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The Rohingya Genocide
The Rohingya people, an ethnic minority in Burma are being slaughtered, as we speak, as I write. I probably wouldn’t have heard about this tragedy that is currently taking place if I had not been actively reading my Twitter feeds. You, too, probably don’t know about it because the mainstream media is not reporting it.…
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Three Gold Eagles
One windy evening, some years ago, before there were computers and a man on the moon, a man came to stop at our store in a dusty part of our state. I remember it must have been well before Christmas, as the catalog hadn’t arrived yet, but it was cold, the leaves were long gone,…
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The Sad Lonely Tale of Prostitution in Costa Rica
One only needs to fly a few hours south in some discount sardine can carrier airline, from one of the Southern states (seems like where most of them come from…) and chat with other like minded and morally inept passengers when the topic comes up “Where you stayin’?” and The Del Rey Hotel, or simply…
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The Bloom is Off the Wild Rose in Pura Vida Land
If you and I ran our household like the government of Costa Rica, we would be living in a box under a bridge (provided the bridge is still standing… many bridges in Costa Rica are way past their life expectancy). I live in Costa Rica and I am staying to watch the parade. We have a government…
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The good old days of customer service
I was thinking yesterday about the good old days, when customer service was more than a hollow mantra and really meant just that… service for the customer because, after all, we need and use a service and like to be appreciated for supporting one service offering over another. The old memory banks allowed me to remember a…
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The Abuse of Women in Iran continues: the Tragedy of Sakineh
The savage women-hating government and hypocritical un-religious religious establishment of Iran continues to abuse and torture women in Iran. The following is an update from The Telegraph on the status of the life of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, yet another woman who suffers in Iran. We’ve waited for a year to hear a news update on what…
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Tom Cruise – crazy or beyond brave?
I’ve got to admit that I’m not exactly a fan of Tom Cruise, but I’ve seen several of his movies and vaguely known all along what he’s been up to via Tom Cruise news. There’s always plenty of gossip, stories about him and his wife, Katie Holmes and daughter, Suri. Knowing about Tom Cruise these…
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Remembrance Day
It’s the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year of the 21st century. Today is Remembrance Day or Armistice Day and Veterans Day, whatever you wish to call it. A day for remembering the poor young men who sacrificed their lives for the evil politicians of the previous century. We are free…
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Johnny Depp and his Rum Diary
Johnny Depp. He’s been a presence in my life for my whole life and everyone else of generation. Who doesn’t know Johnny Depp? He’s one of those actors that have stood out and lasted throughout the decades, regularly appearing in movies I have seen not by planning, but merely by chance. Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate…
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And so Gadhafi is Dead
And so Muammar Gadhafi is dead which wasn’t really much of a surprise. It was only a matter of time before he was found. He was found in a sewer near his home town of Sirte, just like a rat – the word he used to describe the citizens of his country. The fact that he didn’t…