Far East Cynic

New Job Opportunity

What could possibly go wrong with this? The story of how Prince secretly plotted to transform the two aircraft for his arsenal of mercenary services is based on interviews with nearly a dozen people who have worked with Prince over the years, including current and former business partners, as well as

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Well that serves me right

I am back from the Whining States of America. In trying to write up a play by play of my time back on the other side of the Atlantic, I inadvertently screwed up my database. I could not get the site to load. And then, in the process of trying get

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An unintentional April Fool’s Joke

A traveling man is a happy man. Or should be anyway. Normally I would be happy to be on the road again-even if the trip is back to the Whining States of America. But not this time. Thanks to the machinations of the little psychopath, the meetings I am heading

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Just in under the wire

It is the end of March. The end of that oh so wonderful time of the year known as women’s history month. Long time readers know that I don’t like Women’s History month although I do like women a lot. There are a lot of past posts that you can read

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Where was Waldo?

Sorry for the lack of posts. I just got back from a nice weekend here. Where was I?

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We are all Israelis now…….

When I got to work this morning and heard the news about Brussels, I just cringed because I knew that on top of an unspeakable tragedy, the traditional merry-go-round of the  American blame game will begin yet again. First things first. A terrible thing happened in Belgium today. It IS terrible, horrifying, the

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Ignoring the real crime

I, like many people, subscribe to Navy Times. And, if you have been a follower of this blog for some time, you that I very upset with some of the news about the Navy, my Navy, that it reports. And in the latest edition to arrive in my mailbox, the news paper did

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News you can’t use

Yes, I was going to do a post today about getting good news outlets to you. But just as I was ready to start showing you how to be an informed news consumer, over in the fact free world that is Wingnuttia, this happened: Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields and editor-at-large Ben

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The Alps are always beautiful!

Was out of pocket this weekend on a skiing trip. The town of Garmish Partenkirchen is always beautiful with its mountain backdrop of the Austrian Alps. This was a fun trip although it seems my skiing skills have atrophied a great deal. This could be due to the mountain being

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Overcome by events

I was going to write a nice non-political post tonight. But tomorrow is Super Tuesday (AKA SEC Primary) and I thought I would remind all present of something they need to know: IF YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE STATES, GET OFF YOUR ASS AND VOTE! While I think it

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