http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Kabuki_actors

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/06/09/executive-order-establishment-white-house-rural-council

its interesting… but since americans dont know what a council is in russian… they dont understand that breaking the society down into ‘councils’ or ‘soviets’ withe delegated powers… IS the essence of soviet communism..

Luckily for Neo, the government no longer issues Victim Cards to Asian Americans.

Moscow and Beijing plan to hold their fifth combined “Peace Mission” military exercise. inaugurated in 2001 with the Treaty of Friendship and Good Neighborliness around the same time, what happened?

“Those drills, which were designed to improve responsiveness to new threats and challenges, deepen bilateral strategic coordination and expand military ties, strengthening both sides’ capabilities,” – Jiang Yu

guess we are so focused on the left hand, we are not watching the “One clenched fist” – i guess ya’ll can ask occam to explain it since he is reading now.. [or read: New Lies for Old (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1984)]

And just to test our illustrious leader of no noh..

Arkhangelsk is getting a large military group (2 brigages) to protect its claims of artic oil… but Anatoly Serdyukov hasnt finished working the details out…

guess we missed this:
Cannon slams Russian plan to drop paratroopers in Arctic (Ice Station Zebra drop never materialized).

and wow… we now, and our GPS, is now defenseless and irreplaceable, if conflicts start before 2015… (without that, or ability to send up a new one, or repair, we can find ourselves operationally blind as we are very very very dependent on toys)

“Russia gains edge in space race as US shuttle bows out” shows their gloating…

It is building launch pads and facilities in south America… and other places… which can launch more than just ISS supply ships…

Chinese company eyes Boise
As economic power shifts to Asia, Idaho’s location makes it a prime site for an industrial foothold.
[huge] A Chinese national company is interested in developing a 10,000- to 30,000-acre technology zone for industry, retail centers and homes south of the Boise Airport.

not to mention a whole bunch of odd things in the arab states…

Of course, it’s vicious kabuki, because some folks keep on trying to change the rules while holding the others to them….

Somewhat related, the whole ninjas-in-black thing is because the people dressed like that “aren’t there” and one play took advantage of that accepted trope and had a stagehand kill a “real” character.

I’m not particularly bothered by whether or not the analogy holds perfectly. Words can be borrowed from other languages or contexts, and take on other perfectly legitimate meanings.