Far East Cynic

25 Things I Would Fix About This Country If I Had the Power to Do So

And that would just be the start Without a doubt, one of the most frustrating things about living in this demented timeline is the knowledge that there are many straightforward solutions to our American “problems” that we refuse to implement. We do not do so not because they will not

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Refusing to play the tape to the end.

Supporting Elon Musk’s illegal and treasonous efforts will not help you in the end. Without a doubt, the most amazing thing I have witnessed in the last month is the abject stupidity of a heck of a lot of American citizens. These are people who claim to love America but

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The process matters.

Those Americans who think the ends justify the means are just as guilty of crimes against the Constitution as Elon Musk is. Warning notice! Profanity and an angry tone follows…… I have had it with my fellow Americans, who display a fundamental ignorance of how their government and, more importantly,

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Jared Kushner is an idiot.

For someone who graduated from Harvard, he needs to relearn his history. I lived and worked in Germany and Israel for a good deal of time from 2011 to 2020. I’m very familiar with the history of Palestine from biblical times through our current era. So, like many others, I

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Who will obey the orders?

And why would they casually disregard a sacred oath? One of the biggest lies too many Americans are telling themselves these days is that “our institutions will protect us” if Donald Trump is reinstalled as the most powerful man in the world. It would be laughable if the consequences were

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I’ve more than earned the right to feel the rage that I feel.

Without a doubt, the last few months have been depressing, to say the least. First came the Delta resurgence, which hit many places – even ones that were here to fore considered “safe.” Then, it was made worse in states like Florida and Texas, where their governments just turned a

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20 years.

Over the past 10 years, I have increasingly come to dread the arrival of September 11th. It is the day the United States will remember a terrible criminal act in its history. 2977 people died that day from a brazen terror attack pulled off by 19 terrorists, mostly of Saudi

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The grieving process is continuing….and the only proper response to our Red Hat wearing citizens.

It has been well over 7 weeks since I have had the will to put my hand to keyboard and write anything of significance. Sure, I’ve been attacking the usual idiots on Twitter and also been observing the closet fascists from my alma mater trying to wreak their havoc, but

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One thing I absolutely do not regret.

I am approaching what could best be described as the contemplative stage of life. Savoring the adventures and the victories, dryly musing about the things I should have done differently – or should not have done at all. Regrets? I have a few. However, I will never regret wire brushing

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The price is not right.

It’s Golden Week in Japan. That succession of holidays strung together designed to encourage Japanese citizens to go somewhere and spend some of their hard-earned yen. In Japan, May 1st is not a holiday, but many people take it off, and to the rest of the civilized world is Labor

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