Far East Cynic

Once again……

The Hong Kong Sevens are underway. And I’m not there. One of these days………. Sigh.

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And they complain about a lousy teleprompter……

Obviously, the Sermon on the Mount is not one of the main topics of discussion in certain church in Wasilla: “So I’m looking around for somebody to pray with, I just need maybe a little help, maybe a little extra,” said Palin. “And the McCain campaign, love ’em, you know,

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End of the line………

The tight economy even hits the world’s oldest entrepreneurs: Tomorrow, Friday, around 6 AM, when the bartender announces last call at Fenwick, it really will be last call, as the bar will close for good, unless they win an appeal with the liquor licensing authority, which refused to renew their

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Sick…….

I was sick as a dog yesterday. Woke up about 3:30 am and began a rotating cycle between my bed and a room with porcelain fixtures in it. By the time the alarm went off I knew going to work was out of the question-unless I could drag the porcelain

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I can't follow basketball…….

However,  I can get excited about the World Baseball Classic. For two reasons actually. One, the International Baseball Federation is headed by a Citadel grad: Dr. Harvey Schiller is trying to turn one of the greatest double plays in baseball history.  As president of the International Baseball Federation, the Citadel

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I can’t follow basketball…….

However,  I can get excited about the World Baseball Classic. For two reasons actually. One, the International Baseball Federation is headed by a Citadel grad: Dr. Harvey Schiller is trying to turn one of the greatest double plays in baseball history.  As president of the International Baseball Federation, the Citadel

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I'll give you something to get mad about.

Warning notice! Unhinged rant follows. Profanity alert! I’ve watched the uproar concerning the decision by outgoing SECNAV Winter to give an award with some interest. The flurry of activity on the blogosphere and e-mail lists has been unusual, to say the least. Why Winter felt compelled to give an award

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I’ll give you something to get mad about.

Warning notice! Unhinged rant follows. Profanity alert! I’ve watched the uproar concerning the decision by outgoing SECNAV Winter to give an award with some interest. The flurry of activity on the blogosphere and on e-mail lists has been interesting to say the least. Why Winter felt compelled  to give an

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Friday stuff

Lovingly stolen from John Cole because its so true: “The best way to understand the financial crisis is to understand the meltdown at AIG. AIG is what happens when short, bald managers of otherwise boring financial bureaucracies start seeing Brad Pitt in the mirror. This is a company that built

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