Tag Archives: Vietnam

Life In Japan: Washlets

Posted on January 29, 2020 by johnrachel

Why haven’t washlets, a Japanese innovation I put on a par with the invention of the steam engine or artificial intelligence, caught on in Western countries? Has someone tried to market them to the wiping/smearing/stinky-butted round-eyed barbarians of Europe, the U.S., Australia, Canada, and the rest of the non-Japanese world … and gone bankrupt?  I don’t get it. Continue reading →

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Book Review: “The Russian Peace Threat: Pentagon on Alert” by Ron Ridenour

Posted on June 30, 2018 by johnrachel

Ron Ridenour’s “The Russian Peace Threat: Pentagon on Alert” is an extremely informative and powerful work. There’s no way that someone reading this book cover to cover will not grow enormously in an understanding of what the problems are, an appreciation for what needs to be done, and seeing the urgency for immediate, decisive action. It’s like getting a PhD in American Empire. Continue reading →

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It’s not easy being infallible . . .

Posted on September 23, 2016 by johnrachel

Do you think it’s easy being infallible? Maybe we should ask President Obama at his next news conference. Continue reading →

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Peace is as American as . . . ?

Posted on February 14, 2016 by johnrachel

Has America ever really had a peace movement? Actually not. But peace signs are great! Simple and attractive. Make a great tattoo. Charm bracelet. Bumper sticker. They’re compact, symmetrical. Fit nicely anywhere. PEACE, BROTHER! Continue reading →

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Self-Loathing

Posted on December 11, 2014 by johnrachel

I’ve never understood self-loathing. I just know it when I see it. Continue reading →

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Conscious . . . Conscience . . .

Posted on September 16, 2014 by johnrachel

Question of the day: How do we deal with people who are fully conscious, basically stable and mentally sound, have a conscience, but who ignore what that conscience is saying to them? Continue reading →

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This Is War

Posted on August 11, 2014 by johnrachel

War is bloody, slimy, foul, sickening, noxious, nauseating, horrifying, debilitating, degrading, disgusting, appalling, and often lethal. If it doesn’t kill you, it will change you permanently, and not for the better. But don’t tell anyone. Continue reading →

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We know how this will end . . .

Posted on September 26, 2013 by johnrachel

It’s up to us to demand a true and honest commitment to peace, not the simpleminded, hollow, meaningless blather that we’re being fed as the trigger-fingers of our war mongers tingle and twitch, just waiting for the right moment to churn up more carnage, destruction and hatred in the rest of the world. We can start right now by demanding the administration start working with Russia to calm the situation in the Ukraine. Continue reading →

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Spreading The Love

Posted on November 30, 2012 by johnrachel

TPP is being promoted by a public relations campaign using our public officials as spokespersons for the transnational corporate elite who are promoting this onerous, ill-conceived weapon of economic destruction.

Don’t be fooled by this self-serving and bogus propaganda. Continue reading →

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We are doomed! And now on an even more pessimistic note . . .

Posted on July 20, 2011 by johnrachel

We can circle the wagons but remember THEY own the wagons. Continue reading →

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