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		<title>Calder to Japan: Hurry up and Wait?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lesson in ineffective diplomacy
Today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal article, &#8220;Rise of a New Era in Japan,&#8221; carries this most vexing and perplexing quote from well-regarded Asia scholar (and former special adviser to the U.S. Ambassador to Japan) Kent Calder:
It is crucial to wait and see right now. I&#8217;d say at least until the upper-house elections [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitsworld.wordpress.com&blog=419173&post=52&subd=bitsworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boycott the Opening Ceremonies at Beijing 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rohrabacher and Amadinejad. The International Olympic Committee and the government of China. What&#8217;s going on here? 
Today Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) spoke to the BBC on his House Resolutions calling on the President to boycott the 2008 Olympic Games in China ([H.RES.608.IH], [H.RES.610.IH], [H.RES.628.IH]). Some are saying that he is watering down his initial proposal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitsworld.wordpress.com&blog=419173&post=36&subd=bitsworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Matt Drudge is an asshole.</title>
		<link>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/matt-drudge-is-an-asshole/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There, it&#8217;s been said. Many times, and in many ways before, but still, I wanted to join in. Mr. Drudge can think he&#8217;s the shit, for breaking the story about Prince Harry serving in Afghanistan, running counter to the voluntary embargo on that story that all the rest of the news media agreed to. But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitsworld.wordpress.com&blog=419173&post=34&subd=bitsworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sentence-fixing for price-fixing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent prosecution of price-fixing &#8220;criminals&#8221; has resulted in some sort of landmark decision whereby the US and the UK will cooperate to a far greater degree than in the past in ensuring that the criminals receive a sentence, whether served in the UK or the US, at least equal to that they would receive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitsworld.wordpress.com&blog=419173&post=18&subd=bitsworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All of me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2006 20:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The song goes:
&#8220;All of me / Why not take all of me
Can&#8217;t you see / I&#8217;m no good without you
Take my lips / I want to lose them
Take my arms / I&#8217;ll never use them&#8230;&#8221; [1]
The sentiment is not entirely different from that expressed by an Episcopal priest during a sermon in recent memory: &#8220;Christ [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitsworld.wordpress.com&blog=419173&post=5&subd=bitsworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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