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		<title>The Top 11 Songs of 2012</title>
		<link>http://randomindependent.com/2013/01/07/the-top-11-songs-of-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This last round, it’s the best songs. Previous winners include last year’s “Rolling In The Deep” by Adele, and “Little Lion Man” by Mumford &#38; Sons. I have a wide-variety of music tastes and I tried to reflect that with this list. To make that reflection wider, you’ll find no overlap with the Best Albums ]]></description>
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		<title>The Top 11 Films of 2012</title>
		<link>http://randomindependent.com/2013/01/02/the-top-11-films-of-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[21 jump street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[moonrise kingdom]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://randomindependent.com/?p=1167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This round, it’s the best films. Previous winners include last year’s “X-Men: First Class,&#8221; and “Inception.&#8221; So clearly, I&#8217;m easily swayed by blockbusters that can make me tear-eyed. The previous winner in the &#8220;Actor Who Got Really Good This Year&#8221; award went to Seth Rogen last year. Previous winners of &#8220;The Most Undeservedly Crapped Upon ]]></description>
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		<title>The Top 11 Albums of 2012</title>
		<link>http://randomindependent.com/2012/12/31/the-top-11-albums-of-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[the killers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the lumineers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://randomindependent.com/?p=1126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The end of the year is truly the most wonderful time of the year on the Internet. Here, nerds everywhere can proclaim their favorite things in existence, and get mad at other people&#8217;s favorite things. Not wanting to be left out in declaring my favorite things from this year, I decided to make a bunch of best-of lists ]]></description>
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		<title>Education is Pronounced: FrēdƏm</title>
		<link>http://randomindependent.com/2012/12/19/education-is-pronounced-fred%c9%99m/</link>
		<comments>http://randomindependent.com/2012/12/19/education-is-pronounced-fred%c9%99m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Lucas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Documentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://randomindependent.com/?p=1137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re wondering where I&#8217;ve been the past few months, the answer is two-fold. First off, I&#8217;ve been living the life of a normal American who works a full-time minimum wage job at a popular fast-food chain. Secondly, I&#8217;ve been involved in the making of a documentary. Sure, it was basically made as a glorified class ]]></description>
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		<title>War For The White House: A Look Back, A Look Now, &amp; A Look At How I Decided My Vote</title>
		<link>http://randomindependent.com/2012/11/06/war-for-the-white-house-a-look-back-a-look-now-a-look-at-how-i-decided-my-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://randomindependent.com/2012/11/06/war-for-the-white-house-a-look-back-a-look-now-a-look-at-how-i-decided-my-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Lucas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://randomindependent.com/?p=1100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Guess what guys, it&#8217;s election day. And just so you know, if you didn&#8217;t vote, America reserves the right to trade you to China and/or India for some first-round draft picks to compensate for the loss of Steve Jobs. Fortunately, I early voted on Saturday, so not only did I beat all the lines you ]]></description>
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		<title>Humanity In A Camera Lens: The History of Documenteries &amp; Their Impact On Society</title>
		<link>http://randomindependent.com/2012/10/29/humanity-in-a-camera-lens-the-history-of-documenteries-their-impact-on-society/</link>
		<comments>http://randomindependent.com/2012/10/29/humanity-in-a-camera-lens-the-history-of-documenteries-their-impact-on-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ken burns]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[thin blue line]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://randomindependent.com/?p=1062</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a medium, film has always given its viewer and maker the power to find truths about humanity by recording it and distributing it for an interested audience. But for the first few decades of its existence, these truths were contained in a fictional version of life. It wasn&#8217;t until the 1920s when people like ]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Ryan: The Anti-Sarah Palin</title>
		<link>http://randomindependent.com/2012/08/22/paul-ryan-the-anti-sarah-palin/</link>
		<comments>http://randomindependent.com/2012/08/22/paul-ryan-the-anti-sarah-palin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Lucas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[atlast shrugged]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ayn rand]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://randomindependent.com/?p=1014</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the HBO film, &#8220;Game Change,&#8221; about the choice of Sarah Palin during the 2008 campaign, the point is made that while the decision to pick Sarah Palin for Vice-President energized the campaign, the decision was made haphazardly in a way that ultimately hurt the campaign, and American politics in general. I don&#8217;t know if ]]></description>
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		<title>You Only Live Twice: The Themes of Mad Men, Thus Far</title>
		<link>http://randomindependent.com/2012/08/21/you-only-live-twice-the-themes-of-mad-men-thus-far/</link>
		<comments>http://randomindependent.com/2012/08/21/you-only-live-twice-the-themes-of-mad-men-thus-far/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1950s]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://randomindependent.com/?p=1017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You Only Live Twice or so it seems, one life for yourself and one for your dreams. You drift through the years and life seems tame, till one dream appears and love is its name. And love is a stranger who&#8217;ll beckon you on, don&#8217;t think of the danger or the stranger is gone. This dream is for ]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Talk About Chick-Fil-A</title>
		<link>http://randomindependent.com/2012/07/28/lets-talk-about-chick-fil-a/</link>
		<comments>http://randomindependent.com/2012/07/28/lets-talk-about-chick-fil-a/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://randomindependent.com/?p=981</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, Chick-Fil-A was one of the greatest places on Earth. It didn&#8217;t make you feel terrible after you ate it, like McDonalds. Other kids weren&#8217;t mean to you on their playground, nor did it seem as nasty, like at McDonalds,. And best of all, there was a mystique to it because we never got ]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do We Fall?: The Themes of Christopher Nolan&#8217;s Batman Trilogy</title>
		<link>http://randomindependent.com/2012/07/21/why-do-we-fall-the-themes-of-christopher-nolans-batman-trilogy/</link>
		<comments>http://randomindependent.com/2012/07/21/why-do-we-fall-the-themes-of-christopher-nolans-batman-trilogy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 02:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alfred]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Batman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[batman begins]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[liam neeson]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://randomindependent.com/?p=961</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Nobody deserves a medal, it&#8217;s just the ridiculous situation you find yourself in and how you react to it&#8230; Courage isn&#8217;t just a tap you can turn on and off whenever you want it to. Courage isn&#8217;t a permanence. Courage is a tenuous and fickle thing. Courage and cowardice exist in every man.&#8221; &#8211; Jack Kelso, ]]></description>
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