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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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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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Here is another trip down memory lane -remembering when The Citadel was proud to be a liberal arts military college. “Larry Moreland was short, slight and had a dry wit. But he made the American Constitution — and those people who interpret that document — fascinating. In fact, he made the
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The S.O. and I spent a nice holiday weekend away from the grind. In a week I will begin the pilgrimage listed in the last post. These reunions are more than just a chance to eat and drink too much, they are also a spiritual event with (for me anyway)
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The days are counting down until I board the plane to make the 5 year equivalent of the Haj and make the pilgrimage back to my alma mater. Over the next two weeks, I intend to post some of my previous Citadel related posts in the hope of doing honor
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Eight years ago, I wrote a series of posts regarding the Navy’s imbalance in its flag officer community. The problem then, as it is now, is that the Navy has too many flag officers. It has more flag officers than it has ships. I pointed out then that the issue
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It’s been an amazing weekend, mostly not in a good way. For one thing, the S.O. has now discovered that just about all of her expensive perfumes had been stolen by our packers in Germany. She swears and maintains that she has been in every box and they are not
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Here at Far East Cynic HQ, we have made no secret of the fact that we loathe Donald Trump with the heat of supernova and wish him nothing but ill will. I’ve been writing about how dangerous he is since the day he and the mail order bride wife came
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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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To buy a new Amazon Echo. I wonder if it calls you a mother f*cker too? Alexa is about to get real Samuel L. Jackson.Amazon will introduce Jackson as the first celebrity voice for its Alexa virtual assistant later this year, the company said Wednesday.For 99 cents, you can hear the Hollywood
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