Far East Cynic

Are you guys happy now?

Well,  DADT has been repealed.  As I noted previously this was inevitable, if  not now, then at sometime in the future. So can we please now tell Andrew Sullivan to STFU about it? The fact that I have to resignedly accept this development-does not mean that I like it. I

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Trying to understand the foolishness- Part 1. The reading list.

”I don’t remember ever seeing grown-ups behave less seriously.” There was no need for this offense to come, but woe all the same to those by whom it came, and woe above all to those who whitewashed and rationalized it.-Christopher Hitchens. Its been a weird week. I’ve been wanting to

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Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.

But falling asleep on the couch at 8:30 makes for light blogging. TGIF!

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They’ll oppose anything…

WWJD ? The party of no will be happy to tell you-and before any one goes high and right on the idea that it is sacrilegious-recognize it for the satire of the views of our tri-corner hat wearing friends that it is.  They have already said plenty of equally silly

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Creating a monster.

I have been conducting FACEBOOK repair on the S.O’s I- phone tonight. Have also had to hold remedial I tunes training. This has killed my carefully prepared posting. This is going to keep her at the computer and me away from it…………… Thank God for the I-pad.

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TLDR

This is a bit of FACEBOOK snark that means ” Too long did not read” It is meant to show disdain for an opposing point of view. In reality it translates into -” I’m too lazy to read the entirety of what you said, but I still want to say

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Quote of the day.

From the comment stream over at Balloon-Juice. Sad , but a very correct characterization of the disaster that would be Saint Sarah as President: If you thought Nixon’s enemies list was impressive, wait till Palin is President. It’ll be a whole stimulus program in itself – database administrators, programmers, advanced

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Heading home……

And the weather is bearing down on the probable place my plane is coming from. This ought to be interesting. Time for a beer! Here is a trivia question for you though : Why do pigs have more fun during sex than humans? Place your answer in the comments.

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