Democrat Chris Coons and Republican [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2562&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Website Unveiled for Florida Citizen Participation Tour</title>
		<link>http://publicintellectual.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/new-website-unveiled-for-florida-citizen-participation-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please check it out. http://floridacitizenparticipation.com/<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2556&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many, God and country go together like cheese and wine.  It's one thing to make vague claims about some generic god who loves some generic "US." But to insert Jesus into specific events in America's past is unacceptable, as is the movement to embed Him into our official national history.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2484&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Voting Cheerleaders and Guessing Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 16:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our high school civics teachers got it half-right.  They convinced us that it was our responsibility as citizens to vote. But the blind dictum that everyone must vote (no matter how ignorant or out-of-touch they are), somewhat misses the point.  Many of us never got that voting is as much a privilege as it is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2524&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NAACP Backs H.R. 4364</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Citizen Participation Act of 2009 (H.R. 4364) now has the official support of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. About a month ago, I reported that H.R. 4364 got it&#8217;s fourth sponsor. Soon I will unveil a new website dedicated to my guest lecture series this.  This bill has special meaning [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicintellectual.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1320464&amp;post=2513&amp;subd=publicintellectual&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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