Far East Cynic

Happy St. Patricks Day!

On the road again and for some reason internet access in my hotel has been spotty. I’d blog-but it is St Patrick’s day.

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Thinking it all the way through…

When purchasing a new bike-make sure you think about the seat color:

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The conventional wisdom….

Is many times, actually correct. Phib had a post a couple of days ago, taking Newsweek to task for supposedly promoting defeat: I’m angry. Why angry? Because the media like Newsweek did everything it could to undermine our victory during the most difficult times mid-decade. They took every chance to

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I dig this woman…….

I am presuming this is Natalie Tran-and I have seen several of her videos recently on U-tube. ( What happens when you hit the “recently viewed” category on I-phone). Something about that pouty look and the Australian accent-just kind of does it for me. Now if you will excuse me-

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This may require checking with E@L

A new book about the Australian soldiers who participated in the occupation of Japan sounds quite interesting-and may also require a little fact checking with E@L: Local women were discouraged from taking up with the soldiers by authorities who “warned that if they consorted with the Australians, they would give

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So much for my opinion of myself….

At least I still respect myself in the morning………. I took me another one of those quizzes. I’m not sure how this result came up: Take the quiz yourself!

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Have a little faith…..

Stephen Walt explores how low the Cheney’s and those who support them have gone: When I got out of the shower this morning, my wife was waking up to NPR. Her first comment to me was this: “I never thought I would hear an NPR reporter say those words.” What

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