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AssangeLeak
The Swedish Police report on the sexual charges against WikiLeak founder Julian Assange have been leaked to the New York Times.
Goodbye Richard Holbrooke And Thank You
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, who negotiated the Dayton Peace Accords, died yesterday at the age of 69. His last words were “You’ve got to stop this war in Afghanistan.”
An Observation
Still not back in the politics mode, so… While away on vacation I noticed something. The under 25 crowd isn’t tatooed. Their parents were tatooed, as were those over 30. Seems like this fad is fading. Unfortunately, tatoos aren’t like skinny jeans – or a Hannah Montana tee shirt – that can be tossed in […]
Huge Wikileaks Document Dump – Fascinating Reading
The website Wikileaks has released a new set of documents, >250,000 diplomatic cables.
North Korea Fires On South Korea
North Korea shelled a South Korean island, killing at least two South Korean soldiers and wounding soldiers and civilians.
No Asshat Today
I was going to post an asshat award today, but instead, I’m honoring the men and women from numerous countries who worked for over two months to rescue the 33 Chilean miners. Many times we throw the word “hero” around to loosely, making some very mundane actions heroic. What these men and women did to […]
Surprised? Not So Much
By playing the blame game, BP proves themselves to truly be an American company.
Monday’s Asshat of the Day
I’m going out on a limb here today with my award (and maybe facing “excommunication”), for I am going to be taking on the former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel. First some background. Judaism, unlike other religions, does not have a political hierarchy. Rabbi’s do not report to a senior rabbi, who reports to more […]
I’ve Got Your Severe Weather Right Here!
As upper New Castle County dries out from the heavy rains the other day and smack into another sauna, I realized I’ve been saying this a little to often lately, “The weather isn’t usually this bad.” Seriously, after five years of no water in our basement, this year our basement was flooded three times. We’ve […]
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