Going to visit my son for a few days. posting will be light. So talk among yourselves about this tidbit from John Cole-which I happen to agree with: You know who probably deserves some scorn but isn’t receiving it? HGTV. How many episodes of House Hunters or Property Virgins or
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The word satire must be missing from the language of Tagalog. From Hemlock comes this story of a Hong Kong writer who decided to have some fun and make a point: It is clear that something is up as the two Filipino elves report for duty at Perpetual Opulence Mansions
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You stop fixating on MILF’s. Researchers in America examined photographs of actresses and pored over back issues of Playboy magazine to see whether there was a correlation between attraction and national prosperity. They found that women with mature facial features — smaller eyes, larger chins and stronger faces — were
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Women’s history month. Not a chance. Here is a review session for those who love the month of March as much as I do.
Continue readingI’ll bet you thought I forgot………
Women’s history month. Not a chance. Here is a review session for those who love the month of March as much as I do.
Continue readingHe must have never gotten the memo…….
Dick Cheney that is. Current CENTCOM gives him and ADTAKE*: *Advise action Taken. A message from higher authority asking you (sometimes not very politely) WTFO. Getting one was not a good thing.
Continue readingMore on the Narita accident…
Wind shear is a powerful thing. On March 23, aircraft started landing at Narita at 6 a.m. Winds up to 72 kph were blowing mainly from the northwest. Before the accident, 12 aircraft had landed safely under these conditions, including a Japan Airlines jumbo jet and a Nippon Cargo Airlines
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I finished Tom Ricks book The Gamble a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been going back and re-reading certain sections to make sure I understand exactly what he was trying to say. Here is my take on the book. 1) At first I was truly worried that Ricks had drunk
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Is a failure to communicate. China Southern Airways has a lousy safety record. Maybe one reason for that is that they do not speak the language of aviation: A Japanese air safety board investigating a 2007 incident in which a China Southern Airlines plane that entered a runway without permission
Continue readingEveryone needs a map..
Or a GPS. Foreign Policy provides one for Pakistan. The Complete Idiots Guide to Pakistan.
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