Far East Cynic

Being the war czar is like………

Visiting the the doctor for a physical. Or so says Jeff Huber over at Pen and Sword: The Maytag Repairman has nothing on Lieutenant General Douglas Lute. The newly nominated “War Czar” is about to become the loneliest man in the world……..Lute’s in a difficult spot, all right. He’s been

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Hardest working women in Japanese Baseball…..

The Beer Girls at the Tokyo Dome, of course. Fresh cold beer-quickly and efficiently delivered to you at your seat. H/T to Rob Pongi! Subscribe in a reader

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It’s nobody’s fault……..

The war in Iraq is 4 years and 3 months old. Close to 150,000 troops are now deployed there-and almost 60,000+ are arrayed in the countries outside Iraq. Good things are happening-I know so because I read conservative blogs. Its just not being reported. They only focus on those nasty

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They’re back……..

After a six year absence, having been driven from the playing field by the boys of Ray Kroc……The Whopper makes its return to Japan. The short clip focuses on the size of the Whopper, with the female reporter exclaiming that it is about as big as her face!(13 cm…). Subscribe

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Never, never, never……..

Bring a camera to party. A JAL stewardess found out why the hard way: “Yes, I’m the one in the photos,” Miss A admits to Shukan Post (6/8). “But they weren’t taken by some man who had picked me up.”I know where they were taken and who took them,” she

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Brave new world….

Back on the right side of the international dateline. Just about got my head back in the right time zone, although waking up at 3:30 this morning and not being able to go back to sleep for an hour was no fun. Also heard some less than good news about

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Please tell me….

That this is not true. I cannot believe that anyone would think this is the right thing to do: Fort Lewis, which this month has suffered its worst losses of the war, will no longer conduct individual memorial ceremonies for soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.Instead, the post will hold

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TGIF!

It’s Friday!… Oh drat! I have to go home tomorrow………….sigh. Today, though was a great day and a good way to end some very nice days together for me and the S.O. No golf today. Instead we slept in, ate a leisurely breakfast and then spent the rest of the

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Grasping at straws……..

Implosion(v)-In golf, it is the act on Skippy’s part of shooting a 43 on the front nine, only to turn around and shoot a 54 on the back. It is also the act of the White House Press Secretary pulling this analogy out of his ass…………. Yea , that’s rich,

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Another day in the universe……

On Raisa, galactic vacationers are getting great massages from buxom women with 13 fingers and 3 breasts. Meanwhile on Vulcan, its hot and the Vulcans are still watching Earth for signs of intelligent life. So far they are finding none. As for here on Earth, lots going on-very little of

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