<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Swift Sunrise]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://steynian.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Binky]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://steynian.wordpress.com/author/binky/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Contest Thusfar]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<h2><u><a href="https://steynian.wordpress.com/contest-entries-page/">THE ENTRIES THUSFAR</a></u></h2>
<p align="justify"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/img183.imageshack.us/img183/1769/amalonebigwy0.gif" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="5" />Dear Ever-Growing Army of Pre-Dead Minions:</p>
<p align="justify">Happy Easter, everybody!</p>
<p align="justify">The cheerful chaos that is teh interwebs keeps breaking forth; and endless evidence that conservatively minded people are smart, the most fun, and generous, too. <b>MORE PRIZES!</b></p>
<p align="justify">&#8211; This is FreeMarkSteyn.com&#8217;s 100K visitor contest!</p>
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<p align="justify">&#8211; We have a wide range of donated &amp; awesome Glittering Prizes, kindly donated to the contest by the authors in question &#8230;.</p>
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<p align="justify">(1) GRAND PRIZE: <font color="#ff0000"><b>A donated <i>Steyn Super 5-Pack</i> of Books, personally autographed to the winner:</b> 1 copy each of <b><i>America Alone</i></b>, Mark Steyn’s <b><i>Passing Parade</i></b>, Mark Steyn <b><i>From Head To Toe</i></b>, <b><i>The Face Of The Tiger</i><i>American Songbook</i></b> and Mark Steyn’s .</font></p>
<p align="justify"><img src="https://steynian.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/31hln2qfpwl_aa240_.jpg?w=120&#038;h=120" align="left" height="120" vspace="7" width="120" />(2) SECOND PRIZES: an autographed copy of Jonah Goldberg&#8217;s <i><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Fascism-American-Mussolini-Politics/dp/0385511841/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1206283993&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank">Liberal Fascism</a></b>: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning</i>, and (3) <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/World-War-IV-Struggle-Islamofascism/dp/0385522215/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1206283866&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"><i>World War IV</i></a></b><i>: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism, </i> autographed by Norman Podhoretz; donated by the Binky his own self.</p>
<p align="justify"><img src="https://steynian.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/41vbt9tpp7l_aa240_.jpg?w=120&#038;h=120" align="right" height="120" width="120" />(3) THIRD PRIZES: donated &amp; autographed to the winner&#8211; Kathy Shaidle&#8217;s two dead tree books:  <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lobotomy-Magnificat-Kathy-Shaidle/dp/0778010708/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1206363758&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank"><i>Lobotomy Magnificat</i></a></b> (GG shortlist 1997) and <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/God-Rides-Yamaha-Musings-Culture/dp/1896836240/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1206363802&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank"><i>God Rides a Yamaha</i></a></b>, plus a  download of <i><a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/1762097" target="_blank"><b>Acoustic Ladyland</b></a>!</i></p>
<p align="justify"> (4) FOURTH PRIZE: a donated &amp; autographed to the winner copy of journalist &amp; blogger Deb Gyapong&#8217;s hit book, <b><a href="http://deborahgyapong.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><i>The Defilers</i></a></b>.</p>
<p align="justify">(5) FIFTH PRIZE: a donated &amp; autographed copy of writer <a href="http://www.geocities.com/lclane2/oleary.html" target="_blank">Denyse O&#8217;Leary</a>&#8216;s signed, hardcover of <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Brain-Neuroscientists-Case-Existence/dp/0060858834" target="_blank"><i>The Spiritual Brain</i></a></b> and a soft cover copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Design-Chance-Growing-Controversy-Universe/dp/1894860039/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1206363695&amp;sr=1-2" target="_blank"><i>By Design or by Chance</i>?</a></p>
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<p align="justify"><strike>(6) SIXTH PRIZE: A pie to the face and trip to the HRC tribunal of your choice, courtesy of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Warman" target="_blank">Richard &#8220;Maximum Damage&#8221; Warman</a>. Years of fun, humiliation and stress, at your expense! </strike></p>
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<p align="justify">We&#8217;re looking for</p>
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<p align="justify">(a) a great t-shirt idea for FreeMarkSteyn.com, or</p>
<p align="justify">(2) a fine bit of poetical verse, or</p>
<p align="justify">(iii) a song about the Ezra-Mark-CRHC situation</p>
<p align="justify">(d) any LOL-HRC pictures, in the style of <a href="http://icanhascheezburger.com/" target="_blank">ICanHasCheezBurger.com</a>.</p>
<p align="justify">(e) Whatever else amusing your pure talent can devise.</p>
<p align="justify">(6) Even liberals are welcome to join, as long as your entry is actually <i>funny</i>.</p>
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<p align="justify">We&#8217;ll winnow the entries down to the top few, and let the howling rabble that reads this website choose the first, second, and third prize.. plus honourable mention&#8211; or maybe we&#8217;ll let our very close, close personal friends Mark Steyn and Ezra choose&#8230; hmmm. We&#8217;ll let you know.</p>
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<p align="justify">Please spread the word: Enter text via the comments below, or else via the e-mail address below. Deadline: April 15th. Enter as often as you wish, but best efforts only.</p>
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<p align="justify">Any questions?</p>
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<p align="justify"><i>Binks</i></p>
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<p align="justify"><i>P.S. &#8212; Despite the proliferation of prizes, there will not be prizes of everyone; this means that some will be winners and some <strike>non-winners</strike> losers&#8211; and that the contest is based on talent, and not all are equally talented in the ways required to win top prizes. Get over it. This website is no part of a liberal paradise, with forced equality of outcomes, and gold stars for everyone, because &#8216;everyone is special&#8217;. Everyone is beloved of God, and a child of God, but that&#8217;s a different matter entirely.</i></p>
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