That less than polite statement was one I heard during the middle of the 90’s from a fellow Navy person. His rather blunt point was that AFN- or any other military mouthpiece had to show a woman doing just about any military job; regardless of the actual demographics of that
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Good luck with that……..
Japan elects its youngest woman mayor ever: Japan's youngest-ever female mayor, Naomi Koshi, has vowed to improve the lives of women in the country after winning the election in the city of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture. The 36-year-old former lawyer and Harvard graduate has revealed that a big inspiration for abandoning
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Where Newt Gingrich may have a chance to win in Florida:
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This weekend the New York Times ran an article about Apple and its production of I-phones overseas. Bottom Line Up Front? Steve Jobs could also be a real s**t when it came to his fellow countrymen: When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley’s top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked
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About women who are on the trashy side. Thanks to the miracle that is our Sky Satellite hook-up I get to watch such worthwhile and edifying entertainment such as, Snog, Marry, Avoid". I like the show -but the S.O. hates it. Snog Marry Avoid? is a British Reality show. It focuses
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Is the German word for "accident". Which is what we had last weekend while on the way into Garmisch Partenkirchen. One mile from our hotel to be exact. Dealing with this and work is why I haven't posted in the last few days. After a pretty drive through southern Germany,
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Be dumber than George W. Bush. But apparently Rick Perry has gone and accomplished it. By claiming that Turkey-a NATO ally- is run by "Islamic terrorists", Perry has really shown how ignorant of the world as it is-he really is: Governor Perry might want to notice that there are many
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This website will not be doing so-for reasons I will explain later on today. Its been a hectic and not so great couple of days for yours truly. However, here at Far East Cynic HQ-Deutschland, we firmly support all efforts to derail the SOPA Act, the Stop Online Piracy Act,
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As a loyal Steeler fan, I should be hating the New England Patriots-regardless of what time of the season it is. But this year-they are my new heroes. Simply for pounding the Denver Tebows back into submission and sending Tim Tebow home to where he should be in the playoffs:
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With the restoration of reasonably fast internet, and video/audio entertainment coming into Das Hause Skippy-I’ve had a chance to catch up a bit. Its been quite a ride since September and returning from Romania. What with getting Whooping Cough, losing one job, getting another, putting a move together in under
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