Chinese Say ‘Trained Separatists’ Responsible for Tibetan Violence Chinese officials say trained Tibetan separatists who attacked police are responsible for instigating deadly violence last week in the southwest province of Sichuan. The state-owned China Daily newspaper quoted Sichuan go[...]
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February 1st, 2012 - 9:52 am § in Misc.
Planning Porn For the Republican Convention
from Huff Post, excerpted TAMPA, Fla. — Following an extensive remodel, the Penthouse Club in Tampa, Fla., is finally ready for next summer’s Republican National Convention. Club operator DeWayne Levesque has installed two secluded VIP sections, which he hopes will help his club attract [...]
January 12th, 2012 - 11:41 pm § in Misc.
China: Another loss of a dissident.
Chinese dissident goes into exile in U.S., says was tortured BEIJING – One of China’s most prominent Christian dissidents, Yu Jie, has gone into exile to the United States after he said he was tortured in a crackdown on dissent, he told Reuters on Friday.[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Evangelical christian and daughter of missionaries, disowned by Newt Gingrich for heresy.
Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist, evangelical christian and daughter of missionaries, disowned by Newt Gingrich Gingrich ditched a chapter from his new book on environment just a few days after Hayhoe’s participation in the book came to Limbaugh’s attention. Katharine Hayhoe,[...]
China: “Civilized” Captors Loosen Their Grip
Central Guidance Committee names Linyi the “Most Civilized” prefecture-level city in China, may even ease up on Chen Guamgchemg , a most civilized dissident in Shandong. Sources close to the family of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who has been under house arrest at his home in Lin[...]
CHINA: Awards Appease Prize to Putin!
The 2012 Confucius Peace Prize was presented to two Russian exchange students Friday on behalf of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The 2011 prize ceremony took place a day before the Nobel peace prize was awarded ito imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in absent1a. Readmjore at HUFF [...]
Evangelism Spoils the Sweet Milk of the Sacred Cow
A sacred cow of American politics is that freedom of religion is not the same as freedom from religion. The view from India, a land with a far greater history of religious tolerance than our own, is very different. Excerpted from an essay by Suhag A. Shukla, Esq. Co-Founder/Managing Director, Hind[...]
November 30th, 2011 - 12:34 pm § in Misc.
Breaking News: Most Purple Thumbs in Egypt Will Come From The Muslim Brotherhood
Joshua Hirsch of the Huffington Post Reports (excerpted): ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — …. as preliminary results and rough polling data emerged Wednesday, it became increasingly clear that the country’s conservative Islamist parties are likely to fare even better than anticipated — [...]
CHINA: Ai Weiwei Interview
from Spiegel SPIEGEL: Last week you made a €970,000 ($1.3 million) payment to the bank account of the Chinese tax authorities. You consider it to be a kind of guarantee, a deposit. Do they consider it to be an admission of guilt? Ai:I cannot speak for them. But I can tell you a lot about […[...]
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