The news that is-personal and professional. Besides the fact I have to be in Korea for two weeks when I should be dealing with more important things like finding gainful employment and figuring out where I am going to live a few months from now-here or there-the news on TV
Continue readingJust one day in Iraq……..
” . . . If we succeed in Iraq, which I believe we are, the rest of it takes care of itself,” said McCain. “Most Americans are becoming more and more aware that the surge is succeeding “-John McCain ” The Surge worked.”-John McCain and Senator Lieberman DO NOT ADJUST
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The time has come the walrus said, to talk of many things: Of flag officers and managers Of cabbages and kings. Of synonyms-like drunken lemurs. (“What’s a two word combination meaning ‘Air Force General….’ ?”). So now I know why I’m leaving after this final expedition to la la land:
Continue readingSatellite sighted….
Shot down same. The whips can go back in the closet now. The ” Dear China-please take notice of this. Suck my………” cards can go in the mail now. Now its:
Continue readingBreakfast….
It is the most important meal of the day! Especially when it comes with eggs and BACON! Deciding to have bacon though can be a complicated undertaking though. See below. (H/T to Bothenook for the link!)
Continue readingNot good.
I think the Aegis and Furuno radars have been explained to death on NHK this evening. Here is why: MINAMIBOSO, Chiba — A Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyer collided with a fishing boat off the coast of Chiba early Tuesday, splitting the fishing boat in two and leaving a father
Continue readingCat Art
It started innocently enough. A couple weeks back, we went out to a street sale. More correctly-yours truly was dragged from the warmth of his couch, TV, and coffee-to stop by the ATM and then serve as the financier for yet another of the S.O.’s junk antique shopping expeditions. Along
Continue readingOff to the market……
The Oedo international market at the Tokyo Kokusai Forum. The S.O. and I went out all the days of this weekend riding somewhere on the train. On Saturday she went up to a shrine sale-while I went up to Yokohama. I walked around Landmark tower, through the shops, out around
Continue readingNot everyone…….
Drinks the surge kool-aid………. Some people like their truth straight up: Let’s get something straight. The terms “victory” and “defeat” long ago lost any relevance to the situation in Iraq and the so-called war on terror. Read the rest here!
Continue readingLee Kwan Bush
I think that somewhere in the White House, George Bush keeps a shrine to Lee Kwan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore and now is the governmental leader who just will not go away. After 30 years in power, he supposedly turned over the reigns of power-but in reality
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