virtualreview: china|blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is an interesting 24-minute video about China’s huge impact on Angola. The report is from Current TV, the internet network founded by former Vice President Al Gore. The reporter interviews a number of Chinese and Angolan workers. At one...
virtualreview: china|blogs (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
A foreign reader who lives in China sent in an interesting email about marijuana, responding to the item yesterday about the tomb that contained the world’s oldest stash. He’ll remain anonymous because of the nature. He said he traveled down...
www.BackgroundNow.com Weblog (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
A former contract employee of the Calpine Corporation has been sentenced to prison for stealing the identity of a Calpine Executive, acting United States Attorney Tim Johnson and FBI Houston Special... This is a mere summary. Go to http://www.backgroundnow.com/blog for the real deal.
ArchPundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
He is a convicted felon who the only difference between him and others is that politicians happen to know his family well. I can understand the empathy for his wife, but frankly there are plenty of women in the same position and they pull through. It’s a bad day for me when I’m agreeing with Tim [...]
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Houston modeling studio owners have pleaded guilty to bribery, fraud and prostitution related charges connected to their businesses.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
LESS than four days after storming to victory in the Merseyside Schools League on Crosby Dunes, Erin Donagh produced another superb performance to win the equivalent Sefton competition at Buckley Hill.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
ST CHRISTOPHER'S became Liverpool primary school basketball champions after emerging undefeated from the play- offs at Shorefields HS.
virtualreview: china|blogs (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
For anyone who doubts the rivalry that exists between Beijing and Shanghai, it’s illustrative to look at the case of the Shanghai Center, the immense tower project that just broke ground. The high-rise will be enormous, dwarfing the landmark 1,380-foot...
virtualreview: china|blogs (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Looks like very early residents of China had a penchant for smoking what we used to vernacularly call wacky tabackey. Yup, marijuana. Archaeologists who dug up a 2,700-year-old tomb of a shaman near Turpan out in far west Xinjiang province...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
One of the two leading contenders said to be under serious consideration by Barack Obama for the job of running the Democratic Party is openly gay political strategist Steve Hildebrand. The president-elect is reportedly considering Hildebrand, who was Obama’s deputy national campaign manager, to be chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Paul Tewes, Hildebrand’s partner in [...]
Blood & Treasure (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Dave at Mutant Palm notes that China’s net nanny seems to have been re-geared towards precision censorship: You can read more about Zuola’s background and what his refused entry might mean over at Rebecca MacKinnon’s blog, which is also blocked,...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Give the magnetic personality and hunky good looks of a rock star to a Tibetan Buddhist monk, and the result might be Gyalwang Karmapa, the third-highest lama in the Tibetan religious firmament. The Karmapa, as he is known, is getting more than his share of attention these days.
virtualreview: china|blogs (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
Today is Thanksgiving, and let me tell you, it’s a lot easier to find turkey and cranberry sauce in the far corners of the Earth than it once was. I first moved abroad as an adult in 1984, when I...
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Having destroyed his reputation in the fall campaign, John McCain now faces a serious challenge in his home state. The Tucson Citizen is getting pissy: In 2007, The Washington Post reported McCain skipped 251 of 446 voting opportunities of the...
virtualreview: china|blogs (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Some friends chuckled the other day as I rummaged through the Sunday Times of India and pulled away an eight-page section entitled “matrimonials.” It is a little window into India, shedding light on the economic and social hopes of the...
