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I can’t believe I forgot it……..
My blog birthday that is. My blog was six years old a month ago on February 7th. And I forgot to write about it-that truly must be a sign of my blog passing into the middle age. Sometimes I wonder why...
View ArticleAn un-enterprising mindset….
This post is not so lovingly dedicated to Phib’s commenter Anathema, who was the central figure in the comment fest over at his place. The veracity with which he defends the flawed decision making of...
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A mystery to solve.
Where was Waldo? This picture was taken during a trip to restore sanity-and that is all I have to say about that. Where was this taken?
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The money is out there……
And Allen West and his retarded Tea Party “friends” know it. Which explains why they have manufactured a budget crisis that need not exist: And that doesn’t even begin to account for the savings we...
View ArticleWorth repeating….
Because it amplifies why Admiral Harvey is WRONG. This is a generation of leadership that does not tolerate dissent and expresses consent through silence. Read into the absence of any Flag Officer...
View ArticleSaying it better than I ever could….
I came across this article on the USNI website today. It was so good I had to re-post it here for you folks to read. As you do-ask yourself two questions: 1) Is he wrong? and 2) Will a USNI with a new...
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Only in America….
This post is loving dedicated to all those (Say Hi Curtis)-who along with others- believes that Tea Partiers are just plain folks who want to take their country back. Unmitigated selfshiness and...
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Here’s to me and my tanjoubi!
And that is always the best birthday present! Too bad the S.O. develops a hearing and comprehension disorder every year on this day.
View ArticleGuess it happens back in Japan too.
Seems the term “Not for attribution” has no meaning anymore: According to students who attended the speech on “Military Bases and Their Impacts in Okinawa” at the State Department on Dec. 3, Maher...
View ArticleJishin!
Is the Japanese word for earthquake. As bad as it is, it could have been much worse. This is why you invest in infrastructure: The main damages is centered on Miyagi and Iwate prefectures:
View ArticleThe day they prayed would never come.
Tai Hei You Okina Jishin to Tsunami. Pacifc Ocean Large Earthquake and Tsunami. The S.O. has been assured by several e-mails / Facebook posts that her family is safe-although she has been unable to...
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The streaming link to NHK is proving a handy thing. I am finding watching the news direct from Japan to be far more useful than watching the American broadcast networks-which are obsessed with...
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Before and after
NASA Satellite pictures taken before the Tsunami on 26 February: Please note the outlines of the coast in the center of the screen. Now look at the after picture: Info on how to send help to Japan here.
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Totebaggers-to the barricades!
A long post follows. It is worth your time to read-because not everything, contrary to the opinion of many conservative bloggers-can be adequately discussed in just a couple of paragraphs. The recent...
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Day Three
The S.O. talked with her mother last night. All is well-but the china stock in her mom’s house is down a bit. A fair amount of things came flying off the shelves. She was all right but shocked by the...
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On a trip all this week. A weeks traveling beats a lot of things-so ergo, I am a happy man!
View ArticleEven The Atlantic understands….
That the Navy’s shipbuilding priorities are all screwed up. Of the 11 commissioned U.S. warships ships en route to Japan, almost half are big Cold War-era amphibious assault vessels purpose-built to...
View ArticlePoint of order
I am getting tired of reporters referring to Fukushima Daichi # 2, 3, or 4. The name of the plant is not Fukushima Daichi. Dai is a counter used in Japanese that is the equvalent of “Number”. So it is...
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The view from abroad.
I can tell its driving the S.O. nuts not to be in Japan right now. (Its driving me nuts-I want to be there and help). Some selected quotes from the S.O: On CNN live report from Japan, most...
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