Monthly Archives: October 2006

Happy Halloween

Halloween…a time to get sh!tfaced and pretend we’re not who we really are.  I’m going as an expatriate.

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And I thought it was just me…

  It’s nice to see there are other bloggers out there who have been pressured by field grades to shut down…maybe there’s strength in numbers. Army steps up efforts to monitor military bloggers Guard unit looking online for violations of … Continue reading

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Through the Looking Glass

Read this if you want to find out about some of the creative ways North Korea launders the money South Korea gives them.  South Korea’s Parallel Universe – Newsweek: International Editions – MSNBC.comOct. 30, 2006 issue – There’s a mountain … Continue reading

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Daily Corean Machinations

nK: “So why are you reshuffling the deck and throwing some of our cards out?”sK: “Part of the game, old friend. We’ve been to cozy with you as of late, and we need to chill our relations. It is autumn, … Continue reading

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Break in Contact

I think I’m going to break contact with blogging for awhile.  Nobody gives a rat’s ass what I think anyways, the Seahawks lost yesterday, and I feel generally melancholy because of some anti-American bullshit last Friday.   Just excuse me … Continue reading

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Jackasses and Elephant Men

 This worked for the Ottomans, so why don’t we give it a whirl?  White House: Partitioning Iraq a ‘nonstarter’ – Conflict in Iraq – MSNBC.comWASHINGTON – Awaiting the recommendations of a commission exploring U.S. options in Iraq, the White House … Continue reading

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Oh, how cute.

I stole this photo from CNN.  It’s a torchlight procession in Pyongyang the other night, the kind the Nazis used to do right before World War II.

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Utility Fees

  I sure am glad that the weather should start cooling off now.  Towards the end of every month, my realtor calls and asks, "Have you been using the air conditioner?"   "Of course," either I or my wife reply. … Continue reading

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How N. Korea Changed the Nuclear Club’s Rules

  This is a fairly lengthy article, so unless you have time, just listen to me from now on because I boil down the esoteric crap fairly well. How N. Korea Changed the Nuclear Club’s Rules – Newsweek: World News … Continue reading

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Politics by Other Means

“War is a continuation of political relations by other means.” Clausewitz Dear reader, herein an expanded and corrected version of an earlier (12 Oct06) Gray Matter. Several additions and at least one deletion (grad served onstaff of House but was … Continue reading

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