Far East Cynic

Stephen Colbert agrees with Lex about the F-14

Seems that Stephen Colbert has a similar opinion to Lex about the Tomcat: Where’s the tanker? Subscribe in a reader

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This is why

People should be able to visit 4FoW…………… Certainly it has less complications than this. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Guess it all comes back to advice an old mentor gave me once: “Boys, there are plenty of fish in the river. That’s why you never, ever, sleep

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Comms restored….

I can surf porn blog again! I mean really blog not just quick posts from the library…………. Turns out the ISP had done maintenance that had reduced the signal strenght to where we live. So much so that the modem could not pick up a signal. The repairman did something

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Not the brightest bulb in the lamp…..

Hi. This is Michelle Manhart. She will be unemployed soon. She is the USAF Staff Sergeant who posed in Playboy-then went on TV and said she did not think anything would happen for it. You can check out her resume here and here and here. ( for research purposes only,

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I’m not so sure they thought this through……

“Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter announced today the selection of USS Gerald R. Ford as the name of the first aircraft carrier in what will be the Gerald R. Ford class of carriers.” Ford class of carriers? Oh boy….. I can hear the jokes now: Buy a Ford

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I'm not so sure they thought this through……

“Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter announced today the selection of USS Gerald R. Ford as the name of the first aircraft carrier in what will be the Gerald R. Ford class of carriers.” Ford class of carriers? Oh boy….. I can hear the jokes now: Buy a Ford

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A couple of good reads…….

First, for the men out there, one should know the facts about your best friend. After that bit of enlightment, I think you should read Juan Cole’s analysis of why the Sunnis will still play the role of angry mother in law. Its enlightening in what is says about the

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The train wreck……….

The one that is coming to an armed service near and dear to you. I have tried and tried to come up with some coherent line of thought about the Presidents speech-I can’t. To tell the truth, I don’t think he can either. All he knows that in his mind,

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So what happens to the carrier naming debate now?

Probably not the best time to ask this, but I wonder if this weeks events will mean that the name America, will not get a fair shake with Secretary Winter? Subscribe in a reader

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How’s my driving?

For at least one Japanese submarine captain, not so good apparently: So I guess this means a promotion is out of the question? This picture was on the front page of the Asahi Shimbun today. Read the story here. Oops! Subscribe in a reader

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