He was a small dictator only in that his nation was not a huge economic power. In all other ways he was huge…. cd BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Tongan King Tupou IV dies aged 88 King Tupou’s death was reported late on Sunday at Auckland’s Mercy Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment since…
Letters from Iraq #6
Hello friends, been busy and haven’t had a chance to write, the one thing I can say is every day here is interesting. I was getting a bit shaggy so I searched out the nearest barber shop on base. The strange thing here on Camp Victory is that we have a lot of multinationals. They…
Oahu's last tiki bar up for sale for $3 million – The Honolulu Advertiser
Sadness. We’ve been wondering what would happen when the 92-year-old owner of the coolest bar in Hawaii passed on. Hopefully someone will buy and preserve the whole wonderful mess the way it is. Owner Annette Nahinu sure has had an interesting life…. Annette L. Nahinu turns 92 on Sept. 22 and has no hesitation in…
Saddam saw al-Qaeda as a threat….
Wow, can you believe it? There is no link between Saddam and al-Qaeda or pre invasion Iraq and al-Qaeda…someone better tell the President. Oh, that’s right, they told him after 9-11. They told him before we invaded, and they told him plenty of times since and yet, last week, he was still demanding that we…
No marriage 'til anyone can marry anyone
Brad Pitt strikes me as a wise individual. This is just one more way that he is able to utilize his celebrity status to affect the status quo. cd “Angie and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able,” the 42-year-old actor reveals…
Letters from Iraq #5
Hello friends,I guess its hard trying to describe what its like here, the people we are replacing are very happy to be going, in some ways I get caught up in the excitement myself, when they talk about where they are going to go, what they are going to do when they get home. I…
Women Rob Waimanalo Ice Cream Parlor and Candy Shop at Gunpoint
It’s hard to be a big woman… cd Honolulu police are looking for two women who robbed an ice cream parlor in Waimanalo at gunpoint. The only employee working at Dave’s Ice Cream at the time of the robbery told police that the women came into the store at about 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday and…
Bush on Global Warming
Just watch it….it’s closer to the truth than anything Disney is producing…. cd Will Ferrell – Bush on Global Warming on Transbuddha
Republican Disney trying to blame 9-11 on a Blowjob
Just in case you were wondering who to blame 9-11, the war on terror, the mess in Iraq, all the dead on both sides, and the loss of civil liberties combined with a decline in quality of life throughout most of the world, those family oriented, compassionate conservatives at Disney are pointing their finger with…
Tree House People of New Guinea
As a guy that reads a lot of anthropology, this appeals to me. As a descendant of a long line of fire making monkeys, this appeals to me. As a guy that doesn’t eat a lot of meat…well 2 out of 3 ain’t bad. An interesting note about the Korowai is that they consider the…