Far East Cynic

Will Smith said it.

There is a huge hurricane bearing down on the east coast of the United States. And from President Asterisk ( as in *not elected by the majority of the voters), provided us with these words of comfort: Oh really? So riddle me this your orangeness, so how come your own

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Recent Reading

Since I was not blogging for the last 10 months I had to do something. Besides dealing with the hassles caused by vindictive assholes who think they have the right to harass a private citizen, I did a lot of reading and watching. Regarding watching first, if you have not

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The 11th day of the 9th month of the 17th year.

The 17th year since the disaster of 9-11 occurred. Today, of course, will be a day of remembrances and memorials to the 3000 Americans who perished on that day, and the many more both in and out of the service who perished as a result of that day and the

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Power Art

It’s a powerful bit of art

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The old saying proves true.

That saying from my old squadron, way back, long ago, in a galaxy far away. If you are not in hack at least once a cruise, you are not carrying your share of the load. Our friends in the Royal Navy are proving that phrase true: Six sailors assigned to

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Corsica

During the last week of August and over the holiday in September, the S.O. and I traveled to the island of Corsica, or Haute Corse, as the French refer to it. We had wanted to go someplace different and we wanted to be on the Mediterranean Sea.  Corsica delivered for

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The Barbarians are inside the gates.

THIS IS NOT NORMAL. THIS IS NOT HOW AMERICA IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

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Dear John, an open letter to Mr. John Kelly.

Probably one of the most disturbing things about the advent of the current dark times we live in is to see the number of people selling their souls to the demon that is Trump and villainy he espouses. For the prior military folks such as John Kelly, the sin is

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Ramsau in Berchtesgarden

There is a LOT to talk about, most particularly Mr. Kelly’s abomination of a press conference on Thursday. He should have stayed away from the microphone and heeded some good advice about his boss. It’s practically a saying from the old country: If you elect a raging sociopath with a dead soul, don’t

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Out and about.

The weather in Germany these past two days has been glorious, in sharp contrast to the misery that is going on across the Atlantic in the land of my birth. I’ve got plenty to say on the selfishness and cruelty that the orange asshole is inflicting on America, but as

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