And don’t kid yourself sports fans-the entire world is watching the US election. One of the things that has always amazed me now-through 11 years of living overseas, is how much of the rest of the world watches and gets swept up in the madness that is American electoral politics.
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John Hinderaker and the rest of the contemptible cocksuckers members of the Liars Club, are all up in arms over an offhand remark that Obama made in a stump speech a day ago. In a speech Obama mentioned his opponents and the crowd quite understandably began to boo-and Obama said, "No,
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Until everything goes horribly wrong: BANGKOK: The Thai government is cracking down on illegal beauty clinics and unlicensed doctors after the death of a high-profile woman. The name of her job says it all. Athitiya Eiamya worked as a "pretty" – a term used for the almost ubiquitous product promotion
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I have made no secret over the last few years of the contempt I feel for Allen West. If someone would take him out back and beat the living shit out of him-I would cry no salt tears. The guy was probably a prick as an officer, deserved his Article
Continue readingGeoge Lucas goes to the Dark Side.
As a Disney stockholder, I have great hopes for the merger of Star Wars and Walt Disney. However as a bonafide SCI-Fi fan-I also can recognize that this merger has a great possibility of screwing up a time-honored legend. The picture below probably explains it well:
Continue readingA good day to be on this side of the Atlantic
As Hurricane Sandy bears down on New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and about 10 other states. I'm working late tonight-so I have been following the storms path on the news. Upwards of 1 million people are without power. Evidently Atlantic City, Cape May and New York are getting the stuffing
Continue readingThe Charge of the Light Brigade
As is my custom, I am reposting this post I first did in 2005. Given the current state of events in both the US and Afghanistan these days-its important to remember this exercise in futility. Background: "The war is popular beyond belief" Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians
Continue readingThe enemy is us
I've been rather busy this week. On travel and next week I will be working some unusual hours. So what that means is posting will continue to be light. Plus, if the truth is to be told-I am viewing the upcoming election in the United States with increasing pessimism. Primarily
Continue readingLooking for someone to blame
Whenever I get depressed about the sad state of American politics-which in the month of October is just about every day-I don't have to look far for people who should be held to blame for polarizing our politics. The collective group of idiots who populate the Liars Club. To review,
Continue readingMeanwhile back at a certain aquisition agency.
Outgoing Director, LTG Patrick O’Reilly, issues some final guidance to his senior staff: Laugh if you must-but trust me-similar conversations have occurred in real life there……
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