Far East Cynic

Deep in the heart

Of Texas. Greetings from the land of fat women. Flight over was OK. I used my cunning and wit to outwit the travel office and get the flights book on the airline I wanted. ( The Australia trip put a big hole in my plans to get top tier status

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Maybe this is what the White House needs ….

To explain Iraq. Japan Probe shows off a new Japanese manga (comic) book explaining the recent Japanese Defense White paper. (Boei hakusho?????)?Quoting from the Mainichi Shinbum: In the “Manga de Yomu Boeisho Hakusho (Defense Ministry White Papers in Manga)” series printed in 2005, a little girl wearing “Lolita” fashions and

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I feel the need……

For a trip to Hong Kong. Spike reminds me why. Subscribe in a reader

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Fallows calls it right.

On Gen Petraeus and the upcoming report. Read his article on David Petraeus and the “New Jesus” problem. Subscribe in a reader

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Punching the strawman…………

I’m a baby boomer. And proud of it. I’ve had it with people who should know better attacking my generation as a bunch of dope smoking, sex fiends, who shirked their responsibilities to serve and protect their country. That the folks born of the period were ” the most narcissistic,

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Why I hate going to the doctor these days…..

For some reason, physical exams take longer than they used to: Subscribe in a reader

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Just a reminder……

To Lex and Bullnav. That when a candidate really needs a good photo op-they don’t go to Maryland or Virgina. Republicans or Democrats, when they need to channel the nation……… They go here. Subscribe in a reader

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Just when you thought it could not get any worse……..

The Democrats go and show you again that they are their own worst enemy. You probably don’t know this, but when George Bush says his prayers at night, he probably thanks God for the fact that, if the Democrats have to control Congress, God has given them incompetent leadership. GWB

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The word for today…….

Happy Sunday! Its time for this week’s Japanese lesson. The word for today is genpatsu. ????. Which is the newspapers way of abbreviating genshiryokuhatsudensho (???????-Atomic power plant. There is another word you should probably know too, shinsai (???-disaster. Bousai-????disaster prevention was the headline on the Asahi Shinbum today. Genpatsu shinsai

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Harry who?

Certainly not Harry the Horse. Rather its time to talk about Mr Wizard-Harry Potter! Now I’ve never been deep into the whole Harry Potter series-although I really do admire J.K. Rowling for being able to take an idea and turn it into a multi-million dollar franchise. I have read not

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