Quantcast
Channel: Why I miss the British Empire Archives - Far East Cynic
Browsing all 112 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Resting up

Its amazing what 12 hours of sleep with no beer in you will do for a person. Came back to Japan yesterday and back to the usual nonsense. Went to bed early and slept and slept. Which was also what I...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

So who do you believe?

I had a post started about the Hersh article. Twice I typed what I thought were some good words. And twice G**Damn Blogger ate them! I quit. Go here and read for yourself what some others are saying....

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

My Iranian experience………

Well, this time safely ensconced in Word, I will try to do another Iranian post. If reading Seymour Hersh was scary, reading the news today was every bit even scarier. The Iranians it seems, or at...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Friday beer and Babes!

Short post. No post yesterday due to needing sleep. Today I went to Iwo Jima. What an experience. To walk on that hallowed ground….in the company of Marines no less!I felt privileged to be allowed to...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The new Rasputin.

“You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go”.- Oliver Cromwell to the Long parliament. Yesterday the S.O. had to...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

What if he did go?

First, Donald Rumsfeld is not going anywhere before November. The people over at Foreign Policy’s blog offer some cogent reasons why. In fact, they point out that: You can’t swing a cat without hitting...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Speaking of holding a grudge…….

I was going to move on today, but the Phibian went and provoked me with yet another defense of the Secretary of Defense. However since “The Donald” is going to be around for a while, and hopefully the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Speaking of promoting liberal democracy………

Ah yes, its summit time once again. That lovely time when the President of China will sit down first with the President that matters most to him. (drumroll………….) The President of Microsoft, of...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

On the road soon again.

Short weekend trip, for personal and professional reasons to Dallas, Texas. Things are in the air, just cannot be revealed at this time. Whether these are the right things for moi……only time will tell....

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The new books are here!

Sitting at Narita, steeling myself for the long ride in the cattle car, Business class is full-no way to upgrade……..some day I’ll have the money to buy that First Class ticket…or own my own jet....

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Somehow I don’t think this conversation occurred…….

A Secret Service agent blocks a protestor on the South Lawn. “See President Hu….? This is what leaders in democracies put up with……” “Surely you will have her shot….” “Uh no. We don’t do that here you...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Friday beer and babes!

Hu Jin Tao was in America this week. The US President who espouses his love democracy and how it will change the middle East, sits down with a Chinese dictator. Its OK if you buy US bonds, if you do...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Texas! Or about Remembering history

Nice day in Texas today. After the coldness of the spring in Japan this year, its nice to be where its warm. Did business yesterday and took it easy last night. Ordered Pizza, drank some 12 ounce...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

At least one good thing about change in China.

Finally back and past my jet lag. American Airlines sucks the big one! Suffice it to say they jerked me around yet again. Then again, some of it is the fault of the Texan who rolled his SUV on Highway...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Now it can be told……….

In what may prove to be the most damn fool thing I’ve done in my life, I’m changing jobs. So we’ll see how my blogging holds up for the next few months. My new job is still here in Japan, but it is...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Google puts it’s jackboots on……..

You vill blog our way, or not at all! Expat at Large pointed out the fact that the freedom loving people at Google used their powerful business position to shut down a blog it did not like. Mango Sauce...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

With all the money the oil companies are making……

They could pay Fran Obrien’s rent for the next 100 years……………… (Go see Fuzzy Bear Lioness for the whole and complete story of more corporate greed….) Maybe they should have to pay a special tax just...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Random thoughts about things that drive me nuts or make me mad and sad.

Woke up this morning to a cloudy overcast looking seriously like rain. Accordingly, my golf plans were aborted. So I enjoyed the peace and quiet until the S.O. woke up. With my upcoming move, she is...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

I doubt that this is much of suprise…….

You Are Las Vegas Wild and uninhibited, you enjoy all of life’s vices.You’re a total hedonist, especially with sex, gambling, and drinking.You shine brightly every night, but you do the ultimate walk...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Spanish Version of the Star Spangled Banner…….

Dear immigrant rights activists, Are you guys out of your f**king minds? Who told you it was a good idea to advertise a non-English version of a song that even your supporters believe should be spoken...

View Article
Browsing all 112 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images