Far East Cynic

Reason 247…..

Why moving back to the states was a  mistake. I missed half the speeches tonight at the Democratic convention, because.……. The S.O. did not want to miss a minute of “America’s got talent.” I did get the bills paid though.

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A meme about books……

From the friendly residents of the People’s Republic of Tung Chung, who live where I wish I was living-a mere 20 minutes by train from one of my two favorite spots on the planet-and very near the world’s best airport. “The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only

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Meanwhile, over in the alternate universe…….

Convention time again, where my middle finger starts to hurt from flipping the bird so many times at the TV. The S.O. had to scold me when Nancy Pelosi came on and I called her a worthless bitch and a whore about 5 times. Wait till Hillary comes on-I may

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Speaking of gold medal winners…….

It is fitting to close our Olympic coverage here at Far East Cynic headquarters by showing you the gold medal winner in the most beautiful Chinese woman doing Olympic-related work in Beijing competition. (Also known as the “Tunathon!”) There is a Japanese TV show that looked for the most beautiful

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Yea, its tough to be John McCain.

Man it sure sucks to be John McCain. Wish I had these problems: Must be nice to have that kind of money. Condo in Crystal City, home in Sedona, Condo in Phoenix, one in San Diego, and then investments besides? Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, “Trading Up”.

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How did they miss this?

The S.O. and I were both shaking out heads at the Olympic TV coverage this past week. Besides their unbelievable fawning at all things Chinese and the failure of NBC to provide an even picture of the Chinese dictatorship country, they also ignored a lot of great sports activity that

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Post card from 2016

The clouds are circling and what is left of Fay is going to drop some needed rain here on Shopping Mall USA. Accordingly, the S.O. finally found that she could no longer stop me from going to the NASA museum here-so off we go there today. We both were slow

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What we have here,

Is an interesting way to thumb your nose at people overseas. H/T to Japundit who found this picture of a snazzy van in Australia: Can’t read Katakana? It says “Riku mai kannto”. When you sound it out in Japanese it sounds just like “Lick my C-Word.”

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Great news for McCain.

Personally I kind of like Biden’s candor and the fact that he talks long is not such a bad thing. But in an election like this one, where the electorate is stupid challenged to understand the issues-it does not buy Obama a thing. In fact it undercuts the whole change

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One thing about the Olympics I’m going to miss….

Is seeing the girls who hand out the medals! Just don’t think we will get this good a show in London!

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