Max Watts, Annandale, Australia March, 2008: Sydney, Kormoran, and Grossman have been found: Oh ! said my American Friend: “I didn’t even know they were lost !” They were. They had been. The Sydney and the Kormoran, together, since 1941. Grossman – perhaps linked, – since 1951. Of Grossman(n), more below. Now, March 2008, 67 […]
Oil Stashed Underground by Nepali Black Market
Although the Nepal government, through its mass media, declared on 25 February that the Essential Services Act would be enforced immediately, local people in the Kathmandu valley complain that millions of litres of petrol, diesel and kerosene have been hidden in underground tanks of black marketers and that the government officials, including security personnel, have […]
Part 15: El Camino de Santiago
JAMES Camino – Day 15 Buenos Dias Los Amigos, Today’s stage took us from the beautiful town of Astorga to the one-street backwater of Rabanal Del Camino. Today started with an even better, or worse if you happened to be here, demonstration of just why the Germans are so universally hated abroad. Normally they are bad, […]
John McCain’s Anti-Market Bias
When conservative wingnut Ann Coulter vehemently declares that she would readily take Hillary over Republican Presidential hopeful John McCain, the stars are way out of alignment. What in heaven, hell, or on earth could McCain have done to provoke Coulter’s latest foray into moonbat-style rhetoric? Well, McCain has, somewhat surprisingly, galloped ahead in the […]
Caribbean: Obama in Iowa
By Janine Mendes-Franco Senator Barack Obama‘s astounding success in Iowa – the first of the caucuses that will ultimately result in the victorious nominee from each of the two main political parties going on to contest the 2008 US presidential election – has struck a chord with many Caribbean bloggers. Posts range from the coverage […]
RP senator seeks eradication of corruption in military
Senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV, a former officer of the Philippines Navy who walked out of the Makati City court room, along with a general and some junior officers now facing criminal charges as a consequence of the July 27, 2003 Oakwood mutiny, has warned that another military intervention is expected to occur soon if […]