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Domestic Drama…..

I went to work out last night while the S.O. went out shopping. I had left her a request for when she went out. So imagine my suprise when she got back: If you want things done right…….do them yourself! Subscribe in a reader

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Well I guess this means I won't be getting my monthly edition…

Of Swank Magazine that is…… Seems the United States of America reserves the right to search my mail: President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans’ mail without a judge’s warrant, the Daily News has learned. The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal

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Well I guess this means I won’t be getting my monthly edition…

Of Swank Magazine that is…… Seems the United States of America reserves the right to search my mail: President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans’ mail without a judge’s warrant, the Daily News has learned. The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal

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A couple of stories you may have missed………

With all the coverage of the events of the last few days, there are a couple of events that you may not have noticed. 1. Before the President jumps off the high dive into the American Enterprise Institute’s half assed filled pool, you might be interested in taking a look

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Fun while it lasted………..

All down hill from here! I hate the week after new years. You get spoiled by all the time off during the holidays and then when it comes time to actually get back to work-the motivation just doesn’t seem to be there. Plus even when you are at work during

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Happy New Year!

Don’t ever meet one of these in a bar! Well, midnight (in both hemispheres)has come and gone. I saw 2007 in the same way I did 2006, drunk and enjoying every minute of being so. For you “Carry Nation’s” or Kris Belland’s (who is still a worthless piece of excrement

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New Years Eve

It is New Years eve. The S.O. has been driving me nuts today with having to clean house, which is a Japanese tradition. The cleaning is called Susuharai, or soot-sweeping. Both inside and outside the house, the stains, physical and spiritual, of the past year are rubbed out in order

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What if?

Saddam is dead. I’m guess I am supposed to be excited and, like Sean Hannity, slobbering all over myself with glee. After all, I participated in the first war against him. But I’m not. War crimes convictions have always struck me as victor’s justice-the bringing of the cycle of violence

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The beer year in recap…………

Friday…last one in 2006. Time for Beer and Babes! The end of the year is always the time for top ten lists. Here at Far East Cynic headquarters we do the same…all the while providing you with 10 hot babes to end the year with. So lets look at the

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So what happens to the carrier naming debate now?

Probably not the best time to ask this, but I wonder if this weeks events will mean that the name America, will not get a fair shake with Secretary Winter? Subscribe in a reader

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