Far East Cynic

Freight train coming through

 Whenever a man hears these words: The star of TLC’s "Jon & Kate Plus 8" filed for a no-fault divorce Monday inMonday in Montgomery County Court in Pennsylvania. She says in papers that she’s willing to "negotiate a fair and reasonable" settlement with her husband of 10 years.    Fair

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End of an era

Alas, you can no longer buy Kodachrome:   Eastman Kodak Co. announced Monday that it’s bidding farewell to Kodachrome, its oldest and the first commercially successful film. At first, it seemed like another moment to engage in brief, Pavlovian nostalgia of the rotary telephone or monophonic record album sort.   There were pro

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Recommendations

  Anybody- got any for a good Digital SLR camera? I’ve got the bug to get one.   Nikon or Canon? What say you?

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Chump change

With all the money the Navy is blowing on F-18’s and F-35’s and LCS’s  these days-they could buy the whole E-2 fleet a couple of times over: The E-2D Hawkeye is over budget, but the Navy needs it anyway, defense officials told Congress this month. Since 2003, the E-2D program’s

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Revisiting my Iranian experience…..

Back in 2006 I posted this review of Seymour Hersh’s latest expose. Given the events that are going on in Iran today- I thought it might be worth a look see again.-Skippy-san   Well, this time safely ensconced in Word, I will try to do another Iranian post. If reading Seymour

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Don' t just take my word about Iran……

  Listen to what Mr. Will has to say. Great minds think alike:   Sometimes its just better to ride the wave. As Mr. Paul points out-what about these guys?

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Don’ t just take my word about Iran……

  Listen to what Mr. Will has to say. Great minds think alike:   Sometimes its just better to ride the wave. As Mr. Paul points out-what about these guys?

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I'll buzz in on that one, Alex.

 "I’ll take stupid neocon fantasies for 400, Alex." "Ok, Skippy: The answer is: "one of the reasons there is a substantial reform movement in Iran — particularly among its young people — is because of George W. Bush’s tough policies." " What is one of the biggest lies Ari Flesicher

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I’ll buzz in on that one, Alex.

 "I’ll take stupid neocon fantasies for 400, Alex." "Ok, Skippy: The answer is: "one of the reasons there is a substantial reform movement in Iran — particularly among its young people — is because of George W. Bush’s tough policies." " What is one of the biggest lies Ari Flesicher

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