What are we to make of a congress that votes to accept a “resignation” lettter in which the president purportedly says (I paraphrase) “I’ve split the country and no one likes me anymore. Oh, and by the way, I’m incurably... ...full story at Black & White Cat
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2008 Presidential Candidate Ron Paul and China »
YouTube video Ron voted against the Iraq war while Hillary & Edwards voted FOR it.
Ron voted against the Patriot Act.
Ron votes against regulating the Internet.
Ron votes to end the war on drugs.
Ron votes to abolish the WTO, the IRS, DHS, FEMA, UN, NATO, and NAFTA
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Putin knows… t-shirts » Sinosplice The latest t-shirt design, inspired by an Economist cover (pictured below): “Putin” in Chinese is 普京. 知道 means “to know.” If you think it doesn’t make sense, you’re thinking too much. It’s just a t-shi... |
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More than just adding oil » CN Reviews “Add fuel?” “Let’s go?” “Olé! Olé! Olé?” “Come on?” One of the quirkier news stories that has come out of the Beijing Olympics is how to translate the ubiquitous Chinese cheer 加油 (jiāyó... |
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