Far East Cynic

Something that some folks need to read.

It is the end of the year and now its time for the top 10 lists. Here’s one Uncle Jimbo needs to read before he goes off on one his tirades. And every one else should read it too-before they think the war in Iraq is not an issue for the

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Be careful what you wish for………

You just might get it. Washington DC wanted an election in Pakistan. Welcome to politics-Muslim style. Like so many others, I watched the news in more than a little shock that Benazir Bhutto had been assassinated.  The media have been endless speculating what this means for US policy and the

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Say what?

I’m still trying to figure out if I agree with this: Who I would be in the 14th century.  Your Score: The Harlequin You scored 44% Cardinal, 38% Monk, 41% Lady, and 45% Knight! You are a mystery, a jack-of-all-trades. You have the king’s ear, but also listen to murmurings

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A Christmas Classic……..

What Mike Huckabee wishes he could say to the Arabs……………

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I love it when I am right………

Lots to blog about, no energy to do it. However I was interested to see GI Korea explain why we just wasted 12 weeks of our lives working on a pointless project. At the time, the project director said that we HAD to get this thing done before the Korean

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Merry Christmas!

Santa-san came! Never made it to Mass last night. I had intended to go but, I could not stay awake after 11. So, with a heavy heart-because believe it or not I really wanted to go-I trudged off to bed. The S.O. stayed up for a while to watch NHK.

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Christmas eve…….

Well, its come and no doubt will soon be gone. It is Christmas Eve here in Japan. This could possibly be my last Christmas in this country-a lot will depend on the breaks in the new year to come. It will not be for lack of trying to stay, but

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Getting closer…….

To Christmas. Its the holiday weekend! That means you need these: And perhaps later on tomorrow evening, a chance to retire and open “presents”:

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Time to start the betting pool?

Heading out with the S.O. this weekend for some pre Christmas revelry. Golf? -yes. Posting?-probably not. Hopefully we will support this worthy endeavor. However I did come across this little tidbit on the Navy Times web site. As many as nine of the Navy’s 26 three-star admirals could retire by the

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Hitchens makes a point…….

Pathetically misguided about Iraq he may be, but Christopher Hitchens still writes with great style and conviction. It took me a long while to finish his book, god is not great-How religion screws up everything. Took a while because I had to stop and put the book down because I

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