Far East Cynic

Out and about at the old homestead.

Some people say they love New York. Not me. My three favorite cities are all in Asia: Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. Sadly, Hong Kong is being slowly destroyed by Carrie Lam and Xi Jin Shit for Brains. But as I proved this month – Tokyo survives! And it’s still

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Your mileage may vary…….

Today is June 23, the 42nd anniversary of the day I made the biggest mistake of my life, getting married only 6 weeks out of college. The intervening years have amplified how big a mistake that was and how much better it would have been if I had spent my

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Be careful what you wish for….

For you may surely get it. This morning, on my way into work, I heard a story on NPR about the Congressional effort by Kirsten Gillibrand to pass legislation to take the power of prosecuting sexual assault cases in the military out of the hands of Court Martial Convening authorities

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She still has the ring. It still does not mean a thing.

So. It’s 2020 and another election cycle. That means it’s time once again to comment on yet another Nancy Mace political campaign. It’s now been ten years that she has been either running for office or scheming to run for office, and she still has placed herself on the side

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There can be no redemption for this.

A worthless man, you know very little about, achieved his long-stated goal of destroying the United States tonight. That man is Leonard Leo, former head of the Federalist Society: Leonard Leo is on the brink of achieving the goal he has been working toward for decades: a lasting conservative supermajority on the

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Speaking of paying money to unqualified people.

Daddy’s little fantasy princess needs to get out more. Hey Ivanka, didn’t anyone tell you the Stormtroopers are the bad guys?

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In trying to do good, they just do more harm.

As promised, I am taking this opportunity to offer my thoughts on some provisions of the 2014 Defense Bill that should make anyone with any military experience at all, just a little bit nervous. ( If not downright upset.) First the good parts ( I guess). The bill revamps the

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Marriage re-booted

Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, has a post up on his blog that postulates something I have believed for a long time. Marriage is no longer a relevant institution and needs to be re-vamped or done away with. He does not come out specifically state what I believe-namely that

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Harassment Hysteria

I'd like to put in another plug for ROK Drop if I may. It is probably the only military blog trying to drag some sense into the discussion about the supposed "problems with the military culture" ( which was just fine until feminists came along and decided to fuck it

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So let me get this straight…..

The Secretary of State wants to unwind a bit swigging some beer in a Columbian hot spot. And that's OK.   But a hard working member of the military or a Secret Service Agent wants to drink  a few beers and slice off a nice guilt free piece of Columbian

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