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		<title>New York&#8217;s Education Problem</title>
		<link>https://aplebessite.com/2026/10/12/new-yorks-education-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In addition to eliminating concrete examinations to assess whether a high school pupil (in New York, I hesitate to term them students), the State is instituted a carefully vague and unmeasurable in objective terms set of descriptions of a high &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/10/12/new-yorks-education-problem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A No-Brainer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Or it would be for anyone other than a dyed-in-the-wool Leftist. The supposed conundrum centers on England&#8217;s Premier League&#8217;s supposed cream of the crop Manchester City soccer club (not to be confused with the Manchester United soccer club, which appears &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/10/12/a-no-brainer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Business Decision, or…?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[eehines]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 11:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Legislation lately getting the backing of the Trump administration would give merchants the option to choose a different card network to process transactions when their customers use a credit card. Banks object. [They] say that the fees are what power &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/10/11/business-decision-or/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Two Things</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[eehines]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here are two things, taken in isolation but not separated from each other. Last week, five likely terrorists were caught in the process of scoping out, if not actually attacking our B-1 bombers housed at RAF Fairford in the UK. &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/10/10/two-things-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fixing Itself</title>
		<link>https://aplebessite.com/2026/10/09/fixing-itself/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[eehines]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A question arises: can France fix itself so it can fix its economy so it can get its debt under control and on a downward path to a sensible level? That answer depends on whether it can fix its national &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/10/09/fixing-itself/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Frivolous Suit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[eehines]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a case, Anderson v Intel, centered on what investment vehicles are suitable for inclusion in 401(k) accounts, defined contribution retirement accounts that are entirely directed by the account holder. The plaintiff, a former &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/10/09/a-frivolous-suit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Start</title>
		<link>https://aplebessite.com/2026/10/08/its-a-start-16/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[eehines]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If it passes, a draft bipartisan Federal permit reform bill that&#8217;s circulating in the Senate would be a good start. As is the usual case in politics, it wants improvement, but first pass this first step, then return forthwith with &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/10/08/its-a-start-16/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rahm Emanuel&#8217;s Latest Installment</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[eehines]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the last several weeks, Progressive-Democratic Party Presidential candidate hopeful Rahm Emanuel has been publishing sections of his campaign platform in The Wall Street Journal. His latest installment is here. Emanuel talks a good game, but as Long Time Reader &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/10/08/rahm-emanuels-latest-installment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bombers and RAF Fairfield</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[eehines]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our B-1s and B-52s have been redeployed Stateside (cynics might term the transfer a retrograde movement, but they&#8217;d be overstating the case) from RAF Fairford after the recent intercepted terrorist attack attempt. My own not very humble take on that &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/10/07/bombers-and-raf-fairfield/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Know Better Socialism Made Manifest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Michigan&#8217;s Socialist Progressive-Democratic Party candidate for Senator, Abdul el-Sayed, is a poster child for socialism&#8217;s Know Better ideology. He&#8217;s claiming now that [m]ost billionaires don&#8217;t park their money making more businesses. They park their money in the stock market. That &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/10/07/know-better-socialism-made-manifest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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