Nessie said...

Nessie at 09:45 AM JST - 5th October

I know a lawyer involved in a capital case where the accused is clearly innocent. The police made a mistaken assumption about the accused's relationship with the murder victim, an assumption unsupported by fact. The prosecutor and cops would loose too much face by dropping the case. In fact, the…

Posted in At least 42 death-row inmates seeking retrial, civic group says at 09:45 AM JST - 5th October
Nessie at 09:43 AM JST - 5th October

Is this a trailer for Sleepers II?

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Nessie at 09:41 AM JST - 5th October

“If the report is accurate, I am disgusted by it,” Rudd told reporters in Sydney. “I think parents would be revolted and horrified if this were true.”

No need to think. How about asking the parents?

Posted in New row erupts over Australian artist cleared of child porn at 09:41 AM JST - 5th October
Nessie at 09:39 AM JST - 5th October

Sez, I think the author perhaps overstates his case, but he does make a good point of the Europeans tending to go for rustic realism when it comes to American literature, in which case one ignores large streams of American literature -- particularly the streams that are likely to be…

Posted in Nobel literature head: U.S. too insular to compete at 09:39 AM JST - 5th October
Nessie at 09:32 AM JST - 5th October

is around 263 parragraphs with tax breaks on every thing from wind energy to blowing your nose.

There's even a double tax break for wind energy generated by blowing your nose.

Posted in U.S. House passes revamped $700 bil financial bailout bill at 09:32 AM JST - 5th October
Nessie at 12:41 PM JST - 4th October

Sarge, just wondering what you think about Palin and the casting out of witches? First, like Palin, do you believe in witches?

Posted in Palin questions McCain's concession of Michigan at 12:41 PM JST - 4th October
Nessie at 12:36 PM JST - 4th October

Thanks Nippon.

Posted in Who came off looking best in the Palin-Biden debate? at 12:36 PM JST - 4th October
Nessie at 12:34 PM JST - 4th October

Who came off looking best

What, like we watched it with the sound off?

Posted in Who came off looking best in the Palin-Biden debate? at 12:34 PM JST - 4th October
Nessie at 10:39 AM JST - 4th October

Interesting one from Slate:

http://www.slate.com/id/2201447/pagenum/all/#page_start

...The Washington Post's Michael Dirda pointed out that it was Engdahl who displayed "an insular attitude towards a very diverse country": It is a bit rich for a citizen of Sweden, whose population of 9 million is about the same as New York City's, to…

Posted in Nobel literature head: U.S. too insular to compete at 10:39 AM JST - 4th October
Nessie at 10:24 AM JST - 4th October

They saluted me before the class began.

Kinda scary. If they salute non-SDF, they'll salute anybody.

Anyway, I agree that SDF people are cut from a different cloth. I've found them to be less conformist, ironically, than the average Japanese.

Posted in Suicides weigh on Japan defense forces at 10:24 AM JST - 4th October