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Yokota Teens Pull Childish Prank With Adult Consequenses

A group of teenagers from Yokota Air Force Base, Japan, thought that a fun prank would be to pull a length of rope across a road, for whatever reason that some (not all) teenagers decide that things sound like good … Continue reading

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Important Announcement

This post brought to you by Teh Feminist Kitteh Collective. PS:  I use adult language.  Nyah. If you read this article, and the only response you have is: “Japanese Bitch” or “Stupid Slant Eyes” and are called out on your … Continue reading

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Moar Travel Blogging

The DMZ. We took a guided bus tour to the DMZ yesterday. There is a lot to be said for visiting landmarks that stand as constant reminders of painful history.  Korea is a proud place, both the North and the … Continue reading

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Bill Clinton secures release of Ling and Lee

Former President Bill Clinton traveled to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) this week to negotiate the release of Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who had been arrested near the China/DPRK boarder.  The two women were … Continue reading

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Gao Zhisheng's family arrives safely in New York…

The family of a top Civil Rights Lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, who was kidnapped by the Chinese government in February, has arrived in New York after more than two months of travel.  His wife, Geng He and their two children fled … Continue reading

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Some thoughts on foreign living…

I know we have only been in country for two days.  My initial thoughts on Korea is that, what I have seen, it is beautiful.  Perhaps it is b/c I lived on the Islands for so long that it hasn’t … Continue reading

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This is going to be unpopular…

but I have to say something.  I am not ready to come back to blogging yet, but this is eating at me.  If this is a tad incoherent, my apologies. I haven’t written about what is going on w/ Gaza, … Continue reading

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This picture makes me gush…

The Dalai Lama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Right down to the cockles of where my heart used to be.

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T is for Tibet

Love it.

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A Quote for Today

(to be followed by a rant later) “In China we have a saying, ‘Whoever causes the problem should solve the problem’. It is not China that caused the present situation.“ ~Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang, referring to the current … Continue reading

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