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		<title>Thoughts and Visions of Hell: Our Nightmare Planet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A compilation of photo galleries, facts, and ruminations documenting the most extreme weather events of the past several years. Assembling this information in one place where connections can easily be made offers a powerful statement about the world in which we live. It also raises a number of serious questions. Res ipsa loquitur, as the old judges used to say.]]></description>
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		<title>The Story that Bewitched Us All and Turned Wall Street into a Managed Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps one of the most interesting observations history will make in regard to the present bull market is just how much it&#8217;s governed by language and not numbers. While this may have always been true to some extent, there are few times in the history of the American stock market when this fact, by itself, <a href='http://modernfolktales.com/satire/the-story-that-bewitched-us-all-and-turned-wall-street-into-a-managed-market/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Absence of Morality Since 9-11 is Destabilizing the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Destablization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the post World War II years introduced the law to normative economic analysis in a modern way, it was September 11th that solidified its dominance in legal and policy-making circles. I believe this is one of the reasons why, despite all the tireless talk about God, country, and our duty to the unborn, both <a href='http://modernfolktales.com/modern-monsters/the-absence-of-morality-since-9-11-is-destabilizing-the-world/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Underlying Causes of Mass Shootings in America Seethe Below  the Surface</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conventional explanations for recent mass shootings, like Sandy Hook, are overly simplistic and fail to help society fully grasp the reasons why these tragedies keep occurring. These ready-made answers often tempt society into narrowly focusing blame at the expense of searching for deeper answers and devising needed solutions.]]></description>
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		<title>Revisiting the Fracking&amp;#8211Earthquake Connection</title>
		<link>http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/earthquake-stories/revisiting-the-fracking-earthquake-connection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Earthquake Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advanced National Seismic System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnett Shale]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the situation in Texas and other parts of the country where fracking for natural gas has come on the scene: it&#8217;s producing a hell of a lot of gas, excitement, and money. All of this gas is also producing a hell of a lot of wastewater, which, according to experts is producing a hell <a href='http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/earthquake-stories/revisiting-the-fracking-earthquake-connection/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Freak Tornado Smashes New Zealand Town</title>
		<link>http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/freak-tornado-smashes-new-zealand-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind Storms]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I saw it coming across the river, the air went very electric and the sky went black. And then the wind started to whistle. This was like a juggernaut roaring through here,&#8221; witness Suzanne McFadden told New Zealand&#8217;s Newstalk ZB radio.1 A violent tornado-like suddenly came out of nowhere yesterday afternoon about about 3pm and wreaked <a href='http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/freak-tornado-smashes-new-zealand-town/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Modest Solution to Finally Resolve the Problem of Poor People</title>
		<link>http://modernfolktales.com/satire/a-modest-solution-to-finally-resolve-the-problem-of-poor-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American myths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Prefatory Note: For those who&#8217;re somewhat reading challenged, this post is intended to be satirical. * As an American citizen who loves his country and is concerned about its future, I&#8217;m proud to admit that I also love money. So much so that I spend hours a day pouring over financial news and sage <a href='http://modernfolktales.com/satire/a-modest-solution-to-finally-resolve-the-problem-of-poor-people/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Changing Face of Happiness</title>
		<link>http://modernfolktales.com/happiness_principle/the-changing-face-of-happiness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Happiness Principle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ego heroin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Envy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jealousy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[optimum happiness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For modern man, form increasingly dictates the substance of thought. Recall from the previous post, Happiness is a Balance, that optimum happiness depends on sustaining optimum internal and external conditions. Since forms are human constructions and are therefore imperfect, it stands to reason that an optimum external situation will be one that contains the least <a href='http://modernfolktales.com/happiness_principle/the-changing-face-of-happiness/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happiness is a Balance</title>
		<link>http://modernfolktales.com/happiness_principle/happiness-is-a-balance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Happiness Principle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, as we left off in the previous post, What does it take to be happy?, Bonnie and Clyde have finally saved up enough loot and have escaped to their tropical paradise. Here we have it: Hollywood&#8217;s great formula for happiness: boy meets girl; boy gets girl; boy and girl get a lot of money; <a href='http://modernfolktales.com/happiness_principle/happiness-is-a-balance/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What does it take to be happy?</title>
		<link>http://modernfolktales.com/happiness_principle/what-does-it-take-to-be-happy-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Happiness Principle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonnie & clyde]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think most of the developed world has been having a pretty limited conversation when it comes to formulating questions about the conditions necessary to bring about happiness. I don&#8217;t mean to suggest that people don&#8217;t think about happiness very much. I believe pretty much everyone believes  they want to be happy. But I think <a href='http://modernfolktales.com/happiness_principle/what-does-it-take-to-be-happy-2/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Equality in Happiness</title>
		<link>http://modernfolktales.com/happiness_principle/equality-in-happiness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Happiness Principle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The second major concept of the happiness principle holds that all people are equal before the throne of the happiness principle. This is a radical, perhaps revolutionary statement. It runs contrary to fundamental values inherent in many of the world&#8217;s leading contemporary societies. Most of us have been taught to believe that talented, hardworking people <a href='http://modernfolktales.com/happiness_principle/equality-in-happiness/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Happiness Principle</title>
		<link>http://modernfolktales.com/happiness_principle/the-happiness-principle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Happiness Principle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to introduce you to the happiness principle. What is the happiness principle you ask? This is a good question and is very likely one of the most important questions you&#8217;ll ever ask. For when it comes down to it, what could be more important than your happiness? The only answer I can think <a href='http://modernfolktales.com/happiness_principle/the-happiness-principle/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Earthquake Warning Signs</title>
		<link>http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/earthquake-stories/earthquake-warning-signs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Earthquake Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquake myths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquake warnings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jim Berkland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sichuan earthquake]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mongolia, China, 2003, Strange Pre-Earthquake OccurrencesGreat Sichuan Earthquake, aka Wenchuan EarthquakeCan Animals Really Sense Earthquakes Before They Happen?Geologist Jim Berkland&#8217;s Method of Predicting EarthquakesEarthquake WeatherMongolia, China, 2003, Strange Pre-Earthquake Occurrences A 2003 story in the China Daily relates some strange occurrences just prior to a large earthquake that hit Chifeng, a city in Mongolia. Villagers <a href='http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/earthquake-stories/earthquake-warning-signs/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Earthquake Debate</title>
		<link>http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/the-great-earthquake-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/the-great-earthquake-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Earthquake Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[armageddon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[end times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eschatology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SummaryThe End of the WorldOther Web Sites that Connect Earthquakes with Eschatology and/or Punishment2012: The End of the WorldRising Earthquake Trend Linked to Global WarmingOther Web Sites with Similar IdeasBusiness as UsualSeventeen Major Earthquakes and One Great Shaker Per YearScientists Shaken by Coincidence of Killer QuakesSimultaneous Terrestrial, Solar Magnetic Polarity ReversalsSummary A Google search using <a href='http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/the-great-earthquake-debate/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kenyans Desperate to Survive Resort to Poaching</title>
		<link>http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/drought-stories/africa/kenyans-desperate-to-survive-resort-to-poaching/</link>
		<comments>http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/drought-stories/africa/kenyans-desperate-to-survive-resort-to-poaching/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[africa droughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kenya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nairobi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[survival stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water crisis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://modernfolktales.com/?p=1109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an ongoing post chronicling  some of the stories that have been summoned into existence by the droughts now ravaging Africa.]]></description>
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		<title>Global Earthquake Trends 1900 &#8211; 2010</title>
		<link>http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/global-earthquake-trends-1900-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/global-earthquake-trends-1900-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seismic activity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Killer Earthquakes and Other Problems Beneath the SurfaceDeadliest Earthquakes 1900 to 2009The Haitian ExampleUnstable GroundWorst Earthquakes and Earthquake-Caused Tsunamis 1900 to 2010The Rising Kill-Rate of EarthquakesDeadliest Earthquakes by Region 1900 to 2010Killer Earthquakes and Other Problems Beneath the Surface Silent and unexpected, without warning, they smite with irresistible force. All that dwells upon the surface <a href='http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/global-earthquake-trends-1900-2010/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Monster Dialectic</title>
		<link>http://modernfolktales.com/modern-monsters/the-monster-dialectic/</link>
		<comments>http://modernfolktales.com/modern-monsters/the-monster-dialectic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Modern Monsters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bombs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[militant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modern monsters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suicide bomber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[war on terror]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suicide BombersThe Three Voices of the War on Terror and the Unheard Fourth VoiceIraqi Public OpinionIRAQ: WHERE THINGS STAND 2007PUBLIC ATTITUDES IN IRAQ: FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF INVASIONAfghan Public OpinionSurvey of the Afghan People for the Year 2009Afghan Civilians Angry Over DeathsAfghan Civilian Deaths Rise 40% in 2008Children Die in ExplosionStatements of Afghans Affected by <a href='http://modernfolktales.com/modern-monsters/the-monster-dialectic/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Africa: Droughts</title>
		<link>http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/africa-droughts/</link>
		<comments>http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/africa-droughts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[africa droughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[africa water shortage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[droughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global water shortage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water crisis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the course of the last one hundred years the frequency and geographic dispersion of droughts has increased significantly on the African continent.]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Disasters of the World</title>
		<link>http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/world-natural-disasters/</link>
		<comments>http://modernfolktales.com/natural-disasters/world-natural-disasters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catastrophes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Declared Disasters]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://modernfolktales.com/?p=782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The frequency and intensity of natural disasters have been increasing. This poses both humanitarian and financial challenges; not to mention the question why?]]></description>
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		<title>The People&#8217;s Water</title>
		<link>http://modernfolktales.com/water/the-peoples-water/</link>
		<comments>http://modernfolktales.com/water/the-peoples-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Roche</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drinking water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global water shortage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Clean and Dirty Reality of WaterWater Stories From Around the World&#60;Video&#62; Water Crisis in the AzawakAzawak Video Highlights&#60;Video&#62; QuenchQuench Video HighlightsThe Clean and Dirty Reality of Water If any resource can be used as the quintessential symbol for the quality of life on this planet, it would probably have to be water. In this <a href='http://modernfolktales.com/water/the-peoples-water/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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