Far East Cynic

Oh, somewhere adjacent to the fragrant harbor the neon lights are shining bright. The bands are playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light.And, somewhere men are laughing,and perky little women in tight pants shout,but there is no joy in Mudville– mighty Skippy has struck out. Probably for the best as

As predicted, by Madame Chiang for something like the 15th year in a row the Hajj has had a tragedy. Muslims are consistent…………which in this case is not necessarily a good thing. Subscribe in a reader

Short post because I am tired and pissed off. After I left work yesterday at 8 PM!!!! ( Sorry, overtime is not in my agenda anymore…..), brain fried after looking over transport data and also the backgrounds of the useless idiots I am going out to kill train, I was

Is suckful even a word? I read it in blog which described 2005 as a suckful kind of year. I agree , but for me 2006 is starting off on a “suckful” note. The S.O. was sick Saturday. As in sick as a dog sick. I was so concerned about

I came across this when I booted up my computer this evening. The shallow and unremitting reader will tell me that Michael Yon prints this thing all the time and I should be reading that. Well I have a news flash for all of you, I do. But there’s more

This would be funny if it were not true. What I especially love about it is that the women get to drive the train here instead of common sense and “the reasonable man” theory. Read here for the full and amazing story. The U.S. Naval Academy has ordered a court-martial

Yea Riiighttt!!!! Madame Chiang shows us that just the opposite is true, even among an environment of “believers”: …it seems that each Hajj season there is something that will go drastically wrong and lives will be lost…this year is obviously not going to be the exception to the rule. Read

Came across this Letter to the Editor in Stars and Stripes today. Probably as good a summary about Iraq that I can find, and far better than what has been with the talking heads ( or some blogs…) lately: Personally, I hate this country. I hated it the first time

From the Japan Times online: The United States agreed to transfer the suspect, William O. Reese, 21,after the Kanagawa Prefectural Police obtained a warrant for his arrest. According to police sources, Reese admitted to Japanese police Friday to killing Yoshie Sato, 56, on Tuesday. The sailor had been held at