Far East Cynic

Busy tonight.

Shredding and burning some very old records, trying to lighten the load around here. Shredded so much stuff the shredder overheated. And the Pens won. 2-1, and on to game seven. As a loyal Pittsburgh fan-you take what you can get.

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And while we are talking about David Carradine…..

Spike reminds us that the fat lady has not tuned up yet. Which also is a good reminder that he’s not the only person who did this: Initially, it was the sad death of a 72-year-old. Then it was a suicide. Then there was a rope found around his genitals.

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Really depressing numbers…….

And no-I’m not talking about the latest unemployment numbers. Then again maybe I am-how certain segments of the male population in America are being underemployed-literally: Married men and women, on average, have sex with their spouse 58 times a year, a little more than once a week, according to data

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More Montreal……

Got back in one piece. Spent today doing the Shopping Mall shuffle. Which is really depressing when you consider that two weeks ago, I was viewing the city from an outstanding vantage point here: That’s St Joseph’s Oratory which is located just behind the crest of the peak that has

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Understanding the context

And remembering who the soldiers on the beaches of D-Day died for. They died for me and you. TEN THINGS EVERY AMERICAN STUDENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT OUR ARMY IN WWII by Rick Atkinson May 2009 Rick Atkinson is author of The Army and Dawn and The Day of Battle, and

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Point noted

Talk about irony. David Carradine offs himself in the one city that one never needs to do the Onan thing in. E@L has correctly assessed this one.  Like Carradine couldn’t score something better than the dopamine rush of an anoxic jerk-off in the cupboard – and how ironic? He pulls himself

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Airport Shuffle

Heading home today. As is somehow typical for me the weather only turned nice on the last day of the trip. It is however June 6-and the 65th anniversary of D-day:

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The Cairo speech……..

It will be interesting to watch the chattering class over the next couple of days as the reactions, both positive and negative, flow into Obama’s speech. I did not get to see the whole thing-there was no way I was getting up at 4 am. I have seen clips repeatedly

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No matter how many….

Treasury bonds they buy. Or no matter how many cheap goods they make for Walmart. Or how “flat” Thomas Friedman thinks the world is. At the end of the day-they are still Commie bastards. H/T to E @ L

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Memo to Mr. Beck…..

Today at the training I am particpating in-I walked out into the lobby so as to be re-united with my cell phone. On the TV was a worthless douchebag Glenn Beck talking to some cherry picked guest about how America was become the Western Hemisphere’s version of the Soviet Union. 

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