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	<title>GarethWestern.com &#187; politics</title>
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		<title>Ping Pong For Peace!</title>
		<link>http://garethwestern.com/archives/2007/07/17/ping-pong-for-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We don&#8217;t want to be provoked into a ping-pong game, although of course the Russian side will provide a necessary response.&#8221;
- Dmitri Peskov, Spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the recent expulsion of several Russian diplomats from the UK
Excellent idea! If only all the world&#8217;s problems could be solved over a game of ping [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t want to be provoked into a ping-pong game, although of course the Russian side will provide a necessary response.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>- Dmitri Peskov, Spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6902046.stm">the recent expulsion of several Russian diplomats from the UK</a></p>
<p>Excellent idea! If only all the world&#8217;s problems could be solved over a game of ping pong&#8230; Although I guess that would mean that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dcmDscwEcI">asian countries would have a much bigger say in everything</a>.</p>
<p>BTW: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-25477,00.html">Ping pong is not the same as table tennis</a>!</p>
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		<title>The Politics Test</title>
		<link>http://garethwestern.com/archives/2007/05/17/the-politics-test/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 13:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it&#8217;s been a while. Yes, there have been some changes in my life. More on that some other time! But for now: a politics test (hat-tip to Steve). As Steve said, no real surprises.



           You are a        [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, it&#8217;s been a while. Yes, there have been some changes in my life. More on that some other time! But for now: a politics test (hat-tip to <a href="http://www.stevebosman.co.uk/blog/2007/05/17/404/">Steve</a>). As Steve said, no real surprises.</p>
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<td align=center>      <font size="3">     You are a     </font><center> <font size="3">    <br />     </font><font size="4"><b>Social Liberal</b></font>     <br />     <font shmolor="a8a8a8" size="3">(65% permissive)</font><br />     </center> <font size="3">    <br />     and an&#8230;     </font><center><font size="3"><br />      </font><font size="4"><b>Economic Moderate</b></font>      <br />     <font shmolor="#a8a8a8" size="3">(41% permissive)</font><br />     </center>  <font size="3">    <br />     You are best described as a:</p>
<p></font><font size="+2"><u><center><b>Centrist (41e/65s)</b></center></u></font>     <br /> <br />
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<p> <br />
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<p>Link: <a href='http://www.okcupid.com/politics'><b>The Politics Test</b></a></td>
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