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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The XX Factor : Alaska</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Alaska/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Alaska</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>EPIC FAILLLLL!!!!!!!????</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/11/25/epic-failllll.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4094</guid><dc:creator>Moe Tkacik</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4094.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4094</wfw:commentRss><description>Apologies for the caps, but this NINETY EIGHT POINT FONT Drudge EXCLUSIVE about the prediction of one Igor Panarin that the United States was going to collapse and break into six separate nation-states (not including Alaska, which he advises Putin to...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/11/25/epic-failllll.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4094" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Alaska/default.aspx">Alaska</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/igor+panarin/default.aspx">igor panarin</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/economc+crisis/default.aspx">economc crisis</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/drudge/default.aspx">drudge</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/finanical+crisis/default.aspx">finanical crisis</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/russia/default.aspx">russia</category></item><item><title>That Is Some Pricey Lipstick, Sarah</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/10/24/that-is-some-pricey-lipstick-sarah.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:07:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:3926</guid><dc:creator>Melinda Henneberger</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/3926.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3926</wfw:commentRss><description>Wow, forget medicine and law; I'm gonna push my girl toward beauty school, where the big bucks are. 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The video features young girls begging that she not "undo everything they (the girls' feminist mothers and grandmothers) fought for." What stood out to me was the statistic that "women in...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/10/21/alaska-s-high-rate-of-rape.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3887" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/rape/default.aspx">rape</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Sarah+Palin/default.aspx">Sarah Palin</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Alaska/default.aspx">Alaska</category></item></channel></rss>