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Sticking out.
Made the circuit last night. Kolwoon, Lan Kwai Fong, Wanchai……waking up this morning has been slow to say the least. This is my third attempt to get moving after my second shower of the morning. Back...
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Resting up
Its amazing what 12 hours of sleep with no beer in you will do for a person. Came back to Japan yesterday and back to the usual nonsense. Went to bed early and slept and slept. Which was also what I...
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So who do you believe?
I had a post started about the Hersh article. Twice I typed what I thought were some good words. And twice G**Damn Blogger ate them! I quit. Go here and read for yourself what some others are saying....
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My Iranian experience………
Well, this time safely ensconced in Word, I will try to do another Iranian post. If reading Seymour Hersh was scary, reading the news today was every bit even scarier. The Iranians it seems, or at...
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Friday beer and Babes!
Short post. No post yesterday due to needing sleep. Today I went to Iwo Jima. What an experience. To walk on that hallowed ground….in the company of Marines no less!I felt privileged to be allowed to...
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The new Rasputin.
“You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go”.- Oliver Cromwell to the Long parliament. Yesterday the S.O. had to...
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What if he did go?
First, Donald Rumsfeld is not going anywhere before November. The people over at Foreign Policy’s blog offer some cogent reasons why. In fact, they point out that: You can’t swing a cat without hitting...
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Speaking of holding a grudge…….
I was going to move on today, but the Phibian went and provoked me with yet another defense of the Secretary of Defense. However since “The Donald” is going to be around for a while, and hopefully the...
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Speaking of promoting liberal democracy………
Ah yes, its summit time once again. That lovely time when the President of China will sit down first with the President that matters most to him. (drumroll………….) The President of Microsoft, of...
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On the road soon again.
Short weekend trip, for personal and professional reasons to Dallas, Texas. Things are in the air, just cannot be revealed at this time. Whether these are the right things for moi……only time will tell....
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The new books are here!
Sitting at Narita, steeling myself for the long ride in the cattle car, Business class is full-no way to upgrade……..some day I’ll have the money to buy that First Class ticket…or own my own jet....
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Somehow I don’t think this conversation occurred…….
A Secret Service agent blocks a protestor on the South Lawn. “See President Hu….? This is what leaders in democracies put up with……” “Surely you will have her shot….” “Uh no. We don’t do that here you...
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Friday beer and babes!
Hu Jin Tao was in America this week. The US President who espouses his love democracy and how it will change the middle East, sits down with a Chinese dictator. Its OK if you buy US bonds, if you do...
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Texas! Or about Remembering history
Nice day in Texas today. After the coldness of the spring in Japan this year, its nice to be where its warm. Did business yesterday and took it easy last night. Ordered Pizza, drank some 12 ounce...
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At least one good thing about change in China.
Finally back and past my jet lag. American Airlines sucks the big one! Suffice it to say they jerked me around yet again. Then again, some of it is the fault of the Texan who rolled his SUV on Highway...
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Now it can be told……….
In what may prove to be the most damn fool thing I’ve done in my life, I’m changing jobs. So we’ll see how my blogging holds up for the next few months. My new job is still here in Japan, but it is...
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Google puts it’s jackboots on……..
You vill blog our way, or not at all! Expat at Large pointed out the fact that the freedom loving people at Google used their powerful business position to shut down a blog it did not like. Mango Sauce...
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With all the money the oil companies are making……
They could pay Fran Obrien’s rent for the next 100 years……………… (Go see Fuzzy Bear Lioness for the whole and complete story of more corporate greed….) Maybe they should have to pay a special tax just...
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Random thoughts about things that drive me nuts or make me mad and sad.
Woke up this morning to a cloudy overcast looking seriously like rain. Accordingly, my golf plans were aborted. So I enjoyed the peace and quiet until the S.O. woke up. With my upcoming move, she is...
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I doubt that this is much of suprise…….
You Are Las Vegas Wild and uninhibited, you enjoy all of life’s vices.You’re a total hedonist, especially with sex, gambling, and drinking.You shine brightly every night, but you do the ultimate walk...
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