Saying it better than I ever could….
I came across this article on the USNI website today. It was so good I had to re-post it here for you folks to read. As you do-ask yourself two questions: 1) Is he wrong? and 2) Will a USNI with a new...
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Only in America….
This post is loving dedicated to all those (Say Hi Curtis)-who along with others- believes that Tea Partiers are just plain folks who want to take their country back. Unmitigated selfshiness and...
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Here’s to me and my tanjoubi!
And that is always the best birthday present! Too bad the S.O. develops a hearing and comprehension disorder every year on this day.
View ArticleGuess it happens back in Japan too.
Seems the term “Not for attribution” has no meaning anymore: According to students who attended the speech on “Military Bases and Their Impacts in Okinawa” at the State Department on Dec. 3, Maher...
View ArticleJishin!
Is the Japanese word for earthquake. As bad as it is, it could have been much worse. This is why you invest in infrastructure: The main damages is centered on Miyagi and Iwate prefectures:
View ArticleThe day they prayed would never come.
Tai Hei You Okina Jishin to Tsunami. Pacifc Ocean Large Earthquake and Tsunami. The S.O. has been assured by several e-mails / Facebook posts that her family is safe-although she has been unable to...
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The streaming link to NHK is proving a handy thing. I am finding watching the news direct from Japan to be far more useful than watching the American broadcast networks-which are obsessed with...
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Before and after
NASA Satellite pictures taken before the Tsunami on 26 February: Please note the outlines of the coast in the center of the screen. Now look at the after picture: Info on how to send help to Japan here.
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Totebaggers-to the barricades!
A long post follows. It is worth your time to read-because not everything, contrary to the opinion of many conservative bloggers-can be adequately discussed in just a couple of paragraphs. The recent...
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Day Three
The S.O. talked with her mother last night. All is well-but the china stock in her mom’s house is down a bit. A fair amount of things came flying off the shelves. She was all right but shocked by the...
View ArticleOut the door
On a trip all this week. A weeks traveling beats a lot of things-so ergo, I am a happy man!
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Stupidity on Parade
Some things just set me off. Today was a day where I came across something quite innocently posted by someone on the old Facebook page, that when one reads it, you just have to shake your head in...
View ArticleThe real winner on Tuesday night.
Apathy, hypocrisy, laziness, sloth, selfishness, and greed. They are all still hung over from celebrating their victory on Tuesday night. Another election season in the United States has come and...
View ArticleAn open letter to Mr. David Green
For those who don't know, Mr. David Green, he is the worthless, religious zealot who runs Hobby Lobby. Today, in a decision that highlights just how political and out of touch with the law the Supreme...
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An explanation of Net Neutrality anyone can understand.
America's dumbest Senator distinguished himself the other day by tweeting this: Thanks a lot dickhead! By tweeting this, you proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that you know nothing about health care...
View ArticleIt is time for the airing of the grievances.
It is the 23rd of December and we all know what that means. It's time to break out the Festivus pole. And it is time to break out the airing of the grievances. And let me tell you, this year I...
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Prior service does not guarantee future results.
The last week has been full of news of Sen Tom Cotton (douche bag-AR), the freshman Senator from Arkansas who seems not to have a very good understanding of his place in the United States government....
View ArticleComing full circle
Back in 2008, I wrote two posts about the subject of gay marriage, coming down rather firmly against the idea. The recent events in Indiana, coupled with the rather disturbing efforts of people like...
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The wrong people are winning
Well, now that really bad things are going on, its probably time for me to get back to work. I have a lot to say about a lot of things-but just can't seem to either find the time or the volition to...
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