Far East Cynic

Can’t say as I disagree

Lexington finds some really lazy Americans. School Students: American children have it easier than most other children in the world, including the supposedly lazy Europeans. They have one of the shortest school years anywhere, a mere 180 days compared with an average of 195 for OECD countries and more than

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Can't say as I disagree

Lexington finds some really lazy Americans. School Students: American children have it easier than most other children in the world, including the supposedly lazy Europeans. They have one of the shortest school years anywhere, a mere 180 days compared with an average of 195 for OECD countries and more than

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This is interesting…..

Its not often I quote Fox News-since they forment a lot of the ill will in the country these days-but this is worth listening to:

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Its all fun and games….

Till some state trooper decides to track down his cheating ex-wife: Wisconsin police can attach GPS to cars to secretly track anybody’s movements without obtaining search warrants, an appeals court ruled Thursday. However, the District 4 Court of Appeals said it was “more than a little troubled” by that conclusion

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This deserves a long reply………

Because some things need context and explanation and its better to do it over here-than to try to explain it over there. To some degree all the upset over having a photo exercise with Air Force One over the New York City is manufactured outrage-on both sides of the political

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Takyuu

Is the word for Ping Pong in Japanese. The S.O. and I have been talking about getting a Ping Pong table ever since we went to Tapoco Lodge last summer. We had looked through catalogs and at the local sports stores and also at Sears. For the kind of table

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This ought to be fun to watch….

You are popular with most of the country, but 30% thinks you are the spawn of Satan himself. You are trying to drag an economy out of recession-but the economy and Wall Street in particular just don’t want to cooperate. You’ve got two wars underway-and some very noisy people among

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It’s the end of the world as we know it……….

When I agree with Glenn Reynolds: RADLEY BALKO: Putting MADD in Charge of America’s Highways. “With Hurley in charge, MADD’s goals will become NHTSA’s goals. That’s troubling because at heart, MADD is an activist organization. The groups once-admirable goal of raising public awareness about drunk driving has over the last

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It's the end of the world as we know it……….

When I agree with Glenn Reynolds: RADLEY BALKO: Putting MADD in Charge of America’s Highways. “With Hurley in charge, MADD’s goals will become NHTSA’s goals. That’s troubling because at heart, MADD is an activist organization. The groups once-admirable goal of raising public awareness about drunk driving has over the last

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Happy Easter……..

Easter Sunday-and as it should be, its a beautiful day here in Shopping Mall USA. Across the globe-where I aspire to be- the sun has already set on this holiest day in the Christian calendar.If Filipina maids who are driven by poverty to wage slavery in Hong Kong can go

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