Archive for November 13th, 2007

Nov 13 2007

Yahoo settles lawsuit with families of Chinese dissidents

Extortion for money?  Things turned ugly or bastardized when it’s being politicalized, or when lawyers get involved.  Did they get jailed because of some other things they did?  Solely on Tiananmen?  Then why Prof Ding Zilin is living free?

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Nov 13 2007

Jiaozi and baozi

Published by The Kibbitzer under Seefood Diet n Wine

Recently I’ve been eating Kimbo jiaozi, dumplings which are pretty good: decent fillings and al dente skin.  They offer many varieties but lamb, unfortunately.  I also tried wei-chuan’s Nanxiang 南翔 xiao longbao which is too sweet for my taste.

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Nov 13 2007

Stampede at Chinese supermarket kills three

Torrent of news about stampede at Chinese supermarket for discount oil made me wonder how/why do those people have some much time on hand?  It’s not like you’ll be saving a few hundred on a TV or alike, but a bottle of oil for god sake.  I like bargain if I see one, but I don’t like [...]

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Nov 13 2007

Kingmaker set to shift Denmark’s direction

Published by The Kibbitzer under Current Affairs

A Palestinian immigrant from Syria, Mr Khader is set to emerge from Tuesday’s general election as the holder of the balance of power.  Look at that ..  America has it share of worldliness and sophistication - their economy, but the geography makes it also very unsavvy at time, many never have a passport, don’t speak second language .. [...]

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Nov 13 2007

Plumber for hire

Published by The Kibbitzer under View from Bottom

Fixing da toilet leak is not hard at all.  The learning curve is long thou.  First time the guy at Home Depot told me to buy the cover on the right side.  I replaced it.  But the leak still exist.  So I went there the second time, showed them pic, explained what I had replaced.  The guy [...]

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