U.S. Catholics are not going to be happy I think. Turning their back on the “Social Justice” Cardinals, the College of Cardinals selected a man rumored to be a Vatican hard liner. While the conventional wisdom is that Cardinal Ratzinger was elected because he will be an “interim pope” (
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The Babe Theory.
This blogging thing is kind of like getting drunk in Tokyo, you never know what new and interesting bar you are going to stumble into; or how much it is going to cost to drink there. After getting slammed (good naturedly) by CDR Salamander during a discussion of who was
Continue readingAnd so it begins, the process to select a new Pope.
I watched a CNN report tonight about the Papal selection process. They gave what I thought was a pretty good report , revealing that the next pope will come from one of three camps: 1) Social Justice Cardinals, e.g. those who are concerned about the ever increasing gap between the
Continue readingMore noise on the streets in China!
Stumbled in from playing golf with Harumi yesterday evening, to turn on NHK and get the latest tally on the “impassioned student” demonstrations in China. Seems now that there were demonstrations in Tianjin, Shanghai, two northern cities that I cannot make out the names of ( This was based on
Continue readingOh Boy! Here we go again
Harumi gets the Japanese papers since despite her very excellent command of the English Language, she still prefers to A) watch TV in Japanese ( which is painful for me since Japanese TV is BORING!) and B) read about world events in her native language ( a perfectly understandable sentiment…).
Continue readingIdle musings on a Saturday–No politics here!
Work has kept me on the go the last couple of days as well as having to have a physical exam as is required by my employer. As I am not quite the young stud I once was, I had to undergo all the of the exams to make sure
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In case anyone missed it, there were some big riots in Beijing this past week against Japan and Japanese things. A large crowd of “spontaneous” protestors attacked the Japanese embassy in Beijing. According to Simon at “Simon’s World” : “The Government has already put a clamp on official media reports,
Continue readingFrom around the blogosphere, things to see and read!
It’s mid month and its time to take a tour of some of the things you may have missed. For starters, here’s funny thing that Englishman in Osaka has found. Let him explain it: “There’s the Osaka subway and the London tube. I’m sorry but there’s simply no comparison. One
Continue readingThe “C” word and women……..
I can’t believe I’m doing it! Its like a moth drawn to the flame, in the end you fly too close and you get burned. Yes, you guessed it, I’m looking at Michelle Malkin’s blog again. Why, I am not really sure. After all, politically she is to the right
Continue readingThis is why I hold both hands on the overhead strap on the trains.
There has been a lot of attention paid to the groping of women on Japanese trains lately. Personally I think is a little bit of overkill. If anyone has ever ridden the Tokkaido line at ten o clock on a Wednesday night, you know you are going to be smashed
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