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		<title>How To Screw The Childfree Worker Even More</title>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/02/18/how-to-screw-the-childfree-worker-even-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Britgirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re childfree and you already feel that mothers get advantages in the workplace this article should give you some idea that when it comes to politics, there’s nowhere too low to stoop. And far from things getting better, they can get worse. Even if you don’t live in the UK, this article should still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dateline India &#8211; Kids Could Be Jailed For Failing To Look After Elderly Parents</title>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2007/03/02/dateline-india-kids-could-be-jailed-for-failing-to-look-after-elderly-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Britgirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found this very interesting article in the International Herald Tribune. It’s about moves afoot in India which would see children either fined or jailed for not taking care of their elderly parents. India already has a tradition of respect for the elderly. But now it is taking this to a new extreme… with legislation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prejudices: Very Much Alive And Kicking</title>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/26/prejudices-very-much-alive-and-kicking/</link>
		<comments>http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/26/prejudices-very-much-alive-and-kicking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Britgirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my readers sent me this link a while ago. Called Prejudices are difficult to kill by Gabriella Coslovich in The Age it’s yet another example proving that, unless you are busy breeding – oops – reproducing your view really doesn’t count one whit. Parents views, however certainly do. Many have tried to convince [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egyptian Blogger Sent To Jail</title>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/22/egyptian-blogger-sent-to-jail/</link>
		<comments>http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/22/egyptian-blogger-sent-to-jail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Britgirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was the other big blogging story in the news today. A blogger sent to jail for criticising Egypt’s top university, (apparently taken, by the way, as a criticism of Islam) and the Egyptian president. As someone has said, how come Muslim countries want to enjoy the freedom of speech in the West to demonstrate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flexible Work Rights Should Be For Us All</title>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/12/flexible-work-rights-should-be-for-us-all/</link>
		<comments>http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/12/flexible-work-rights-should-be-for-us-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Britgirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Says UK minister for Family Policy, Beverley Hughes in a book to be published in May. All 29 million UK workers should have a right that is at present granted only to parents with young families, according to the minister in charge of family policy. Yes. About time too. But a universal right to ask [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Launches Presidential Bid</title>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/11/obama-launches-presidential-bid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s official. The Democratic Senator Barack Obama has launched his presidential campaign. He is 45 and considered the first African-American candidate to have a chance of winning the Democratic nomination. Hillary Clinton has also thrown her hat in the ring. So it’s Barak against Hillary so far. Should be interesting.The news media is buzzing about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rush Limbaugh Defending The Childfree?</title>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2007/01/28/rush-limbaugh-defending-the-childfree/</link>
		<comments>http://thebritgirl.com/2007/01/28/rush-limbaugh-defending-the-childfree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Britgirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conservatives Suddenly Defending the Childfree? Ultra conservative Rush Limbaugh defending women without children?? WTF? I actually found myself agreeing with what he is saying. It all erupted from what is now being called “The Barbara Boxer Thing” where on Jan 12, Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer apparently attacked Condolezza Rice for being single and childless. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time To Bash The Banks Again</title>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2007/01/27/time-to-bash-the-banks-again/</link>
		<comments>http://thebritgirl.com/2007/01/27/time-to-bash-the-banks-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Britgirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And this time, who better to do it than a sleazy politician who simply loves to engage in point scoring. This time it is Jack Layton of the New Democrats, who is accusing the banks of “gouging customers with the fees they charge to withdraw and deposit cash at ATMs” (Automatic Tellers, or Cash Points [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Woman Deputy at UN&#8230; But Only Some Rejoice</title>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2007/01/06/first-woman-deputy-at-un-but-only-some-rejoice/</link>
		<comments>http://thebritgirl.com/2007/01/06/first-woman-deputy-at-un-but-only-some-rejoice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 23:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Britgirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems to be Women&#8217;s Week with another first and another story that I thought worth highlighting. First woman deputy follows heavy pressure from African states Now this is what I call a rather more balanced write-up of a recent woman appointee, even though the appointment itself isn&#8217;t met by jubilation from all. This is because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Female Speaker Grasps The Gavel &#8211; CNN.com</title>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2007/01/04/first-female-speaker-grasps-the-gavel-cnncom/</link>
		<comments>http://thebritgirl.com/2007/01/04/first-female-speaker-grasps-the-gavel-cnncom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Britgirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; The spotlight belonged to Nancy Pelosi on Thursday as she became the first woman in U.S. history to stand at the head of the House of Representatives, second in line to the presidency. Yes, it&#8217;s indeed great. Wonderful in fact, that another woman has risen to prominence. Last year we had Katie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here We Go Again&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2006/09/18/here-we-go-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britgirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am no fan of the Pope, nor the Catholic church. But the recent hoop-la by some Muslims over his speech about religion and violence had me thinking that on this one, he had a point. Strikingly reminiscent of the Danish cartoon furore, where over a hundred people died in the frenzied reaction to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So What Were You Doing On September 11 2001?</title>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2006/09/11/so-what-were-you-doing-on-september-11-2001/</link>
		<comments>http://thebritgirl.com/2006/09/11/so-what-were-you-doing-on-september-11-2001/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britgirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the day when the world saw passenger planes deliberately flown into the Twin Towers in Downtown New York, with the death of almost 3,000 people I wonder if, years later, there is anyone who hasn&#8217;t asked and answered that question.If there is anyone who cannot remember exactly where they were and what they were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada Bribes People To Make More People</title>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2006/08/16/canada-bribes-people-to-make-more-people/</link>
		<comments>http://thebritgirl.com/2006/08/16/canada-bribes-people-to-make-more-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britgirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across the info below&#160;in the No KIDDING email digest the other day sent by Jerry Steinberg. I thought it was worth telling more people about it, particularly childfree people so I asked if I could post it here&#160;on Like It Is.&#160;&#160;As childfree&#160;people&#160;we&#8217;ve made a conscious decision not to add to the overpopulation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sand In The Crankshaft</title>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2006/08/14/sand-in-the-crankshaft/</link>
		<comments>http://thebritgirl.com/2006/08/14/sand-in-the-crankshaft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britgirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[See how you do. Q1. Why is the US even in Iraq and the Mid-East anyway? a) To set the people free b) For the historical Bush family cronyism (ask yourself who built the infrastructure) c) For the current Bush family cronyism (ask yourself who stands to lose if the Iraqis nationalise the infrastructure) d) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change Your Policies &#8211; Or Else</title>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2006/08/12/change-your-policies-or-else/</link>
		<comments>http://thebritgirl.com/2006/08/12/change-your-policies-or-else/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Muslim leaders are blaming the UK government foreign policy for the acts of extremists. Never mind that 9/11was planned and took place well before the US was ever involved in Iraq. They have written a letter to the government stating, in effect that the attacks will continue until and unless the government changes its foreign [...]]]></description>
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