Far East Cynic

Operating undercover

Agent Skippy here-on his pursuit of his own interests service. Spending the weekend in one of my favorite locations checking out the scenery. Posting will be light today and tomorrow. I have noted with interest the fact that Imus’s firing is big news, but only overseas does it seem Paul

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Your reward for a job well done……..

Is more punishment. That’s the message Secretary of Defense Gates sent to serving Soldiers in the Army on Wednesday. WASHINGTON – Beginning immediately, all active-duty Army soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan will serve 15-month tours — three months longer than the usual standard, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.It was

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Constitutional confusion

According to the news the President is thinking about appointing a “War Czar” to supervise the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan………..evidently 3 retired 4 stars were approached about taking this thankless job and all of them said no. I wonder why?……….. Call me silly, but isn’t that the job of

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Through the looking glass……………

I should not do it. I should just keep quiet and let Al Sharpton have his way making Don Imus feel scared. I should stand up and like all the guests on the Today Show this day, I should feign outrage, because Don Imus provided exactly the product he is

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Men of Yamato

Last night was Easter, but unless you have cable you would not know it from watching the TV over here. Only by watching American news did I know it was the holiest day of the Christian calendar. The TV watching was OK though because they ran the TV debut of

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One way to improve ratings………

Fox Noise Network ought to take a look at this……… After all if there is a long skirt in the ladies dressing room, I’ve never seen it. (Click on the picture, it solves the puzzle…..) Is the guy gazing or not? We report, you decide! H/T Japundit! Subscribe in a

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Just a walk in the park…….

For Ishihara-san today-he won the Tokyo Governor’s election! And it was a nice stroll in the garden for the S.O.and I yesterday, getting our last chance to look at the Cherry Blossoms amid the beauty that is Sankeien (???). Click on the images to see them much better! Sankeien is

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That’s his story and he is sticking to it!

This is going to be a novel line of defense: Top-secret data on Aegis destroyers obtained by a Maritime Self-Defense Force petty officer 2nd class were found to have been obtained after he copied obscene images to his hard disk from a colleague’s computer, without knowing the information contained the

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That's his story and he is sticking to it!

This is going to be a novel line of defense: Top-secret data on Aegis destroyers obtained by a Maritime Self-Defense Force petty officer 2nd class were found to have been obtained after he copied obscene images to his hard disk from a colleague’s computer, without knowing the information contained the

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Indulge met a bit

For waiting till tomorrow to talk about the great day I had today. The S.O. and I decided to take advantage of what was the last possible day to see cherry blossoms. So we went to Sankeien in Yokohama. Am I glad we did! Travelogue to follow. For now though,

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