Like a story right out of science fiction, the Japanese – known for their pursuit of all things eccentric (think pocket pets, robot dogs and an assortment of other crazy inventions) – are reportedly planning to spend one trillion yen (just shy of US$10 billion) on a 36,000 km space elevator to lift people and… Read More: Up, up and away »
MarketWatch Washington bureau chief Rex Nutting wrote a scathing article on why John McCain would make a mediocre president – because his accomplishments on most fronts have been average at best and his policy proposals have lacked substance and vision. Does this remind you of someone else? That’s hardly surprising as McCain and Bush are… Read More: 一丘之貉 »
Sharon Stone opened her legs a while back to give her sagging career a useless boost. Now she opens her mouth, and it turns out that it’s just as useless and filthy. The clueless has-been is suggesting that the Sichuan earthquake in China, which claimed tens of thousands of lives, was “karma” for not being… Read More: Some people should just keep their mouths shut »
No one expects western media to put a positive spin on China these days, but BusinessWeek is too obvious to find any story line (Blogging a Quake, Live from Chengdu) to stab at the Chinese government. What is shameful about the western response to the Sichuan earthquake tragedy is the politicization of it. China’s government… Read More: BusinessWeek bashes China again »
Nico Pitney of Huffington Post has created a mosaic of the “Commander-in-Chief” of the U.S. military and his potential successor using thumbnails of the 4,000 American soldiers who have died in Iraq. “In remembrance of the 4,000 brave men and women who sacrificed everything for us – and the two men who would continue this… Read More: 4,000 and counting »
The brouhaha over the Olympic torch relay isn’t about Tibet. Nor human rights. It’s about geopolitics. For an interesting take, read “Why Washington Plays ‘Tibet Roulette’ With China“. Related stuff: Turning China into a whipping boy Myth and Reality of Tibet Why do you hate us so much?