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Why the choice is not a choice……..
Which could also be why I kind of wish it was Bernie in the ring taking the fight to the orange headed dictator wanna be. But before I point out, that we don't always get what we want-and with the...
View ArticleStanding at the abyss…………
That's where the land of my birth is today. Remember this scene from the end of the movie, Wall Street? That's a great thought for 2016 especially as we have hordes of less than rational people...
View ArticleBarbarians at the gate
Tomorrow is, without a doubt, the most frightening election I have ever experienced in my adult life. As John Cole put it: "The best way I can compare my mood right now is the trash compactor scene in...
View ArticleNow it’s time to make some decisions
America fucked up last night. They had a choice to make-and they chose the selfish option. Now they deserve to suffer for it. And suffer we will. For the short term, people will rejoice, however when...
View ArticleJust a few questions on the way out the door.
Today is Veterans Day, or as I prefer to think of it now, Remembrance Day as it is referred to throughout the British Commonwealth. I supposed to honor others for their service and I do. But I have...
View ArticleA few observations by David Frum
David Frum sums up well what the great darkness we are heading into . @davidfrum I think we will be returning to this a lot over the next few years. https://t.co/eVhYhNhlXz — Noah Kristula-Green...
View ArticleGoodbye and farewell
I regret nothing. There seems to be an impression among some people that a blog or a Facebook or Twitter account is about what pleases them and what they want to read, rather than the message(s) the...
View ArticleAlmost like they planned it that way….
To have John McCain, cast the decisive vote to defeat yet another incredibly shitty bill, that most of the GOP Senators hoped would never become law. I know I was surprised by McCain’s sudden finding...
View ArticleWorth repeating
I am currently in the middle of a trip to the Whining States of America. Part for personal reasons and partly for business. It’s a busy itinerary, so posting is probably going to be light. I have noted...
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Timing as they say, is everything.
And these last three weeks were excellent ones to be unplugged from the world, so to speak. The S.O. and I spent time touring the Netherlands and then to really have some fun, we climbed on board this...
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Someone should say, “I told you this would happen!”
Because back in the early 2000’s there were plenty of folks who warned us bad things would happen to the US Navy. And now in 2017 and the nearby years before, those very bad things have happened....
View ArticleA Navy Mishap you probably did not hear about.
The news was pretty well saturated over the last couple of weeks. What with Charlottesville, the firing ( well-deserved) of Steve Bannon, the collision of USS John McCain and President Trump’s...
View ArticleFood post
Among the more interesting things I get to do is try new foods in my travels. I travel to Israel about 4 times per year. Every time I go, I try the Israeli egg dish, Shakshuka. Unfortunately, at most...
View ArticleIt would seem I am not the only one that thinks so…..
Who has strong feelings about the Navy’s declining emphasis on operational proficiency and training to do important things. Some better men than me are saying much the same thing. The obsession with...
View ArticleSpeaking of Labor Day
It’s a good day to remember the hard working people in America who: 1) Don’t get to celebrate Labor Day on May 1st like the rest of the world, 2) despite low unemployment are not seeing wage increases...
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Whirlwind
It’s been a busy couple of weeks. The Friday after Labor Day, I boarded a plane for California, Los Angeles to be specific to do work out on the west coast for a week. I left early because I wanted...
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Home for awhile and glad of it.
It was a long week down in the land of milk and honey, but got back Friday and have spent the week recuperating. The days were long and I logged a lot of miles around Yisrael. Speaking of roads, I had...
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273rd verse, same as the first.
I had planned to write some more about my trip. But as has so often been the case this year and last-I woke up to yet another incident of domestic terrorism. The worst mass shooting yet in America. Yet...
View ArticleOnly I get to cross those lines
Today its one day later. The usual suspects have come out of hiding, to trot out the same old lame excuses as to why nothing can be done. But never, did I think the purveyors of them would try to lay...
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