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	<title>凯 Kai Vilmi &#187; USA</title>
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		<title>Plan &#8220;A&#8221;: VP of USA. Plan &#8220;B&#8221;: Talk-show host</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The saga of the Great Alaskan Moose-hunter gets more bizarre: Gov. Sarah Palin has graciously given a brief interview to the Liberal-Socialist-Atheist-Elitist-Pro-choice Beelzebub New York Times where she guns down McCain&#8217;s staffers, saying that their criticism was “cruel and it’s mean-spirited, it’s immature, it’s unprofessional, and those guys are jerks.” &#8220;Jerks?&#8221; Aww, Sarah, you betcha! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Deroy Peraza/Hyperakt.com As of 9:20 p.m. EST (0220 GMT the next day), the BBC projects Obama&#8217;s got 175 to McCain&#8217;s 76 electoral votes. The New York Times&#8216; dashboard reports all the major news networks (NYT, AP, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox) declare Obama as the head runner. Congratulations to Mr Barack Obama, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poor TV Reception</title>
		<link>http://blog.kaivilmi.com/society/poor-tv-reception</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prez and Bremer in better times (White House photo by Tina Hager) The former US proconsul to Iraq, Mr. Paul Bremer, today forwarded internal government letters to the New York Times contradicting Pres. Bush&#8217;s statements that the Prez did not know of the dismantling of the Iraqi military before the action took place. Besides the shocking lapdog mentality (&#8220;As I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Font non grata</title>
		<link>http://blog.kaivilmi.com/design/typography/font_non_grata</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2006 13:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Typography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a sign that no matter is too small to affect international diplomacy, the US State Department has issued an edict banning its longtime standard typeface from all official correspondence and replacing it with a &#8220;more modern&#8221; font. In an internal memorandum distributed on Wednesday, the department declared &#8220;Courier New 12&#8243; &#8212; the font and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So, Guy Walks Up to the Bar&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 05:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comedy club, D.C. style It&#8217;s comedy night at the Supreme Court! According to the New York Times: Of course, what passes for humor at the Supreme Court would probably not kill at the local comedy club. Consider, for instance, the golden opportunity on Halloween this year when a light bulb in the courtroom&#8217;s ceiling exploded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RMA Hubris</title>
		<link>http://blog.kaivilmi.com/americas/usa/rma_hubris</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Clarke reviews Stephen Walt&#8217;s Taming American Power (2005) in December 2005 issue of The Washington Monthly: There are no two bricks anywhere in the world, one resting on top of the other, that American cruise missiles cannot knock over, on a 24/7 basis under all weather conditions. But, however impressive this capability is in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By the border</title>
		<link>http://blog.kaivilmi.com/society/by-the-border</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2005 04:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#169; Border Film Project We are distributing hundreds of disposable cameras to two groups on different sides of the U.S.&#8211;Mexico border: undocumented migrants crossing the Arizona desert and Minuteman volunteers trying to stop them. Their photos will be developed, juried, and shown at galleries throughout the United States and Mexico. Border Film Project No tags [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s something about Mary</title>
		<link>http://blog.kaivilmi.com/society/theres-something-about-mary</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2005 03:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before Jim Morrison became famous with the Doors, he and Mary Werbelow were soul mates. In the never-ending procession of Morrison biographies, she is mentioned briefly but never quoted. Google her, and not a single photo appears. She has never spoken publicly about their three years together &#8212; until now. St. Petersburg Times special report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We come in peace</title>
		<link>http://blog.kaivilmi.com/experience/we_come_in_peace</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2005 07:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[McDonald&#8217;s, 2003 (© Matt Siber) Eerie photo exhibition from the US of A No tags for this post. Related posts No related posts.]]></description>
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		<title>The Pentagon Papers</title>
		<link>http://blog.kaivilmi.com/experience/the_pentagon_papers</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daniel Ellsberg, Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers (2002) Even in 1971, most people did not read what was in the Pentagon Papers. As Senator Fulbright said to Ellsberg: “After all, they’re only history.” The public was far more interested in the business of the leaks, in the Mafia-like quality of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberty-loving nations (then and now)</title>
		<link>http://blog.kaivilmi.com/society/liberty-loving_nations_then_and_now</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;On 30th November 1939 at 06:50 a.m. the Soviet Army attacked Finland on all fronts with infantry, navy and air force, without a declaration of war.&#8221; (By Elina Ritala.) To garner support for Finnish people&#8217;s struggle in the Winter War, Finnish Foreign Minister V&#228;in&#246; Tanner made a radio speech (RealAudio, 1&#8242; 51&#8243;, from www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/laulut.htm) to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Absolutely American</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2004 13:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pocket in the front of David Lipsky, Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003). What would you do if your recently bought second-hand book would be carring library markings? Here is my solution: From: Kai Vilmi Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 4:14 PM To: Caplan, Audra [Library Director, Harford County Public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. rethinks Japan&#8217;s charter</title>
		<link>http://blog.kaivilmi.com/asia/us-rethinks-japans-charter</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2004 12:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Japan&#8217;s pacifist constitution was drawn up in 1947, United States occupation authorities led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur heavily influenced the final draft. Six decades later, the Americans appear to want it edited. The pressure started on July 22 when Japanese media reported that Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage had met Japanese politician Hidenao [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s convention time!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2004 23:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a Bit Much, Really has obtained the schedule of the Republican Convention which is to be held in New York on 30 August&#8211;2 September. Here are the highlights of the august proceedings: Day One:6:35pm &#8212; Burning of the Bill of Rights (Excluding the Second Amendment)6:45pm &#8212; Salute to the Coalition of the Willing Day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>O tempora, o mores!</title>
		<link>http://blog.kaivilmi.com/experience/o-tempora-o-mores</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2004 16:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, now this whole Iraq fuck-up is the fault of the United Nations and other countries &#8212; and not at least of the United States and the so-called Coalition of the Willing? These Republican spin doctors surely know how to turn black into white: &#8220;The report found that US intelligence relied too much &#8216;on foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The other white meat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2004 20:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the same day as the U.S. Senate passed the Defense of Decency Act, Vice President Dick Cheney got into the spirit of things. As the venerable Washington Post reports: On Tuesday, Cheney, serving in his role as president of the Senate, appeared in the chamber for a photo session. A chance meeting with Sen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New York Times: lawyers decided bans on torture didn&#8217;t bind Bush</title>
		<link>http://blog.kaivilmi.com/americas/lawyers-decided-bans-on-torture-didnt-bind-bush</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freedom, democracy, liberty and the rest: A team of administration lawyers concluded in a March 2003 legal memorandum that President Bush was not bound by either an international treaty prohibiting torture or by a federal antitorture law because he had the authority as commander in chief to approve any technique needed to protect the nation&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>De Beers is forever?</title>
		<link>http://blog.kaivilmi.com/experience/de-beers-is-forever</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2004 14:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edward Jay Epstein&#8217;s 1982 investigation on The Atlantic Monthly has lost none of its punch on revealing how De Beers Consolidated Mines has single-handedly created a multi-billion-euro market for a stone that was perceived to have little intrinsic value as lately as the 1930s. As Epstein observes: The diamond invention is far more than a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All sound and fury, signifying nothing?</title>
		<link>http://blog.kaivilmi.com/americas/all-sound-and-fury-signifying-nothing</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 23:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. (© 2000 Elke Edwards.) Stormeyes.org displays munificent photos of a subject even William Faulkner would be proud of. No tags for this post. Related posts No related posts.]]></description>
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		<title>Encounters of the third degree</title>
		<link>http://blog.kaivilmi.com/society/encounters-of-the-third-degree</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2004 13:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kai Vilmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense.(Courtesy U.S. Department of Defense.) &#8220;The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved last year by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, to expand a highly secret operation, which had been focussed on the hunt [...]]]></description>
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