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	<title>Kejda Gjermani</title>
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		<title>Obama Reality Check</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Experience, and particularly Barack Obama’s purported lack thereof, had been a rhetorical hot button throughout this suspenseful electoral race. I personally considered it a powerful argument in favor of John McCain not because I believe experience particularly hones political skill or renders a candidate more fit to govern, but because it provides the electorate with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2008/12/08/obama-reality-check/</link>
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		<title>Iraq at Crossroads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Violence in Iraq has progressively declined throughout last summer and is now at record-low levels. Positive internal developments, while conveniently neglected until very recently (read: before the election), have lately flooded the media scene. What are we to make of Iraq today? Two of the most trustworthy independent reporters following the evolving situation on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2008/12/07/iraq-at-crossroads/</link>
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		<title>Racialist Passive-Aggressiveness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found this lovely political cartoon while browsing through the pages of The Courier Journal on a recent trip to Louisville.
Kentucky&#8217;s journalistic elites reveal holding a rather bold view of their state&#8217;s electorate. Contemptuous insinuations of &#8216;racism&#8217; charges have been seen and heard plenty of during this electoral race, but this cartoon is so painfully [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2008/11/25/racialist-passive-aggressiveness/</link>
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		<title>Authoritarianism: The Left&#8217;s True Face</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Never express yourself more clearly than you think. —Niels Bohr
Barack Obama and the political architects of what will be his administration have expressed themselves rather clearly with respect to their plans for imposing mandatory community service on young Americans. The puzzle is figuring out just what they are thinking! 

Here we have Rahm Emanuel, Barack [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2008/11/20/authoritarianism-the-lefts-true-face/</link>
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		<title>JihadwatchWatch: Robert Spencer&#8217;s amorous flirt with European Fascism</title>
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The election is finally behind us. After initial sighs of relief and disappointment many are already beginning to re-examine the American electorate’s fault lines. What pundits call a “center-right” nation is actually a diverse culture characterized by an overall respect for individualism, freedom and ingenuity, and by aspirations toward American exceptionalism. Articulating and politically channeling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2008/11/07/jihadwatchwatch-robert-spencers-amorous-flirt-with-european-fascism/</link>
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		<title>Musical Revisionism: A Communist Crime</title>
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A casual observer of Albanian Communist cultural paraphernalia (such as Enver’s speeches, Socialist Realist paintings, Party-approved monuments or poems, state-produced films, etc.) might deduce that Enver Hoxha fancied himself a glorious leader of an epic rural nation because of the pervasive themes of mythological collective greatness and romanticized legends coloring Albania’s grim history. Enver is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2008/11/04/musical-revisionism-a-communist-crime/</link>
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		<title>Expressive Fruit &#038; Veggies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just received a chain-email so cool that I thought merely forwarding it to my entire address book would not do its coolness much justice. So I decided to share it with the world via blogging. My husband is certain the images below are simply fancy Photoshop creations. I beg to differ! They all look [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2008/10/06/expressive-fruit/</link>
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		<title>A Short Love Story In Stop Motion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A superbly made animation by Carlos Lascano, about a little girl with the cheesiest imagination. Various layers and techniques are blended into a unique style. Oh, and the background music is by Sigur Ros, a band I happen to love. Enjoy!
A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.  
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		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2008/10/06/a-short-love-story-in-stop-motion/</link>
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		<title>Albanian Iso-polyphony</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Iso-polyphony  is a form of traditional Albanian polyphonic music. It can be divided into two major stylistic groups as performed by the Ghegs of northern Albania and Tosks and Labs living in the southern part of the country. The term iso is related to the drone, which accompanies the iso-polyphonic singing. The drone is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2008/08/31/albanian-iso-polyphony/</link>
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		<title>Robert Spencer’s Connections: The James Jatras File</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Within less than 48 hours, Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch has labored to not only quasi-politely dismiss and marginalize Michael Totten’s reports from Kosovo in the comments section of LittleGreenFootballs.com (lest his positive, or at least non hysterical message gains any traction with that crowd and prompts readers to question Spencer’s colorful portrayal of Kosovars [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2008/08/08/robert-spencers-connections-the-james-jatras-file/</link>
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