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I love it when I am right………
Yesterday I wrote:Don't kid yourself, this is just the opening act in a war that is designed to, at one and the same time, pervert the meaning of the First Amendment-and at the same time empower...
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Friday night-over a US holiday week-which is the first one I have gotten since Christmas. So this morning the S.O. and I boarded a plane-and arrived where? 1) This is city is the largest city in the...
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Partying like it’s 1453.
Today was a full day here in Istanbul. We were up early, ate breakfast out-took the bus and the tram to Sultanmahment Station and saw all the usuals: Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, and Topkapi Palace. The...
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Underway on the Bosporus.
Long day today and dog tired. Not sure why since we spent a few hours here:
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So its about the children, eh?
Also known as-Why Mark Steyn sucks. Phib presumes to lecture me on what issues are really about-sadly I missed most of his lecture because I was having a good time over the weekend-sightseeing and...
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More observations on Turkey
Istanbul was an intriguing city. On the one hand-you can see just about all the "touristy" stuff in about five days. On the other hand-it had all the marks of a city you could hunker down in and "...
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More Pix
Of Istanbul. These were taken during out cruise on the Bosphorous on Sunday. In this one-someone has money: This is the old fort that guarded the entrance from the Mamara Sea: The view of a fort...
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The folks over at Foreign Policy Magazine have a pretty interesting article up-pointing out that in a lot of ways, the current situation Vis a Vis Iran is similar to that which John Adams faced: A...
View ArticleMaybe I need to start learning Chinese
Becasue right now my spoken German sucks-although it is getting better, primarily because the S.O. has just simply refused to make an effort to learn the language-which makes me the designated...
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Five Weeks to go.
Till Easter. I'm still trying to figure out what to give up. One thing I know I won't give up……… And speaking of sex-here is the Best Head Line EVER!...
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Andrew Breitbart is dead. I really have nothing to say-save for the fact that no one should have to die-at 43, 63 or 83. Condolences should go out to his family-which if one will notice, a lot of his...
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The New Irish blessing……..
And a quote about the man who inspired it that is worth remembering: In other words: somebody handed Andrew Breitbart a piece of video that purported to depict a government official as a confessed...
View ArticleHerr 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...
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Sad day…..
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,...
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A 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...
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Another 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...
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Double nickle
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...
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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...
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Lie back-and think of England…….
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...
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