Category Archives: News and current events
The Diamond Jubilee: All Glory is Fleeting
Whenever I see anything about Queen Elizabeth II, especially the grand celebrations that reverberate around the nations that at one time or another were the exploited subjects of the British Empire I am less than excited. Nothing against the Queen … Continue reading
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Armed Forces Day 2012: The Disconnection of the Military and Society and the Terrible Result
Armed Forces Day was celebrated in some locales Saturday but I would dare say that the vast majority of Americans didn’t notice it. Meanwhile under 50 “Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans” from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Against the War got lots … Continue reading
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Europe on the Edge: France and Greece Point to Dangerous Times Ahead
New French President Francois Hollande The people of France and Greece have repudiated the European Union’s austerity mandate and Europe stands on the edge of chaos. Maybe not immediate chaos but chaos that will engulf the continent as country after … Continue reading
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Remembering the Killing of Osama Bin Laden While Realistically Looking at Afghanistan and Pakistan
A year ago US Navy SEALs from SEAL Team Six and other Special Operations Forces made a daring night raid into Pakistan to kill Osama Bin Laden. Bin Laden had orchestrated the Al Qaeda attacks on September 11th 2001 which … Continue reading
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Bishop Jenky’s Obama and Hitler, Stalin, Bismarck and Clemenceau Comparison: Bad History, Bad Theology and Bad Politics
Bishop Daniel Jenky “History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their … Continue reading
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Missile Impotence: Kim Jong Un’s Rocket Launch goes Splat
Don’t call it a failure to launch but a failure to fly. Tonight the rocket shot to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Most Beloved High Great Celestial Leader Kim Il Sung broke apart and crashed about … Continue reading
A Home Opener and thoughts on Rick, Ozzie and George
“Baseball is a harbor, a seclusion from failure that really matters, a playful utopia in which virtuosity can be savored to the third decimal place of a batting average.” ~Mark Kramer Last night I went to see the home opener … Continue reading
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Troubled by Events Here and Afar…But at Least I can Watch Baseball Tonight
Remnant of an Army I have had a hard time sleeping this week. There have been two things on my mind. One is the situation in Afghanistan which I think is much more dangerous than anyone wants to admit and … Continue reading
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52 Years: Musing on Life and Civil Rights in 2012
Trayvon Martin and Emmit Till Well about this time of night some 52 years ago my mom was deep into a very long day of labor at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland California. 52 years and it doesn’t really … Continue reading
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