Herro Flom Japan

Here's how I keep them straight in my head. I start with Iran by remembering the phrase, "She is from Iran." Iran is Shi'ite. I recall the mistake McCain made saying that Iran was training al Qaeda. That is incorrect because al Qaeda is the opposite, Sunni. Osama Bin Laden is from Saudi Arabia, which [...]

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First, let me appease those who come here for news about my family and me. Last Sunday while Tony had a soccer game, I took Andy to a local 子ども会 and brought my new camera along. (Seeing as how I bought the thing, I ought to use it once in a while.) A kodomo-kai isn't [...]

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I guess I feel an affinity for the people who put out the Alive in Baghdad vlog because they go through the same steps I do–filming, editing, subtitling, uploading–only they're a lot better at it, and they have to dodge bullets and bombs, and deal with the loss of loved ones far too often. Whenever [...]

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What the hell has happened to the country I left 18 years ago? Who are these batshit insane people, and why are they hellbent on starting WWIII? I'm starting to think the left-wing conspiracy wackos who babble about the illuminati and their plans for world domination might be the ones most tuned into reality. I [...]

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Something I heard on the ABC News Nightline podcast while commuting to work this morning really, really pissed me off. Over the past six years, some 22,500 soldiers have been discharged on grounds of “personality disorder” — a condition that can be alleged to have existed prior to their tour of duty — thus absolving [...]

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