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		<title>Oregonian interview</title>
		<link>http://slowpokecomics.com/blog/index.php/2012/05/oregonian-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Sorensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oregonian did a nice interview with me as part of a series on their local blog partners. What's the most common misperception about me? Why am I leaving Portland? How do I summarize myself in a single word? Those exciting answers and more can be found with a click of the mouse!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Oregonian did a <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/news-network/index.ssf/2012/05/featured_blog_partner_qa_with_18.html" target="_blank">nice interview with me</a> as part of a series on their local blog partners. What's the most common misperception about me? Why am I leaving Portland? How do I summarize myself in a single word? Those exciting answers and more can be found with a click of the mouse!</p>
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		<title>This Week’s Cartoon: “The Bully Rights Movement”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Sorensen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Weekly Cartoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was going to make a "bully pulpit" joke in this strip, but then I did a search and realized everyone on the internet had already made it. A cartoonist's life is fraught with peril.
Mitt has done some good in the past, such as the health care plan he now distances himself from. But more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.slowpokecomics.com/strips/romney-bully.html"><img class="alignleft" title="Bully Rights" src="http://www.slowpokecomics.com/strips/romney-bully.png" alt="" width="200" /></a>I was going to make a "bully pulpit" joke in this strip, but then I did a search and realized everyone on the internet had already made it. A cartoonist's life is fraught with peril.</p>
<p>Mitt has done some good in the past, such as the health care plan he now distances himself from. But more and more, it seems like he's a human hurricane leaving a trail of unemployed people, bowel-voiding dogs and traumatized gay teens in his wake.</p>
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		<title>This Week’s Cartoon: “A Taxing Day at the Polls”</title>
		<link>http://slowpokecomics.com/blog/index.php/2012/05/this-weeks-cartoon-a-taxing-day-at-the-polls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Sorensen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Weekly Cartoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm growing increasingly worried about the impact of these noxious voter ID laws. Joan McCarter of Daily Kos wrote over the weekend about a lawsuit brewing in my home state of Pennsylvania, led by a 93  year-old woman who has voted in nearly every election for 60 years. She  now finds herself unable [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://slowpokecomics.com/strips/voter-ID.html"><img class="alignleft" title="A Taxing Day at the Polls" src="http://slowpokecomics.com/strips/voter-ID.png" alt="" width="200" /></a>I'm growing increasingly worried about the impact of these noxious voter ID laws. Joan McCarter of Daily Kos wrote over the weekend about a <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/05/1088866/-This-week-in-the-War-on-Voting-Don-t-mess-with-93-year-old-ladies-in-Pennsylvania-">lawsuit brewing in my home state of Pennsylvania</a>, led by a 93  year-old woman who has voted in nearly every election for 60 years. She  now finds herself unable to cast a ballot, thanks to the fact that the  state lost her birth certificate. And Ohio now allows poll workers to <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/07/05/260823/ohio-gop-weakens-election-law-by-allowing-poll-workers-to-refuse-to-inform-voters-where-they-can-vote/" target="_blank">refuse voters</a> information about where to vote. And we dare to call ourselves a  glorious beacon of freedom sauce? Warning to the rest of the world: DO  NOT EMULATE.</p>
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		<title>The First Order of Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 19:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Sorensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope you've got those loins fully girded, per my earlier instructions. The first thing I'm changing around here is that I'm de-emphasizing the name "Slowpoke" and using my name instead, the way most daily editorial cartoonists (and op-ed columnists) do. You may have noticed this week's strip lacked a logo. Or not. It's pretty [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope you've got those loins fully girded, per my earlier instructions. The first thing I'm changing around here is that I'm de-emphasizing the name "Slowpoke" and using my name instead, the way most daily editorial cartoonists (and op-ed columnists) do. You may have noticed this week's strip lacked a logo. Or not. It's pretty subtle, actually. I'm pretty entrenched with the old name, so I'm not going to start calling the strip "The Cartoon Formerly Known as Slowpoke" or anything. </p>
<p>Why the switch? Well, Lil' Bow Wow eventually had to become Bow Wow at some point. (Hopefully someday he'll just be Wow.) I'm designing a new site that encompasses all my different projects, and this keeps everything simple. </p>
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		<title>This Week’s Cartoon: Data Dump</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 17:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Sorensen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Weekly Cartoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like talking to people on the internet as much as the next person, but there are now officially too many ways to share. I can't keep up with what my friends and colleagues are doing across five different social networks. Sometimes I feel like a bad friend. I've missed so many birthdays on Facebook! [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://slowpokecomics.com/strips/datadump.html"><img class="alignleft" title="Data Dump" src="http://slowpokecomics.com/strips/datadump.png" alt="social networking cartoon" width="200" /></a>I like talking to people on the internet as much as the next person, but there are now officially too many ways to share. I can't keep up with what my friends and colleagues are doing across five different social networks. Sometimes I feel like a bad friend. I've missed so many birthdays on Facebook! Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to post links to this cartoon in five different places.</p>
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		<title>Change is Afoot</title>
		<link>http://slowpokecomics.com/blog/index.php/2012/04/change-is-afoot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Sorensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to let regular readers know that there will be some changes around here,  concerning both my website and my real life (I'm moving again). This means I'll probably post extra-minimally on the blog for a while. So gird your loins, or do whatever it is you need to do to Be Prepared.*
*Actually, there [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want to let regular readers know that there will be some changes around here,  concerning both my website and my real life (I'm moving again). This means I'll probably post extra-minimally on the blog for a while. So gird your loins, or do whatever it is you need to do to Be Prepared.*</p>
<p>*Actually, there is nothing you need to do.</p>
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		<title>This Week’s Cartoon: Take and Give</title>
		<link>http://slowpokecomics.com/blog/index.php/2012/04/this-weeks-cartoon-take-and-give/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Sorensen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Weekly Cartoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently finished Robert Frank's Richistan,  which provided the inspiration for this one. If you aren't familiar  with the book, it's about the hermetically-sealed reality inhabited by  today's ultrarich. Trust me, it's even worse than you think. Frank is  far too blithe about political corruption, but otherwise the book is a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://slowpokecomics.com/strips/takeandgive.html"><img class="alignleft" title="Take and Give" src="http://slowpokecomics.com/strips/takeandgive.png" alt="" width="200" /></a>I recently finished Robert Frank's <em><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/book/55713/richistan-by-robert-frank" target="_blank">Richistan</a></em>,  which provided the inspiration for this one. If you aren't familiar  with the book, it's about the hermetically-sealed reality inhabited by  today's ultrarich. Trust me, it's even worse than you think. Frank is  far too blithe about political corruption, but otherwise the book is a  fascinating read. Some of the people described are real pieces of work.</p>
<p>I don't wish to impugn the many good philanthropists out there. I'm  talking about the jerks who spend their lives making things difficult  for ordinary people, the suddenly feel a pang of <em>noblesse oblige</em> to "do good." Like, maybe if Mr. Aristopants didn't fight environmental  laws to reduce cancer-causing pollutants, his money wouldn't be needed  so much by that children's cancer camp. It is, like so many things, a  cycle of absurdity.</p>
<p><em>NEW: Follow Daily Kos Comics on Twitter at <a href="http://twitter.com/DailyKosComics" target="_blank">@DailyKosComics</a></em></p>
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		<title>This Week’s Cartoon: Daddyshack</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Sorensen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex discrimination]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
As upsetting as the "War on Women 2012" has been, I managed to keep  my cool, I think, until last week or so. But at some point between the  Masters Tournament at creepy Augusta National and the character  assassination of Hilary Rosen (whose perfectly valid point was twisted  wildly by everyone [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://slowpokecomics.com/strips/daddyshack.html"><img class="alignleft" title="Daddyshack" src="http://slowpokecomics.com/strips/daddyshack.png" alt="cartoon on Augusta National Golf Club" width="200" /></a></p>
<p>As upsetting as the "War on Women 2012" has been, I managed to keep  my cool, I think, until last week or so. But at some point between the  Masters Tournament at creepy Augusta National and the character  assassination of Hilary Rosen (whose perfectly valid point was twisted  wildly by everyone from the Romneys to the NYT's clueless <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/opinion/sunday/bruni-working-and-women.html" target="_blank">Frank Bruni</a>), things hit critical mass, and I truly began to question the wisdom of being born female.</p>
<p>IBM is one of the top sponsors of the Masters Tournament. Its CEO has  historically been granted membership at Augusta National, which is  denoted by a highly-coveted, silly green jacket that evokes shades of  Rodney Dangerfield-meets-Richie Rich. Well, what to do when the CEO is a  lady? Because that's what the current top dog at Big Blue, Virginia  Rometty, happens to be. Apparently, if you're Augusta, you still <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/sports/golf/ibm-executive-is-just-another-face-in-the-crowd.html" target="_blank">deny her membership</a>,  so that she's forced to wear the crumpled pink jacket she brought  balled-up in her roller luggage. (Just kidding; I'm sure her corporate  jet has a very nice place to hang jackets!) Another day, another chick  hits the Grass Ceiling.</p>
<p>I'm sure I'll get some emails saying, "They're a private club and  they can do what they want!" While this may technically be true, it  still doesn't mean they're not a bunch of retrograde douchesprockets.</p>
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		<title>This Week’s Cartoon: “Coffee Shop No-No’s”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Sorensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A non-political cartoon this week, as I've been busy traveling and trying not to think about politics. All of these offenses except the cigar-smoker were observed recently. Personally, I cannot imagine extending my personal Sphere of Entertainment (or Sphere of Commerce) to those sitting around me in a public space, but hey, that's just me. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://slowpokecomics.com/strips/coffeeshops.html"><img class="alignleft" title="Coffee Shop No-No's" src="http://slowpokecomics.com/strips/coffeeshops.png" alt="" width="200" /></a>A non-political cartoon this week, as I've been busy traveling and trying not to think about politics. All of these offenses except the cigar-smoker were observed recently. Personally, I cannot imagine extending my personal Sphere of Entertainment (or Sphere of Commerce) to those sitting around me in a public space, but hey, that's just me. Skype makes loud cellphone talkers seem almost quaint, doesn't it?</p>
<p>Coffee shop proprietors: feel free to print this one out and hang it on the wall. Use the larger click-through version. I'll be grateful.</p>
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		<title>This Week’s Cartoon: If Buying Health Insurance Were Like Buying Broccoli</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Sorensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations, America! Decades upon decades of struggle for a more  civilized health insurance system now rest in the hands of your smug,  Newsmax-reading uncle. Or his highly-trained, yet no less ignorant  equivalents.
A report from 2010 suggests that 275,000 will die due to lack of health insurance over the  following decade. Harvard [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://slowpokecomics.com/strips/broccoli-health-insurance.html"><img class="alignleft" title="If Buying Broccoli Were Like Buying Health Insurance" src="http://slowpokecomics.com/strips/broccoli-health-insurance.png" alt="cartoon about Supreme Court and health insurancce" width="200" /></a>Congratulations, America! Decades upon decades of struggle for a more  civilized health insurance system now rest in the hands of your smug,  Newsmax-reading uncle. Or his highly-trained, yet no less ignorant  equivalents.</p>
<p>A <a href="http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/deaths-rising-due-to-lack-of-insurance-study-finds/" target="_blank">report from 2010</a> suggests that 275,000 will die due to lack of health insurance over the  following decade. Harvard puts the number at <a href="http://http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/09/new-study-finds-45000-deaths-annually-linked-to-lack-of-health-coverage/" target="_blank">45,000 per year</a>. That's far, far greater than the number who perished  on September 11. And the judges who will be deciding the fate of those  hundreds of thousands of lives -- most of whom I suspect have never had  to deal with the incredible cruelties faced by those whose jobs do not  provide insurance -- cannot <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/conservatives-struggle-with-key-anti-obamacare-argument.php?ref=fpb">distinguish</a> a health insurance system from a cruciferous vegetable. I didn't have  room to go into the more complex economic issues about risk-sharing  which make broccoli an especially poor analogy, but hey, you can only do  so much in a cartoon.</p>
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