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March 14, 2005
Random Morsels
his week's Penguin Dope Slap goes to China. Take that, China:
Can't they just leave well enough alone? More rattling sabers against Taiwan. (I guess this concerns me now that I make trips to both countries.)
China's parliament enacted a law Monday authorizing force to stop rival Taiwan from pursuing formal independence, sparking outrage on the self-governing island and warnings that the measure would fuel regional tensions.
The ceremonial National People's Congress passed the law despite U.S. appeals for restraint. It came a day after President Hu Jintao called on China's military to be ready for war and followed a 12.6 percent increase in the country's defense budget for 2005.
Odd News:
- In Berlin, apparently, sometimes one penis is simply not enough. Check it out.
- Change my litter box, or else.
- Who says teenage boys are not monsters?
- Ya just can't help lovin' some women, eh?
- Seniors on the lam!
- I'm gonna kill myself! I am! I am! Oh, OWWW! Nevermind.
- No, of course hypnosis will never make you do anything you don't want to do.
- Could you hand me those eyedrops, please? Uh, it's WHAT?
Blog Patrol:
- Anna of Cairo, a frequent contributor here, has her own blog--Annalysis. Stuff you will get nowhere else.
- Into fixer-uppers? Try The Last Nail. "My fiancee and I bought our second house, a 954 sq. ft. run down ranch in Boston's Metro West region, and we're doing a massive addition and renovation. This house is different than the last. Bigger house, bigger scope, bigger money and it could be a financial and emotional disaster if I don't keep my documentation razor sharp. That's where this site comes in. At any stage of this project I want to be able to look over my shoulder back down the road where I've been and see every gas station, burger joint and motel in crystal clear detail. This site will be my tool to map, chart, and thus maintain constant control of the timeline of this project. This time I'm logging everything, every step of the way, every detail, down to the last nail."
- They're trying to stop freedom of the press in Nepal. But Radio Free Nepal will have none of that. "King Gyandendra of Nepal has issued a ban on independent news broadcasts and has threatened to punish newspapers for reports that run counter to the official monarchist line. Given that any person in Nepal publishing reports critical of "the spirit of the royal proclamation" is subject to punishment and/or imprisonment, contributors to this blog will publish their reports from Nepal anonymously."
*** Man is certainly stark mad. He cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens. Montaigne
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Posted by witnit at March 14, 2005 3:37 PM
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