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I am posting this post by my Candian Counterpart in its entirety. Its worth reading-every word-because it effectively lays to rest just about every bullshit argument we here from the ranting herd of ill-informed Fox News viewers. Take it away, Skippy Stalin: Even more troubling that the modern conservative shift
Continue readingGreetings from the West End of the Pest section of Budapest. Flew here on the 4th and we have been touring the city since then. Because of all the points I gained from my forays to Bucharest- the hotel upgraded us to a corner suite when we got here. Didn't ask for it-but it is pretty
Continue readingPoor John Adams, the poor man never gets his due. Our 2nd President may have saved America more than a couple times from its own worst influences, but he never gets any credit for it. Tea Bag America always would rather misquote his successor than give the man from Quincy
Continue readingHe sure had me pegged. Did I meet him in my surreal existence in the alternate universe, perhaps in a bar in Hong Kong or Malaya? "The majority were men who, like himself, thrown there by some accident, had remained as officers of country ships. They had now a horror
Continue readingWent out with the S.O. and our neighbors to the Schwabian Garten tonight. Drank beer and had a good time. My neighbors and I made a pact that I would only speak German to them – in the hopes of improving my less than perfect German. Held my own better
Continue readingThe Supreme Court actually got it right for once-but the fact it was a 5-4 decision is troublesome for many reasons. This should have been a no brainer for the Court. Of course to do that-you need high caliber Justices. The Supreme Court led by Chief JusticeJohn G. Roberts Jr. upheld
Continue readingSo, as they point out at Balloon-Juice, Port or Sherry? Spanish Ballads or Fado Songs? Lisbon or Madrid?
Continue readingI have a lot I would like to write about. I just have no spirit or energy to do so. I've been busy at work getting ready for a meeting next month. And at home I have been dealing with S.O.'s increasingly frivolous views of life and doing her womanly
Continue readingThe Germans are running over the Greeks. The score does not show it-but Germany is dominating the game. So. Sausage and beer or souvalki and ouzou? Everyone in our neighborhood is inside watching the game. UPDATE! The final score makes the game sound closer than it was-sure the Greeks
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