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		<title>Obsessive-Compulsive</title>
		<link>https://aplebessite.com/2026/08/08/obsessive-compulsive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Progressive-Democratic Party politicians are beating each other up over who should hold sway over Party—socialists or Establishment Democrats. Their serious policy differences and the power struggle that otherwise would fracture Party, though, are not stopping them from linking arms in &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/08/08/obsessive-compulsive/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Corruption, Thy Name Is…</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The lede lays it out in no uncertain terms. Arizona&#8217;s largest county suffered a significant breach of its election data in the days before the 2020 presidential election when a self-described hacker foiled security and obtained 633,000 voter registration files &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/08/07/corruption-thy-name-is/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lose the ad Hominem</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Michigan&#8217;s Republican nominee for US Senate, Mike Rogers, commented on his now opponent, Democratic Socialists of America nominee, Abdul el-Sayed (formally, the Progressive-Democratic Party nominee), for the same seat. The choice this November is simple: common sense or complete insanity. &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/08/07/lose-the-ad-hominem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Desperation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After enduring weeks of deprecation and outright denigration at the hands of Michigan&#8217;s Democratic Socialists of America (formally, Progressive-Democratic Party) nominee for US Senate Abdul el-Sayed, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D, NY) has…come out in support of el-Sayed for &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/08/06/desperation-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hold Who Accountable, Again?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the last month, or so, there has been a spate of cyber attacks against our nation&#8217;s infrastructure, culminating in a series of attacks a variety of water distribution networks causing shutdowns of several cities&#8217; water supply, primarily in Minnesota, &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/08/06/hold-who-accountable-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wrong Solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[New York City&#8217;s Socialist (officially Progressive-Democrat) Mayor Zohran Mamdani published an extensive list of residences which he claimed were secondary residences—pieds-à-terre—owned by the Evil Rich, together with his intention of taxing them heavily for their existence. It turns out his &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/08/05/wrong-solution/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Victory vs Diplomacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The headline laid out the…dilemma. Trump Pivots Back to Diplomacy as Iran Victory Eludes Him This is a false dichotomy, and it&#8217;s leading to exceedingly higher costs in weapons expenditures, dollars, destruction, and casualties. Per Clausewitz, war is merely the &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/08/05/victory-vs-diplomacy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Go to Trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the &#8220;legal&#8221; battle between Larry Ellison&#8217;s Paramount on the one hand and California, et al,, on the other over whether Paramount&#8217;s acquisition of Warner Brothers amounts to an anticompetitive monopoly, as California AG Rob Bonta claims, Ellison is pushing &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/08/04/go-to-trial/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Success from which to Learn</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This bit, regarding Ukraine&#8217;s battlefield success flowing from Ukraine&#8217;s achieving drone dominance in the barbarian&#8217;s invasion lays out the success in question: Ukraine&#8217;s rapid adoption of drone technology in warfare, as well as its rapid manufacturing build-out to produce them, &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/08/04/a-success-from-which-to-learn/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>One More Thought on our Second Amendment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The thought coalesced, finally, on reading a post over at Grim&#8217;s Hall, a blog I strongly recommend on GPs. A problem I&#8217;ve had with Bruen from the start, hanging its hat on historical tradition as it does, is that the &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/08/03/one-more-thought-on-our-second-amendment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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