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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Wars and lechery…..
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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And why you should practice it. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/03/secret-libya-psyops/
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You can see more information and photos at the following links: Operation Tomodachi Photostream on Flickr The latest on Navy support to Japan (Stars and Stripes) U.S. troops supporting, rather than executing relief missions (Stars and Stripes) U.S. Troops Continue Relief Efforts in Japan (Department of Defense) U.S. Ambassador John
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This is a poster telling people not to hoard things. Here is one too: Evidently, according to Watashi to Tokyo, the Twitter #tag “edano_nero” is hot in Japan now. Edano is Cabinet Secretary, Since the earthquake, he appeared on TV everyday and told us what is going on in the calm
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I checked into a hotel and it had a banner saying “Welcome Gonzaga Alumni Association”. Since I am stuck here tonight-wonder if that means I can score free beer. Here are some more of the S.O.’s thoughts on what is going on in Japan: Near Tokyo, earthquake cloud was found
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