The Great Ashley Madison Hack

Dear Ashley Madison account owner:

Are you THAT stupid? You want to do those awful things secretly, and your next step is ... you give your identity to a company you never know personally? For good measure, you also declare your intention in that company´s website? I am 100% sure you deserve your current misery. Not only because you are an immoral arse, but also because you are that stupid.

Dear Ashley Madison owner, administrator, etc.:

Isn't it wonderful when people can't trust you anymore? Do you want to strangle those hackers who ruin that trust? Ah, that means you know how your clients SO feels about you. That is what we call empathy. That is what differentiate us from sociopath. That's why I can't help but smiling whenever I remember how this hack ruin your business. 

ISIS, ISIL, IS, Whatever

Some thugs just use brutal methods to carve some territory for themselves. They are so brutal that even Al Qaeda denounces them. Naturally this development alarmed many. Even people outside the Middle East are afraid of the new flow of terrorists. Do these thugs have any chance? Nah, they have ZERO percent chance of succeeding AT LEAST for two reasons:

1) Air Power

First, their success is due to governments everywhere underestimating them. Or in case of Syria, too busy to fight other threats. They are successful because they move in small numbers, making big powers with air supremacy unable to find and pounce them from the sky. Not anymore. Their success has made them cocky, moving in big numbers, with banners waving, providing targets for any ground attack aircraft! The Iraqi government just buy 25 Su-25 Frogfoots to do just that. How can ISIS react to such fury unleashed by these gunships? How can they stop gunships, heavy bombers, and other modern military equipments, bought from Russia or other countries, from massacring their warriors? They have no chance. Just ask Saddam Hussein army, they know the taste of fighting open war against first rate power with aerial supremacy.

2) No Money No Honey
Second, their source of income are multiple, but ultimately rest on their ability to loot Iraq and Syria. Once the Russians etc crush ISIS army (see #1), no chance in hell they can have this kind of money again. Without money, no terror organization can survive. Just ask the communist parties and rebels around the world after the collapse of USSR. Just ask how dependent the jihad recruiters schools on foreign money. They will resort to local donation. Good luck convincing Muslims to donate after the spectacular "WE WILL DESTORY KA'BAH" proclamation.


Ultimately, ISIS will fail because they are just too abhorrent, too cruel, too barbaric, even for Al Qaeda taste. When you burn everything around, everybody will go beyond afraid. Everybody will hate you and stop you. Violently. Looks like such simple logic escapes the hotshots in ISIS.

Freedom and Responsibilities

After the US government shutdown, the fight between liberals and conservatives intensifies!

But seriously, they are not really different. Here, I will put 2 examples where both sides deep down is actually basically the same:

1) Example one: military conscription/Draft

Most Liberals-Hippies join Libertarians from the right in this case: SAY NO TO CONSCRIPTION! Say yes to 100 % volunteer army! Freedom from the military! Oh, by the way, have you noticed that none of these hippies want to join the military? Their idea about collective security is: "Let other die to protect this nation state! I can spit on the military all the day, while receiving no penalty for being a security parasite!"

2) Example two: universal health care

This time, most conservatives join Libertarians: SAY NO TO UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE! Say yes to 100% free market & charity (read: voluntary) based health care! Freedom from socialism! Oh, by the way, have you noticed that none of them want to help fellow Americans in health related financial trouble? Their idea about health care is: "WHAT? I have to pay more so other can have the chance to survive horrible diseases? SCREW THEM, LET THEM DIE!"

Extra Example: The Libertarians!

And finally of course you also have the Libertarians who are the disciples of Ayn Rand, whose idea about humanity is "everyone is a an egotistical-heartless bastard. I am only better in the sense that I am aware of this fact." They logically cheer up deaths! Hey, more deaths means less OTHER heartless bastards, that means less competition, and more benefits for ME! MORE FREEDOM BABY!

So, AMERICANS, stop all the fighting! You are all jerks, speaking about freedoms while in essence you want to act as irresponsible as possible. So, let's sing kumbaya together and celebrate your jerkiness and irresponsibility! 

Prism, Privacy, Security

News flash for Americans: you don't have digital privacy. The government is watching YOU!! NSA and its PRISM program essentially recorded every single electronic activity of every single American.

The support for this evil is BIPARTISAN! President Obama reaction to this leak can be summarized into one word: "TOUGH!" On the other side, the GOP also supports it wholeheartedly. Where is the Democratic Party that support civil liberty? Where is the GOP that fight against the overarching government? Where is the massive bipartisan movement against PRISM? Both sides defends this nasty encroachment and argues that such appalling intrusion to your life could increase security. Dick Cheney for example, said that such measure could prevent 9/11.

Wow, what a compelling logic! Hey, while you are at it, let me give some suggestions how to PREVENT 9/11. As far as I know, no one inside the big house can hijack an airplane, so you would DEFINITELY prevent 9/11 by putting every single American in jail.

What else ... AH, those terrorists are foreginers who abused their visa! How about this: interrogate and WATERBOARD every single visa-applicants to make sure they have good intention!

Heck, why we took any chance, just slaughter every single human being in USA. And Middle East for good measure! After those measures, I GUARANTEE 1000%, 9/11 couldn't happen!

In essence they said "If you crush your house with BIG BULLDOZER, you don't have to worry about the leaky roof!" They say they protect the house while actually they tear down the house, and sold every single part of the house to a shabby junk dealer.

That is just pure evil. The year is 2013, but I am totally for turning it back into 1984.

Reasons Against Gay Marriage

Once again "gay marriage" become an issue in the US. Some people want to ensure the legality of gay marriage. Others try hard to stop it. So, what is the argument against gay marriage? 

It undermines the institution of marriage!

So ... you mean if gay marriage is legal, there would be more divorce? Or you would divorce your spouse if gay people start marrying? Wow, are you really that insecure? 

It paves the way for incest, bestiality, and other barbarity!

Funny isn't it, this argument was also used to stop inter-racial marriage. Funny how exactly the same kind of people, the conservatives, try to stop gay marriage now. History loves to repeat itself!

It is not natural because they can't procreate!

Seriously? By this logic, anyone who is infertile can't marry. Anyone who lost their fertility also has to dissolve their marriage. Including old people. What? That is atrocious? That's because this argument is atrocious!

A child needs a father and a mother! Not two mothers! Not two fathers!

So, what are you waiting, JAIL ALL SINGLE PARENTS! Take their children from them! Give their children for adoption! A mother and a father for every single child! NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND!

It is God's order!

What? The same God who forced us to do incest? The same God who demanded us to be sycophant 24/7? The same God who threatened us with infinite torture but has the nerve to claim that he is just? The God who thought that regulating menstruating women is more important than prohibiting slavery? Seriously? I need to obey this monstrous entity? Tell you what, my conscience, my empathy, my intellect, and my decency actually say that I have ONE MORE reason to legalize gay marriage: to piss that slavery enabling dude! Oh, by the way, am I arguing against "God" or against people who are arrogant enough to know "God's will"? Never mind, whatever the case, gay marriage would piss a jerk.

Marriage is between a man and a woman!
Excuse me, please speak with the people who use "God's order" as their argument. Their holy scripture said that marriage is also between:

Oh you two are the same person? So ... I bet you get your wife after burning and looting her country? Yay?

I AM A CONTROL FREAK! I WANT TO CONTROL YOUR LOVE LIFE! YOUR SEX LIFE!

Well ... nobody said this blatantly, but that is what they imply when they try to stop gay marriage right? They may use God, the Bible, biology, or anything as justification, but in essence, this is the foundation of their argument. They are so full of themselves that they think they have the right to control how others love, how others fuck. 

So, are you a control freak? Really, that is the only relevant question in this debate. The rests are cosmetics.

Mexifornia & Multiculturalism

Mexifornia is a book by Victor Davis Hanson, a military history professor, about illegal immigration in California, published around a decade ago. Nevertheless, the immigration problem is even more relevant today, especially after immigration become a hot issue that reduce votes for Mitt Romney.

This book is about something even bigger: the validity of multiculturalism, the ideology which states that every culture is equal. This book argues that is not the case.

The Problems

According to common sense, Mexicans should adapt to American culture once they were in California. According to multiculturalism, that common sense is racist. California has to adapt to the Mexican culture too since both culture are equals. 

So, because of multiculturalism, the illegal immigrants children have to be taught both English and Spanish. They master neither of them. 

Because of multiculturalism, "cultural studies" popped out in Californian universities. They basically teach that Mexico is a victim of American imperialism, that white people are just blood-sucking imperialist, that current Mexican culture is equal with American culture.

So, is multiculturalism can solve the immigration problem? Hanson brought several important pointsregarding illegal immigration problems:

1) Most of the Mexican immigrants are not even "Hispanics." They are brown-colored Indians. (p. 42.)

2) Oh, no matter how rich those Indians are, they are still pariahs in Mexico because of their darker skin color. They enter America not really to get rich, but to get even. (p. 58.) 

3) Legal US Citizens from other states pay more than twice what illegal immigrants pay for their education. (pp. 79 - 80)

4) If California accommodates Mexican  culture, wouldn't it means it turns itself into Mexico? Changing California society into the society those immigrants escaped from doesn't sound helpful to them. (p. 92.)

5) Who are the victims of the illegal-aliens criminals? Most likely they are another illegal-aliens. (p. 125.)

Those problems are totally ignored by multiculturalism. 

The reason for that willful ignorance is the crux of the problem: multiculturalism itself is antithetical to the reality that a culture can be superior to others. In this case, American culture is better than the current culture of Mexico. Just pick ANY indicator. GDP, GDP growth, Human Development Index, Corruption Index, crime rate, etc.. All of them pointed out that Mexico is a far worse place to live. No wonder so many Mexicans tries to escape to USA! And no, this is not about geography. Baja and Florida Peninsula is very similar, but the former is a wasteland, while the latter is a multiracial settlement. (p. 94.) 

But multiculturalists will deny this. They actually will accuse anyone who say things like this as "racist." Excuse me, but some culture IS inherently racist. Just asks those Indians who are treated like pariahs. American culture who actually say "your status is decided by your money" can be said as "materialistic" or "shallow" or many other things, but NOT racist. It is your money that matters, not your skin color. Oh yeah, by the way, giving favorable access and discounts to high-level education BASED ON YOUR RACE sounds like the very definition of racism. Now, who are the racists again?

You got the point, the problems created by illegal immigration WILL NEVER be solved by multiculturalism. Heck, multiculturalism DEFINITELY will exacerbate them!

The Solutions

So what is the solution? Hanson offered 3 options:

A) Continue the open borders, but this time with total cultural assimilation

-> People can still get the cheap labor.

-> In 50 years, race will be irrelevant.

-> But the law will still be contradicted. An unforced law undermines the whole legal system.

B) Fortify the border to shut down illegal immigration. Or at least minimize it.

-> The end the cheap labors -> market value of every legal worker would increase.

-> No more unenforced immigration law.

-> Solve the problem in 20 - 30 years.

C) Option #A & #B at the same time.

-> Wage for every legal worker would increase even faster.

-> No more unenforced immigration law.

-> Solve the problem immediately!

Then there is of course the 4th possibility ...

D) Continue the multiculturalism education

-> Education quality will be reduced.

-> Crime will soar.

-> California become Mexifornia, and people will start moving out, just like they move out from Mexico.

Will USA avoid option #D? Maybe. Maybe not. We are talking about American politics here, who already become the butt of the political joke around the world.

Let me close this with the most important point in this book, from page 135:

"But that subjugation of race to culture is forever a fragile state, not a natural condition. Each day it erodes if not actively maintained. Race, chauvinism, ethnicity creep hourly back into social life if not battled by citizens of strength and vision. A few malicious people can undo the work of centuries."

The Big Blue Fleet

One of the most memorable thing in the movie Red Cliff is the epic feeling that radiated from the silver screen when they show Cao Cao's battle fleet on Yangtze river. Warship after warship were pumped, covering the horizon like one big blanket, all ready for action, in battle formation! Hell yeah!

Hey Hollywood  why not emulate that? I have one candidate: the big blue fleet or the 3rd/5th fleet or as I call it in my previous writing, "the FUCK YEAH Fleet" during the second world war! Make a movie about their exploit in the 2nd world war! You can begin with the battle of Philippine Sea, and end it with the fight against Kamikazes off Okinawa! Or no, make it a trilogy. The first one is going to cover the Fifth Fleet under Spruance in the Battle of Philippine Sea/The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. The second part is going to portray the 3rd fleet under Halsey in the Battle for Leyte Gulf. The Last part is going to tell the story about the kamikazes attack off Okinawa, when Spruance starts the command, and Halsey relieve him. HOW COME NOBODY MAKE THIS MOVIE? Here are 4 reasons why it will be a fantastic movie:

1) The Size

At its peak, this fleet has 20 fleet carriers, 8 battleships, and several hundreds cruisers and destroyers. That means, they could swarmed ANY Japanese base with 1000 aircraft. Oh, since USA didn't have any massive base in Pacific at that time, they also created service squadrons, which were de facto mobile bases! They can be repaired, re-fueled, and re-supplied in any lagoon, gulf, or any other calm-water area on Pacific.

The Fuck Yeah Fleet in action!

The largest ship in the fleet, USS Iowa,
serviced by the service squadron.
Told ya  it was a mobile base.

To put into perspective, this fleet is the largest fleet EVER! No country at that time, can match the size ofthe big blue fleet. Not the British, not the Japanese, NONE! They can gather every single warship they had and they are still numerically AND qualitatively inferior in comparison with the Fuck Yeah Fleet! Oh, by the way, they are only FRACTION of the US Navy of that time. At that time, the 7th fleet actively supported MacArthur, and had more or less same size, although their ships is older and they only used the small and slow escort carriers instead of fleet carriers.

Now imagine, seeing the Pacific Ocean from a bird-view perspective ... then slowly all the badass warships appear on the screen. Slowly, we will apprehend the enormous scale of the fleet. Slowly, we will be aware that all of those ships cover the whole horizon ... and more! Imagine that happens in 3D!! No, even better ... in IMAX!! I'll pay the ticket TWICE for that epic scene alone!

2) The Message

Hey, Hollywood has created tons of money every time they make movie about America thumpin its chest. This movie will do that exactly! 

For those history-ignorant reader, do you know who the "Fuck Yeah Fleet" fightin? The nasty Japanese. You know, the one that is DESPISED by everyone in Pacific even until today? Yeah, the one responsible for "The rape of Nanking" and the one who systematically organized sex-slavery all across the Pacific. Heck, they even try to whitewash those history in their history book instead of admitting and regretting it! They, arguably, is even better choice for a villain than the Nazi Germany! It is a just war, a clear-cut war that had to be won, unlike controversial wars in Vietnam ... or Iraq. 

3) The Finance

Don't tell me you don't have enough money to finance this kind of movie. Unlike "Avatar," there is no need for you to create the world, we have lots of oceans. Oh, and since it is an "American chest-thumping" movie, you can ask the navy to finance at least part of it. And you can help the finance of USPS too! More about that later ...

4) The Title
Heck, I even have a PERFECT title for this flick! Just name it like the best book title I have ever heard: "Eagle Against The Sun"! Is it catchy? Of course! Is it symbolic.? Hell yeah! Is it badass? FUCK YEAH! 

That has been said, the movie is not without risk. I have some tips about the risks too.

Tip 1: Keep Michael Bay or anyone with same mentality from this movie!

Seriously, think to make the continuation of "Tora Tora Tora" instead of "Pearl Harbor." The point is, the history of the Big Blue Fleet is already KICK ASS, no need to create a bullshit love story as the core. Other than that, it is not only about "stuffs blowing up" it is also about history, about a fight that the United States has endured. Don't repeat the mistakes of Pearl Harbor, bullshitting everyone that the movie is about the historical event, only to focus on a love story between 3 fictional characters.

Tip 2: You can make it big or small.

If you want to make it big, make one of the admiral (Halsey, McCain, Spruance, Mitscher, Nimitz, etc.) as the main character. This will make the movie play in macro-level, just like Tora-Tora-Tora. But you can make it small too. Put a sailor in Halsey or Spruance flagship as the main character. That way you can juggle with small-personal scale and macro-scale if you need to. If you want to make it small, assume it is a parallel story to "The Pacific" NOT the continuation of "Pearl Harbor."

Tip 3: If you really insist to put a romantic story in it ...

... make it about the admiral or the sailor missed his wife/girlfriend, about they communicating via letters. That way you can promote USPS too, I heard nowadays they have financial problem. No need to put any kind of "taking your girlfriend in an illegal joyride" like in Pearl Harbor. It is even BETTER if you use ACTUAL letters for this part! Or maybe you can make the story about how admiral Halsey hate his wife if you choose to make him the main character.

Tip 4: PLEASE, make the Japanese speak Japanese!

This is the one thing that "Pearl Harbor" did right: the Japanese speak Japanese. It is not that difficult to find East-Asian movie stars who can speak Japanese, I really hope you don't screw this up!

I really hope someone can make this movie. Like I said, it will be a badass movie!

Battleships in the Pacific War

There is no God.

Because if there is one, I wouldn't be born in the 20th century and live most of my life in the 21st century. I would be born either at 4 April 1884 in Nagaoka, Niigata, or 11 May 1888 in Natlee, Kentucky, and spend the best day of my life FIGHTIN in the Pacific War during the twilight days of battleships. I could rectify the mistakes made by 2 admirals, and gives a deserving end for the battleships era. How could an omni-benevolent being torment and torture me by denying me that opportunity?`Hence: there is no God.

First case: Solomon Campaign

The 1st date is the date and place of birth of admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, the Imperial Japanese combined fleet commander during the Pacific war. He was instrumental in shaping the Pacific war, but here I just want to focus on his role in the Solomon campaign.

As I already said before, world war 2 is the twilight days of the battleships. Shortly before it, they were the most important thing in your navy. Heck, they were the equivalent of today's nuclear warhead! The rise of airpower, jet propulsion, and many other technologies end that status. But in this war, battleships were still important. They were used to provide flak curtain to protect carriers. for example. Other than that, they bombarded enemies' shore installation to smithereens. 

Now, we come to Guadalcanal, Southern Solomon. The Americans in 1942 managed to conquer the island and built a small aerodrome, Henderson Field. The Japanese were determined to take it back. Unfortunately, the Japanese Navy and Japanese Army quarrels like the Roses. The Americans managed to stand repeated Japanese naval, land, and aerial assaults.

Fed up with this stalemate, admiral Yamamoto send 2 fast battleships Haruna and Kongo to bombard Henderson Field with their 356 mm cannons. The Americans couldn't contest this bombardment since they had no comparable ships at that time. So, the mighty battlewagons rained hell over Guadalcanal. After the bombardment, the Americans were dazed, confused, and most importantly ... scared shitless. So, they repeat this follow-up this bombardment with land assault? Nope. They missed their chance, the Americans managed to recover from the bombardment, and reinforced their position. When the Japanese finally "get it," they send fast battleships Hiei and Kirishima to repeat the bombardment. But this time the Americans ships interdicted them in the "Naval battles of Guadalcanal." At the first night, the US under Rear Admiral Callaghan, challenged the Japanese using cruisers only. Despite his clumsiness, he surprised the Japanese fleet. He managed to cripple Hiei, but all the cruisers were wiped out, and he also lost his life. At  the second night, the US got battleships Washington and South Dakota to protect Guadalcanal under the command of admiral Willis "Ching" Lee. This time, they managed to sunk Kirishima without losing ships bigger than destroyers. In the end, the Japanese forces evacuated from Guadalcanal, marking the whole campaign as the "turning point of the Pacific war."

What I would have done: Operation 彼らkareraのno母hahaのno膣chitsuにni戻ってmodotteヤンキースyankiisuをwoスイープsuiipu異常ijixyouにni混乱konranしshiたta状況jixyoukixyou (Shitstorm that sweeps the Yankees back to their mother's vagina)

Note: The Japanese usually named their military operation with ridiculous name like "ichigo" (strawberry) or "Z", not this time!  

Let me ask you, what is the most famous battleship of all time? Big chance the answer is "Yamato," small wonder, it is the biggest battleship of all time, with the largest cannons, thickest armor, etc.

Check again the name of the fast battleships send by the Japanese. None of them named "Yamato" or her sister ship "Musashi". You see ... the Japanese super-battleships at that time was parked at Truk lagoon, around 1200 miles North of Guadalcanal, acting as Yamamoto's flagship. Japanese sailors DETESTED this treatment, "Why we have to die at the frontline while that big Yamato stand like a hotel in safe water?" Amen.

Yamamoto and other Japanese big shots didn't send Yamato and Musashi because they were worried that narrow seas like the one around Guadalcanal make them vulnerable to torpedo attacks. What? Seriously? 

If I was born as Yamamoto at that time I would say "Okay, just sweep those yankees using our battleships. Send Hiei, Kirishima, Haruna, Kongo, Yamato, and Musashi at the same time. I'll lead in Musashi. Kongo and all 3 sisters of hers should come first and inspect the perimeter, attack any US ships that were stupid enough to stay. If the coast is clear, Yamato and Musashi will start the hellfire with their 460 mm cannons. Once the bombardment is over, Yamato and Musashi could retreat, while Haruna - Kongo repeated their past experience, for good measures, let Hiei - Kirishima stand on guard. If Haruna and Kongo alone managed to scare them shitless, let's see how they can handle six of us now! If Haruna and Kongo alone destroyed them THAT BAD, let's see how they manage Yamato and Musashi too!"

Let's imagine what would happen if Callaghan met Yamamoto's battle fleet. Most likely he would refuse to give battle and retreat. But just consider, even in BEST CASE SCENARIO where he managed to cripple Hiei just like in reality, Yamamoto can just shrug it, sunk all US ships, then finally bombarded the Henderson Field.

That, ladies and gentleman, was HOW YOU USE YOUR BATTLESHIPS! Every military historian agree, the bombardment was the HIGH-POINT for battleship in the Pacific War. The parking of the superbattleships in Truk Lagoon was not even the low-point. Heck, they didn't even exist in the same sentence! What's the point of having such expensive ships if you only park them on safe harbor? What a waste ...

And speaking of waste ...

USS North Carolina

Battleship Nagato. From wikipedia

Second case: The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot

After the US re-conquered Solomon Islands, Papua, and Central Pacific in 1943 - early 1944, they moved to the inner defense of the Empire: the Marianas. Unlike during the Solomon campaign. This time the US already created the "Big Blue Fleet" or as I call it "the Fuck YEAH fleet!"

Why "Fuck Yeah"? How else you call it, I mean, this fleet could launch more than 1.000 aircrafts. Therefore, they DIDN'T CARE whether they fight Japanese carriers or airfields, they could overwhelm it in seconds. 

Battleship Yamato. From wikipedia.

South Dakota class

They packed punch not only because of the 1000+ aircrafts, but also because of the 7 modern battleships. At that time, they had USS Washington & North Carolina from North Carolina Class; USS Alabama, Indiana, and South Dakota from South Dakota class; and USS Iowa & New Jersey from Iowa class. These battleships were under  admiral Willis "Ching" Lee, the victor of the 2nd naval battle of Guadalcanal.

When the FY fleet moved to Mariana, it was lead by admiral Raymond Spruance, victor of battle of Midway. He checked his map, his schedule, and all intelligence data ... and he found one interesting point. His fleet could meet the Japanese fleet at night, and fight it out in a SURFACE battle instead of aerial one. He asked Lee whether that was desirable. Lee said he didn't want to fight against the Japanese in the night again. Spruance agreed with him and thus "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot" was fight as an aerial battle.

What I would have done: Operation Iron Storm

If God exists, I should have been born as that Willis "Ching" Lee. I would said:

"HELL YEAH, I really want to fight them with my own battleships! Screw the fact that there is no need to endanger the crews and the mission! As far as I am concerned, this is the last chance to see World War 2 version of battle of Jutland. As a battleship admiral, IT IS A BLASPHEMY to avoid this fight. This is no longer about the war, the mission, or the crews, this is about higher power, about our DHARMA in this cruel world! This ... is about a fitting end for an epic that already lasted for centuries! This is the final showdown for battleships!"

Spruance was a battleship admiral. He would understand, and nodded in agreement.

Willis "Ching" Lee. The man
who screws my mind, years
after his death.

Then we could have the most spectacular surface battle EVER. The Japanese got Yamato, Musashi, Nagato, Haruna, and Kongo. Imagined the final fight between the Japanese battleships and the "Fuck YEAH Fleet". It would be GLORIOUS. It would be EPIC. The Japanese would launch their floatplanes, which would routinely drop spectacular flares above the US ships. The Imperial cruisers would lead its destroyers in torpedo attacks, tryin to hit US battleships. The US would use their superior radar to direct their shots. Shells would flyin around. 460, 406, and 356 mm shells above all, penetratin belt, and deck armors. It would be ... beyond the most vivid wet dream imagined! It would be MORE HARDCORE than the most hardcore gangbang video that involve lesbians! This is a fittin end for the battleship era. An epic epilogue of such spectacular class.

SNAP!!

Sadly, all of that is only a dream. Yes, only a dream, because LEE SHRUGGED IT OFF!! The fact is, the last battleship vs battleship battle is the battle of Surigao strait. In case you don't know, that battle was about 6 old US Battleships shootin 2 old Imperial battleships, Yamashiro & Fuso, like shootin a fish in a barrel ... with auto-shotguns! 

ARGH, HOW COULD HE? This is not fair, this is the last chance of battleship vs battleship battle, and LEE SHRUGGED IT OFF! Lee has gravely sinned against the naval God, HOW COULD HE?? He should be court-martialed, sacked, and ... and ... AAARGH!! TRAVESTY! BLASPHEMY! CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY! HOW COULD HE? HOW COOOUULLDD HEEE??

Health Care: Fundamental Rights vs Commodities

There are 2 kind of stuffs in this life. First, we have stuffs that we fundamentally need, stuffs that we regarded as our fundamental rights. Other than that, we have commodities. Many stuffs positioned between those 2 extremes.

Don't left it to the free market

One thing is for sure, the free market is an excellent method to distribute commodities. This is where the conservatives & libertarians in USA screwed up. There are so many things that are so fundamental that nobody sane regard it as "just a commodity." 

For starters, no one proposes to disband the US arm forces to reduce the deficit. Why? Because every American knows that THEY CAN'T LET THE FREE MARKET DECIDE THEIR SECURITY!!

Here is another thing that anybody glad the state totally prohibit it: SLAVERY. Hey, you can argue that "prohibition of slavery only create slavery black market!" or "I don't trust those politicians to handle slavery!" and so on. But not even the most die-hard libertarian argue like that. Why? Because humans ARE NOT COMMODITIES!


Universal Health Care
That bring us to (universal) health care. Can we left health care to the free market?

Nope. 

Because health is DIRECTLY about human life. IT IS a very fundamental thing that a human need to survive. How dare you refuse to threat a dying man!! I thought we already agree that life is sacred, that human life is not commodity? End of discussion.

What? You are not convinced yet? Here is the philosophical argument, that includes even non-life threatening health-care.

The right is VERY BIG on equality of chance/opportunity. I agree with them. Give everyone the same shot. The problem is, NOT EVERYONE HAS THE SAME CHANCE! Some people were born poor. Some people were born rich. Some people were born genetically perfect, while others prone to diabetes, high blood pressure, low blood pressure, heart attack, and so many other disease. To level their chances, we need to pool our resources and make sure EVERYONE has the same chance to compete. Hey, success is hard to achieve, why you refuse to eliminate one of the biggest and most common handicap: the difficulty to finance health?

Maybe you still dislike it because that argument is basically about "justice" or "equality." Let me put it this way, if we already know that we have already pay our healthcare with our taxes, you have MORE FREEDOM to choose whatever you like. Want to open a restaurant but afraid that you don't have enough money to pay for your expensive asthma medications? Not anymore, you already pay it. Eager to go to Disneyland but you need to pay for your insulin? Nope, you are free to go since you already pay your insulin. Etc. 


In essence, this is not a choice between freedom or equality. Universal health care is for both freedom and equality. Universal Health care is a right for every human being, not a commodity. Now time to wait for the conservative-libertarian-right to come to their senses, and start helping in DESIGNING a good universal-health-care instead of raging a holy war against it. Time for the USA to FINALLY become a true developed state, just like many others.

There Is Not Enough Women In ...

I am intrigued after reading a report from BBC who said that there is not enough woman in Hollywood. Same things happen when Obama announced his new cabinet. In other words, the writer assumes that women HAVE TO fulfill certain percentage of Hollywood's workforce. In other words, they are so pretentious, that they think they know the "correct" male-female ratio in Hollywood. 

Really?

But that is not surprising. This is not "strange" or "unique." Many people often complain when the parliament "has too many men" or "the new president doesn't appoint enough woman!" Politically correctness assume that "affirmative action" is morally correct. It also implies that anyone who oppose it as misogynist or racist. Actually, the opposite is true.

Discrimination

You see, previously we ban women from working in most professions. In other words, a penis is a sine qua non for most jobs. That is misogynist, unfair, and backward. We get that, so we get rid of that ban, and stop the discrimination against vagina. 

But that is not enough for the affirmative action supporter, hell no! They pointed out "there is more men in the cabinet, in the company, etc" to support the argument that women desperately need PRIORITIES. They created some laws that obligated  universities to receive certain numbers of female students, a company to employ certain numbers of women, etc. In other ways: they ordered all those institutions to reject anyone with penis. 

So ... let me get this straight, you want to fix misogyny by imposing misandry? So you want to say TO HELL with filling the position with the most capable human, we only want to satisfy our desire to see half of those positions are hold by women? 

EXCUSE ME, but 2 wrongs NEVER make a right! You can't fight discrimination with another discrimination!  I thought you want to end discrimination? Silly me, you only want to show how morally superior you are and CONTROL everyone else. 

It Hurts its "Beneficiaries"

Don't you realize this kind of b.s. actually DISRESPECT women? It is basically said "Hey, since you are so weak, we figure that you need a discriminatory law to cut the competition!" It also makes everyone DISREGARD any success made by a truly capable, hardworking woman. In the time of affirmative action that favor women, everyone will think that every "successful" women became successful ONLY because of that discrimination. In other words, it sends the reputation of ALL WOMEN to drain. Not because all of us suddenly become misogynist, but because of simple, irrefutable logic: most likely you got it from discrimination.

Oh, by the way, women is not the only group that "benefit" from this b.s. Some ethnics also keep asking the government to discriminate others. In case of Malaysia, it is THE MALAY MAJORITY who discriminate the Chinese and Indians. In the US, it is some ethnic minorities who discriminate the white majority, and the Asian minority. 

Last but not least, those "morally high" people never want equality of opportunity. Those people want EQUALITY OF END RESULT. There is one simpler term for this kind of preference. It is called COMMUNISM. For you who don't know any history, communism is a stupid political system who destroyed the life of so many people in Russia, China, and many other countries until some decades ago.

Independence and Lex Parsimoniae

The Flag of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.
Crushed by the Russian government in 1999

Many regions and people demand independence. Tibet from China, Chechnya from Russia, West Papua from Indonesia, South Mindanao from Philippines, Kurds from Turkey, etc. 

Previously, I already said that independence movements are inherently RACIST. I have another reason to take the initial position of supporting the government in crushing those racists: the Occam's razor or lex parsimoniae.

Lex Parsimoniae

For you who are not aware of this simple (pun intended) principle, let me enlighten you. It is a philosophical tool that we used frequently. According to its wikipedia's page, we can say:

"among competing hypotheses, the one that makes the fewest assumptions should be selected." 

In other words: "the simpler, the better."

Here is an example: A tree burned. Why?

We can answer that question by saying some aliens beamed it with their laser gun. But that means we need to assume that aliens exist! Not only that, we also must assume that they have laser gun and motivation to burn that tree!

We can also answer that the tree is part of a larger forest fire. No need for far-fetch assumptions involving alien and laser gun. But, we must assume the tree is located in a forest! We also must assume, SOMETHING must start the forest fire!

The third explanation is, a lightning hit it. No alien & laser guns assumptions necessary. No "located in the forest" assumptions needed. Therefore, this 3rd hypotheses is the best one.

Independence

So how to use this philosophical tool in the case of independence? Simple, COMPARE the 2 different scenarios. The end goal is the same: the prosperity of the people.

Independence scenario:

Current horrible condition -> Tough independence fight -> independence! -> Tough fight against corruption, nepotism, incompetence, etc. -> Prosperity!

Unity scenario:

Current horrible condition -> Tough fight against corruption, nepotism, incompetence, etc. -> Prosperity! 

See that when we don't choose independence we eliminate 2 steps? If that is not simpler, I don't have freakin clue what "simpler" means.

What? You said that the current government can't minimize corruption because they are different race/ethnic/religion? Back again to my previous argument, then you are a racist! Or anti-Muslim/Christian/whatever!

In essence: Fix your damned country, don't break it! Is it that hard?

Gun Control Won't Work!

Give me more PLEASE! MORE!

After hearing the arguments from the NRA, I think this is basically their idea:

Premise #1: "Gun control won't work because bad people will always get guns." 

Then they continue:

Premise #2: "Hence the only thing that can stop bad people with guns is good people with guns."

Hey, let me use their logic AGAINST THEM:

"Arm guards won't work. The bad people will just kill the guards first before killing everyone else. On top of that, he can used the deceased guard's gun."

See? Therefore arm guards are useless! But no, they won't accept this argument. They will keep proposing the idea to put more guns.

Just listen to the conversation between CBS and the president of the NRA. The president keep spouting on "people who conspire to piss on the 2nd amendment." The safety of the children is their #1 priority ... as long as the solution is MORE GUNS BABY! Tell you what,  their ACTUAL top priority is "making more people buy more guns!"  On the sidelines, the world can crash and burn as far as they concern. No, sorry, that is not entirely true. They actually will SEIZE the "crash and burn" as an evidence that WE NEED MORE GUNS! Sick, sick, sick!

In essence, the NRA argue against gun control with PESSIMISM. 

At the same time, they argue for turning every single place in the US into OK Corral with OPTIMISM.

They refuse to admit in many cases, gun control law makes it harder to obtain firearms, and monsters were forced to use knife or any other less-deadly weapon. In China for example, a piece of trash attack a local school with knife, injuring 22 students. None were killed. Imagine what will happen if the Chinese love their guns like the Americans. But no, they only buried their head while keep repeating the 2 premises that I put in the beginning.  No wonder, John Howard, an Australian conservative prime minister once said something like "We don't want to import American gun disease!" That means "right vs left" or "Conservative vs Liberal" is not the issue here. The issue is between gun fetish vs healthy society.

So ... why the NRA acted like this? Simple. It is hard to say no if your paycheck is based on how many times you say YES! NRA got its money and power from gun-nuts. Of course they won't say no to them. They are not extreme right or extreme left, they are just greedy and exploit Americans with gun-complex. Understandable, but not acceptable, since saying NO to those gun-nuts can actually save lives.

How NRA Commits Suicide

Previously, I sarcastically recommended to arm the principle to solve the problem of gun violence in school. Looks like the NRA totally agree with that. Like usual, their solution in essence is to put more guns into the population. They blame mental illness, movies, television, video games, etc, i.e everything BUT guns.

Wait, are they serious? I am 100 % sure that people got their love of guns partially from those medias! Violent movies, series, and video games make more people love guns! Are they seriously blamed the medias which indirectly support their recruitment? Looks like they are really desperate to pass the buck.  Notice the focus. They already mention access to guns for the mentally ill, but chose to focus on providing more guns to America. Everything has to be done ... as long as it doesn't bother the gun sellers.

Some of the conservative leading figures supported that. Other even blamed Jon Stewart for the tragedy. Seriously, JON STEWART!

Heck, they ignore the fact that monster got his guns from a law-abiding citizen: HIS OWN MOM! This is not the only case where a piece of trash got their guns WITHOUT resorting to the blackmarket, see this MotherJones article. It shows that most monsters got their guns from legal sources. Look, that basically prove that we have to regulate legal guns more tightly, make sure that less psycho able to get guns.

Look, this tragedy IS NOT an excuse to make every single gun illegal. But the NRA is just too nutty to handle the rights of the gun owners. In few years, I bet they will start blaming even their own mother, their own son, or ANYTHING but (easy access to) guns. In few years, the fight will be between everyone against the NRA. Yes, they are starting their own suicide. You don't want to stick with wackos like them, you can be "guilty by association."

I hear that the NRA previously was about safety and training, NOT about make sure everyone can buy guns casually. Time to get back.  Time to return to the organization that is free from those wackos who thought that "More guns" is a good rule of thumb. Either that or just created a new rival organization, and move on.

Connecticut Shooting

Once again, tragedy struck USA. This time, most of the victims are small kids. My deepest sympathy for their families ...

This event needs to be commented.

First, the medias repeat their modus operandi: published the name of the human trash who did this wherever they can. Heck, not only the name, THE PHOTO of that low-life even slammed into our face. Ehm, you guys know that this kind of action gave trash like him the post-humous fame right? You guys also know that many psycho really look for publicity right? No surprise copycat piece of shits already popping out.  Stop rewarding their publicity stunt. Let those monsters died in obscurity. The media already done that in every case of a nude-attention-seeker crashing any sport event, the camera instantly moves away from them, and the public NEVER know their name.

Second, about gun control. NRA usually says "Gun control takes gun from law-abiding citizen. The criminal always able to get guns anyway, so DO NOT disarm the good people!" But this time, the NRA can't use that argument. This piece of shit got it not from some gun-smugglers, gangsters, Al-Qaeda, or anything like that. He got it from a law-abiding citizen who fulfill her legal obligation in gun ownership: his own mother. Remember, the NRA even refused to support any law that obligates the gun-buyers to do a thorough criminal-psychological background check. Oh yeah, one pro-gun politician gave a solution for this problem: arm the teacher.

BRILLIANT! Why stop at arming the teacher? We should build a fully fortified schools! Hey, forget about normal doors and windows, we need bullet-proof version of that! Oh yeah, every single security guard in every single school should be armed with an assault-rifle. BTW, I heard usually the principle delegate their jobs to the vice principle. They can be trained as snipers, guarding from the high ground! Imagine, the next time a piece of trash try to go postal on a school, BAM, a .338 Lapua-Magnum suddenly ripped his head. 

Why stop at the school officials? We also need to teach EACH TODDLER how to be self-reliant! We should train them from the first day they stepped inside kindergarten! Not only duck-and-cover, I mean train them how to kill a piece of trash using a handgun! Aah ... imagine if a mass-murderer-wannabe manages to avoid the sniper-principle, fools the arm-guard, and finally reaches the class, only to be welcomed with a hail of 9mm bullets! I heard children in Afghanistan and Africa even operates Kalashnikov, so why the FUCK YEAH country don't want to turn their children into an efficient killing machine? Oh yeah, children are also definitely law-abiding citizens too!

The world is harsh. Life is hard. That's why our children need to be armed as soon as possible. Arm them. This way American can also stimulate their gun industry, create more jobs, and end the recession!

Luckily, looks like there is hope. Even one of the most ardent pro-gun senator, Joe Manchin, admits that some regulation need to be done. But, don't hold your breath. This is politics, bloody, dirty, and disgusting.

Stereotypes That I Hold

It is inevitable. I know stereotypes are FAR from accurate. I know many times stereotypes can started prejudice, but I can't help it, I hold some stereotypes. So, here are those stereotypes:

Indonesians:

- Most honest answer: Which Indonesian? The Javanese is starkly different compare to the Ambonese, the Bugis, etc. And vice versa. So seriously, which one do you like to know?

- Most politically correct-sugar coated answer: God-fearing pious nation that reject individualism, respect their families, and embrace social justice.
ADDENDUM (13.05.2013):
- Most cynical answer: Bipolar people. They can be SUPER FRIENDLY and always smiling, than become extremely violent on the next day.

Malaysians:

- The people are smart & reasonable, but their government is a bunch of cultural thieves!

- The people are nice & friendly, but their government is a bunch of proud racists!

Philippinos:

- Always merry and smiling!

- Good and talkative friends!

Singaporeans:

- Workaholic people.

- Their women only want men with "6C and 1 M": Carrier, Car, Cash, Condominium, and Country Club Membership.

- Oily, greasy food. Seriously, I think "Yong Tau Foo" is their only food that isn't covered in grease.

Chinese:

- Garlic lovers 
- Proud people who ALWAYS think that they are the center of the universe.

- Proud people who ALWAYS think that they are the only civilized people, the only one who has 3 - 4 thousands years history. What's that? Other people has 3-4 thousand years history too? That doesn't count, they are barbarians! What's that? That is a circular argument? THIIS IISS CHIIIINAAA! (Kicking the barbarian to the nearest deep well or cliff.)

Japanese:

- English with Japanese accent is just ... doesn't sound like English ...

- Eccentric people with weird fantasies and fetishes. Especially when it involve octopus, maid, female teenager in sailor-like-school uniform.

- Very technology-literate. They don't use SMS anymore, they only use e-mail ... since 10 years ago.

Indians:

- Movie lovers! They are eager to show you their movies, often WITHOUT subtitles!

- Textile traders.

- Sport accessories traders.

- They have tree-fetish. Everytime they see tree, they start to dance, and sing, and usually they also call at least 20 of their friends to sing the chorus and become the backup dancers.

Lebanese:

- Good traders.

- VERY GOOD traders. Seriously, if you doubt it, do you know that Carlos Slim Helu is a Lebanese?

Germans:

- Stiff, stick-to-the book people.

- Beer lovers.

- Ordoliberalism.

French:

- Proud people who hate English.
- Proud people who want everyone to speak French.

- Good, but super expensive food.

- Art lovers.

Italians:

- Same with the Phillippinos.

- Except they are louder since they enhance their presence with their hand activities.

Russians:

- Direct, IN YOUR FACE attitude.

- Badass people since non-badass typically died early.

- Can be very creative, but can use sheer will-power and brute force to solve problems too.
- Vodka lovers

Swedes:

- Love the color of black so much, they have at least 20 different black shirts/jackets, and will insist each of them has different variation of black.

- Social democrats.

Finnish:

- Best driver on earth.

- Even the badass Russians admit that the Finns can withstand cold far better than them.

Americans:

- FUCK YEAH!

- FREEDOM TO OWN AND USE GUNS BABY!! WOO HOO! FREEDOM BABY, FREEDOM!

- You don't know how it works, here let me show you. First, you should dismantle your government, because government IS the problem dude! And DEMOCRACY!! Start an election as soon as possible!