Purchase, Comrades, Purchase!

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Capitalism is integral to Freedom, and vice-versa, of course. As part of my ongoing efforts to free my fellow man, Dear Reader, I intend to aid you in your shopping. Amazon is fantastic, and I want to help you get your Amazon on.

Amazon swiftly became one of my best friends while I was in Afghanistan. They got a lot of my money, and I think they should have some of yours. And I should have just a skoshe off the top. You know, for my efforts.

I won’t steer you wrong. Comrade.

Obama Calls Kanye a 'Jackass' — The Audio

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Alright. This audio is probably going down soon, so I’ll help get it out while I can. I saw (don’t ask me why I clicked on it) the video wherein Kanye West (who is apparently some sort of singer) behaves like a jackass. Go find the YouTube video, you can’t miss it. Or, just take the President’s word for it:

Obama Calls Kanye a ‘Jackass’ — The Audio

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Good for you, Mr. President. I hope you don’t get pasted for this–you were right.

Decision: Afghanistan

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Soon, the Obama administration will have to decide whether to commit additional troops to Afghanistan. From the New York Times: Military Chief Says More Troops Needed for Afghan War. This announcement has been well-telegraphed, so that it comes as a surprise to nobody who pays attention. So far, I am pleased with the attention the White House has paid to Afghanistan.

As some of you know, I was there when the 17,000 additional troops arrived this year. One of my tasks was to help find places to put them, and in fact a handful of them replaced my team. So I was certainly happy to see them; happy to get back to family a little earlier than I expected.

The President could easily have … Continue reading →

Mac OS X Snow Leopard

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I am now running Mac OS X (10.6), also known as Snow Leopard, which was a bit of a leap of faith. I live in Japan, and so am at the mercy of the few shops which carry English software. None of them had (or would soon receive) 10.6, so I had to buy a Japanese-language version of 10.6, and used it to update my existing English-language 10.5.8 to the new standard.
Fortunately, the good people at Apple seem to think of everything. As soon as I popped the Japanese Snow Leopard CD into my MacBook Pro, it used English. The splash screen, the install instructions, the progress screens, and shortly thereafter, all of the interface elements, files, folders, and so forth were all in English. … Continue reading →

Victory Victory Victory! Because nothing else is acceptable.

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I saw a remark online that Afghanistan was turning into a “Death Spiral”. That set me off.

Afghanistan is difficult, as any honest person will admit, and will remain difficult for quite some time. Expect to see advances and setbacks. Expect to see every little bit of negative news from there magnified either by our enemies or their enablers in the MSM. And expect us to remain there for a long, long time.

I am just coming back from my first tour there. I am currently in Kuwait, waiting on plane. I will probably go back at some point, either in the military, or with some other agency (looking at options to serve).

You will hear a lot of complaining about things, and a lot of that is … Continue reading →