Trolls can be dealt with.
This video is lovingly dedicated to all those commenters who can't seem to discuss a subject on its merits alone. Like the fine group of folks who dropped by here in January. Warning NSFW!
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Women have no business going to Ranger School. There! I said it-and I'll keep saying it. There are roles for men and women to play in society, and Mr. Kilcullen asks a very good question. Pity, no...
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Navy Times Fails Again.
The word for the day is: "pussification". It would seem Navy Times enjoys it. Other, more rational members among us-not so much. When I saw this cover, I wanted to just reach through the screen and...
View ArticleEuro 2012 fever
Sorry for the lack of posting. Guests for work in town and damn the luck, have had to eat out and drink beer twice in a row. Got home tonight to watch the second half of the England- Ukraine Game. I...
View ArticleSh*t Gaijin say!
This will ring true if you have every spent any time in Japan, especially if you spent some time around non-military expats. I made a point to do this when I was first in Tokyo and met some amazing...
View ArticleBe very quiet
The Germans are running over the Greeks. The score does not show it-but Germany is dominating the game. So. Sausage and beer or souvalki and ouzou? Everyone in our neighborhood is inside watching the...
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Recent Reading….plus other stuff
I have a lot I would like to write about. I just have no spirit or energy to do so. I've been busy at work getting ready for a meeting next month. And at home I have been dealing with S.O.'s...
View ArticleEURO 2012 Semi Finals begin tonight
So, as they point out at Balloon-Juice, Port or Sherry? Spanish Ballads or Fado Songs? Lisbon or Madrid?
View ArticleWell count me among the surprised ones.
The Supreme Court actually got it right for once-but the fact it was a 5-4 decision is troublesome for many reasons. This should have been a no brainer for the Court. Of course to do that-you need high...
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What I am hoping my Saturday Night Looks Like……
Went out with the S.O. and our neighbors to the Schwabian Garten tonight. Drank beer and had a good time. My neighbors and I made a pact that I would only speak German to them-in the hopes of improving...
View ArticleWhen did I ever meet Joseph Conrad?
He sure had me pegged. Did I meet him in my surreal existence in the alternate universe, perhaps in a bar in Hong Kong or Malaya? "The majority were men who, like himself, thrown there by some...
View ArticleMissed it by that much………..
Poor John Adams, the poor man never gets his due. Our 2nd President may have saved America more than a couple times from its own worst influences, but he never gets any credit for it. Tea Bag America...
View ArticleNever placing the blame where it belongs……..
Over at another blog, there is yet another tired old rendition of the refrain, "The surge worked-and Obama pissed it all away." Its a tiresome song that gets played over and over again, and the usual...
View ArticleWith clockwork precision
A mass shooting happens in America every three to four months or so. Charleston, home of my beloved alma-mater, took its turn in the barrel yesterday. CHARLESTON, S.C. — A white gunman opened fire...
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The wrong people are winning
Well, now that really bad things are going on, its probably time for me to get back to work. I have a lot to say about a lot of things-but just can't seem to either find the time or the volition to...
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Recent Reading
Besides the volume of recent work, I have been deeply involved in several books recently. Not really an excuse for my lack of steady posting, but it did provide a different sort of diversion. Below...
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Going Nordo.
Walking up the brow this weekend and going haze gray and underway. No wait a minute, the ship is white. How about , "Bright white and out of sight!"? Either way posting will be non-existent for a bit....
View ArticleThe power of how one uses language.
Over at Balloon Juice, Annie Laurie has found this interesting video that analyzes the way Donald Trump uses language and how he organizes his thoughts. Bottom line: Because Trump is a salesman more...
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Oh about that GOP debate last night
You know Ted Cruz fucked up when he gives Donald Trump, that Donald Trump, a chance to be elegant. I'm no big fan of New York City, but Cruz probably wishes he had not broken out the dog whistles:...
View ArticleThe prodigal son returns
I'm back in shopping mall this week for a variety of reasons. Had some medical stuff done, did some stuff related to the S.O. Permanent Residence Card, and checked on my house. I also got to sit...
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