Far East Cynic

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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Asking the wrong question…..

Lex and others have taken a great deal of pride in flashing this picture around-and then with a certain amount of snarkiness proclaiming how great it was under George W. Bush. Sad to see how short peoples memories really are:   Let’s just say for argument’s sake-Barak Obama is really the

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A couple of points about the Academy Awards.

1) The show is too long-especially since the S.O. has to watch the “runway stuff”. 2) Speaking of the runway-no one ever obsesses over the tuxes the guys wear. Reason 456 why it’s great to be a guy. Then again-most actors at the awards don’t have a great rack to

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