Far East Cynic

One more post about the Diamond Jubilee.

As I have noted before-I am an unrepentant Anglophile and fan of the British Empire. We have gotten to see great coverage of the celebrations on our British Satellite system. Even as an American you should be struck by the difference between the respect shown here to the Queen and

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Ok, I guess it is time to get down to it.

WARNING NOTICE! What follows here is very much at odds with what Americans consider to be "conventional morality".  If frank discussion of relationships-with an eye toward advocating the destruction of traditional monogamy and marriage bothers you-you might want to take a pass.   "Pamela didn't believe in the least in

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Stayed in for a good reason.

After an arduous trip home-made doubly long due to bad weather in Chicago-leading us to get rerouted on Lufthansa. ( I got upgraded to Business-the SO did not. For the record, I offered the seat to her-but she knows how much the free booze means to me, God Bless Her).

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Missing a golden opportunity-Navy Style.

To prove once and for all-that overseas basing does not require building an exchange, a commissary and a clinic. SINGAPORE — The Singapore military has agreed in-principle to allow the U.S. Navy to deploy up to four littoral combat ships to the city-state on a rotational basis. The announcement came

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