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    <updated>2009-07-11T19:36:50-07:00</updated>
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        <title>The Cheney-CIA waterboarding issue is starting to smell very bad</title>
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        <published>2009-07-11T19:36:50-07:00</published>
        <updated>2009-07-12T20:08:39-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Joel Toledano</name>
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    <content type="html">The issue over waterboarding and who knew what &amp; when has been hashed over repeatedly. That said, I can't recall another prominent elected official - in this case, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi - get into a public pissing...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Great Communicators are Great Explainers</title>
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        <published>2009-07-09T16:28:45-07:00</published>
        <updated>2009-07-12T20:09:18-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Joel Toledano</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Rules for Startups" />
        
        


    <content type="html">If you have ever struggled to communicate your thoughts, passion or vision to others (and marveled at how easily some people like President Obama are able to do it), then this HBS article by John Baldoni will really resonate. Communicating...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Barcelona FC "Gladiator" video - if you ever want to inspire the troops</title>
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        <published>2009-07-06T18:45:42-07:00</published>
        <updated>2009-07-06T19:01:18-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Joel Toledano</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Sports" />
        
        


    <content type="html">This is awesome. Check out the Gladiator-inspired video that head coach Pep Guardiola put together to get his squad fired up before they took the pitch against Manchester United in this year's Champions League final. We all know that Pep's...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>US Soccer - good start to World Cup campaign</title>
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        <published>2009-06-28T19:59:28-07:00</published>
        <updated>2009-07-12T20:09:59-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Joel Toledano</name>
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    <content type="html">Even though the US team lost 3-2 to Brazil in the Confederations Cup final today, fans of Sam's Army should feel good about the team's progress. I watched nearly every game the US played, and after a rocky start to...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Politics: The Palin Problem, part II</title>
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        <published>2008-09-04T10:04:32-07:00</published>
        <updated>2008-09-04T10:04:32-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Joel Toledano</name>
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    <content type="html">First thoughts on the Palin problem are here, a much longer post. Now the defenses of her record are getting laughable - why not just say what Clinton, Reagan, and other governors have said, notably that governors have a record...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Politics: you couldn't make this stuff up</title>
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        <published>2008-09-04T09:45:11-07:00</published>
        <updated>2008-09-04T09:45:11-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Joel Toledano</name>
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    <content type="html">This has to be the strangest political season ever. Imagine a story in which: - The first African-American would be nominated for president by a major party (and that when he started his campaign, he would be a relatively little-known...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>With all this Fear around, McCain's going to need a cape and tights</title>
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        <published>2008-09-03T07:15:34-07:00</published>
        <updated>2008-09-03T07:15:34-07:00</updated>
        
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            <name>Joel Toledano</name>
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    <content type="html">The first full night of the Republican national convention struck a theme that really bothers me, beyond just politics - it was all about Fear. So much of what we hear and see in society these days is marketed to...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Politics: The Palin Problem</title>
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        <published>2008-09-02T06:56:48-07:00</published>
        <updated>2008-09-02T06:56:48-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Joel Toledano</name>
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    <content type="html">John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate has spurred a lot of thoughts as we move into the season when most Americans tune into the race for the White House; here are a handful of them. First,...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Here's an idea in GPS for a smart entrepreneur </title>
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        <published>2008-07-03T16:49:40-07:00</published>
        <updated>2008-07-03T16:49:40-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Joel Toledano</name>
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    <content type="html">Voice-themed GPS is a great entrepreneurial idea&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>Lifehack: 3 Tips to be More Efficient with Email</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-52141842</id>
        <published>2008-07-01T18:45:05-07:00</published>
        <updated>2008-07-01T18:45:05-07:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Joel Toledano</name>
        </author>
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    <content type="html">Be more efficient with email&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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