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You again? Read "Sun and Steel" buddy, it will help you get through it with a new vision of your future.

 

Until then...

 

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Sun and Steel

 

The motive and process of remaking himself into his ideal is depicted in Sun and Steel (1968). This book manifested Mishima's abhorrence of Japanese (CC.com) intellectuals (like Shunsuke (Tvash)), whose overevaluation of intelligence made them conceited, physically unattractive armchair theorists. He praised muscular beauty, which became synonymous with action in his aestheticism. Muscle and action were the antitheses of what a sedentary and meditative writer would embody.

 

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A timely recommendation, as I'm just putting the final touches on a nearly completed Zen garden.

dude, i love zen gardens! you never have to wonder where to put out your cigarette butt when you got one close by! and neighborhood cats never are far away, especially after eating too much whiskas!

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You again? Read "Sun and Steel" buddy, it will help you get through it with a new vision of your future.

 

Sun and Steel

 

The motive and process of remaking himself into his ideal is depicted in Sun and Steel (1968). This book manifested Mishima's abhorrence of Japanese (CC.com) intellectuals (like Shunsuke (Tvash)), whose overevaluation of intelligence made them conceited, physically unattractive armchair theorists. He praised muscular beauty, which became synonymous with action in his aestheticism. Muscle and action were the antitheses of what a sedentary and meditative writer would embody.

 

If nothing else, Spray is great for recommendations for Fascist books! It's like Oprah's Book Club for antisocial mental defectives.

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Cultural note from my Japanese in laws: Nishiki is practically the Barbra Streisand of Japan as far as gay icons are concerned...

 

...NTTAWWT...

 

...nor should that be a surprise to anyone in the body building world.

 

The gay warrior thing is a hallowed tradition dating from Alexander the Great, who often bathed with his bevvy of pre-teen aged "Little Minnows".

 

Too funny.

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Such masterful use of stereotyping. Perhaps to disguise your own inner demons?

 

For someone who preaches 'non hate' you sure seem to be full of it when it suits your purpose doesn't it?

 

It's such an idyllic little sewer you exist in. Keep it up buddy!

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It's amazing to me that everyone on this forum, regardless of politics (save one), agrees that Gitmo should be shut down. Even the holdout can't seem to come up with a reason why it should stay open.

 

Looks like the administration may be preparing to hold to their promise of closing Gitmo. As far as everyone wanting to close it, arguing for due process isn't necessarily arguing for closure. When was that election anyway...seems like it's been a long time.

 

Frankly, I think Jaybs earlier post where he brought the comparison of Unmanned aircraft bombings vs capturing and locking them up was spot on and worthy of deeper reflection. It appears that although folks in the US and the world can rally around closing this detention facility, no one seems too upset when we blow 20-30 folks, fait acompli and with no trial or due process, just sitting in a village on the other side of the world all to hell. So in response, the military appears to be utilizing that tactic much more frequently. There is no risk to US soldiers and no one on this side of the world seems to care or be disturbed at all if a few innocents get whacked here or there.

 

Strange but true.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091220/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_guantanamo_transfers

 

"WASHINGTON – The U.S. has transferred a dozen Guantanamo detainees to Afghanistan, Yemen and the Somaliland region as the Obama administration continues to move captives out of the Cuban facility in preparation for its closure.

 

The Justice Department said Sunday that a government task force had reviewed each case. Officials considered the potential threat and the government's likelihood of success in court challenges to the detentions.

 

Over the weekend, four Afghan detainees were transferred to their home country. Two Somali detainees were transferred to authorities in Somaliland, the semi-autonomous northern region of Somalia. Six Yemeni detainees also were sent home.

 

The Justice Department said that since 2002, more than 560 detainees have departed the military prison in Cuba and 198 remain.

 

The Justice Department identified those sent home as:

 

_Afghans Abdul Hafiz, Sharifullah, Mohamed Rahim and Mohammed Hashim.

 

_Somali detainees Mohammed Soliman Barre and Ismael Arale.

 

Yemenis Jamal Muhammad Alawi Mari, Farouq Ali Ahmed, Ayman Saeed Abdullah Batarfi, Muhammaed Yasir Ahmed Taher, Fayad Yahya Ahmed al Rami and Riyad Atiq Ali Abdu al Haf.

 

The administration has announced that five detainees will be tried in a New York federal court and more are likely to be tried in this country.

 

Up to 100 detainees will be sent to a nearly empty prison in Thomson, Ill.

 

In Rome, state-run and private television stations said a third Tunisian detainee from Guantanamo Bay is being moved to Italy to face international terrorism charges for having allegedly recruited fighters for Afghanistan.

 

Private TG5 identified the man as 40-year-old Moez Ben Abdelkader Fezzani, also known as Abou Nassim, and said he was expected to land Sunday night at Milan's Malpensa airport. A prosecutor confirmed Fezzani's name on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

 

President Barack Obama says he won't set a new deadline for closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison, but does expect the facility to shut down sometime next year.

The administration has abandoned the January 2010 deadline Obama set for closure soon after taking office. Obama has said he realized that things move more slowly in Washington than he expected."

 

 

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Told ya, phucktards.

 

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/8/congress-deals-death-blow-gitmo-closure/

 

 

Congress on Wednesday signaled it won't close the prison at Guantanamo Bay or allow any of its suspected terrorist detainees to be transferred to the U.S., dealing what is likely the final blow to President Obama's campaign pledge to shutter the facility in Cuba.

 

The move to block the prison's closure was written into a massive year-end spending bill that passed the House on Wednesday evening on a vote of 212-206, part of a last-minute legislative rush by Democrats to push through their priorities before ceding the House to Republican control in January.

 

News of the Guantanamo provision brought a quick and sharp rebuke from the Obama administration Wednesday.

 

"We strongly oppose this provision," Department of Justice spokesman Matt Miller said in a statement. "Congress should not limit the tools available to the executive branch in bringing terrorists to justice and advancing our national security interests."

 

Current law allows the Justice Department to bring detainees to the U.S. for trial as long as the Justice Department gives Congress 45 days notice of the transfer.

 

The spending bill, which includes wide-ranging new regulations on food safety and shifts money to Democratic priorities, even as it also blocks the Guantanamo Bay transfers, is already two months overdue as Democrats have struggled to find ways to balance their policy preferences with the deteriorating fiscal condition of the government.

 

** FILE ** In this Tuesday, June 27, 2006, photo reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. military guards walk within the Camp Delta detention center at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

The spending bill freezes 2011 funding at the same level as 2010, or $1.09 trillion, which is less than Mr. Obama requested, but still more than Republicans wanted.

 

"I hope it does not represent too great an inconvenience to members of this body, who are much more comfortable providing budget-busting tax gifts to the economic elite in this country," said a bitterly sarcastic Rep. David R. Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who wrote the bill as chairman of the Appropriations Committee.

 

The bill now heads to the Senate, which is working on its own version of legislation to keep the government funded for the rest of fiscal 2011.

 

Republicans had pushed to cut spending to 2008 levels — before the stimulus package or the Wall Street bailouts — which they said would have reduced expenditures by $100 billion. They also said the Democratic bill undercuts important defense-spending needs.

 

"At a time when we should be supporting our troops, this bill uses defense funding as a piggy bank for the majority's domestic priorities," said Rep. Jerry Lewis of California, the ranking Republican on the Appropriations Committee.

 

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