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This one picture pretty much sums up the state of America today. And it’s more than just a touch ironic coming as it does on Memorial Day weekend when we are supposed to be honoring the sacrifice of those who died to make America “free”. In case you were asleep
I am becoming more and more convinced that Trump has been persuaded to just let the virus wash over the US. Someone has convinced him it’s better to go about business as usual and bet the death toll is not enough to fuel public outrage any further. Trump is gambling
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Is the Hebrew phrase for, “Next year in Jerusalem”. ( לשנה הבאה בירושלים). A couple of things have been making me think of that phrase this past week. Today, for example, is Yom HaShoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day. It happens right before the week of Israel’s Memorial Day and Independence Day.
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In zombie movies, the zombies somehow rise up out of the graves and go menacing the population turning them into zombies. I never watched too many zombie movies truth be told. Until now that is: Of course, the difference between zombie movies and real life is, the zombie movies did
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The rampant plunge into teabagger inspired stupidity. Not 48 hours after founding member of the Liars Club and all around shitbag, John Hinderaker, published a hit piece of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer attacking her and other governors for actually trying to, you know, save lives – the Astroturfing began in Kentucky,
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Ok, it has been a few days between the events surrounding USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). There has been a lot posted about the decision made to fire the CO, CAPT Crozier. To be blunt, a lot of those thoughts are utter bullshit. Posted below are some reasons why. Generally, the
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Some days you just have to shake your head and cry. “So, what’s it going to take to contain this problem, guys?“ “Go talk to the crew and insult them and tell them that looking good in DC is more important than their lives – that oughta do it!“ I’ll
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This being April 1st, in a normal world, it would be time for a fun post poking fun at something or playing a bloggers version of an internet prank. But these are not normal times, and there is nothing funny about the current world situation. So instead, I ‘d love
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Today is the 28th of March, meaning its been over a month since I was back on the sacred soil in Japan. It seems like years have passed. That is all due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Where I work is down to minimal manning, and we are working a schedule
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If you are, as I am a travel addict- these last two weeks have been a nightmare. The area I live in just put a shelter in place order so it will be at least three months before I can go anywhere. I was lucky I got to Japan when
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