Anyone still up?

[JaySherman]

It's 6:30 in the evening in Japan. I hate being half a day ahead of the rest of DU. No one to talk to. Let's talk about something. Anything.

[Sweetpea]

1. I am in NY and having terrible insomnia.

[amber dog democrat]

2. In Texas, listening to the BBC

Its 4:30 AM here.

[JaySherman]

4. Listening to last night's Thom Hartmann show archive here.

And eating Thai curry and rice for dinner.

edit: Err... Yesterday's archive. Tom streams at 1 a.m. here.

[Swamp Rat]

11. I was listening to Thom also, but switched to Ray Taliaferro.

I can't get enough of streaming liberal radio! I gotta go to bed, though, because I have school tomorrow.

Sorry about your heat problem. It's like that in New Orleans right now - very very humid and hot! (106 degrees Fahrenheit heat index during the day). When I lived in Brasil last year it was hard to sleep with no AC, so I slept in a hammock outside.

[amber dog democrat]

14. Just made some coffee

and switched over to NPR. I will be meeting a friend for breakfast later on this morning. The newspaper has yet to land on the front porch.

How bad IS that heat wave?

[JaySherman]

17. It's pretty bad.

It's regularly been going over 32*C. The humidity makes it even worse. Luckily the last few days it's cooled down a bit and we've had some relief. Still pretty freaking hot though.

[amber dog democrat]

19. Reminds me of Houston

but we are kinda used to it. Thank god the Chimp says there is no Global Warming!
Well, be careful and act prudently. So you're nearly at 100 degrees F.
Being a 4th Gen Texoid, I am used to it... does not mean we like it much.

[JaySherman]

20. I went to New Mexico a few summers back.

Loved it. At least the heat there was dry, so as long as I stayed out of the direct sun it was tolerable. It's pretty rough here. I drink a ton of water, and have a fan blowing directly on me at all times, but I'm sweating from the time I wake up until the time I go to bed (and some nights even then).

[amber dog democrat]

21. I have a workshop with an industrial fan going all the time.

Houston and Galveston are like that duing the summer. Its all about the humnidity.
I am wondering if we had better get used to it.
My most climate controlled moments are in the envoronmental bubble of my car -
a 98 Honda by the way.

[JaySherman]

3. Ouch. Any particular reason?

I've been having a hard time sleeping lately, but that's because it's been so freaking humid here. No air-conditioning either :(.

[Sweetpea]

6. No reason that I know ....that's rough to try and sleep in the heat.

[JaySherman]

9. And Japan's climate is somewhat tropical.

During the summer, you feel like you're in a rice cooker.

[LibertyorDeath]

5. In Vancouver Canada getting a bad feeling

a real bad feeling in the pit of my stomach

What had been merely a rumor has now become fact.

The Bush administration has asked for legislation enabling it to postpone the November election as a result of a terror attack. While worded very carefully to suggest that an attack must take place for such a move; I do not see either of the below stories unequivocally state that, if granted, these powers might not also permit elections to be “postponed” on merely a well-publicized threat. Don’t believe the press stories. Read the legislation when it is introduced to see what it says there. If that discretion is included then we are at the edge of an abyss more dangerous than anything we have ever faced.

These powers, if enacted, will go to the Department of Homeland Security. DHS would also be the entity to decide when, or if, postponed elections would be held.

Allowing suspension of the elections on just the threat of a terror attack would create a hole in the legislation big enough to drive an oil tanker, or an open dictatorship, through. Since the legislation has not been seen yet we do not know what it will say. Once introduced, the bill would then go into Senate and House Committees (Republican controlled) where the language could easily be modified to give discretionary power to the Administration. At that moment the Constitution would overtly cease to have any operational meaning at all. The separation of powers would vanish.

More

http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/061204_election_delayed.shtml

[JaySherman]

7. That's enough to keep a person up at night.

Can't offer any comforting words for that. Other than that maybe they'll back off now that word has gotten out.

[Kenneth ken]

8. okay

that's about my favorite Todd Rundgren album
Hello It's Me
Couldn't I Just Tell You
Black Maria
I Saw The Light

lots of good stuff on that release.

So, why are you in Japan? Where are you in japan? Do you speak the language?

[JaySherman]

10. Teaching English

Live on the main island Honshu, out in the country, about 2 hours from the nearest major city (that being Nagoya). Speak enough of the language to get by, which is to say not much.

Ever been here?

[Kenneth ken]

12. very good

I've never been.

How long have you been there? How long are you planning to stay?

Are you liking it there for the most part? What age arange are you students?

[Kenneth ken]

13. well

I'm off to get to the next part of my day. Have a grand evening, and we can pick this up again about 6:00 or so your time tomorrow evening.

:hi:

[JaySherman]

16. It's a decent gig.

Pays better than anything I could find in the States right now. I've been here a year and I mostly teach kids ages 6-15. Planning on staying at least two years. I've managed to get myself attached to a Japanese girl (Easy to do. They're really sweet) so it could end up being longer. Thing is, the living is good, and there are tons of ESL jobs, so I've got no reason to leave for the time being. I want to go back to the States at some point though. I miss it and I can't imagine spending my whole life here.

[Sweetpea]

15. I am listening to this BBC radio show called

Walking with the wind about the civil rights movement.

[JaySherman]

18. Sounds pretty cool.

I'll have to check it out later. Does the BBC have an archive?