As a boy in my early teens-I had the misfortune of reading every Allen Drury book ever written ( At least through the early 70’s). And that’s a long list. As I grew older, and came under the influence of some really dedicated teachers and professors-I realized how really bad
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Stand with Japan…..
Unlike our so called Arab ” friends”-Japan has stood beside the United States when it was not expdient to do so. Unlike our so called “allies” in the war on terror- Japan has stood with us, when it cost them a lot to do so. Japan is the only place
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As I noted in my previous post-one family from a Naval Base in Japan seems to not know when to shut up. 10,000 DOLLARS! YGTBSM! Let me give you a tip Mrs Cash-you had best keep a low profile when you return to Japan. This story is going viral among
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About what’s going on in Japan. This post will consist primarily of the S.O.’s and other folks messages to me about what they are up to right now. Since most of my friends in Japan are associated with the Navy in Japan-it is of necessity more focused on Japan and
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And once again the fates have conspired to keep me from being where I should be. In Hong Kong! Drinking beer and watching the Sevens!
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Lechery, lechery; still, wars and lechery; nothing else holds fashion: a burning devil take them! Twas always thus, E @ L reminds us-and a damned good thing too. None other than Anglican bishop of Calcutta, Reginald Heber, admitted that he had difficulty keeping his eyes off the local Bengali
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The French get going. Just another thing to surrender to I guess: Selon le décompte du Quai d’Orsay, sur les 9000 Français enregistrés dans les consulats, il n’en restait plus que la moitié dans le pays à la fin de la semaine dernière, dont 2500 à Tokyo et 2000 dans le
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I don’t feel well tonight-for a wide variety of reasons. So hunkered down on the couch and watched Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid. I was a whopping 14 years old when I saw that movie the first time in the theater. And that movie and one of its opening
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Even the Yakuza is doing their fair share: Organized crime. Police aren’t the only ones on patrol since the earthquake hit. Members of the Yakuza, Japan’s organized crime syndicate, have also been enforcing order. All three major crime groups?the Yamaguchi-gumi, the Sumiyoshi-kai, and the Inagawa-kai?have “compiled squads to patrol the
Continue readingGiving credit where it is due
And not giving it where is it is not due. This video is a great indictment of the foreign media coverage-by all of the US major cable news networks. His points about: 1) The geography are quite pertinent. 2) Life in Tokyo is moving to normal 3) The media has
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