Far East Cynic

Across the pond………

Not for work this time, that’s all done. For new work-hopefully good work-but not in the location that I would ever have wanted or expected. Such is life I suppose-and it is true everything is an adventure. S.O. is going along with me on this trip, which is going to

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An alternative way to handle this

Dealing with the thug criminal that has caused so much trouble for so many. The USS Kitty Hawk returned home yesterday from a busy at sea period. At the exchange and mini-mart they found:   NO BEER!   All because of this guy:   Just have MWR bring up a

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Virgin post

In anticipation of the upcoming move and the demands there of-bought a brand new laptop today. The old one has gone away………..back to from whence it came. So this is the virgin post on it. I’m drinking beer (well away from the key board!)  It really is Boddingtons! And treating

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An editorial comment……..

The comment section of a blog is designed to support varying degrees of opinion.  That is why I do not moderate comments over here-and unlike some people, I can tolerate people who do not agree with my point of view.  If need be I can edit out what I need to.

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And so it begins…….

Seems like this record has been played before: U.S. Navy able seaman arrested for taxi driver’s murder YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa — A U.S. Navy able seaman was arrested Thursday for the murder last month of Tokyo taxi driver Masaaki Takahashi, Kanagawa Prefectural Police said. Murder suspect, U.S. Navy able seaman Olantunbosun

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The end of an era……..

I opened my e-mail this afternoon and found this little tidbit in my Alumni e-mail list: Retiring Citadel faculty to be recognized April 17 Five members of The Citadel faculty will retire this academic year and will be recognized during the annual Faculty Recognition Luncheon April 17. Retiring faculty members,

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Game over………..

Under the category of-it sucks to be this guy: Police to seek arrest warrant for US sailor Japanese police will seek an arrest warrant for a US sailor who has reportedly admitted to killing a taxi driver last month in Yokosuka, near Tokyo. The taxi driver, Masaaki Takahashi, was found

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Lou Dobbs wins again.

The bastards at the IRS are screwing people yet again. Especially Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines who have foreign wives with green cards. What you ask? Well for many women, the way to happiness and legal permanent residency is to meet, screw the brains out of romance, and marry a

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To hell in a handbasket……

Is where the US Army is going. At first I thought this was an April fool’s post. Then, sadly, I realized the Army was serious about it. Dogs and cats living together-in Iraq! What’s next-giving married couples staterooms on ships? Thanks DACOWITS! Thanks for nothing!

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CSI-Yokosuka. PartII

According to Japan Probe, the Yomiuri Shinbun is reporting some new details in the case of the Japanese taxi driver found stabbed to death after driving a U.S. sailor from Tokyo to Yokosuka: According to the police, the sailor, a U.S. citizen of Nigerian origin, told U.S. Navy investigators that

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