Far East Cynic

Don’t have time to read the book?

Then read the book title! This web site outlines the plot in 30 quick seconds by adjusting the book title. For those of you are book fans like me, you should spend some time looking through the archives. Some examples: And I am sure Mrs. Bowman would hate me for

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I am the something percent……

I continue to marvel at the pettiness of the critics of Occupy Wall Street and their inability to understand underlying reasons why these demonstrations are happening at all. Most of the criticism of the Occupy Wall Street crowd stays away from that key point. Instead it fixates on their hygiene ( which

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Oh take a letter, Maria,

Address it to Bank of America and Goldman Sachs. Its just a short, pretty cogent explanation as to why a significant number of people in America want you to die: Eleven million dollars?  What the hell world are you inhabiting?  Eleven million dollars for two departing executives because things didn’t

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The clock is ticking….

Ticking down to liberation day. A countdown made more difficult, because the S.O picked Friday to get in a minor fender bender ( in the BMW no less!), which yours truly is now having to solve and get fixed. One of these days Alice……. One of these days.

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The irony, of course, is lost on them.

I love the fact that conservative supporters of the selfish, fat, ignorant, pigs teabaggers are up in arms because literally thousands of their fellow citizens exercised the same right claimed by the selfish, fat, ignorant, pigs teabaggers to assemble peaceably to express their displeasure with the government’s obsession with rewarding

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How stupid is this?

Pretty stupid if you ask me. There are certainly ways to save money without resorting to this: Under heavy pressure to find real cuts, Navy officials are seriously considering decommissioning a nuclear aircraft carrier halfway through its planned lifespan, two Pentagon sources said. George Washington’s three-year-long refueling overhaul, scheduled to

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Feeling naked.

Jaime Escalante: You only see the turn, you don’t see the road ahead.(From the movie-Stand and Deliver). That quote is racing around my head these last few days, repeatedly. I am remembering the graphically the scene in the movie where Escalante and one of his students are at a “Y”

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Another really good deal.

As an extra added bonus-after completing a 4-5 year sea tour, the Navy will send some of you to an IA in  ( pick the hell hole of your choice): The Navy announced this week that more than 60,000 sailors will be required to spend more time on sea duty.

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