Monthly Archives: July 2008

THE BROOKLYN FOLLIES by Paul Auster

July 23, 2008 – 4:20 pm

I’m a big fan of Paul Auster. I’ve read THE NEW YORK TRIOLOGY, THE MUSIC OF CHANCE, and ORACLE NIGHT with pleasure and most recently finished THE BROOKLYN FOLLIES, a novel about a retired divorced insurance adjuster returning to Brooklyn to die, only to rebirth through the re-acquaintance of a lost nephew. Scams, crazy go-go […]

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Obama’s Summer Vacation

July 22, 2008 – 2:55 pm

“Being president is not worth spending two years in Holiday Inns,” said Senator Walter Mondale before his run for the presidency. That statement never came back to haunt him against Ronald Reagan. He was annihilated in the 1984 campaign after Reagan defended his age of 73 by quipping, “I will not make age an issue […]

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Singapore Gives Green-Light for Kidney Theft

July 22, 2008 – 2:21 pm

While I was up in Boston, my sister found a medical survey at a hospital needed guinea pigs for a sleep-deprivation study. The doctor in charge considered me a good candidate and request that I submit to a physical at Beth Israel. The results confirmed my health was stellar, except for heightened kidney readings. “You […]

By Peter | Posted in Asia, Health | Comments (0)

Cambodia Seeks UN Help

July 22, 2008 – 10:35 am

Thailand is six times more populous than Cambodia. Its army is more modernized and the threat of a border conflict escalating into a war has spurred the Cambodian government to seek diplomatic assistance from the UN to deflate the tension between the two neighboring countries in the face of the most recent talks breaking down […]

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Chinese Sychronized Swimming Craze

July 22, 2008 – 10:18 am

Next month the Chinese will be hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics and no event is more eagerly awaited by the Chinese than the synchronized swimming as shown by the enthusiastic turn-out for the national team’s qualification trial. Thousands of aquatic atheletes crowded the pool to perform a massive water ballet to the song KUNG-FU FIGHTING. […]

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