Far East Cynic

It is not about politics anymore and you should not pretend it is.

Here at Far East Cynic HQ, we have made no secret of the fact that we loathe Donald Trump with the heat of supernova and wish him nothing but ill will. I’ve been writing about how dangerous he is since the day he and the mail order bride wife came

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Could not have said it better myself.

As I mentioned yesterday, I have found the current set of depradations of the Orange threat to the Constitution to be exceedingly depressing. Even more depressing from my standpoint and an issue I will have to face personally next month are those individuals who have abandoned all claims to being

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Economic lies and the liars who tell them.

Over at the Atlantic Magazine, they published a great article detailing the latest bit of economic larceny that is being inflicted on the average consumer and stockholder. Written by a guy named Jerry Useem it chronicles the ways that companies used their windfall from the 2017 tax cut bill to

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Short-sighted folks

I could not help observing during the visit of the Orange Monster to the mother country, how a certain segment of the American population is so blind to the realities of the world that was created in the wake of World War II. And I am talking specifically of that

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The warning signs are evident.

Walter Schaub was the director of the United States Office of Government Ethics from 2013 -2017. Watching how Trump adminstration officials were playing fast and loose with government ethics rules, he quit because he knew that he could not do his job the way it should be done. Since then

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Through the looking glass….

“Keep your arms inside the vehicle at all times. The ride is going to get rocky from here on out.” – Robert Mueller, bus driver. Robert Mueller still has faith in the Constitutional process in America. He may be the last man in America to do so. Certainly Mitch McConnell

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Not a design flaw, but blatant misuse.

The other day, I had to the misfortune to read on another corner of the interwebs, the following bit of incredible stupidity. Referring to this article, describing Trump’s blatant abuse of executive power by claiming Executive Privilege on the entire Mueller report, the asshole in question had this to say:

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The week that was……

Or why this may be the last Christmas. I have not been writing a lot I know. It is because of two reasons: 1) I have been back and forth to Israel a couple of times this month and 2) I have been watching in abject horror at the actions

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Descent into darkness – Part II

In my life I have seen or known of 12 Presidents. For a good deal of that time I was a reliable Republican voter. That is until George W. Bush came to office and let loose the worst instincts of the party , starting a foolish war in Iraq, a

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This is as close to a mission statement that I can find.

I apologize for the lack of posts. I have been living out of a suitcase for the last 6 days and had to take delivery of a new CPAP machine before that. Starting this week I intend to resume my series on America’s descent into darkness. But for tonight I

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