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Despite all the blowback from folks in certain circles and the continued whining of the surgeaholics, I remain firm in my conviction that getting the hell out of Afghanistan was the right thing to do. Most of the objections to the policy decision have no factual basis anyways – and
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Playing Round 20 of that peculiarly American game, “Who lost Afghanistan?” Interestingly enough, there is one answer that is never allowed in this discussion. No one ever blames the Afghans themselves. As a result, it’s similar to the old game Americans used to play: “ Who lost Iraq?“ An interesting
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I have watched in depressed horror all the flare ups of violence across the country tonight and it makes me glad I am not in the continental US right now. Tomorrow I will put up a post on the subject – advancing what some may think is a controversial theory.
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In the movie, Thank You for Smoking, the lead character (Nick Naylor) takes his son (Joey Naylor) with him on a business trip to Los Angeles. Out for a night in Santa Monica, Joey asks his dad about his job as a lobbyist for Big Tobacco. In the course of
Continue readingBesides all the other things that are at stake in this current Presidential election; trivial things like the survival of the United States as a democracy and survival of a free press, is also trying to put a nail in the coffin of those folks who believe that the “market
Continue readingThose crafty bastards on the mainland may be on to something: SHANGHAI: Chinese couples are flocking to divorce to evade a new tax on home sales after the government cracked down on property speculation, the Shanghai Daily newspaper reported Wednesday. China's central government last Friday issued rules to rein in
Continue readingBut for some reason-Western feminists pay little or no attention to. Shocked, I tell you-absolutely shocked. The case of the maids trying to win right of abode in Hong Kong is moving towards its next step: A spectre is haunting Hong Kong. And it is not communism. It is the
Continue readingWe won't really know since Gloria Arroyo is under arrest. Could not have happened to a nicer lady. However it would seem her successors, are not making the Chinese happy: BEIJING: China on Sunday called for greater efforts towards "peace and stability" in the region, after the Philippines offered to allow
Continue readingDialect: A language without an Army to back it up. It’s that time of year again. Every year around this time the Japan Association of Kanji Aptitude Test announces the kanji of the year. The announcement is made in Kyoto at the famous Kiyomizu-dera temple through a priest who writes
Continue readingThe Straits Times this morning had a article that that was suprsing to say the least. Opening with the leader :60 and a class act. The article then goes on to become a puff piece for the PRC and praises its evolution since 1949. What is particularly troubling is what
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