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There are times I really hate blogger. Twice recently, I have been in the middle of typing a post when all of a sudden half or more of it will simply vanish. That happened to me again tonight. I am beginning to understand why folks say to type them out in Word, then transpose them.… Continue reading A new low….Skippy does a food post?!?!

While I was in Hong Kong, ( Sadly, not that I will back there anytime soon…..) I had a chance to read about the Japan -China dispute from the “other side”. Reading the South China Mornng Post each morning was very illuminating indeed. Especially the reaction to Prime Minister Koizumi’s heartfelt apology given at the… Continue reading Nothing he says or does will be good enough

U.S. Catholics are not going to be happy I think. Turning their back on the “Social Justice” Cardinals, the College of Cardinals selected a man rumored to be a Vatican hard liner. While the conventional wisdom is that Cardinal Ratzinger was elected because he will be an “interim pope” ( he is 78 years old),… Continue reading We have a Pope!

I watched a CNN report tonight about the Papal selection process. They gave what I thought was a pretty good report , revealing that the next pope will come from one of three camps: 1) Social Justice Cardinals, e.g. those who are concerned about the ever increasing gap between the rich and the poor. 2)… Continue reading And so it begins, the process to select a new Pope.

In case anyone missed it, there were some big riots in Beijing this past week against Japan and Japanese things. A large crowd of “spontaneous” protestors attacked the Japanese embassy in Beijing. According to Simon at “Simon’s World” : “The Government has already put a clamp on official media reports, but modern communication techniques (including… Continue reading China and Japan

Wow, this month has really flown by. Just got done getting my trip to Hong Kong set up for next month. Amazingly I could get cheap airfare, but what the F*&^ is going on with hotel prices in Hong Kong the last week of April? Obscene is an understatement. Something going on or just a… Continue reading Another month gone-tidbits of interest

Ah, what a week it has been. Tung Chee Wa gets sent packing, and Lebanon backs Syria into a corner. The papers are starting to speak the unspeakable, namely that maybe George Bush ( perish the thought!) might be right about the spread of democracy in that Arab world. Either he is very lucky, or… Continue reading Bush Right? I don’t think so Tim!

Ah, what a week it has been. Tung Chee Wa gets sent packing, and Lebanon backs Syria into a corner. The papers are starting to speak the unspeakable, namely that maybe George Bush ( perish the thought!) might be right about the spread of democracy in that Arab world. Either he is very lucky, or… Continue reading Bush Right? I don't think so Tim!