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In the wake of bin Laden’s death, political pressure is mounting for a quick withdrawal from Afghanistan. We were leaving anyway: Obama announced months ago that we are going to draw down force levels there, and we’re already in the process of bringing troops home from Iraq. What happens when the troops come home? Unless […]
I had to drive to the base clinic this morning for an aortic sonogram, a routine test my doctor wanted to have in my records prior to my switching over to Medicare later this year. AFAIK, my aorta is fine. Back home, I packed my motorcycle’s saddlebag with oil, brake fluid, and a fresh oil […]
Here’s a Facebook exchange from this morning. Everyone involved (including me) is from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, home town of local hero Rush Limbaugh. Apparently, this is how the folks in AM radio country are going to denigrate Obama’s leadership and great victory: We got Osama because George W. Bush put Afghanistan on the back burner […]
The news began to come in around 7:30 last night. I was losing interest in a violent, depressing prison movie, so I picked up my smart phone to skim the latest on Twitter. A few informed people, mostly news types, were just beginning to tweet about Osama bin Laden’s possible death. Over the next half […]
“Machete don’t text.” — Danny Trejo as Machete Cortez in Machete 21 Grams (2003) Sad tortured people doing sad tortured things for two sad tortured hours. If you can deal with industrial strength depression, by all means watch 21 Grams for the great acting. I would even say watch it for the interesting way in […]
“She got out of the car, a tall woman with long fair hair and a smell of flowers and lemons, plus a trace of another smell that reminded me of what happens only sometimes to the females in my world. What would that be like, having it turned on all the time? Probably drive you […]
From the news desk of the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea Central News Agency: Dancing Parties of Youth and Students Held Pyongyang, April 25 (KCNA) Dancing parties of youth and students took place in different parts of the country Monday on the army day. They began to the tune of “Long Live Generalissimo Kim Il […]
I took my last US Air Force physical this morning. No, I’m no longer on active duty, but for the last 13 years I’ve gotten my medical care from USAF doctors at the Davis-Monthan AFB clinic here in Tucson. When I turn 65 later this year, I’ll go on Medicare like everyone else and will […]