Far East Cynic

When it rains…..

It pours. My next to youngest sister was found dead in her apartment yesterday. Accordingly, I will be returning to the United States to assist my family in all arrangements and help my older sister get some things resolved. Blogging may be light. Damn.

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The Scandal Sheet

Reporter- “What would you say if I told you…that Murrow was on the Soviet payroll in 32? Murrow’s been a Communist sympathizer since the  30’s.Member of the International Workers,sponsored educational trips to Moscow…  ..and on the Soviet payroll in  1932. It’s all there.”  Joe Bersheba-“You wanna know why that’s not possible? Why you’ll lose

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It just keeps getting better and better…..

The news that is-personal and professional. Besides the fact I have to be in Korea for two weeks when I should be dealing with more important things like finding gainful employment and figuring out where I am going to live a few months from now-here or there-the news on TV

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Just one day in Iraq……..

” . . . If we succeed in Iraq, which I believe we are, the rest of it takes care of itself,” said McCain. “Most Americans are becoming more and more aware that the surge is succeeding “-John McCain ” The Surge worked.”-John McCain and Senator Lieberman DO NOT ADJUST

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Back to Korea

The time has come the walrus said, to talk of many things: Of flag officers and managers Of cabbages and kings. Of synonyms-like drunken lemurs. (“What’s a two word combination meaning ‘Air Force General….’ ?”). So now I know why I’m leaving after this final expedition to la la land:

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Satellite sighted….

Shot down same. The whips can go back in the closet now. The ” Dear China-please take notice of this. Suck my………” cards can go in the mail now. Now its:

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Breakfast….

It is the most important meal of the day! Especially when it comes with eggs and BACON! Deciding to have bacon though can be a complicated undertaking though. See below. (H/T to Bothenook for the link!)

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Not good.

I think the Aegis and Furuno radars have been explained to death on NHK this evening. Here is why: MINAMIBOSO, Chiba — A Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyer collided with a fishing boat off the coast of Chiba early Tuesday, splitting the fishing boat in two and leaving a father

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Cat Art

It started innocently enough. A couple weeks back, we went out to a street sale. More correctly-yours truly was dragged from the warmth of his couch, TV, and coffee-to stop by the ATM and then serve as the financier for yet another of the S.O.’s  junk antique shopping expeditions. Along

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Off to the market……

The Oedo international market at the Tokyo Kokusai Forum. The S.O. and I went out all the days of this weekend riding somewhere on the train. On Saturday she went up to a shrine sale-while I went up to Yokohama. I walked around Landmark tower, through the shops, out around

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