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- Economist in Turkmenistan
The Economist visits Turkmenistan this week. The article outlines many of the education, health and political problems caused by the wacky declarations of President Niyazov, aka “Turkmenbashi” (“Father of Turkmen”) which have previously been covered by our friends at Registan. For those unfamiliar with the country and their nutcase leader I recommend the article. [...]
- Japan in the 21st century
Kyonje Park (ë°”¢ÃªÂ²Â½Ã¬Å¾Â¬) was born in Tokyo in 1948 to Korean parents. In a society where non-Japanese “Zainichi” were marginalized, Park worked hard to integrate and became a naturalized Japanese citizen while a student at Tokyo University, taking the name Shokei Arai　（攓°äº”¢Ã¥Â°” 攢¬). He had a succesful career in business and civil service before [...]
- The History Channel Delivers
Hat Tip to Grendel for this:
The History Channel has a fabulous tribute to Memorial Day. It consists of military maps of historical US wars such as the Revolutionary War, War with Mexico, War of 1812, Civil War and more. They also have an interesting Did You Know? section with interesting tidbits:
– The number of U.S. [...]
- Freudian Slip
He’s also Jewish, retarded, and has HIV and bird flu, no wait, I mean SARS.
(Hat tip: RudeBrit)
- Amerindian Languages
America, before the Westerners arrived:
- Ever-worsening
Japan confirms Chinese, S. Korean withdrawals from multinational naval exercises
China and South Korea have canceled participation in a multinational naval security exercise, the Japan Coast Guard said Sunday. The drills began Saturday with Japan and three other participants—the United States, Canada and Russia—a Coast Guard official said on condition of anonymity citing protocol.
Although Japanese [...]
- Adventure Travel stories
I love hearing about normal people’s crazy experiences while traveling in strange country. Shiva’s experience sounds pretty harrowing:
I’m boiling with silent rage, but know there’s nothing I can do about the situation. Nobody in the bus appears nervous, or worried; nobody shows anger about our bus being controlled by a bunch of smuggling hooligans, who [...]
- 2015: El Hombre keepin me down!
When you hear about racial tension in the United States, you immediately think about Blacks and Whites. However, behind all the immigration brouhaha is another problem. America’s racial problems can no longer be cast in black and white. Brown is in and here to stay. But what does this mean? While Whites are worried [...]
- Sunday Roundup
Today in the blogosphere:
There may be some hope in Abkhazia according to the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasia
The days of dissing the ruble are over. It may be illegal soon! Beware to those who list prices in dollars or government officials who refer to anything in dollars!
Eddie discusses E. Timor [...]
- Asparagus Ueber Alles!
As the immigration debate consumes America, a recent article in the Christian Science Monitor sheds light on somewhat similar issues in Germany.
When Germans join migrant field hands, the harvest suffersBEELITZ, GERMANY ““ Instead of waiting for the next welfare check, Heino Wittstock is picking asparagus. The German construction worker has been unemployed for three years. [...]
