Archive for the 'politics' Category

Stiglitz on Bush

« 7 October 2004 | 13:26 | America, biznomics, politics | No Comments »

Nobel prize winning economist Stiglitz, declares Bush is “dead wrong”.

Japan’s “Foreigner Issue”

« 6 October 2004 | 13:30 | Japan, diary, politics, tokyo life | No Comments »

Some interesting stats by the BBC on Japan’s “diversity”, which is, frankly, laughable. But it will have to change, if Japan hopes to have any credibility on a globally influential scale.

Betavote

« 21 September 2004 | 17:04 | America, politics | No Comments »

Betavote. Amazing how polar the international community views are compared to the U.S.’s own. Very interesting.

Debito Arudou

« 17 September 2004 | 12:22 | Japan, politics | No Comments »

Debito Arudou – the naturalized Japanese individual originally from the U.S. – makes progress (albeit not to his full expectations) in his long-standing battle against an Otaru onsen and its city.

Batman protests

« 14 September 2004 | 11:34 | America, humour, politics | No Comments »

Batman protests.
Dude – wrong city!

Playing Unfair

« 11 August 2004 | 13:02 | America, humour, politics | 2 Comments »

Seems the incumbent’s history of picking fights started back in college. Wow, he really is an asshole.

Information Access

« 10 August 2004 | 13:06 | America, Internet, politics | No Comments »

is key to winning in all kinds of ways. Such as Overseas Vote. The iCal support is a very nice touch.

DNC speeches

« 29 July 2004 | 1:44 | America, media, politics | No Comments »

These.
Speeches.
Are.
Amazing.
Even better if you can watch them.

Japan Patents Court

« 15 June 2004 | 11:48 | Japan, diary, law, politics, scitech | No Comments »

Some good, progressive news for Japan in a while – Japan’s first intellectual property disputes court.
The Government also planned to send lawyers and judges to Britain, Brussels and the US to study recent cases, and invite overseas legal experts to teach in Tokyo, Japanese cabinet sources said.
These things take time – and the U.S. is [...]

Loving Day

« 8 June 2004 | 16:37 | America, diary, law, politics | No Comments »

Loving Day is June 12th. Check out the “legal map”. Amazing.
via Gen.