I, I — I just … I just don’t even know any more. Flip flop sandals made of grass. An ever-present reminder of the current drought, and of man’s capacity for cruelty. Grown in Venice Beach.
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China to Cut 300,000 Troops
Did we just win WWIII? President Xi Jinping offered an unexpected olive branch by saying China would cut its troop levels by 300,000. That would streamline one of the world’s biggest militaries, currently around 2.3-million strong. Source: China puts on huge show of force at parade, to cut troop levels | Reuters
PLA Navy Deploys One J-15 CAG
The Peoples’ Liberation Army’s Navy’s deployed its first Carrier Air Group based on the Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark carrier-based fighter/intercepter. Sadly, the PLA Navy has only one modern aircraft carrier, the formerly Russian Admiral Kuznetsov class multirole aircraft carrier Liaoning (16) (Chinese: 中国人民解放军海军辽宁舰; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Hǎijūn Liáoníng Jiàn).
Venice and El Niño – January, 1983
Do you see what happens, Larry? This is what happens, Larry… I was at Hinano Cafe the other day and once again got lost in the photo prints hanging on the wall. The one that always gets me shows the exterior of the building with flood water covering most of the building. I decided toContinue reading “Venice and El Niño – January, 1983”
LOL – BlackBerry Named “Venice”
They should have named it “Orson” or “Touch of Evil” maybe. RIM really phoned it in on this one. Source: BlackBerry’s Android-powered Venice phone surfaces in the wild
