Eight years ago, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula and sent non-uniformed soldiers into two other Ukrainian provinces to help them seek independence from the Ukraine. I wrote at the time that The West was at a point in time that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for February, 2022
Jesse James had a superpower from Day One. No, it wasn’t being stronger than ten normal men. It also wasn’t being able to regrow lost limbs, though that had been rather useful to him. Farms can be dangerous places, especially[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jesse James is built like a comic book superhero. I’m not joking. Growing up on a farm is not easy. The weight of responsibility breeds hard men with strong muscles, broad shoulders, and chiseled jaws. In Jesse’s case at least.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jesse James, no relation to the historical figure that I know of, was one of the most normal Cowboys we ever had. I have no idea how he got roped in with the rest of us crazies. He was an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ken Banno is a perfect example of the stereotypical Cowboy who patrols the spacelanes as he travels from system to system. His active mission is to find Japanese ex-patriots, and his starship typically carries a dozen or more people that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kenichi Banno still paints his fighter in bright pink or yellow to this day, and he loves emblazoning various cute and cuddly characters where all can see them. Though the smart paint shifts to more suitable patterns if he is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ken Banno has never told us how many of his people he brought home after War’s End. It would be a loss of honor to advertise them. But we know hundreds of thousands slowly returned to Los Angeles after the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I was young, we celebrated George Washington’s Birthday today. I remember it well, and I remember when the school’s stopped celebrating it in favor of Presidents’ Day. I miss celebrating George Washington today, and Abraham Lincoln in the near[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We really don’t know how many New Japanese fought in The War. The Los Angeles census was badly mangled when Yosemite turned the entire city into a crater. We know millions died, but millions more survived. Best estimates suggest that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Japanese Defense Force could not go to War. It was not in their cute and friendly nature, so Ken Banno and those who followed him volunteered to join the American military. Most followed their Japanese traditions of painting their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…