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Sunday, November 30:

ARMY PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PUBLICATION: "DON'T GET A SLIPPING GEAR!"

In one of the most classic understatements of the year the Army Preventive Maintenance Publication states: " a slipping gear could let your M203 40mm Grenade Launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit."

It's time for humor during the Holiday Season, whether it's Military, World Gossip, or whatever passes my communication's network.

Peace and Freedom,

Charlie
Charles B. // 1:33 PM

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Wednesday, November 26:

ART BUCHWALD'S CLASSIC TALE OF THANKSGIVING FIRST WRITTEN IN 1953 AND REPRINTED EVERY YEAR SINCE IN THE IHT.

"Thanksgiving" for those of us that were born in Europe, brought up in Europe, or who have lived in Europe during this American Holiday await each year since it's first publication in 1953, the IHT to reprint Art Buchwald's classic story of the original "Thanksgiving in America" as described as only Mr. Buchwald could.

The IHT, as usual, did not let us down.

Art Buchwald's Classic Tale of the "First American Thanksgiving."

Peace,

Charlie
Charles B. // 3:43 PM

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Tuesday, November 25:

MUSLIMS CELEBRATE END OF RAMADAN TODAY: Eid al-Fitr.

Followers Of Radical Iraqi Shi'ite Cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr Pray In Front of A U.S. Army Tank.

Islam's biggest festival, lasting three days and called Eid al-Fitr which celebrates the end of the month long fasting called Ramadan is , unfortunately, not a joyous occasion for anyone of any religion in the world today.

It is a certainty that Christmas and New Year's will bring the same unsettling scenes as the one above.

Regards,

Charlie
Charles B. // 11:00 AM

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Saturday, November 22:

RUSSIA'S CENTRAL BANK AWASH IN GOLD AND FOREIGN CURRENCY. RUMORED "OLIGARCH" PROBLEMS A DEAD ISSUE.

As the United States sits saddled with over $300 Billion in debt, Russia's Central Bank reported today in The Russia Journal that as of November 14, 2003, currency reserves amounted to US$65.4 Billion, an all time record.

Senior Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank, Oleg Vyugin, said the foreign reserves were expected to be US$65 Billion to US$66 Billion By The End Of 2003. The current situation in Russia, as in the rest of the world, is that demand for U.S. dollars is low and unlikely to rise any time soon, while the supply of dollars is high due to high oil prices.

On top of this record breaking good news, the Russian Finance Ministry reported that debt payments have been insignificant. November debt payments, for example, will amount to only US$217 Million.

The high gold and foreign currency reserves also seems to put to bed the rumors that there would be a massive outflow of funds from Russia due to the "Oligarch" problem surrounding the arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the head of the hugh oil concern YUKOS, on October 25 for tax evasion charges.

Some top analysts from around the world now estimate that Russia's reserves will soar even further than expected by the end of the year; totalling between US$67 Billion and US$68 Billion.

As shown by my Blog of September 10th., Russia is rushing forward as fast as possible to regain its former status as a World Super Power.

Mir (Russian for "Peace"),

Charlie
Charles B. // 11:20 AM

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Tuesday, November 18:

OSAMA BIN LADEN LIVING IN IRAN.

Osama bin Laden

In an exclusive report filed by special envoy Michel Peyrard for the French Magazine Paris Match, the reporter voyaged through the mountainous terrain of Northern Pakistan and into the Southern Waziristan region controlled by violent tribal leaders. Along the wayside, he saw many dead Pakistanis as he and his guide moved through this rugged terrain. Mr. Peyrard's guide said, "don't be upset, those were American spies." Mr. Peyrard continued with his guide and was able to have an exclusive interview with the 70 year old Chief of the Zalikhels, one of the principal tribes installed in Wana, the Capital of South Waziristan.

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The top orange lined shaded areas in the above map is where the Tribal Controlled Capital, Wana, is located.

Mr. Peyrard, through his guide and now reluctant translator, point-blank asked Chief Malik Bakhan," Where is Osama bin Laden been living here?" The Chief, feigning an astonished old man's look replied: "Osama has left. Right now, he (OBL) is far from here." "Where?" Mr. Peyrard asked. Chief Bakhan replied: " At the border between Afghanistan and Iraq." When Mr. Peyrard remarked that there was no border between Afghanistan and Iraq, the old tribal Chief smiled and simply said, " I know , but between the two (Afghanistan and Iraq) there exists something , isn't that so?" In reality, that "something" the Chief was referring to was a country called Iran.

Regards,

Charlie
Charles B. // 10:30 AM

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Friday, November 14:

DEATH TOLL 31 IN IRAQ SUICIDE BOMBING AGAINST ITALIAN PARAMILITARY BASE.

The deadliest attack against coalition forces since the occupation in Iraq began occurred against the Italian Paramilitary base in Nasiriyah, Iraq, a relatively calm Shiite Muslim city 180 miles southeast of Baghdad.

AP Photo Of A Sole Italian Army Soldier In Front of the Rubble left behind after a Car Bomb Destroyed The Italian Barracks Building.

A Picture is worth a thousand emotional words.

Regards,

Charlie
Charles B. // 12:54 PM

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Thursday, November 13:

"GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM," MILITARY D.J., PORTRAYED BY ROBIN WILLIAMS, BECOMES SUPREME COURT LAWYER.

Finally, some good and patriotic news to report! The real life military disc jockey, so famously portrayed by Robin Williams, Adrian Cronauer, 65, was sworn in Wednesday to the Supreme Court Bar, according to FederalNewsRadio.com

Adrian Cronauer, Supreme Court Lawyer.

Cronauer, a former communications lawyer, was sworn in at a special ceremony at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Cronauer said , as he looked around the Courtroom, "This is the place, this is the place where history is made every day."

Adrian Cronauer now handles prisoner-of-war issues for the Pentagon.

Regards,

Charlie
Charles B. // 11:01 AM

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Wednesday, November 12:

AFGHANISTAN AWASH IN FUNDS FROM OPIUM CULTIVATION: A TRUE AGRICULTURAL & WARLORD SUCCESS STORY.

Opium Poppy Cultivation on an Afghanistan farm.

According to the latest report out of the Vienna -based U. N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Afghanistan's Opium cultivation by poor Afghan farmers has produced the largest crop ever in 2003. The UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa says "Either major surgical drug-control measures are taken now or the Drug Cancer in Afghanistan will keep spreading and metastasize into corruption, violence, and terrorism." Basically, Mr. Costa is telling the world what has been going on for decades in Afghanistan, which is the world's leading supplier of opium with 75% of the global market.

This translates into $1.02 billion in farm revenues in 2003, or $3, 900 per family, in a country where the average daily wage is roughly $2.00.

Poppy cultivation has risen eight percent to 80,000 hectares (Hectare= 2.5 acres). With all this money flowing into the coffers of the various warlords still running the country, the money needed to continue operations against U.S. Coalition Forces is in no jeopardy. The U.S. forces basically control Kabul, the Capital, and that's about it.

Regards,

Charlie
Charles B. // 12:02 PM

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Sunday, November 9:

U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS LAB: 12 MASTER KEYS MISSING.

Has anyone ever lost their keys around the house? Of course you have. But how about 12 keys to Off-Limits Building at a Top Secret Nuclear Weapons Lab? While the Bush Administration runs around the world trying to stop Nuclear Proliferation, right at home the doors are wide open with Master keys as well as the associated Tesa Cards for entry to our most secret of nuclear secrets at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. It will only cost the taxpayer $1.7 Million to replace and upgrade 100,000 Locks in 526 Buildings at the Site.

What else can one say? If you ever think You're having a bad day at work, think of the people who lost the Master keys. Yet the Bush Administration continues to dictate to the world who can and cannot have WMDs.

Lost Nuke Keys.

Regards,

Charlie
Charles B. // 5:06 AM

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Wednesday, November 5:

IRAN MARKS 24th. ANNIVERSARY OF U.S. EMBASSY TAKEOVER IN 1979 WITH MESSAGE TO U.S.: "DON'T MEDDLE IN OUR AFFAIRS."

Iranian Protesters Join Hands In Front Of Former U.S. Embassy In Iran on Tuesday, November 4, 2003.

Tueday, November 4, 2003 marked the 24th. Anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover by Iranian youth. Today, the chanting of Anti- American slogans and the burning of American flags continues in what is believed the continued U.S. meddling in Iran's internal affairs. These student led protesters, many of whom were not born when the U.S. Embassy was taken over, are chanting "Death to America," and "Death to Israel." The same slogans of 24 years ago.

The new generation of student protesters say American influence and money is encouraging the current riots in Iran with their (U.S.) goal, again, being regime change.

The world press has closely covered the unrelenting international pressure, led by the U.S., this past year concerning Iran's Nuclear program and its ultimate purpose. This pressure has angered the unelected hard-liners who are blocking the current regime's attempts to reform the government.

24th. Anniversary of Iranian Embassy Takeover.

Regards,

Charlie
Charles B. // 1:52 PM

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Monday, November 3:

RUMSFELD:"SECURITY PLAN ON TRACK."

U.S. Blackhawk Helicopter Evacuates Casualties Where 16 U.S. Soldiers Were Killed In The Bloodiest Attack On U.S. Soldiers In Iraq.

There are lots more horrid photos from every press agency in the World to show how the U.S. is NOT "on track."

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

The World is calling the U.S. War in Iraq many things, Rumsfeld's Folly, perhaps the most biting.

The U.S. population is fed up, as a new Washington Post-ABC news Poll shows: 51% of Americans disapprove of the President's handling of Iraq.

But it is the entire Bush administration that is in Denial of the daily facts. It no longer has its allies. The U.S. only has its foes. I can't say much more about the deepening War against the U.S. that the Muslim world is waging on it's own turf against the U.S. It is the lack of respect and arrogance by the U.S. of the 6,000 year old Arab World Tribal System that has mainly led to America's disastrous war in Iraq.

Bush Administration In Denial.

Regards,

Charlie


Charles B. // 11:05 AM

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