Far East Cynic

A medieval solution

If God is indeed just, there is a special place in hell reserved for Grover Norquist and his philosophy of “drowning government in a bathtub”. Unfortunately, we know the divine entity plays favorites, so Norquist probably got rich selling stocks weeks ago as some of his Congressional friends did. For

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No longer relevant

Meaning it really does not matter that the COVID-19 virus started in China. Sure it makes MAGA hacks feel better thinking that blaming China will change the net effects of Nero’s Trump’s fiddling while the rest of the world burned. Blame China all you want. Post memes saying China Lied,

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Where was Waldo? He was always here, just unbelieving of what was happening.

So, by my count, it has been well over 5 months since I posted here. There are a multitude of reasons for it, few of them good, but they were consumers of my time. It has been a busy five months as I was engrossed in a project as well

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Behind the facade

During a recent conversation with a former squadron mate, the talk turned to the dismal state of American politics. He is of the conservative bent, but not of the wild-eyed MAGA hat variety. He made the assertion that Trump is an aberration, a unique creation of the times and the

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A bright spot in an otherwise miserable year.

I have just returned from the sacred pilgrimage to the “Holy City” and my Alma Mater. The weekend was awesome and I also spent some time in the “Burgh” before heading south. Got to see my son. Unfortunately, this worthless SOB seemed to be following me around. On Wednesday 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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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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The hiatus has to end.

And I am back. And now on the other side of the world, living in a new place – back in the Pacific- and galavanting across multiple time zones every month. I loved my time in Europe, but the clock of age stops for no one -and eventually for everyone

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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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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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