Far East Cynic

Friday beer and babes ( and bombs!)

Someone is at it again in London. WTF is with these guys? This is like shooting a boar, all it does is just make him mad. These are Brits and they are just going to hunker down and fight back. Haven’t the terrorist morons figured that out yet? GRRR! TO:

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A new meme!

One of the blogs I lurk at, without ever commenting on is Helen’s. She writes her blog like a diary should read, and she writes well, making some very thought provoking posts. This post, got me to do some very serious thinking and I have decided to attempt to turn

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The briefing the SECDEF missed- Part II

In part one of this post I explained why it was highly unlikely that the SECDEF really did not know about the USFSPA ( Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act) and grievous injustices it causes to current serving members of the armed forces and retired members. Tom Philpott (Early Bird

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Bummed by Buffoonry

Don’t feel like saying much today. Work is busy and at the same time its pointless. As an old mentor of mine once said, the script never changes in the Navy, just the actors do. Have been going through a lot of issues at work, where the powers that be

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Reading between the lines in Japanese English textbooks.

Shamelessly stole this from the Cynical Traveler. Go over to his blog and read the post in its entirety. While it may play to stereotypes, he’s taken his material right from the Japanese newspapers and Tokyo Govenor Ishihara: Skippy-san Subscribe in a reader

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More on Friedman’s book

Sitting here with the S.O. watching the British Open. I think I am back in the right time zone now, and maybe, that means I might even get a decent night’s sleep. For all you S.O. fans out there, waiting for her to dump Skippy or at least give him

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Back to Asia!

I am so glad this week is over. Every time I come out here, the stupidity factor has gone up by at least 20%. Lots of observations I want to give about the things the US Navy is doing in the Middle East, but there is a better time and

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Reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated!

No Blogging this week. Knee deep in work as I expected, plus my connectivity is not so great. Lots to say though, just needs to be said some other time! Skippy-san Subscribe in a reader

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An appalling lack of motivation.

Today is my last day here in Singapore. I had planned to go out and look at the Kranji War Memorial, but a combination of two things ruined that plan: 1) Getting back to my hotel a 3:30 am (alone) and 2) a torrential rain storm as I was heading

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No finer place on which the sun shines……

I truly love Singapore. Yesterday was my first full day here this trip, and unfortunately I had to attend to some work related things which ate up most of the afternoon hours. Still, it is nice just to be here. Don’t ask me why, but this is my favorite place

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