Let me tell you a story about a man named Tom.
Who as we noted here at Far East Cynic HQ , last year, would be Sen Tom Cotton (douche bag-AR)-a worthless man, the freshman Senator from Arkansas, who seems not to have a very good understanding of...
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More from Kotor
Which is in Montenegro if you did not know. Kotor calls it self the City of Cats It's a beautiful place and the drive down the Coast Road in Croatia is beautiful too!
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It is not always black and white. Mostly its complex and gray.
Jeffrey Goldberg ( the good Goldberg in contrast to the evil Jonah) makes a point that needs to be remembered: This needs to be reiterated: Orlando massacre can be about Islamism, access to guns,...
View ArticleVichy Republicans
Is my new favorite put down for those members of the GOP who can't seem to find where they left their moral compass……… Drowned out in the cacophony of tragedy this weekend, was a very well delivered...
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Let’s talk about sex instead.
Because we cannot talk about politics at work, ever. Here is what happens when a co-worker tries to talk about politics with me . Rule #1: I am always right in a political argument. Rule #2: When in...
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Let's pretend that Americans can have a reasonable discussion about the issue of gun control. Personally, I don't believe that is possible- a certain segment of American society is totally committed...
View ArticleThe four horsemen are saddling up
The four horsemen of the apocalypse that is. As if having Donald Trump on a presidential ballot were not proof enough the Anti-Christ is alive and walking among us, now comes a day when I actually...
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Good News for Cleveland…..
Maybe Donald, the talking yam, will make America great again. Certainly , Cleveland is looking forward to a good time in July: Last month, artist Spencer Tunick put out a call for women to pose nude...
View ArticleWorth reading and a good follow up
To the earlier discussion about gun control. As a part of my job, I monitor the Israeli English press and where I can get them, translations of Hebrew newspapers. There was an excellent article in The...
View ArticleThe Queen’s unruly subjects.
John Oliver explains in good form why the UK should leave the shitty politics , as well as the political assassinations, to their crazy American cousins on the wrong side of the Atlantic: Since we...
View ArticleWhat was it all for?
June 23rd this year is a big day. Its a big day because the United Kingdom is about to potentially make a really stupid decision and leave the EU. ( A really stupid decision). It's also a day that I...
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Funeral for a friend
I suffered the loss of a good friend last night. The United Kingdom ( May 1, 1707-June 23rd, 2016), America's mother country, the source of US traditions and many of our values , a country that holds...
View ArticleNow it’s time to pay the piper.
This weekend has been one of the most interesting in recent history. Watching the post mortem on the Brexit referendum on British TV has been an education to say the least. When you walk off of a...
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New Words for the dictionary
Watching markets tank again, makes me want to keep beating the Brexit horse. Once again, thank you voters of the UK for giving me an opportunity to keep working well into my 60's. That night job as an...
View ArticleThe first draft of history…
Yes the markets went back up today. I did my bit to help and bought stock in Match.Com. ( Because you never know when you'll need to fire up that Tinder App). But Britain kept taking one hit after...
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The call of the sea….
Because saving money in the wake of the Brexit disaster is for pussies, right? Actually, I paid for this 6 months ago, long before I knew that 37.5% of the British people were going to fuck over the...
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And we are back. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
If ever there was a good two weeks to be disconnected from the world-I think the last two weeks might have been it. Portugal beat France. The whole Dallas mess. The FBI director and his press...
View ArticleThe triumph of the will.
I have had to spend the week back in Shopping Mall USA this week. As a result I have gotten to watch the royal mess that is the Republican national convention. It's been a very graphic display of how...
View ArticleIn and out…
It's been an insane tempo for the last three weeks-and something had to give. Blogging was it. Plus, if anyone could pick three weeks to be out of the grid, the last three weeks were it. During the...
View ArticleSpeaking of ships
The S.O. and I made our first cruise ever on the Splendour of the Seas last year. It was her last year sailing for Royal Caribbean, as it had been announced she was being sold to TUI Cruises. We...
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