Out and about
Been busy-and on the move. Accordingly, posting has been light. Spike has a link up to a …….wait for it…… a blow by blow description of the woman who started the whole Secret Service mess. I am not...
View ArticleBe careful what you wish for……
Well might as well beat the dead horse some more. About the Secret Service "scandal"-which is not a scandal really, but a minor incident that has been blown WAY OUT OF PROPOROTION. The New York Post is...
View ArticleCompare and contrast……..
I am back here in the Whining States of America for a short while-for personal business-before returning to the fray on the other side of the Atlantic. Coming back to the US after a prolonged period of...
View ArticleWho lost China?
UPDATE! Greetings Legal Insurrection readers! Comments are closed on this post. If you wish to comment you have to go here and read this first. William Jacobson is a worthless piece of shit. shrill. In...
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Taking a little detour.
And I'm back. Have been back for a couple of days-but tomorrow I am off again. Just time enough to do laundry. This time the travel is within Germany and I will be out of pocket for a couple of weeks....
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It is so nice to live in a country where there is decent train service again. Thus I was spared spending 4 hours on the Autobahn driving over to Bayreuth today. Instead I could take a train-sleep and...
View ArticleWhy I disagree with Mr. Jacobson
Ok, I admit it-I snapped. When I followed the Memorandum link to Mr. Jacobson's blaming of Obama for "losing" the Middle East, I lost my temper. And with good reason too-I expect better logic and a...
View ArticleThis makes me happy!
Rupert Murdoch has finally been recognized as the Sleazeball he is. Hopefully his hot looking Asian wife can console him when he loses his company. Murdoch “turned a blind eye and exhibited willful...
View ArticleThe trouble with the tea party
My Canadian counterpart has been writing some really insightful posts about the morass that is the GOP these days. You should head on over to his site and read his stuff. First off-he points out...
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Happy New Year!
One of the traditions I like in Japan is their New Years greeting: Akimashite omedetou gozaimasu! Kotoshi mo yoroshiku onegai shimasu! ( Happy New Year. In this year too, please favor me). (It's a one...
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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Now it’s just getting ridiculous.
It is January and I am traveling again. Not without some trepidation, since my last voyage to points beyond put me in the hospital. But this trip is back to the whining States of America, so I am...
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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 legends leaving us.
The month of January has been a sad one for folks like me, who treasure the music of the 60's and 70's and had some of my best times in life with the great artist's creations in the background as a...
View ArticleJapanese History Lesson
This video is a little long-but provides an interesting view of the gamut of Japanese history, albeit told from an American viewpoint. Enjoy it. I did. In nine minutes, Wurtz goes through a broad but...
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...
View ArticleAs if things were not screwed up enough.
God decided to play a cruel joke on American politics by holding a recall election of His own. The winner was Justice Antonin Scalia. The loser will be the rest of the United States, that is left...
View ArticleWhistling past the graveyard….
After almost 24 hours of travel back from the Whining States of America, I am back in definitely not sunny Germany. A week in Shopping Mall and then a week out west. The second week was very...
View ArticleI always leaves a few parts behind when I fixes ’em.
Did some major site maintenance tonight, trying to get display issues fixed. I the process I screwed up the comments editor and my header. Will work on it tomorrow. You should be able to read content...
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Sir, your blog is fixed. Please pay 999.99 dollars and we don’t take checks.
Looks like the comments fix I worked on last night worked. The display "wrap around" problem where the lower half of the sidebar folded under the content appears to be fixed. " Life is tough son, its...
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