Far East Cynic

I don't care about the children……..

If I hear the phrase, “Think of the debt we are leaving our children” one more time-I’m going to go postal. I’ve got a secret to tell you-it won’t do the kids much good if Mom and Dad don’t have all the money they need to take care of them

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I don’t care about the children……..

If I hear the phrase, “Think of the debt we are leaving our children” one more time-I’m going to go postal. I’ve got a secret to tell you-it won’t do the kids much good if Mom and Dad don’t have all the money they need to take care of them

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Heading North

Going to visit my son for a few days. posting will be light. So talk among yourselves about this tidbit from John Cole-which I happen to agree with: You know who probably deserves some scorn but isn’t receiving it? HGTV. How many episodes of House Hunters or Property Virgins or

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Missing from the tagalog dictionary

The word satire must be missing from the language of Tagalog. From Hemlock comes this story of a Hong Kong writer who decided to have some fun and make a point: It is clear that something is up as the two Filipino elves report for duty at Perpetual Opulence Mansions

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How you will know the recession is ending…..

You stop fixating on MILF’s. Researchers in America examined photographs of actresses and pored over back issues of Playboy magazine to see whether there was a correlation between attraction and national prosperity. They found that women with mature facial features — smaller eyes, larger chins and stronger faces — were

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