The other day, I was involved in a discussion about income inequality. Now the term "income inequality" is indeed something of a misnomer, in that many people interpret it as meaning that one who believes it is a problem, is advocating a standard income for all. Which is the furthest
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Election season is here!
It's August and Germany is having parliamentary elections this year. The election to the 18th German Bundestag will be held on 22 September 2013. As a result the campaign posters started cropping up on the lamp posts this past week. Angela Merkel, so called "Queen of Europe" is up for
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In the July Naval Institute Proceedings, there was an article by RDML Martha Herb and RDML Tony Kurta about the "epidemic" of sexual harassment sweeping the Navy. It's an interesting read-if only for the fact that it well highlights how the services themselves have been co-opted by the feminists and
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Ireland was really great. I really enjoyed it and have made up my mind that I need to go back. With the exception of the fact that the Union Jack was not in its rightful place flying over the buildings of Dublin-its a great place to visit. As an aside-I
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This is where I spent all my time in port. And Singapore. or Bangkok, or Manila. 🙂 When I saw this I just had to get a picture of it.
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"Skippy, Paul Ryan has us on double secret sequester probation, whatever that is." " I know that". " And you are already taking a 20 % pay cut-that you didn't deserve and can't afford." "I know that too". " And furthermore-you've got a stack of credit card bills that would
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There are times, only a few, that I think that the election of Barak Obama-while quite necessary from the stand point of stopping some of the lunacy of the Bush years-may have been a bad thing in the long term. Perhaps it would have been better to plunge on into
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Namely, the underlying purpose of the internet. I did this in an anime a few years back-but I thought this was pretty funny.
Continue readingAnd now for a bit of good news.
I have said repeatedly, that the reason our Galtian overlords get away with the types of lies and slander they write daily-is because our libel laws have become so weak. So its nice to see someone with the gumption to take one of the worst offenders in the Liars Club
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Until morale improves: CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The commander of U.S. Forces Japan says curfew and alcohol restrictions, imposed on servicemembers around the country following a spate of off-base crime and misbehavior last year, may be permanent. Lt. Gen. Sam Angelella told Stars and Stripes during an interview Thursday he
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