Far East Cynic

It's a great way of life!

This needs no further explanation.  

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More than meets the eye.

Busy, busy, busy! But not busy enough to notice that Gundam is at Odaiba in Tokyo:     P.S. when I first met the S.O-we had a couple of very romantic dates in Odaiba. On my dresser-snuggled in Pooh-san- is a picture of one of them. It keeps me from

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Subdued fourth…

Happy Fourth of July! Here at Far East Cynic HQ, its not so happy a fourth of July. Two reasons for that. First, we said goodbye to my friend and teacher of the ways of corporate America, Al. His funeral was yesterday. It was sad and it was joyous at

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Glad to see they are still in action……

The boys at Jib Jab that is. One of the biggest misconceptions held by the idiots who write drivel on the right, is that folks like me did not understand what they were getting when they voted for Barak Obama. Quite the contrary. Obama has a big list of faults

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Yes, it, can.

Can having US support be bad for a revolution? Apparently so.

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Blogging bleg…..

Help! My blog has fallen and it can’t get up. More specifically my WYSIWYG visual editor went bye-bye in the WordPress 2.8 upgrade. Any thoughts on how to fix?

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Supply side economics explained……

My Canadian counterpart-as he so often does- has captured in a few sentences, why Dr. Laffer is wrong: California is precisely why I distrust supply-side economics so much. While tax cuts may increase revenue in the short term that revenue almost never matches increases in spending. As a matter of

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Go Penguins!

Was going to post something of substance tonight. BUT…….. My sister showed up to visit. The Penguins just won the Stanley Cup. Time for heavy drinking. Pens 2 Red Wings 1. Is this a great country or what? P-I-T-T-S-B-U-R-G-H!

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Busy tonight.

Shredding and burning some very old records, trying to lighten the load around here. Shredded so much stuff the shredder overheated. And the Pens won. 2-1, and on to game seven. As a loyal Pittsburgh fan-you take what you can get.

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More Montreal……

Got back in one piece. Spent today doing the Shopping Mall shuffle. Which is really depressing when you consider that two weeks ago, I was viewing the city from an outstanding vantage point here: That’s St Joseph’s Oratory which is located just behind the crest of the peak that has

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