tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post1642691054495534607..comments2023-10-30T06:31:05.501-07:00Comments on MilPub: And now, something differentFDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-57351678436619552862017-10-17T13:02:45.931-07:002017-10-17T13:02:45.931-07:00And no, I didn't get to Orlando. Had a crazy b...And no, I didn't get to Orlando. Had a crazy busy week and no spare cash, either. Sorry to have missed that party...FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-5069340813200454752017-10-17T12:59:48.335-07:002017-10-17T12:59:48.335-07:00Now that the IA/Shiite militias appear to have bou...Now that the IA/Shiite militias appear to have bounced the Peshmerga out of Kirkuk it's probably time to throw a post up about that, but I note in passing that 1) there appears to be some intra-Peshmerga pissing between DPK and PUK units over "who lost Kirkuk", reminding us that even separatists have separatists, and 2) the DoD is cranky that the IA used their shiny made-in-the-USA toys to bully our Kurdish pals, reminding us that generals are usually shit at politics.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the only hope we have of bringing MLS Cup here is to win the Shield, the season title, and the Timbers have never been that good in the regular season. Even when we won it all two years ago it was more a business of the team catching fire over eight games rather than that sort of sustained quality.FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-29303645193780498132017-10-16T22:56:54.079-07:002017-10-16T22:56:54.079-07:00FDChief -
PS, congrats to the Thorns! Were you a...FDChief -<br /><br />PS, congrats to the Thorns! Were you and your ladies in Orlando for the game? <br /><br />And when do you OhReeGunners get to host a championship game in Timbers Stadium? mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09123137206598163451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-64552336379410916592017-10-16T20:47:12.731-07:002017-10-16T20:47:12.731-07:00Southern Yemenis in Aden are demonstrating for ind...Southern Yemenis in Aden are demonstrating for independence from the north. They are waving the old PDRY, Peoples Democratic Republic flag which was superceded in 1990. Plus some are holding up Catalan and Kurdish flags in support of independence in those countries also. So not all Arabs are anti-Kurd.<br /><br />https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMJWq0yX0AAMUsi.jpg:large<br /><br />Biafra is demonstrating for independence also. I hope they don't face the same horrible fate they did in the civil war of the late 60s when two million children and the aged died of malnutrition. Nigeria, like Iraq, is another country whose borders were bollixed up by the Brits without any thought of the different ethic groups. Plus in the civil war of the 60s oil and religion was a big factor - a la Kirkuk.<br /><br />https://sunnybruse.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/10313466_10203057398890085_6170716342597179222_n.jpg?w=300&h=296<br /><br /><br /><br />mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09123137206598163451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-87538310754118272552017-10-16T19:29:30.271-07:002017-10-16T19:29:30.271-07:00I deleted it. Moderating comments is a good idea....I deleted it. Moderating comments is a good idea. I don't have the time and don't think any of the other bartenders do either.mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09123137206598163451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-55880354362854694002017-10-16T14:30:56.513-07:002017-10-16T14:30:56.513-07:00I think it's worth distinguishing the idea of ...I think it's worth distinguishing the idea of ethnic or regional groups wanting separation from the larger nation-states that contain them from this particular farcical episode.<br /><br />The desire of many Catalans to be not-Spanish is anything but farce. As we've seen from Bosnia to Sri Lanka, the outcome is as likely to be tragic when the comedy runs thin.<br /><br />With the Iraqi Kurds and the Shiite government now exchanging artillery rounds...I'm kinda fine with Spain and Catalonia exchanging derps instead...FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-83325446169267487992017-10-16T10:48:34.997-07:002017-10-16T10:48:34.997-07:00I do moderate comments. It was necessary a while b...I do moderate comments. It was necessary a while back when I had a multiple troll infection and now it helps keeping out those spammers and occasional proposals for genocide or ethnic cleansing in the comments. SAD!S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-90027216082070705272017-10-15T08:45:54.565-07:002017-10-15T08:45:54.565-07:00Don't we need some kind of filter? Can someon...Don't we need some kind of filter? Can someone direct me to a site that shows how to set one up?mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09123137206598163451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-42726415113349979562017-10-15T07:36:58.369-07:002017-10-15T07:36:58.369-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.vegas99bethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550666163502268458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-86747988509636782582017-10-14T08:36:54.244-07:002017-10-14T08:36:54.244-07:00Well, either Phoenician or Greek? Hamilcar Barca?...Well, either Phoenician or Greek? Hamilcar Barca? Or Hercules? But many sources say the Greeks stole the Hercules myth from the Phoenicians.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Phoenician_cities#Spainmikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09123137206598163451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-40397068218707122742017-10-14T07:04:21.641-07:002017-10-14T07:04:21.641-07:00Ael has a point. If you are still talking, you are...Ael has a point. If you are still talking, you are not shedding blood and not bleeding yourself.<br /><br />On the other hand, it is true that Catalan independence is just a dream. An old dream though, Catalans have been wanting their independence and rebelling since Roman times. They have never been considered Spaniards by the rest of the peninsula. They have always been regarded as a separate race by their fellow Spanish citizens. IIRC even Don Quixote disparaged them in Cervantes famous novel of 500 years ago. Aren't they descended from the Phoenicians, or Carthaginians?<br /><br />Puigdemont is a journalist and not a politician. He comes from the country side which is for the most part ethnically Catalan. That is not true in Barcelona, the city that comprises over 20 percent of the population of Catalonia. Because of industrialization there are many non-Catalans in Barcelona who had come for jobs. I would opine that most of those do not want independence.<br /><br />http://www.dw.com/en/catalonia-carles-puigdemonts-roots-and-the-struggle-for-independence-from-spain/a-40946848mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09123137206598163451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-48146525504673869942017-10-13T10:36:20.475-07:002017-10-13T10:36:20.475-07:00Ael,
What's the end state? An independent Ca...Ael,<br /><br />What's the end state? An independent Catalonia? This thing is a farce. Catalonia cannot be independent unless it can fight off Spain and it is far from able to do that, that the whole thing is silly.<br /><br />It is entirely based on the 'ideal' of 'self-determination,' but without the necessary means to make that 'determination' reality.<br /><br />It is a better play than tragedy, sure. But it still looks like the Marx brothers to me.PF Khansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-9033828320523919762017-10-13T06:58:24.874-07:002017-10-13T06:58:24.874-07:00Actually, I think it was a brilliant move. It kep...Actually, I think it was a brilliant move. It kept the Spanish military in their barracks, and the independista's are not waging an insurgency. As long as the jaws keep moving and the bullets are not flying, the ledger is on the plus side. <br /><br />The Spanish civil war is still in living memory.Aelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788190394672505925noreply@blogger.com