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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Global Temperatures Fail To Rise As CO2 Levels Surge

» by November 12th, 2011 at 5:18 pm » Comments (89)

We haven't heard much from the global warming clergy since the ClimateGate scandal and the latest CO2 data will probably keep them in hiding for now: The U.S. Department of Energy ...more »

Picture of the Day: Long Protest Ends

» by November 12th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="499" caption="Kim Jin-sook, a labor activist, cheers after coming down from a 35-meter tower crane at Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction's shipyard in Busan on Nov. 10, ...more »

Quote of the Week (2): Edgar Rodriguez

» by November 12th, 2011 at 9:26 am » Comments (0)

I recommend reading this very good article from Iraq War veteran Edgar Rodriquez on Tom Ricks' site about the issues veterans face once they leave the military: In the past, when ...more »

US Military To Station Marines In Australia

» by November 12th, 2011 at 6:02 am » Comments (58)

With all the problems facing the US Marines as they try to reposition forces on Okinawa and Guam, they have at least found one more place to put a few ...more »

Sex Offenders Caught Working Illegally Near Youths

» by November 11th, 2011 at 10:30 pm » Comments (16)

Well this isn't good: Police have uncovered dozens of convicted sex offenders working at schools and other educational facilities for minors in violation of a law banning their employment at such ...more »

2ID Commanding General Comments On Rape Conviction of US Soldier In Korea

» by November 11th, 2011 at 5:04 pm » Comments (0)

Here is what the 2ID commander had to say in response to the recent rape conviction of one of his Soldiers: The Flippin case, in addition to several other recent violent ...more »

Picture of the Day: “The Homecoming” By Norman Rockwell

» by November 11th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

Here is an image I pulled off of Facebook today in honor of Veterans Day: more »

Quote of the Week: Kim Hyun-jong On the KORUS FTA

» by November 11th, 2011 at 7:55 am » Comments (6)

Does anyone doubt that this is what is behind the US-ROK FTA protests? Kim Hyun-jong, the ex-trade minister who led the FTA negotiations with the U.S. under the Roh Moo-hyun administration, ...more »

ROK Drop Korean Movie Review: “Going By the Book”

» by November 10th, 2011 at 7:32 pm » Comments (2)

I was having a bad run watching some of the crap Korean movies that were on Netflix so I didn't have high hopes when I decided to watch the movie ...more »

Then & Now: Wongudan Altar

» by November 10th, 2011 at 4:47 pm » Comments (3)

Then: (1904) [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Hwangu-dan, where the coronation of King 'Kojong' was held on Oct. 12, 1897, was an imperial villa. The place was used as a traditional detached ...more »

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