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Men of Co "B", 4th Signal Bn, X US Corps, prepare to decorate the Christmas tree at Bn HQ. Korea. 11 December 1951.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the ROK Drop. While you are celebrating this year take some time to remember the veterans that spent their Christmas at war in Korea nearly 60 years ago. Also take time to remember the crew of the Pueblo who made it home just in time for Christmas 41 years ago. For those looking for a laugh this Christmas definitely check out this DMZ Christmas carol.
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3:40 am on December 25th, 2011 1
The next president of the United States won’t be on the primary ballot in Virginia. But Newt thinks big: this setback is his Pearl Harbor, and in the end he will stand victorious. His campaign director, Michael Krull, explains on Facebook.
12:30 am on December 26th, 2011 2
Stratfor has been hacked. This report by CNN wire staff doesn’t say anything about ChickenHead. Suspicious silence, no?
2:20 am on December 26th, 2011 3
Observing Christmas, President Obama thanked ten members of the armed forces for their service, and he attended church services with his family. David Nakamura reports at WashingtonPost.
2:26 am on December 26th, 2011 4
Anonymous does some very targeted hacking.
Stratfor, seemingly being truthful, unbiased, and apolitical, would not really be a target for the “real” Anonymous.
As for the hacking being done in support of Bradley Manning, there needs to be some soul searching among those who support him for political reasons.
There should be admiration and support for those who stick it to the Man through targeted leaks which expose wrongdoing and corruption.
Bradley Manning indiscriminately leaked information just to cause trouble rather than to expose any specific bad actions.
It seems to show American diplomats looking out for America as they should. And the release of this information harmed those who are working FOR America rather than those, foreign and domestic, working against it.
There is a big difference between whistle-blowers and spoilers. Bradley Manning is a spoiler. He needs to be removed from the society he betrayed and serve as an example to other spoilers.
And those who demonstrate or cause other trouble in Bradley Manning’s name need to carefully consider their true values.
6:10 pm on December 26th, 2011 5
Noda Yoshihiko and Hu Jintao agree, “maintaining peace and stability of the Korean peninsula serves the common interests of all parties.” They also agreed to trade in their own currencies instead of US dollars. Zhang Chichi’s story at CNN doesn’t say anything about the Glans Plan.
7:24 pm on December 26th, 2011 6
There is a lot of gloom and doom being predicted for next year.
But a broken economy, social unrest, and global war are of minor importance compared to other emerging trends which are mostly overlooked by the media.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2078369/Sexual-activity-teenage-girls-higher-claims-new-research.html
12:16 pm on December 27th, 2011 7
UK and Argentina are fighting their own “Dokdo” battle in the Falklands.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16320959
Falklands sovereignty is “non-negotiable”, says PM
In his Christmas message to the islands, he said he “could never accept” an Argentine challenge to their right to self-determination.
He criticised “unjustified” efforts by Buenos Aires to disrupt shipping links.
A South American trading bloc has banned ships flying the Falklands flag from docking at their ports.
Mr Cameron says the British government’s commitment to the security and prosperity of overseas territories, including the Falklands, “remains undiminished”.
2:26 pm on December 27th, 2011 8
Denny,
In the very near future, Argentina will be able to openly take the island and there won’t be anything the UK will be able to do about it.
It will be a defining event in the demise of the idea of Empire… ending a proud history and prompting a rapid decline on the global stage.
As the UK slips yet another notch in the world economic ranking, dropping below Brazil, it serves yet again as a reminder how NOT to run a country.
Perfectly content with a “managed decline”, the UK is far more concerned with the “rights” and economic status of criminals, freeloaders, and skill-less foreigners than encouraging and maintaining its productive classes and institutions.
This is combined with a high-tech yet petty police state mentality which is reactionary rather than preventative… and targerted at established and productive people engaged in minor procedural “crimes”… being geared toward busting little old ladies for not sorting trash in their detatched dwelling rather than harder-to-identify professional thugs engaged in constant crime against victims that have been denied the physical and legal protections needed to defend themselves.
I can go on and on.
In the end, the UK serves as a warning to other countries of the dangers of idealistic liberal policies… and its evolution and fate should be studied by all American lawmakers, and citizens, to understand how to avoid the same mistakes.
Sadly, America seems determined to follow many of their policies which have already demonstrated nothing but failure.
3:02 pm on December 27th, 2011 9
Israeli Talibanism
6:52 pm on December 27th, 2011 10
To heck with states’ rights! The next president of the United States is suing the Republican party of Virginia and the state board of elections – in federal court.
6:54 pm on December 27th, 2011 11
I left out the effing link.
7:56 pm on December 27th, 2011 12
What’s the Glans plan for the former confederate states? Mexico Stays out? States split from US? US gets out?
11:03 pm on December 27th, 2011 13
Kangaji, here’s the plan:
1. The fifty states stay together permanently.
2. No foreign forces ever occupy them.
A plan so beautiful even kushibo will accept it.
11:23 pm on December 27th, 2011 14
Except, Glans, there are not 50 states.
11:58 pm on December 27th, 2011 15
I didn’t say ChickenHead would accept it. I said kushibo would accept it.
12:12 am on December 28th, 2011 16
Awww, Glans, I accept the plan…
…but you mistakenly said 50 states…
…and there are not 50 states.
This is a pretty big flaw in the plan.
12:24 am on December 28th, 2011 17
Record gun sales, based on FBI figures, reported by Carol Cratty of CNN.
1:24 am on December 28th, 2011 18
NBA Out…
I worked with a fair number of expats last year, and many of them were NBA crazy. I haven’t paid attention to the league much for a decade since I first came to Korea and then went to Hawaii. Since I’m going to have many days off soon and despise cold weather, I’ve been downloading games to get back into the swing of it…
…and then I stopped.
I always heard the NBA has a tough drug policy including steroids. BS.
It’s obvious. It’s as obvious as before and after pics of Barry Bonds.
Maybe that’s why their covering their arms in tattoos and those arm bands.
So, I’ll go to watching classic NBA games on the Internet.
5:33 am on December 28th, 2011 19
Depends on if Kushibo views the Kingdom of Hawaii as a sovereign nation. CH is right.
4:25 pm on December 28th, 2011 20
Kangaji,
That is good thinking…
…but, as you may imagine, my only use for an Hawaiian royal family is to remain stooped over in the burning sun picking pineappels and harvesting sugarcane for the state of Hawaii to export.
But there are still not 50 states.
What do you kids learn in school these days?
6:35 pm on December 28th, 2011 21
commonwealth vs. states?
7:39 pm on December 28th, 2011 22
Kangaji,
It is always a pleasure to watch you think.
You are correct.
When a bartender says something that one knows to be complete bullshyt, it is best to smile and say, “Really? I had no idea.” You can be secure in the knowledge that whatever a bartender has to say is somewhere between actor and child molester in importance.
But if the bartender puts on a stupid face and says, “Gosh, I am sure there are not 50 states. Well, let’s look it up. Whoever is wrong should probably buy a round for everyone at the bar.
7:42 pm on December 28th, 2011 23
At that point… it is best to make an excuse.
Fifty states, Hawaiin snowstorms, how many moons earth has, how many James Bonds, etc… my grandkids will go to university for free and I will die of liver failure over those questions.
5:38 am on December 29th, 2011 24
For Leon LaPorte, a Christmas present.
12:57 am on December 30th, 2011 25
I just realized Kim Jong-Il died on my birthday.
Sad thing is – so did my great-grandmother back in the day…
1:14 am on December 30th, 2011 26
“I just realized Kim Jong-Il died on my birthday.”
Damn. All I got was a pair of socks.