Only my Canadian counterpart can explain this in a logical way-and make a connection to the Rev Wright scandal while he is at it………..(Warning: NSFW-Because the language is, you know, not safe for work). This has all the makings of a good AFN commercial. 🙁
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Happy St Patrick's day!
It is St Patrick’s day. What I SHOULD be doing is jumping on the train into Tokyo, and then drinking pint after pint of Cafferey’s ( Never have been much of a Guinness fan-it is just too heavy; but I do like a good Black and Tan.). I’ve celebrated St
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About Iraq. This post, over at Lex’s place kind of set me off. Quoting from an article in the New York Post which summarizes Saddam’s mindset as related to what he thought the US would do in the lead up to the invasion. Piro, a Lebanese-American and one of the few
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It is cold here in Seoul today. The kind of wet, sink to your bone cold that exists in a place where wet snow is frequent. It was sunny today, but it’s clear I did not bring enough of the right type of clothing. I should have packed my long
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A tasty dish of crow that is. Deborah , I’ll have my crow sauteed with mushrooms please…….. And as for the Tribe? Well, I guess the razors can go back on the shelf for another year. I’m a Cubs fan after all-I thrive on dissapointment…………. At least the Yomiuri Giants
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The cartoon character I want to have sex with: That’s right. Lily Wong has returned to Hong Kong newspapers. It’s also got its own web site, so now blog readers can have something to read more interesting than Day by Day.(Which appears to be in hiatus). Particularly when you love
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Got home yesterday and this was all over the news: This is video of Japanese reporter Kenji Nagai being shot at point blank range by a Burmese soldier. The photojournalist was one of nine killed and 11 injured when the military junta ordered troops to fire into a crowd of
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Several days ago, I watched John McCain make the following statement: For the sake of argument, lets forget about the fact that the definition of victory has changed from what it was in 2003. Then it meant “ridding Iraq of WMD and creating a pro-western democracy in the heart of
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Today the Asahi Shimbun had the biggest headline I have ever seen since the Niigata earthquake. It said when translated: Abe Sore Daijin(Prime Minister)-Quits. And now the explanations begin: A day after announcing his resignation, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe entered a hospital Thursday morning to receive treatment for stomach and
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