There is a post up over at the USNI blog that really kind of made me angry. It's a good post, well written-but it's based on a flawed premise. Here I will set out to explain why. Ever since the Navy came out with its completely assinine policy about breathalyzers
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The next time you hear some douchebag a GOP Presidential candidate use that term, it might be wise to remember who invented it. And he did not mean it in a good way: Rick Santorum and the rest of GOP presidential gang all have a man-crush. Considering he was
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You Godless harlots. John Cole has hit on the latest example of just how stupid a certain segment of America really is: Here is the Republican Governor of PA sharing some advice with women who will be forced to have an unnecessary ultrasound before having an abortion: Gov. Tom Corbett
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Tragedy came to Japan. The S.O. and I watched the "Arigatou concert" on NHK. This is not a good video-but I could not find a better one to embed. If you get NHK World on your TV and this comes on-watch it. I submit you will not come away dry
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There is a kind of irony in having this particular week end with my birthday. Nothing slams home one's own mortality like learning three people you knew are passed on-and then waking up to realize that you are 55 years old. Irony may not be dead, but a good number
Continue readingAnother tragic loss of a blogger
It has been a really lousy week, all things considered-perhaps indicative of the way the rest of the year is going to go, I suppose. This week has been full of nothing but bad news and death. Two bloggers-both of whom I knew on active duty have perished. Of Lex-and
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The difference between the USAF and the Navy:
Continue readingA tragic loss
When I woke up this morning , as I made the coffee and stumbled to my computer-it seemed like it was going to be a good day. After I got the computer on line-I knew differently. This is a terrible day and so will the days that follow. A widely
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I sold the science project today. To "Sergey" -who while a holder of a German passport, is more Russian than German me thinks. I couldn't help but think of the scene from the Italian Job. Seriously, I felt some genuine sadness driving the car up to the Zollamt to
Continue readingHerr Doctor will see you now
I've been in Germany about six months now and I thought I would take a moment or two to write about my experiences with the German Medical system. In my previous employments I was either under American insurance and being seen by American doctors or I was under military care
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