Can anyone tell me what is going on with the American Stock Market? Every time I turn on my computer lately, the market has dropped by another 50-100 points. Wasn’t the Dow supposed be over 11,000 by now? It matters because one of the biggest joys that the S.O. has
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Been a busy couple of days. As I had expected the first diversions of transportation have started in order to support Earthquake relief in Pakistan. While I understand the need, it could not have come at a worse possible time in terms of competing requirements. Earthquake relief will ( and
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Today should have been a good day. And on the surface it was, even though the rain put a crimp on me playing golf again for the second time this holiday weekend. (Did get in 9 holes before the deluge started up again….but, I’ve played better…..). Took the S.O. to
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Today should have been a good day. And on the surface it was, even though the rain put a crimp on me playing golf again for the second time this holiday weekend. (Did get in 9 holes before the deluge started up again….but, I’ve played better…..). Took the S.O. to
Continue readingEven Dilbert sees the danger in blog censorship!
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Expat at Large (see link on the right……) posed an interesting history question. Can you guess the right answer? Someone said this of a President of the United States of America: Trusting to escape scrutiny, by fixing the public gaze on the exceeding brightness of military glory—that attractive rainbow, that
Continue readingAbout last night……..
Lazy morning this morning. S.O. had to work and I woke up and took a look at the dark clouds outside…..plus the rain falling and said “Naw”, I’ll wait to play golf. Been watching the non famous film, but nonetheless one of my favorites, “About Last Night“. The film is
Continue readingSave PIGLET! Plus some things that will really offend Muslims.
What a week! First it has been a very busy week, filled with lots of work, a lot more than there should be for the start of a new fiscal year. Of course, just like me, Congress cannot do the one thing they have to every year on time: pass
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CDR Salamander has a post up, noting the demise of another mil-blogger, Armorgeddon. Basically, Big Brother is saying he is violating operations security and so in self defense he is going to stop posting before the heat really comes down. This post has more details. Something is just not right
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