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		<title>Patrick&#8217;s Block of Casinos in Massachusetts was Prickly Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick cockblocked a bill that would have approved resort casino development in the state as well as slot machine licensing for non-casino properties. Patrick timed his rejection of the bill for the end of legislative session, effectively killing any chance for a compromise. The legislature would had to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Curious Case of Gambler Mike Lee</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In British Columbia, an intervention for problem gamblers called the Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program is under fire for allowing its participants to gamble. The program is designed to ban self-identified problem gamblers from playing in B.C. casinos by removing them from the premises before they can play. All it takes to ban yourself from casinos is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Drive for Casinos in Massachusetts Stalls Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anti-casino opposition is heating up in Massachusetts as the legislature argues over the details of the two bills passed in the House and Senate earlier this year. Numerous legislative hours have gone into merging the two bills into something to send before the Governor to sign when, according to the group United to Stop Slots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts Opens the Doors for Casino Operators</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics and Nation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paving the way for casinos in the State of Massachusetts, the state Senate voted yesterday 25-15 in favor of approving a bill to license three resort-style casinos in the state. The state House of Representatives had previously voted in favor of casino development back in April. The U.S. Department of the Interior, which reviews applications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Say I Want to Be an Environmentalist&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://smartremarx.com/2135/say-i-want-to-be-an-environmentalist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To call me an environmentalist is deceiving, but recent comments BP CEO Tony Hayward almost make a convert. I won&#8217;t pretend I have all the facts when it comes to the environment nor the ongoing BP oil disaster after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig sank two months ago. Giving a party line to the press, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday B.S.: Mail Goes Nowhere</title>
		<link>http://smartremarx.com/1914/friday-b-s-mail-goes-nowhere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics and Nation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not the only person to think that it&#8217;s time to blow up the United States Postal Service and privatize mail delivery. If you google USPS for news stories, there are thousands of reports and reactions to the proposals being made by the Postmaster General to fix the Postal Service. It laudable that he is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Social Security Shortfall</title>
		<link>http://smartremarx.com/1908/the-social-security-shortfall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Social Security Administration announced over the weekend its intentions to cash in government IOUs in order to support the federal program in 2010. Social Security is collected out of your paycheck and pooled to pay out benefits to workers who have retired. In the last two decades, the amount collected exceeded the amount paid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Same Sex Marriage Takes Near Fatal Blow in California</title>
		<link>http://smartremarx.com/1427/same-sex-marriage-takes-near-fatal-blow-in-california/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Same-sex marriage advocates are holding their breath as the California high court weighs the decision whether to overturn a state ban of same-sex marriage that voters approved last November.  The same court, by a vote of 4-3, legalized same-sex marriage last year when it was held that a prohibition against gay marriage was a civil rights violation.]]></description>
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		<title>States Get Graded on Smoking Regulations</title>
		<link>http://smartremarx.com/1206/states-get-graded-on-smoking-regulations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The "public health" concern isn't actually addressing the smokers, but the damage caused by secondhand smoke.  Employees who work in smoking environments, like casinos, suffer similar damage to their bodies as their smoker counterparts.  Susceptibility to lower respiratory track infections and asthma have been identified as damage from secondhand smoke, and in some cases, so has lung cancer and stroke.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Oh Sorry, But No You Can&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://smartremarx.com/802/oh-sorry-but-no-you-cant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nationally voters may have said "Yes We Can," but the voters of California told many of its citizens "No You Can't" with the passage of Proposition 8 against gay marriage in that state, along with voters in Florida, Arizona, and Arkansas who approved their own antigay measures.]]></description>
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