Jul 24 2008
I’m surprised, with Olympic in sight, Sichuan or China in that matter, hasn’t executed few corrupted officials and contractors, or scape goats, a far better way to pacify the grieving and angry parents than money alone. The parents do deserve compensation, but unless the justice is done, there will be a deep hole in their hearts. [...]
Jul 22 2008
Fen qing, angry youth is a term that widely used in China nowadays. When I first saw it, I thought about the sent-down young city slickersduring the Cultural Revolution. When they finally managed to get back to their home towns, most were jobless and uneducated, a bleak future await.. hence the title fen qing.
But the fen [...]
Jul 22 2008
Few hours spent in Iraq could fortify Obama’s credibility as a wartime leader is laughable! 2 years of hard studying can get you a law degree, 1-2 years a MBA and 4-5 years a PhD .. Obama sounds like a fairytale frog, opppps, I mean prince, very kiddish compares to McCain.
Jul 19 2008
Isn’t it amusing to see “Golf shocker: Rising start Michelle Wie disqualified”? Rising star? Oui .. Wie the Anna Kournikova .. I thought her career is pretty much over, thanks to her parents. Ok, it’s over the top statement,.. ..but not too far from the fact, right? Look at Lorena Ochoa, how should the press [...]
Jul 18 2008
Wow .. wondering if Al Sharpton knew any of this, that the South China Morning Post reported Friday that the crackdown on bars included police forcing bar managers in the popular Sanlitun district to sign agreements pledging not to allow black people into bars during the Olympic Games, as well as other “undesirable” elements.
I think [...]
Jul 18 2008
Mr. Obama has a 300-person foreign policy team is soon going on his first overseas trip, as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Hmmmm, to drum up his image? I’m wondering who will receive him - protocol wise - not by the head of the state, I’d think. Then what’s the point of the trip? Just roaming around like a [...]
Jul 14 2008
Thank lord this is still a free country. Why is everyone so upset about it? The Obamas should frame it and hang it in their living room or study. I particular like the hue, elegant and soothing aside from the humor. The cartoonist Barry Blitt indeed captured their essence.
Is this a dream for the publisher or [...]
Jul 11 2008
Rent-stabilized apartments in New York City is a thing that’s much debated and fought, hard to find. Representative Charles B. Rangel has four of them, paying below the market with one real estate developer, the Olnick Organization. It has been accused of overzealous tactics as they move to evict tenants from their rent-stabilized apartments and convert [...]
Jul 09 2008
Max Mosley’s fetish is sadomasochism. He’s been at it for 45 years out of 48 years of marriage, and his wife didn’t know until the headline news in The News of the World. He thinks it’s harmless if it’s done with consenting adults with sound minds and in private. He now is suing for punitive damages [...]
Jul 08 2008
Search for ’Beijing airport roof collapsed ’ see what you got. I got nothing. The following e-mail I just received that prompted me to google. Instead, I got eyeful of the new T3 terminal opening .. ..
BJS New capital Airport T3 roof was collapsed during the heavy rain storm last week. There are facilities breakdown since it has opened. Two [...]
Jul 08 2008
Rudy Giuliani was on CNN last week, talking about the criminal vs military action against terrorists. On 1993 WTC bombing, the interviewer asked, “you were happy at the time that they were prosecuted by (civilian) law ..” Rudy agreed, “yes .. because we didn’t know about 9/11 .. after 9/11, we see those acts as [...]
Jun 28 2008
Uma Thurman’s Dad is a professor of Buddhist studies at Columbia University and the first Americanto be ordained as a Tibetan monk. He claimed that Dalai Lama used to come to his house in the old days in Manhattan. He said “No Chinese people lived in Tibet before 1950. Zero.”, and Hu Jintao keeps denouncing [...]
Jun 27 2008
Come for a ride, New York is beautiful .. The new installation of four water falls.
Below is the orange Gate in Central Park, 2005 .. we went to River Cafe in Brooklyn under the bridge .. then to Central Park. Drove my kids there but they refused to get out of the car!
Jun 25 2008
Ok, I heard it for a while, and I’m glad. The Europeans dominated the 19th and the Americans carried the 20th. Now we Asians may finally get to have a little fun. And might the 22nd Century belong to the Africans or the Muslims? A little sincerely advise: pls don’t over do it. The other day I chatted [...]
Jun 23 2008
Ahha there he is. I’ve been wondering all those time where is Richard Gere. He’s one of the earliest Dalai Lama celeb followers, if not the first. Sharon got stoned for her comment and Dior pulled her ad immediately in China. Hmmmmm… The 45 seconds commercial is nicely made, and he looks gorgeous - why [...]
Jun 17 2008
Not long ago, Chinese officials sat across conference tables from American officials and got an earful. I never thought that one size does or can fit all. Some officials are promoting a Chinese style of economic management that they suggest serves developing countries better than the American model, in much the same way they argue that they [...]
Jun 16 2008
Indian richest man Ambani grew up in the controlled environment, as vs US or other G-6 nations, hence is relentless and tough, “they grew up as lotuses from the filth. It makes them tough, it makes them suspicious, it makes them vindictive at times, and it makes them com out in a hurry. They always see [...]
Jun 13 2008
A ban on bikinis at the city pool is expected to be revised at Kanab in Utah, that bikinis that don’t reveal too much will be allowed, as will Speedos for men when the new public pool just north of the Arizona state line.
What’s wrong with America? Speedo is a swimsuit for god sake!
Has anyone noticed that [...]