Far East Cynic

In case you missed it.

The other day, Jon Stewart had a fascinating interview with Juan Williams. While I think Stewart was too dismissive of the corrosive effects of associating yourself with an organization that is as polarizing as Fox News- he is right on the mark about the sad state of the blogosphere these

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All our problems are solved.

With this new program. (H/T to the Daily Beast) Social Security Reform Bill Encourages Americans To Live Faster, Die Younger

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Sports note.

The Pirates are in first place-and its not the begining of the season. Go BUCS!

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Hiatus

I’m going to take a break for a while and clear my head. I’ll be not blogging for about a week or so. I am mentally tired and need a break. And to put it frankly I am too depressed right now to think straight.

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I’m sure those black T-shirts will fix it.

This is unbelievable. In a slap at the fading and officially out-of-favor tradition of racy, sarcastic and irreverent aviation call signs, a just-retired Navy fighter squadron commanding officer was censured by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus Wednesday for failing to halt and subsequently condoning the hazing of a junior officer at

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The hard numbers…

And how we got to this point. With the markets getting ready to implode it is probably worth a quick review. Fortunately the New York Times has done the math for us: Despite what antigovernment conservatives say, non-defense discretionary spending on areas like foreign aid, education and food safety was

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Going too far

It has been noted by some-that I may have gone too far in my anger against our evil members of Congress. That is probably a legitimate beef. I am very angry about the debt ceiling debate. The GOP’s position is completely unreasonable. They are more concerned about appeasing a group

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Out and about in the park.

I get to go home tomorrow! It is only for a about a fortnight or so-and then I will be right back here in Bucharest. I got up early-went to breakfast-then came back and went back to bed. Somehow I think I should not have bothered to get up. But

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The folly of the GOP

James Fallows makes a great point-its time to put the blame where it belongs. On the spoiled children of the GOP who would rather take the economy down than do the right thing. It may be time for President Obama to give a “This is bullshit” speech about the debt-ceiling

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