Far East Cynic

Last night, one of the greatest figures of the 20th century passed on. Whether you are Catholic or not, its hard not have anything but the deepest respect for the man. God keep him and give him peace. . Karol Wojtyla was an unexpected choice for pope when he was

I’ve been following the exploits of Expat at Large as he visited Phuket. A far better writer than your humble scribe here, he has an animated discussion going about the trials and tribulations of getting involved with bar girls. Expat at Large is not doing it, (he’s smarter than that),

The coming crackdown on blogs in the US.Be afraid…be very afraid…… I don’t normally read Michelle Makin, except when I get one of those loony right wing e-mails from one of my buddies and it usually has her picture and a quote from one of her articles. ( She’s like

Holy freaking evil empire Batman! Can it be, the great leader, Kim Jong Il can’t keep the masses in line? I was watching NHK tonight and they had detailed coverage of the football ( soccer to us Americans) match between N. Korea and Iran last night held in Pyongyang. Seems

Wow, this month has really flown by. Just got done getting my trip to Hong Kong set up for next month. Amazingly I could get cheap airfare, but what the F*&^ is going on with hotel prices in Hong Kong the last week of April? Obscene is an understatement. Something

“Dictators of the right and the left fear the political cartoonist more than they do the atomic bomb. No totalitarian government can afford to be ridiculed” -Art Buchwald- I received an e-mail from a friend in the States that I had not heard from in a long time. We exchanged

Scandals, Scandals and more Scandals. Every time one turns around, turns on the TV or reads the newspaper there are still more of them. Here’s some recent examples of buffoonry: Japan– A Japanese economist found guilty of peeking up a schoolgirl skirt with a mirror was ordered to forfeit it

Went with Harumi on St. Patricks day to hear an American-Irish band called Innisfree at one of the clubs. I was so shocked that she suggested going, I nearly fell over in my chair! After all, this is the woman who lied to me about being a party girl, and

There should be dancing in the halls of the Pentagon today. Paul, “We’ll invade any ol’ country we want to” Wolfowitz is on his way out. Of course the fact that he’s going over to the World Bank and will be able to help screw up the whole world economy