UPDATE: Good English Translation - Obama's generosity brings Norwegian couple together

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Saturday October 04, 2008 · 1:39 AM PDT

2008/10/04 · 01:39

According to this article which broke here yesterday, and is currently available only in Norwegian, a young American woman traveling to Norway in 1988 to meet her new husband almost didn't get to go. She was checking in at Miami airport when they informed her that her bags were too heavy, and that she would have to pay 103 dollars extra to send her things. She simply didn't have the money, and was faced with leaving behind some of the finest things she owned, or not going at all.

Well, guess who was standing behind her in line?

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Monday September 20, 2004 · 2:48 PM PDT

2004/09/20 · 14:48

The same judge who threw out the Microsoft break-up ruling, and backed the feds in the Gitmo case today issued a 157-page ruling today which rejects 15 of 19 of the campaign finance law passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bush two years ago. The ruling does not affect the law's key provision, prohibiting large donations to political parties, known as "soft money", but does seem to create some uncertainty for political fund-raising, with only six weeks to go until the elections.

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Kyoto is Dead - Long Live Pragmatism?

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Friday September 17, 2004 · 2:52 PM PDT

2004/09/17 · 14:52

There's troubling news (FT subscription reqd, alternate copy here) coming from Japan, where the Kyoto protocol on Greenhouse Emissions was born in 1997. It seems that the Japanese aren't going to be able to meet their emissions targets specified in the agreement in time. Indeed, unless they buy a "large quantity" of emissions credits from other countries, they're not going to be able to meet their commitment at all.

Taishi Sugiyama, a climate expert at the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry in Japan, said emissions were rising 1 per cent a year due to a larger-than-expected impact from vehicles and households. That made it impossible to cut real domestic emissions by the required 16 per cent within a few years, he said.

Is this the last nail in the coffin for the Kyoto protocol? And if so, which way do we go when it's buried? Was GWB right to pull out, and where will John Kerry take us, in either case? Read More

John Kerry's Senate Voting Record - 2003 and 2004

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Wednesday September 15, 2004 · 2:56 PM PDT

2004/09/15 · 14:56

What follows is the last in a series of entries which have provided a year-by-year record of John Kerry's voting record in the US Senate, and have been summarized and excerpted from the Project Vote Smart - Key Votes listing for the Senator. This entry covers Sen. Kerry's voting record for the year, 2003 and 2004.

Previous Year's entries: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002. Read More

John Kerry's Senate Voting Record - 2002

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Wednesday September 15, 2004 · 2:37 AM PDT

2004/09/15 · 02:37

What follows is the next in a series of entries which will provide a year-by-year record of John Kerry's voting record in the US Senate, which has been summarized and excerpted from the Project Vote Smart - Key Votes listing for Senator Kerry. This entry covers Sen. Kerry's voting record for the year, 2002.

Other Year's entries: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 2003, 2004. Read More

John Kerry's Senate Voting Record - 2001

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Tuesday September 14, 2004 · 4:09 PM PDT

2004/09/14 · 16:09

What follows is the next in a series of diaries which will provide a year-by-year record of John Kerry's voting record in the US Senate, which has been summarized and excerpted from the Project Vote Smart - Key Votes listing for Senator Kerry. This entry covers Sen. Kerry's voting record for the year, 2001.

Other Year's entries: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 2003, 2004. Read More

John Kerry's Senate Voting Record - 2000

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Tuesday September 14, 2004 · 2:09 AM PDT

2004/09/14 · 02:09

Other Year's entries: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 2003, 2004. Read More

John Kerry's Senate Voting Record - 1999

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Monday September 13, 2004 · 3:41 PM PDT

2004/09/13 · 15:41

Other Year's entries: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 2003, 2004. Read More

John Kerry's Senate Voting Record - 1998

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Monday September 13, 2004 · 3:10 AM PDT

2004/09/13 · 03:10

Other Year's entries: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 2003, 2004. Read More

John Kerry's Senate Voting Record - 1997

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Sunday September 12, 2004 · 3:36 PM PDT

2004/09/12 · 15:36

Other Year's entries: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 2003, 2004. Read More

John Kerry's Senate Voting Record - 1996

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Sunday September 12, 2004 · 1:49 AM PDT

2004/09/12 · 01:49

Other Year's entries: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 2003, 2004. Read More

John Kerry's Senate Voting Record - 1995

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Saturday September 11, 2004 · 2:07 PM PDT

2004/09/11 · 14:07

What follows is the next in a series of diaries which will provide a year-by-year record of John Kerry's voting record in the US Senate, which has been summarized and excerpted from Project Vote Smart - Key Votes listing for Senator Kerry. This entry covers Sen. Kerry's voting record for the year, 1995.

Other Year's entries: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 2003, 2004. Read More

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