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    <title>Dave Ross Commentary</title>
	<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
    <link>http://kiroradio.com/daverosscommentary</link>
    <description>Daily commentary from 97.3 KIRO FM&apos;s Dave Ross.</description> 
	<itunes:subtitle>Daily commentary from 97.3 KIRO FM&apos;s Dave Ross.</itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:summary>Daily commentary from 97.3 KIRO FM&apos;s Dave Ross.</itunes:summary>
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		<itunes:name>KIRO RADIO</itunes:name>
		<itunes:email>feedback@mynorthwest.com</itunes:email>
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    	<category>News &amp; Politics</category>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[How do you fight back?]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The latest allegation from national security leaker Edward Snowden is that the NSA can make mistakes when hacking into computers  and when they do  the targeted system, which may be run by universities or a private business  can just CRASH.]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary061813_9957641.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[The latest allegation from national security leaker Edward Snowden is that the NSA can make mistakes when hacking into computers  and when they do  the targeted system, which may be run by universities or a private business  can just CRASH.]]></description>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[Snakebot]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The robots in the snakebot lab at Carnegie Mellon University are not built to walk or talk or scold you for letting emotions interfere with your decisions.]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary061713_9957578.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[The robots in the snakebot lab at Carnegie Mellon University are not built to walk or talk or scold you for letting emotions interfere with your decisions.]]></description>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[How many phone conversations did government monitor? ]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Obama administration is trying to reassure Americans that government eavesdroppers do not sit at computer terminals browsing their private conversations. They've revealed the number of calls they've listened to.]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary061713_9957583.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is trying to reassure Americans that government eavesdroppers do not sit at computer terminals browsing their private conversations. They've revealed the number of calls they've listened to.]]></description>
 		    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[Living on sunshine]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A 65-year-old woman who lives just east of Seattle on the Eastside by the name of Naveena Shine hasn't eaten for 45 days to test the concept that a human being can live on sunlight and tea. ]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary061713_9957591.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[A 65-year-old woman who lives just east of Seattle on the Eastside by the name of Naveena Shine hasn't eaten for 45 days to test the concept that a human being can live on sunlight and tea. ]]></description>
 		    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[The Die Phone]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Smartphones have become indispensable, but they've also become thief magnets, to the point that 40 percent of the robberies in major cities involve stolen smartphones. ]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary061513_9957504.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		    <enclosure url="http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary061513_9957504.mp3" length="13500000" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <description><![CDATA[Smartphones have become indispensable, but they've also become thief magnets, to the point that 40 percent of the robberies in major cities involve stolen smartphones. ]]></description>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[Look who else was willing to lie for his country!]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The head of the NSA was back before Congress yesterday, this time in a closed session to detail the terrorist plots have been thwarted by the NSA data gathering programs. Most members of Congress seemed impressed  but one member clearly as notThe head of the NSA was back before Congress yesterday, this time in a closed session to detail the terrorist plots have been thwarted by the NSA data gathering programs. Most members of Congress seemed impressed  but one member clearly was not.]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary061413_9957485.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		    <enclosure url="http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary061413_9957485.mp3" length="13500000" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <description><![CDATA[The head of the NSA was back before Congress yesterday, this time in a closed session to detail the terrorist plots have been thwarted by the NSA data gathering programs. Most members of Congress seemed impressed  but one member clearly as notThe head of the NSA was back before Congress yesterday, this time in a closed session to detail the terrorist plots have been thwarted by the NSA data gathering programs. Most members of Congress seemed impressed  but one member clearly was not.]]></description>
 		    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[When the good guys lie]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, went before Congress and took questions. ]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary061313_9957418.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		    <enclosure url="http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary061313_9957418.mp3" length="13500000" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <description><![CDATA[The Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, went before Congress and took questions. ]]></description>
 		    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[Could the NSA find Mollys Killer?]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[lgion and politics of people who haven't done anything yet. But when an innocent person is shot by someone who then vanishes into the night without a trace? I would have NO trouble with the NSA cornering that guy.]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary061213_9957362.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		    <enclosure url="http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary061213_9957362.mp3" length="13500000" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <description><![CDATA[lgion and politics of people who haven't done anything yet. But when an innocent person is shot by someone who then vanishes into the night without a trace? I would have NO trouble with the NSA cornering that guy.]]></description>
 		    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[The other whistleblowers]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The mysterious Edward Snowden is not the only whistle blower with a story about how much data the National Security Agency is gathering on Americans. In fact, his story about the government storing the phone records of every American is not even new.]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary061113_9957299.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		    <enclosure url="http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary061113_9957299.mp3" length="13500000" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <description><![CDATA[The mysterious Edward Snowden is not the only whistle blower with a story about how much data the National Security Agency is gathering on Americans. In fact, his story about the government storing the phone records of every American is not even new.]]></description>
 		    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[The cloud is watching you]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[We are being told that, for years, the National Security Agency has been storing data on not just some of our phone calls, but all of our phone calls: the time the call was made, the length, the phone numbers - what's called the Metadata]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary061013_9957247.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		    <enclosure url="http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary061013_9957247.mp3" length="13500000" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <description><![CDATA[We are being told that, for years, the National Security Agency has been storing data on not just some of our phone calls, but all of our phone calls: the time the call was made, the length, the phone numbers - what's called the Metadata]]></description>
 		    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[Zombie Wheat]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Washington wheat growers are suing Monsanto over the genetically modified wheat discovered in Oregon. They claim the discovery of the wheat in an Oregon field last week has damaged exports of their crops.]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary060713_9957145.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		    <enclosure url="http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary060713_9957145.mp3" length="13500000" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <description><![CDATA[Washington wheat growers are suing Monsanto over the genetically modified wheat discovered in Oregon. They claim the discovery of the wheat in an Oregon field last week has damaged exports of their crops.]]></description>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[The confession of Robert Bales]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A judge has accepted the guilty plea of staff sergeant Robert Bales  the soldier who now admits to the one-man nighttime attack on two Afghan villages last year that left 16 people, mostly women and children dead.]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary060613_9957094.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		    <enclosure url="http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary060613_9957094.mp3" length="13500000" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <description><![CDATA[A judge has accepted the guilty plea of staff sergeant Robert Bales  the soldier who now admits to the one-man nighttime attack on two Afghan villages last year that left 16 people, mostly women and children dead.]]></description>
 		    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[How do you punish the IRS?]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[I apologize for obsessing on the IRS, but the testimony just won't stop  and yesterday testimony from Tea Party organizers was enough to convince anyone that someone needs to be punished.]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary060513_9957041.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		    <enclosure url="http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary060513_9957041.mp3" length="13500000" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <description><![CDATA[I apologize for obsessing on the IRS, but the testimony just won't stop  and yesterday testimony from Tea Party organizers was enough to convince anyone that someone needs to be punished.]]></description>
 		    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[The IRS hearings could save us all]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[And I have no idea whether these hearings will lead to more efficient revenue collection, but I think there is one thing we all hope they will lead to  and that is, an end to forced line-dancing.]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary060413_9956987.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		    <enclosure url="http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary060413_9956987.mp3" length="13500000" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <description><![CDATA[And I have no idea whether these hearings will lead to more efficient revenue collection, but I think there is one thing we all hope they will lead to  and that is, an end to forced line-dancing.]]></description>
 		    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[Planet No-Tax]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[You've heard that the IRS is in even more trouble now for spending about $49 million on at least 220 employee conferences over three years. Conferences like the 2010 conference in Ahaheim that included this Star Trek parody.]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary060313_9956928.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		    <enclosure url="http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/06/c_daverosscommentary060313_9956928.mp3" length="13500000" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <description><![CDATA[You've heard that the IRS is in even more trouble now for spending about $49 million on at least 220 employee conferences over three years. Conferences like the 2010 conference in Ahaheim that included this Star Trek parody.]]></description>
 		    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[Reaching across party lines was easy]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The President has reached across party lines to pick Repubican James Comey, former No 2 man in President Bush's Justice department, to take over the FBI. ]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/05/c_daverosscommentary060113_9956839.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		    <enclosure url="http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/05/c_daverosscommentary060113_9956839.mp3" length="13500000" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <description><![CDATA[The President has reached across party lines to pick Repubican James Comey, former No 2 man in President Bush's Justice department, to take over the FBI. ]]></description>
 		    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[If I had known you were baking pagan cakes...]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In Oregon, two bakers could be in trouble with the state for refusing to provide wedding cakes to gay couples.  Both business owners cited their strong opposition  not to gay people- but to gay marriage as the reason. A reporter in OR tried to order anti-religious cakes to see if he would be refused.]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/05/c_daverosscommentary053113_9956838.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		    <enclosure url="http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/05/c_daverosscommentary053113_9956838.mp3" length="13500000" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <description><![CDATA[In Oregon, two bakers could be in trouble with the state for refusing to provide wedding cakes to gay couples.  Both business owners cited their strong opposition  not to gay people- but to gay marriage as the reason. A reporter in OR tried to order anti-religious cakes to see if he would be refused.]]></description>
 		    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[Sorry, Atheists]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Last week it appeared that Pope Francis had relaxed the admission standards for Catholic Heaven. In last Wednesday's private homily he said that everyone, "even the atheists," have been redeemed "with the Blood of Christ," according to Vatican Radio.]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/05/c_daverosscommentary053013_9956778.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		    <enclosure url="http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/05/c_daverosscommentary053013_9956778.mp3" length="13500000" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <description><![CDATA[Last week it appeared that Pope Francis had relaxed the admission standards for Catholic Heaven. In last Wednesday's private homily he said that everyone, "even the atheists," have been redeemed "with the Blood of Christ," according to Vatican Radio.]]></description>
 		    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[Cyberthieves]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[I think we're now to the point where before we build a new weapon  we need to consider what we'll do on the day someone we don't like uses it against us.]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/05/c_daverosscommentary052913_9956721.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		    <enclosure url="http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/05/c_daverosscommentary052913_9956721.mp3" length="13500000" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <description><![CDATA[I think we're now to the point where before we build a new weapon  we need to consider what we'll do on the day someone we don't like uses it against us.]]></description>
 		    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  	  <title><![CDATA[Arm the rebels?]]></title>
			<itunes:author>KIRO Radio</itunes:author>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Is it time to send weapons to the Syrian rebels trying to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.  The Obama Administration wants Assad gone, but the President can't quite bring himself to arm the rebels, since their most effective fighters are members of a radical Islamic faction allied with al-Qaeda.]]></itunes:summary>
          <link>http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/05/c_daverosscommentary052813_9956671.mp3</link>
          <pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		    <enclosure url="http://audio.kiroradio.com/seattle/kiro/2013/05/c_daverosscommentary052813_9956671.mp3" length="13500000" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <description><![CDATA[Is it time to send weapons to the Syrian rebels trying to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.  The Obama Administration wants Assad gone, but the President can't quite bring himself to arm the rebels, since their most effective fighters are members of a radical Islamic faction allied with al-Qaeda.]]></description>
 		    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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