nahummer said...

nahummer at 07:07 AM JST - 11th September

The "campaign" so far has included something about puffins and greens. The place is turning into a joke, you knew the election was coming cuz the PM took a trip to the Arctic to make a show of fighting Ruskies. http://theendisalwaysnear.blogspot.com/2008/08/great-white-north.html

Posted in Canada's prime minister calls early election at 07:07 AM JST - 11th September
nahummer at 06:32 AM JST - 11th September

I had to stop reading early: ‘‘Our data suggests a nation that sees terrorism as a real but elusive threat, a threat that must be addressed but that does not pose the sort of personal or national security risk that justifies a protracted war,’’ Brain turned off thinking piece, taking…

Posted in Sept 11 no longer defines U.S. foreign policy at 06:32 AM JST - 11th September
nahummer at 07:09 PM JST - 10th September

This is the first news I've heard from Nepal since the Maoists took over: http://theendisalwaysnear.blogspot.com/2008/08/old-revolutionaries-die-hard-sometimes.html It'll be interesting to see if the good news keeps coming. www.theendisalwaysnear.blogspot.com

Posted in Nepal gov't criminalizes slave labor; 100,000 families freed at 07:09 PM JST - 10th September
nahummer at 12:51 AM JST - 25th August

I completely agree with serindipity, these are pirates off the Somali coast, they've been attacking tons of ships that aren't from Japan.

Posted in Pirates attack Japanese cargo ship off Somalia, but fail to board it at 12:51 AM JST - 25th August
nahummer at 12:45 AM JST - 25th August

I'm not a big fan of the choice, cliche to say I know, but it's the candidate of change picking the washington insider...And the way it was done just adds to the whole circus this process has become, and now we have to get through the conventions.

Posted in Obama introduces running mate Biden at 12:45 AM JST - 25th August
nahummer at 12:45 AM JST - 25th August

Yes, they should be made to pay more. The reason is two-fold, first it's uncomfortable to have to sit next to someone who is bulging over the armrest, and second and most logical, we have to pay for extra weight for our luggage, so they should pay for their extra…

Posted in Should overweight people be required to pay for an extra seat on planes? at 12:45 AM JST - 25th August
nahummer at 11:47 PM JST - 24th August

Impossible, no, unlikely, yes. I know he's reclusive, but it would be nice to have better proof than a satellite image that somehow shows he's grown and somebody saying an extra word, current. Dictators have a habit of sticking around longer than you'd expect. http://theendisalwaysnear.blogspot.com/2008/08/old-revolutionaries-die-hard-sometimes.html

Posted in N Korea's Kim died in 2003; replaced by lookalike, says Waseda professor at 11:47 PM JST - 24th August