Today is the 6th of August. It was the day in 1945 when the Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the B-29 Enola Gay. In Japan, today is known as Genbaku no hi. That also began a 9 day period when Japan was literally and figuratively on the brink
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It’s August, I have to go to Korea for Ultimate FutiLity, and I am really depressed. The Korea Folks know what I’m talking about. Because it is that wonderful time of year, when thousands of people converge upon the Korean Peninsula to see for themselves the world of micromanagement-as only
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Deborah wanted me to post some photos of the fireworks. Only problem was-I did not take a camera. So here are some U-Tubes of last year’s fireworks. I was there, but trust me, the guy doing the smart-ass commentary is not me. I have no idea who did this or
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No, not THAT fisherman……….. It is Hanabi (fireworks) season here in Japan. That means from middle of July through the end of August you can see a different firework display every weekend-provided you don’t mind riding on a train with 1000’s of new found friends. Tonight was the one near
Continue readingA good question!
Mountain Runner and Tom Barnett ask and answer a really good question: If the surge is working, why are we still losing? Barnett goes to the heart of the question that really bothers me-namely if the surge is going so well, why are we being told that American troops will
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SJS thought he was going to give me a pass on this meme, but little did he know I had already been tagged by Mili with essentially the same meme. I was just ignoring her till now. “List eight habits or facts about yourself, then tag eight more people” Now
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Continue readingSpeaking of the Wall Street Journal……
Its not just me that is concerned. So is Hemlock: RUPERT MURDOCH buys Dow Jones, and I am privileged to be sent an advance copy of tomorrow’s edition of the best reported, best edited and visually most Victorian newspaper in the world…. Back to the SCMP? Subscribe in a reader
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Alicia: We’re not exactly the Washington Post, okay? Michael McDougal: No, we’re not. We run stupid headlines because we think they’re funny. We run maimings on the front page because we got good art. And I spend three weeks bitching about my car because it sells papers. But at least
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