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<title><![CDATA[The Courier - Blog - Chairman Polky]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Chairman Polky helps spread Beijing's Olympic propaganda.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Olympics finally run their race]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Marathon is a fantastic ending to the Olympic Games.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The games are over]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Today the Chairman is mourning Hungary's loss in the women's handball.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:49:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Greens’ legislation threatens Australia’s quest for obesity gold medal]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the Greens announced plans to revive a bill which would see the banning of junk food ads during children programmes in an attempt to combat Australia’s obesity problem.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:48:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Table tennis wins fashion gold ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Let’s face it, table tennis is a nerdy sport.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:05:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Satanic cult parades as Olympic sport]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I was flicking around the Olympic channels and discovered what appears to be a bizarre satanic cult masquerading as a sport.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:41:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Snowsill gives a lesson in grace]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The great thing about yesterday’s women’s triathlon was the heartfelt congratulations Emma Snowsill, Vanessa Fernandes and Emma Moffatt showed each other after the event.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:34:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Don’t mention the Five Forbidden Topics! I did once, but I think I got away with it…]]></title>
<link>http://www.thecourier.com.au/blogs/chairman-polky/dont-mention-the-five-forbidden-topics-i-did-once-but-i-think-i-got-away-with-it/1247702.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend the Beijing Olympic officials and the IOC <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/latest-news/media-briefings-called-off/2008/08/17/1218911461536.html" target="_blank">called off</a> their Saturday and Sunday press conferences.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:02:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Has the human Phar Lap finally run his race?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[In <I>Pulp Fiction</I>, Marsellus Wallace said, "(Athletes) who thought their (backsides) would age like wine, if you mean it turns to vinegar, it does. If you mean it gets better with age, it don’t."]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:26:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Not even bullets could stop our Dana]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[If Iraqi sprinter Dana Adbulrazak, 22, was an AFL footballer she would be described as "hard as nails".]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:03:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lomong already an Olympic hero]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tonight sees a story that embodies the true Olympic spirit come to fruition.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:06:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The worst Yum Cha I’ve ever had]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Olympics is all about pushing yourself to your limits of endurance.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:09:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Oly, Oly, Oly. Out, out, out! And Brad Pitt beaten black and periwinkle blue]]></title>
<link>http://www.thecourier.com.au/blogs/chairman-polky/oly-oly-oly-out-out-out-and-brad-pitt-beaten-black-and-periwinkle-blue/1244387.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[After an appalling Olympic campaign the Olyroos have crashed out after a deserved 1-0 loss to Ivory Coast.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:00:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cadel can’t overcome Great Wall of cycling]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It seems Cadel Evans is destined to forever be the bridesmaid of the cycling world, finishing fifth in the Olympic time trial, just 14 seconds out of the medals.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:07:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Are gymnasts as buff as AFL players?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I checked out some of the men’s gymnastics this arvo and despite the feminine connotations that are associated with this sport, it is difficult to be anything but impressed with how strong these blokes are.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:29:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Iraq sculls its way into the finals]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I awoke this morning from a dream where I was deep in the jungle being chased by dissidents.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:44:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Olympic Handball hits the target]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Handball’s one of those funny European sports that most Aussies wouldn’t even know existed if it didn’t pop up occasionally on TV during the Olympics.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:06:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hockeyroos’ legs too strong for Korea]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[After a blistering first half, Korea seemed destined to break their Olympic hoodoo against the Hockeyroos last night and finally beat their nemesis in Games competition.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:16:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Iraq repechaging towards a fairytale]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[What a fantastic start to the first official day of competition at the Beijing Olympics!]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:01:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Move over Mao there’s a new chairman in town]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ni hao! I’m Chairman Polky and I’ll be your dictator, I mean guide, for the next two weeks.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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