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Ah, Nairobi! Where the

acanuck — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:15:13 +0000

Ah, Nairobi! Where the internet service and the electricity cut in and out because the nearest telephone pole has rotted at its base and tumbled into the street, and it's been like that for months but everyone pretends not to notice. I haven't been there personally but I get reports.

We aim to please

Michael Wolraich — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:59:42 +0000

In reply to Oooooo! Literally Kenya!

We aim to please

Oooooo! Literally Kenya!

littleblackpropaganda — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:19:48 +0000

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Oooooo! Literally Kenya! Consider me subscribed :)

Welcome to Africa column: How

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:17:44 +0000

In reply to Any Worldview with Jerome

Welcome to Africa column: How things really operate in Kenya

Quinn pointed out at TPM that

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:11:27 +0000

In reply to Japan: Drunk ministers, collapsing economy, despised leadership, oh my...

Quinn pointed out at TPM that I messed up the numbers, comparing the 3.3 quarterly contraction in Japan to the 3.8 annualized contraction in the U.S. So things are even worse for Japan than I had realized. I have amended the numbers above.

Could I get this on a t-shirt

littleblackpropaganda — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:20:45 +0000

In reply to KLEPTON աստվածն է.

Could I get this on a t-shirt with maybe a hammer, a sickle, and a strat?

KLEPTON աստվածն է.

quinn esq — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:09:59 +0000

In reply to KLEPTON IS GOD

KLEPTON աստվածն է.

KLEPTON IS GOD

DF — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:43:02 +0000

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KLEPTON IS GOD

BONUS: The wonders of using

littleblackpropaganda — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:09:45 +0000

In reply to Any Worldview with Jerome

BONUS:

The wonders of using Google Translator on an Armenian blog:

Sam will be a concert in late June. Legendary Bee Bee will play along with John Meyollom, leader of the group The Bluesbrakers, where, in particular, began his musical career, Eric Klepton.

Any Worldview with Jerome

littleblackpropaganda — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:24:41 +0000

In reply to Japan: Drunk ministers, collapsing economy, despised leadership, oh my...

Any Worldview with Jerome Macdonald fans? In August he interviewed Misha Glenny, the author of McMafia. Glenny estimates the shadow economy has rapidly grown (since the Soviet collapse) to account for 1/5 of world GDP! The most intriguing aspect was how the Yakuza were seamlessly integrated into Japanese business and government at the highest levels, in a way that didn't seem to be either secret or especially controversial. I've wondered, as the crash has played out, how the shadow economy plays in all of this, and this post just brought that to mind again.

I love blogs about non-U.S. politics! I've been slowly accumulating some quality RSS feeds from good sources, but it's been slow going. If you could point me in the right direction here, I would totally appreciate it! The smaller the better. For example, a wire service feed on the EU? No. A blog on city government in Nairobi? Yes.