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Monthly Archives: December 2010

Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-il and LG

» by December 11th, 2010 at 12:44 pm » Comments (12)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il speaks and gestures in front of a South Korean-made flat-screen TV in a photo released in September by Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency. The logo ...more »

Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Bill Likely Dead After Senate Failure

» by December 10th, 2010 at 9:08 pm » Comments (56)

I think the militant gay activists like Dan Choi have no one to blame but themselves for the failure of the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell: Senate Republicans blocked the ...more »

Picture of the Day: UK Prime Minister Remembers the Glosters

» by December 10th, 2010 at 12:48 pm » Comments (0)

This picture is of British Prime Minister Cameron during his visit to the Gloster Memorial.  He visited the memorial as part of his G-20 trip last month.  You can read ...more »

Picture of the Day: UK Ambassador’s Gift

» by December 9th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (2)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="British Ambassador Martin Uden talks during an interview with Yonhap News Agency at the British Embassy in Seoul on Dec. 8. The envoy, who collected hundreds ...more »

Republican Congressman James Sensenbrenner stalls Hotaru Ferschke Bill

» by December 9th, 2010 at 10:32 am » Comments (21)

What a complete @#%^! Jackass this Wisconsin piece of excrement is. A bill that would allow a young Japanese widow to move to Tennessee with her toddler son has stalled ...more »

The Problems Faced By South Korea’s Military

» by December 8th, 2010 at 9:22 pm » Comments (60)

The Marmot's Hole has an interesting post he translated from a Korean media report on the problems with the ROK Army.  Here are a few of the complaints: Bureaucratic generals instead ...more »

Picture of the Day: Carpet Decorating for X-Mas

» by December 8th, 2010 at 12:43 pm » Comments (1)

Models show Christmas decorations made from used carpets in Seoul on Wednesday. /Newsis more »

Hat Trick- Florida Panthers NHL Team fails to live up to free Yarmulke Promise

» by December 8th, 2010 at 7:21 am » Comments (0)

Oi Vei SUNRISE, Fla. – Sunrise Sports & Entertainment announced today that the Florida Panthers Hanukkah Celebration presented by The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. will take place on ...more »

Should Women Serve In Combat Roles?

» by December 8th, 2010 at 3:02 am » Comments (50)

That is what this Congressional Panel thinks: The Defense Department should eliminate restrictions on women serving in combat units and end all “gender restrictive policies,” according to a blue-ribbon ...more »

China Starts Its Own “Confucius Peace Prize”

» by December 7th, 2010 at 8:33 pm » Comments (14)

The naming of Liu Xiabo as a Nobel Peace Prize winner has pissed off the Chinese government enough to the point that they plan to start their own peace prize: Only ...more »

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