Crap, its March again. We all know what that means. March should be a time for repeated celebrations as it is the anniversary of my birth. However March is also Women’s History Month. For those who watch normal TV its no big deal. Commercials will come and go and your
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Crap, its March again. We all know what that means. March should be a time for repeated celebrations as it is the anniversary of my birth. However March is also Women’s History Month. For those who watch normal TV its no big deal. Commercials will come and go and your
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Slate comes up with the answer to an important question: Do female suicide bombers get 72 virgins? And if not, what do we have for the ladies, Johnny? Subscribe in a reader
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George W. Bush and I now have something in common. As of tonight, we have both shaken the hand of Junichiro Koizumi……………….. I had the opportunity to attend a party in Yokohama tonight. I really had no reason to be there, except that a Navy friend had been invited and
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About this whole stock market thing. See, I always thought that for an American, the Chinese market losing 9 percent of its value is supposed to be a good thing. I’m supposed to cheer when Chinese businessmen are throwing themselves off the roof of their skyscrapers. When your enemy loses,
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About this whole stock market thing. See, I always thought that for an American, the Chinese market losing 9 percent of its value is supposed to be a good thing. I’m supposed to cheer when Chinese businessmen are throwing themselves off the roof of their skyscrapers. When your enemy loses,
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WARNING NOTICE-Highly emotional and possibly unhinged rant follows……….. While making my morning sojourn around bloggerville I stumbled across this little tidbit at Pen and Sword. Reporting from London’s Sunday Times: Some of America’s most senior military commanders are prepared to resign if the White House orders a military strike against
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News from the right side of the international date line………… Its been a busy week here in Japan. To start with Japan launched a spy satellite into orbit. Proving the old Ronald Reagan adage, trust your American allies, but leave yourself an independent way to see what the heathen Chinee
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Reading the political news this weekend reminds me of a Cheech and Chong routine I heard when I was teenager: Chong is up late, smoking a joint, watching an old war movie……….. Japanese Admiral: “You will get in your aircraft. You will take off, find the American aircraft carrier. You
Continue readingA map of February
I read that once in a novel. On of the main character’s children asked the dad for, “a map of February”-in other words, a calendar. Fast forward a bit. Its Friday, you have had a hard day at work. The drive home doesn’t help it any. You arrive in the
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